Cheng Chi smiled and nodded.
Zhou Shaojin hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Cheng Chi had no intention of keeping him, he was extremely disappointed, but still said goodbye to Cheng Chi with a smile.
Cheng Chi sighed secretly.
This girl has a pair of eyes that can speak.
Clear and transparent, thousands of words seem to be condensed in it.
He couldn't help but stand up, walked to the window frame and pushed open the window.
Under the bright light, Zhou Shaojin, wearing a moon-white vest, had a slender figure, as light and flexible as a willow in the wind.
Cheng Chi lowered his eyelids, his expression unclear.
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Zhou Shaojin pouted all the way back to Fucui Pavilion.
The next day, the news that Mrs. Dong was seriously ill and Cheng Lu was selling his property spread throughout Jiuru Lane.
Wu Baozhang's face turned pale after hearing this. He held the comb and thought for a long time. Then he came out of the room with a smile and said to Cheng Nuo, who was leaning on the bed reading a travel journal with the help of a maid, "Master, aren't you going out today? I see that the begonias behind the house are in full bloom. Why don't you ask the woman in the kitchen to make some side dishes and I'll have a few drinks with you?"
Cheng Nuo was so scared that he almost fell off the bed.
He looked at Wu Baozhang carefully, and seeing Wu Baozhang's warm smile and amiable manner, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
This is really the sun rising from the west.
Ever since he and Wu Baozhang got married, Wu Baozhang not only treated him coldly, but also, from the initial exhortations to the current lessons, there was nothing about him that she liked, which made him very annoyed. Thinking about the fact that they had just gotten married, his parents had a big quarrel every now and then, becoming the laughing stock of Jiuru Lane, so he had to suppress all his dissatisfaction in his heart.
But what happened to Wu Baozhang now
Suddenly he felt very tender towards her.
Cheng Nuo always remembered what his grandmother told him, "If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief."
Wu Baozhang, did he do something wrong and need his help to solve it
He said cautiously: "What's wrong with you? Yesterday you said that I was lying in bed all day reading travel notes, and I was not even as good as a student who had just started to learn..."
Wu Baozhang blushed and said, "I was just angry that you didn't study the craft well. Then my mother-in-law scolded me. I have been thinking about it carefully these days and I think what my mother-in-law said makes sense..."
Mrs. Wen was quite indulgent towards Cheng Nuo.
Cheng Nuo also knew about this matter.
At that time, Wu Baozhang was very dissatisfied and said something like "a loving mother often spoils her son". He was afraid that others would hear it and wanted to cover Wu Baozhang's mouth.
Unexpectedly, he learned his father's attitude and ignored Wu Baozhang for a few days, and Wu Baozhang realized how powerful he was.
He raised his chin, and said "hmm" with a bit of pride and pride, "It's good that you know. Our Cheng family has passed down poetry, books and etiquette, and we are the best at reading. There are certain rules for when to read what books and when to read. If you don't understand, don't stand by and point fingers..."
Wu Baozhang forced himself not to leave in anger.
Why did she think marrying Cheng Nuo was a good idea in the first place
In addition to the daily necessities of life, having such a terrible husband is another kind of torture.
Unfortunately, Cheng Lu was also unreliable, and he even had to sell his ancestral property to treat his mother's illness. Fortunately, she did not insist at the beginning. If she had married him, she would have been short of food and clothing.
But after all, the daily necessities of life are more important than being in love.
Shouldn't she be nicer to Cheng Nuo? Let Cheng Nuo fight with her unreasonable parents-in-law.
When she gives birth to a son, and educates him well, and with the Cheng family as a big tree to provide shade, she believes that she will not be able to raise a son who will become a Jinshi.
Thinking of this, Wu Baozhang felt that there was hope for the future again.
She smiled and said to Cheng Nuo: "Would you like to go to the backyard to enjoy the flowers?"
"There's no need to admire the flowers." Cheng Nuo said carelessly, "Let the old woman in the kitchen cook two side dishes and bring a pot of good wine!"
Bullshit logic!
Wu Baozhang cursed in his heart, but replied "yes" with a smile on his face. He asked the maid to go to the kitchen, and he accompanied Cheng Nuo to the backyard.
Cheng Nuo looked at the docile Wu Baozhang and felt that he was living a good life. He ordered his servant, "Go, send a notice to Master Ju, saying that I am treating him to dinner and drinks."
The servant ran away.
Wu Baozhang was so angry that his hands were shaking. He had to force himself not to splash the cup of hot tea in his hand onto Cheng Nuo's face.
The Cheng family was a family of scholars, and they followed the ancient rituals, and there was no such thing as making trouble in the bridal chamber. But on the day she married, it was Cheng Ju who led a group of male guests who came out of nowhere to her bridal chamber to make trouble. She didn't know that the Cheng family followed the ancient rituals before, so she didn't care and just wanted to send them away. Who knew that Cheng Ju was so obscene that he even touched her secretly.
After she found out that the Cheng family didn't have the custom of making trouble in the bridal chamber, she wanted to drink his blood and eat his flesh. But Cheng Nuo, the idiot, wouldn't listen to her no matter what she said. He just said that she was too narrow-minded and that Cheng Ju's bringing people to make trouble in the bridal chamber made her lose face. She was prejudiced against Cheng Ju... The two almost quarreled over this.
Wu Baozhang will remember this person for the rest of his life!
But she still smiled and said to Cheng Nuo: "Wouldn't it be too rude for you to send a note to Mr. Ju at the last minute? Why don't you invite him to your home one day?"
Cheng Nuo said: "What do you know? He loves crowds. As long as he hears that I invite him to drink, he will definitely come!"
