[Zhan Zhaotongren] Hongchen

After Su Xiaoxiao followed her mother into the mansion, she couldn't help going through another toss. Her father seemed to be better, but he was still a lot older, his momentum and temperament had become a little decayed, and his eyes were less sharp.

It is necessary to listen to some teachings, but Su Xiaoxiao also heard a lot of differences, apart from telling her not to mess around with knowledge of books and etiquette, she indulged a lot.

After bowing her head and listening to the lecture for more than an hour, Su Xiaoxiao was able to be liberated from her father's study. Seeing the bright sunshine, she couldn't help stretching a lot.

Xiaolan, who was waiting by the side, couldn't help laughing out loud. She followed Su Xiaoxiao's footsteps and whispered, "Miss, madam is still waiting for you in the yard."

A comfortable smiling face froze in mid-air. After a long time, Su Xiaoxiao took a resentful look at Xiaolan, and then resigned to her fate and walked to her own yard. In short, she couldn't hide, so she would be relieved sooner after listening to it.

Mrs. Liu has been sitting in the bright and bright boudoir for a long time, and in her arms is the baby who is not yet one year old. Although this child is not her own, Mrs. Liu has taken care of it meticulously.She failed to spread the branches and leaves for the Liu family, and this doll can be regarded as making up for the regrets of her life. From this point of view, she is actually very grateful to Mrs. Li.

"Mother," as soon as she entered the door, Su Xiaoxiao saw her mother sitting there holding her younger brother.

"I'm finally back," Mrs. Liu smiled gently, pointing to the seat beside her, "You have to keep in mind what your father said, after fifteen you will be an adult, you want to be a wife and a mother, you can't As self-willed as before, you know."

"Well," Su Xiaoxiao nodded in response, and reached out to take her brother over.

I haven't seen her for a few months. She seems to have grown up a lot. When she went out, she was still a small one. She was curled up in her mother's arms like a puppy, but now she has already fallen into her arms when she hugged her. I'm afraid she will die soon. I can't hold it anymore.

Hearing what her mother said about "being a mother", Su Xiaoxiao's cheeks flushed. Thinking about it in a year or two, maybe it won't be a year, and she will give birth to a baby herself, who will look as beautiful as Zhan Zhao .

"Mr. Zhan is such a nice person, and he is willing to accommodate your willfulness. From now on, you must be obedient, be filial to your in-laws, and listen to your husband, you know."

There is no difference between listening to Zhan Zhao and listening to yourself, Zhan Zhao will definitely protect her, this Su Xiaoxiao is still confident, after getting along with him for such a long time, Zhan Zhao's personality looks docile but actually stubborn... ...However, he and she are on their own...

"Mr. Zhan is busy on weekdays, but you can't be like this all the time, always running out," Mrs. Liu said brokenly, "Xiaolan and I have almost prepared the dowry and so on. You can follow Xiaolan to learn embroidery in peace, if people know that your dowry was prepared by your mother, they will not laugh at you."

"By the way, mother." Speaking of Xiaolan, Su Xiaoxiao thought of something, "My daughter has something to discuss with you, okay?"

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Liu raised her head, afraid that her daughter would come up with some crooked ideas, but she didn't look like that, so she said, "Tell me, you girl, you just have a lot of tricks."

"You recognize Xiaolan as a goddaughter, right?"

"Why?" Mrs. Liu was puzzled, no matter how kind she was, Xiaolan was just a servant, and she naturally wouldn't think of such things as equality for everyone.

"Think about it," Su Xiaoxiao leaned closer to her mother, "I'm going to get married soon, and when I get married, no one in the family will honor you. My brother is still so young, so you should always keep someone close to you." Not a caring person. Xiaolan has been with me since she was a child, and you can be regarded as growing up under your watch, so I don’t worry if she stays by my side to take care of you.”

