Chapter 586, Mountain Song Duet
After Daohua and Zhu Qiyun went downstairs, they didn't walk far and sat down in the corner pavilion next to them.
Seeing Zhu Qiyun was a little absent-minded, Daohua thought for a moment and asked, "About that, your marriage with the young master of the Zhuang family."
Zhu Qiyun was quite generous about this matter: "My family learned about Master Zhuang's suicide for love, and since he and I hadn't even gotten married yet, they took me home. Naturally, the marriage was canceled."
Daohua smiled and said, "Your family is very nice."
Zhu Qiyun smiled and nodded: "Yes, for my happiness, my mother and brother took me back home despite the opposition of the clan."
Daohua: "So why are you here today?"
Zhu Qiyun's face was bitter. "I broke off the engagement, which was bad for the reputation of the sisters in the clan. The clan elders wanted me to get married as soon as possible. Today, my third aunt brought me here to meet someone."
Daohua: "Who are you meeting? The wife of the Pingzhou governor?"
Zhu Qiyun smiled bitterly and nodded.
Daohua was silent for a moment, and finally uttered one sentence: "That lady doesn't seem easy to get along with."
Zhu Qiyun stared blankly into the distance. "Being difficult to get along with is secondary. The most important thing is that his son is a fool." Then, she looked at Daohua with a bewildered look on her face. "Miss Yan, if I had tolerated Master Zhuang's suicide for love, would I be better off now?"
Daohua looked at Zhu Qiyun, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
Zhu Qiyun came back to her senses and smiled sheepishly: "Miss Yan, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you such disappointing things."
Daohua shook her head and couldn't help but comfort her: "Since your family is willing to let you break off the engagement, they certainly won't force you to marry someone you don't like. Don't worry too much."
Zhu Qiyun smiled bitterly: "Of course my mother and brother won't do that, but the clan members won't agree. I can't just think about myself, I have to think about my brother too."
Her father passed away, and her younger brother was the only male in their family. He would definitely need support from the clan members in the future, so she couldn't offend them too much.
Not knowing what was going on with the Zhu family, Daohua didn't know what to say.
The pavilion was a little quiet, but at this moment, loud laughter came from the distance. Daohua looked in the direction of the sound and saw quite a few people gathered in the distance. She couldn't help but say, "Shall we go over and take a look?"
Zhu Qiyun looked at Daohua's feet and said, "I have no problem with that. But is your foot convenient, Miss Yan?"
Daohua: "It's okay if you walk slowly."
Soon, the two arrived at where the crowd was gathered. When they walked in, they found that people on both sides of the valley were singing folk songs.
Seeing Daohua's curious expression, Zhu Qiyun smiled and said, "This is a custom among some mountain dwellers. It might seem a bit daring to us, but to the mountain people it's a refined and interesting thing. Many young men and women who are destined to meet have even found their life partners through this."
Daohua smiled and said, "I think it's great. Singing is also a talent. It's also a way to find your soulmate based on your ability."
Hearing this, Zhu Qiyun couldn't help but smile.
"Big sister, why are you here alone? Aren't Yihuan and the others with you?"
Yan Wenjie walked out of the crowd.
Seeing Yan Wenjie, Daohua was a little surprised and said with a smile, "My feet are not convenient, so I didn't walk with them. But you, second brother, why didn't you go with the eldest brother and the others?"
Yan Wenjie said, "The young prince and his friends are going to go dragon boat racing. I didn't have any interest, so I left." He looked at Daohua and said, "There are a lot of people here. Are you okay here alone?"
Zhu Qiyun heard Yan Wenjie repeatedly referring to her as "Miss Yan" and completely ignoring her. She couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Sir, am I not a human being?"
"Well"
Yan Wenjie was stunned for a moment before turning his gaze towards Zhu Qiyun, looking embarrassed. "That's not what I meant, please don't blame me, young lady." Then he looked at Daohua and said, "Do you want me to take you home?"
Daohua shook her head: "I want to watch for a while longer."
