Zhou Yan

"Brother Zhou is still not coming?"

Shen Xian was wearing a crescent-colored overshirt, and was picking flowers under the corner of the wall. He grabbed the branch and pulled it up roughly, and the flower root was pulled out by him with mud.

There is no place in the City Lord's Mansion that the young master will not spoil.

"Mr. Zhou said he has something to do," Honghu shook his head, "Let the young master go alone. Mr. Zhou also said that it's just a meal, and his wife will accompany him. It's no big deal. Let the young master not be afraid."

"What am I afraid of? Then Liu Xiaoer can still eat me!" Shen Xian snorted, broke off the roots and left without picking the flowers: "I just saw him bored in that room by himself. No one knew he was sick, and it had been several days, and he was not invited out of the house."

Ever since Shen Xian spent a meal at the Zhou Mansion that day, he never saw Zhou Mingchao again.

On the second day after Shen Xian returned home, he enthusiastically asked someone to invite Zhou Mingchao to fish in Liuhui Lake. Honghu went, but Zhou Mingchao didn't come.

On the fourth day, Shen Xian asked Zhou Mingchao to go out. He heard that there was a new library in the city. He thought that there were so many books in Zhou Mingchao's house, so he would be interested. Honghu went, but Zhou Mingchao still didn't come, saying he was tired .

After another two days, Shen Xian wanted to invite Zhou Mingchao to the mountain to find some fresh bamboo shoots and mushrooms. It was also a must to dig them up and make soup. Honghu went again, but Zhou Mingchao still didn't come.

For ten days in a row, Zhou Mingchao did not see anyone, either shirking that he was busy or tired. Today, Madam and Madam Liu made another appointment to go to Fanlou to eat and drink, and brought their children together. Shen Xian wanted to take Zhou Mingchao together, but still No one from Zhou Mingchao was seen.

Once or twice, it is justifiable, but once more, it becomes a refusal to shirk. What's the matter, how many people in Linzhou City are you willing to treat yourself to a meal?What excuse not to come!

The more Shen Xian thought about it, the angrier he became, he was annoyed by looking at everything, he didn't want any flowers, he threw away the things in his hand, and walked angrily on the road.

This time Madam didn't need to coax and lie, Shen Xian didn't wait for her to urge, he ran to the carriage and sat down first.

In the carriage, Madam saw Shen Xian's sullen face, and couldn't help scratching his chin: "Look at this face, you can squeeze out a basin of water by twisting it, this time you said you wanted to come, mother." I didn't force you to come out."

Madam was like teasing a cat, Shen Xian tilted her head: "I know, it's not because of this."

"Then what are you doing for?" Madam heard her muttering in a low voice, and she pinched Shen Xian's face again: "Aren't you happy early in the morning?"

"Mother, how old am I, don't touch my face," Shen Xian helplessly dodged his wife's hand: "I'm not unhappy."

The child has indeed grown up. Seeing that half of the side face outside the carriage already has the image of a young man in high spirits, the lady withdrew her hand and sighed with a smile.

"Well, it's grown. It's a lot taller than last year, and the clothes have to be remade out of materials."

"It's getting colder and colder. I'll ask your father to go to the cloth shop and pull a few bolts of good material back to make two winter clothes for you and Ming Chao."

Shen Xian put down the curtain of the carriage, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and was not interested in hearing new clothes: "Okay."

"Speaking of which, why haven't you seen Ming Dynasty in the past few days?"

In the past few days, Zhou Mingchao and Shen Xian were seen mixing together. The city lord was afraid that Shen Xian would spoil Zhou Mingchao, so he didn't see anyone for many days, and he was still not used to it.

Mentioning Zhou Mingchao, Shen Xian's face became a little broken again: "I don't know."

Madam saw him like this: "Did you quarrel?"

"No." Shen Xian closed his eyes: "I haven't seen him these few days, so I don't know what he's busy with."

Madam smiled, and did not persuade: "Ming Chao has been bored in the house for many years, and I have never seen him getting along with anyone, nor did he talk about getting closer to any girl, he has always been alone, for so many years It's not easy either."

"I know."

Shen Xian lowered his head, saw the jade pendant hanging on his waist, and thought of the expression on Zhou Mingchao's sending him out that day after he had eaten and drank enough in the Zhou Mansion. It was like burning a pile of firewood, and someone wanted to put it out with snow water, but the fire was too big, and there were still a few sparks sporadically popping out, which were particularly conspicuous in the ice and snow, and Shen Xian could see it at a glance .

"I know." Shen Xian exhaled and said another sentence.

There are a lot of people in Fan Lou, and the staff are so busy that they welcome and send them off.

Shen Xian followed his wife to the door of the private room upstairs, and he hesitated when he opened the door. It's just that the juniors drank and ate food and chatted, that's fine, but both mothers are there, so you can't say whatever you want, You can't be presumptuous when eating, and you have to follow the rules when you speak and do things. Shen Xian thinks it's better to sleep at home.

Especially Zhou Mingchao didn't know whether it was intentional or not, it seemed that he didn't see him on purpose, Shen Xian held his breath in his chest, Brother Zhou avoided him, he had to eat with Tudou Danzi, and he had to pretend to be five people and six people to eat. What a fun day!

Shen Xian's tone dissipated when he entered the door.