In Mrs. Liu's heart, Su Xiaoxiao is just a child who hasn't grown up. How can she not be moved by saying such words suddenly, but it is still a big deal. She pondered for a moment, then smiled and said to Su Xiaoxiao, " I've made a note of this, and I'll discuss it with your father later, you, just take care of yourself first and then talk about it. Don't be willful in Zhan's house, it's no better than your own home, if anything happens, you'll lose everything It's the face of your father and the Liu family, you know."

This matter needs to be discussed with her father, Su Xiaoxiao is speechless in her heart, is it true that her mother has learned three things and four virtues too well...

Let go of Su Xiaoxiao's soft-spoken and coquettish behavior with Mrs. Liu, Zhan Zhao over there is very curious, why did Ding Zhaohui follow him back to Zhan's mansion, and seeing the situation at the gate, the people of Zhan's family I already knew he was coming.

Looking inquiringly at Zhan Jie and Ding Zhaohui exchanging greetings, Zhan Zhao frowned, the footsteps in front of him stopped, he could only keep up, his father was waiting for him in the study.

Zhan Zhao is in the Zhan Mansion, the only opportunity to enter the study is to see his father, the relationship between father and son will feel a little tense no matter who it is placed on, Zhan Zhao is not an exception.

He wants to see his grandfather, just now at the gate, his grandfather smiled happier than anyone else, he wants to see his mother, just now at the gate, his mother smiled more kindly than anyone else, he wants to see his brothers and sisters, just now Zhantong pulled him Talking and joking...so...everyone he wanted to see, except his father, had actually met them just now...

"Master, the young master is back." The servant stood at the door of the study, respectful.

"come in."

Hearing his father's voice, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but frowned slightly, but he still stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of the study.

"Father." He didn't know what to say, he bowed his head and stood aside, there must be something wrong with his father looking for him in such a hurry.

Zhan Haolin looked at his son with the teacup in his hand, and said after a long time, "I'm back."

"En." Zhan Zhao didn't look up, but just nodded slightly.

"It's been so long since I sent the letter, so I don't know if I should reply first to make my family feel at ease." For this son, Zhan Haolin couldn't say whether he was happy or worried. For such a son who walks the rivers and lakes, "The marriage between you and your elder brother has been decided by the family. We have also discussed with Ding and Liu. You and Jie'er get married together. It is considered a double happiness. fulfilled your grandfather's wish."

Ding and Liu?No wonder Ding Zhaohui also came here, Zhan Zhao didn't say a word, he didn't have many objections in his heart, but he was a little curious why Zhan Jie would agree to marry the daughter of a wealthy family, it didn't seem like his temperament.

"Your brother has already paid the betrothal gift at Liu's house," Zhan Haolin didn't expect his son to say anything, "As for your betrothal gift, I originally wanted to send it to Ding's house in person when you came back, but you have traveled all the way for more than ten days. , I have no other choice, I can only deliver the dowry gift personally according to your grandfather's wishes, and then you go to Ding's house tomorrow to pay for the gift, and don't let others complain, you know."

What? !Zhan Zhao looked up at his father suddenly, what did his father say just now?The one who went to the Liu family to hire Zhan Jie, and the one he wanted to marry was Miss Ding, how could it be like this, "Father..."

"You're tired all the way," Zhan Haolin wouldn't be too harsh on his son, otherwise he wouldn't be able to bear it with his father, the old man doted on his grandson a little too much, he finished what he wanted to say, and waved his hand Said, "Go to rest early, I have ordered someone to do the gift clothes for Ding's house tomorrow, and someone will deliver the clothes to you first, even though you are a child of the world, you can't be too ignorant of etiquette, you know?" .Get out."

Zhan Haolin's words are unquestionable, he is not discussing with Zhan Zhao, but ordering.

