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"My mother just said it casually. Look at you, you actually want to drive my mother back." Liu Shi squinted at Shun Niang and said dissatisfiedly, "If you don't go back, why do you go back? My mother is old, and I have to follow you from now on. pass."

When Shun Niang heard the words, she said, "If I get married, will you still follow me?"

Mrs. Liu shook her head, saying that she didn't want Shunniang to get married, because after she got married, only she, Mrs. Qi, Kecheng and Hui'er were left in the Xi family.

She said: "I have earned enough money. When the time comes, I will go back to Xijiazhuang to buy a house and land. Mother wants to find a son-in-law for you."

Shunniang knew that her mother had repeatedly mentioned this wish to her, but it was not what she wanted. She wanted to marry a daughter-in-law and settle down in Bianliang City to provide for her old age.Regarding this wish from the bottom of her heart, she really wanted to follow up on what her mother said right now, but considering that it was New Year's Eve today, she didn't want her family to make noise, so she didn't mention it.But I plan to bring it up with my mother as soon as possible after the Chinese New Year is over, so that I can settle down with Xie Erniang. That way, Xie Erniang will feel at ease, and she will also feel at ease.

"Okay, let's stop talking about this..." Shunniang waved her hands and said, then reached out to take money out of the jar, and took out a total of five pennies, "This year we will spend these."

Mrs. Liu was shocked when she saw it: "God! How much it will cost! It will cost so much in a new year!"

Shunniang explained: "After the new year, I plan to take you to play with the tiles in Bianliang City, and buy some clothes, cosmetics, and fruits. It will cost money. Also, I have to prepare next year's gifts for this Some people in the town pay New Year's greetings, such as Xie's family, Lu's family, Guo Lizheng's family, Ge Dutou's family...these all have to cost money, don't they?"

Although Mrs. Liu understood, she still lamented that the money was too much, and said that although staying in the city earned a lot, it also cost a lot.

Shunniang smiled: "I would rather earn more and spend more than earn less and spend less. I would rather stay in the city than go back to Zhuangzi."

These words can be regarded as an indirect expression of his attitude to the old lady, and Mrs. Liu did not speak after listening to it.

Shunniang then rolled up her sleeves, saying that she would go with her sister-in-law to make Bianshi, and that she would eat Bianshi for the New Year's dinner at noon, with pork mixed with shredded radish as stuffing, and some sauce in it, to have a delicious meal , Go to Xie's house for New Year's dinner at night, so you don't have to set fire at your own house.As for the old lady, just take the two children and watch Kecheng play. She has already bought a lot of firecrackers and fireworks for her and asked Kecheng to play with them.

When Kecheng heard that there were flat food and firecrackers, he clapped his hands happily. Shunniang smiled and patted his head, telling him not to run around, be careful not to run into kidnappers again, and just play in the backyard.

As soon as he heard the word kidnapper, Kecheng was frightened, nodded hurriedly and said that he was not going out, just playing in the backyard at home, not going anywhere.

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu said that she would keep an eye on Kecheng, and told Shunniang not to worry.

Shunniang then went to the kitchen with her sister-in-law to prepare the New Year's Eve meal at noon. She had the strength, so she took the initiative to take on the job of kneading the noodles, while Qi's peeled the radishes and cut them into thin shreds. Put some salt in and marinate for a while to let the shredded radish taste, and then chop half fat and lean pork stuffing.

There are three adults and two children in Xi's family. Shunniang asked her sister-in-law to chop up three catties of pork stuffing and serve it with a catty of shredded radish.Mrs. Qi said that there was more meat than any other year. In the year she married into Xi's family, during Chinese New Year, Shunniang's eldest brother ordered two catties of meat to be served with two catties of radishes. That was the most meat she could remember. , Later, one catty of meat was paired with three catties of radishes.

While kneading the noodles, Shun Niang said that she doesn't like to eat flat food, which is full of vegetables and can't eat meat.

Mrs. Qi cheerfully said that she had been married into Xi's family for several years. In the past, when she saw Shunniang eating flat food, she didn't dislike the lack of meat, and she seemed to eat deliciously.

"Oh, that's just pretending. As for me, although I'm a rabbit, I don't like to be vegetarian, but I like to eat meat."

"That's not right. I remember that you used to like to be vegetarian and didn't like to eat meat. You said that eating a little more meat would make you sick."

