HCB Chapter 281 This guy is out
Chapter 281 This guy is out
Shi Yao got goosebumps all over her body.
They are not familiar with each other, so why call them brother and sister?
Whatever she lacks, it's not that she lacks a brother.
Shi Yaoqiang smiled and returned the greeting, "Master Xiao Tang."
Tang Zhan clenched his fist and coughed lightly, his ears slightly red, and he chuckled, "Second sister, just call me Brother Tang."
Shi Yao: “…”
It can be seen that he doesn't have much experience in getting along with women, but he has a lot of experience in being outgoing and shameless.
She responded vaguely and climbed into the carriage hastily.
The car door was closed, forming an enclosed space, and Shi Yaofang felt more at ease.
She leaned numbly against the wall of the car, hugging an embroidered pillow and thinking.
Marriage matters, parents' orders, matchmaker's words.
When it comes to marriage, she seems to have some choices, but in fact she has no choice. She can only pick the one she thinks is the most suitable from the range of choices given by her elders.
And the most suitable one is only relative.
At this moment, Shi Yao felt deeply sympathetic for the pain that the American people had gone through in choosing the president in their previous life.
It was said that you have the freedom to choose, but in fact it just means picking the relatively reliable one from the two unreliable candidates.
When buying something, you can compare prices from three stores, but for such an important matter in life, you can only compare prices from two stores.
Oh, no, originally there was a third candidate, Shen Junze from the Shen family, but that guy saw that something was wrong and ran away.
That’s not right. She is related to her cousin by blood, so she actually only has one choice now.
It’s Tang Zhan outside.
Shi Yao tried hard to adjust her mindset, and tried to change her expectation of marriage from being content with a small fortune to the idea of marriage from moving to another place to continue the house fighting.
Fighting with the sky, the joy is endless; fighting with the earth, the joy is endless; fighting with people, the joy is endless!
No, no, no, Shi Yao held down her hand, saying, "Don't always think about house fighting, don't always think of things in a bad way."
It is better to avoid house quarrels if possible. She originally wanted to marry into a harmonious and good family and enjoy life.
Let's just arrange a marriage. At least Tang Zhan is handsome, young and promising. The Tang family has become a powerful family since its development, but its foundation is not as good as that of the aristocratic families.
There is suffering that people cannot endure, but there is happiness that people cannot enjoy.
At worst, she still has the golden finger of the merit book.
"I'm here to join this family, not to destroy it." Shi Yao murmured, and a light bulb suddenly lit up in her head, and she finally understood the true meaning of this sentence, "Ahem... "
"Girl? What did you say?" Muxiang poured some hot tea. "Have some hot tea quickly to moisten your throat. Did you not cover yourself with the quilt properly last night?"
Shi Yao drank two sips of hot tea and clenched her fists, saying, "I say, fighting with the sky is endless fun; fighting with the earth is endless fun; fighting with people is endless fun! Struggle is the theme of our lives!"
"..."
Mu Xiang looked confused, "What do you want to fight for? Before you got married, you were the second daughter of the Duke's Mansion. You were protected by the old man and the old lady, and you had no worries about food and drink. After you got married, you had a dowry and the Duke's Mansion behind you. Who would dare to make trouble for you? You still lived a life of no worries about food and drink, and fine clothes and delicious food."
Don't struggle anymore.
Every time the girl struggles, the Duke's Mansion becomes a turmoil.
Not only girls, but older girls as well.
Every time it’s a mess.
Just lie down and enjoy your peace.
Shi Yao blushed and coughed softly, saying, "As a human being, you should set small goals for yourself while you are alive. Otherwise, what's the difference between you and a maggot?"
Mu Xiang: "...Okay, whatever the girl says is what it is."
Even maggots are better than him.
Outside the carriage, Jiang Miao arrived on horseback.
Shi Yao heard the sound of horse hooves, lifted the carriage curtain and said with a smile: "Third cousin is here? I have to trouble you again today. I hope I didn't disturb your studies. We are already familiar with each other, so I won't go down to greet you!"
