C9 (1/2)
The clouds in the sky had disappeared. The sun finally appeared, beaming brightly as it gazed upon the land of the Forbidden Land of Fire. The snow that covered the entire mountain began to melt. Whether it was on the branches or under the eaves, it was all dripping with snow. It seemed that there would be a few good days.
On the road in the mountain village, Yang Lei rode his horse and headed home. He was holding a jug of wine and humming a small tune. His face was filled with excitement. When he reached his little crappy yard, he jumped off his horse and looked very agile.
”You're back.”
Yang Hu's mother walked out, went up and took the jug of wine from Yang Lei's hand, then turned around and brought the jug of wine back into the dilapidated room. When she came out again, he saw Yang Lei standing in front of the horse in a daze. She couldn't help but walk forward and glance at Yang Lei.
”What's the matter with you? What are you blanking out for? ”
Yang Lei raised his head and smiled at her. He was not in a daze, but was thinking about something. Yang Lin had come for a few days already, and had brought him too many surprises. He shook his head in disbelief, pointing to the stick hanging on either side of the horse's back.
”Yang Lin, this child is really thinking of a way. It's much more convenient to ride a small wooden stick. ”
”Yeah, I also feel that this child is extraordinary. Just by going out to throw the dice, he actually won back over 5 million yuan.”
's mother was even more shocked when it came to shock. The three Young people s had actually used horses to carry over five million taels of silver after making a trip to County City. In order to carry the money, they had even bought three horses. He even said that he won it from the gambling den. Fortunately, they came back very late and no one in the village knew about it. Otherwise, the whole village would have been in an uproar.
”Scholars are smart. ”It's only been a few days since I started learning my 36 Spear Arts. Although I'm still not proficient in it, he has already remembered everything. Back then, when I was learning it, it took me over a year to slowly memorize it.”
”Can I compare to you? ”You're not much stronger than a blockhead?”
”Who's the goosebumps?”
As the two of them were talking, they suddenly heard someone reply. There was no need to turn around, just from the voice, Yang Lei knew that Yang Cheng had arrived. The little bit of good mood he had just had vanished into thin air because of Yang Cheng's arrival. Out of politeness, he had no choice but to turn around and see Yang Cheng and his wife walk in.
”The two of them didn't argue, right? How about we just stop them from fighting?”
When Chengdu walked into the courtyard, he immediately smiled and said that, and then held Yang Hu's mother's hand. The two women looked extremely intimate, and their mouths were gabbling non-stop. However, Yang Lei remained cold and said indifferently to Yang Cheng without even looking at him.
”What's the matter with you two?”
Yang Cheng was already mentally prepared. He knew that Yang Lei would not give him any face, so he did not argue and laughed at himself. He immediately pulled Yang Lei's arm and pushed him inside the house.
”Let's talk inside, let's talk inside.” Let's talk inside, let's talk inside.
Once they entered the room, the light immediately dimmed down. When the four of them sat down, Yang Cheng did not say anything. He did not even say a word. The atmosphere was a little cold. Yang Gui had forgotten his prepared explanation. After a while, he finally found a topic to talk about and broke the silence.
”Leucide, none of us will talk about the past today.”
Yang Cheng gave his opening remark, but then stopped. Yang Lei finally saw through it. Seems like they had something to say today, so Yang Lei did not say anything and just smiled. After pausing for a while, Yang Cheng still made up his mind.
”Leucide, that day when Yang Lin, Yang Hu and Yang Bao went to the Yang Mansion to borrow a hard bow, Madam and Miss saw Yang Lin and were very satisfied with him. Yesterday, the mistress found us and gave us one day of leave. She told us to come to Leucide because she wanted us to … Want to... Take Yang Lin as your son-in-law. ”
”Humph!”
Halfway through Yang Cheng, Yang Lei understood that they had come here today with the intention of making Yang Lin their home son-in-law. For a poor person like him, this should be a good thing that was hard to come by, even with a lantern in hand. However, Yang Lei rejected it immediately.