"Ahem, well, after I got sick, I realized that I have changed a lot, and now I also like to eat meat."

"Oh, it should be so."

The aunt and sister-in-law were chatting and laughing while doing the work at hand. Firecrackers sounded from time to time in the yard. It was Kecheng setting off firecrackers. There were also sporadic firecrackers on the street outside. Every family was preparing the New Year’s dinner. The whole town was filled with Strong New Year flavor.

When it was almost noon, all the flat food was wrapped, and the water in the cauldron was boiling. Mrs. Qi took half of the wrapped flat food and put it in the pot. In the pot, Mrs. Qi picked up the flat food and put it on a few large plates, and Shun Niang went to the yard to let Kecheng wash his hands and prepare to eat.

Helping to bring the flat food into the main room with a brazier, Shunniang went to take out a large firecracker, went to the yard to find a piece of wood, picked up the firecracker, took an incense to light it, and carefully lit it. In the past, he lit the fuse, and then ran into the house quickly, with the lively crackling sound of firecrackers exploding behind him.

Kecheng ran over and hugged her legs and hid behind him, poking his head out to look at the lively firecrackers, with an excited smile on his face.

When Xi's house was setting off firecrackers, Xie's and Liang's next door were also setting off firecrackers at about the same time, and then other houses in the town seemed to be infected as well. Bang bang.

Shun Niang happily sat back after setting off the firecrackers, raised her chopsticks and said, let’s eat, and then the whole family began to feast. Liu took a bite and said: "Oh, this year's flat food is full of meat. How much meat did you put in?"

Mrs. Qi said that Shunniang asked to put three catties of meat and one catty of radishes, and Mrs. Liu said, "No wonder, I only ate meat, not radishes."

Shun Niang said: "What's the matter, isn't it good to eat too much meat? Then next year we will eat flat food, and I will make it for you alone. Put more radishes and less meat."

Mrs. Qi pointed at Shunniang with chopsticks and said that she was only arguing with herself now, and she had no conscience, and she didn't say that she didn't like flat food with a lot of meat.

Shunniang smiled and said: "Then eat quickly, don't worry about it, after eating, I have to go to Xie's house to help cook the New Year's dinner, I promised Mrs. Wu..."

In fact, she promised Xie Erniang to go to Xie's kitchen to help cook New Year's dinner after lunch, and the two of them could stay together and talk, but she told the old lady that she agreed to Miss Wu, because she was afraid that her mother would be suspicious West is skeptical.When she thought of talking and cooking with Xie Erniang, Shunniang was full of anticipation.

After eating the simple and traditional Xi's New Year's dinner, the Qi family didn't want Shunniang to help clean up. Shunniang dawdled for a while, guessing that the Xi's next door had finished lunch, so she led Kecheng to the Xie's next door. , ran into Xie Erniang who was holding Xie Sanlang and was about to go to Xi's house to find him, and the two couldn't help smiling when they met.

Xie Erniang smiled and only said: "Are you here?"

Shun Niang nodded with a smile on her lips, and responded softly with the word "um".

Xie Erniang said again: "How early are you here?"

Shunniang raised her eyebrows and deliberately teased her: "You don't like it?"

Xie Erniang pouted, and was about to say something, but when she saw her father coming, she bit her lips and stopped talking, and just glanced at Shunniang, her eyes full of joy and anger.

As soon as Xie Yi came over, he patted Shunniang on the shoulder, and said haha ​​in a rough voice, saying that Shunniang came to help at the right time, and there were a lot of dishes for the New Year's dinner in the evening, and even a rough person couldn't help him. The guys are all back for the New Year, and they are just in need of manpower.

"Er Niang, you can take Xi Erlang to the kitchen, San Lang will take it for me, and Ke Cheng will follow me too, there are a lot of firecrackers and fireworks in my place." Xie Yi too understood his daughter, and tried his best to keep her with Shun Niang. To get together, he secretly guessed, judging by the situation, after the Chinese New Year, that kid Kijiro would have to ask a matchmaker to come to Xie's family to propose marriage and make a decision.Xie Yi is very satisfied that his beloved youngest daughter can be given to Xi Erlang, such an honest, diligent and handsome young man.

