New widow

Are Su Tongpan and Zhang Sifu here? " Suqiao asked in surprise when she heard what Nanny Wu said. Nanny Wu should have said: "I was also shocked. If I came to send wedding invitations, I would just send a housekeeper. Why do you need to come with such a big fanfare? "

"Go out to greet you." No matter how surprised Su Qiao was in her heart, she still had to go out to greet her now. Aunt Wu accompanied Su Qiao out. Su Du and Zhang Qing did not wear official uniforms today, but only wore homely clothes. Seeing Suqiao coming out, the two of them bowed and went down.

Suqiao replied: "You two have something important to do?"

"Come to ask for a cup of tea from my lady." Zhang Qing said with a smile, Su Qiao couldn't help but smile: "Master Zhang is really more joking than before, please come in."

The three of them entered the courtyard. Nanny Wu had already placed tea and snacks on the stone table. Su Qiao invited the two of them to sit down: "It's freezing cold right now. I was supposed to invite you two into the main room, but it's just my house." , it can’t compare to the British government palace in the past, so I invite you two to sit here.”

While they were talking, Sister-in-law Xiao Wu and Sister Song came over carrying a brazier and placed the brazier under the stone table. Zhang Qing stretched out his hand to warm himself up by the fire: "The weather is nice today, there is sunshine, and there is a fire, it is more comfortable than being in the house."

Su Qiao had already poured a cup of tea for the two of them: "Since I asked for a cup of tea, please try this tea."

"Sister-in-law Xiao Wu recently learned this snack. It's very good." Sister Song also said with a smile. Zhang Qing was holding tea in her left hand and snacks in her right hand: "It's indeed very good. Madam Kuang, you will be comfortable here."

"Thank you both for taking care of me." Su Qiao also said with a smile. Zhang Qing drank the tea in one gulp and looked at Su Du. Su Du had not spoken since he saw Su Qiao. Now

Seeing Zhang Qing looking at him, Su Du already smiled and said, "Why don't you drink tea quickly and see what I do?"

"I just want to ask you. You were not asked to come here. Why are you here now and not saying anything?" Zhang Qing said and finished the tea again. Su Du only smiled faintly, and Su Qiao looked at Su Du: "So, Mr. Su was entrusted by my father today."

"Yes." Su Du only answered this word, and Su Qiao smiled: "That's not a coincidence. If someone else entrusts it, I can still listen to what Mr. Su wants to say. If it is entrusted by my father, then Mr. Su says I don’t even want to hear it.”

Zhang Qing's mouthful of snacks almost got stuck in his throat, but he still took another sip of tea before swallowing the snacks. Then Zhang Qing said to Su Qiao: "Why did Mrs. Kuang say this?"

"Father..." Su Qiao only said these two words and then smiled apologetically: "This is all a family matter, and I won't tell outsiders."

"Ms. Kuang." Su Du then looked at Su Qiao and said, "Although I am entrusted by Lord Kuang, I am not here to speak for Lord Kuang."

"Then why Master Su is here?" Su Qiao asked with a smile. Su Du felt that his heart was beating very fast, and the thump-dong-dong sound seemed to be heard all over the world, but Su Du held it back and only He whispered to Suqiao: "I'm here, I'm here, just..."

"Just what?" Su Qiao's eyebrows wrinkled slightly. The sunlight shone on Su Qiao's face, making Su Qiao look particularly beautiful. Su Du's words, "I'm just here for you," came to her lips, but she couldn't say them out. .

Then Su Du said to Su Qiao: "You know, I'm getting married."

"Of course I know."

Su Qiao frowned, and then Su Du said: "When your current wife married your father, was your father still alive?"

"What's the use of talking about this?" Su Qiao just said this lightly, and then Su Qiao added: "They say officials protect each other. Besides, my father is not an important official." Mr. Kuang, with such a position, There are only eight hundred in the world who are neither very outstanding nor very bad. They are just mediocre officials. In the future, according to their seniority, they will reach the third rank. If they can be ennobled to the third generation, they will be in the fourth rank. A good job leads to an official career.

As long as such an extremely mediocre official does not commit suicide by offending someone who cannot be offended, no one will care about him, and naturally no one will impeach him.

"When your father married your father-in-law, I think they were in love with each other." Su Du's words made Su Qiao smile: "Master Su, what do you mean by this? How can there be so many people who are in love with each other in this world, and how can they be like this?" Stay true to your resolve. Mr. Su will get married soon. After three to five years, he will be able to take concubines. By then, it will be normal to have beautiful wives and concubines."

"I won't." Su Du said hastily, which made Su Qiao look at him, and then Su Du concealed it and said: "What I mean, what I mean is that I will only live by my wife. "

"Ms. Kuang, there are some men of the same color in this world." Zhang Qing interrupted, Su Qiao nodded: "Then I would like to congratulate Mrs. Su first."

It is the standard of a gentleman to have the same body color and one blind eye. Maybe Zhang Qing can do it, but Su Qiao doesn't believe it when Su Du can do it. After all, Zhang Qing's background is the same as Su Du's.

The body is different.

"Ms. Kuang, I was just thinking, why are marriages in the world dictated by parents and matchmakers?" Su Du's words made Su Qiao frown even more tightly. Why did she feel that Su Du was going crazy? She said something What he shouldn't have said? After all, it is a matter of course for parents to order a matchmaker, and no one in the world can object to it.

This is true from the emperor down to the common people. If you hire someone to be a wife or a concubine, and there is no order from the parents to find a matchmaker, then that is a promiscuous relationship, and you will be laughed at by everyone.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhang Qing stretched out his hand and pulled Su Du's sleeve, feeling that Su Du was different from usual at this moment, and even lost his composure.

"I..." How could Su Du tell Zhang Qing what was on his mind? After a while, Su Qiao said calmly: "Yes, marriage is a major matter, parents order the matchmaker, whether you like it or not, like it or not , once the red string is tied and the hijab is lifted, it will last a lifetime."

There was sadness in Suqiao's words.

"What if there is a choice?" Su Du asked back, Su Qiao smiled: "In this world, which woman has a choice? So I don't want Zhen'er to get married casually, and I don't want Zhen'er to get married either. Choosing a family background, choosing over and over again, may make her sad for the rest of her life."

Wan's eyes were in front of Suqiao again before she died. At that time, Wan was almost exhausted, but she was still waiting, waiting for someone who would never come back. She didn't wait until the last moment.

"I see." Su Du sighed softly: "Actually, your father asked me to come here to persuade you to go back with him."

"With him?" Su Qiao sneered, looking at Su Du with a look in her eyes.

A trace of disgust: "What if I insist on refusing?"