Chen Ao was open and honest, and the Zhou family was caught off guard. His wife and Zhou Heng were both embarrassed and difficult to make a decision for a while. If this young master Zhou changed to other things, he would naturally support Chen Ao unconditionally. Although he and Chen Ao were not brothers, they were better than brothers. In these days, one of them worked in the front office of the palace and the other was studying in the Imperial College. They got along less, but this brotherly relationship was not abandoned.

However, Chen Ao wanted to marry Zhou Ruo and be his brother-in-law, but he did not dare to make a decision for the time being. He just thought that it would be good if his sister married her cousin, but her cousin had too many wives and could not support her easily.

The lady raised her eyes and said to Xiang'er beside her: "Xiang'er, go and invite the lady."

After a while, Zhou Ruoying came in. She has indeed lost a lot of weight these days.

She looked a little smile on her face, and there was a hint of resentment at the corner of her mouth. She was wearing a green shirt and a long skirt that reached the ground. At this time, the sunset was about to go down the mountain. The faint sunlight shone into the Buddhist temple through the panes, shining on her face, making her skin look whiter, like a plain plum blossom, standing proudly.

When she saw Chen Ao, she had no expression in her eyes. She just snuggled up to her wife carefully and sat down, whispering: "What are you calling me to do?"

The lady held her hand, as if she wanted to prepare for her words, but before she could speak, Zhou Heng said, "Sister, Chen Ao is here to propose marriage."

Zhou Ruo was stunned at first, then a hint of shame appeared on his face, and he didn't dare to look at Chen Ao. Then he sank his eyebrows and said, "Is that so? Mr. Chen is boundless in beauty, and he didn't expect to be satisfied?"

This sentence was very ironic, which made Chen Ao's face turn red, but he didn't know how to deal with it. He knew in his heart that Zhou Ruo was a very strong woman with strong self-esteem, and it was probably not easy to ask her to nod.

The lady said, "Ruoer, there are no outsiders here, so just say it. Although your father has not agreed yet, if you nodded, try your best to fight for you for your mother."

Zhou Ruo said calmly: "Mom, don't worry about me, so I don't want to marry him. If he really wants to marry me, unless there are stars in Bianjing City tonight."

The clouds are very thick these days, and the autumn wind is getting better. It is about to rain. There are no stars coming out for several days. This sentence is to teach Chen Ao not to think about it. Although Zhou Ruo refused firmly, his heart was sore when he said something and said it. He always felt that Chen Ao hated her but also made her feel a little affection. Especially when he heard the news of Chen Ao's engagement, she always tossed and turned to sleep these days, and sometimes she wanted to not see him again, but when she saw him, her heart was messy.

A few tears appeared in her eyes, but she said strongly: "Otherwise, I would rather not marry my daughter and accompany my mother for the rest of my life than marry him."

The lady couldn't help but hold her hands tightly and sighed, "Silly child..." but she had no words.

Zhou Heng went out the window to look at the sky and couldn't help but say, "In such a weather, how could there be stars?" He sighed, feeling a little regretful for Chen Ao.

Chen Ao said to his wife: "Since that's the case, then the student has said goodbye."

Seeing that Chen Ao was about to leave, the lady couldn't help but say, "What? Is Chen Ao angry? Since she can't be a husband and wife, it's good to be a brother and sister. You must be harmonious..."

Chen Ao interrupted with a wry smile: "I'll go be the star." After that, he left hurriedly.

Being a star? Zhou Hengyi slapped his thigh: "I'll go too!" He took Fan Yang's hat and hurriedly chased after him.

After leading the horse from the horse's house, Zhou Heng asked, "Cousin, how do you make the stars?"

Chen Ao took a deep breath: "It's too late, so let's go to Suiyashanfang to find Wu Saner first and ask him to find a few more people. Cousin, are you willing to be your brother-in-law?"

Zhou Heng scratched his head and hesitated: "I do, but you have too many brothers."

Chen Ao was speechless. This guy actually learned to speak code words and smiled and said, "Even if I became your brother-in-law, you will be the only one of your brother-in-law. Chun'er and the others don't have brothers."

