Miss Difficult to Marry

Although Yunzhou City is located in the south of the Yangtze River, since the Xiaohan solar term passed, the snow has not stopped.

Chen Qingyu stood in front of the window and watched the white snow in the courtyard quietly. It was cold and windy outside, and the icy wind rolled up large snowflakes whizzing away on the roof with a loud cry, which made people feel chills in their hearts.

The little girl Tao'er lifted the curtain and came in with a foot stove from the outside. Cuizhu took the hand and looked at it, and said: "It's snowing heavily, I don't know how to add more charcoal."

Tao'er said: "Housekeeper He said that the river has been frozen for the past few days, nothing can be transported, and the charcoal is also short, so you have to wait a few days to get enough."

Hearing this, Chen Qingyu turned around and asked, "Cuizhu, when will your river be able to thaw?"

Cuizhu thought for a while and said: "When the winter is not cold in the past, the first month will thaw, but if the weather is too cold, it may not be until February and March. Master Rong, why do you ask this?"

The corner of Chen Qingyu's mouth curled up slightly, "I didn't do anything, so I just asked casually."

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, although the snow was still curling up in the sky, the Qin manor had been busy since the morning.Early in the morning, several girls in the courtyard were excitedly muttering together.

According to the usual practice, the Qin Mansion will have a big banquet on this day. Everyone has worked hard for a year. In addition to rewarding the shopkeepers, stewards, and buddies in the shops outside, they also want to reward the servants, maids and women in the mansion.Of course, in addition to the banquet, there are also many rewards at the end of the year.How many people look forward to getting a good reward on this day all year round, so every day, the inside and outside of Qin's mansion is extremely lively.

In the south courtyard, the girls were no exception. Whenever they had free time, they gathered together and whispered, each happily guessing how much money they could get this year.

After Chen Qingyu fastened a dark gray thick cloak, he went out.

Five or six inches of snow had accumulated under the steps, and a clean path was swept out of the stone road in front of her. She went down the stone steps and headed for the front yard.

At this time, flakes of fine snow are floating in the air like gossamer, and some thick clouds are piled up in the lower and lower layers of the sky. It seems that there will be another heavy snow tonight.

Outside the door of the front yard, a servant saw her coming from a distance and rushed out to greet her.

"Master Rong, you are here."

Chen Qingyu asked as he walked, "Is the master here?"

The servant replied: "The master is inside. Just now shopkeeper Liu sent someone to deliver something. It will still be in the living room."

Chen Qingyu went up the stone steps, and as soon as he entered the flower hall, he saw Miss Qin who was counting the numbers with her fingers.

Chen Qingyu was taken aback, forgot to pat the snowflakes on her shoulders, and just stood at the door in a daze.

Miss Qin raised her eyes slightly, and saw Chen Qingyu standing at the door.

The eyes of the two met for a while, she glanced at her, and said to Butler He next to her, "Are all these in place?"

He Yi looked at the brochure and said, "It's all set. There are seven bolts of plain silk and seven bolts of swallow blue and white silk. According to your instructions, another six bolts of cloud satin are added."

Qin Yuzhen nodded, "Go and get the money ready, and after lunch, tell them to come here to collect it."

He Yidao: "I'll ask someone to prepare."

Although they lived in a mansion, the two hadn't seen each other since that day. The first time they met, there was a faint feeling of affection in it.Chen Qingyin retracted his gaze, and took off his snow-wet cloak.

"Master Rong, you're here." He Yi greeted with a smile when he went out.

Chen Qingyun pulled out a smiling face, "Butler He has worked hard."

Qin Yuzhen stood quietly aside, neither speaking nor looking over.

Chen Qingyu stepped into the hall, before the maidservants had time to go forward and salute, they saw her go straight to the inner hall next to her without squinting.

The maidservants who were ignored looked at each other, "This, this?" This uncle is too much, Miss Mingming is here, and she left without even saying hello.

Qin Yuzhen turned her head slightly, without any expression on her face.

Chen Qingyu passed through the inner hall and entered an inner room, where Mr. Qin was holding a white porcelain bottle in his hand and looking at it carefully.

"Shibo, are you looking for me?"

When Master Qin saw Chen Qingyu, he beckoned and said, "Nephew, you came just in time, come here, how about this bottle of mine?"

"The shopkeeper Liu ordered someone to deliver it in the morning, take a look."

When Chen Qingyu saw it, it turned out to be a plum vase with a short neck and a small mouth.

Although this plum vase is plain and has no lines, but the tire wall is thin and firm, it is not an ordinary thing at first glance.

Chen Qingyu looked carefully again and said, "It should be from Ding Kiln."

Master Qin nodded, took the bottle in his hand and looked at it again, and said, "Do you know why I asked you to come and see this today?"

Chen Qingyu smiled and said he didn't know, for no reason, how do I know what this means?

"Do you still remember that when you were young, our Qin Rong family lived next door to each other. One time, you took advantage of us adults not paying attention, and you sneaked into my study room to rummage through the boxes, and later you gave me something on the table Broken."

Master Qin smiled and pointed to the plum vase in his hand, "After so many years, I finally found another one.

"So that's how it is." Chen Qingyu was a little embarrassed, "Look, I forgot."

Master Qin waved his hand, "You were young and ignorant, it's been so long, you may not remember."

