Liu Liuying stood aside and listened clearly. Seeing that Bao Laizi was said to be attracted by the matchmaker, she interrupted with a stern face: The veterinarian is not good and he has to deal with animals all day long. He is too useless. When the matchmaker heard this, she retorted tactfully: My dear, don't say that. Isn't your wife a veterinarian? Isn't he quite promising?
We will not marry him at least for the time being. Hong Tu must agree to the engagement. If Hong Tu doesn't agree, no matter how much you praise Mei Bin, it will be in vain. Liu Liuying struck up a conversation with the matchmaker.
Hong Tu was in the back room. Although the door was closed, she stood by the door and listened quietly. She looked through the small gap in the door leaf and saw clearly the eloquent matchmaker. Because she didn't like the words introduced by the matchmaker. The short Mei Bin actually felt bored.
She simply walked out and said to the matchmaker: You have done your best and it is really difficult for you. The problem is that I have no chance of meeting the young veterinarian you mentioned, and I don’t want to get involved.
The matchmaker glanced at Hong Tu and said awkwardly: I'm trying to be an adult, whether it works or not is God's will. The matchmaker secretly retreated, stood up and walked outside the house, then turned back to Bao Laizi and said: See you later!
The matchmaker left the donkey meat restaurant a little disappointed, feeling that her steps became heavy. In an alley not far away, Mei Bin happily ran out and stopped the matchmaker to ask questions. The matchmaker kept a straight face and said nothing. She took out the money Mei Bin gave her from her purse and returned it to him, along with the jadeite. The bracelet was also returned to him. Knowing that there was no chance, he wilted and deliberately asked, "What's wrong?"
No. The matchmaker said bluntly, so I will return the money and things to you.
Mei Bin reluctantly accepted the facts. He walked towards the donkey meat restaurant and suddenly saw a young man riding a white horse with a bag of books on his back. Inadvertently, his crush - Hong Tu suddenly appeared.
What was surprising was that Hong Tu, who was all dressed up, walked out of the donkey meat restaurant, walked quickly to the white horse, turned around, and deliberately fell down. The white horse raised its neck and turned its head slightly and stopped walking.
When the young man saw it, he reined in the reins, jumped off the horse, and carefully helped the girl up. Hong Tu held his hand tightly and wouldn't let go for several seconds.
The young man gently pulled his hand away, but failed to pull it away, so he asked her, "Girl, why are you doing this?" Hong Tu smiled shyly before letting go, saying that since my brother helped me up, he had helped me, and he should help me to the end.
The young man was a little nervous and said, what else do you want me to help you with? Hong Tu said, I can tell at a glance that you are a scholar. I want to study with you. Can you teach me? The young man said very hesitantly, "Let me think about it for a few days before speaking." After saying this, he jumped on his horse and was about to whip his horse and drive away. Hong Tu held on to the horse's reins and said a bit confidently, "You'd better answer me now."
At this moment, a group of people suddenly came over there, led by Bao Laizi. Seeing Hong Tu and the young man clinging to each other, he walked to the horse and yelled at the young man, "Who are you, bastard, dare to bully my daughter?" The young man was about to explain, but Hong Tu smiled and grabbed the point: Dad, this young man did not bully me. I asked him to be my husband and teach me how to read.
is that so? Bao Laizi felt strange and said that just now Mei Bin reported that there was a naughty boy riding a white horse who was playing tricks and pushed you to the ground.
Dad, there is no such thing. Hong Tu said that Mei Bin reported a false letter, and glared at Mei Bin in the crowd, then approached him and scolded him in a low voice: Mei Bin, I will not marry you, what are you doing? Mei Bin lowered his head in silence. The group of people brought by his father all stared at the young man eagerly at first, but now they turned to glare at Mei Bin angrily.
The young man stretched out his hand to straighten a bag of books that was tilted behind the horse, and said to Bao Laizi: Uncle, can I go? Before Bao Laizi could speak, Hong Tu spoke first: Dad, tell this brother that I want to be his student. Bao Laizi looked at the young man and said with a smile: "Bao has offended me so much, I hope the young man can forgive me." My daughter wants to become your teacher and learn some cultural knowledge. What do you think? The young man handed over to Bao Laizi and said, "Uncle, my name is Ma Wencai. I teach a dozen students in Xiaguan Village. It's a good thing that your daughter wants to study. How can I refuse?"
