I rewrote family history

Chapter 118 Master Xu Don't Cry
"Xu Cong, sit down first."

"My father... has a bad temper, don't worry..."

Chen Xian'an approached, also showing an apologetic expression.

"I'll just sit down and leave."

With the help of the two of them, Xu Er couldn't show his face at the Chen family. He nodded, took advantage of the opportunity and sat in the guest seat beside him, and drank tea.

Just like Master Chen didn't wait to see him just now, but also prepared a thank you gift for him.

Basic etiquette is required.

In addition, as a member of the county office, his face is not so thin.With one or two words of ridicule, even though he felt uncomfortable, he also learned to do it himself.

"Member Xu..."

Master Chen also took his seat, and he took a sip of hot tea.While drinking tea and removing the tea lid, the heat rose up, his slender eyes narrowed, and he looked in the direction of Xu Er's stunned son.

This movement stopped for three or four breaths.

When the teacup fell on the table, he asked, "Mr. Xu is both a student and an official... In the school, he must be more comfortable in the school than in the county office. The interpersonal relationship in the county office is complicated. , not only to please the boss, but also not to provoke public grievances, and to be angry..."

What he said was irresistible, no matter how you looked at it, it was a concern for his nephew and nephew in future generations.

Of course, this is just superficial meaning.The deeper meaning is actually aggressive.An official who works well in the county office, who knows whether it is for profit or love when he makes friends with his companions?
Mrs. Chen and Chen Xian'an didn't seem to notice it, but Xu Er's expression changed slightly.

He glanced at the fox fairy in his arms, and suddenly felt confident, "Uncle Chen is wrong, Xu Cong has resigned from the county office. As for the work in the county office... Xu Cong has never dared to ask his heart." Nothing to be ashamed of, but... there is no such thing as lust for profit..."

When the words stopped here, he paused, "There are some things that money can't buy."

He admitted that he coveted Miss Chen's life experience.

If it weren't for these external factors, he would definitely be more attracted to Qiu He than he is to Chen Xian'an at this moment.His idea of ​​marrying Chen Xian'an is greater than his idea of ​​marrying Qiu He.

However, when the words fell, he didn't know whether he told a lie or spoke the truth.

Or because he has been playing Fool Fest for a long time recently, he has habitually rejected Duke Orsino's reward for his singing.He is still immersed in the world of noble clowns.

(Chapter [-], when acting, the Duke of Orsino (Qian Zhengxin) asked the clown Fest (Xu Cong) to sing, and after singing, the Duke of Orsino gave Fester an eagle. Fez Te declined the reward.)
"Oh? Really?" Master Chen was noncommittal, he smiled, and didn't put too much effort into the topic just now, "Member Xu, no... Nephew Xu Xian. Are you escorting Xian'an home tonight? I I should be grateful. As a daughter, Xian'an acted a little too presumptuously, and has always made me, a father, worry about it."

"Xian'an really doesn't let us rest assured."

When it comes to this topic, Mrs. Chen has room to intervene.

"She's always with that girl from the Zhu family. She's crazy and doesn't look like a lady of everyone. I heard that Mrs. Zhu has introduced several marriages to her daughter. Our family has to introduce marriages to Xian'an. She Gotta get married..."

She leaned forward slightly, and said solemnly.

"I see."

These few words are not as obtrusive and insinuating as Mr. Chen's, they are much more straightforward.Xu Er's fool can no longer pretend to be stupid.A man named Xu Cong nodded.

The gray-white fox was lying in Xu Cong's heart. It heard that his heart had lost a lot. The rhythm used to be puff puff puff puff, but until now, there was a bang or two, and then it stopped for a while.It was as if someone had tightened his grip on this heart, and in order not to let it perish, he had no choice but to slow it down.

"Thanks are still to be given."

Master Chen glanced at the grandfather clock placed in the hall, and seeing that it had stopped at ten o'clock, he called the housekeeper beside him and gave some instructions in his ear.

The butler moved quickly, and took a tray and walked out.

There was a tube of silver coins in the tray.

The meaning of giving money but not gifts is already obvious.

"Be careful, and please don't blame my nephew."

Master Chen pinched the drooping sleeve of his right arm with his left hand, and made a gesture of invitation.

The pendulum clock ticked.

The night was very quiet, and there were a few noisy birdsong outside the house.

