What Xu Zizhen was most afraid of was such sour words. It took him a long time to understand what Hao Dong was talking about. Translated into vernacular, it meant: His family is a prince, and my family is a water bandit. I can't afford to be a close relative.
He laughed and was about to speak, but Gao Chong finally came to his senses, grabbed him anxiously and said, "Brother-in-law... when did I ask you to make the decision on my marriage?"
Xu Zizhen slapped Gao Chong on the forehead and asked, "Do you really dislike Brother Hao's family background?"
Gao Chong was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he had been misunderstood. He quickly shook his head and said, "How can that be possible? My family has never had this problem."
"Then we're not married?" Xu Zizhen said, "Anyway, I know your father hasn't made an engagement for you yet. Brother Hao's character and ability are beyond words. You're such a good girl. I finally came to Suzhou to meet you. I'll
I made a decision for you for your father, I guess your father will smile crookedly when he finds out."
Seeing that Gao Chong still wanted to speak, Xu Zizhen asked immediately: "Either do you think the girl is ugly? Do you think she is too fierce?"
Gao Chong was so anxious that he waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no."
Xu Zizhen took the opportunity and turned to Hao Donglai and said: "Brother Hao, look, this boy sees that the girl is beautiful and gentle. They have eyes for each other. Why don't you agree quickly? I will prepare the gift as much as you want, and we will settle the matter today."
Are you off, huh?"
Gao Chong was dumbfounded. Xu Zizhen was simply taking the words out of context. When did he think that Hao Yatou was beautiful and gentle? But he was embarrassed to say otherwise in front of others, so he opened his mouth wide and didn't know what to say.
Hao Yatou was also dumbfounded. She just came along for the sake of courtesy, so why did she suddenly become the target of marriage proposal?
Hao Donglai was even more dumbfounded. He and Xu Zizhen were brothers, but he had already admired Xu Zizhen so much that he wished he could betroth his daughter to him. But he didn't expect that before he even opened his mouth, he would tell him everything, and he would eventually become his brother-in-law.
Seeking marriage, this...
Several people looked at me and I looked at you. No one forgot to speak. Xu Zizhen was not in a hurry. Anyway, he had calculated the mentality of several people. He was not afraid that Hao Donglai would not agree to this matter, and as long as he agreed, the next thing would be
It went smoothly.
Sure enough, after changing his expression several times, Hao Donglai finally said with a wry smile: "Okay, this is a great thing, I agree."
Hao Yatou was so anxious that she shouted: "Dad!"
Hao Donglai said with a straight face: "Daddy will make the decision for you in this marriage. Come and invite me from Tang Qian's family." The minions outside the house left in response. The person Hao Donglai wanted to invite was Tang Qian's wife. What a coincidence.
, this woman is regarded as the matchmaker in this water village, and she has always taken care of all marriage matters in the water village.
Hao Yatou was anxious and annoyed. She gritted her silver teeth and glared at Hao Donglai, then turned to glare at Xu Zizhen, stamped her feet, turned around and rushed out the door.
Xu Zizhen patted Gao Chong on the back of the head: "Why don't you catch up and comfort her? She will be your wife from now on."
Gao Chong turned around and left with a dark face. It was unclear whether he went there to comfort Hao Yatou.
Now only Hao Donglai and Xu Zizhen were left in the room. They looked at each other and suddenly laughed together.
Hao Donglai pointed at Xu Zizhen and said: "You kid, tell me, what are you doing here? I don't believe you went to all this trouble just to abduct my daughter."
Xu Zizhen clapped his hands and praised: "Brother Hao is really smart. It's so easy to talk to you." He walked to Hao Donglai, pulled up a chair to sit down, and leaned closer and said, "Brother Hao, do you want to fuck Golden Dog?"
Hao Donglai looked at him with a half-smile but said, "What, you want me to take my brothers to Bianjing to rescue him?"
Xu Zizhen shook his head: "I don't mean that. Bianjing is thousands of miles away from here. The day lilies will be cold by the time you arrive. What I want you to take your brothers to is... to Beijing."
Hao Donglai was startled, and then his expression changed drastically: "Going to Beijing?"
"Exactly." Xu Zizhen also put away his smile and said slowly, "I would like to ask Brother Hao to lead the brothers to secretly build a powerful naval force. One day, they can steal the golden dog's retreat from the sea and attack the doghouse.
,Brother Hao, do you dare?"
Hao Donglai stood up suddenly, almost knocking over the table, and said excitedly: "Dare! Of course I dare! I..." At this point, he paused, took a deep breath and gradually calmed down, shook his head and said, "
It's easy to say, but the sea route is not my Taihu Lake. I can go wherever I want with oars and sails."
Xu Zizhen said with a smile: "I can go if I say I can. Brother Hao, just agree to this or not."
Now Hao Donglai became curious and asked: "What can you do? I know your kid is a bit watery, but do you still know how to sail?"
Xu Zizhen laughed loudly: "I know a lot of things, so let's do this. Let's arrange the marriage between the girl and the Gao Chong boy in the next two days. Then you can go somewhere with me. Then you will naturally believe what I say.
Yes, how about it?"
When Hao Dong came to see him, he didn't say anything and couldn't do anything to him. He pondered for a moment and said: "Brothers are brothers, but I still have to protect so many brothers in our water village. Seeing is believing. I will say what you say when I see it."
you."
Xu Zizhen said: "No problem."
Hao Donglai suddenly laughed and said: "You kid, if you say you don't want to be accepted, then you've been making trouble for a long time, isn't this what you're doing?"
"That's different." Xu Zizhen said with a smile, "First of all, I am not on official salary, and I tell you that this matter has nothing to do with recruitment. Secondly... Brother Hao, you are already half buried in the ground, don't you want to leave something for the girl?
A good family background? Didn’t you consider this when you agreed to my marriage proposal just now?"
Hao Donglai laughed and cursed: "Fart! What do you mean half-buried? Do you dare to call me old? Come on, you can get me drunk and talk about this." As he said this, he pushed the wine bowl over again and specially refilled it.
This time Xu Zizhen did not push away, but took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Hao Donglai was not slower than him, and drank the wine in the bowl almost at the same time. The two of them put the empty bowls on the table together, staring at each other with big eyes.
He laughed at the same time.
Not long after, a woman arrived, who was Tang Qian's wife. As soon as she entered the door, she greeted Hao Donglai and then greeted Xu Zizhen familiarly. It was obvious that Tang Qian often talked about Xu Zizhen with his wife at home.
The marriage between Hao Yatou and Gao Chong was decided by Hao Donglai and Xu Zizhen. It was just a matter of asking a matchmaker to avoid missing etiquette. The two talked about the betrothal gifts and so on while drinking. Tang Qian's family took note of them one by one, and finally the two parties exchanged
Once you know your birth date, it's done.
After Tang Qian's family left, Hao Donglai went to close the door in person, then walked to Xu Zizhen and asked in a low voice: "Brother, tell me, when do you plan to go to Beijing?"
Xu Zizhen chuckled, picked up the wine bowl and took another sip, but this time he didn't say anything because he wanted to give Hao Dong a big surprise.