The two of them turned over and arrived at Suiya Mountain House. At this time, the sky was already a little dark. Chen Ao found a friend and asked, "Where is the shopkeeper Wu?"

After a while, Wu Saner came over quickly. However, Chuner looked down from the second floor. When she saw Chen Ao, she immediately avoided and hid, fearing that the custom would be broken.

Wu Saner said: "Brother Shen, what happened? Your face was a little bad."

Chen Ao said, "Go, gather all the people and I will teach you how to do it. Also, go and buy some things for me." As he said, he went to find paper and pen, and wrote common items such as "ripe paper, scissors, cotton thread" on the paper, and said to Wu Saner: "Buy as much as you can."

Then he said to Zhou Heng: "Cousin, I need something urgently, please help me."

Zhou Heng patted his chest and said, "My cousin said it's right."

Chen Ao said: "Did the tiny oil be stored in the front office of the palace?"

Fierce tinder oil is oil. At this time, in the Northern Song Dynasty, fierce tinder oil had already started to be used. However, because fierce tinder oil is flammable, it is not used in the people, but it is widely used in the army. When the Southern Tang Dynasty ruler Li Yu was facing the crisis of the Song army attacking Jinling, Zhu Quanyun, the Duke of the God Guard, used fierce tinder oil to attack the Song army. Due to the change of wind direction, the flames ignited the enemy's army and were greatly defeated.

By the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song army became more mature in the use of fierce tinder oil. At that time, a military weapon supervisor was established in the capital, which was a specialized in the manufacturing of weapons. It had eleven factories, including a workshop for fierce tinder oil, which specialized in the manufacturing of special devices for spraying fierce tinder oil.

Therefore, Chen Ao decided that the Palace Front Office must have a special storage warehouse for hot turbulent oil. Zhou Heng was able to eat in the Palace Front Office, and officers of all sizes were familiar with him. It was not difficult to get some hot turbulent oil.

Zhou Heng thought for a while and said, "Yes, yes, but you have to go to the Fukusi to get it. It is very far from Suiyashan House. Even if you ride a horse, it will take an hour to go back and forth."

The hot turmeric oil is particularly flammable, so it is very careful to store it. Just in case, it is usually stored far away from the downtown area. Chen Ao had already thought of this and said, "You go and get some, and it's just a bucket."

Zhou Heng nodded and went immediately.

At this time, Lu Zhizhang heard the movement downstairs and went downstairs to see Chen Ao, and said in surprise: "Why is my cousin here?"

As he said that he wanted to pull Chen Ao to review the manuscript for him, Chen Ao held him back and said, "If you don't review the manuscript tonight, it's related to your cousin's happiness. You can stay and help me with your work later."

Lu Zhizhang said ah, "But tomorrow the printing workshop is still waiting for my manuscript." Seeing Chen Ao glaring at him, he immediately said, "Okay, at worst I won't sleep tonight."

After Wu Saner bought all the things, dozens of servants in Suiyashan's room surrounded the account rooms. Chen Ao taught them step by step how to make what they wanted, and then taught everyone to make them together. As he said that, he asked the chef to cook some food, so that everyone could not be in vain. He would reward him later.

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Zhou Ruo was not small in his boudoir, and three houses were not separated. There was a flower pear marble calligraphy case in the local area; on the case, there were various famous calligraphy and dozens of precious inkstones. The pens inserted in various pen holders and pens in the sea were like trees. Zhou Ruo was usually bored, and he would also write some calligraphy and paintings, but she knew that her calligraphy and painting was not good, so she did not promote it. She met Chen Ao, and she was even more diligent in calligraphy and painting. Zhou Ruo was a strong woman, and she was most disgusted by Chen Ao's majesty and always wanted to kill him. However, no matter how she practiced calligraphy and painting, it was still far worse than Chen Ao, which made her a little discouraged.

Relying against the corner of the wall, there was a large Ru kiln flower bag on it, and a full of white chrysanthemums were inserted. There was a large picture of Mi Xiangyang mist and rain hanging on the western wall, and an guqin was hung. This guqin had not been used for a long time, but was cleaned up and stained with dust.