Yan Wenjie was silent for a moment: "Then I'll leave a servant here, and you can tell him to do anything."
Daohua glanced at Wang Maner and Bishi who followed, then looked at the people gathered in front. Worried about any accidents, she nodded and asked them to stay.
"Then I'll be leaving first. Be careful and don't go to crowded places. My brother and the others are just ahead. If you want to find them, let the servant take you there."
After giving a few instructions, Yan Wenjie turned and left.
Looking at Yan Wenjie who left alone, Daohua lowered her eyes. As her brothers grew up, the gap between them became wider and wider. The eldest brother, the third brother, and the fourth brother were all used to playing with Xiao Yeyang and Brother Dong. Now they either had honors or official positions, and they did not feel inferior in front of the nobles. But the second brother was different.
Because her second uncle and second aunt were busy arranging a marriage for her second brother during this period, she paid more attention to him. Only then did she realize that her second brother, who was lively and active when he was a child, had become taciturn.
"Miss Yan!"
Seeing Daohua in a daze, Zhu Qiyun couldn't help but scream a few times.
Daohua came back to her senses and said with a smile, "Let's walk forward a little further."
Not long after walking, they came to a bridge.
There were many girls standing on the bridge, including Guo Xueming, Jiang Wanying and others. At this moment, the girls were all looking at the dragon boats in the river with smiles on their faces.
Daohua looked down and saw many young men from the mountains standing on the dragon boats. On one of the boats, there were Xiao Yeyang, Yan Wenkai and others.
At this moment, some young men from the mountains were loudly asking the girl on the bridge for her purse.
The girls on the bridge blushed with shame, and a few brave girls even threw purses directly onto the dragon boat.
The dragon boat that threw the most was naturally the one that Xiao Yeyang and his team were on.
Rice flowers watched the scene with a smile.
On the dragon boat, Xiao Yeyang, who had planned to stretch his body, looked at the people around him who were looking at the girl on the bridge with great interest, and felt helpless in his heart. Suddenly, he caught sight of the rice flowers on the bridge from the corner of his eye, and his eyes lit up. He took the bamboo pole from Sun Changze's hand, stuck it into the river, and with the help of the bamboo pole, jumped directly onto the bridge.
Looking at Xiao Yeyang's handsome figure, admiration appeared on the faces of the ladies.
Jiang Wanying wanted to go up and talk to her, but unfortunately Xiao Yeyang walked past the ladies without even looking at them and went straight to the front.
Guo Xueming also silently retracted the steps he had taken.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang walking towards her, Daohua's heart suddenly lifted up, feeling a little expectant, a little nervous, a little panicked and worried.
Seeing Daohua's tense expression, Xiao Yeyang smiled silently, gave her a look that said "see you later", and walked past her without stopping.
Xiao Yeyang's figure disappeared from sight, and Daohua suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
What she didn't notice was that among the ladies, Guo Xueming and Jiang Wanying also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now, they had the illusion that Cousin Yeyang (Brother Yang) was walking towards the eldest daughter of the Yan family.
"Tsk tsk, I just realized that the one among us who is most attractive to girls is Ye Yang."
Yan Wenkai looked at Xiao Yeyang who had diverted the girls' attention. At this time, he was no longer interested in rowing the dragon boat, and he also followed Xiao Yeyang's example and jumped onto the bridge using a bamboo pole.
Dong Yuanxuan and others also rowed the dragon boat to the shore and got on board.
At the bridge, Wang Maner pulled at Daohua and glanced to the side. Daohua was silent for a moment, then looked at Zhu Qiyun: "Miss Zhu, I have something urgent to do. It's quite lively here. I'll ask the servant to take you to find my three sisters, okay?"
Zhu Qiyun just saw someone call Wang Maner away, and immediately said with a smile, "Excuse me, Miss Yan."
Daohua shook her head and beckoned Yan Wenjie's servant over, "Send Miss Zhu to the second lady and the others."
After Zhu Qiyun left, Daohua took Wang Maner and Bishi away.
(End of this chapter)
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