That's not a good thing at all
Wu Baozhang felt like he would vomit blood if he continued talking to Cheng Nuo, so he simply closed his eyes, chanted "Namo Amitabha" in his heart a few times, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Then I'll go see how the dishes are prepared in the kitchen? When Master Ju comes over, I'll tell them to serve them up."
Cheng Nuo nodded.
Wu Baozhang hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen.
When I was leaving, I heard Cheng Nuo instructing the servant: "It's a rare gathering today, I'll post a few more..."
Out of sight, out of mind. Wu Baozhang quickened his pace and left the backyard. He drank half a cup of tea in the inner room before his mood calmed down.
Her personal maid Baiguo brought over a plate of oranges.
Wu Baozhang felt even better. While peeling an orange, he said to Bai Guo, "After getting married, at least I can eat as many oranges as I want without having to worry about the Madam and my second sister's expressions."
"Who said it wasn't!" Guo Bai smiled and went to twist a handkerchief for Wu Baozhang. "Madam clearly knows that you like eating oranges the most, but she insisted that eating oranges would make you get a sore throat. Even in this orange season, she only allows you to eat five or six. I always feel that Madam is deliberately making things difficult for you."
Wu Baozhang grew up in Sichuan and his favorite fruit is oranges.
She nodded repeatedly and handed an orange to Baiguo.
Baiguo ate oranges and whispered, "When I just passed by the sedan chair hall, I saw the elder maidservant Si'er's brother holding a few oranges to show off, saying that they were Fu oranges from Fujian and were tribute. The eldest master of the eldest house sent a few baskets over, and the second cousin of the Zhou family got one basket, and gave most of the basket to honor the old lady Guan and the eldest lady Mian of the fourth house. Si'er also took advantage of it and rewarded a few. Grandma, let's buy some Fu oranges to eat!"
It was the first time Wu Baozhang had heard of this. He smiled and said, "Then buy a basket and bring it back. I'll also reward the eldest lady's maids later."
Baiguo readily agreed and bought oranges that night, spending nearly three taels of silver. Wu Baozhang tasted them and found them to be more delicious than ordinary oranges, so he took half a basket and gave it to Mrs. Wen.
Mrs. Wen was lying on the bed groaning with plasters on her temples. When she saw the oranges, she gave them to the servant beside her without even tasting any of them.
Wu Baozhang's face turned red as if blood could drip out of it, and he returned to his room in shame and anger.
Two days later, she went to the Fourth Chamber to attend Cheng Gao's wedding banquet. When she ate oranges at the banquet, she asked the maid in the Fourth Chamber who served fruit in amazement, "What kind of orange is this? It's so delicious!"
The maid said proudly, "Thanks to our second cousin, Guangshenglou brought a batch of Fu oranges from Fujian. Although they are not as good as the ones that the eldest master gave to Madam Guo, they are not like the ones on the market that are all left over after selection."
No wonder Mrs. Wen gave away the oranges she gave to someone else without even looking at them!
Those who got the oranges didn’t know how they were criticizing her behind her back
Wu Baozhang felt that the maids and servants in the fifth room were not as respectful to her as they were when she first came in.
She felt very uncomfortable, so she found an excuse to leave the pavilion where the opera was being performed, and walked along the lake embankment alone in a depressed mood.
Someone was talking in the corridor next to us.
And it was the voices of a man and a woman.
Wu Baozhang tiptoed over curiously.
In front of the green hedge trimmed with holly trees, the man was tall and handsome, and the woman was slender and gentle, like a perfect couple in a painting.
Looking again, it turned out to be Cheng Xu and Zhou Shaojin!
Wu Baozhang's heart moved.
Thinking of the 80th birthday of the second ancestor of the Cheng family, and the ambiguity between Cheng Xu and Zhou Shaojin.
Wu Baozhang suddenly felt like he had drunk ginseng soup and felt that there must be something fishy going on.
She crouched down and approached carefully, and heard Zhou Shaojin say angrily: "... I have told you many times that I don't like you and don't want to marry you. Whether you win the first place or the second place, it has nothing to do with me. Even if you ask my father for marriage, he will ask me for my consent. I advise you not to humiliate yourself!"
Although her words were blunt and sharp, her soft and sticky voice didn't make people feel humiliated.
The same is true for Cheng Xu.
He said humbly: "Whatever you think is wrong with me, I can change it. Besides, I am now a prodigy, so I can decide my own marriage..."
Zhou Shaojin felt powerless.
She didn't know what to say to Cheng Xu so that Cheng Xu would understand her feelings.
Zhou Shaojin had no choice but to remain silent and listen to Cheng Xu finish her words. He said, "If you stop me like this next time, I will tell the old lady!"
Who knew that a hint of joy flashed in Cheng Xu's eyes when he heard this.
Zhou Shaojin was stunned, and then became so angry that his liver ached.
Why is Cheng Xu always like this
Last time, he was trying to make things a fait accompli by forcing the family to acknowledge him; this time, he unscrupulously surrounded her, hoping to use those rumors to make the elders back down.
Zhou Shaojin didn't want to say a word to Cheng Xu anymore. She called Chunwan and said, "Let's go! Uncle Xu is not afraid of losing face, so let him make a fuss on his own."
Only then did Wu Baozhang realize that Zhou Shaojin's personal maid Chunwan, Cheng Xu's servant Huanxi, and his attendant Dasu were standing not far away.
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Brothers and sisters, I thought today was the 0th day, so I could leave work early, but I found out that I remembered the wrong day, and then it was tragic... There is only one update today... What's more tragic is that I will be working and working overtime during the May Day holiday, so I don't know if I can update twice a day... ~~~~(>_