Chapter Four, Qi Zheng
Qi Zheng, whose courtesy name is Xiuyuan, was from Lucheng, Nanyue, and was the son of Mr. Lin's old friend. He came to visit Mr. Lin two years ago, and fell in love with his elder sister and asked for marriage three months later.
Ah Niang originally disagreed, but she felt that it was not right for the family to be in a bad state, and she was really worried about marrying from afar. However, Qi Zheng confessed many times that he sincerely wanted to marry. Mr. Lin protected the family's family and the eldest sister also secretly agreed, and Ah Niang finally let go.
In fact, Zhang Sanhua didn't understand why Qi Zheng had a slender figure and a handsome appearance, a rich life and a talented person in Lucheng. Why didn't he marry someone if he was not a eldest sister?
On the day of the wedding, my grandmother cried so hard that my second sister told her to agree to go home often. Zhang Sanhua was confused and felt that getting married seemed like a very tragic thing.
"Brother-in-law, why are you here?"
"I promised Xiaohua to celebrate her birthday before. Your elder sister missed her home, so she came back to see her. Unfortunately, she missed it." Qi Zheng showed regret, "Your elder sister is already at home. I'll visit Mr. Lin. Sanhua, please go home first."
Zhang Sanhua responded, turned to glance at Lin Ergou, and saw that his face was obscure and pale.
When he walked out of the Lin family gate, Zhang Sanhua heard Mr. Lin's words.
"Ergou, let me make a plan and let Xiuyuan taste it and see if you have made any progress."
Then, Qi Zheng's low laughter was heard.
Before I could get to the door, I heard the sound of conversation coming from inside. As soon as I stepped into the far door, a familiar figure came into my eyes.
His face was rosy and even a little round. He wore two silver hairpins on his head and pearl earrings on his ears. The clothes on his body were also a new work of good materials.
It seems that my elder sister has been doing well during this period.
"Sister."
"Sanhua, you are back, come on, let my sister take a good look." The sister bent slightly and stroked Sanhua's head, then rubbed Sanhua's forehead with her forehead, "It's so good, she's so tall."
"Sister, you don't praise me for growing taller!" Zhang Xiaohua was displeased.
"You have grown taller," the eldest sister smiled with her lips pursed, "But, the three flowers have grown faster than an inch, and you have only so many."
The eldest sister stretched out her hand and compared the size of a soybean with her thumb and index finger.
Zhang Xiaohua instantly became angry.
"Sister, you are bad! I ignore you!"
"Don't let it go, Xiaohua must forgive my sister. Seeing that my sister has brought you facial fat, this is the best-selling facial fat in Lucheng, but Sanhua doesn't have it."
Xiaohua took the small box of paint, opened it and smelled it, then turned anger into joy, and stepped forward and hugged the eldest sister's arm.
"I knew my elder sister was the best for me."
The eldest sister smiled and pointed at Xiaohua's nose, "You smart guy."
Ah my mother looked at it, with a gratified smile on her face.
"It's almost time to cook dinner. It just so happened that San'er caught a rabbit yesterday and didn't eat it. Today I'll make you braised rabbit meat. Xiaohua, come and help me."
Zhang Xiaohua followed with a smile, and the eldest sister also said she wanted to help, but my mother didn't allow it and just let her sit and rest for a while.
"Sister, are you doing well?" Zhang Sanhua moved a small stool and sat down next to her.
"You are doing well, your brother-in-law treats me very well." The eldest sister's face turned slightly red, "By the way, your brother-in-law has prepared a gift for you, I'll give it to you."
After saying that, he got up and walked towards the inner room. When he reached the door, he turned around and smiled at Sanhua.
After a while, Sister Ah took something and walked to Sanhua's side, lifted the covered blue cloth, revealing a dagger slightly longer than Sanhua's forearm.
"Your brother-in-law knows that you like to go to the mountains. Although nothing has happened in recent years, no one can tell when there will be a chance. This dagger was used by your brother-in-law when he was a child. It is for you to guard against it, just don't dislike it's not new."
Zhang Sanhua took the dagger and watched carefully.
The dagger's sheath was dark silver, with dark flowers on it, which was not as easy as Mr. Lin's dagger. With a little effort, it made a "swish" sound.
Zhang Sanhua thought, it was so ugly.
