flstandardbreds Chapter 114: Miss Shi, have you heard about the three generations of ancestral worship?
Chapter 114: Miss Shi, have you heard about the three generations of ancestral worship?
"Little girl, come out." After Qiao Lian'er finished her breakfast, she heard Shi Murou calling her outside.
Qiao Xier was drawing water from the well. She glanced at Shi Murou outside with an indifferent look, and then returned to the work at hand.
Shi Murou was also looking at her. If Qiao Xier was still thinking about Shen Liang, she would have some resentment and jealousy towards her.
But Qiao Xier's behavior was like she was looking at an irrelevant person, without any emotion.
Shi Murou was puzzled. She stared at Qiao Xier, as if trying to find a flaw, but Qiao Xier's movements were not as natural as hers. It was as if she had completely let go of something.
As a woman, Shi Murou was particularly sensitive to this issue and felt that she was not wrong.
But Shen Liang said that Qiao Xier still missed him——
Qiao Jianer came out. She knew Shi Murou had come because she was confused.
"Shen Liang was bitten by a snake yesterday evening." Shi Murou said.
Qiao Jianer pretended to be surprised: "Didn't you use it to make soup? How did you get bitten? Were you not careful when handling the snake?"
Shi Murou didn't answer her directly: "Shen Liang insisted that the snake crawled in from outside, but you told me that he bought it from a snake catcher. Who of you is telling the truth and who is lying? One of you must be lying to me."
"Shen Liang told Miss Shi that the snake came in from outside? That's impossible. I saw him coming out of the alley where he preyed on people, holding a snake in his hand. I thought he was going to make soup for Miss Shi."
"You really saw it with your own eyes, maybe you saw it wrongly?" Shi Murou looked nervous.
"If Miss Shi doesn't believe me, go ask the snake catcher. There's only one snake catcher in Xicheng Alley. Ask him if a young man in a green shirt, about sixteen or seventeen, came to buy a snake yesterday. You'll know what kind of snake he bought, and then you'll know."
Shi Murou became even more panicked when she saw Qiao Jianer's confident look. Secretly, she hoped that Qiao Jianer was lying, because he and Shen Liang had a deep relationship and they were going to spend their lives together. How could she accept Shen Liang deceiving her?
Her breathing became a little rapid as she stared at Qiao Jianer.
"If Shen Liang lied to me, why did he lie to me?"
Qiao Jianer thought for a moment: "After Shen Liang was poisoned, did he ask Miss Shi to do anything?"
Shi Murou hesitated for a moment and then told her: "He asked me to take this opportunity to talk to my grandfather about our marriage. He hopes to finalize it as soon as possible."
"No wonder." Qiao Jian'er touched his chin: "This is probably Shen Liang's purpose, if he did this on purpose."
"Purpose?" Shi Murou felt that this was a bad word and shouldn't be used on Shen Liang.
"Mr. Shi has not agreed to your marriage yet. Shen Liang hopes that by doing this, Mr. Shi will take him seriously, and maybe it will become a smooth sailing."
"But he doesn't need to hurt himself."
"To achieve one's wish, it's okay to be a little ruthless. But Miss Shi, you still have to be careful. People who are ruthless to themselves..." Qiao Jian'er looked into Shi Murou's eyes: "They may be even more ruthless to others. This is an irrefutable truth since ancient times."
Shi Murou saw the calmness in her eyes and couldn't help but shudder secretly.
"Impossible, Brother Shen Liang wouldn't do that to me. Even if he did, it would only be because he wanted to be with me as soon as possible. It's not a sin. You don't know how much he loves me. He said he's willing to give me his heart and liver, so he can't wait to marry me."
But if it is true, Shen Liang was willing to let the poisonous snake bite him in order to achieve his goal. This matter itself is creepy, and it makes Shi Murou feel an indescribable sense of danger.
Because in her mind, Shen Liang has always been a gentle man like jade.
"Humph, you're trying to get close to a young lady from a wealthy family, and you're trying to make our daughter from the Qiao family a concubine. That's wishful thinking. Even if our daughter from the Qiao family never gets married, she won't become anyone's concubine."
Old Mrs. Qiao was cursing in the yard.
"The Qiao family has nothing, but they have backbone. Even their blood is made of iron, and even death cannot erase it."
"Your Shen family really has a good idea. God is watching and will not let your dream come true."
Shi Murou's face was shocked, and her pupils dilated: "Little girl, what is your grandma saying in there?"
Her voice was trembling, and she obviously couldn't believe what she heard.
Either something was said wrong, or she heard it wrong.
Qiao Jianer shook her head: "It's nothing. My grandma was angry about what happened before, but it's all in the past. It's just that my grandma still can't swallow this anger."
"He's old, so it's inevitable that he'll have downtime. Miss Shi, please don't take it to heart."
"But I heard your grandma mentioned the Shen family." Shi Murou became anxious.
"It's all in the past, it's nothing serious." Qiao Jian'er said, "We didn't agree to the Shen family's request."
Shi Murou felt cold all over, and her lips trembled: "Tell me, did the Shen family come to you again later and say that they wanted your cousin to be Shen Liang's concubine?"
Qiao Jianer sighed: "Maybe it's just the Shen family's idea. Shen Liang doesn't think so."
"But I've read some storybooks where a scholar from an ordinary family hooks up with a young lady from a wealthy family. He's attracted by the lady's wealth and wants to marry her. But he's not content with just that. He wants to take a beautiful and virtuous woman as a concubine. With a wealthy wife and a beautiful concubine, his life is simply too perfect. He's praised as a winner everywhere he goes and a role model for men."
"If a rich lady is lucky and magnanimous, she might be able to spend her whole life with a scholar. But if she is less fortunate, all her wealth will be embezzled, or even her life will be lost. In other words, her entire family will be wiped out."
"But I believe in Miss Shi's judgment. Miss Shi should not make the wrong choice. Maybe Shen Liang is an exception."
"Even if I want to marry Shen Liang, he will be my son-in-law. I can't bring my family's property to marry into Datian Village, and I can't be controlled by him." Shi Murou said.
She is the only daughter in the family and was trained as the heir, so her aspirations are naturally different from those of ordinary ladies.
The Shi family has her grandfather, her parents, and the servants also listen to her.
Shen Liang must not stir up trouble.
Seeing that Shi Murou had thought of this, Qiao Jianer knew that she no longer had the same feelings for Shen Liang as before, or at least there was a rift and estrangement between them.
"Miss Shi, have you heard of the three generations returning to the clan?"