Xu Cong remembered Sun Xingmin's unusual behavior at the fork in the road.Maybe Sun Xingmin likes Chen Xian'an.After the performance in the auditorium, Sun Xingmin saw Chen Xian'an who had gone away and turned his head to look back, so he couldn't wait to tease him and Zhao Jiashu, saying that Chen Xian'an was looking at the two of them...

The more a man likes a girl, the more anxious he is to hide his existence.

However, at the fork in the road, Sun Xingmin had no choice but to squeeze out and made his own choice.

Sun Xingmin made a bold declaration of love to Chen Xianan.

Now, it's his turn.

After taking the silver, he is not qualified to love this girl.

"Uncle, I didn't think of any benefits when I sent Xian'an home. The money... I can't accept it. He may live alone not only for money. I resigned as a section member. I remember, this matter The thing... I told you, uncle."

"It's getting late, I should leave."

"Sorry for disturbing uncle and aunt tonight..."

Xu Cong shook his head, then got up and walked out.

Although he didn't love Chen Xian'an so deeply, it must be.But a person always has to be a little arrogant.His spine was stepped down by Zheng Baochang, not bent by himself.Maybe one day he will submit to the world again, but at least not today.

Erlianzi is his nickname.A stubbornness deeply rooted in the bones.

When he is called "Xu Cong", it does not mean that a person named "Er Lengzi" died.In the same way, the person named "Er Lengzi" has never died, even if he is called "Xu Cong".

"Nephew, you..."

Master Chen was taken aback.

A test, never a test.

The reason he gave the money was to break Xu Cong's heart.Even if Xu never accepted the money, he would not give him a chance.Perhaps the young man in front of him has potential, but is his daughter going to suffer with him for the first half of her life?
In addition, as a businessman, he clearly understands how ruthless a person who climbs up is.Such a person may be a good partner, but it is never a good match.

"Uncle, excuse me."

Xu Cong lifted the front of his gown and stepped out of the threshold. When he landed outside the door, he turned around and bowed to Chen's father and mother who were chasing him, then turned around again and walked away quickly.

However, just as he walked twenty or thirty steps in the Chaoshou veranda, Chen Xian'an trotted after him. She was out of breath, and her entire face was flushed, "Xu Cong, take the money."

She put a heavy barrel of silver on the boy's palm.

Before the boy could refuse, she said, "Nightingale should answer what the crow said."

This is a line from Twelve Nights.

Xu Cong was taken aback.

He looked at the actor who played Olivia in front of him.This sentence was a sarcastic remark Malvolio used to satirize Olivia, the count's daughter.After saying this, Malvolio immediately laughed at Olivia for being "born rich".The nightingale is Malvolio, and the crow is Chen Xian'an.

She didn't say anything unnecessary.

But these words have already expressed her shame.

Her crow pales in comparison to the elegant nightingale.

"This is the reward you deserve..."

Master Chen and Mrs. Chen chased him out, and Chen Xian'an said this sentence again.

Seeing this, the two chasing behind stopped.

"The bounty I deserve?"

Xu Cong touched the tube of silver in his hand, not knowing what expression to make.

He has been pitied.Should be familiar.

However, his back was facing Chen's father and Chen's mother, so there was no need to make an ugly look. He looked up at the dark sky, and saw a bird perched on a street lamp not far away.He tried to see that it was a house sparrow.The house sparrow clawed at the chain on the outside of the lampshade.

The house sparrow flew away with a flutter.Xu Congyi was lured away by Uncle Zhong.

The lights on the road are still sparse.

Xu Congxian, who was tossing and turning on the bed at home, dreamed of Chen Xian'an in a dream. Under the street lamp, she didn't ask him anything, but kissed him wantonly, and then his hand reached into her collar.But in fact, he and the quilt were fighting.After the fourth watch, Chen Xian'an in the dream turned into Qiu He again, and he rolled with her.On the fifth watch, he thought of the shopkeeper in the oil workshop, the girl on Wednesday...

He was in a hurry.

The next day, he found an excuse to let Qiuhe come out of Zhao's house again.

The two stumbled into the bamboo forest in the alley again.

"Master Xu, how long has it been before you think of me again?" Qiu He leaned on the thick bamboo, her voice revealed joy, and she tried to breathe thinly on the man's face, "Don't worry, take your time." , there is no need to rush this matter. I told the young master, I have something to tell Auntie Big Tooth, and I will come back later..."

