The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family – Chapter 37

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第37章 女大不中留

“明华哥哥,你不记得我了?”

女子的声音还是那么娇滴滴的,每叫一次明华哥哥,赵明华就有一种要被折寿的窒息感。

“我该记得你?”

赵明华不解的看向庆生,庆生眼睛早就抽搐了,太太没骂错,少爷这记性被狗吃了是真的,这不就是和他议亲的肖家大小姐吗?

哎玛,他不记得她了,然后呢,她会不依不饶伤心落泪吧,到时候少爷还不知道怎么哄!
“明华哥哥,我是春兰啊?”

“春兰?”

“是啊,我是春兰,你不记得我了?”

“春兰不是大嫂院中的大丫头吗?”赵明华再次问庆生,庆生……少爷啊,你作的孽我可不负责善后。

“咳,少爷,那个春兰是大丫头,这位是肖氏大族族长的嫡长孙女,肖春兰,春兰小姐。”哎,还要怎么说啊?都给你这么明白的提示了。

“噢,原来是这样啊,对不起,我不认识你。”赵明华知道是谁后只有一个想法:赶紧的跑,就她这样的娶了当媳妇自己一定活不长久:“庆生,走。”

庆生发现,少爷不是用走,而是用跑的,大长腿三步并作一步跑得飞快,丝毫不顾及人家在后面喊明华哥哥,喊得心都要碎了。

“少爷,等等小的,等等……”

“少爷,你跑这么快干什么呢?”庆生上气不接下气总算追上了自家主子:“少爷,你跑这么快,是怕她把你吃了咋的?那不是你的未婚妻吗?你还害怕她?”

“谁说是我未婚妻的,你别瞎说,坏了人家姑娘的名声不被打死才是怪事儿。”

“怎么不是?”庆生疑惑道:“我听我娘说了,太太请媒婆上门提亲来着。”

“那是以前的事儿,那是我娘自作主张的事儿,这事已经作罢,休要再提。”赵明华连忙道:“就算爷打一辈子的光棍也绝对不会娶她。”

明华哥哥,明华哥哥,好家伙,这哪是正经姑娘喊出来的声音,嗲得他听鸡皮疙瘩掉了一地又一地。

“不是吧,少爷,真的作罢了?不娶她了?”

要说,庆生也觉得这位肖小姐真的……和自家少爷完全不对盘啊。

赵家三少爷,完全就是一个没长大的主,他都需要人哄;而这位肖小姐也没长大……啧啧,都不敢想象真要娶回家了未来的赵家三房有多热闹。

“是真的,我爹亲自说的。”

那就好!
庆生想我的命也是命啊,主子日子不好过,当小厮的就过不好。

赵明华的快速逃跑让肖春兰一头的雾水。

立即就回去回了她的娘亲文氏。

“娘亲,肖家的订事定下来了吗?”

“你这丫头,也不知道害羞,着什么急,说不去还当你是恨嫁似的。”文氏嘴上安慰女儿不着急,心里却是纳闷了,离上次媒婆来提前有一个半月了吧,怎么还没来提第二次?
不对劲儿啊,一般相隔十天半个月就应该来第二次了。

“娘亲,我今天在镇上见到赵明华了,我喊他,他居然都不理我。”

“你这孩子,人家不理你说明人家有教养,你想啊,大街上他见着一个姑娘就嬉皮笑脸的说话才好吗??”

“可是他知道是我呀,而且听了我的名字后还跑得飞快,一句话都不和我讲。”

“那是害羞了呗。”

“有什么可害羞的。”肖春兰嘟着嘴道:“该爱羞的人是我好不好?”

“是,该害羞的人是你,你却上赶着去喊人家,哪有姑娘像你这样的。”文氏头疼得很:“春兰啊,上赶着的不是买卖,你不要太热情了,这样显得你很低廉似的。你是肖氏大族的大小姐,你得学着把身份端起来,你配赵明华绰绰有余,你这是下嫁,懂不懂?”

“知道了,娘亲。”

下嫁高嫁又有什么区别呢?

反正她喜欢就好。

“娘亲,女儿都快满十六岁了,娘亲……”

“你这孩子,我和你爹还想着多留你一两年,到十八岁时出嫁更好一些。”文氏对这个娇惯着养大的女儿也是很无奈:“在家千日好,出门万事难。在娘家当闺女的时候我们都拿你当成宝,嫁到别人家就要孝敬公婆伺候丈夫,要受别人家的家规约束,哪有闺阁中这般自在。”

“娘亲……”

肖春兰倚着亲娘撒着娇,意思不言而喻。

“女大不中留,留来留去留成仇。”文氏苦笑:“娘亲知道了。都不知道那个赵明华哪里好了,值得你这么心急。”

“娘亲,他哪儿哪儿都好。”

“是是是,情人眼里出西施。”

“嘿嘿,娘亲最好了,春兰最喜欢娘亲了。”

“去去去,你这一招对我没用的,你当我是老太太老爷子?”文氏道:“你这性子哟,也被你祖父祖母宠坏了的哟,我真是担心啊……”

“算了,也不用担心,赵太太与我也是旧识,都是知根知底的人了,她不是那搓磨儿媳妇的人。”

“娘亲……”肖春兰脸红透了,说她是赵家的儿媳妇,这话她爱听。

文氏得了女儿的暗示,是想早点与赵明华把这事儿定下来,看样子,是恨不能在今年完婚了。

只是,赵家那边怎么这么久了还没动静呢?
“陈嬷嬷,给赵家透个风,这一晃又是一个多月了,打铁得趁热。”

“是,太太。”

陈嬷嬷是认得那个媒婆的,当下就去找媒婆了。

“好好好,我这就去找赵太太问问去。”

不光肖家急,媒婆也急啊,肖家和赵家都是有钱的大户人家,这桩亲事谈成了,谢媒钱就够她吃一年了!

只是,让她没想到的是上赵家一问,赵太太说这事儿不急。

“咋了?”媒婆一听知道完犊子了,不出意外就是出了意外了:“赵太太,老婆子做媒十里八乡是出了名的,你放心,只要老婆子这次一上门,这门亲事铁定成!”

“多谢嫂子了。”赵太太的话很简单:“我家老爷说老三性子跳脱,自己都还只是一个孩子,不宜过早谈亲事。”

啥?
(本章完)

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

The Daily Life of a Down-and-Out Pharmacist Supporting Her Family

落魄药女养家日常
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The renowned imperial physician, Doctor Xiao, was embroiled in a case of false pregnancy involving a concubine and was executed. Men over the age of twelve were exiled, while the female relatives and young children were granted the benevolence of the Empress Dowager and returned to their ancestral home in Shu. Unexpectedly, the relatives who had been protected by Doctor Xiao turned away a group of women and children, occupying their ancestral property and expelling them from the family. A group of pampered women and children, having nothing to depend on, found Xiao Chunuan, who loved reading and grinding medicine, to be the pillar of the family. She taught her family to wash clothes and cook to survive; she taught her younger sisters to forage for wild vegetables and prepare medicinal herbs; she taught her younger brother to learn business and practice martial arts to strengthen his body, while ensuring that they studied literature and literacy despite three generations not being able to take the imperial exam; she worked hard to earn money and also wanted to help their exiled relatives; her grandmother arranged a marriage for Chunuan, only for the clan leader's daughter to come knocking and cause trouble. Good people are often bullied, and those who are kind are taken advantage of. Old grudges and new enmities are all accounted for. Xiao Chunuan was never one to go easy on others; she was ready to engage in both literary and martial contests!

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