Zhen Lian of the Red Chamber

The next day when Zhen Lian got up, she saw Liu Xianglian practicing sword in the yard when she went out, Feng Wan'er and Feng Lin were watching him without blinking.

Zhen Lian fetched water to freshen up and went to the side to watch.Zhen Lian also doesn't understand swordsmanship, so she doesn't know whether his swordsmanship is good or bad. If she only looks at the surface, Zhen Lian can get full marks.Liu Xianglian's swordsmanship is very fast. After watching it for a while, Zhen Lian also saw some movements, which are the basic sword styles of swordsmanship: split, cut, cut, lift, pick, hook, stab, etc.Although it is the most basic movement, it feels exquisite when done by him.

Liu Xianglian put the sword back into its sheath and stood still.Turning around, she saw Zhen Lian watching, with a smile creeping up the corners of her brows and eyes, she walked up to her a few steps and said, "Are you awake?" Looking at Zhen Lian with bright eyes.

Seeing that his head was sweating profusely, Zhen Lian pointed to his head and said, "I see that you are sweating from the practice, go and wipe it off."

Liu Xianglian said indifferently, "It will be done in a while, so you don't need to bother." Seeing that there are only two children in the yard, the others are in the house.Sui said, "Come and sit down, I have something to say."

The two sat down at the stone table in the yard, Zhen Lian watched him and waited for him to speak.

Liu Xianglian smiled, and said solemnly: "I haven't talked about my family's affairs in detail before. My parents and relatives in my family have passed away except for one of my aunts. Now I am the only one left. My affairs can be completely decided by myself. After a pause, he continued: "What I said yesterday was all from the bottom of my heart. Every word is sincere, and the world can see it!"

The corner of Zhen Lian's mouth was smiling, her heart was jumping with joy.Even though I had heard him express his feelings last night, hearing him say that now, I still couldn't stop my heart beating wildly.

After Liu Xianglian finished speaking, she felt uneasy, and stared at Zhenlian intently to see her reaction.Seeing her smiling but not speaking, I couldn't help thinking wildly in my heart, and asked anxiously, "What do you think?"

Zhen Lian pursed her lips and smiled, looked straight into his eyes, and said slowly, "My heart is the same as yours." It's rare to meet someone who makes her fall in love with her, and she doesn't want to miss it.

Liu Xianglian was overjoyed when she heard this, and felt her heart was going to fly. She had never been so happy and happy before, with a bright smile and eyes fixed on Zhen Lian. Zhen Lian lowered her head under his gaze, and her face turned red secretly up.

"I'm going to prepare for the marriage proposal." Liu Xianglian got up and left when she remembered this matter.

"Wait!" Zhen Lian called to stop him, she hadn't finished her sentence yet.

Liu Xianglian turned around and sat down again, "What can I do?" Her face was full of spirits.

"There are two things, you have to agree to me!" Zhen Lian still wanted to clarify the matter first, lest it would be bad to say it later.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xianglian asked.

Zhen Lian thought for a while, and said: "First, my mother will follow me in the future, wherever I am, she will be wherever I am, even if she is married."

Liu Xianglian smiled and said, "It's only natural, I will definitely treat her like my own mother."

"Secondly, since you and I share the same mind, there is no room for other people between us, no matter if they are men or women! I will not look at other people more in the future, and neither will you! Is it possible?"

Liu Xianglian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "What are you thinking about! How can I worry about others when I have you in my heart."

"You just say whether you can do it or not!" Zhen Lian said angrily, slightly annoyed in her heart.

"Of course it can be done!" Liu Xianglian replied solemnly.Smiling and clapping his hands, he stood up, "I'm going to prepare for the marriage proposal, and I will send a letter to my aunt, telling her that I am about to get engaged."

"I'm not in a hurry right now, I'll go after breakfast." Zhen Lian just saw that breakfast was being made in the kitchen, and she would be able to eat it in a while.

"No, I'll go to Brother Wu and ask which matchmaker in Daruzhou is good, and have dinner with him by the way." Liu Xianglian couldn't wait to make an appointment with Zhenlian, how could she wait, and went back to her room and changed her clothes just went out.

Zhen Lian had no choice but to send him out. When she entered the kitchen, seeing Zhen's mother and two cousins ​​busy in the kitchen, she also went to help.

Mother Zhen just saw Liu Xianglian go out from the door, and asked Zhenlian: "Why is Mr. Liu going out now, and you haven't had breakfast yet!"

