Hearing Bai Jia's words, Bai Zhen also rolled her eyes: "I just feel that this person gives me a bad feeling. Forget it, it seems that I have to stay away from the Li family in the future."
"I originally thought that Li Zichun was pretty good. At least he and I get along well. Sister, let's catch a few more fish and have grilled fish! I haven't had grilled fish for a long time, and I really miss it."
Bai Jia would naturally pay attention to Bai Zhen's request. After taking a look at the men over there, the two girls started fishing and then controlled the fish to take the bait.
Soon the two of them caught four or five fish. Bai Zhen blinked and said, "I think those people can fill their stomachs by writing poems and couplets."
"As for our grilled fish, let's eat it ourselves. Let's grill it upstairs so as not to disturb others."
Of course Bai Jia had no objection and took Bai Zhen and the fish upstairs. Soon everyone on the deck smelled the aroma of grilled fish.
Li Zichun was the one who loved to eat the most among the group. When he smelled the aroma of the food, he immediately became excited and looked at Bai Zuo and Bai You: "Brother Bai, did you invite a chef today?"
"This smells so good, is it fish?"
Bai Zuo looked around and saw the two sisters of the Bai family grilling fish over there. He couldn't help but smile: "My sister is naughty, she is grilling fish upstairs!"
When everyone heard this, although they all wanted to try it, they were still men and thought they were not as shameless as Li Zichun. Li Zichun looked down on these people for being so hypocritical.
He said directly: "I'll go to Miss Bai to ask for some food."
After he finished speaking, he went straight to Bai Zhen's direction and approached her with a smile on his face: "Miss Bai, you are grilling fish, could you give me some?"
Bai Zhen glanced at Li Zichun and said, "Why should I give it to you? Who are you to me? Besides, don't people in Kyoto always say that men and women should not touch each other?"
"Mr. Li, you came to us so openly to ask for food. Did the Li family mistreat you? There is only this little grilled fish. It is not enough for us sisters!"
"If you want to eat, you can go fishing and ask the cook to grill it for you. Go downstairs."
Bai Zhen said this while looking at Li Zichun's astonished face. She finally softened her heart a little. After all, Li Zichun had always been a good person. It would be better not to embarrass him like this!
But Li Zichun was dumbfounded. Bai Zhen was not like this before. Why did she suddenly change today? He even told his big brother that Bai Zhen was very good.
If he wants to marry Bai Zhen, he needs his elder brother's consent. Looking at Bai Zhen, Li Zichun feels that they must have a good talk: "Miss Bai, I think we should have a good talk."
Bai Zhen raised an eyebrow: "What are you talking about? You don't understand what I said, right? I've made it very clear. Stay away from me, or others will think I'm trying to get close to you!"
Hearing this, Li Zichun immediately understood that someone must have said something in front of Bai Zhen, or showed something, which made Li Zichun very uneasy.
"That's impossible. Everyone in Kyoto knows that it's me, Li Zichun, who's attracted to you. If you want to talk about climbing up, it's me, Li Zichun, who's climbing up to you. Do you have any misunderstandings?"
Bai Zhen was stunned when she saw Li Zichun casually saying, "I like you." "You said you like me? Then let me ask you, where do you put me?"
Li Zichun was stunned: "I, if there is anything I did wrong, you can tell me and I will correct it."
Bai Zhen rolled her eyes: "Okay, you said you like me, I believe you, so what are you going to do next?"
Li Zichun was still very excited when he heard this: "Of course I will marry you."
Bai Zhen was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to feel touched or relieved: "Okay, then just do it. I don't know how I feel about you."
"But when it comes to marrying you, I still have no objection. As long as you can do what you said, I will agree to marry you. Go, tell me when you can do it."
"Come to my Bai family to propose marriage someday. After I become your fiancée, you won't have to worry about the intimacy between men and women. I still care about it now."
"Let's go!"
Li Zichun looked at Bai Zhen and said, "Okay, but can you give me one of your grilled fish? Give me one, and I'll leave right away!"
Bai Zhen was a little amused and said, "I doubt you. Are you trying to please me just to get food? But I can give you a grilled fish. Take it and go down quickly."
Then he turned around and packed two grilled fish: "This one is for you, and this one is for my two brothers. You are not allowed to eat them all by yourself, do you hear me?"
Li Zichun nodded quickly: "I know, after all, he is my future uncle, how dare I offend him? I'll leave first, you wait, I will definitely come to propose marriage soon."
After saying that, he left happily with two grilled fish in his hand. After waiting for Li Zichun to leave, Bai Jia burst out laughing: "You, I don't think you can be cruel to Li Zichun after all."
