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244: Xiao Ping'er, Better Than Fourth Brother

(Girls' Literature)

Shen Zhu has no good feelings towards Niu Xianhua because she knows that Niu Xianhua almost used some trickery to snatch the position of Lady Rain. Although she later got the position back and made Niu Xianhua back out, in the end she was more embarrassed than Niu Xianhua. She backed out at the last moment, and Niu Xianhua must have known about it. She must be laughing at herself in her heart. Look at the smile on her face, she is laughing at her!

When the elders heard the two women talking, they all looked at them.

"Pearl, are you acquainted with flowers?"

Shen Zhang asked, because she did not go with Shen Zhu to choose Lady Rain, and she was not quite sure that Niu Xianhua also had to go through the selection of Lady Rain. Seeing her daughter getting acquainted with the people brought by the Xiao family, she naturally had to ask.

Shen Zhu said: "Mom, Sister Niu was also the one in their village who was sent to choose the Rain Goddess, but she was not chosen!"

Shen Zhu obviously didn't need to say the last sentence, but she said it anyway. She just wanted to suppress Niu Xianhua and make her stop laughing at her. Even though she didn't become the Rain Queen in the end, it was not because she was not chosen, but an accident. And she, Niu Xianhua, really was not chosen!

When the people from the Shen family heard what happened, they all said it was fate. They also praised Niu Xianhua and Shen Zhu, saying how beautiful and outstanding they were.

After hearing this, Xiao Ping'er lowered her head slightly. She had not spoken since she came in. After Shen Ziju and the others came out, she lowered her head even more. Now she lowered her head even lower, as if she felt ashamed when someone praised another girl for her beauty.

Shen Ziju stood aside and watched, feeling even more dissatisfied with Xiao Ping'er. He originally wanted to see Xiao Ping'er this time, thinking that maybe seeing her would make him give up the idea of ​​canceling the engagement, after all, canceling the engagement was not a very pleasant thing. But when he saw Xiao Ping'er, he was even more disappointed. He thought that even if this woman was not very good-looking or talented, she should at least be more generous. But the one in front of him shrank aside like a frightened chicken. To put it nicely, she was shy, and to put it bluntly, she was cowardly!

Shen Ziju could not find anything satisfactory about Xiao Ping'er. He really didn't understand how he thought he could spend his life with a woman like this. How could he think he could tolerate his wife being such a woman?

All this started after he met Su Zhi and saw her unique style. He knew that even a village woman could be so eye-catching, and he began to think that his wife should be like this too!

Shen Ziju suddenly thought of this, and he had to admit it. He had some kind of obsession with his fourth sister-in-law. Although he couldn't get her, he hoped to find her shadow in his future wife. But his current fiancée didn't look like Su Zhi at all!

Xiao Ping'er felt Shen Ziju's gaze, and she lowered her head even lower, and her head felt hot. She always knew that she was engaged, and that man was an exceptionally outstanding person, a talented scholar praised by everyone. If it weren't for her father's kindness to their family, this marriage would never have been possible, and she was not worthy of him at all. She also understood this point. From the first time she met Shen Ziju, she felt that she was not worthy of him when she saw his handsome appearance and his gentle conversation. She was like a dogtail grass by the river, and he was the peony flower that had only been seen in paintings.

However, Xiao Ping'er knew that this was her parents' order, and she also liked Shen Ziju. As long as he didn't say he didn't want her, she would try her best to be a good wife and mother, serve him well, treat him like a young master in the city, give birth to children for him, and grow old with him.

Shen Ziju and Xiao Ping'er both have more thoughts. However, one is thinking about how to make the other leave him/her, while the other is thinking about how to stay with the other forever...

The two families had met before, except Niu Xianhua, who was a stranger. They had met almost many years ago, so they were quite warm when they sat together and talked, at least from the outside, they seemed quite harmonious, and it was impossible to tell that the Shen family was thinking about how to cancel this marriage.

The more the Xiao family looked at Shen Ziju, the more satisfied they became. They thought that this was a perfect ending. He passed the imperial examination at such a young age and was the top candidate. He would surely pass the imperial examination in the fall and go to Beijing to take the imperial examination in the spring. If he performed even better, he might become the top scorer as described in the opera. Then they would be the family of the top scorer's son-in-law!

Xiao Ping'er's younger brother is called Xiao Dalu. This kid is very aggressive and he always calls Shen Ziju "brother-in-law", which makes some of the Shen family members turn pale and some turn black. In the end, they were scolded by their own family members.

Shen Zhu smiled and said, "Brother Dalu, you can't yell at me like that. After all, your sister hasn't married yet, so you can't yell at me like that. If people hear it, they will gossip about it. You can't hurt your sister."

Xiao Dalu was a little confused when he heard this, and said, "My sister and brother-in-law are engaged. My mother said that they are old enough to get married. I have been calling them for a day or two, and it's okay. They are so intimate!"

