"If you only care about the country's life and death, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings?"
Zhang He looked at Gu Zhengchen, his eyes could not hide the joy and appreciation.
In terms of literary thought and ambition alone, this son-in-law is remarkable.
Zhang Xiwan was overjoyed. The man in front of her cared about her family and country, had lofty ambitions, and was full of literary talent. Wasn't he the husband she had always longed for?
Zhang He liked to talk about the two books "University" and "Spring and Autumn", and used them to test Gu Zhengchen's knowledge. Gu Zhengchen answered fluently, and occasionally put forward some opinions, which refreshed Zhang He and Zhang Xiwan.
The topic turned from books to Jurong, and Zhang Xiwan asked curiously: "Many people in Jinling called Mr. Gu the county magistrate for hunting tigers. Weren't you afraid when you hunted tigers?"
Gu Zhengchen recalled the scene at that time and said seriously: "It is impossible to say that you are not afraid. But if the tiger is not eliminated, Jurong will never have peace. Xiwan, how about I tell you what happened at that time?"
"Okay - okay."
Zhang Xiwan felt her heart pounding when Gu Zhengchen called her so affectionately.
Zhang He's face turned dark. Gu Zhengchen must have been a serious scholar, but this guy was always being too polite. How could he call out the woman's name casually?
My daughter, too, actually forgot that she was here.
However, I have to say that Gu Zhengchen's storytelling skills are very high. He told the terrifying and gloomy ancient temple in the mountain and the bloody handprints in a horrifying way. When the answer was revealed, it made people feel relieved again, and they will not forget it. After a few words of comfort, the two of them looked at each other and made small movements.
Zhang He threw the book, but it did not cause the two of them to restrain themselves.
When talking about the tiger charging at him with its teeth and claws, Zhang Xiwan covered her mouth and wanted to drag Gu Zhengchen away. However, when she heard that Gu Zhengchen had killed more than a dozen tigers by himself, the brave sergeant was just clearing the battlefield. Zhang Xiwan couldn't help but admire her.
Zhang He was very angry. With your thin body, you can't take care of even one tiger, let alone ten tigers. In order to deceive your daughter's favor, you actually brag about how powerful you are and whether you are even a scholar...
Gu Zhengchen didn't mind. He was a scholar. He was just trying to please his future wife. He didn't see her giggling. "Father-in-law, please stop being a light bulb here. When it's time to go back to drink tea, go back and drink tea. Leave us two to clean up." Isn’t the study room good?
Zhang He is a relatively traditional person. Although he is very satisfied with Gu Zhengchen and can see that his daughter is very fond of him, he really can't stand the two people flirting with each other, so he directly issued an order to expel Gu Zhengchen and beat Gu Zhengchen with a feather duster. go out……
Seeing this formation, Zhang Pei and Yao Zhen thought that Zhang He was dissatisfied with Gu Zhengchen. Who would have thought that Gu Zhengchen stretched his neck and shouted: "Zhang Xiwan, I will accept the army in the future. You and I will sign a marriage contract, and we will live in the future. , summer wind and winter snow, I wish to never leave you and grow old hand in hand."
Zhang Xiwan stood at the door and nodded heavily with tears in her eyes: "I will stay with you forever and live and die with you."
Gu Zhengchen smiled, saluted Zhang He, who was blowing his beard, and turned to leave. Seeing that Zhang Pei and Yao Zhen didn't follow him, he turned around and kicked them. They were two wooden men...
Zhang Xiwan turned around and saw her father Zhang He's displeased face. She thought about her words and deeds, and quickly saluted: "Father, my daughter is a little tired, so she needs to rest first."
Before Zhang He could agree, Zhang Xiwan had already run away with small steps.
Entering the boudoir, Zhang Xiwan leaned against the door and blushed. For some reason, she felt a little "deviant" when she was next to Gu Zhengchen. All the etiquette and rules in the past were gone. The most disturbing thing was that she actually liked this kind of talking and laughing naturally. .
Mu Mansion Villa.
Gu's mother started to discuss the matter of the Nazheng campaign, and Feng from the Mu Mansion also came to help.
Accepting a levy is an engagement, and requires a betrothal gift.
The so-called "no money, no friendship, no marriage" means that if you don't give money, how can it be considered a marriage?
It has to be said that this set of betrothal gift theories has done a lot of harm to people. It has been doing harm to people for two thousand years, but under the general trend, individuals often have no choice but to succumb.
Fortunately, the Gu family is no longer shabby in Teng County, especially since Gu Zhengchen used the name of "alcohol" to bring in a lot of money from the palace. Many of the wine used to distill "alcohol" came from Zhu Biao's old age. Moving out of Zhu's warehouse didn't cost the Gu family much.
Gu Zhengchen is the only male in the Gu family, and Gu's mother loves Zhang Xiwan, so she naturally sets her standards to a higher level.
Gu's mother commands the family.
Four jars of wine?
Take out the high-strength liquor distilled by Zhengchen. The Zhang family is also good at liquor, so I have to give it to him.
Two big fish?
Gu Cheng, go and guard the Yangtze River and buy the fishermen as soon as they come up. You want the freshest ones...
Sun Shiba, go buy a gift of sesame tea...
Mrs. Chen, make fifty kilograms of cakes...
Yao Zhen shouldn't be in a daze. He spent fifty guan of loose money at the shop and exchanged it for platinum. He also bought half a fan of pork to resist...
You also need to buy dowry, hairpins, handkerchiefs, rice, glue, lacquer, acacia, cotton... dozens of miscellaneous things.
Gu Zhengchen asked: "What about me?"
Gu's mother rolled her eyes and said, "Just stay here."
I don’t know how I offended my mother, but I know very well that if I don’t want to be seen now, I have to hide away, otherwise I will suffer the consequences.
Gu Qingqing, Liu Qian'er, Zhang Pei, and even Wu Rong also became busy. Only Gu Zhengchen, Mu Chun, and Mu Sheng sat in the corner to study the wild geese.
Mu Sheng asked if the wild goose meat was delicious, but now only Gu Zhengchen and Mu Chun were studying the wild geese.
Jurong.
Sun Erkou followed the caravan back home. He didn't have time to say hello to his mother, Mrs. Sun, so he ran to his room to rummage through the boxes. Sun stood at the door and looked at Sun Erkou who was rummaging around and asked, "My child, what are you looking for?"
"Mom, where is the Pisces jade pendant I put here? I bought it for 300 yuan in Jinling. Why is it missing?"
Sun Erkou was anxious.
Sun said with a smile: "What do I think? Jade Pei Niang has put it away for you. You bought it because you thought you would meet the right girl one day and use it as a token of love."
Sun Erkou blushed and said quickly: "Mom, take it out quickly, we are going to Jinling tomorrow."
Sun was a little surprised: "The caravan has just returned, why are we going to Jinling again? There is only one round trip on weekdays, and there is no need to rest for two or three days. What's more, it is the twelfth lunar month and it is freezing outside..."
"Oh, mother, Hu Hengcai said that Magistrate Gu is getting married soon. Although we don't know the date of the wedding yet, given our status, it's really not appropriate to go during the wedding. People in our caravan thought that we would bring some thoughts tomorrow and send them in advance. To the Gu family."
Sun Erkou stopped his nagging mother and spoke quickly.
When Mrs. Sun heard this, she was stunned: "What do you mean, Gu Zhixian is getting married?"
"No, the only thing our family can use is that jade pendant."
Sun Erkou felt a little ashamed.
Gu Zhixian was very kind to the Sun family. Not only did he let his mother off the hook, but he also rescued himself from the mountains. He was the real savior!
Repaying kindness is the duty of a human being.
