After returning home, Chen Chen shouted to his mother, "Mom, I want to get married."
When Shen's mother heard this, she was overjoyed. She didn't even bother to teach Shen Zhen a lesson for running off to fight. She quickly put down the buns in her hand and asked with a smile: "Which man do you like? Mother will go and ask you to marry her."
God knows, her little brother is 18 years old this year and still hasn't gotten married. As a mother, she is almost worried to death. Other children of his age are about to run away.
As soon as he mentioned getting married, she ran faster than a rabbit. Now that he was finally willing to get married, how could Mother Shen not be happy? She was so happy that she almost cried with joy.
Shen Chen sat on a chair in the main hall, picked up a bun and took a bite, then answered Shen's mother: "Mom, I don't know who he is yet. I will tell you when I am sure."
When Mother Shen heard this, her happiness instantly disappeared. She looked at Shen Chen with suspicion and said, "Are you kidding me?"
Could it be that you didn't want to be scolded, so you made up an excuse to scare me?
Chen Chen shook his head seriously and said, "No, mother, I'm not kidding you, I really plan to get married."
"Then tell me, which village are you attracted to and what's her name?" Mother Shen said directly.
"All I know now is that he is from Wujia Village. I'll tell you his name once I confirm it." Chen Chen replied.
People from Wujia Village? Who from Wujia Village? Mother Shen frowned after hearing this. How could they develop feelings for each other after a fight?
Tang Qiao, who was sitting nearby eating buns, was a bit puzzled when he heard it was someone from Wujia Village. Wasn't he out fighting? Why did he have a crush on someone else? He had the impression that the people in Wu Ergou's family weren't very good. Who did this guy have a crush on?
So he said, "Then tell me what that person looks like?"
"He," Chen Chen smiled unconsciously, then said, "He's very handsome."
After hearing what Chen Zhen said, Shen's mother and Tang Qiao couldn't help but look at each other. That expression of first love, that smile full of joy, could it be that they are in love?
At this moment, Shen Baiqian, who came back later, also arrived at the Shen family.
When Mother Shen saw Shen Baiqian coming, she hurried to greet him, and then said to him with a worried look on her face: "Baiqian, as soon as Chen Geer came back, he said he wanted to get married, and he also said that he had set his eyes on someone in Wujia Village. Do you know who that person is?"
"Get married?" Shen Baiqian asked in surprise, "Who are you marrying?"
"He said he has taken a fancy to someone from Wujia Village, and that she is very good-looking. Once he has confirmed her name, he will tell us who she is." Tang Qiao interrupted slowly from the side.
Very good-looking? Let's make sure first? Shen Baiqian suddenly remembered what Chen Zhen said before he came back, and then asked Chen Zhen in surprise: "Are you interested in He Jinshu?"
Chen Zhen nodded calmly and said, "I just like him."
"Who is He Jinshu?" Shen's mother looked at Shen Baiqian and asked curiously.
"He's the scholar from Wujia Village who passed the imperial examination."
"Are you sure it was him?"
"pretty close."
When Shen's mother heard this, she calmly sat back in her chair. There was no hope for this matter. With her brother's reputation, temper, and style of doing things, it would be strange if a scholar would like him. Unless the eighty-eighth generation ancestor of their Shen family showed up, there was no hope at all.
After Shen's mother sat down, she called Shen Baiqian directly: "Baiqian, come, sit down and eat some buns. The buns made by Second Aunt are delicious."
"Okay, thank you, Second Aunt." Shen Baiqian said with a smile. Then he sat down next to Chen Chen.
After sitting down, Shen Baiqian ate his buns while whispering to Chen Chen, "Are you really interested in that scholar?"
Tang Qiao heard their conversation from the side and listened with one ear to see what else Brother Zhen could say.
Chen Chen nodded as if it was a matter of course and said, "Yes, he will be my marriage partner from now on. You must be polite when you see him in the future. Fighting with the people of Wujia Village must not affect him."
After hearing this, Shen's mother rolled her eyes on the side, and said, "What kind of marriage partner is this? If you can marry someone, your mother will take your surname."
Shen Baiqian looked at Chen Chen's matter-of-fact expression and said silently in his heart: Cousin, I can only wish you all the best, the rest depends on your own efforts.
Tang Qiao, who was standing aside, thought to himself: What kind of beauty could have charmed Brother Zhen so easily?
After eating the buns, Chen Zhen went out for a while, explained some things to Tiedan, an 8-year-old boy in the village, and then returned to the Shen family.
In the evening, Old Man Shen, Big Brother Shen, Sister-in-law Shen, Second Brother Shen, Big Brother Shen's eldest son and youngest daughter returned from the town in a horse-drawn carriage.
When the family sat down to eat, they all knew that Chen Zhen wanted to marry a young scholar named He Jinshu.
There was silence in the air for a while, and then Shen Baidong, the eldest brother of Shen, spoke first, and said to Shen Chen in a negotiating tone: "Brother Chen, you want to find a good-looking one. How about I go to the town to find one for you?"
It’s not that he doesn’t have confidence in his younger brother, but as a scholar, reputation is of the utmost importance, and he has some self-awareness of his younger brother’s reputation.
Although their family is rich, they cannot force a woman to marry, so they can only persuade Ting Ge'er to give up this idea.
"No, big brother, the young scholar is my future marriage partner, and I only like him." After hearing what big brother Shen said, Chen Zhen immediately shook his head firmly.
After hearing what Chen Zhen said, everyone in the Shen family couldn't help but look at each other. Didn't they say they had just met once? Why did it have to be Jun? Were they sure he hadn't been bewitched?
Then, the second brother Shen took the lead and said, "Okay, the second brother supports you. Let's marry that young scholar in the future. My brother is so powerful, he will definitely be able to win that young scholar."
"Thank you, second brother. I will definitely take him down." Chen Chen clenched his fist and gestured in the air, then said happily.
After listening to the conversation between the two, everyone in the Shen family fell silent again. Mother Shen even felt a throbbing pain in her head. She had a premonition that her days in the future would definitely not be peaceful.
After a moment of silence, Father Shen waved his hand and said directly, "Eat, eat. If Brother Zhen wants to marry me, just say it nicely. Don't act rashly."
"I understand, Dad. I won't hit my partner." Chen Chen said proudly.
When Old Man Shen heard this, he couldn't help but pause with his chopsticks. You keep calling her "my partner" all the time. If someone doesn't know, they would think you're married. Can you be a little more reserved?
But it was obvious that Chen Zhen had no idea what modesty was.
Early the next morning, Chen Zhen went up the mountain without even eating.
When Shen's mother saw Shen Chen running out early in the morning, she asked strangely to Shen's wife who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen: "What are you doing up so early, Chen?"
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