Chapter Fourteen
Mei Zhuyu looked at Wu Zhen: "They invited me here with kindness, but I made everyone unhappy."
Wu Zhen laughed, hugged his chest, and asked him with interest: "You shouldn't like this kind of occasion, how could you agree? Could it be that guy Mei Si forced you to come?" It must be true, after all, he was a cousin, so I'm embarrassed to refuse.
Unexpectedly, Mei Zhuyu turned her head and said, "I want to see what the place you like is like, and we... will be husband and wife in the future. Since you like it, I will get used to it."
"There is also drinking. I heard you like drinking, but I haven't drunk it before, and I will get used to it in the future."
Wu Zhen stopped laughing, and she couldn't laugh, and she even frowned unconsciously. In fact, she didn't think about it for long, but she didn't care much about it. If the marriage is done, then just live it. If it doesn't work, then it's apart. It's not a big deal. She never thought about how the two should get along in the future. Some people always say that they will not be able to last long in the future, saying that they are not suitable. Wu Zhen never responded, but may not have no such thoughts in his heart.
She was not familiar with Mei Zhuyu, and she only saw him a few times in total. She only had a shallow surface in her understanding of him, and she knew that he might have loved him a little long ago and felt comfortable getting along with him, but she didn't understand the others.
She thought that Mei Zhuyu should be the kind of man who was stubborn and self-centered, a bit like Yushi Liu, with a little aloof in his bones. Such a man is unlikely to change his ideas and practices for others. Moreover, with her first feeling about Mei Zhuyu, he could not like the fine wine, beauties, music and dance banquets she liked, but now, the young man said seriously that he would get used to it and accept it.
If one person tries to accept things he doesn't like for the sake of another person, he must have put his heart in mind if he doesn't say anything else. Wu Zhen has always had no choice to serious people, let alone this serious person has put his heart in her. She suddenly felt that maybe this little man likes her more than she thought.
This cautious intention made her feel a little uncomfortable, and she always felt that she was disrespectful to others' wishes. She was older than the young man. After the marriage was decided, she thought that she would be a younger brother in the future. Then at this moment, she found that she could not be a younger brother. The young man wanted to accompany her for a longer time, perhaps for the rest of her life.
Wu Zhen dared not think about it. That was too ethereal and it made people feel unsure.
Wu Zhen's silence made Mei Zhuyu misunderstand something. His eyes dimmed and he stopped talking. Wu Zhen noticed it keenly, coughed, and said, "The wine you just drank is called Amber Light, which is easy to get drunk. Next time I will give you some sweet rice wine and a sweeter frozen spring wine. I still have to drink it, after all..."
Wu Zhen looked at him openly and smiled: "In two months, you have to drink a lot of wine at our wedding banquet. It's better to get used to it in advance."
Mei Zhuyu was stunned and her eyes slowly lit up again.
Wu Zhen looked at him and breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to wield the whip and said slowly: "Actually, you don't have to play with Mei Si and the others. They are all my brothers. You are not, aren't you my husband? Just accompany me to play in the future. I know a lot of fun places. If you want to go, I will take you alone in the future."
"There is no reason why the couple is going out for a trip, and there are a bunch of troublemakers following behind them. Do you think so?"
Wu Zhen didn't know how he said this comforting words, but after saying it, he didn't regret it and was quite looking forward to it. Maybe it was because the sadness of the little Langjun just now was too obvious. She was a little afraid that such a cold and firm man in front of him would be so uneasy for a few words.
After she finished speaking, she waited for Mei Zhuyu to say 'yes', but after waiting for a long time, she waited for a little confused 'ah', and still had a questioning tone.
Mei Zhuyu suddenly asked her softly: "Have you promised this marriage?"
Wu Zhen: "If I didn't agree, how did our marriage be decided?"
Wu Zhen: "Mr. Mei family, you should know that the people in this world who can force me may not have been born yet. I agree with our marriage. I think the geese that I gave you had already expressed my attitude."
Mei Zhuyu took a deep breath, looking like she was trying her best to endure, but when she was looking at him, she still saw the smile on his face.
Wu Zhen did not expect that the ordinary-looking young man would look so eye-catching when he smiled. The joy from the heart dispelled the originally reserved coldness on his face, as if such a big man suddenly bloomed.
Unfortunately, the smile was too short. The little man realized that she was staring at him and suddenly restrained her body and looked mature and calm again.
The two of them had already walked to Mei Zhuyu's house. Seeing that the little husband had calmed down, Wu Zhen suddenly said, "There is a saying that I have always forgotten to say."
Mei Zhuyu: "What?"
Wu Zhen smiled, leaned close to his chest, raised his head and whispered: "Little Langjun, your name sounds very good, I like it very much."
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The old slave who was serving Mei Zhuyu's house discovered that his family's Ah Lang was copying the sermons of the sage again. This time he lit incense and used it to concentrate and calm down.
"Alang, it's so late, don't you rest?"
