Not many people from the Liu family came. Only the doctor Liu came with his second son, his wife and Liu Sanniang.
Of course, Lao Zhou's family did not go to meet them together. Lao Zhoutou and Qian took Zhou Dalang and his wife and Zhou Lizhong followed behind Man Bao to meet them.
In order not to embarrass them, even Bai Shan and Bai Erlang did not follow. Instead, they followed Mr. Zhuang obediently and listened to the discussion between Mr. Zhuang and the Taoist priest in the temple.
Zhou Lizhong and Liu Sanniang had met many times before. She had gone to their restaurant to eat, and to their home to congratulate them on their new home;
Zhou Lizhong also sent Zhou Man and Zhou Liru to Jishi Hall, and even met them in the imperial city.
Because Zhou Lizhong went to collect Zhou Man's salary, he happened to meet her and Zheng Gu Zhengshao practicing acupuncture in the palace. Because Zhou Man was connected, they often said hello.
But there had never been such a face-to-face conversation where the focus was on the two of them.
So when they met, both parties were a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say for a while.
Qian was very experienced in this area. She looked at Liu Sanniang calmly and felt that since she was her daughter's apprentice, her character should not be much different, so she looked at Manbao and smiled: "You are right?"
Aren't you very familiar with Xuandu Temple? Miss Liu is your apprentice, please take her out for a walk."
Man Bao, who had been the tool of the fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law and the fifth brother and fifth sister-in-law, stood up very skillfully and waved Dr. Liu and Zhou Li back in.
Zhou Lizhong and Liu Sanniang:...
The two of them were even more embarrassed and their faces were red.
At this moment, they couldn't help but think that they might as well not have known each other in the first place.
Man Bao led them to the tree in the backyard, looking at this and that. Seeing that they all had red faces and lowered their heads without speaking, he scratched their heads and asked, "You guys talk among yourselves?"
Zhou Lizhong didn't expect his sister-in-law to be so unreliable, so he looked at her in surprise with his mouth open.
"The main reason is that you have known each other before, so you don't need me to introduce you," Man Bao reached out and patted Zhou Lizhong on the shoulder, saying, "Lizhong, you are a boy, please take the initiative."
Then she said to Liu Sanniang: "It's okay. If you have any questions, just ask him. The scenery in Xuandu Temple is pretty good. There are more than 20 plum trees planted further up. They should be blooming now. You can go up and have a look.
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Liu Sanniang glanced at Zhou Lizhong with a blushing face and nodded slightly.
Man Bao had nothing to say, so she went back to talk to Dr. Liu with her hands behind her back. She felt that that was the place that was more suitable for her.
The two young men were left looking at each other.
It was Zhou Lizhong who suppressed his embarrassment and spoke first, "Then let's go up and see the plum blossoms?"
Liu Sanniang nodded, and the two of them walked up the path to the mountain.
Zhou Lizhong opened his mouth, but still spoke out, "This happened quite suddenly. My mother and sister-in-law just told me about it yesterday. I don't know how they remembered it."
Liu Sanniang had been convinced by her grandfather yesterday and felt that the master's family was indeed the best candidate, but she was a little embarrassed at the moment. No matter how courageous she was and how many ideas she had, she was only an eighteen-year-old girl at the moment.
It was also my first blind date.
She responded in a low voice and slowly let go. She turned her head and glanced at Zhou Lizhong, then smiled and said, "If you don't want to, I can go and talk to Master."
Zhou Lizhong was slightly surprised and said sheepishly: "I, I'm not unwilling, it's just a little sudden."
He turned to her and asked, "Then are you willing?"
Liu Sanniang blushed, but she looked at him with bright eyes and asked: "If I, like Master, want to be an official in the palace in the future..."
Zhou Lizhong admired him and said: "You are really awesome, much better than me."
Liu Sanniang asked with bright eyes: "Will you allow it?"
Zhou Lizhong was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Why don't you allow it? You are so capable, even if you are not an official in the palace, you can still be a doctor outside, right?"
He said: "I heard from Liru that your medical skills are very powerful now, and you can already sit in the Jishi Hall and prescribe prescriptions."
Liu Sanniang saw that there was no trace of reluctance on his face, and there was a bit of sincerity on his innocent face. She couldn't help but smile and said: "Other men are very concerned about women showing up. I thought you would mind too."
Zhou Lizhong shook his head blankly and said: "My family doesn't have this rule, and the women in my family are much more capable than the men."
For example, Lijun, if it weren't for the danger of going out, she wouldn't want to go to the grassland for the time being, otherwise neither he nor Liwei would be able to compete with her.
Compared to the two of them, Fourth Uncle definitely prefers Lijun who is better at settling accounts and eloquently speaking.
Liu Sanniang thought of her master, nodded in agreement, and felt happy.
She felt that her grandfather was right, the Zhou family might be the most suitable family for her.
So when Liu Sanniang raised her head to look at Zhou Lizhong, she became more and more satisfied. For the first time, she discovered that Zhou Lizhong was quite handsome, with a tall and straight figure and slender eyes. He was especially good-looking when he looked at people seriously.
Zhou Lizhong was still racking his brains to think of topics. Since Liu Sanniang asked about being an official, he couldn't help but ask about traveling far away, "...you know, my family is far away in Mianzhou.
Sometimes I have to go to the grassland to collect medicinal materials, so I will travel far away from time to time. Do you mind this? "
Liu Sanniang said without thinking, "I don't mind."
She smiled and said: "A good man has ambitions everywhere. I will take care of the back house so that you can build your career without any distractions."
Doesn't her father go away from home every once in a while?
However, he did not achieve much when he traveled far away, and often needed help from a steward to help with arrangements. In comparison, Zhou Lizhong could do more than her father.
She had already found out from Zhou Liru yesterday that Zhou Lizhong went to the grassland with their fourth uncle this year and not only bought medicinal materials but also bought a lot of cattle and made a lot of money.
When Zhou Lizhong heard that she didn't mind traveling far away, he looked at Liu Sanniang and thought she was gentle, generous, virtuous and good-looking.
So one lowered his head and the other raised his head. After looking at each other, he couldn't help laughing. Then he lowered his head with a slight blush. When he raised his head again, he found that they were on the mountain. There were many plum blossoms planted on both sides of the road, which were in bud at this time.
There are a few plum blossoms on the branches that are already half-opened, and a faint fragrance is floating around. It smells quite good.
At this time, in a guest courtyard at the foot of the mountain, the exchanges between the Liu family and the Zhou family had just entered a good state.
Liu Erlang and Mrs. Liu Er actually did not agree with the Zhou family's marriage. They even did not agree with their daughter continuing to study medicine and then becoming an official in the palace.
But firstly, the daughter insisted, and secondly, this matter was Dr. Liu’s decision, so the couple had to come to see each other.
Imperial Physician Liu felt that his family was a good match for the Zhou family, but Liu Erlang and his wife did not think so, and their reasons were very good. The Zhou family was Zhou Mandang's imperial physician and editor, and Zhou Lizhong's father was not the imperial physician.
When Zhou Many gets married in the future, what else will the Zhou family have?
That is a farmer.
They originally wanted to find Sanniang a small official's family, preferably one whose husband was also studying and could get a good name.
When Liu Sanniang entered the palace as a medical girl at a young age, wasn't it because she wanted this grace so that she could leave the palace and choose a good family to marry after reaching the age of 20?
They really can't understand why their daughter suddenly changed, and why her husband's family is not as good as their own.