Bai Yu'an talked to Mrs. Wang for a while, and Mrs. Tan from outside walked in: "The food is ready, let's go and eat."
Mrs. Wang has been lying in bed eating in the past few days, but today Bai Yu'an came over. He was in a good mood, so he asked Mr. Tan to come over and help him get dressed before getting up and going out.
Bai Yu'an was a little worried about the teacher's health and gave some advice.
Tan smiled at Bai Yu'an and said, "Don't try to persuade him. Your teacher is happy today, so just follow him."
Bai Yu'an looked at the smile on the old man's face and felt silent in his heart. Seeing that the teacher was neatly dressed, he hurriedly went over to help him.
The sky always gets dark faster in winter, but after just over an hour, the sky was already so dark that it was difficult to see the road.
There was a girl nearby holding a lantern to light the way, and it was not far to the front hall.
The food on the table was set, and Gao Han and Wang Wanqing came in from the outside, bickering.
There were only five people at the table. Although it was a little deserted, with Wang Wanqing there, it was not too cold, and it was quite lively with people chatting and laughing.
Sitting at the top, Mr. Wang Taifu said to Gao Han, "I heard that you rejected the marriage arranged by your family again?"
"Which girl is she from? Why was she rejected again?"
Gao Han smiled, nodded and said, "It's hard to say which one, but I don't have any plans to get married yet. Let's wait until two years later."
Taifu Wang shook his head: "How can you build a career without starting a family? You are already a grown man. Don't think there will be any girls willing to marry you by then."
Gao Han immediately pulled Bai Yu'an to stop him: "Yu'an hasn't gotten married yet. After he gets married, it won't be too late for me to get married."
Bai Yu'an repeatedly put aside the relationship: "How many years older is Brother Gao than me? Yu'an doesn't dare to mess with the seniority. It's better to wait until Brother Gao gets married first."
The two people's back-and-forth refusals caused a burst of laughter on the table.
At this time, Wang Wanqing said in the middle: "How about brother Yu'an marry me, so that no one will press brother Yu'an to get married."
Bai Yu'an was stunned for a moment, then stroked Wang Wanqing's hair and said with a smile: "In-laws are not child's play, they must be hired with three letters and six gifts."
Wang Wanqing tilted her head and said, "Wanqing can wait for brother Yu'an to issue the appointment letter."
Tan smiled helplessly: "Your brother Yu'an has made a marriage arrangement in his hometown, how can he marry you?"
Wang Wanqing innocently asked Bai Yu'an, "Can't brother Yu'an marry two wives?"
Wang Wanqing's words made everyone at the table laugh, and they just thought it was her mischievous words that were ignorant of the world.
After dinner, Taifu Wang was covered in mink velvet. Mrs. Tan supported him and sent Bai Yu'an and Gao Han to the door.
Bai Yu'an looked at the heavy snow that suddenly fell at night and said, "Teacher, please go in first, the snow is heavy outside."
Gao Han also said: "It's cold outside, teacher, there's no need to send it off."
Taifu Wang waved his hand: "I can still bear the pain in prison, and I won't be unable to walk."
He then said to Bai Yu'an: "Come here, I will have a few words with you alone."
Bai Yu'an glanced at Gao Han and helped Wang Taifu to the side.
However, after only standing outside for a while, Wang Taifu's gray hair was already covered with a lot of white snow. He looked a little worried, looked at Bai Yu'an and whispered: "I will move back to the countryside in two days, and I am most uneasy now." The one who can rest assured is Wanqing."
As he spoke, Taifu Wang's eyes turned red, and there was a faint pain in the corners of his wrinkled eyes: "Her father left early, and her mother followed her father. After all, at my age, I can't protect her for long."
The old man held Bai Yu'an's hand tightly with his old fingers and said seriously: "I know your marriage in your hometown is just a cover. I can see that Wanqing likes you. If you can take care of Wanqing throughout her life, the teacher will be grateful to you. ."
Bai Yu'an looked at the teacher's hunched figure in front of her with a sad look in her eyes. The strength in her hands was trembling slightly. It was as if boiling water had rolled down her throat and she could not open her mouth.
If she were a man, she would naturally be willing to take care of Wang Wanqing, but she was not.
She couldn't take care of her.
Seeing Bai Yu'an's delay in responding, Wang Taifu sighed and nodded. His face looked a little tired, and he loosened his hold on Bai Yu'an's hand.
"If you don't promise me, I don't blame you. Marriage is a matter of caution."
Bai Yu'an felt uncomfortable for a while and said softly: "Yu'an doesn't plan to get married in her whole life. I asked Wanqing to follow me. I'm afraid she will be wronged."
Taifu Wang didn't speak anymore, nodded, just lowered his eyes and patted Bai Yu'an on the shoulder and said, "Go back."
Bai Yu'an felt uncomfortable. She opened and closed her mouth several times. In the end, she could only nod silently and followed Gao Han into the carriage.
Opening a corner of the carriage curtain, Bai Yu'an looked at the teacher who was still standing in the snow watching her in silence. The wind was cold and the snow was strong, and there was more and more flying snow in the middle, which only made the old body become more and more blurry.
On the carriage, Gao Han saw Bai Yu'an's face was downcast and couldn't help but ask, "What did the teacher say to you?"
It wasn't until the figure in the snow was out of sight that Bai Yu'an lowered the curtain and whispered, "The teacher wants me to marry sister Wanqing."
Gao Han was not surprised, so he nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
From the expression on Bai Yu'an's face just now, he could guess that Bai Yu'an refused.
There was only a faint light from a lantern in the carriage, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Bai Yu'an's face, which was shining brightly under the warm light.
It is indeed a face that a woman can fall in love with just by looking at it. It is indistinguishable between male and female, and it is as regular as jade.
His eyes couldn't help but look down slightly, but when his eyes touched the white neck, he still held back and looked away.
Bai Yu'an had been opening the curtain and looking out, so naturally he didn't notice Gao Han's gaze.
She was afraid that Gao Han would send her back. Bai Yu'an looked outside and said to Gao Han at an intersection: "Brother Gao, I have something else to do, so you go back first."
Gao Han saw Bai Yu'an was about to get off the carriage, so he quickly grabbed his arm and said, "You live in the suburbs of the city. How are you going to go back in this snowy day?"
Bai Yu'an smiled: "A Tao met me in the alley ahead."
Gao Han worriedly opened the curtain and looked into the alley, but he couldn't see clearly even in the weak light.
He had no choice but to hand over the lantern in his hand, looked at Bai Yuan's harmless face and warned, "Be careful on the road."
Bai Yu'an smiled, nodded, and jumped out of the carriage.
Watching Gao Han's carriage gradually go away, Bai Yu'an took a breath and looked around.
She looked around and saw that there were still a few shops open at this time. She crossed two alleys and was not far from her residence.
Holding the lantern in his hand, Bai Yuan tightened his cloak, feeling a little cold due to the wind and snow.
After finally reaching the alley, Bai Yu'an looked at the dark and deep alley in front of him, comforting himself that he could get there just by walking through here.
The lantern in her hand was swayed by the cold wind. The wind in the alley was so strong that Bai Yu'an felt that she could not hold the lantern in her hand. She changed her hand and put her exposed frozen fingers to her lips to breathe.
Just another gust of cold wind blew, and the lantern fell to the ground with a clatter, extinguishing the light as well.
