Forever, beauty bone

Chapter 7 Zhenjiang in the past (2)
Besides, after the supper that night and today's gift, she probably guessed what kind of family he was.It is very traditional, and there are even many rules that shackle people, just like the princes and nobles in history.

There are templates for food, clothing and housing, not particularity, but inheritance.

Shi Yi was very surprised, how could there be such a family in today's society.

It seems to be alone.

Perhaps the answer, she will know soon.

She readily accepted his suggestion, and the two middle-aged women who followed Zhou Shengchen began to take out the cheongsams and modern equipment from the suitcase in an orderly manner. When Shi Yi watched them iron the cheongsams, Can't help sighing to Zhou Shengchen in a low voice: "What a high standard."

Zhou Shengchen smiled and said nothing.

He quickly leaves the room to give her room to change.

When one of the women was changing her clothes, she suddenly smiled and said: "Miss Shi Yi, don't mind too much, this time the time is too hasty, if you are at home, if you iron it carelessly, you will be deducted wages by the housekeeper." On one side, start to check the unfit place, the size and the on-site try-on are always different.

Shi Yi was curious: "What does it look like at home?"

"There's an old saying, three-point seam, seven-point iron," she laughed, "it's very particular."

She stopped talking, and very skillfully tightened up the loose waistline.The other person carefully opened another dark red wooden box and began to put jewelry on her.

There is an emerald necklace on the chest, a gold inlaid jade bracelet on the wrist, and two rings, all of which are simple and simple.Shi Yi doesn't like jewelry very much, she only has a pair of small diamond studs on her earlobes, and the woman who wears jewelry for her asks her if she wants to change them.She doesn't care too much: "is it his parents who don't like these things?"

The two women looked at each other and smiled: "I don't like this kind of thing."

"Then change it." She took off the shimmering earrings by herself, and replaced them with Cui earrings that seemed to drip water.

Just now when Zhou Shengchen was in this room, they said that they would never force her. The two of them thought that Shi Yi was a very difficult girl, but they were a little surprised that she was so easy to talk to.When the whole suit was on, she looked at herself in the mirror.

It's like going back a hundred years.

When she left the bedroom and walked into the living room, her mother was even more surprised.But fortunately, he was reasonable and didn't ask questions.

Zhou Shengchen stood up from the sofa, her comfort and casualness just now was gone, she looked at him nervously, lacking in confidence.On the other hand, the cousin muttered softly, softly, as if she didn't dare to speak loudly: "I'm going crazy, it's really overwhelming."

Shi Yi gave her a funny look, and then the cousin's eyes flickered, and she made fun of her: "Beauty, I'm not talking about you, but the things on you, which are worth half the price."

This sentence made everyone laugh.

But what she saw was Zhou Shengchen's undisguised, appreciative gaze.

When they arrived in the car, Zhou Shengchen handed her a pure gold collar with a hundred-year-old lock on it.It can be seen that the value of this is not as good as any other thing on her body, but it can also be felt that this thing is very important.Shi Yi put it on, shook the little golden lock hanging around his neck with his palm, and asked him softly: "Your family is in politics?"

He shook his head: "Zhou Sheng's family rules, internal surnames cannot engage in politics."

"Inner surname? Does it mean direct line?"

"The scope is narrower," he explained simply, "Only the eldest son of each generation's direct line can be named Zhou Sheng."

"What about the collateral?"

"Mr.Zhou."

"That is to say, if your father has two sons and you are the eldest son, will your surname be Zhou Sheng? And your younger brother will be surnamed Zhou?" His expression was subtle for a moment, and he quickly smiled: "Almost. "

She groaned: "Then you are in business? Doing business for generations?"

Otherwise, how to accumulate such a deep family business?
Unexpectedly, he shook his head again: "The older generation has old ideas and does not agree with the younger generation to go into business."

She couldn't think of any more.

"It's very complicated." He smiled silently and slowly. "Most of them are the family property accumulated by the older generation. The younger generation doesn't need to do anything, so most of them choose what they like."

"Like, like you?"

"Is my occupation special?" He smiled: "I am more familiar with a younger brother with a foreign surname. He is a nuclear engineer and does not serve any country. He is a dangerous and legendary person. The family is strange. There are a lot of people, but most of them I am not familiar with, I have been studying chemistry since I entered university at the age of 14, and I spend most of my time in the laboratory, and my life is very monotonous."

Shi Yi found it interesting, even though Zhou Shengchen said so, she still thinks he is the most special.

For her, Zhou Shengchen is the only one, regardless of past life or present life.

Although Zhenjiang was Shi Yi's father's ancestral home, they didn't come back often.

Similar to most Jiangnan cities, there are lakes, temples, high and low mountains and stories.The car looked from the lakeside and could see the Jinshan Temple in the distance, which was hazy in the rain.

It was still cloudy in the morning, and now there are signs of heavy rain.

Will stop around here?Or will it continue?

Every few minutes, she guessed whether the car would stop at any time.

It's a pity that the car went all the way south and entered the mountain, and there was no sign of stopping.

The road in the mountain forest, rendered by rain and fog, is very pleasant.

