Chapter 25 Fan Sizhe: He is determined to marry Ye Zheng as his brother-in-law!
Ah this...
Walking around a little too frequently.
After thinking about it again, Ye Zheng understood.
For Aunt Liu, this was the first time she was invited as Fan Jian’s wife.
Well...it's time to be serious.
However, bathing was fine, but washing hair was very troublesome. Such long hair took a long time to wash, and even longer to dry. Xiaotao and a few others had to use cotton cloth to wipe the hair from roots to ends little by little, and in a hurry, they could only wipe it 60% dry at most.
In the bronze mirror, Ye Zheng looked at the face after bathing and nodded with satisfaction.
Then change into... He was used to wearing narrow sleeves at home, because he had to go to the martial arts hall at least twice a day, it would not be convenient to wear wide sleeves and then change into narrow sleeves when going to the martial arts hall. The maids doing laundry in the yard would be exhausted.
"Take a plainer set with wide sleeves."
A little time
Front yard, study
"Father."
"Uncle Shi."
Ye Zhong glanced at his son, then glanced again, hmm...
Fan Jian narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard and smiled, "Zheng'er has been working hard these days, you must have suffered a lot, right?"
"It's my job." Ye Zheng said in a relaxed tone and moved closer to his father, who looked at him with disgust.
Fan Jian nodded with satisfaction, "This hard work is worth it. Don't slack off. If we do a good job in the new fire patrol policy, we may be able to make further progress."
"I'll keep in mind your advice, uncle." Ye Zheng bowed and said seriously.
Fan Jian smiled, picked up a black piece from the chess box (Go jar), and returned his gaze to the chessboard.
Ye Zhong spoke at this moment, "Your Majesty promoted you not because of your great merit, but because of His Majesty's great grace. You must remember that 'things are born from consideration, achieved through hard work, and lost through arrogance'."
A military general, at this moment, even showed off his "literary talent", and he was not usually seen giving such admonitions.
"Son, thank you for your teachings, father." Ye Zheng bowed again.
"Okay, go to your mother." Ye Zhong waved his hand.
Ye Zheng bowed to his father and Fan Jian again and left under their gaze.
Slowly retracting his gaze, Fan Jian sighed, "Zheng'er is indeed 'the piled stones are like jade, the rows of pines are like emerald green, the beauty is peerless, there is no other like him in the world'."
I'm coming.
The old father has a strange desire to win.
How could Ye Chong not understand?
Previously, I was just showing off to my future in-laws that my Ye family is not just a family of ordinary military merits. Now, it is not appropriate to compete with my future in-laws. He smiled and said, "He is just a shell. Zhuo Fu, please stop praising him, lest he gets carried away."
Fan Jian stroked his beard and nodded slightly.
At this time, the inner courtyard
"There's only one left, right? Three of a kind, seven of a kind, an eight, that's it."
When Ye Ling'er played a 'five', she tried to let the 'peasant comrade' Fan Ruoruo, who only had one card left, pass. However, she made a wrong bet. The remaining 'two' was not in Fan Ruoruo's hand, but in Fan Sizhe's. She lost again and implicated Ruoruo as well.
She glanced at the silver in front of Fan Ruoruo, which was less than hers.
"Thank you. Thank you."
Fan Sizhe happily used tools to scrape away the silver coins in front of Ye Ling'er and Fan Ruoruo.
"Third Young Master is here."
The maid standing at the door saw Ye Zheng from afar, symbolically bowed to Cui Yan, who was sitting on the couch embroidering something, and helped lift the bamboo curtain.
Fan Ruoruo, who was sitting in front of the gambling table, felt a little at a loss for a moment. If she wanted to stand up, it would seem ungentlemanly, but if she didn't stand up, she was afraid that someone would misunderstand her.
Her eyes flickered and she flew towards the lattice door, wanting to say something but hesitant.
After meeting the Qin family and Ye Zheng, her mentality has changed a lot during this period of time.
She claimed that she was not a person who only cared about food and sex, and she firmly believed that a man's talent, ability and character were more important. In some indescribable dreams at midnight, she also asked herself, what was so good about this man?
The talent is indeed extraordinary.
Talent, I saw it yesterday too.
As for his personality, I haven't had many conversations with him, so it's hard to make a conclusion easily.
Appearance...how did it get to this point?
She never even looked at any talented men, nobles, or princes in the past. Why...
But a young man in a plain wide-sleeved long gown with a little black embroidery came in. His eyebrows were like paintings, his eyes were like stars, and he was cheerful and upright.
