Chapter 1, You Er's Dream
If the story starts with the Chengping Bo Xinsang, it would be abrupt. It would be better to start three months ago. On that day, the second girl from Youjia, nicknamed Tonghua, woke up in the backyard of the grocery store at the entrance of Mopan Lane, Nanxing Wangcheng, woke up and remembered the dream she had just had.
She remembered that there was another world in the dream, where people did not wear long robes or silk clothes. Men could pursue women, and women could also ask men.
She saw countless wonderful and exquisite things, but the only things that could not be seen in her mind were related to her lifelong events.
Women are not inferior to men, but have more dignity.
Miss You Er did not forget this kind of profound reason in a dream. In fact, she did not go to the grocery store to help because of her resentment for lifelong events. She hid in half of the hut where she lived and cried, and finally fell asleep.
Her only brother, Mr. You, who was just over thirty, and her sister-in-law Ding, both let her rest, thinking that she would agree if she cried and slept.
Miss You Er saw the forced expressions of her brother and sister-in-law when she was talking about marriage a long time ago. From the perspective of family affection, her brother still has a few words to plan for her sister-in-law, while her sister-in-law Ding is full of hearts selling her sister-in-law.
"What do you don't know about my sister? Our shop has been working hard all year round and can't afford to spend a lot of money. Master Chengping likes you and wears gold and silver in the future. That's your blessing."
This is my brother's words.
Miss You Er almost committed suicide with scissors. She covered her face with her hands and cried sadly: "I would rather die than be a concubine. Which concubine will have a good ending? Yang Sanjie on the street next door and Zhao Wuniang on the street back end were tortured to death. In the end, she only gave a pair of coffin silver, so she no longer cared about the death of the person. The family was ignoring the coffin silver."
Sister-in-law Ding said angrily: "Miss Second Girl is careful when speaking, and she is waiting for someone who doesn't know what is wrong with the tongue. What kind of person is Mr. Chengping Bo? How can the family Yang Sanjie and Zhao Wuniang marry be compared? One is an Earl Master, who is decent and has a neat betrothal gift. Brother and sister-in-law earn you a sedan chair for you to carry it into the door. When you enter the door, you will be the aunt. What kind of concubine is not a concubine, it is better than being at home."
She deliberately slapped her hands and calculated: "Miss Second Girl has never seen her at home? You eat a bowl of rice every day, a bowl of side dishes, a month, a fish, and a day of clothes every year. You are getting taller and changing clothes every year. Are these not money? Your brother said just now that this small shop supports the whole family, there is no spare money. If you get married one year earlier, you should lose less money at home."
Miss You Er sneered and said, "Miss Second? Sister-in-law, you are really polite. For families like us, we have a bowl of rice every day, a bowl of side dishes, a meat every month, and a fish every year. We always wear clothes all year round, and the clothes are long every year, but not new clothes! It's really a pity that you got so many cloth heads? I want to move them home in a lot of money. I don't want to mention cloth heads, and you don't want a grain of sand. What kind of girl is the second girl? How can you treat it as a second girl?"
"You just pick your eyes when you say something. I know you don't have me in your eyes. Since I entered the door, I have never called you politely. You don't want to rely on me, and I'll look at my face. I'll hold back when I see your brother, and I'm trying my best to find a marriage for you. You can't say it well. I just want to ask you. Master Chengping got angry and tied you away with a rope and took you home to be a sweeper. I sweep the floor during the day and warm the bed at night. What can you do?"
This was too harsh. Miss You Er jumped up and pressed Ding down, grabbed her hair and poked her twice. Ding was not the one who was beaten in vain. She twisted her arm with her backhand, and both of them showed pain. When the shopkeeper You separated, they all showed anger again.
Manager You is weak in nature and usually has his wife in charge. This time he has a temper and blames his wife for being rude. Ding slams the door and leaves angrily. Manager You came to persuade the girl, and it is the same thing after all.
"I dare not think about it. Master Chengping occasionally passes through the back street. Sister, you are washed clothes and he sees you. He must want you. Sister, brother can't afford to offend the Earl Master. Besides, although your sister-in-law is not good at speaking, she means good. What kind of concubine is not a concubine? Being a Count Master is better than being a poor girl."
Miss You Er had no feelings for her sister-in-law, but she was still a little grateful to her brother. After both parents died, her brother pulled her to the top, and she couldn't ignore him.
Manager You asked her to think about it carefully. He is going to reply to Mr. Chengping now. Of course, he said that the family is very happy and his sister is very happy. It would be better to pass the door one day earlier.
Miss You Er cried in the room, had a big dream after falling asleep, and was still stunned when she woke up.
Is it true that women can be independent in marriage or even choose men's days?
She pinched herself and felt it was true. She felt pain but her memory was still there.
From the backyard to the counter in front of the grocery store, I saw my brother lowering his head to sort out the goods. Ding guarded the counter alone, with a pair of triangular eyes looking at the street. When he saw someone looking in, he shouted desperately: "Uncle Zhang, what's missing? Here is it. Come in and take a look. Come in and see, what does it matter."
Miss You Er hated Ding from the bottom of her heart. Since Ding came in, she has considered herself a person who spent money, but she has to admit that the family is not wealthy and drive her away. The life of this grocery store is much better.
