"Yoniang, you are so kind to me. The marriage my father arranged for me is really the perfect match." After Xu Tianyi entered the Zhou Mansion, he immediately expressed his gratitude to Zhou Yaoniang.
His eyes were bright, as if he could clearly see the face of the woman under the mask through the mask.
Yaoniang felt a little embarrassed for a moment when she was stared at. She just said awkwardly, "What are you talking about?"
After saying this, Yaoniang left in a hurry.
Seeing Yaoniang leave, Xu Tianyi still wanted to follow her.
However, the mother-in-law on the side said to Xu Tianyi, "Mr. Xu, there are differences between men and women."
After hearing the mother-in-law's warning, Xu Tianyi could only stop, but he still watched Zhou Yaoniang's leaving figure intently.
Unexpectedly, the mother-in-law then warned Xu Tianyi, "Mr. Xu, although our lady is not a golden girl, she is not something you can imagine. The only reason why our house can take you in is because our lady is kind-hearted." , as for other thoughts that you shouldn’t have, I advise you to stop them.” Qi Kuai Kui Xiao
Hearing the woman's words, Xu Tianyi said nothing, he just smiled lightly.
The woman didn't intend to ask Xu Tianyi to reply to her. After all, she was only responsible for reminding her. As for whether Xu Tianyi can accept it, that is not within her consideration.
After she said these words, she took Xu Tianyi to the west wing and arranged a place for him to live. By the way, the old woman only found a pair of relatively clean clothes and gave them to Xu Tianyi.
After Xu Tianyi got the arrangement and got the clothes, he naturally just said thank you to the old lady.
After doing this, the old woman only warned Xu Tianyi: "It's dark, don't run around, just stay here. If you are found and beaten as a thief, don't blame my old woman." Didn’t remind you.”
After hearing what the woman said, Xu Tianyi just said yes honestly.
Seeing that Xu Tianyi was quite honest, the old woman left the place, but before leaving, she specifically told Xu Tianyi, "If you need any help, you can call me in the outer room. I heard you. Naturally, I will come over to help you.”
When Xu Tianyi heard this, he just said hello.
The next morning, the sky was just beginning to light up. .
But Xu Tianyi got up early. After he got up, he started wandering in the yard.
He saw that the woman he was talking to yesterday was struggling to carry a bucket, so he couldn't help but walked over and said, "Let me help you carry water."
After saying this, he had already taken action before the mother-in-law could object.
Because of her age, this woman already had great difficulty carrying water.
When she saw someone coming to help, she was naturally eager to ask for it, but after seeing clearly that the young man who came to carry water was the young man from yesterday, the woman was obviously a little embarrassed.
She immediately said with a cold face, "I'll do it myself. You are a guest after all. There is no reason for me to let guests do such menial work."
However, after hearing the mother-in-law's words, Xu Tianyi did not let go. He just continued to insist, "Mother-in-law, what are you talking about? Of course I use my strength to use it. What's more, I don't know how to use it in my hometown." I’m used to this kind of work, so carrying water is just a matter of convenience.”
"If you are really sorry, at worst you can just give me another steamed bun." Xu Tianyi said honestly.
Seeing Xu Tianyi's persistence, the woman finally let go of her hand.
She just followed the flow and said, "Okay! Okay, okay, you can help me carry it to the kitchen. The steamed buns are enough."
Xu Tianjian immediately said, "Thank you, mother-in-law."
After that, Xu Tianyi filled the water tank for the old woman very easily.
When the woman saw this, she was naturally ready to take a steamed bun for Xu Tianyi to eat.
However, I didn't expect that the old lady hadn't taken out the steamed buns yet.
The lady in charge of Zhou's house appeared at the door and said, "So Mr. Xu is here. It's easy for me to find him!"
After saying this, the lady in charge only said to the lady in the kitchen, "Madam, I didn't sleep well yesterday. You can cook some millet porridge and some candied pagoda dishes for Madam to have for breakfast. As for the young lady, it's still Tremella fungus." Lotus seed soup.”
After explaining this, the lady in charge said to Xu Tianyi, "Mr. Tianyi, Madam has something to do with you, please come with me."
Xu Tianyi looked at the steamed bun, then at the lady in charge, and finally had no choice but to follow the lady in charge.
And when he followed the steward's wife to the small side hall where Zhou was dining, Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Yaoniang were already sitting in the small side hall.
Zhou looked tired and numb.
Zhou Yaoniang seemed to be worried too.
However, Xu Tianyi only now saw the girl in front of him clearly. After all, Zhou Yaoniang was wearing a mask yesterday. He didn't expect that this girl was so beautiful and bright under the mask, which made me pity her.
When Xu Tianyi looked at Zhou Yaoniang in a daze, Mrs. Zhou also saw the obsession in Xu Tianyi's eyes.
She disliked Xu Tianyi very much, and she felt even more uncomfortable when she saw him staring at her daughter.
