Chapter 262 Signature
"You said it wasn't cold, but look, your face is cold."
The hands were warmed by rubbing, and they covered Xia Zihan's cheeks without any scruples.
Xia Zihan's face turned red instantly.
Not hot, but angry.
She hurriedly looked towards Zhuo and saw Zhuo and Yue Jin looking out the car window together, as if there was some beautiful scenery outside the car window.
The anger in her heart calmed down a little.
She slapped his hand away angrily, glared at him, and lowered her voice, "Don't mess around."
"Okay."
Chu Jingqi was obedient and reluctantly closed her hand.
Then, he picked up the walnuts on the low table, squeezed them with three fingers, and heard a snapping sound. The walnut shell, as hard as stone, was crushed by him. At the same time, Xia Zihan's layer was also crushed. A hard shell surrounding the heart.
Her heart was confused again.
Picking out the intact peach kernels and putting them into her palm, he said with clear eyes, "You must be tired and hungry after a long afternoon. Eat some peach kernels to pad your stomach. Later we will go to Juxianglou for dinner. After dinner, I I will take you home again.”
There were two people, one of them squeezed the walnuts silently and placed more peach kernels in front of her, and the other ate them silently, chewing slowly, as if she was eating the most precious thing in the world.
At some point, Ms. Zhuo turned around and looked at the two children in front of her silently. After a long time, she smiled knowingly.
The carriage went directly to Juxiang Tower.
After dinner, when the carriage stopped at the gate of the Chu family, it was getting late, and Zhuo did not get off the carriage. She said, "Tell your grandmother that Aqi and I will come to visit her tomorrow."
"Okay."
After Xia Zihan responded, he opened the car curtain and got out.
Chu Jingqi got off the carriage one step ahead of her, and when he saw her coming out, he stretched out a hand.
Chu Jingqi's hands are particularly beautiful, white and slender, as tender as green onions. If you look at the back of the hands, you can't tell that he is a young man with a martial arts background.
But if you look at the palm of your hand, you can see a few thick flesh calluses, which are left over from holding the sword for many years.
Xia Zihan stared at his hand, and thought about the last time, it was because Chu Jingqi helped her out of the carriage, pulled her into his arms, and was hugged by him in public that she was angry with him for being indifferent. Decide to distance yourself from him.
Xia Zihan moved slightly, and his figure landed next to Chu Jingqi, and the two passed by each other.
Chu Jingqi turned around, looked at her beautiful figure running towards the door of Chu's house, and opened her mouth, wanting to say something.
In the end, he pursed his lips and said nothing.
It's not that time yet.
Just wait a little longer until he can give her everything she wants in life.
At that time, he would hold her hand without hesitation, no longer let her turn around and leave, leaving him alone.
……
As soon as Xia Zihan stepped into the door of Chu's house, she felt something wrong.
The guard looked at her with something wrong, and there was a hint of sympathy in it.
The Lord of Chu Yu County, whom she solemnly professed, had a generous dowry, did nothing in her life and had nothing to worry about. How could she make a guard feel sympathy?
Unless... something happened?
Xia Zihan's feet quickened.
When she saw Mrs. Zeng, she was panicked. Mrs. Zeng was wiping away tears, and Mother Su was also in tears.
Her heart skipped a beat, "Grandma, what's wrong with you? Did something big happen?"
"Yu Niang, why is your life so miserable..."
Xia Zihan was pulled into Mrs. Zeng's arms and cried loudly. Xia Zihan's eyes were red from crying. She was busy coaxing her and asked Mother Su, "Mother Su, what's going on? It has something to do with me." ? What on earth is going on? ”
Mother Su wiped away her tears and told her the reason.
It turned out that at noon, Mrs. Zeng was having lunch, and Mrs. Xu, Xia Ziying, and Xia Zilan suddenly came to visit.
Mrs. Xu took a lottery ticket to Mrs. Zeng, and then took out an approval document, saying that it was the marriage lottery she drew specially for Xia Zihan at Huguo Temple.
But he didn't expect that the lot would be drawn.
The meaning of the signature is that Xia Zihan cannot get engaged before he is nineteen years old, otherwise he will be in disaster, with bloodshed and life-threatening consequences.
This is how the master of Huguo Temple interprets the signature.
Many people were present at the time.
Mrs. Xu was so frightened that she hurried to the Chu family to report the news without even eating the vegetarian food in the temple.
At first, Mrs. Zeng thought Mrs. Xu was playing some conspiracy to harm Xia Zihan. She didn't believe Mrs. Xu's words and even kicked her out.
Later, Mrs. Zeng was always uneasy, so she sent Aunt Hao to Huguo Temple to draw a new lottery for Xia Zihan's marriage and arrange the horoscopes again, but the result was exactly the same as what Mrs. Xu said .
This time, Zeng had to believe it even if he didn't believe it.
This sign was like a bomb exploding in the Chu family. Zeng was so sad that she didn't even eat dinner and kept crying until her voice was almost hoarse from crying.
After learning the truth, Xia Zihan was stunned. He didn't know whether to be happy or cry. To be honest, she didn't want to settle on her husband's family too early, so the approval she signed was quite satisfactory to her.
She can avoid a lot of trouble.
But is it too late to ask her to wait until she is nineteen to find her husband's family?