So you stay at home today, and I toast you with a glass of apprenticeship wine on my daughter’s behalf, okay? Bao Laizi nodded and said what his daughter wanted to hear most. Ma Wencai waved his hand and said that he couldn't help it. I had to rush to Xiaguan Village as soon as possible. I couldn't delay. I would like to skip the apprenticeship drink! If you want to send your daughter to study, you should make some preparations first. I am waiting for you at the Xiaguan Village School. Bao Laizi said, OK.
At this time, Ma Wencai raised his whip, and the white horse walked away in the dust. Hong Tu stood there and watched, until the horse Wencai on horseback became a small black dot in the distance, quietly disappearing in her heart that could not be disappeared.
The reason why Hong Tu is determined to study culture is that she also has a more important concern, which is to fall in love with Ma Wencai at first sight and pursue her secretly. After Ma Wencai left, his handsome image always flashed in her mind. Ma Wencai's face was like a crown jade, his eyes were like stars, and he exuded an air of majesty in his elegance. When I got home that day, Hong Tu was distracted and pestered Bao Laizi and said: Dad, you told me to go to Xiaguan Village to study. I want to go tomorrow.
Bao Laizi considered that Xiaguan Village was more than five miles away from here, and it would be inconvenient for a girl to travel back and forth. Then he said: Hong Tu, it would be better for me to invite a gentleman to come to my house and teach you some reading books such as "The Daughter's Classic". Hong Tu shook his head like a rattle, and then raised his voice: Dad, I must go to study with Ma Wencai in Xiaguan Village. Otherwise, I can invite Ma Wencai to my home to teach me.
Bao Laizi heard another meaning of Hong Tu and asked, are you willing to run back and forth every day? Sunny weather doesn't matter, but windy and rainy weather is inconvenient! Liu Liuying didn't know that her daughter was secretly in love with Ma Wencai, so she said, wouldn't it be better to invite a gentleman to teach you at home? Why bother going to Xiaguan Village? Hong Tu stomped her feet and said: I must go to Xiaguan Village to study unless I invite Ma Wencai to my home to teach me how to read. Liu Liuying asked her, will they come?
If you don’t come, I will go. Hong Tu "argued" with her mother and looked at her elders with a grimace. Bao Laizi said helplessly: It's up to you. I'll send you to Xiaguan Village to study tomorrow. The clouds on Hong Tu's face cleared and a smile bloomed. She turned and walked into the boudoir. She excitedly prepared some brightly colored clothes to try on before the makeup, hoping to attract Ma Wencai with her beautiful appearance.
Hong Tu went to Xiaguan Village School to enroll. Ma Wencai arranged for her to sit in the front row to listen to the class, but she didn't even pay attention to Hong Tu, who was wearing an eye-catching red dress. All her thoughts were spent on teaching. One time, Hong Tu was distracted and wrote a new word wrong. She was still wrong when she was taught again. Ma Wencai punished her to face the wall and think about her faults just like he did to boys. The purpose was to make her concentrate and not to be distracted in class. Why is she distracted? She always made secret glances at Ma Wencai, but Ma Wencai didn't look at her directly. He only treated her as a student and treated her very harshly.
She stood by the wall. She was quite lonely at first, but when she thought that the person she liked was punishing her, she no longer felt resentful, so she stood quietly and behaved.
But her heart was not at peace. Her eyes were the windows to the soul. She saw at the top of the opposite corner, a black spider was patiently pulling threads, slowly weaving a small circle with a big circle on the outside, and a big circle on the outside. A larger circle was formed over and over again, and a fan-shaped spider web was woven out.
The black spider stopped weaving and lay down on it to rest. However, it did not rest. When a bee buzzed over, it inadvertently got caught in the web wire and could not fly away even though it flapped its wings. So this A frightened bee became the harvest within reach of the black spider.
Hong Tu seemed to realize something from it. She thought: If only she were a spider, she could weave a web beautifully and trap Ma Wencai's elegant bee, and then he would belong to her.