Thinking of Liu Xianglian's excited look, Zhen Lian chuckled and said, "He went out to send a letter to his aunt, and he still has to find someone to inquire about things, so he won't be eating breakfast at home."

Several people nodded and saw her smiling so strangely, "But what's so happy about it? She's smiling so happily."

Zhen Lian quickly suppressed the smile on her face, "It's nothing." It's better to tell her mother about this matter in advance, otherwise it would be bad for her to be confused when someone comes to propose a marriage.

After finishing her work, Zhen Lian went back and took out the gifts she bought to Mother Zhen, and asked in a low voice, "These are some things I bought, how do you divide them up?"

"Why do you buy something when you come back! You child." He shook his head with a smile, "Since I bought it, I will give it to your aunt. Now she is in charge of the house."

Zhen Lian nodded, and went to bring it to Mrs. Liu without mentioning it.

Zhen Lian only helped with some housework at home and went back to her room to practice calligraphy.After asking Feng Wan'er and Feng Lin, I found out that neither of them went to school. Feng Lin was not old enough to go, and Feng Wan'er was a woman so she didn't get this kind of treatment.

Zhen Lian couldn't help feeling sorry for her. In ancient times, except for the rich and powerful who would let their daughters go to school, the rest basically had no chance to read and write.Even if the family has the ability, it will only send boys to school. If they are talented, they will be cultivated. If they have ordinary qualifications and can read and write, they can find a good job.

Seeing them staring at her curiously, Zhen Lian asked them, "How about I teach you how to read?"

The two hurriedly nodded and agreed loudly, and they were about to drag Zhen Lian to let her teach.Zhen Lian took out the "Three Character Classic", opened the first page, pointed to the book and said: "My aunt is also just learning, this book is for enlightenment, I will teach you from this book in the future, you have to study hard ,do you know?"

"Understood!" The two happily agreed.

Paper and pens are very expensive, and the ones that Zhen Lian bought before will be used up.If you want to teach them for a long time, you can only use Zhen Lian's method at the beginning, drawing or making a sand table on the ground.Among them, the sand table is the most convenient, so I have to ask Liu Xianglian to make two.

Zhen Lian taught them three characters. After reading each character more than ten times, she took out a charcoal pencil and taught them how to write.Both of them studied very seriously, writing stroke by stroke according to the words written by Zhen Lian.

Zhen Lian looked at it, and found that both of them were very smart, and they wrote similarly.Although they were huddled together, they could still see the appearance of the words, and they were happy in their hearts.

Thinking of Liu Xianglian's saying that it is better to practice calligraphy with a brush, I was a little worried that I would miss Feng Lin.You have to ask carefully for a while.

Liu Xianglian came back in the afternoon with a big bow in her hand and a quiver with a dozen arrows on her back.

Zhen Lian looked at it curiously, and tried to pull the bow again, but she couldn't pull it even with all her strength, which caused Liu Xianglian who was beside her to laugh.

Zhen Lian became angry from embarrassment, "What are you laughing at! Show me how long you can pull!"

Liu Xianglian took the bow and stood up, with her feet separated back and forth, holding the bow in her left hand, and plucking the string with her right hand.With a little effort, he took the bow into a full moon shape, turned his head and looked at Zhen Lian with a smile, "Then see how long I can hold it!" He kept this posture and did not move.

Zhen Lian looked at it with a smile, not expecting him to have such abilities.Seeing that he took his words seriously, he persuaded: "Put it down quickly, I'm just kidding, it won't be good if you get hurt!" Pulling like this for a long time will hurt your arms and fingers, and you can't say anything else. will hurt.

"What's the matter? When I was young, I used to draw the bow hundreds of times a day. It's fine." Seeing Zhen Lian persuading herself worriedly, she didn't insist anymore, and slowly let go. "This bow is just average. I searched around and only found this one that barely caught my eye. It's a pity that I didn't bring out my bow."

Zhen Lian asked curiously, "What did you buy the bow for?"

"For hunting, I will go out of the city tomorrow to hunt some prey from the mountain we passed by." There is not much money left, and the cost of getting married is not less, only hunting some prey can be sold for some money.

Zhen Lian was pleasantly surprised, "You know a lot!" Thinking of his age, she worried again: "Do you have any hunting experience? The mountains are very dangerous."

