When Mrs. Shen heard Mother Shen's question, she remembered what Ting'er said before leaving, "How can you pursue people without flowers?" She tried her best to suppress her smile and said to Mother Shen, "She said she was going to the mountains to pick some flowers and would give them to people when the time comes."
When Shen's mother heard this, she was so tired that she didn't want to talk anymore. Give it to someone? Who else could she give it to? It must be that little scholar.
Since ancient times, marriages have been arranged by parents and matchmakers. How could a man pursue someone on his own initiative, and do so so blatantly?
Eagle Wing Mountain is the common name for two connected mountains located five kilometers southeast of Shenjia Village. The highest altitude is 1,013 meters. It is named after its shape which resembles the two outstretched wings of an eagle.
After Chen Zhen went up the mountain, he headed straight for the sea of rhododendrons on the east mountain.
April to June every year is the season when rhododendrons bloom on the mountain. A whole patch of fiery red rhododendrons blooms halfway up the mountain, swaying in the wind, warm and flamboyant, just like Chen Zhen's mood at the moment.
After Chen Zhen arrived at the mountain, he carefully picked a bunch of azaleas, tied them together with vines, and then went down the mountain with the flowers.
After returning home, Chen Zhen found a porcelain jar, filled it with water, and then placed the jar on the cabinet in the main hall and inserted the bunch of azaleas into the jar.
After a while, Mrs. Shen and her mother prepared breakfast. When they brought the meal into the living room, Mrs. Shen saw the bouquet of azaleas on the cabinet against the wall.
Mrs. Shen said with a smile: "Brother Zhen, your bouquet of flowers is really beautiful. I think the young scholar will definitely like it."
After hearing this, Chen Zhen nodded in agreement, then said with a smile, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Mother Shen looked at Chen Zhen's satisfied expression, then looked at the fiery red azalea, and couldn't help but start to have a headache. However, she couldn't persuade him, so she simply turned a blind eye and said, "Hurry up and eat."
The Shen family doesn't care about rules. Unless it's a big day, they have to wait for Shen's father and mother to come to the table before they can eat. On ordinary days, whoever wakes up eats breakfast first, and there is no need to wait for anyone else.
Therefore, the only people at the dinner table today were Old Man Shen, Mother Shen, Sister-in-law Shen and Shen Zhen. The others had not gotten up yet, and they did not call them. They would get up naturally when they were hungry.
After dinner, Chen Chen moved a large chair into the yard, sat down and leaned back on it, looking towards the direction of Wujia Village.
When Shen's mother saw him sitting in the yard, she asked curiously, "Aren't you going to deliver flowers? Why don't you go?"
Chen Chen shook her head and said, "Mom, you don't understand. I have to wait for the right opportunity to send it off."
The right opportunity? Even sending flowers requires choosing an auspicious day? Mother Shen couldn't understand him, so she stopped caring about him.
At the beginning of the afternoon, a slight sound was heard from the direction of Wujia Village, and a flare shot straight into the sky.
Seeing this, Chen Zhen jumped up from the chair, ran into the house, took the flowers and went out.
The private school is closed on the 15th and 30th of every month for a day and a half. He Jinshu came back yesterday, so he has to return to the private school today.
But today seemed different from the past. Not long after I went out, a soft sound was heard in the sky not far away, accompanied by a flash of light.
He Jinshu looked up calmly, but didn't find anything unusual, so he didn't pay any more attention to it.
When he reached the entrance of the village, he was stopped by a handsome young man. The young man walked up to him with his hands behind his back, looked at him and asked with a smile, "Are you He Jinshu?"
He Jinshu glanced at the handsome boy in front of him and said with a cold face, "I am... What's the matter?"
Chen Chen took out the bouquet of flowers from behind him, handed it to He Jinshu with both hands, and then said to him as if it was a matter of course: "I think you look a lot like my girlfriend, let's get married?"
When He Jinshu heard this, he looked at the fiery red bouquet in front of him, and was completely confused. He just thought that this person was mentally ill and didn't want to pay too much attention to him, so he prepared to bypass this person and continue walking towards the town.
Seeing him about to leave, Chen Zhen quickly reached out to stop him, still smiling and saying, "Ashu, you haven't answered my question yet. Do you want to marry me?"
When He Jinshu heard this address, he felt that this person was simply unreasonable. I don’t even know you, there is no need to call me so intimately.
So he looked at Chen Chen and said coldly, "Get out of the way."
Seeing the man's cold face, Chen Zhen lowered his arm first.
Seeing this, He Jinshu walked forward without even looking at Chen Chen.
Chen Chen did not give up. When he saw that someone was about to leave, he followed He Jinshu and said to him, "Ah Shu, I really want to marry you. You don't know who I am yet, right? Let me introduce myself to you first.
My name is Chen Chen, I’m 18 years old, 180cm tall, and live in Shenjia Village. There are nine people in my family, namely... They are all easy to get along with.
My family has some assets. My parents said that when I get married, they will give me 30% of the profits from the wine-making workshop as my dowry. I will have an income of at least 500 taels of silver every month. I have money, and I will definitely not let you suffer in the future.
After you get married, you can go to school in town, and I can pick you up and drop you off at school. Or if you feel the trip back and forth is too tiring, we can just buy a house in town and bring your grandparents to live in town.
If I have a child in the future..."
He Jinshu stopped when he heard his increasingly outrageous remarks, glanced at him coldly, and flatly refused: "Give up on this idea, I will never marry you even if I die."
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and walked forward slightly quickening his pace.
Seeing that the man was getting a little angry, Chen Zhen hurriedly walked forward and changed the subject: "Are you going to the town to study now? Walking must be tiring. Wait here for me, I'll go home and drive the carriage to take you there."
After saying that, he stuffed Hua He Jinshu's hand into his, and then instructed: "Just wait for me here, don't leave first!"
Then he turned around and ran home, and while running he didn't forget to look back and shout: "Be sure to wait for me to come back!"
He Jinshu didn't look back. He looked down at the bouquet in his arms, then grabbed the bouquet and threw it into the grass beside him.
But when his hand was halfway in the air, it paused. He tightened his grip on the bottom of the bouquet, and finally turned around, opened the lid of the bookcase expressionlessly, and put the bouquet inside.
Then he walked straight towards the town.
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