In the private room, apart from Mrs. Liu and Liu Dongzang, who was the person who was sitting at the door and grinning at him with his head raised?

Not only did Shen Xian not feel the tightness in his chest, but he also felt his legs were a little sore, and he felt a dull pain from conditioned reflex. He was afraid that this brother would kick him again, and he would be able to live in bed this year.

"Wu Zhuangyuan met my Dong'er on the street. Last time Dong'er came back from the mountains thanks to him, and I owe Xu Zhuangyuan a meal. Coincidentally, this is..."

Mrs. Liu was a little embarrassed. After all, she had the intention of going on a blind date, and she brought another man with her.

"It's okay, it's okay, there are more young people and they are comfortable," Madam smiled: "Let them play by themselves later, the two of us go to the theater."

"Okay, the dishes are all ready, I'll wait for you to come." Mrs. Liu pulled her to sit down, then turned her head to look at Shen Xian: "Your Xian'er is really looking better and better, even whiter than my Dong'er. "

Mrs. Liu has always liked the little girl who is white and soft. She raised Liu Dongzang, and now she wants to raise a little granddaughter. Seeing Shen Xian's appearance, she likes it very much.

"Yeah, as I was saying just now, this year he has grown a lot, and next year he will be as tall as his father."

"He's only fifteen or sixteen this year, so he still has a lot to grow, by the way," Mrs. Liu recalled the neglected Xu Chen: "How old is Wu Zhuangyuan this year?"

Xu Chen was drinking tea, his face turned red for some reason, he put down his cup: "Twenty, twenty this year."

"It's good to be young." Madam nodded with a smile: "What brothers and sisters do you have in your family? I heard from my old Shen that you are still single and have no wife?"

Holding the teacup, Xu Chen nodded, "I'm the only one in the family, and there's my grandmother on top. She's been away for the past few years and hasn't gotten married yet."

"He is also a good boy." The two ladies looked at each other and smiled one after another.

Shen Xian drank tea with his cup in his arms, looked at Xu Chen, and smiled too.

The two ladies went to talk, but they didn't see the two people peeking back and forth while picking up vegetables, and they secretly looked at each other more than three times during the time Shen Xian entered the door.

Liu Dongzang sat obediently next to Mrs. Liu, wearing a durian flower hairpin on his temple, looking very docile and virtuous, the adults didn't interrupt when they were talking, just took advantage of the time between eating vegetables and drinking tea, and looked up at Xu Chen quickly buried his head down again.

Shen Xian watched her slurp her food, and pursed her lips and smiled at Madam's praise, there was no shadow of her eyebrows akimbo at Shen Xian that day.

Because of Xu Chen's presence, the two wives couldn't bring the topic to Shen Xian and Liu Dongzang. Instead, they asked about the daily living habits of the three juniors, talked about some interesting things in the city, and after a meal, Shen Xian listened. Gossip about other big families in the city, watching the two people across from each other peeping at each other openly and secretly, eating for almost an hour will not feel boring.

After dinner, the sun was warm, and the two wives went to the theater hand in hand, waving to the three of them.

"Let's go and play. You young people may not like the things we like when we are old. You go to the lake for a walk. I heard that the begonias in Linyuan are blooming. Go there and have a look."

Madam looked at Shen Xian and babbled a few more words, don't bully the little sister, let her have something to do, and even asked Liu Dongzang to be sent back to the mansion before coming back and so on.

Shen Xian couldn't help nodding, and then sent the two ancestors away.

Three young men stood at the door of the restaurant.

"Why do I feel that you have grown taller and become oval." Shen Xian grabbed the little girl's hair tie.

"you……"

Liu Dongzang's eyes widened with anger, and he was about to quarrel with Shen Xian in the street, but Xu Chen was watching from the side.

Liu Dongzang endured and remained silent, but his nose twitched and turned a little red from the cold. The little girl was just frozen. Xu Chen felt that the little girl had been wronged when he saw it, but he had a good temper and kept his head down without speaking.

"Master Shen," Xu Chen said solemnly, "You can't pull a woman's hair at will, Dongzang is still young."

Shen Xian: "..."

Liu Dongzang glanced at Xu Chen, lowered his head shyly, and moved two steps towards Xu Chen.

Xu Chen looked at her, pointed at the kite stand next to her, and coaxed her: "Buy you a kite? It's windy this day, and the kite can fly very high."

Liu Dongzang grabbed the handkerchief shyly: "Okay."

Shen Xian: "..."

Why these girls are different in front of him and in front of his sweetheart, Liu Dongzang will not talk about it, so is Liu Yuexu, she is also a tough woman.

When I saw Shen Xian for the first time, I splashed water on his face. The girl's face didn't turn red when she mentioned the marriage proposal, but she was cute and cute in front of Li Wei, and she was as cold as ice when she was sitting by the bed The girl is a different person.

These girls are too scary, Shen Xian shook his head, turned around and walked across the street.

"Master Shen, where are you going?" Xu Chen still remembered that his wife told them to go to the forest garden to see crabapple flowers.

Shen Xian waved his hand back: "I'm not going, don't play too late with the little girl and forget the time, remember to send it back before dark."

He went there because he saw the two people's deep affection, and his heart was stimulated by seeing them, so he might as well go home and sleep.

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