After returning home, he helped Zhou Dinghai into the side room and helped him lie down. Zhou Jun felt a little worried when he saw his father clenching his teeth and trembling with anger.
Look at this posture, are you going to be angry?
Luo Sanniang heard the news from the servants and quickly walked into the wing room. When she saw Zhou Dinghai on the bed, he was so angry that he was startled.
"I've only been out for half a day, why is it like this?"
Zhou Jun briefly told his mother about his experience in the Xiao family.
Before Luo Sanniang finished listening, she saw Zhou Dinghai on the bed beating his chest with his fists and crying loudly: "It's so painful!"
Zhou Jun turned back and closed the door. Luo Sanniang threw herself in front of the bed, sobbing and said: "Alang, please don't scare me, then we won't go to the Xiao family."
Zhou Dinghai's face was filled with pain, but he was still crying with sadness: "What's the use of gaining fame and becoming a subordinate? Yalang is despicable, and slave Ya is even worse. In the eyes of others, the Zhou family may not even be as good as a lowly household!"
Zhou Jun shook his head and went from one corner to another. Zhou Dinghai's self-denial was quite fast this time.
Luo Sanniang complained there and said: "We are poor people, but Alang insists on climbing that high branch. He is looked down upon and does not say anything. It only makes him angry."
Zhou Jun looked at the couple holding each other's arms and crying. He waited for a while, and then said after the two of them stabilized their emotions: "I'm afraid that after the Xiao family makes this trip, word will spread out soon. At that time,
But it’s even more difficult.”
When Zhou Dinghai heard this, he beat his chest even more and regretted it.
Zhou Jun came closer and said to his parents: "The matter has come to this, but there is nothing we can do."
"The only thing we can do now is to stay behind closed doors and wait until the storm subsides before making plans."
Luo Sanniang looked at Zhou Jun while crying: "What Jun'er said makes sense."
Seeing Zhou Dinghai closing his eyes as if resigned to his fate, Zhou Jun added: "Father, there is no need to belittle oneself. Young people are full of energy and will work hard. Marriage is just a secular matter, and making progress is the right way."
"The 铓鶵 originates from the South China Sea and flies over the North Sea. It is not limited to the Wutong."
"Instead of looking for a good match all day long, it is better to pay attention to current affairs, and wait until the day when you are promoted to an official position, and a beautiful woman will come from afar."
After Zhou Dinghai heard this, he just kept nodding in bed.
Coming out of the side room, Zhou Jun breathed a sigh of relief.
Strong medicine is now needed for serious illness.
Once Zhou Dinghai gained power, he thought of doing whatever he wanted, fearing that sooner or later, he would bring disaster to the Zhou family.
Now using this method to break his spirit and bring peace to his family, although it is a helpless move, it has immediate results.
Recalling what happened to the Xiao family, Zhou Jun felt half angry and half depressed.
What's annoying is that the nobles of the Xiao family speak harshly to each other; what's frustrating is that they are in a low-ranking position.
In this Tang Dynasty, if you want to change the environment, you must first change yourself; if your own voice cannot even reach the ears of the saints, then in the catastrophe eleven years later, I am afraid there will be no other way but to stay away from home.
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After thinking about this, Zhou Jun originally wanted to take advantage of his vacation to visit Chang'an City, but now he has no idea.
After asking for the horse from the porter, Zhou Jun mounted the horse and hurried to Bachuan Villa.
After that, Zhou Dinghai fell seriously ill and lay on the bed for seven or eight days.
Even after recovering from his illness, Zhou Dinghai was still ashamed to be out in the market. He just stayed at home every day and never mentioned the matter of using a matchmaker to woo the powerful.
This is something to talk about later, so I won’t mention it for now.
After riding back to Bachuan Villa, Zhou Jun first went to Zhongyuan to report to Pang Gong.
When she came to the door of the small courtyard, Yuping was surprised when she saw him: "Why is Erlang back so early?"
Zhou Jun pretended to smile bitterly. Yuping knew that he was not going well, so she sighed and went back to report.
Not long after, Zhou Jun entered the study and met Pang Gong.
Pang Zhenggong was practicing calligraphy. When he saw Zhou Jun enter the door, he stopped writing and asked directly: "Which family is the girl from?"
Zhou Jun first bowed and saluted, and then said: "Yongningfang, Xiao family."
Pang Gong was stunned: "Which Xiao family?"
Zhou Jun: "Chief of the Ministry of War, Xiao Chen."
Pang Gong thought for a long time before he remembered that there seemed to be such an eighth-grade head of the Ministry of War.