Seeing her coming, Ding curled his lips and said sarcastically: "Did you figure it out? That's a day when you wear gold and silver. If Mr. Chengping likes me, I wish I could go there at that time."
"Shut up, what are you saying?" Manager You rolled his eyes at his wife in disgust. When he looked at his sister, he was still the honest man he used to. He walked up and said in a low voice: "I said you are very willing, but the married girl is reluctant to leave her home and wants to keep you for a few more days. Master Chengping is a good person. He said he values you and takes you in a good day, and you can also keep you at home for a few days."
"How many days are there, one day or one and a half days. Have you calculated the cost of eating and drinking?" Ding shouted again.
Manager You's expression changed. Those who knew him could tell that he was really angry, but before he could speak, Miss You Er spoke first.
"Need not!"
She snapped.
Ding closed her mouth, mainly thinking about the meaning of not using it, whether it would be necessary to stay for a few days, or to make her husband not angry. Ding also saw that Manager You was about to lose his temper.
She is not afraid.
Just send it, just drive away the sister-in-law who is eating for free. Does the second girl work? Sometimes she is a steward to do laundry and cooking, but when she meets a person like Ding, she wants Miss You Er to go out quickly, and she is waiting to receive the betrothal gift.
Can't you afford a few guys a betrothal gift?
This is why Ding tried his best to get right from the second girl since she got married. The second girl saw that she had bad intentions, so she naturally showed her face. The grudges between the two were formed in such a way.
While she was thinking, Miss You Er said coldly: "If you want me to marry, yes, I have something to promise me."
Manager You was overjoyed. His sister was really unwilling to marry. He was really troubled. After all, the person who proposed the marriage was not the neighbors A Da or A Er. He was the Count Chengping, a person with a status in the entire Nanxing territory and in the royal city.
Ding was also shocked. She agreed so quickly. She almost showed joy. When she thought about who the Earl Chengping was, she didn't agree with the second girl. She snorted from her nose and answered first: "The dowry is not added. The family had prepared so much dowry for you, so she carried it away, and even a single copper coin would not be added."
"Shut up!" Manager You yelled.
Ding was startled, avoided a few steps, stood one foot on the threshold of the store, and stepped on the bluestone street outside the store with the other foot, yelling with his waist, "What's the bad thing! Master Chengping Bo promised to be fine, he only needs people and doesn't care about dowry."
Manager You was so angry that he shivered for a few times. He seemed to be quarreling with his wife about his sister's dowry, and Miss You Er stopped him.
"Brother, when you go to see Mr. Chengping, you say that I would meet him before getting married. I can't marry him without even knowing who the man is. I'll just do this. You'll help me pass the message now. If Mr. Chengping doesn't agree, I won't blame you and there will be no other things."
Manager You was a little inappropriate. Seeing that this matter was quite simple, he agreed and walked outside. Ding put his hips on and said again: "Look at your clothes, they were all dust when ordering the goods. How could you see the master? You won't change one."
Manager You was stunned, and saw that he was a patch, and smiled: "Yes, you're right." He lost his temper.
Miss You Er had long been accustomed to her brother's softness, and she didn't want to fight with Ding after her brother left. Manager You returned to her room to change clothes, while Miss You returned to her room to wait, and Ding looked at the store.
Soon, when the shopkeeper You came back, he said happily: "Master Chengping Bo agreed, sister, he asked our whole family to go to the Delicious House for dinner. Sister, wash your face, puff up some of the Chinese New Year's powder, and change to new clothes. Don't let the master see that you have cried."
Miss You Er said lightly: "Brother, do we have new clothes for Mr. Chengping Bo to praise? Or have you bought me that foreign powder?"
Manager You choked.
"My brother doesn't have to worry about it. He likes me, not my clothes or makeup. I am a poor girl, just go to see him cleanly."
"Then how can you do your eyes swollen? What if Mr. Chengping Bo gets angry?" Manager Wan was worried.
"Whoever married girl doesn't cry, I will explain that I can't bear to leave my family."
Manager You was embarrassed when he heard this, and his low voice from hospitality for many years became even more serious: "Don't blame your sister-in-law, she just didn't speak well. She just wanted to treat you until she was cold and hungry."
Miss You Er sneered: "I know."
Although the grocery store is small and there are not many customers, there are all kinds of things that cannot be said. Manager You really wanted to say more to his sister, but Ding asked him to get the goods to the customer. Manager You congratulated the second girl and left her alone in the room.
Miss You Er washed her face with water, changed into a clean half-old dress, put the scissors into her arms, took out a small old purse, poured it into the sky, and counted it over and over again, and there were more than one or two pieces of broken silver and more than a dozen copper coins inside, which was her accumulation over the past decade.
With one hand scissors and the other hand purse, I recalled the world in my dreams in my mind, and suddenly felt full of confidence.
She wants to fight for herself like the woman in her dream. If Mr. Chengping Bo is a good person and is willing to agree, she will marry him; if Mr. Chengping Bo is unbearable, she can still run away.
The scissors were not used to commit suicide, but on the way to leave home privately, she used them for self-defense.
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Let it fly for two years and recognize mistakes, but free writing is the most important thing.
Write what I want and make friends with loved ones.
Male protagonist: Similar to Zhao She, who was romantic in the early stage and later corrected.
The heroine: Very cute.
Chapter completed!