"My mother," Zhou Shengchen said suddenly, "she might be a little cold towards you."

Hearing his tone, Shi Yi was a little serious, but couldn't help becoming nervous again: "Because my family is too ordinary?"

"It's not because of you, it's because my family is a bit special."

This is obvious.

Shi Yi unconsciously turned the gold inlaid jade bracelet on his wrist: "Is there any taboo? For example, your mother, doesn't like what others say? Or we met, is there anything that needs special attention?"

"There is no taboo," he said, "My family is not a tiger or a beast. It's just that you are not a girl she knows. Maybe, she will need some time to get to know you."

She oh.

I thought of what he once said: "You said, you have my complete information? Even my family's."

"Very detailed," he said simply, "detailed, every year's information from your childhood to your adulthood."

Shi Yi couldn't believe it.

"We—" He seemed to recall the day we first met, and said with a slow smile, "We have known each other too specially, so we need some necessary procedures to get to know you."

She didn't expect that such a romantic thing would be approached intentionally by him.

But after a few seconds, she was relieved, she really wanted to approach.If you say it's unintentional, I'm afraid even you won't believe it.

He rested his elbows on a wooden handrail, leaned forward, and seemed to want to take off his coat.Because of his height, there is not enough space in the car for him to stretch, and the movement of taking it off is a little uncomfortable.Shi Yi smoothly pulled one of the sleeves for him and helped him take it off.

Two people, one felt bound and took off his coat, and the other just helped out casually.

With such help, the clothes came into her own hands.

There was still a little warmth in her arms, and she suddenly felt a little dizzy.

"I'll get it." Zhou Shengchen said, he had already taken it and put it on his lap.

Just such a small episode, inexplicably brought a little intimacy between the two.She felt her heart beating a little dry, she turned her head, and continued to look at the rainy and foggy mountains and forests. She really couldn't forget him, but what about him?Why the sudden engagement?If according to what he said, it is "need to be engaged to someone", why is it necessary.

She thinks about these questions belatedly.

I don't know how to be an unmarried couple with him.

Zhou Shengchen saw that she seemed to be in a trance, so he didn't bother her again. He was used to being alone, and of course he was used to not disturbing others.

When she finally saw scattered buildings appear, at the same time, she also heard Zhou Shengchen say: "Slowly you will understand, I am not questioning you, these are some necessary procedures." He said calmly And lightly, the tone was nothing special, but it was obviously to make her feel more comfortable.Shi Yi turned around and smiled at him: "Slowly you will understand that I am very magnanimous, and I don't usually get angry about small things."

The car was parked in front of a very quaint old house, and someone was waiting at the door.

When he got out of the car, he handed the suit coat to the young man waiting at the door, with the umbrella in his hand, he turned around to see the time, and raised his arms slightly: "Is that okay?"

She nodded, feeling that the two of them really seemed to be acting.

Zhou Shengchen held his chest slightly, accommodating the height at which she got out of the car, Shi Yi stretched out one leg, stepped on the wet floor tiles, and quickly grabbed his forearm.She was wearing a long-sleeved cheongsam, and he was wearing a thin shirt. Through two layers of thin fabric, they could still feel each other's body temperature.

She was distracted, and walked out for more than a dozen steps before seriously looking at the place where the courtyard was surrounded by the courtyard.

Although it is an old house, the drainage is very good.

Such a heavy rain came all the way, and there was no water accumulation.

"You lived here since childhood?" She looked at the scene along the way very vaguely.

"Before the age of 14, lived for a while," he said, "not for a long time."

She nodded.

Because he said that he had lived here, he immediately felt that the lonely old house under the rain was a little more friendly.

From time to time, I could meet some people passing by in a hurry, they would pass by the side door or the path, and when they saw Zhou Shengchen, they would stop and bow their bodies.When Shi Yi heard such a mysterious word, he glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, but the latter was very indifferent and didn't respond most of the time.

Only tell the young man leading the way, go directly to see the eldest lady.

Zhou Shengchen who was in a hurry at the airport, Zhou Shengchen who occasionally chatted and laughed in Qinglong Temple, and Zhou Shengchen who was a little mysterious in Shanghai, all had nothing to do with this person now.

It wasn't until the two of them walked into the shelter and someone carefully wiped off the water stains on their shoes that this feeling became clearer.There were more than a dozen middle-aged women and girls in the rain shelter. They were all laughing and chatting. When they walked in, they all got up naturally or sat upright.

All eyes fell on her vaguely.

And Zhou Shengchen didn't greet anyone, as if he was not very familiar with them.

Only the woman sitting on the wicker chair in the northwest corner remained unchanged.

Just looking at her demeanor and sitting posture, Shi Yi could roughly guess that this very dignified middle-aged woman was Zhou Shengchen's mother.While she was guessing, the woman had already opened her mouth: "Who is this lady?"

"She is Shi Yi." Zhou Shengchen clasped her hand that was holding his own, and gently held it.

Everyone looked surprised, and some even didn't quite understand it.

Shi Yi heard his heart pounding violently against his chest, uneasy and apprehensive.