”We are from poor families, from small families, what kind of person could climb up to the Yang Mansion? Not to mention the young miss, even the little girls by the mistress's side don't have that kind of luck. ”
Yang Cheng already knew that Yang Cheng wouldn't agree. Ever since they left the Yang Mansion, Yang Cheng would only walk normally and would not look towards the direction of the Yang Mansion. If Yang Cheng wanted him to agree to marry the Yang Mansion, he might as well kill him. But the Madam's orders were hard to disobey, so he had to bite the bullet and continue.
”Leucide, don't you see that you're saying angry words again? Yang Lin had roamed the world, learned how to be courteous, and with his tall stature, handsome appearance, and extraordinary strength, how could he not be worthy of Miss? ”
Unexpectedly, Yang Lei stood up. He knew that if he tried to talk, he would be no match for this Junior Brother, so he did not want to talk much with them. He did not give them a chance to talk, so he waved his hand at them and chased them out.
Although Yang Cheng could speak, but in front of Yang Lei, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He couldn't say anything now, so he could only smile awkwardly. At this time, Chengdu stood up, and started babbling like a cannon.
”Big Brother Yang Lei, no matter how big of a grudge you have with Yang Mansion, you can't let go of the great matter of your two children's life. You watched as the young lady grew up, and she has never offended you. If you do this, where will you place the young lady? If word of this got out, what would become of the young mistress? Furthermore, that Yang Lin also saw the young miss, if he was willing, wouldn't you be delaying Yang Lin? ”
Yang Lei knew that he could not win against the two of them, and he did not want to get entangled with them. He left the house himself, mounted on his horse and left, leaving the two of them behind. No matter what you say, he will not agree.
”His aunt, isn't this a good thing? Why can't Leucide even listen to good words?”
”His Uncle Cheng, his Chengdu, has to take this matter slowly. When Yang Lin comes back, I will check his tone first. If he's interested, we can talk about the Old Man. ”
”Alright, then we'll be leaving.”
The Yang Cheng couple walked out of the broken house with awkward expressions on their faces. In Yang Family Villa area, the two of them were famous people, even though they were both small. Who wouldn't bow in respect when they saw them?
Looking at the woman in the mirror with her eyebrows like green feathers and skin as white as snow, Yang Juan's face suddenly blushed, and he immediately buried her face in his arms. She stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the door of the Yang Mansion.
She didn't know how many times she'd come to the window, but each time she'd been disappointed. Since the night before, when her mother had entrusted the marriage proposal to Yang Cheng and his wife, she had not been able to calm down. She didn't sleep well last night, and today she was even more restless. The four girls had all been chased away by her, but there was still no news of her at all.
Ever since that day he came to borrow the bow, that hurried glance, that tall figure was like a picture deeply imprinted in her heart, never to be erased. Since Gong Li had been taken away, and his heart had been taken away, and that bow had already been given to him by Madam Ye, then would his heart be given to him as well?
She had seen him from afar when she went to the Ström County and was wearing the clothes of a servant. However, he, Yang Hu and Yang Bao had only been hurrying along the way, and had not even glanced at her. Then, he saw him fighting with Liu Heizi in the city. He finally raised his head and stared at her for a while.
”It's been half a day. Why isn't the Uncle Cheng back yet?”
It was not known how many times Yang Juan had walked around the room, but waiting was one of the most painful torment. And this kind of waiting that was close to a judgement made Yang Juan even more miserable.
She knew that regardless of whether he intended it or not, he would not take the initiative to propose. He would not even look at her. A scholar who had nothing, no matter how talented he was, how could he dare to propose to the daughter of a Wealthy soldiers?
And that Lei Shu, that was the biggest problem. He didn't know why he wanted to leave the Yang Mansion, but her mother dreaded him and didn't bring up this topic. However, it was a fact that the Lei Shu was unhappy. After all these years, he had never taken a step into the Yang Mansion.
”Miss, Uncle Cheng is back.”
Even though she had watched from the window countless times, she did not see Uncle Cheng coming in this time. If the maidservant Yang Tao hadn't come running in, she would have been kept in the dark and would have gone to visit again and again, waiting for news from them.