This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 3

In the evening, the sun sets.

Outside the city of Lin'an, the green mountains are like dark green and the sunset glows like brocade.

The streets were bustling with activity.

When Luo Zijun returned home, her sister Luo Jiaorong was cooking in the kitchen.

My brother-in-law Li Zhengshan was practicing swordplay in the front yard.

I saw my brother-in-law moving left and right, his clothes fluttering, the cold light of the sword in his hand flashing and flying up and down, looking quite imposing.

I heard the voice in my head say that there are martial artists in this world.

The warriors have strong blood and energy, the scholars are talented, and it is difficult for demons to approach them, but the specific situation is unknown.

Seeing him coming back, Li Zhengshan quickly put away his knife and asked in a low voice: "Did you see the person?"

Li Zhengshan is tall and strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He has a dignified appearance and looks quite honest and simple.

Luo Zijun nodded. Just as she was about to speak, her sister Luo Jiaorong suddenly came out of the kitchen and asked hurriedly, "Zijun, how is it? Did you see her? Is she very beautiful? How did you talk? Did you ask her to come to your house for dinner tomorrow? What is her impression of you?"

This series of questions immediately gave Luo Zijun a headache.

Li Zhengshan was also worried about him and couldn't help but ask, "Madam, you ask so many questions one by one at a time. How do you expect Zijun to answer?"

Luo Jiaorong glared: "I asked my brother, not you! Is the pavilion in the backyard repaired? Have you watered the flowers? All you do since you came back is fiddle with your broken knife. You see me busy in the kitchen, but you don't even help me, you..."

"Okay, okay, you talk to Zijun, I'm going to the backyard to fix the pavilion!"

Seeing that something was not right, Li Zhengshan quickly slipped away.

Luo Zijun was helpless. Seeing his sister looking at him, he could only say, "I've already seen her, but she may think that I'm just an apprentice in a pharmacy and is not very satisfied with me, so..."

He shrugged, his meaning clear.

Luo Jiaorong frowned, her face was obviously disappointed. She endured it and looked at the expression on his face. She didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she could only comfort him: "Forget it, Zijun, it's okay. She didn't like you. She just didn't have that blessing."

Then he couldn't help but said angrily: "What's wrong with the pharmacy apprentice? I don't believe that she won't get sick and go to the doctor! Humph, ungrateful, if her grandfather was still alive, do you think she would dare to say a word?"

Luo Zijun comforted her, "Don't worry, sister. I don't want to marry someone of that status, lest people look down on me."

Luo Jiaorong sneered and said, "What family background? He's just a cloth merchant. How can he compare with our family? Your brother-in-law is a government official!"

Luo Zijun was afraid that she would get angrier and angrier, so she quickly said, "Okay, sister, go cook. I'm hungry. I'll go to the backyard to help my brother-in-law repair the pavilion."

Saying that, he was about to leave.

Luo Jiaorong was afraid that he would feel bad, so she quickly said, "Zijun, don't think too much. If she doesn't want you, there will be others who will want you. Don't worry, I will arrange a marriage for you tomorrow."

Luo Zijun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sister, you are the one who is anxious, I am not anxious at all."

Luo Jiaorong rolled her eyes at him: "You are already past the age of marriage, how can I not be anxious? Don't worry, sister promises to arrange a few more beautiful girls for you to choose from, and then bring them to the Sun family to piss her off to death!"

Luo Zijun smiled helplessly and went to the backyard.

while eating.

Luo Jiaorong couldn't help but talk about the Sun family's faults again. When she got angry, she said directly: "Tomorrow, let your brother-in-law go to find Sun Jintang and ask him what he means! Does his family look down on us just because they have become officials?"

Li Zhengshan quickly advised: "What does it have to do with Mr. Sun? It's just that the young man doesn't like her. There's no need to force such an important matter. A forced melon is not sweet."

Luo Jiaorong said angrily: "If he hadn't spoiled her, I don't believe his daughter would dare to look down on my Zijun! Parents' orders, matchmaker's words, she is a girl, is it her turn to make the decision?"

Li Zhengshan shook his head and dared not speak again.

Luo Zijun could only say: "Sister, don't be angry. She doesn't like me, and I don't like her either. This is fine. Just like my brother-in-law said, a forced melon is not sweet. Since we both don't like each other, if we force ourselves to be together under the order of our parents, our lives will be difficult in the future."

Li Zhengshan said: "Zijun is right."

"you shut up!"

Luo Jiaorong glared at him.

Although she knew that the matter was over and she couldn't force it anymore, she just couldn't help being angry that her brother was looked down upon.

Luo Zijun changed the subject: "Sister, brother-in-law, I have been studying recently and preparing to take the prefectural examination next month."

After hearing these words, Li Zhengshan and Luo Jiaorong were both stunned and looked at each other.

Li Zhengshan smiled and nodded: "It would be great if Zijun has such an ambition. If you can pass the exam and become a scholar, you will be considered a scholar. Then you will be exempted from corvée labor and you won't have to kneel before officials. You will be much more powerful than me, your brother-in-law."

Luo Jiaorong thought that he was hit by what happened today, so he wanted to work hard to change his status. Hearing this, she quickly encouraged him, "If you have decided, just do it. Your brother-in-law and I will naturally support you. If you need any books, just ask your brother-in-law to buy them."