After all, Zhou Yaoniang was a piece of beautiful jade that she took good care of. How could she be willing to hand over such a piece of beautiful jade to such a beggar.
If a beautiful jade matched this beggar, the beautiful jade would turn into a stone and covered in dust.
So Zhou coughed.
Then, after Xu Tianyi finally looked at her, Zhou said unhappily, "Do you know why I asked you to come?"
When Xu Tianyi heard this, he just shook his head in confusion. Zhou then said in a calm tone, "I'm here to talk to you about your marriage to my daughter."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianyi's eyes were obviously happy.
Zhou could even see through the reason for his joy.
Zhou only sneered in her heart.
Then she said unceremoniously, "Mr. Xu, don't think too much. I'm talking about terminating the engagement with you."
"You have also seen that there is a big gap between our two families now. If you marry Yaoniang, our Yaoniang will be wronged, and our Yaoniang doesn't like you either..."
Hearing this, the smile in Xu Tianyi's eyes slowly faded, and he asked coldly, "So what does Madam mean by this?"
Hearing Xu Tianyi's question, Zhou just said in a calm voice, "I mean, I don't agree with your marriage, and Yaoniang has no interest in you."
"Of course I know that this matter is our fault, but we are willing to compensate you. I can give you two hundred taels of silver. As long as you agree to cancel the marriage, you can use the two hundred taels to marry a young girl and open a small business. Shop, the two of us can live a good life, isn't this better than coming to the capital alone?"
Although Zhou's arrangement is indeed a good way to change life for Xu Tianyi.
However, for Xu Tianyi, Zhou's words were still a bit hard to accept.
Hearing Zhou's condescending words, Xu Tianyi remained silent.
Zhou immediately took it as his acquiescence, so she immediately said to the people around her, "Okay, hurry up and get two hundred taels of silver, and then find him a carriage to take him back to Chuzhou."
After listening to Zhou's instructions, the servants were quickly ready to go down and do as they were told.
However, at this moment, Xu Tianyi suddenly said, "Mrs. Zhou, you don't need to go to such trouble, I don't need those things."
Hearing this, Ms. Zhou thought that Xu Tianyi had agreed to break off the engagement, so she immediately said, "Yes, this is a smart person. Our family really can't accept you like this, but since you are... If you take the initiative to say this, it will save us a lot of trouble. Then we have agreed that this marriage will be forgotten. From now on, your two families will have nothing to do with each other. "
However, after hearing Zhou's words, Xu Tianyi just whispered, "Madam, I think you are mistaken. Just because I don't want these two hundred taels of silver does not mean that I accept your agreement to cancel the engagement. What I mean is I want to marry Yaoniang. After all, it was your family who requested the engagement with our family in the first place. Our family agreed to it, and the marriage was considered a success. After that, although our family was in decline, you never said that our family was in decline. Luo will not marry your daughter to me!"
"And I didn't marry Yaoniang for myself. I married Yaoniang just to fulfill my father's last wish. After all, when he was dying, he asked me to come to the capital to find Yaoniang to marry!"
"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to come to Beijing. No matter who I tell this to, it's all my fault!"
Upon hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Zhou almost died of anger.
"Don't you look at what kind of life you are living now? If our Yao Niang marries you, can you support her? Can you support yourself?"
Faced with Zhou's accusation, Xu Tianyi just whispered, "I will try my best to feed Yaoniang. Even if I don't eat myself, I will let Yaoniang eat before I eat."
Hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Zhou Yaoniang, whom Zhou Yaoniang had rarely seen before, was actually a little moved. The fiancé she had never met before seemed to no longer look so ferocious.
However, Ms. Zhou has seen too much, so she only sneered, "Even if you don't eat a bite, she won't be full! What will Yaoniang do when you starve to death?"
Faced with Zhou's questions, Xu Tianyi remained silent.
Mrs. Zhou seemed too lazy to talk nonsense to Xu Tianyi. She just whispered, "You should think about this more carefully. When you figure it out, I will give you the two hundred taels of silver I promised you." Leave it to you."
Then she only warned in a cold voice, "But if you want Yaoniang to go through hardships with you, then there is absolutely no way I can agree to it! As long as I am still here in Zhoufu, you can't even think of taking Yaoniang away." mother."
Xu Tianyi was also very stubborn. He only said in a low voice, "If Madam doesn't agree to marry Yaoniang to me, I will not leave the capital for a day."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhou seemed to not want to talk nonsense to Xu Tianyi. She just waved her hand and said, "Okay, you can go down. When you figure it out, we should stop talking."
With Zhou's words, Xu Tianyi was quickly coaxed away.
It was only after Xu Tianyi left that Zhou Yaoniang dared to whisper to her mother, "Mom, I think Xu Tianyi is actually pretty good. We were wrong about this, and at least he seems kind."
