Mrs. Tai's understatement made Mrs. Wu burst into tears. She turned her back to wipe the tears that fell unexpectedly, then turned back and faced everyone in the Zhu family with a tearful smile as calmly as possible: "Since
Thanks to Mrs. Tai and the Duke of Guo, I will settle the marriage on Ah Shou’s behalf. He and Yingying are in love, and now it has finally come to fruition."
The parties should avoid the discussion where the elders discussed marriage, but Zhu Ying stood next to Mrs. Tai with a smile on her face, with no intention of leaving. Even Zhu Jing, who had always indulged her, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but he frequently
Looking sideways couldn't make her feel a little bit aware that she was about to become a daughter-in-law, so he could only cough.
"Yingying, go see your eldest brother and second brother!"
"What's so interesting? It's the eldest brother who took the second brother to practice martial arts and 'taught' him!" Zhu Ying emphasized the word "teach" in her tone, and then said nonchalantly, "Dad, you used to do it
Promise me that you won’t hide anything from me as long as it’s about me! In that case, I’ll just listen to what you decide, okay?”
Jiuniang noticed that Zhu Ying was lying on her shoulders from behind with a smile as she spoke. She could only say helplessly: "Yingying, don't you know how to be more reserved as a child? In other words, you Aunt Wu and Ah Shou are all doing this.
you!"
"That's why I like Ah Shou and Aunt Wu!" Zhu Ying chuckled and said without any shyness, "I can say anything I want directly. I don't have to hold it in my heart, and I don't have to test their thoughts. I'm careful in doing things.
The family has always been like this! If you have to be cautious after getting married, then why should I get married? I might as well live my whole life with my grandmother and parents!"
"You're talking nonsense!" This time, even the wife couldn't help laughing and scolding, "If you say that, all the rich ladies in the world who are pampered by their parents' families will not get married!"
"So I said I was lucky to meet A Shou and Aunt Wu!" Zhu Ying blinked at Wu, her face full of pride.
Facing that charming and bright face, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but laugh and nodded repeatedly: "What Yingying said is that we are all a family. We should be in harmony and live in harmony. We should speak out what we say. There is no need to test each other carefully."
?Master Guo, Madam, Madam, to be honest, I really like Yingying. Ever since she first came to Rongshui Village, I have liked her very much, even before Ah Shou."
Not only was Zhu Ying not angry at this statement, but she was so happy that she put her head on Jiuniang's shoulder.
"Yes, I felt it back then! Ah Shou disliked me quite a lot at that time. When he got along with me, he was more helpless. He would often keep a distance for no reason, and would let me eat alone when we went out.
Without me, I finally knew how to get someone to give me an oil-paper umbrella when I saw the bright sun. If Aunt Wu hadn't helped me, he might have kicked me home..."
Even Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang only knew that Zhu Ying unexpectedly took Zhang Shou hostage when they first met. As for what happened during the period when Zhu Ying stayed alone in Rongshui Village before the maidservants sent by the Duke of Zhao went away,
None of them knew much about it. So now that they heard these small details, not to mention Zhu Jing, they were all a little curious, but at the same time they were also a little surprised.
When a beauty like Zhu Ying took the initiative to show his affection, Zhang Shou didn't just half-heartedly accept it, but stayed away from her?
Just when Mrs. Wu was explaining with some embarrassment that Zhang Shou was young and inexperienced, Mother Li's voice came from outside: "Madam, Master, Madam, Mr. Shou is here. He said he is going to Ziyan Pavilion to meet the second young master.
Come see you later."
"Huh?" Zhu Ying's eyes suddenly widened, and she shouted with suspicion, "Is A Shou going to make a surprise attack to spot-check the second brother's homework? No, the second brother is now in order to be a good captain.
, it is said that all the homework is done bravely."
Although just now his mother, wife, eldest son and daughter all spoke for his useless young son, Zhu Jing honestly didn't believe it. But now that Zhu Ying was so naturally sure that Zhu Er had done his homework, he thought about how the former
The son of a foreign worker who couldn't even beat him, who always said yes but secretly worked hard, couldn't help but want to take a look at the horizon.
Could it be that the sun was setting in the east, and his son who had been holding him back for thousands of years could really get better?
But immediately afterwards, Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing couldn't help but think deeply. Looking at the time, Zhang Shou should have come directly after leaving the palace... or after returning home, he learned that Wu had been invited to the Zhu family, so he hurriedly
Come here. Could it be that you guessed that they were signing a marriage contract here, so you just went to find Zhu Er to avoid suspicion?