Facing the bed was a dressing table, with diamond-colored bronze mirrors, combs, rouge and other objects on the table. Leaning against the window and looking at the dark sky outside the sky, Zhou Ruo felt very sad, pursed his thin lips, and murmured in a low voice: "There will be no stars today."

A crisp girl behind her was Bier, who was Zhou Ruo's personal girl. She knew Zhou Ruo's thoughts the most. She said with a smile: "Miss, Master Chou is shameless and asks for a kiss. You really like him, why do you refuse? You also say that there are stars in the sky. There will be stars in such a sky." Bier couldn't help but feel sorry for Zhou Ruo. In fact, she still has a good impression of Chen Ao. Master Chou is very popular in the mansion and is also very good at people. He always smiles when he meets people. Even when he is a servant, he sometimes jokes about some small gifts. Besides, Master Chou is the top scorer and becomes an official. It is said that he will have to take the imperial examination and then come back. His future is unlimited.

Where can I find such a good son-in-law? Bier talked about the many benefits of being apologized in front of Zhou Ruo, such handsomeness, extraordinary knowledge, and kindness.

Zhou Ruo said with a stern face: "Damn girl, you will just talk nonsense. He is so good, why don't you marry him?"

Bier smacked her tongue and whispered, "If he wants to marry me, I will definitely marry you."

Zhou Ruo was both angry and funny when he heard this, and felt an inexplicable sorrow surged in her heart. With her stubbornness, how could she no longer have this head? This time she said such heavy words, I am afraid that she and Chen Ao will never have a chance in this life. Unconsciously, her eyes were a little wet. She hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Off the lights... sleep!"

Bier said, "Miss, do you want to wait any longer? Maybe in the middle of the night, there are really stars in the sky. When I was a child, I looked at the stars with my brother in a haystack. I waited and waited, but I cried. In the middle of the night, my brother woke me up. When I saw it, the stars in the sky came..." She said a lot of words, calling Zhou Ruo both angry and funny.

At this time, Bier's eyes fell outside the window and suddenly said in surprise and joy: "Xingxing...Xingxing..."

Zhou Ruojiao scolded, "Don't talk nonsense." Her eyes unconsciously looked out the window. When she looked, she found that there were countless light spots in the sky, and the stars were shining, like broken diamonds scattered on the sky, crystal clear and dazzling.

"How could there be stars in such weather..." Zhou Ruo was fascinated by the sight. For a moment, he stood up, his eyes looked at the sky through the pane. The scarf in his hand could not be held and fell silently.

"Sister...Sister..." Zhou Heng's voice came from afar. After a while, Zhou Heng's face appeared from the window. Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Sister, look... Xingxing, my cousin brings Xingxing..."

He took Zhou Ruo back to his senses after a rashness and was startled. Although he was his younger brother, he was not so rash to go through other people's windows. If he was sleeping or changing clothes... Zhou Ruo didn't know what it was like in his heart, and said angrily: "What are you messing around, go quickly."

Zhou Heng smiled embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, but I'm not here to make a fuss. Chen Ao, Chen Ao, you should climb up, hey, be careful to fall..."

Chen Ao? Zhou Ruo was both ashamed and angry. Her boudoir was on the second floor of the attic. It was okay for this baby brother to climb onto the windowsill, but the bad guy came too. Then he was a little scared. In the middle of the night, the windowsill of the two rash ghosts who had fallen, would be bad. Therefore, he did not dare to say harsh words, for fear that they would make any mistakes, and he felt that he could not swallow it.

At this moment, another head appeared, and a familiar face showed Zhou Ruo's unforgettable smile, and said happily: "Cousin, the stars are coming." Then he coughed: "The stars are everywhere in the sky, and the autumn wind is refreshing. At this time, the students couldn't help singing loudly. The name of this song is 'Stars represent my heart'."

What a weird name, singing here, I don’t know how many people it will attract, Zhou Ruo hurriedly said: “Don’t sing!”

"Ah? You are not allowed to sing?" Chen Ao was very sad: "But if you don't sing, your cousin won't know the students' wishes, so you must sing and let your cousin know my sincerity."

Zhou Heng climbed the windowsill impatiently and squeezed towards Chen Ao and said, "Cousin, why are you waiting for? You have to sing quickly."
Chapter completed!