As for Xie Erniang, she also understood her father's good intentions, so she handed over her younger brother to her father. Shunniang also asked Kecheng to follow Xie Yi, and told Kecheng to listen to Xie Yi's words, in the backyard of Xie's house. After playing, she followed Erniang Xie to Xie's kitchen by herself.

In the kitchen, Mrs. Wu is busy. The two stoves on the stove in the house are steaming. Hot white steam is coming out, and the steam is permeating. When you come in, you can feel the atmosphere of making New Year's dinner.

"Mother, Xi Er is here to help." Xie Erniang smiled and talked to Wu Shi as soon as she entered, but Wu Shi taught her not to call Jia Xi Er, he was older than her, so he should call him Brother Xi Er.

Xie Erniang responded vaguely, and when she called Shunniang again, she called her second brother directly, and then told them what her mother had arranged for them to do.

Shunniang rolled up her sleeves, picked vegetables, washed them and chopped them, while Xie Erniang helped.

When Mrs. Wu saw the two talking and laughing at the side, she saw no one else in her eyes at all, and when she was working, it was you who cared for me and I cared for you. Jia Erlang, this is a good thing is coming.She was a little curious, when did this Kijiro fall in love with his daughter, it was so good.In the past, she was cold and unreasonable to her daughter, so she hurriedly thought about choosing Liang Sanlang, who was pursuing her daughter, as a candidate son-in-law.Seeing that Xi Erlang was so good with her daughter now, she let go of her heart, and when she looked at Shun Niang again, she already regarded her as her son-in-law.

As the saying goes, the more the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law, the more she likes her, and so does the Wu family at this moment.

She didn't want Shunniang to work and rest, but thinking of her daughter's rare chance to get along with others, she simply handed over all the work in the kitchen to them, saying that she would do the main steamed and stewed dishes. After finishing it, let Shunniang show her skills for the rest of the cooking. She said that she knew that Shunniang was a good cooker, so she could rest assured that she would give it to Shunniang.

Shunniang agreed, and she also wanted to show off to her future father-in-law and mother-in-law, so she took over the job in the kitchen and said that she would definitely cook all the dishes.

After Wu's explanation, she gave the apron to Shunniang, put down her sleeves and went out with a smile.

As soon as she left, only Shunniang and Xie Erniang were left in the kitchen. Xie Erniang helped Shunniang tie her waistband while scolding her for taking over all the work. She said that it doesn't take much effort to do the work in the kitchen. , but it is tiring enough.

Shunniang smiled and said, "With you, no matter how tired I am, I will still be happy."

Xie Erniang looked into Shunniang's eyes, and said softly: "But my heart hurts..."

After hearing this, Shunniang was so happy that she grinned behind her ears, and she became more energetic in her work.

The two were talking and laughing in the kitchen while cooking New Year's dinner. Several groups of people came to the kitchen, including Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Lu Zhan and her wife, Mrs. Lu's wife Mrs. Li, Mrs. Wu also came in a few times , to see if Shunniang really cooked all the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner, but after coming in two or three times, she was completely relieved.

When Shunniang saw her mother come in with Huier in her arms to watch her cook, she couldn't help asking her sister-in-law why she didn't come over.

Mrs. Liu told her that Liang Erniang, who lived next door to Xi's house, came over after lunch and brought some new flowers to her sister-in-law. The sister-in-law asked Liang Erniang to pick one out for her to wear, saying that she would come over after tidying up.

Shunniang let out an oh and continued to do the work she was doing. She secretly thought that Erniang Liang had become a close friend of her sister-in-law. They didn't even buy Xie Erniang the most fashionable hair flower, and when she went to the city to play in Wazi in the third year of junior high school, she must also buy some of the most fashionable hair flower in Bianliang City this year.

Upstairs at Xi’s next door, Mrs. Qi was sitting on a small stool in front of the bed, holding a mirror in her hand, looking at herself in the mirror. In the mirror, her cloud-like black hair and the water-red flower on her temples appeared. Silk flowers, silk flowers are very delicately made, with layers of petals on top, as fresh as a freshly picked peony.

Erniang Liang stood behind Mrs. Qi, put her hands on her shoulders, bent down, looked at Mrs. Qi in the mirror, and praised her for her youthful beauty, and the flowers on her temples matched her very well.