Zhou Shengchen's mother looked at her for a few seconds, then smiled slightly and slowly: "Miss Shi Yi, hello."

"Auntie, hello." She said.

The calm voice gently hit everyone's ears.

She made herself smile as humbly as possible, accepting his mother's scrutiny.

The sound of heavy rain adds to the atmosphere at this moment.

For some reason, she felt that his mother was not as simple as "coldness" as he said, but that she really didn't like herself.

What happened next also confirmed this fact.

Zhou Shengchen's mother just asked her if she had eaten lunch very kindly, and after knowing that Shi Yi hadn't, she said softly and naturally: "Miss Shi Yi, I'm very sorry. It's also a cold food day at Zhou Sheng's house these few days. If there is an open fire to cook food, I won’t keep you for lunch, but let my son take care of you as a landlord and choose a suitable place in Zhenjiang to entertain you, okay?”

Very tactful eviction order.

She had no choice at all, just nodded along and said, thank you auntie.

He just watched his mother stand up from the wicker chair with the support of others, and wrapped her shawl in a leisurely way: "Sorry, Miss Shi Yi." She was still smiling, and after Shi Yi nodded to Shi Yi, she patted Zhou Shengchen lightly. right arm: "After sending Miss Shi Yi back, come to talk to my mother. It's been a long time since we've seen each other, and our mother and son are strangers."

Zhou Shengchen's voice was devoid of any emotion: "I may not come back tonight."

"If you don't have time tonight, then tomorrow morning."

The eyes of the mother and the son crossed. His mother left the rain shelter, leaving behind people who had nothing to do with the pavilion, and continued to look at Shi Yi with different expressions.Zhou Shengchen shook her hand: "Let's go."

Even though he was prepared, it was still embarrassing.

Shi Yi never imagined that such a well-dressed and anxiously anticipated meeting would end hastily.

Later, the two left there by car, and entered the modern city from the old house with a strong sense of history.

The two had lunch in a private room on the second floor, facing the lake outside the window.

She didn't eat much, just drank hot tea and watched him eat.

The more he got in touch with, the more he could see that his childhood education must have been very good.Even the gestures of holding bamboo chopsticks and the habit of picking up vegetables are very strict.There is some randomness in the rules, which is probably due to his character.

"I thought, I told you about her reaction in advance, and you would be prepared," Zhou Shengchen took a sip of his tea and said indifferently, "At least let yourself not be so sad."

She smiled awkwardly: "I didn't expect your mother to reject me so much."

"In her eyes, my engagement is a very important thing, and as early as my teens, I have selected some suitable wife candidates," he leaned gently on the seat, his tone was very serious, "a People started preparing gifts more than ten years ago, but found that they were useless in the end, and loss is always inevitable.”

She suddenly realized, no wonder his mother looked at her with doubts and disappointment.

However, it is really unheard of to start choosing a wife in more than ten years.

"She picked some, and then she will give you the final selection?"

He took a sip of his tea, intentionally ignoring the question.

She lowered her head and thought, why does he always have a life experience that makes people difficult to get close to.

But that's the only way to be worthy of him.

"Still angry?" he asked her.

Shi Yi pursed his lips, wanted to laugh, but he didn't, so he could only jokingly say: "No, I'm just curious, how your family will let you pick your own wife."

"very curious?"

"A little bit," she deliberately made things difficult, "if you are willing to tell me something, I might find it interesting, so I won't be angry."

He seemed to be thinking: "If you can be happy, you can consider it and let you see it."

He quickly turned his head, called the middle-aged driver who was waiting at the door, and said something.

The driver couldn't help smiling, and looked at Shi Yi inexplicably.

Not long after, the driver turned back again and brought an extremely heavy folder, which he had gone back to pick up temporarily.Shi Yi opened it and looked, it turned out to be a very detailed introduction of the characters.Perhaps the person who prepared this book didn't like the feeling of high-definition photos, and all kinds of handmade portraits matched the text.

"Is there really someone who is willing to print his daughter here for you to see?" She would feel awkward flipping through it like this, I can't imagine that Zhou Shengchen would hold these, and someone next to him would ask him who he has a crush on.

"They are all family friends of Zhou Sheng's family." He replied.

She groaned, and was embarrassed to turn the pages: "You are really like the princes and generals in the past, the rules for marrying wives are so complicated."

It is a very orthodox way to select the daughter of the aristocratic family and match the birth date.

But if it appeared in the 21st century, wouldn't it be too mysterious?

What kind of family does he have to make these young ladies willing to offer portraits.Although Shi Yi has heard that there are many family businesses with their own huge families, and there are always girls who will be raised in deep boudoirs, born for the right marriage.Although she heard it from hearsay, she also understood that what such a well-matched marriage requires is the absolute attraction of assets.

The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to see him.

Zhou Shengchen shifted his gaze to her hands: "Are these two rings suitable for you?"

Shi Yi turned the ring lightly with his fingers, and answered truthfully: "It's a little loose, but it won't fall off."

He nodded.

"what happened?"

"I probably know your size. When choosing an engagement ring, you won't make a big mistake."

(End of this chapter)