Hearing this, the man's movements were indeed much slower.

But it didn't work for long, the men were restless like mating pigs in the pigsty, kissing indiscriminately, soaking the water in the stone trough and chaff everywhere, creating a mess all over the circle.

"what happened to you?"

Qiu He buttoned her skirt, and she glanced at the man who was resting on the pile of bricks in front of her.No matter how well-informed people are, it is absolutely impossible for them to be so tyrannical.

"You have something in your heart? Tell me?"

"Anyway, we're all shameless. I won't tell others about you. It won't do me much good if you say it. If you like it, you can say it. If you don't like it... I won't force it."

She took out a clean coarse cloth handkerchief from her bosom, and handed it to the man's palm.

"Yes, I have something on my mind."

Xu Cong nodded in the dark, and he said in a muffled voice: "I have someone I like. I dreamed about her last night. After I dreamed about her, I came to you. It should be because I like it. I'm not sure. ..."

He and Chen Xian'an have known each other for nearly 20 days.

Nearly [-]% of the time is spent rehearsing.

As soon as these words came out, Qiuhe felt an awl pierce her heart.She looked at his face, his face was dark, she imitated the children when she was young, she couldn't hide her tears and laughter, and made a sad look, "It's a good thing to like someone. One must love someone People...Master Xu, go chase her, you are such a good person, you should have a good girl to accompany you."

She let men spoil her.She can't blame others, she just has her life ruined.

If the man doesn't listen to her and looks at her squarely, she will feel uneasy.

"It's different, I'm not good enough for her."

"I have left some leeway for myself to pursue her, but I understand that this leeway is far from enough. It is difficult for me to build a wall for myself. She calls herself a crow, but I know that she is the nightingale. Only nightingales sing at night..."

Xu Cong was talking nonsense.

Talking nonsense that Qiuhe couldn't understand.

"I grew up with the young master." Suddenly, there was silence for a while, Qiu He stared at the dark pupil in front of her, her eyes filled with tears again, but she had learned not to cry, She knows the rules far better than Xiao Baozi, "The young master grew up with me. He was studying, and I was by his side. When I was young, he always played tricks on me and bullied me as a servant girl. When I grow up, it will be different." ..."

"He always said I was boring and too disciplined."

Qiu He laughed, "But I have to obey the rules. The masters can punish me at will until I obey the rules. If I don't obey the rules, he might not be really happy..."

"I envy you, Master Xu, you have the same fate as me, but you can still go to school to study."

"You can be successful by studying, go and marry her."

She stroked the man's face.The autumn night was slightly cold, and the man's face was not warm, it felt very cold to the touch.She touched her forehead to her cheeks, then her lips and chin, "If you don't try it, how do you know it won't work? Look, you're in tears."

I cry?

Xu Cong was a little horrified.

He didn't shed tears when he was dying, how could he shed tears for a woman.He reached up to touch his cheek.It's just that his cheeks were filled with Qiu He's hand, and when he touched Qiu He's hand, it was as cold as cold, with wet water on the fingertips.

"She is about to get married and has reached the marriageable age."

"I can't think of a way."

Xu Cong withdrew his hand.He was afraid that Qiuhe would ask further questions.He wanted to hide his thoughts.It's not easy to tell Xu San'er about men and women.Apart from Qiuhe, he has no other object to confide in.However, after talking halfway, he didn't want to continue talking.He said another thing, "Is your father reliable? If you redeem yourself, he will sell you again, then..."

He thought of Er Chaozi.

Erchaozi's incident is not uncommon.

If you can sell your daughter once, you don't have any burden on your heart if you sell it a second time.

"My family is poor. If I don't sell me, I will have no way to survive. My father... probably won't sell me again. I redeemed myself, and I always go to him. If I don't go to him, I can't go to other places. Marriage You can't bypass your parents. Parents' orders, matchmaker's words. I'm on guard against him, don't worry, Master Xu..."

Qiu He withdrew her hand, she glanced in the direction of home, and said.

"That's good."

"I just wanted to warn you."

Xu Cong let out a "hmm".

Not close to each other.It is enough to wake up one sentence appropriately, and it is useless to talk more.

After talking about this topic, it was time to leave.He blew on the torch and lit the wick of the candle.The flames illuminated the two of them with a pop.Neither of them shed tears.

(End of this chapter)