Master Qin sat down on a chair, looked at Chen Qingyu, then stroked his beard, and said, "Time flies like an arrow, time flies so fast."

When Chen Qingyu heard this, she was afraid that Master Qin would talk about things she didn't know, so she changed the subject: "Shibo, this plum vase is rare now, and shopkeeper Liu must have put a lot of effort into it, right?"

Master Qin's expression changed, and he swallowed the words that reached his throat, "It's really not easy."

The two chatted for a while, and a person in charge in the front yard came in to ask about the matter. After Master Qin gave some instructions, he turned his head and said, "Nephew, while everyone is happy today, let's have a meal together too. How's the meal?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Chen Qingyu to answer, she asked a maid: "Has Young Master Tang come?"

"Here, I'm talking to Miss outside."

"Okay, it's cold, let them make dinner earlier."

Since they were going to have dinner together, it was inevitable that Chen Qingyun would meet Qin Yuzhen again.

The banquet was placed in the inner hall in the middle, a table of delicacies, and several maidservants were laying out the dishes.

Qin Tianwang probably just came here not long ago, and he was standing under the window chatting with Qin Yuzhen.

Qin Yuzhen is wearing an apricot red twisted silver silk satin dress today. Although she is not thin, her figure is much slimmer than before.

When Chen Qingyu came over, Qin Tianwang had a half-smile expression on his face, "Hey, look, our Young Master Rong is here."

Chen Qingyun glanced at Qin Yuzhen, but said nothing.

"Come on, sit down." After Master Qin took his seat, several people sat down one by one.

Today's dishes are very rich, Master Qin asked someone to bring some jars of good wine to the table.

"Yuzhen, come on, try this dish, it has some fruit pulp in it, it tastes good." Master Qin said with concern.

"You eat too, let's drink some wine later."

Qin Tianwang said: "Uncle, let my nephew toast you for the first glass of wine."

As usual, Qin Tianwang seized the opportunity to toast. Although Chen Qingyu didn't have much appetite for food, he couldn't drink less.

In the beginning, the atmosphere wasn't too bad. A few people talked to each other, but as time went on, the atmosphere gradually changed.

Needless to say, Qin Yuzhen, since she came to the table, she has not said a word. The usually arrogant young lady is sitting there quietly, holding chopsticks in one hand, bowing her head and pulling Looking at the untouched rice in the bowl.

And Chen Qingyu, who was sitting opposite, was not much better. She was obviously not in high spirits. Except for a few forced words at the beginning, she began to keep silent. Except for occasionally raising her eyes to glance at Miss Qin, she remained silent. drank.

In front of everyone, the two of them looked like they were strangers to each other but they were in a tangle of ties. They seemed to have a thousand words to say but were cold and silent relative to each other, which made the good atmosphere dignified and embarrassing.

Qin Tianwang pretended to be busy drinking and eating, as if he was blind and didn't feel anything.

Master Qin looked at the two of them calmly.I personally picked up a piece of goose and put it in Qin Yuzhen's bowl.

"Come on, Yuzhen, try this, it tastes good."

Qin Yuzhen took it and said politely, "Thank you dad." Then he put the bowl aside.

It seemed that the meal was uneatable, Master Qin put down his chopsticks and said with a sullen face, "Yu Zhen, come here."

Qin Tianwang looked at the father and daughter of the Qin family walking away, and then said to Chen Qingyu in a strange way, "Master Rong! You are really not simple."

He had never seen the always proud Miss Qin family being so neglected.

"Thank you, Young Master Qin, for your praise." Chen Qingyu was not polite.

Qin Tianwang couldn't help her, looked at the maidservants standing around, and had to lower his voice to warn: "Don't be too ungrateful in your eyes, and offend her again and again, don't you want to take money? Don't blame me then..."

Chen Qingyu poured the wine slowly, "Don't worry, I will give you an explanation when the time comes."

After Master Qin entered the next room, he turned his head and told the servant girl, "You all go out."

After the maids went out one after another, Master Qin said, "Zhen'er, tell me, what's the matter with you and Mr. Rong?"

……

"If you don't tell me, I also know that it's not a day or two for you to be like this."

Qin Yuzhen turned her head and said, "Father, don't worry about this matter."

"Don't worry about it? It's okay for you to make a fuss for a while before, but this time? It's been almost a month."

Qin Zhongkun breathed a sigh of relief, "Although I don't know what you are arguing about and how far you are arguing. However, how long is it before you are supposed to get married? Is it possible that the quarrel will not be settled until the day of the official church visit? He also told me not to worry about it, just the last time Wang En refused to let go, I don’t know how many favors I entrusted to your father to settle the matter, and now you are like this, I don’t care who cares about you!”

Qin Yuzhen: "Father, you said that this marriage is up to me."

Qin Zhongkun said: "Yes, I said that you are in charge. In the past six months, you have had a lot of contact with Rong Li, and my father has promised you that if you think Rong Li is a good person, then that's fine." , you will get married in April next year. If you don't want to, I'll say the same thing, dad won't force you."

"Father, I didn't..."

Qin Zhongkun waved his hand: "Rongli is a good person, but if you say you don't get along, father will not let you be wronged."

"Father!" Qin Yuzhen's expression changed. She would not call her father 'Father' unless she was really angry.

like now.

"Okay, my daughter knows it well, so you don't have to worry about it."