Mei Zhuyu responded, put down her pen, and stared at the word "Zhen" written by the ghost messenger next to Qingjing Sutra. He thought, he understood why his fellow disciples in Guanzhong said that they could not get close to women, because when they get close to their hearts, they could not be calm. In this way, what else can they practice?
He remembered the man who came over today, with a smile in his voice, and he looked at him directly, and his heart was still beating, and he even forgot about the Sutra of Purity and Quietness that he had read since childhood. He was chanting the word "Silent" in his heart, but he couldn't remember what the first sentence of "Silentness" was, and he could only see the pleasant light in his eyes.
When she smiled like that, she looked really beautiful and couldn't take her eyes away, just like when she first saw her.
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Zhao Songyan and Zhao Langjun returned home with a bitter and revengeful look. When their parents at home looked depressed, they were worried and asked him what had happened. Zhao Songyan said perfunctorily, but did not eat too much supper and went back to the room to lie down.
Today they invited the Mei family Dalang to Lefang. He didn't hold back his temper and said a few bad words, which made the scene ugly. It would be fine if the others blamed him, but later Sister Zhen came back and called him aside alone and told him to go to the Mei family Dalang to apologize tomorrow.
Zhao Songyan was very convinced by Sister Zhen, but he was very unhappy to ask him to apologize. He originally didn't like the Mei family's big man, but now he doesn't like Sister Zhen protects him so much. Sister Zhen, who has been with them, may be really snatched away by a man this time, and this feeling is very bad.
He was not like Mei Si and Cui Jiu. He grew up with Wu Zhen since childhood. He lived in Xunzhou with his parents when he was young, and he returned to Chang'an when he was thirteen years old. Because he was weak and sick since childhood, he had a particularly bad temper. When he came to Chang'an, he suffered a lot at the beginning and was bullied many times.
Later, she met Wu Zhen. Although she was a woman, she was not as shy and responsible as most of the women Zhao Songyan had seen before. Wu Zhen would do everything she wanted and never care about other people's eyes. Zhao Songyan envied that freedom and casualness.
Afterwards, Wu Zhen took him to play, taught him to ride horses and hunt, taught him to play basketball, and took them a group of boys up and down the river. His illness somehow gradually recovered.
Zhao Songyan had long regarded Wu Zhen as his own sister. He didn't understand why others could easily accept their sister Zhen's marriage. He couldn't accept it. He just hoped to stay like this forever.
However, no matter how much repulsive and reluctant he felt in his heart, he had to lower his head with a word from Sister Zhen.
Sister Zhen said: "Go and apologize to him, otherwise I will have a headache."
When Zhao Songyan saw Sister Zhen’s expression, he suddenly realized that Sister Zhen seemed to like the Mei family’s big man very much because she had several fiancés in the past, but she had never cared about it so much. Now this is different.
When Zhao Songyan discovered this, he felt depressed and melancholy. He could not help this feeling all night. Since noon, he led his horse out, and he hesitated and wandered around the imperial city. The Mei family Dalang worked in the Ministry of Justice. Today he had to work in the official office and could not leave the palace until the afternoon. Zhao Songyan was here just to apologize to him.
After finally waiting for the person to come out, Zhao Songyan didn't want to step forward again. He followed Mei Zhuyu unhappily, thinking that he could delay for a while. Unexpectedly, there was something wrong with this delay.
Just when Mei Zhuyu passed by Dongshi, Zhao Songyan saw Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi also talked about marriage with their sister Zhen back then, but later because of Huzhu Lady, the two fought. All the people who played with Sister Zhen were very disgusted with this Lu Langjun who always troubled Sister Zhen.
Zhao Songyan watched with his own eyes as Lu Zhi brought two tall and strong slaves, following Mei Zhuyu with malicious intentions. Then when passing by an alley with fewer people, Lu Zhi hid on the side and asked the two slaves to come forward to block Mei Zhuyu into the alley.
Zhao Songyan, who saw this scene from afar, suddenly realized that Lu Zhi must have come to take revenge. This dog has been defeated by Sister Zhen over the years and has never taken advantage of him. Now he found that he could not beat Sister Zhen, so he wanted to come and bully Sister Zhen to vent his anger.
"Damn it!" Zhao Songyan didn't like the Mei family's Dalang, but after all, he was his sister Zhen's person. Can he be bullied by Lu Zhi's dog? Without thinking, Zhao Songyan ran over the alley.
He thought that the Mei family Dalang was just the innocent appearance, and he would have to be beaten to the ground later. However, he rushed to the entrance of the alley and was stunned to find that the Mei family Dalang, who was supposed to be lying on the ground and howling, was standing upright. However, the two strong slaves, one had fallen down, and the other was pressed on the back of the head by the Mei family Dalang, and was pressed on the back of the head and slapped on the wall.
Zhao Songyan clearly saw that when the unhappy Leng Su's face was clearly splashed with bright red blood on his face.
Chapter completed!