It is a woman who likes to be praised for her beauty, so after Liang Erniang said this, Qi couldn't help laughing, looked at Liang Erniang in the mirror and said: "Sister, don't praise the slave family, the slave family has already given birth to two children. Where did the youthful beauty come from?"

Liang Erniang moved closer to Qi Shi, her face was almost close to Qi Shi's ear, she said in a soft voice: "Do you think only those little ladies in the room are beautiful, gentle and beautiful like you are not inferior at all. As for them, anyway, in my heart, you are a beauty, so heart-warming..."

No matter how you hear these words, no matter how you feel, there is an unspeakable ambiguity. Qi Shi suddenly felt it too. Liang Erniang settled down, she said: "The slave family is going to the Xie family, don't worry about Kecheng and Hui'er..."

Liang Erniang straightened up, brushed her hands across Qi's fragrant shoulders, put them lightly on her shoulders, shook them, and said, "Go."

Then he took a step back, waited until Mrs. Qi stood up, stretched out his hand to straighten her dress again, and then said with a smile: "Let's go down."

Mrs. Qi bowed her head and said hello. The sharp-eyed Erniang Liang saw the strange blush on the base of her ears, and the corners of her lips turned up.

Erniang Liang walked in front, and Mrs. Qi followed her downstairs. As soon as she got downstairs, she saw the door being pushed open and Lu Quan walked in. As soon as Lu Quan saw Erniang Liang, he was startled and asked : "Where is Mrs. Qi?"

Soon, he found Mrs. Qi hiding behind Erniang Liang. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't. He was holding a palm-sized makeup box in his hand, which he specially bought for Mrs. Qi. of pearl flowers.He went to the jewelry store in Bianliang City to pick this thing out this morning. It cost him a total of [-] pennies. flower.He spent all his savings, bought something, hurriedly finished his lunch, and then came out.He ran to Xie's house first, saw Shunniang helping in the kitchen there, and saw Mrs. Liu holding Hui'er as she passed by. He didn't see Mrs. Qi, so he guessed that Mrs. Qi must be cleaning up at home.When he thought that Mrs. Qi was alone at home, he became happy, and felt that this was a rare opportunity, so he just slipped over and gave her the box of pearl flowers he bought.

So, he took out the box from his sleeve pocket, pushed open the door, and entered Xi's house.

At this time, Erniang Liang just came down from upstairs. Lu Quan thought it was Mrs. Qi who came down when he heard the footsteps. Ask where Qi is.

Later, when he saw Mrs. Qi hiding behind Liang Erniang, he didn't even show his face, and he couldn't give her pearls in front of Liang Erniang, so he lowered his sleeves to cover the makeup box in his hand, and then Pretending to ask where Qi's Shunniang was, he came to look for her.

Behind Liang Erniang's back, Qi said weakly that Shunniang went to Xie's next door to help cook the New Year's dinner.

Lu Quan snorted, glanced at the corner of her skirt reluctantly, turned and walked out.

After Liang Erniang moved in, she had heard a lot about Lu Quan's entanglement with the Qi family, and she had sharp eyes, and saw the makeup box in Lu Quan's hand, so she knew that the rumors were true, and that Lu Erlang was indeed Qi's family. interesting.Looking at the makeup box he was holding just now, it must be something like silk flower jewelry that he bought, so give it to Mrs. Qi.

She is also very curious about the Qi family's attitude towards Lu Quan, and wants to know what the Qi family thinks.

So after Lu Quan left, she turned around and looked at Qi Shi and said, "Lu Erlang has already left, it's fine. By the way, you look like you are afraid of him. According to me, Lu Erlang looks right." You are infatuated, I am afraid that he did not come to look for your uncle just now, but came to look for you, you... What are you doing while hiding from him?"

Mrs. Qi wrung her hands and said in a low voice: "My family doesn't like him. My family will stay in Xi's house for the rest of my life to raise two children."

It turned out that she was going to be a widow for Xi Dalang for the rest of her life. Liang Erniang had never heard Qi say this, even though they often chatted together.

After Liang Erniang understood Qi's intentions, she wanted to say that she was too determined, she was still so young, she was only [-] years old, why should she be a widow for a man for the rest of her life.But when the words came to her lips, she didn't say it, because from the outside people, isn't Liang Erniang also a widowed woman whose husband died. She also advised the Qi family not to guard her, but when the Qi family asked her back, she How should I answer?