Bai Zhen curled her lips and said, "Humph, let's eat grilled fish! I think that silly boy can't do it! You can tell from the look on his elder brother's face. Maybe we should investigate the backgrounds of these two people."
"Both of them have extraordinary demeanor. I'm afraid they are not something that ordinary children from noble families can cultivate. And they appear at this critical moment. It's really worthy of suspicion."
Bai Jia also nodded: "I will tell my aunt, and we will tell the county lady when she comes back. Since there is something wrong with this Li family, I think you'd better not be tempted."
Bai Zhen was speechless. After a long while, she spoke: "Sister, do you think I will never get married in this life? Tell me not to be tempted by anyone."
Bai Jia sighed: "Sister is doing this for your own good. Look at our age now, plus the future development of the Bai family, there will definitely be women entering the palace."
"It would be fine if I was chosen, but what if you were chosen? It would definitely not be a good life if you entered the palace with the queen above you and concubines below you."
"If another one comes along and has someone else in his heart, I'm afraid he won't live long."
Bai Zhen was shocked when she heard this: "No, that's impossible! Sister, where did you get this information? Aren't we on the side of the county lady? Why is it suddenly related to entering the palace?"
Bai Jia sighed: "This is what I heard from my uncle and sister. It's just that there is no time for the moment. After all, the emperor has only been selecting concubines for a short time."
"I guess we have to wait until two years later. By then, our age will be just right to enter the palace. In two years, our Bai family will have enough time to develop."
Bai Zhen blinked her eyes, as if this was really the case, but would her father really send her to the palace? Looking at Bai Jia: "Sister, I don't want to enter the palace."
Bai Jia touched Bai Zhen's head and said, "Sister doesn't want to either, but we have enjoyed everything from Bai Jia since we were born. We have an obligation to repay the Bai family, do you understand?"
Bai Zhen suddenly became worried and sad, and Bai Jia laughed at her: "Don't worry, it's still uncertain! Besides, who knows what will happen in two years."
"Let's not worry about trivial matters. Maybe in two years, the Queen will eliminate the favorite concubine and dominate the harem alone."
Bai Zhen rolled her eyes: "Who brought this up? You have no conscience."
The two sisters were chatting and laughing while eating grilled fish, while Li Zichun, who was downstairs, was surrounded by people when he went down with two grilled fish. Li Zichun quickly gave one hand of the grilled fish to Bai Zuo.
"Miss Bai Zhen asked me to bring this down. She said it was for you two brothers. This one is for me alone. If you don't ask for it yourself, I won't share it with you."
"Brother Zichun, whoever sees it gets a share."
It was not easy for the talented scholars to compete with the two girls, but since Li Zichun was a man, they were of course not polite. Li Zichun had no choice but to run to his brother.
"Brother, brother, please protect me, I will share with you."
Li Ziqing just joined today, and he looks very classy. He will definitely not play around with this group of people, and Li Zichun and his group are just teenagers.
But Li Ziqing could be considered an adult, so the young talents settled down! Li Zichun smiled contentedly and looked at Li Ziqing.
"Brother is really awesome. He suppressed them directly. Come on, I will eat with you. Miss Bai Zhen's cooking skills are very skillful."
As he said this, he took Li Ziqing to a table next to him, and the two brothers ate together. On the other side, a group of young talents set their eyes on the fish of the two brothers from the Bai family.
The two brothers of the Bai family had no choice but to go up and ask the sister of the bracket for grilled fish. Meanwhile, Li Zichun and Li Ziqing had already started to taste it without any hesitation.
"Well, it tastes good. The young ladies in Kyoto are not very good at cooking, but the girl from the Bai family is surprisingly good."
Hearing that his elder brother agreed with him, Li Zichun was immediately happy. "Then elder brother, what do you think about me going to the Bai family to propose marriage?"
Li Ziqing frowned: "Propose marriage? Are you going to marry this Bai Zhen?"
"Of course, if you have a girl you like, you have to act quickly. Otherwise, what if someone else snatches her away? Don't you think so, big brother? When parents are not around, the eldest brother is like a father."
"Go to the Bai family and ask for my hand in marriage! How do you think?"
Li Ziqing smiled and shook his head: "No, no, if you really like Bai Zhen, just take her as your concubine. Her status is not high enough to be your wife."
Li Zichun was stunned when he heard this: "Brother, what did you just say? You want me to take her as a concubine? Instead of marrying her?"
Thinking of Bai Zhen's attitude towards him just now, Li Zichun suddenly became excited: "Brother, did you say anything to Bai Zhen? Did you say that I can only take her as a concubine, not marry her?"
"Her status is not low. I am just a child of an aristocratic family. I am not that noble. It is wrong for you to say that!"