After a pause, he continued, "I heard that scholars like to get together to discuss knowledge and make friends. Just go. If you don't have enough money, you can take it from home."

Li Zhengshan drank a glass of wine and said, "Brother-in-law will earn the money, so you can go to the pharmacy or not. You just need to study hard and don't worry about other things."

Luo Zijun felt warm in his heart and nodded in agreement.

After dinner, I went back to my room to read.

Luo Jiaorong sighed in the kitchen, feeling sorry for her brother and blaming herself. "If we had the ability, Zijun wouldn't be humiliated and looked down upon today. It sounds easy to take the exam, but it's not that easy. There's only half a month left. If Zijun fails, I don't know how big a blow he will suffer."

Li Zhengshan advised at the door: "Everything depends on human effort. Since Zijun has made up his mind, there is no need for us to worry too much, lest he become even more anxious. If it doesn't work this year, we can take the exam again next year. Zijun is so young, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Luo Jiaorong sighed and said nothing more.

In the night sky outside the house, a bright moon quietly climbed up to the branches.

Sun Mansion in the south of the city.

Since Sun Yan'er came back in the afternoon, she has been hiding in the room crying and looking at her feet. She also called a few maids and ordered them to take off their shoes and compare them with her feet.

"What's big about it? What's big about it? That bastard is obviously talking nonsense!"

Xiao Cui was also feeling indignant, sometimes helping to insult and sometimes busy comforting.

At dinner time in the evening.

Sun Yaner wiped her tears, but her eyes were red and swollen.

When Sun Jintang and Chen asked her why, she didn't dare to tell the truth, fearing that it would be embarrassing if it got out. She even told Xiao Cui not to tell anyone else. She only explained to her father and mother, "My daughter doesn't want to get married for the time being. I can't help crying when I think about getting married."

Chen quickly asked about the blind date in the afternoon.

Sun Yaner sneered and pretended to be calm, "That man is a pervert. As soon as we met, he wanted me to undress and asked me to check if I was okay. He kept staring at me and his words were extremely vulgar and rude. My daughter was disgusted, so she rejected him directly and told him that this marriage was impossible."

When Chen heard this, she flew into a rage: "What a filthy rascal!"

Sun Jintang also frowned, looked at the maid Xiao Cui beside him, and asked, "Is what the young lady said true?"

Xiao Cui had already received her mistress's order, and hurriedly bowed her head and said, "My lord, what the mistress said is true. That man was indeed very rude, and he was carrying a medicine box when he met us. It was obvious that he had just come here to see a patient, and he made the mistress wait for a long time."

Chen complained, "I've said it before, he's just an apprentice in a pharmacy, he hasn't even been to school, how can he be worthy of our Yan'er. Our Yan'er will go to academy next month, and she will be a real talent when she graduates. If we really let Yan'er marry that man, who knows how our relatives and friends will laugh at us behind our backs."

Sun Jintang glared at her and said, "Shut up!"

Chen didn't dare to say anything more and just lowered her head in sulk.

Sun Jintang sighed and said, "Forget it, it's rejected. I will find time to apologize to them tomorrow, so that they won't accuse us of being ungrateful."

Sun Yan'er returned to her boudoir and could not help but take off her embroidered shoes to look at her feet. Thinking of the humiliation she had suffered during the day, her eyes suddenly filled with tears again.

At this time, the maid came to report: "Miss cousin is here."

When Sun Yaner heard this, she quickly wiped her tears, put on her shoes and socks, and went out to greet them.

Stone carved round door.

The flower vines covered the door frames and lintels, and the small flowers that bloomed were red, green and yellow, which were very beautiful and filled the air with fragrance.

As soon as Sun Yaner arrived at the courtyard, she saw a purple figure coming out of the flower gate.

The man was wearing a purple shirt, was tall, had a sword on his waist, looked heroic, had a pair of long, straight and strong legs, and walked with a breeze.

It was her younger cousin Wang Yuru, with whom she had a very good relationship.

Wang Yuru saw her and was about to speak when she suddenly saw her swollen eyes. She asked quickly, "Yan'er, what happened to you? Why are your eyes swollen? Who bullied you?"

"Who bullied you?" As soon as these words came out, Sun Yan'er's grievances suddenly surged into her heart, and tears rolled down her cheeks: "Cousin..."

Seeing this, Wang Yuru quickly helped her into the house.

"Talk to my cousin."

The door was closed and Xiao Cui stood guard in the corridor.

Sun Yaner couldn't hold back her grievances any longer, so she cried and told everyone what happened today.

Of course, some exaggeration is inevitable.

"He...he actually dislikes my big feet, oooo..."

Sun Yaner cried so hard that she was out of breath.

After hearing this, Wang Yuru's eyebrows immediately raised, and she slammed the table and stood up: "What a Luo Zijun, you are going too far! Yan'er, don't cry, wait until tomorrow morning, I will go find him and beat him to the ground to vent your anger!"

Only then did Sun Yaner stop sobbing.

Then she quickly said with tears in her eyes: "Cousin, please don't tell anyone about this, otherwise... otherwise I will be ashamed to live, wuwu..."

Wang Yuru frowned and assured, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

The two chatted for a while.

Sun Yaner couldn't help it, and stole a glance under her skirt, wiping her tears and said, "Cousin, can you...can you take off your shoes and socks, let me see...see your feet?"

Wang Yuru: “???”

(End of this chapter)