Something collapsed in an instant, and Zhan Zhao walked out of the study with a stiff salute, but he really didn't know what went wrong. During the Chinese New Year, Mr. Liu promised himself, and he also promised Mr. Liu, why suddenly Su Xiaoxiao——Liu Wan'er became his sister-in-law in an instant.

Sister-in-law...it's ridiculous, he's only been away from home for a few months, how could things turn out like this...

Going back to the yard where he lived in a daze, Zhan Tong was waiting for him in the yard alone, and greeted him happily when he came in, "Brother, why are you so slow on the road, you don't know, I have met the future sister-in-law Oh, it's so beautiful... well, but it's still a little bit worse for you..."

Zhan Zhao smiled wryly, future sister-in-law, who is Xiaotong talking about?

"But," Zhan Tong continued to gossip about what she saw, "she is also a child of the world, and I am really envious when I see her holding a sword. You don't know, the way she holds a sword She's so handsome, and I heard that her martial arts are also very good, when the two of you are fighting for justice in the Jianghu, those who see it don't know how envious they will be."

Are you envious?The feeling in Zhan Zhao's heart at this moment is incomparably jerky and unbearable, who should he envy?Zhanjie?When he thought of how he would call Xiaoxiao sister-in-law and pass by at home every day, he felt so uncomfortable that he was about to suffocate. The idea of ​​being powerless but struggling to survive was so strong, but he didn't know that at this moment Who else can save him...

Zhan Tong stayed in his yard all afternoon, the two had dinner together, Zhan Zhao almost watched Zhan Tong happily eating his favorite food, but today he had no appetite at all.

This table of food was specially prepared by his mother for him, the sweet and sour fish that Zhan Zhao picked up with chopsticks tasted bitter.Is there anyone whose craftsmanship can compare to Xiaoxiao, Zhuiming said, can she make food taste like home, taste like home... Will he still be able to eat that taste in the future...

Zhan Tong chattered beside Zhan Zhao, and her brother always listened to it more than he talked about it, so she didn't expect her brother to have any special response to her anecdotes.

Zhan Zhao has been sitting next to her drinking the stuffed wine, she didn't think there was anything wrong, she just thought that her brother was tired from the journey, so she didn't think about it.

The siblings ate dinner, and Zhan Tong reluctantly left. Her father said that her brother had serious business to do tomorrow, so she couldn't go to bed too late, so she couldn't stay any longer. Fortunately, his brother came back this time. Married, should stay for a long time.

After Zhan Tong left, Zhan Zhao didn't know what else to do by himself, sleep?In his current mood, he would definitely not be able to sleep, so someone brought a few jars of wine and flew onto the roof of his yard.

The sky is vast and vast. I remember sitting in the yard with Xiao Xiao at that time in Sichuan and watching the stars in the sky.At the beginning, there was a touch of sadness in her eyes, but in the end she smiled and murmured to herself.

She said that if she could see the sky, they could also see it. They... should be her close relatives, or her true love.

The sky was still slightly twilight, and there were no stars in the sky. Zhan Zhao raised his head and drank a big mouthful of wine, which was spicy and flowed down his throat into his body.The sky he can see, at this moment, has she seen it?

It was night, and the night was getting dark. In Zhan Zhao's small courtyard, and in the courtyard on the roof, there were many empty wine jars scattered.

The wine jar was not big, but if he drank all the wine jars here, the person's mind might not be sober.

There is no light in the dark surroundings, the door of a room is open, and there is no one in the room.

Even after drinking so much wine, Zhan Zhao is still very sober. With his lightness skills, it is easy to enter the Liu family's house. But at this moment, he is standing in Su Xiaoxiao's courtyard, separated by a wall, he knows, he wants to see That person is inside.

Leaning decadently under the tree, the breeze blows by, bringing the rustling sound of leaves.

Zhan Zhao, oh Zhan Zhao, do you know what you are doing?Looking up at the starry sky, he felt as if his whole body was torn apart, bloody and painful.

The author has something to say: I am not a stepmother, really~~~