After saying that, she clasped her fists towards Jiang Miao.
Jiang Miao simply didn't dismount, but clasped his fists and bowed to her, saying with a smile: "The capital has been busy these days, and I won't be taking part in the imperial examination this year. It's a good opportunity for me to walk around and gain more knowledge. Cousin, don't feel guilty. I wonder who this gentleman is?"
He squinted at Tang Zhan who was on the other horse. It was obvious that the man was dressed in gorgeous clothes and looked very majestic. He was not dressed like a security guard. Instead, he looked like a young master from a wealthy family or a soldier who was about to go to the battlefield.
Tang Zhan's eyes flashed.
This person must be the great-nephew of the old lady, the third son of the Jiang family, and the previous blind date of the second sister of the Shi family, right?
The second sister of the Shi family calls herself "brother and sister", but this guy is out.
Tang Zhan's ferocious vigilance slowly relaxed, and he looked at Jiang Miao with an open mind.
Shi Yao extended her hand and introduced the two of them, "Cousin, this is General Tang Jing's eldest son, Tang Zhan. He is already a deputy captain of the fifth rank at a young age. My sisters-in-law and I call him Little Tang. Little Tang, this is our old lady's nephew, the third cousin of the Jiang family, Jiang Miao. Cousin is already a juren, and in three years, he will take part in the imperial examination."
Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows and greeted Tang Zhan with a smile: "Master Xiao Tang."
Tang Zhan smiled and clasped his fists in return: "Hello, third cousin."
Jiang Miao: “…”
Shi Yao: “…”
She underestimated Tang Zhan's familiarity and shamelessness.
"Hey, cousin, Master Xiao Tang, let's go. Don't keep the Ge family's sister waiting for too long."
Shi Yao could hardly hold back her smile, so she said something quickly to break the momentary silence, then she lowered the curtain and urged the carriage to set off.
Jiang Miao smiled helplessly. Seeing the subtle hostility in Tang Zhan's eyes, he knew that Tang Zhan was a young talent that the Shen family had specially brought back to the capital in preparation for a marriage alliance with the Shi family.
His cousin has no worries about getting married, but he is worried.
If my mother knew that the Shi family had made another promise, she would probably be angry again.
Jiang Miao was about to drive the horse to the other side of the carriage, but Tang Zhan came up and walked with him, saying with a smile: "My parents call the old Duke and the old lady uncle and aunt, so I reluctantly call Brother Jiang cousin. We are family relatives, so please don't be estranged from me, cousin."
Jiang Miao: “…” I’m not familiar with you either.
"Master Xiao Tang is too polite."
Tang Zhan did not care about Jiang Miao's alienation. He talked to him in a calm and generous manner, asked about the famous places of interest in the capital, and said that he would visit them one by one.
Jiang Miao would not deliberately neglect the matter so as not to fall behind, so he was gentle and polite, telling the story one by one as if he knew everything.
When the carriage arrived at the city gate, the two of them were actually more familiar with each other than they were with Shi Yao.
In the late spring weather, Shi Yao kept waving her fan, and was relieved to see that they did not quarrel or fight.
It is true that the friendship between gentlemen is the most civilized.
Shi Yao left the two of them behind for the time being. The carriage drove out of the city gate and arrived at the long pavilion outside the city, where she met the Ge family.
Shi Yao first bowed to the elders of the Ge family, but did not receive any favorable responses. Only Ning Yuanhou winked and smiled at her.
Just as she was about to greet her peers, Ge Qiuheng grabbed her hand, pulled her aside, and said with a smile: "Don't be polite. If you delay any longer, I won't be able to leave until noon."
Shi Yao asked: "Where are you going, Fourth Sister? Is it far?"
Ge Qiuheng said, "I want to go to my uncle's place in Jinzhou. It's far away, three thousand miles from the capital!"
This distance is like exile.
Although she and her brother Shi Minghui were sworn enemies, Shi Yao's last name was Shi after all, so she couldn't help but feel ashamed: "Sister, take care of yourself. When you get to Jinzhou, write to me more often. I'm always thinking of you."