Do you want to tell her that her daughter is fake, and her so-called widowhood is also fake.

She is a woman who only likes women five years ago. Xiu'er is just her adopted child. She supports her widowed mother and younger brother by relying on her tofu-making skills at home.They all knew that she didn't like men and would never marry any man in her life. Under her dominance, her mother also gave in and let her adopt a Xiu'er, and then the whole family moved out of the original residence. Came to Yangliu Town to settle down.

After arriving in Yangliu Town, she was pleasantly surprised to find that the widowed woman Qi Shi from the Xi family next door was the kind of woman she fell in love with at first sight.

The Qi family is gentle and beautiful, in line with her aesthetics, and it moved her heart, so she slowly approached the Qi family. After getting in touch with the Qi family, she felt that she liked the Qi family even more.However, Mrs. Qi is a straight person in her heart, and she dare not easily reveal her liking to Mrs. Qi.

Today can be regarded as the closest contact with Mrs. Qi. Her side profile is almost attached to Mrs. Qi's face. Smelling the unique jasmine fragrance from Mrs. Qi's hair and skin, Liang Erniang is simply intoxicated.If the Qi family dresses up a little bit, the gentle beauty will multiply even more, Erniang Liang is fascinated.

Of course, she didn't want to waste such a good opportunity, so she deliberately said that sentence that sounded ambiguous, hoping to see Qi's reaction.

In the end, she found that Mrs. Qi had sensed something, and probably knew that what she said meant more than ordinary friends, so she avoided herself, but her ears were still red because she was touched.Mrs. Qi looked at it, and she was happy in her heart. She thought that since Mrs. Qi was touched by what she said and was a little shy, then this straight man has the potential to be turned around. She found this, and she felt it was the biggest gain of the year. .Next, she can take some actions to win Qi's heart.

I was thinking about this happily, but when I went downstairs, I saw Lu Quan who came to give gifts to the Qi family, and found that Lu Quan was a strong competitor for him.Afterwards, she asked Mrs. Qi how he thought of Lu Quan as a suitor. Mrs. Qi told her that she didn't like Lu Quan at all, and that she wanted to stay in Xi's family as a widow and bring up two children. Moreover, look at her tone of voice , revealing a firmness.

Well, although this news is not good, it is better than Qi's falling in love with Lu Quan and being chased by Lu Quan.

"Everyone has his own aspirations. Since you are determined to be a husband and widow, just ignore Lu Erlang."

"Ah."

"I'll take you to Xie's house. Today is New Year's Eve. Have a good time. Tomorrow I will come to your house to pay New Year's greetings."

"it is good."

Erniang Liang went out with Qi Shi, Qi Shi locked the door, and the two went to Xie's house together, Qi Shi found her mother-in-law, brought Huier over, sat down beside her, and listened to the short chat of the women's parents.Liang Erniang stood for a while, then left, saying that she was going home to cook New Year's dinner.

Lu Quan sat drinking tea with his father, brother, and Xie Yi, pretending not to look at the table of the female customers, but sometimes he couldn't help looking at Qi from the corner of his eye.

Seeing that Mrs. Qi put on flowers on her head today and made up a little, her heart was already shaking, and she was out of her mind.

He secretly lamented his bad luck, he finally saw a chance to talk to Qi Shi alone and give her pearl flowers, but was destroyed by Liang Erniang from the tofu workshop.It seems that the only way to have a chance is to drink with Xi Erlang at Xi's house tonight. He decided to drink more wine with Xi Erlang at that time. something.Thinking about it this way, he complained why it wasn't dark yet, and why the Xie family's New Year's Eve dinner didn't start earlier.

After peeking at Qi's family for a while, Lu Quan got up and went to the kitchen to urge food, telling Shun Niang and Xie Erniang to hurry up, she was hungry.This remark provoked Xie Erniang to sneer, saying that there were not enough fruit and snacks outside for him to eat, and she came to the kitchen to remind him, which was obviously a deliberate pick.She asked how she and Shunniang had offended him, and whether it would be fun to come to them on New Year's Eve.

Lu Quan told Xie Erniang that he had no temper, but it was pitiful for Shunniang to be with such a woman like glue. If this kind of hag is married back, she will suffer in the future.

