Half a year later, the sad atmosphere of Liu's death has gradually faded from the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Wang Hongqing's father Wang Juntong officially took his son to the Pu family to propose marriage.

Wang Juntong bowed and said, "I heard that the adopted daughter of Pu's family, Chen Shuqing, and my dog ​​Wang Hongqing, have admired each other for a long time. Now both of them are over the age of marriage. I specially brought Qing'er to the palace to propose marriage. As long as the gentleman is willing to betroth Shuqing Yu Qing'er, I promise that he will hold a glorious wedding for the two and present a generous dowry. I wonder what the gentleman wants?"

Chen Shuqing was hiding in the boudoir at this moment, pressing against the wall and eavesdropping on the conversation in the main hall, and a sweet smile appeared on her face.

Unexpectedly, Pu Songling just returned the courtesy: "I thank the king and the young master who respected my Shuqing, but the marriage matters need to be discussed for a long time. I dare not agree rashly for a while."

Wang Juntong only thought it was Pu Songling who was doubtful about the betrothal gift and said with a smile: "Haha, sir, don't have to make a long-term plan. I have already considered all the gifts carefully. On the day of marriage, the Wang family must have presented 108 taels of silver as much as possible, welcomed 16 taels of silver, knocked on the door, and added 18 coins of silver, held a 10000 liang of silver, held a 1000 liang of silver, welcomed 100 liang of silver, welcomed 100 liang of silver, and put up a letter to prove it! In this way, sir can rest assured, right?"

The standards raised by Wang Juntong are far beyond ordinary people, and he thinks he is confident. Unexpectedly, Pu Songling still shirks: "Everyone knows that Wang Yuanwai's family is a well-known wealthy family. This statement has fully reflected his sincerity. I am deeply grateful. However, I do not value money in dealing with people. I am really worried and difficult to obey my destiny."

Pu Songling's refusal was really unexpected. Wang Hongqing and Chen Shuqing, who was behind the door, were both shocked. Wang Juntong naturally didn't understand the meaning, so he had to say further: "Okay, then I will present another shop in Jinan City. This is the bottom line in my heart. I hope that sir will not refuse!"

Pu Songling sighed and said, "Oh, I am old and my life and death are already in the middle of my life. How can I care about these things outside my body? I have a hard time rejecting the prince's beautiful intentions these days. I also ask the prince's wife not to persevere and make me embarrassed."

When Chen Shuqing heard this, she almost jumped out of the house.

Seeing that Pu Songling was so stubborn, Wang Juntong was seriously injured and asked with a gloomy face: "Does my sir dislike my Qing'er's indecent face and is not worthy of your beautiful Shuqing?"

When Pu Songling heard this, he quickly apologized and said, "Where is it... If you can become a relative of Wang Yuanwai, who is out of reach within ten miles of this radius? The problem is not that you are the one who is the fault of my Pu family... Alas, it's hard to describe it, Wang Yuanwai should ask him back."

"Hmph!" Wang Juntong lost face and was furious. He brushed his sleeves and greeted Wang Hongqing, "Let's go!"

"Hey, Dad..." Wang Hongqing wanted to fight for something, but saw Wang Jun walking out without looking back, so he had to sigh deeply and leave.

Before the two left, Chen Shuqing rushed out impatiently and asked: "Sir, Aqing and I love each other, and the Wang family is satisfied to propose marriage. Why do you just disagree with this good thing of adult beauty?"

Pu Songling sighed and said, "Don't I want to marry you out, but...but, you are a monster!"

"So what about monsters? I can always keep the human appearance. As long as you don't say it, who will know if I don't say it?"

"You think things too simple. Have you ever thought about how you spend your whole life with him? Wang Hongqing will grow old day by day, but what about you, there will be no big changes in another one or two hundred years. Can this be covered up? Also, don't you have children?"

Chen Shuqing almost cried and shouted willfully: "Then I will tell him the truth. Actually, I am a monster. He loves me so much, and he will understand me! We can go to a place where there is no one. We don't want children. I will accompany him to grow old and die..."

Pu Songling still sighed and said, "You think too simple about humans. Once humans change their minds, they will become more vicious than monsters... Even if he understands you, what about his family? Do you know that his mother was eaten by a leech back then? The monster leech happened to be nine-headed and nine-tailed, so similar to you. Once you appear, they will only think that you are a human-eating monster and burn you to death with a torch."

"If that's the case, I'll kill them first!"

"No, absolutely not!" Pu Songling said sternly, "Shuqing, promise me that no matter what happens, you must not harm humans!"

Chen Shuqing cried in tears, "Can I never get married?" When she said this, she couldn't help but feel sad, turned around and ran back to the boudoir and burst into tears.

The news that Pu Songling refused Wang Juntong's proposal was spread quickly among the villagers. People were puzzled by Pu Songling's decision. In their minds, it was a matter of being a must-have for Chen Shuqing and Wang Hongqing to become relatives. Pu Songling had no reason and no need to stop the marriage.

Humans are such animals. Once the good things that are considered to have not happened, they will judge that there must be some kind of evil conspiracy behind them. Of course, they will only guess the reasons behind the matter from their own perspective, so the rumors spread like wildfire in Pujiazhuang soon.

"Oh, the girl in Pu Songling's family is almost twenty years old, and she won't let her get married. Mr. Wang comes with a lot of betrothal gifts and doesn't give her face. Why do you think this is?"

"Hmph, I said it was the daughter of a relative who fled from another place. I think Chen Shuqing is probably the little wife raised by him, Pu Songling, right?"

"Isn't it? He finally endured his wife until his death. He had such a beautiful yellow-flowered daughter at home. Do you think he could let her go?"

"Oh, so this old man is a good guy to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but this character is, oh, I think even beasts are not as good as beasts!"

...

Pu Songling just smiled helplessly for such rumors on the other side and never responded positively.

Although Pu Songling disagreed with their marriage, he did not object to their normal relationship. Chen Shuqing still had a secret meeting with Wang Hongqing between the surrounding mountains and rivers as always.

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was the 54th year of Kangxi and 1715 AD.

One day, Wang Hongqing used his three Mongolian hippos to carry the two from Dujuan Lake home. Along the way, Wang Hongqing nagged again: "Shuqing, what do you mean by your Liuquan lay Buddhist? You are almost twenty years old. Even if he refuses to betroth you to me, at least he should have promised you to others. What kind of morality is it to keep you at home when you are so old? It would be strange if others don't talk about his gossip."

Chen Shuqing replied: "Oh, you don't know. Sir, this is his virtue. Every time he talks about my marriage, he feels depressed. I don't know what to do."

Wang Hongqing suggested: "Or, let's elope and go to a place where no one knows us, and we will spend our lives carefree."

Chen Shuqing was shocked and said, "No, no! Sir has a life-saving grace for me. If it weren't for him, I would have starved to death. How could I do such a tragic thing?"

Wang Hongqing said: "You are unwilling to disobey him, but have you ever thought about me? The people who come to my house to propose marriage are almost in line to Jinan. If I hadn't been stubborn, my father would have taken four or five daughters-in-law. However, every time I fight him, I feel that the pressure on me is a little bigger and I can't bear it anymore... Shuqing, let Mr. Liu Quan give me a happy word, whether he agrees with our marriage, I am willing to wait until you are twenty years old. If he is still stubborn, I...I will give up."
Chapter completed!