Chapter 216 A good sister-in-law chooses a husband for her sister
The stars are reflected on the stream, the breeze blows, the water waves rippling, and the light and shadows are rippling... But although the beautiful scenery is beautiful, the afternoon couplet seems to have consumed everyone's elegant interest. When watching the stars, no one speaks. They all sit quietly by the railings and look up at the stars in the night sky. It doesn't look like watching the stars, but it looks like they are staring blankly, and the atmosphere seems a bit dull.
"The Big Dipper is connected, it really looks like a spoon of wine scooping." Ye Shuting pointed to the night sky and said strangely.
Wei Lingjuan smiled and said, "Our sister Ting is so amazing. She found the Big Dipper in the sky."
"What's the difficulty of finding the Big Dipper." Ye Shuting raised her eyebrows with a little smugness, "Not only can I find the Big Dipper, I also know that the Big Dipper is composed of those seven stars."
The Zhaoping County Lord looked back at her and asked with a smile: "Which seven stars is it?"
"It's Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang." Ye Shuting hooked her finger and counted the names of the seven stars, but continued to show off, "Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji and Tianquan are the four stars, Mingkui, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang are the handle of the fight, Mingpao. Mother, what I said is correct?"
"Yes, you're right." County Lord Zhaoping nodded with a smile.
"Ting'er, you know the Big Dipper and you can find it in the air. Then, for the father, you will test you. The handle of this bucket refers to the east, the guide, the west, and the north. What seasons are they?" Ye Fan asked.
"Ah!" Ye Shuting pursed her lips. She didn't know about this, and looked at everyone with a look of help.
When she saw Song Ruoxi, Song Ruoxi shook her head helplessly. She didn't even know what the Big Dipper is composed of the seven stars, let alone what direction the handle of the bucket pointed to and what season it was.
Seeing that his little daughter couldn't answer, Ye Fan looked at his sons, "Who knows you guys?"
"Father, son knows." Ye Xiaogong spoke first.
"Come and listen." Ye Fan said.
Ye Xiaogong stood up and said, "The handle of the Dou is pointed to the east, and the world is spring; the handle of the sky guides the south, and the world is summer; the handle of the Dou is pointed to the west, and the world is autumn; the handle of the Dou is pointed to the north, and the world is winter."
"Father, is the fourth brother's answer correct?" Ye Shuting asked.
Ye Fan nodded and asked again: "Which seven ministers in the court correspond to the seven stars?"
Ye Xiaogong replied: "The seven stars correspond to the censors, the Grand Secretary, and the Shaofu..."
After hearing Ye Xiao’s answer, Ye Fan became interested and got the exam for the astrological problems of the four sons.
Ye Shuhua learned stargazing with Master Jueming. Although he only knew a little bit of fur, he answered very well. What is the eight stars of the willows, and the three stars are close to the wine, and the big star is guarding the five stars. What is the autumn moon, the moon is not gathered in the room, the blind plays drums, the gentleman runs, and the common people walk away.
Song Ruoxi was confused when he heard this, and a feeling of sleepiness came. He covered his mouth and yawned. Instead of listening to them say these profound and difficult words, it would be better to go back to the room to sleep.
"Father, it's already late at night, it's time to rest." Ye Shuhua used his heart and paid attention to his wife's situation while answering the questions. Seeing her yawning, he immediately ended his answer.
Ye Fan frowned and glanced at him. Seeing that the women all looked tired, the county lord Zhaoping was leaning against the pillar, half-squinted his eyes, as if he was about to fall asleep. He did not blame Ye Shuhua and waved, "Let's go away!"
The younger generations stood up but did not leave. After Yefan and Zhaoping County Lord got on the car, they each got on the car and returned to the yard where they lived.
"This stargazing technique is not accurate at all." Song Ruoxi leaned on Ye Shuhua's shoulder, half-squinted at the stars flashing in the sky. She really couldn't see any connection between these stars and the people on the ground.
"The mystery of stars is the first mystery of heaven and earth. Star-gazing is derived from Fuxi hexagram, and it is better than it. Star-gazing can not only predict the weather, observe, but also avoid disasters and know the past and future. Master looked at the sky at night and knew that the Emperor of He Kingdom was about to die, and knew that Chen Mo, the dark emperor star, would turn dark into light, and become a new emperor star."
Song Ruoxi sneered and asked, "These five countries have censors and grand officials. So which country does these seven stars correspond to?"
Ye Shu is choking with Chinese words.
"There are five emperors in five countries. Correspondingly, there are five emperor stars in the sky. The emperor stars are all the same. So how can you know which emperor is? Maybe the master has misread it. It is not Emperor He who wants to die." Song Ruoxi held a grudge against the fact that he was flirting with the Emperor of Min and cursed him about to die.
"I only learned a little bit about astrology. These profound ones need to be asked for a teacher." Ye Shuhua mentioned Master Jueming, and remembered that his deadline was approaching, and sighed sadly, "I have no chance to ask Master for advice."
Seeing this, Song Ruoxi hurriedly comforted him and said, "The master is going to the Western Paradise. This is a joy, don't be sad."
Ye Shuhua clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's chant: "Master has fulfilled his merits."
The next day, when Yefan returned to Dengying City, he finished handling the city affairs, and went to Danningju to talk to the Zhaoping County Lord about Ping'er. "I remember that Ping'er was fourteen years old at the end of September. It was time to find a family for her, back up her dowry, and send her out."