"Second brother, take care of yourself." He walked up to Shunniang and patted her on the shoulder, "I'm really hungry, there's no other meaning, you don't want to be as knowledgeable as Erniang Xie."

Before Erniang Xie got mad again, he ran out and slipped into the backyard again. When he saw Kecheng and Xie Sanlang setting off firecrackers and fireworks there, he joined in and set them off with the two children.

Shunniang displayed all her culinary skills and worked hard in the kitchen for an hour or two. When it was dark and it was time to eat, she finally cooked this New Year's Eve dinner. She didn't care about the serving. Xie Erniang helped her take off the apron, let her go out to have a rest and drink a few sips of tea, and keep her hands off the work in the kitchen, the next thing is for her, her sister and her mother.

After finishing speaking, he pushed her out of the kitchen.

Shunniang went to sit at the table where the men were sitting, next to the two brothers Lu Zhan and Lu Quan.

As soon as he sat down, Lu Zhan gave her a thumbs up, saying that she is capable, and that any young lady who marries her will enjoy the blessings in the future, and she will be the top leader outside the family.

Lu Quan curled his lips aside, saying that Shunniang is stupid, she has done so much, and she will be tired when she gets married. However, he can also understand why Shunniang does so much today, just to please her future father-in-law and mother-in-law.

After hearing this, Old Master Lu began to scold him again, saying that if he could learn one-tenth of Shunniang's diligence, there would be no young lady in this town who would like him and would marry him at this age.

As soon as the words started, Old Master Lu couldn't hold back, and then he scolded Lu Quan for not doing business, spending money, wandering around and other debauchery behaviors, which made Lu Quan unable to hold his head up.He didn't stop talking about his son until the food and wine on the table was served and Xie Yi grabbed him to eat the wine with fists.

Lu Quan breathed a sigh of relief, and took Shun Niang to drink wine and eat vegetables.

In order to make Shunniang drunk, Lu Quan toasted Shunniang with one cup on the left and one cup on the right. After a meal, Shunniang was really drunk because she drank more than usual, and couldn't speak clearly.As for Lu Quan, because he often drank out, he drank more than Shun Niang, so he was fine.

As soon as Shunniang was drunk, Xie Erniang felt distressed when she saw it, and secretly blamed Lu Quan'an for being kind enough to force Shunniang to get drunk.

The Xie family’s New Year’s Eve dinner lasted until five o’clock in the evening, only Xie Yi and Old Master Lu were still drinking on the wine table, and everyone else dispersed, or went back to rest, or went to do what they liked, find someone Chatting, going to set off fireworks and so on.

Lu Quan has been with Shunniang all the time, even if Xie Erniang came over and scolded him for a while, saying that he was uneasy and kind, insisting on getting Shunniang drunk, he didn't leave.

He told Shunniang that Shunniang had promised him a few days ago that they would drink together to celebrate the new year.

Shunniang knew what Lu Quan was up to, so she said that she drank too much today and didn't want to drink any more. If she drank again, she would be so drunk that she would have a headache tomorrow, so she saved this wine for later.

"No! It's hard to chase after a gentleman's words. We'll have to get drunk today!" Of course Lu Quan didn't agree.

"I... I know you want to see my sister-in-law, don't you? Well, you come with me to my house, and I will let my sister-in-law see you... If you have anything to say, just tell her clearly." Shunniang asked Xie Erniang to go first After a while, she then drunkenly said to Lu Quan.

Lu Quan was not embarrassed to be seen through by Shun Niang, but readily admitted that he really thought so.

Shunniang: "Then follow me to my house."

When Xie Erniang saw that Shunniang was about to leave, she ran over to help her. Shunniang said that she could still go, so she went back to lie down and rest, and when the firecrackers were set off to welcome the New Year at night, she came to look for Xie Erniang again.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you." Erniang Xie agreed, and she didn't want to be too clingy to Shunniang, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, they weren't married yet, and they weren't even engaged, so she couldn't get too close.

After sending Shunniang to the door of Xie's house, she told Shunniang a few more words before going back to help her mother and eldest sister collect the dishes...

Shunniang returned home, Lu Quan followed her in, and found that Liu and Qi were all there, except for the two children. It turned out that Kecheng was still setting off fireworks and firecrackers with Xie Sanlang at Xie's house, and Huier was young. Unable to hold back and fell asleep, Mrs. Qi put her to bed, undressed her and sat down with her mother-in-law.