Just as he was thinking this, Zhu Ying, who had just insisted on staying to hear how the marriage certificate was finalized, suddenly stood up and said with a smile: "Grandma, father, mother, Aunt Wu, A Shou go to my second brother, maybe
I'm very curious if I have something to entrust him to do, so I'll go over and have a look at the excitement, so I can inform you later. I'm leaving!"
Seeing Zhu Ying fly out like a light butterfly, Zhu Jing could only smile bitterly. Seeing that his mother and wife were no better than him, only Wu was smiling and had no attitude at all. He couldn't help but sigh to himself.
, Zhu Ying, who was so pampered by her family, could only be tolerated by special families like Zhang Shou and Wu.
It was simply unimaginable to him that Zhu Ying would serve her mother-in-law respectfully among other wealthy families, and then fight openly and covertly with her sister-in-law - once his spoiled daughter was offended, she would probably destroy her husband's family in a fit of anger.
broken!
So, he coughed lightly and said unnaturally: "Go and get some pen and paper. Madam Wu and I will sign a marriage contract right now."
Zhang Shou didn't come back, so Zhu Ying would of course prefer to stay in Qing'an Hall and watch the marriage certificate between herself and Zhang Shou come out; but since Zhang Shou came back, he went straight to Zhu Er, so Zhu Ying would of course prefer to talk to him.
She was very curious about what Zhang Shou said to the emperor - anyway, in most cases, he was happy to tell her anything.
Therefore, when she arrived at Ziyan Pavilion and bumped into Zhu Tingfang at the entrance of the courtyard, she was a little surprised and asked: "Brother, why did you come out?"
"Zhang Shou said he wanted to discuss business with his second brother, so I gave up the place to them." Zhu Tingfang said the reason calmly. Seeing Zhu Ying's eyes widening, as if asking him why he wanted to avoid it, he smiled and said
, "My second brother almost got a good beating from my father today. I think he might have the ambition to do something big, so I just let Zhang Shou go and talk to him."
Having said this, Zhu Tingfang stretched out his hand and pulled Zhu Ying out. Seeing her reluctantly looking into the Ziyan Pavilion, he sighed and said: "I know you two are in love, but you have to leave room for each other.
A little space. If you rush in so rashly, he may not necessarily have to reject you before speaking to his second brother, but he may feel that you don't know the importance of it."
"That's impossible!" Zhu Ying snorted unhappily, but finally said angrily, "As long as he can make his second brother more promising and not be beaten and scolded by dad all the time, it doesn't matter if I don't go in...
By the way, brother, have you seen Ah Liu?"
Zhu Tingfang didn't understand why Zhu Ying suddenly asked this. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Zhang Shou came here alone. It is said that the palace sent a car to take him back."
"That's strange. When I took Ah Shou into the palace, I didn't see Ah Liu." Zhu Ying frowned immediately. If Zhu Tingfang hadn't known that Ah Liu was the most capable servant around Zhang Shou, he would have looked at her like this
From her expression, he almost thought that Zhu Ying had moved on. But when he heard what she muttered to herself, he felt more and more confused.
"When Zhang...that guy came over before, I clearly saw Ah Liu in the yard, but then he disappeared. I didn't see him when my father and I left the palace, and he didn't come back with Ah Shou just now. Is it possible?
Could it be that you followed that guy? He won’t go that far, right... How can Shou be there without him? "
The more Zhu Ying thought about it, the more she felt that there might be something wrong with Zhang Chen's arrival, which forced Ah Liu to leave Zhang Shou behind. She immediately wanted to go in and ask what happened, but when she saw her elder brother's scrutinizing eyes, she had no choice but to first
Let go of these worries.
She simply joked with a half-smile: "Brother, what do you think I'm doing? My affairs have been settled, but my sister-in-law hasn't yet, so you really aren't worried?"
No matter how calm Zhu Tingfang was, he was bombarded by Zhu Ying's endless series of questions, such as which girl is the best, do you want me to help you matchmaking, why not help you when choosing the prince's concubine... and so on.
In the end, he had to leave in embarrassment. It wasn't until he finally looked back and saw Zhu Ying standing in front of the Ziyan Pavilion with a smile and waving to him that he realized that he had been fooled.
That girl clearly wanted to drive him away, and then eavesdrop on Zhang Shou and Zhu Er's conversation!
Zhang Shou didn't care about the confidentiality issue, because there was nothing ulterior in what he wanted Zhu Er to do. At this time, he had already said everything he needed to say to Zhu Er, and only saw the unknown person in front of him.
The arrogant second young master of the Zhu family knitted his brows into a knot, and after a while he said with some resentment: "Brother-in-law, if someone like me says he is a good farmer, others won't believe it, right?"