The dagger looks very sharp, and he just scratches the small stool and shows a mark.
Zhang Sanhua nodded with satisfaction, and the eldest sister chuckled from the side.
"Come on, Sanhua, tell my elder sister what happened to her family over the past year."
After chatting for about an hour, my grandmother suddenly came out of the kitchen and called Sanhua and asked her to invite Mr. Lin to come for dinner.
"Your brother-in-law is so uncomfortable in our room. If you invite Mr. Lin, Ergou will also call you, and your brother-in-law will have a few sips of wine."
"Is there any wine at home?" Sanhua thought that since she accidentally drank the wine that her mother hid last time, she wouldn't have any wine at home.
"It's the last jar," Ah Niang touched Sanhua's head, sighing a little, "Your father had hidden wine before. He thought I didn't know, but in fact he was just giving him face... I won't say it anymore, go quickly."
Sanhua agreed and turned around and ran away.
I thought it was hidden by my grandmother, but it turned out to be hidden by my dad. It's so strange why my dad likes such a hard drink.
When he arrived at Mr. Lin's house, there was no one in the yard. Zhang Sanhua shouted at the door, "Sir, I'm here" and rushed into the room. After searching, he found that three of them were in the study.
Lin Ergou's face was even worse, but Mr. Lin smiled.
"Ergou, why did your article not make any progress?" Qi Zhengluo was a little helpless.
"Mr. Lin, my mother, invites you and Ergou to my house for dinner."
"Hey, okay, I'm just having a few drinks with Xiuyuan." Mr. Lin said and walked out. Qi Zheng glanced at Lin Ergou meaningfully and followed Mr. Lin out.
Zhang Sanhua walked to Lin Ergou and poked his face.
"Is the soul still there?"
"Stop messing around," Lin Ergou grabbed Zhang Sanhua's fingers, "I really don't have talent in this regard."
Zhang Sanhua pulled out her hand and wiped Lin Ergou with disgust.
"Just tell me where you have talent."
Lin Ergou tilted his head and thought about it.
"Cook?"
"You can attend this at this point." Zhang Sanhua glared at him, "Go away, you're going to have a meal."
"Hey, don't wait for me so quickly..."
When I got home, except for the family and Mr. Lin, a little boy of four or five years old appeared from somewhere. He had golden necklaces on his neck and two small twills tied around his neck. He was so cute that he was carved with jade.
Zhang Sanhua took a step back with a very serious expression.
Where did this little brat come from?!
"Sanhua is back." The eldest sister saw her greeting, and quickly explained when she saw her expression, "This is the child of your brother-in-law and relatives. Let Mr. Lin take a look. If you follow Mr. Lin to study with Yanyuan, and if you don't have a relationship, go back with us."
"I haven't seen him at Mr. Lin's house before." Zhang Sanhua continued to have a expressionless face.
"He was too tired to ride in the carriage. You didn't see him when he fell asleep in the west room before."
After reluctantly accepting this explanation, Zhang Sanhua went to the table to have a meal. Mr. Qi Zhenglin Lin Ergou was at a table in the yard and the others sat at a table in the main hall.
The meal was quite enjoyable, and the naughty child incident that Zhang Sanhua was worried about did not occur.
After dinner, Mr. Lin and Qi were having tea and chatting in the yard for a while, and then took Lin Ergou and the little kid to say goodbye. My mother felt sorry for her elder sister's fatigue, so she urged her to settle down earlier.
The house at home was newly built when Sanhua's father was there. Behind the main hall is the inner room, which is divided into the main room and the secondary room. My grandmother lived in the main room before, but after my grandmother went there, my grandmother moved to the secondary room. When Sanhua became older and became angry and was unwilling to sleep with others, my grandmother couldn't bear to sleep with the floor, so she asked someone to make a new bed for her. This time, my elder sister and her brother-in-law came back and arranged for them to stay in the second room. My grandmother and her second sister slept with one bed, and Sanhua would still sleep with one by herself.
"My grandma, how long do you think my elder sister will stay this time?" Xiaohua couldn't sleep and twisted her to chat.
"I said I would stay for one month. I wanted them to stay for more, but this time it took more than a month, so I wouldn't stay for more. After all, I'm a married daughter."
What else I said later, Sanhua doesn’t remember. She has always slept early, so she is already sleepy.
Chapter completed!