By then she had become an old maid, who would marry her?
To be honest, she likes to stay at home. Even if she never gets married, she is still willing, but...
She looked at Mr. Zeng, who was crying with a sad face, and sighed in her heart, "Grandma, don't you just get married later. This is good. I can stay at home with you for a few more years."
"Silly boy, who would be a better young man who would marry a nineteen-year-old girl?" Zeng hugged her and cried heartbrokenly, "This lottery will harm you for the rest of your life."
"That's not necessarily true. If I didn't have this sign, I would have gone to my husband's house in a daze, and when the time came to sign the document, wouldn't my grandma have to give it to someone with gray hair... Hmm..."
"Don't talk nonsense." Mrs. Zeng hurriedly covered her mouth.
However, after hearing what Xia Zihan said, Zeng suddenly woke up and broke into a cold sweat.
Yes, Yu Niang was right. If this lottery hadn't appeared, she would definitely have made a good marriage for Yu Niang in one or two years.
When the time comes, if she really accepts the signature, then... wouldn't she have harmed Yu Niang?
Xia Zihan patted Mrs. Zeng on the back and advised her, "Grandma, think about it, I have the title of county head, and there is so much dowry left by you and my mother, even if I am a nineteen-year-old girl, There will also be many men vying to marry me.”
Mother Su wiped away her tears and said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, the county leader is right. Don't say anything else. With our Chu family's huge family fortune, the man who wants to marry the county leader must be big." Someone is here.”
Although Zeng's heart was still clenched, it was not as sad as before.
The two maids Qingya and Hongmei took the opportunity to go to the kitchen and brought in the dinner that was warm on the stove. With Xia Zihan's persuasion and coaxing, Zeng ate more than half a bowl of rice and drank a bowl of Lily Pork Ribs. Soup.
That night, Xia Zihan did not return to her yard and rested in Zeng's house.
The next day, after having breakfast with Mrs. Zeng, Xia Zihan returned to her courtyard. As soon as she sat down, Chu Lin came in to report that the top five talented women in the capital had been ranked.
Princess Mingzhu, the most talented woman in the capital.
The Princess of Danhua County is second only to Princess Princess Mingzhu, and has the title of the second most talented woman in the capital.
To Xia Zihan's surprise, Dou Er was also on the list. Although he took the last place, he became an instant hit and became famous.
Then, Chu Lin told her mischievously, "There are also rumors that Miss Dou San and the young prince were seen alone in a room."
"Master, you were at the Second Prince's Mansion yesterday. Have you heard about this?" Chu Lin asked gossiping.
Xia Zihan shook his head and said, "When I came back, my aunt said something on the carriage."
At that time, she guessed that the woman was Dou San or Xia Ziqing, because they were the only two who had not returned to their seats at the beginning of the banquet.
Sure enough...
Unexpectedly, Dou San was obsessed with Ao Tianchen to the point of losing his mind, and even resorted to unspeakable means.
Doesn't she know that strong and twisted melons are not sweet?
Even if she marries Ao Tianchen, if Ao Tianchen doesn't like her, how will she live her life?
"County Lord, are you worried about Miss Dou San?" Seeing the lingering sadness on her eyebrows, Nuan Yu advised, "Since Miss Dou San has taken this step, Miss Dou San will definitely be able to deal with the consequences of all this." Thought.”
"But Miss Dou San still took this path, which shows that Miss Dou San likes it."
yes.
Whatever the future holds, even if she is as smart as she is, she will definitely think of the consequences.
Since she knew clearly and still resorted to such means to get Ao Tianchen, she must be mentally prepared to bear the consequences of all this.
Xia Zihan's tangled heart suddenly dissolved.
Nuan Yu said, "It's the County Lord. Once the lottery spreads, the County Lord's marriage may be..." It's difficult.
Chu Lin disagreed and said, "Then just wait until the master turns nineteen before looking for her husband's family."
In her opinion, Prince Chu is good.
It just so happened that when the master was nineteen, Prince Chu was seventeen, which was just the right age.
Chu Lin is an optimist and is optimistic about everything, but Nuan Yu is different. Nuan Yu sighs when she thinks that her county chief will find her husband's family at the age of nineteen.
Who would marry a nineteen-year-old girl?
Hey...
"Master, the master is here." Chu Hao came in to report, "Looking at the master's expression, it seems that he has something urgent to come to see the master. Chu Kuang has already attended the master to the side hall."
"I'll change my clothes and go over."
Xia Zihan stood up and took off her old skirt. Nuan Yu took out a five-color brocade and gold-embroidered cotton skirt that Qi Meixin brought from the closet last month and waited for her to put it on.
Xia Zihan then ordered Nuan Yu to bring a thousand taels of silver notes, and then the three masters and servants went to the side hall.
In the side hall, Xia Shiming was drinking tea. When Xia Zihan left, the pot of tea had reached the bottom.
When he saw her entering the room, Xia Shiming stood up and said, "Yu Niang, you..."
Seeing that he hesitated to speak and looked at her with very pitiful and distressed eyes, Xia Zihan knew the reason for his visit.
"Dad, are you here to sign the papers yesterday?" Xia Zihan smiled slightly and sat down under Xia Shiming, "Dad, I'm fine now, I'm fine."
(End of chapter)