"No one will think you are such a good farmer." Zhang Shou ruthlessly added insult to injury. Seeing that Zhu Er's face was really elongated, he said nonchalantly, "Others will only think that you did what you did in front of your father."
You have a good image of being resolute and resolute. In order to be the acting chief of the Banshan Hall, you chose this excuse. But at least, it is much better than your previous image of a playboy."
Zhu Er was extremely angry: "Doesn't that mean I spent money and was treated as a joke?"
"Then it depends on whether you want to be laughed at for a while or for the rest of your life." Zhang Shou looked at Zhu Er and put away the teasing smile on his face, "You should know how talented you are in martial arts.
So what about your talent in reading? And you are mediocre in arithmetic, and you are far from proficient in doing experiments. You should have tried various elective courses."
As Zhang Shou cited examples one after another, Zhu Er's face darkened little by little, and finally he sighed dejectedly: "Zhang Chen is not here, and more than half of the people in Banshan Hall, like me, the acting head of the restaurant, are not convinced. When dad came back before,
He almost beat me up with all kinds of tricks, I’m really a failure as a human being. I’m really not good at this, and I’m not good at that either. If I continue like this, there’s simply no way out.”
As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Shou seriously and asked: "Since brother-in-law, you suggested that I use the excuse of being a good farmer to collect all kinds of crop seeds, and also said that the emperor also agreed to this superior planting plan, then I will try
Let’s give it a try! However, since others will definitely laugh at me because I’m a good farmer, I’ll just go all out and buy all these seeds and plant them myself!”
Zhang Shou originally wanted to collect seeds in Zhu Er's name, and then set up another farm for planting. At this time, Zhu Er actually wanted to do it himself. After the initial shock, he laughed dumbly and said: "Although Zhao Guogong's mansion is big,
, but if you collect hundreds or thousands of seeds, you won’t be able to plant them in a garden no matter how big it is.”
"Who said I want to plant them in the garden?" Zhu Er snorted angrily, and then said energetically, "Isn't Zhaoyuan on the outskirts of Beijing a very good place? Besides, buying seeds doesn't mean just buying one.
Most of them are left to others to plant, but I can open up a special vegetable patch in Zhaoyuan and sow a little bit in each patch, so a few acres of land will definitely be enough."
"When I buy it, of course I will ask where it comes from overseas, what kind of flowers it blooms, what kind of fruit it bears, what it tastes like...I will then find a few older people who know how to farm, so that no one can worry about it.
I'll kill him as a fat pig that doesn't know what to do!"
Listening to what Zhu Er said so eloquently, Zhang Shou suddenly felt that the word "good farmer" might really suit Zhu Er - even if this boy would not face the loess and turn his back to the sky all his life, he would really become a farmer.
Even if you mess up the skill tree in the future and develop into a lover of flowers and trees, it is still better than being a playboy. Loving flowers and trees is also a kind of elegance among scholars.
At that moment, he smiled and nodded: "Very good, you go and write a specific clause, and I or Yingying will help you submit it to the emperor later. Originally, I just used your good farmer as a cover, and of course I won't let you buy seeds."
Pay for it. As long as you are thoughtful and willing to endure the hardship, the Emperor will praise you."
"Really?" Zhu Er was simply overjoyed, "Can such a small thing change the emperor's previous view of me?"
Zhang Shou nodded matter-of-factly and said, "That's right, provided you really do it well."
"Okay, I'll write it now!" Zhu Er rolled up his sleeves, his face full of eagerness. After almost being beaten by his father, he had already realized how difficult it was to have such an opportunity appear in front of him.
When Zhang Shou quietly opened the door and went out, he saw Zhu Ying wandering around in the yard boredly. He went up to her somewhat unexpectedly, because he smiled and said: "Yingying, since you are here, why don't you come in and talk?"
"Isn't this because the eldest brother refuses to let me know? He said that if you tell the second brother something that you don't want me to hear, it would be inappropriate for me to barge in like this." Zhu Ying explained casually, then changed the subject and said, "Don't
Speaking of second brother, I know you will definitely not harm him, but what about Ah Liu? Could it be that he followed Zhang... where did that guy go? What will you do if he leaves? "
Faced with Zhu Ying's worries, Zhang Shou was a little amused, so he could only signal her to come over and explain the whole thing in a few words. Seeing that she was immediately relieved, he told her the advice he had just given to Zhu Er. The next moment, he
Zhu Ying smiled happily and said: "The second brother of a good farmer? This character is not bad, much better than the slutty playboy! I support him a hundred times!"