Rise From the Humble

The news of Zhu Ping'an's return home spread throughout the village.

Of course, when Mrs. Chen went out early in the morning to pour slop, she inadvertently said something to Aunt Li who was also pouring slop, and within half an hour, the whole Xiahe Village knew that the second boy of the Zhu family, who was admitted to Juren, had returned. Then the result was that when Zhu Pingan came back from reading early in the morning, he saw a lot of people from the four aunts and the eight uncles at home, and it took him a long time just to say hello to him.

Seeing that Zhu Ping'an is a master of Juren, and he is still so polite to them, these four aunts and eight uncles are even more excited. They praise and praise Zhu Pingan, and even an old man swears He swore that when Zhu Ping'an was born, he saw the red clouds filling the sky behind Zhu's house as if it were on fire.

Zhu Pingan blushed when these people spoke directly.

Mother Chen enjoys this atmosphere very much, and from time to time tells about Zhu Ping'an's childhood, such as how he can herd cattle at the age of 5, which arouses a burst of praise from the four aunts and eight uncles around, and then Chen's repeated He waved his hands and said modestly that my pig was so smart. He was so skinny when he was young, but his face looked like he had drank two ounces of wine.

"His aunt, the youngest daughter of my second aunt's family is twelve years old this year, and she is sensible and capable. She is not boastful in ten miles and eight villages. I think it is with your Pingan Lang."

An older aunt talked for a while about beating around the bush and being unnutritive, then suddenly the topic changed and she wanted to introduce the youngest daughter of her second aunt's family to Zhu Ping'an. If you tell Zhu Ping'an the daughter of a relative's family, the relative's family will naturally enjoy great blessings, so wouldn't he be a matchmaker?

When Mrs. Chen heard this, her expression changed. Before she could speak, someone next to her raised objections.

"Auntie, I have nothing to say. My aunt's little daughter is sensible and capable, but she is tall."

An aunt got up and quit as soon as the old aunt had finished speaking. Although she didn't say what the youngest daughter of the old aunt's family looked like, she almost understood it from the tsk-tsk tone.

Hearing that someone helped him to refuse, Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, but before Chen Shi could finally let go of this breath, the aunt who helped him just now spoke again, and directly let Chen Shi breathe out again.

"If you want me to say, the eldest girl of my second aunt's family is called a Shuiling. She is from Zhaotou Village. You have seen it before. What a girl, the matchmaker has stepped down the threshold by three inch."

After the aunt belittled the aunt in her introduction, she described the eldest daughter of her second aunt's family as a flower. The meaning is self-evident.

"Forget it, your second aunt's girl is already sixteen, more than three years older than Ping An Lang, if you ask me."

Another sister-in-law came forward.

Then, Zhu Ping'an's yard was like a flock of ducks entered, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack and one theme in every sentence and introduce one's own relatives to Zhu Ping'an to take advantage of the great wealth.

Chen's complexion is not very good-looking. She has seen many of these girls mentioned by the seventh aunt and eight aunt. Not comparable, let alone Li Shu. One is a golden phoenix flying in the sky, and the other is a group of small house sparrows flying on the ground. How can they compare.

Li Shu is beautiful, sensible, kind, filial, and good at managing the family, and her family background is good. The most important thing is that Li Shu is very prosperous in Chen's opinion. Only such a girl can be worthy of her own son. As for these The seven aunts and the eight aunts have a good relationship, but compared with the lifelong affairs of my own pig, they have to step aside. How can the village girl be worthy of the pig who will be a high-ranking official in the future? From now on, Pig will not be able to lift his head when he goes out.

Zhu Ping'an's face twitched as he looked at his seven aunts and eight aunts who were vying to introduce him to someone.

"Ahem, cough, cough, our pig has some arrangements." Mrs. Chen coughed and said something embarrassing to the seventh and eighth aunts who were about to start a fight in the yard.

Then the yard was quiet for a while, and then he asked whose girl it was, what she looked like, and what her character was like.

Chen Shi smiled without saying a word.

Chen's mystery and affirmation made the seventh and eighth aunts give up the idea of ​​introducing their relatives to Zhu Pingan.

I can still rely on my mother at the critical moment. Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but pay attention to Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen looked at Zhu Pingan's relieved and grateful eyes, and thought that Zhu Pingan had guessed something. Her second child often went to borrow books from others. Such a beautiful and well-behaved girl, it was hard to believe that the second child had some thoughts about him, so she thought in her heart That idea is about to break through the sky.

The ancients were embarrassed to express their thoughts on marriage. In ancient times, when a girl was satisfied with the marriage proposal, she would shyly run back to the boudoir without saying a word, while the boy would at best obey his mother's words.

Therefore, Zhu Ping'an's look made Chen misunderstood.

The seventh aunt and the eighth aunt stayed at Zhu Ping'an's house for a while, until the smoke started to rise in the village. Mrs. Chen politely left them at home to eat. The seventh aunt and eighth aunt thanked Mrs. Chen and left reluctantly.

call

Looking at the seventh and eighth aunts leaving, Zhu Pingchuan took a breath. This was much harder than the imperial examination.

"Really, I've been delayed so much that I haven't had time to make the chicken soup yet." Mrs. Chen said a little arrogantly, then went into the kitchen to continue making chicken soup.

The eldest brother Zhu Pingchuan came out of the room and joked with Zhu Ping'an, "Do you have a crush on me? Tell me."

Zhu Pingan shook his head repeatedly.

Then I heard my eldest brother Zhu Ping'an say a little embarrassedly, "Well, that Juan'er has a cousin."

At first glance, it was my future sister-in-law who mentioned it to my eldest brother.

Before the eldest brother finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Chen coming out of the kitchen aggressively with a fire stick.

"Zhu Dachuan, try to tell me one more thing!" Mrs. Chen grabbed Zhu Pingchuan's ear, and made a gesture to drop the fire stick on Zhu Pingchuan's body, but seeing the sparks on the fire stick, she was not willing to hit it.

"Empress, I want to get a wife." Zhu Pingchuan screamed as Mrs. Chen grabbed her.

"What's wrong with marrying a daughter-in-law? It's just you who can't handle it clearly. You still beat her in front of your daughter-in-law." Chen gave Zhu Pingchuan an angry look, and then pulled him hard before letting go.

"Why can't I carry it clearly?"

Zhu Pingchuan hesitated a little aggrievedly, but in exchange for Chen's gesture of waving a fire stick, he did not dare to say any more.

"You think about it yourself." Mrs. Chen glared at Zhu Pingchuan again before entering the kitchen.

Think to yourself? Zhu Pingchuan couldn't understand, and turned his gaze to Zhu Ping'an in confusion.

"Ahem, brother, I went to the room to warm up my books."

Zhu Pingan coughed and went to the bedroom, leaving Zhu Pingchuan standing in the yard with a dazed face. He didn't know why he couldn't tell the difference. Isn't it a good thing to introduce his wife to his second brother? Why can't he tell the difference? Cleared up.