When Liu Xianglian heard her sweetheart praise her, she felt extremely beautiful in her heart.Seeing that she was worried, I hurriedly said: "I go hunting in the mountains with people a few times a year, besides, I have practiced martial arts for many years. Although I have not been as diligent as before, I have practiced often. I have never given up on it. Just don't worry."

Zhen Lian could only suppress the worry in her heart, took out the silver ticket and handed it to Liu Xianglian, "Here you are! Take it!"

Liu Xianglian didn't want it, "I didn't touch the 100 taels I was given before! Don't give it to me." Then she lowered her head and smiled, "Besides, won't all my money be handed over to you in the future, so why are you giving it to me?"

Zhen Lian didn't want him to be so enlightened, so she nodded in satisfaction.But I still gave it to him, "This is different, you have to spend money to propose a marriage, and you should have more things!" Thinking of this, he asked: "Do you know these etiquette procedures for getting married?"

"I'll just ask the matchmaker." I also know nothing about these things, "I still have some belongings that I left to my aunt for collection, and this time I am writing to ask her for some money, and it should arrive in a few days .I went hunting only to make a temporary living, and it was just a temporary skill.”

Only then did Zhen Lian realize that he was actually not short of money, so she kept the bank notes and asked about other matters.

"I taught Lin'er how to read today. My family couldn't afford the paper and pen, so I asked him to write with my charcoal pen. You said that it would be bad for him to practice calligraphy in the future. I don't know if it will delay him."

"It doesn't matter much, it's just that he is used to charcoal now, so he needs to pay more attention when he starts using brushes in the future." Liu Xianglian said indifferently.

Zhen Lianfang felt relieved, as long as it doesn't affect much.Seeing that Feng Lin is quite smart, if he wants to study in the future, it would be a big sin for him to delay him.

After dinner, Mrs. Zhao took Zhen Lian to thank her, "Just now I heard from Wan'er sister and brother that you taught them how to read today. I was so happy to know. We are planning to send Lin'er to school in two years, and the family also No one can teach him. Now that you have taught him something, you will be able to keep up in school when the time comes."

"Sister-in-law, don't blame me for not being able to teach well. I am also a talented person, and I only know a few words, but I can't teach much."

Mrs. Zhao laughed and said, "It's not bad if you can know a few words. You just discipline and tell me what you want."

Zhen Lian said: "I don't need anything, we just practice on the sand table."

"What is a sand table?" Mrs. Zhao asked hurriedly, having never heard of this thing.

"Use a wooden board to make a small frame, fill it with fine sand, and write on it with your hands or a wooden stick." Zhen Lian gestured for the size with her hand.

After saying this, Mrs. Zhao understood, "Leave this to me, and I'll ask your cousin to make two."

Zhen Lian nodded and said yes, so she doesn't have to ask Liu Xianglian to do it anymore.

Back in the room, Mother Zhen was sewing Zhen Lian's clothes under the lamp.Zhen Lian went over and took it, "Mother, let's do it during the day, it will hurt your eyes at night, and it will cost oil!" She giggled.

Mother Zhen rubbed her eyes and said with a smile, "There are only a few stitches left and it's done. I just took two stitches and you're here. Listen to your instructions and do it tomorrow."

Zhen Lian looked at her and whispered, "Mom, I want to tell you something."

"What's the matter?" Mother Zhen asked.

"It's my marriage." Zhen Lian also felt a little embarrassed, and said shyly: "Liu Xianglian will ask a matchmaker to come to propose marriage in a few days." She said while watching Zhen's mother's reaction.

Zhen's mother spoke for a long time: "I think the other person is not bad, but you know the situation of his family. He can make his own decisions about his marriage, and even ask a matchmaker to propose marriage."

Zhen Lian said: "He is the only one in his family, his parents are both dead, and only one aunt who married far away is alive."

Only then did Zhen's mother smile and said, "Just as long as you are satisfied with yourself, now that you have made an appointment to get married in a few years, it's just right."

Seeing that she had no objection, Zhen Lian felt a little relieved, and said with a smile: "I made an agreement with him, we will live with you in the future. We haven't gone through many things, and you can help us avoid detours."

Mother Zhen said, "Mother will follow wherever you are."

Zhen Lian is completely relieved, Liu Xianglian's family is in Shenjing, and they will definitely go back in the future. Before, they were worried that Zhen's mother would not want to go, but now there is no need to worry.