"Okay, why did you suddenly remember to find someone for Pingyao?" County Lord Zhaoping asked in confusion.
"Men are married when they are old, and women are married when they are old." Ye Fan was afraid that she would think too much, so he did not tell the truth and dealt with her with false words.
The county lord Zhaoping frowned, thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "It was not an accident that she sprained her foot, but something happened, right?"
"Don't think about it all, nothing happened." Ye Fan lowered his head and drank a sip of tea. "Yuxian was only fifteen years old and married. Pingyao is almost fourteen years old. It's time to find someone for her, otherwise they would think that our uncles and aunts were not willing to treat her and neglect her, the orphan."
The suspicion in the eyes of the Zhaoping County Lord did not diminish, but he did not ask any further, "City Lord can anyone choose?"
"No, look at the pick and get this done as soon as possible."
The Zhaoping County Lord's eyes flashed, "I understand."
In the afternoon of that day, the Lord of Zhaoping asked Madam Zhou to collect information about men in the city that was comparable to Ping'er.
Madam Zhou was extremely efficient in doing things. After four or five days, she presented a stack of investigation materials and portraits to the Lord of Zhaoping County.
The Zhaoping County Lord looked through it. There were a lot of people and couldn't make up his mind. He wanted to find someone to discuss it. After thinking about it, Song Ruoxi was the most suitable candidate. He asked the maid to go to Shuyuyuan to invite her over, "Yuxian, come, see how these men?"
Song Ruoxi walked over in surprise, looked at the many portraits of men on the table, each with a straight face, frowned and asked, "Mother, what are you doing?"
"Pinger is not young anymore. The city lord means to choose a family for her and let her get married."
Song Ruoxi's eyes flashed. This was just thinking of a way to relieve this hidden danger. Someone brought the solution to the door. Now he could drive away the vixen who covet her man, look at the portrait and information very carefully, and find an unlucky man who took over the bottle.
There are many men who are suitable for marriage and have good family backgrounds. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law analyzed for two or three days based on Ping'er's age, family background and identity, and selected five people.
"Go and invite Miss Ping." County Lord Zhaoping thought that the person who got married was Ping'er, so it would be better to ask her for her opinion.
"Mother, Miss Ping sprained her foot and it's not convenient to come here. Why don't you let me ask her for her opinion?" Song Ruoxi volunteered.
Song Ruoxi was Ping'er's sister-in-law. When she asked, it was the most suitable. The Zhaoping County Lord agreed happily. Song Ruoxi took the maid and took the portraits and information of the five people to find Ping'er in Xiyuan.
"I would like to pay my respects to the young lady." The maid in the courtyard saluted Song Ruoxi, turned around and informed him, "Miss Ping, the young lady is here to see you."
"Bang" a crisp sound came from the house, and Ping'er's voice came out immediately, "Tell her to leave, I don't want to see her."
The maids looked at Song Ruoxi in embarrassment, but did not dare to say anything to ask her to leave.
Song Ruoxi smiled and walked in. When he entered the door, he saw a tea cup broken on the ground. Fragments of tea and tea were sprinkled all over the ground. He smiled quietly, "Miss Bottle is so angry."
Hearing her voice, Ping'er looked up and stared at her with resentful eyes, "What are you doing?"
Song Ruoxi found a chair a little far away from Zhang Lipinger, pointed to the portrait Qinghe held in his hand and said, "Miss Ping is not young anymore. The man is old and the woman is old. My mother has specially chosen five men suitable for marriage for you. Let's take a look and choose one of them."
Qinghe sent the portrait to Pinger.
Ping'er turned his eyes in disbelief and looked at the portrait in Qinghe's hand. He reached out to sweep it, swept the portrait to the ground, and stared at Song Ruoxi again, saying hatefully: "Song, you are too bullying! You are so shameless when you use such despicable means!"
"Pa" Xiang Xiu stepped forward and slapped the bottle, scolding him: "You are so bold, you dare to disrespect the young lady!"
"You, you, the lowly maid, dares to hit me. If I don't beat you, the bitch to death, my surname will not be Li." Ping'er said, pounced on Xiangxiu like a vicious dog, trying to catch her.
Xiang Xiu stepped back lightly, and the bottle flew away and almost fell from the couch. She was so scared that she gasped and her face turned red and turned pale.
Song Ruoxi raised his hand and covered his mouth with a veil, endured the gloating smile, and coughed lightly: "Miss Bottle, marriage between men and women has always been the order of parents. The matchmaker's words have never been the reason for sending her daughter to the door to force marriage."
Ping'er's eyes changed, "Did you do it on purpose?"
Song Ruoxi did not answer her question and said, "Your parents both died, and the city lord and his wife adopted you. Originally, the city lord and his wife decided to make the decision to make the marriage, but the city lord and his wife were afraid of being wronged, so they chose five people for you to choose. You should choose one quickly and don't delay the big thing."
"I don't believe it. You lie. My uncle and aunt won't treat me like this. I'm going to find my uncle, I'm going to find my aunt." Ping'er jumped off the couch, didn't even wear shoes, picked up her skirt and ran out the door.
Xiang Xiu and Qinghe reached out to stop her.
Chapter completed!