It is just like the saying "The spirit is high and clear, like the jade trees in the jade forest, and is beyond the dust of the world". Liu Ruyu, who was chatting with Cui Yan who was doing needlework, was also stunned when she saw it.
"Mother."
"Aunt Liu."
Cui Yan withdrew his gaze from somewhere, looked at Liu Ruyu again, and finally fell on his youngest son, nodding with satisfaction.
"I heard that Zheng'er got a promotion." Liu Ruyu said with a smile.
"He's just a minor official of the seventh rank." Ye Zhengqian said.
"Although the position is low, the emperor favors him greatly. Zheng'er will surely have a bright future." Liu Ruyu said happily.
Aunt Liu has a simple mind. She is genuinely trying to make her 'nephews and nieces' happy.
But she didn't know Lao Deng. Lao Deng acted in a cautious manner and never did anything unnecessary.
"I'm grateful for Aunt Liu's good words." Ye Zheng smiled.
"Go and play with your second sister and Ruoruo. I'll talk to your Aunt Liu for a while. Your uncle, Aunt Liu and Ruoruo have been hungry today because they have been waiting for you." Cui Yan said.
"Thank you for waiting, Aunt Liu." Ye Zheng apologized and went to a side room only after Liu Ruyu waved her hands.
"Well, we are still playing, the three of you."
After entering the rear room, his tone became more cheerful, after all, they were of the same generation.
"You have brought four people, let's play 'throwing eggs'." Ye Ling'er said hurriedly.
As for these playing cards, I think a certain senior named Ye was only concerned with developing productivity and climbing the technology tree, and did not devote much energy to these entertainment gadgets. Mahjong was invented, but playing cards were not.
Last year, he spent a lot of time trying several kinds of paper. Finally, he asked a craftsman to make a special kind of parchment paper that was thick, wear-resistant, and tough. He used it as entertainment when his family stayed up all night on New Year's Eve.
There are only two ways to play.
Second sister Ye Ling'er doesn't have many close friends to talk to. Apart from bringing a pair to a close friend who has lived in the palace for a long time, there is no other news.
Needless to say, Ye Chong and Cui Yan were not very interested in these things.
This left Ye Zheng with some of his experiences and knowledge nowhere to put to use.
"Sizhe won a lot." Ye Zheng looked around and saw only a few pieces of silver on the table of Du Moumou.
After all, Ye Ling'er had played poker a few times, and she lost, but not much.
"It's not honorable to change the rules of the game if you lose, and the other two players must agree," Ye Zheng joked.
Ye Ling'er stared.
I was worried that you hadn't married yet...Ruoruo would get angry if she lost too much.
"It's nothing, just change it." Fan Ruoruo lowered her eyes and said calmly.
Seeing that his sister had spoken, Fan Sizhe naturally nodded.
"Well, small gambling is good for your mood, big gambling is harmful to your health, and throwing eggs is also quite interesting."
The girl doesn't give me a chance.
Well, he doesn't think highly of this kind of opportunity to "show off in public", so he'll just take it slow.
However, he still said, "This 'two against one' does not require many skills. The only practical thing is to 'remember the cards'."
Her eyes fell on Ye Zheng's slender and well-proportioned hands who were shuffling the cards. Hearing this, Fan Ruoruo was suddenly startled. Was he deliberately giving her a reminder?
She raised her eyes, but only saw the man's eyes fixed on the cards.
"Brother, what you said is truly a wise saying." Fan Sizhe thought about it for a while, nodded repeatedly, and then said, "Brother, I wonder how much this deck of cards cost?"
Well, the business DNA of the second son of the Fan family has been activated.
Ye Zheng looked over and asked him to draw four cards, preparing to divide them into groups. He smiled and said, "What? Any ideas?"
Fan Sizhe was stunned for a moment, looking at the meaningful look in Ye Zheng's eyes, and suddenly felt that in his entire life, no one understood him as well as Ye Zheng. At this moment, he made up his mind that he would take Ye Zheng as his brother-in-law!
He nodded heavily, "I have an idea."
Ye Zheng nodded slightly, "Okay, let's find a chance and discuss it."
"Okay, brother, I'll listen to you." Fan Sizhe said enthusiastically and exaggeratedly.
Ye Ling'er, who was watching from the side, was anxious. How could you use the "roundabout tactics" when the real target was right in front of you?
"Ye Zhuangzhuang, what about the storybook you said you would write with Ruoruo last time?" she suddenly said.
These words really caught me off guard!
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