Staring at Zhou Jun, Pang Gong asked: "What's the reason?"
Zhou Jun knew Pang Gong's temperament. On the surface, he seemed to be out of touch with the world, but on the inside he was very protective of his shortcomings.
If he were told that the reason why the marriage failed was because the Xiao family wanted to marry him, Pang Gong might be able to do something amazing when he was angry.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jun just said: "The eldest lady of the Xiao family is not married in her 20s. She is popularly known as "Xiao is not married". She has a high vision and likes literary talent. Hengcai was born in a slave and is not familiar with this kind of thing. Maybe she looks down on her.
"
When Pang Gong heard the nickname "Xiao Bu Marry", he couldn't help but laugh twice.
He also heard Zhou Jun say that the eldest lady of the Xiao family had delayed marrying because she had a high vision and loved literary talents, and a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.
Just listen to Pang Gong say: "If it's just the Xiao family that's blocking it, it wouldn't be difficult for our family to find someone to talk it over... But if it's just a lady who loves talents and forcefully acts as a matchmaker, it's not beautiful..."
Zhou Jun's original intention was just to use the Xiao family's incident to beat his parents out of the idea of proposing a marriage.
He has no intention of marrying a wife and starting a family.
Hearing Pang Gong's words, Zhou Jun said quickly: "I dare to teach Pang Gong to know that this boy is not very talented and has little knowledge. He is a new subordinate and has no intention of getting married."
"This time I went to Xiao's house to say goodbye, it was just a helpless move because my parents couldn't handle it."
After hearing this, Pang Gong nodded and said, "It's a good thing that Erlang thinks like this."
"If you are involved in a lawsuit with the Ministry of Criminal Justice, you should work hard first. As for the marriage, at the worst, our family will help you look after it, and the chief teacher will find a satisfactory one."
After Zhou Jun heard this, he saluted and thanked him.
Yu Ping, who came out of Pang Gong's place and was waiting at the door, looked at Zhou Jun's face and said, "Young man, don't worry. Just sing with a glass of green wine. When you are looking for a girl, you should know that she is in the world."
"The beauty in the marriage book will come to you sooner or later, just wait patiently."
Zhou Jun nodded to Yuping.
Walking towards his wing, Zhou Jun saw Hua Yue sunbathing on the mattress as soon as he entered the small courtyard.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Hua Yue turned around and saw Zhou Jun. Her face was happy, but she quickly turned back and asked coldly: "But you found the beautiful girl? Why didn't you stay with her for a few more days and come back so soon?"
"
Zhou Jun looked at Hua Yue with a smile and asked, "Have you been waiting impatiently for the past two days?"
Hua Yue turned around and rolled her eyes at Zhou Jun: "Why am I so anxious about your affairs?"
Zhou Jun found a stone ridge, sat down, and said, "My father has spotted the eldest daughter of the Yixiao family in the matchmaking book, and he wants to come and propose marriage."
Huayue kept moving her hands, and while she was busy drying the mattress, she said, "I'll marry you if you like her."
Zhou Jun continued: "I looked at the matchmaker's brochure and found that the Xiao family page was not only unclear, but also had traces of alteration, so I paid close attention to it."
"The Xiao family is a noble family and an official village, but it is written in the matchmaking book that they don't take any money from the bride price, and they voluntarily pay a large amount of dowry."
"Also, in the family background column of the matchmaker's book, it is written that the Xiao family only has three young ladies, but no husband."
"Seeing this, I basically already know what the Xiao family wants to do."
Hua Yue thought for a moment and asked, "The Xiao family wants to find someone to marry into?"
Zhou Jun: "Exactly, that matchmaker wrote that matchbook and was deliberately vague. She was just trying to win the prize from both ends and attract people's attention."
"I knew that my father was a strong man and would never agree to the marriage proposal, so I pretended not to notice and pretended to agree to the marriage proposal."
"As expected, my father and I came for a visit. As soon as we explained our purpose of visit, we were laughed at and humiliated by the Xiao family's servants."
"My father was so angry that he fell on the bed. I'm afraid he hasn't recovered yet."
Hua Yue felt a little secretly happy in her heart, but she forced herself to say: "How can you in the world kill yourself and beg for humiliation like you?"
"If you don't want to, just say it directly. It will make the family angry. What if it leaves the root of the disease?"
Zhou Jun smiled bitterly and said: "This is the Tang Dynasty. The younger generation has no room to say what the parents ordered the matchmaker to do."
Hua Yue was also stunned. After thinking carefully, he just said helplessly: "The Tang people are really troublesome."