Seeing Shunniang leading Lu Quan into the house, Mrs. Qi wanted to evade, but she was stopped by Mrs. Shun. She said directly to Mrs. Qi that Lu Quan had something to say to her, and then went to pull his old lady up and let her go with him. Go to the kitchen to make tea and treat guests together.

Mrs. Liu opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything, so she stood up and went to the kitchen in the back yard with Shunniang.

As soon as she entered the kitchen, she asked Shunniang what it meant and why she changed her mind. Didn't she say before that the Qi family should not be allocated to Lu Quan, and now how can they be brought together.

Shunniang said: "You don't let Lu Quan see his sister-in-law, he is always thinking about it, let him talk when he sees her, and I, as his brother-worshiping person, can be regarded as benevolent."

Mrs. Liu: "So that's what it means. It's okay, let's just be good people."

The mother and daughter then boiled water and made tea in the kitchen. In the main room, Lu Quan took out the makeup box from his sleeve pocket, stepped forward and placed it on the table in front of Mrs. Qi, then took a step back, and said in a gentle voice: "I bought these for you in the city. These are the bead flowers that the wives of the wealthy households in the city love. You can accept them."

Qi's eyes drooped, without lifting his eyelids, he said in a low voice, "I don't want it, you can take it back."

Lu Quan had thought of such a refusal a long time ago, so he was not depressed at all, but continued: "I have never bought a stitch for a woman, not even my mother. Yes, but I just want to buy it for you. The pearl flowers in this box are worth twenty guan. I played Cuju in Bianliang City in the past six months and flattered the nobles as rewards. Some of them were spent by me, and the rest , I took it and bought this box of pearl flowers... I know you look down on me and dislike me for being a libertine, and I'm afraid that if you follow me, your life will be unstable in the future. But I, Lu Quan, dare to swear to God, If you follow me, I will never touch those women outside, or even look at them. Also, I know that now I have nothing, no power, no money, no match for you, no wealth and glory for you However, if you are willing to wait for me for a few years, I will definitely come to marry you in a grand manner in the future, do you believe me?"

Xu Shi, whoever heard these words, could tell that they came from the bottom of his heart. Mrs. Qi was a little moved, and couldn't help but look up at the palm-sized black lacquer and gold makeup box under the lamp on the table, and then look at it. He glanced at Lu Quan who was standing not far away and staring at him.

After being silent for a while, she still said: "You can take it back, as I said, I will stay in Xi's house for the rest of my life, and I will not marry anyone."

Lu Quan immediately said: "It doesn't matter whether you marry or not. I will give you this box of pearl flowers and I hope you will accept it. If you don't want it, I will burn it right away."

As he spoke, he looked at the brazier under the table, with determination in his eyes, it could be seen that he was not joking.

Mrs. Qi hesitated, but she still felt that accepting Lu Quan's precious bead flowers was like agreeing to him. As for her, she never thought about being with Lu Quan, no matter how much he said. Beautiful.She also didn't want to cause harm to Lu Quan by rejecting him.As for what Lu Quan said about the splendor, wealth and beauty, she never thought about it. The happiest time in her life was when she woke up early and saw Shunniang's heroic face, and she could go there to give it to her before going to bed at night. Tucking in the quilt, touching her head, telling her a few words, wishing her a good night's sleep is enough.

In the end, she still said to Lu Quan: "Lu Erlang, take it back, don't waste it, give it to your mother or your sister-in-law..."

Lu Quan couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, his eyes were red, he took a step forward, reached out and grabbed the makeup box from the table, opened it again, and grabbed the exquisite pearls inside in front of Qi's face. When the flowers came, they threw them all into the brazier.

The fire in the brazier immediately burned the pearls shining under the lamp to blackness. Seeing this, Mrs. Qi stood up, looked at Lu Quan and sighed, "Why do you?"

Lu Quandao: "I am willing. If you spoil my heart, I will spoil these things."

Qi Shi: "I don't deserve this from you..."

Lu Quan raised his head suddenly, and said to Qi's word by word: "If I say it's worth it, it's worth it. Remember, I won't marry you in this life. As long as I live for a day, you don't want to be with others, otherwise, Let's all die!"

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Flat food: Dumplings, first seen in the Western Han Dynasty classics.

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