Su Zhi heard this as soon as she entered the room and almost laughed out loud, wondering where this stupid boy came from. It was really funny. Especially when she saw the expressions of the Shen family, she thought this boy was even more adorable.

"Dad, Mom, I brought tea. This is the tea I brought. It tastes very good."

Su Zhi said with a smile, holding the kettle in her hand. Just now, Dalang went to the kitchen to ask for hot water. She heard that the in-laws of Shen Ziju's childhood sweetheart had come, and even Xiao Ping'er had come, so she immediately wanted to come and take a look. After coming here, she found that she also began to like watching the excitement. Maybe it was because there was too little entertainment here. It also made her understand those village women and farmers who chatted in the village all day long. This was a pitiful entertainment that they had very little!

When Shen Ziju saw Su Zhi coming, he felt nervous for some reason. He finally understood his shameful thoughts about his fourth sister-in-law. Although he didn't have any evil thoughts, he didn't want his fourth sister-in-law to see his fiancée, especially since this fiancée was so ugly! Shen Ziju didn't understand what she was thinking. Anyway, he didn't want Su Zhi to know that he had such a fiancée. It was like a stain on him, and he didn't want her to see his bad side!

Shen Ziju wanted to make sure that there was nothing wrong with him in Su Zhi's eyes. At least, he should be better than his fourth brother!

Shen Ziju felt that he was better than his fourth brother. He thought that even if he could not get Su Zhi, at least in Su Zhi's heart, he was better than his fourth brother!

The Xiao family was stunned when they saw Su Zhi. They knew that the fourth son of the Shen family married a daughter-in-law with a strange disease. Later, they heard that they had divided the family. Later, they also heard that the daughter-in-law recovered from the disease. They also came here during the Chinese New Year, but they did not see Shen Zian and his family at that time. So this was the first time they saw Shen Zian’s daughter-in-law, which was really beyond their expectations. In the Shen family’s opinion, this daughter-in-law with a strange disease would not be much better even if she recovered, just like the patient who had smallpox, even if he recovered, his skin was ruined. They did not expect Su Zhi to have such fair and tender skin, like a peeled egg.

Su Zhi was wearing an autumn-scented cross-collared top today, a pair of green wide-leg pants, and green cloth shoes that were also embroidered with yellow lotus flowers. Her hair was neatly combed with a green bamboo hairpin. She didn't look shabby at all, but rather elegant.

Su Zhi poured tea for everyone with her hands delicately and gracefully. Everyone was silent and just watched her movements. When Su Zhi finished pouring the tea and saw that they were all looking at her, she waved her hand and invited them to have tea.

"Brother Shen, this is your fourth daughter-in-law?"

The old man of the Xiao family asked. He thought that he had seen the fourth son of the Shen family before. He was tall and handsome, and he was a perfect match for such a young wife.

Shen Youfu nodded and said to Su Zhi, "Daughter-in-law Zi'an, this is the family of Ziju's future father-in-law, Uncle Xiao and Aunt Xiao. That's your sister and brother from the Xiao family, one is Ping'er and the other is Dalu. And that girl is your uncle Xiao's niece, her surname is Niu and her name is Xianhua. Maybe you know her too."

Su Zhi bowed lightly to Uncle Xiao and Aunt Xiao, and then greeted Xiao Ping'er and the others.

"I know Sister Xianhua. She also went to choose Lady Rain. I haven't seen her these days, but she looks even prettier. This is Ping'er. She looks very well-behaved. As for brother Dalu, he looks much more mischievous, but he must be a loyal man. Uncle Xiao and Aunt Xiao, you have a pair of good children."

When the Xiao couple heard this, they were all beaming with joy. They thought that the fourth daughter-in-law of the Shen family was not only good-looking, but also had a smiling face and spoke nicely. It seemed that the serious illness she had suffered in the past must have tested the couple's relationship.

When Xiao Dalu heard Su Zhi say that he was loyal, he immediately puffed up his chest and his favorable impression of Su Zhi increased a lot. He thought that this beautiful sister-in-law was not bad and would definitely treat his sister well in the future, so he would also treat her well.

Xiao Ping'er blushed at Su Zhi's compliment. As she listened to Su Zhi's gentle voice, the tension in her heart seemed to disappear. However, when she saw Su Zhi's appearance, her heart began to beat again, because Su Zhi looked very beautiful in her eyes. Although not as gorgeous as the makeup on Niu Xianhua's face or the gold on Shen Zhu's head, her heart beat faster when she just smiled and looked at her with clear eyes.

Su Zhi looked at Xiao Ping'er and her somewhat panicked eyes, thinking that she was really a timid girl. However, she could tell from her eyes that she was a pure girl, but her appearance was too ordinary. She really thought that Shen Ziju would look down on her. When she came in just now, she saw Shen Ziju's expression, and it seemed that he didn't look very happy.