By Jia Xiuzhen

Xue Biao also got the letter at home, and hurried over. Seeing that Xia's family had all left, he persuaded Aunt Xue a few words, and seeing Aunt Xue looked very tired, he left and went back.

As soon as he entered the door, a little girl said: "Grandma, please come over and talk." Xue Biao knew that Xing Xiuyan was also concerned about Aunt Xue's affairs, so she hurried inside.

When he entered, Xing Xiuyan and Baoqin were settling accounts at the table. Seeing Xue Biao coming, Baoqin got up and saluted, and said with a smile, "my brother and sister-in-law must have something to say. I'll go back to my room first." I looked at the account book and went out.

Xue Biao told Xing Xiuyan about the old lady of the Xia family's troubles, but Xing Xiuyan remained silent for a long time, Fang said: "We have a few businesses in Beijing, why don't we close them. The shopkeepers also sent a batch back to the south first." Go, if anyone is willing to stay, the contract will be released, let them do what they want."

Since Xue Biao married Xing Xiuyan, he was afraid that she would dislike him for being too coppery, but he never expected that Xing Xiuyan would also be of great help in business. Now hearing what she said, he frowned and asked: "Are you Worry?……"

Xing Xiuyan nodded and sighed softly: "Yan Wang is so hard to deal with little ghosts. It seems that Xia's family is still acting like this now. If... I'm afraid they will reach out to us more. Now they don't dare to act rashly. They just wait to see them again." If there is any introduction, it may be a pack of hungry wolves. Hurry up and gather them to avoid losses."

After hesitating for a while, he said again: "Another one...the Mei family...we pushed back and forth like that back then, now...we might as well go back to the south. At that time, we can find another good family for my sister. Twisted Melons are not sweet, let alone our situation, if people must keep their promises, I am afraid they will resort to even more tricks."

That's all for the deal, but the marriage between Baoqin and Mei's family is the first big thing in Xue Biao's mind. Hearing what Xing Xiuyan said, he was still a little bit unwilling, so he said: "Aren't they relying on their scholarly family? They wouldn't do such a thing. Come on with treachery."

Xing Xiuyan smiled wryly and said: "Brother, only virtue is needed. Haven't you heard that sentence?" It's really hateful. You all know that they want to protect their face, so naturally they can't do something that is treacherous. But they don't want to marry a down-and-out business like us, guess what they will do?"

Xue Biao was startled, and gritted his teeth and cursed: "The wolf-hearted thing! Yes, the excuses they come to are still very fair and aboveboard. It's not for the ancestors, or for the community. Pooh! This time...they won't be Are you going to plant it on us?!"

Xing Xiuyan wasn't sure either, and said: "I can't guess that either. Why don't you come to the door sometime, and just say that Qin'er is unwell with the water and soil in the north and needs to go back to the south for recuperation, and his family is a Beijing official. For the sake of body, let's let go of the engagement."

Xue Biao naturally refused: "Doesn't that mean that our Qin'er is a sick child? It is obvious that they want to withdraw from the marriage, why bother us to humiliate ourselves, this is absolutely unacceptable."

Seeing what he said, Xing Xiuyan couldn't persuade him anymore, so the two put down their heads and talked about closing the business.

Besides, Mei Hanlin's family, when they married Xue's family, had not yet reached the position of Hanlin, and Xue Biao's father was an outlier in business, good at writing and teaching, traveled all over the world, and had extraordinary knowledge.The undeveloped Mei Hanlin and Father Xue hit it off right away, and they made this marriage.But who would have thought that Father Xue would pass away in the second year of their engagement, Xue Biao was still young, and Mrs. Xue knew little about business affairs, so the family business was naturally not as good as before.Fortunately, Xue Pan's father was still there at that time, and the Xue family, in the name of the imperial merchant, finally managed to support Xue Biao in charge.

But now seeing the talents of the Xue family withering, not to mention the murder case of Xue Pan in Dafang was uncovered, even a few dependable relatives are gradually declining.However, the Jia family faced the Wu family again, but lost to the Wu family. If the Jia family was too involved, it would be difficult to behave in the court.After much deliberation, this family can't even do it.It's a pity that there is no reason to get people to go, it's really worrying.

But fortunately, I'm a young man, so I'll keep procrastinating for three to five or eight years, and if I don't believe it, I can't find anything wrong with those people!But at this time, a rumor about Jia's house spread, Mei Hanlin found out by accident, and laughed in his heart: "It's just in time!"

I don't know where the word came out, saying that the Jia family is in such a catastrophe now, it's all because of their misbehavior, which made gods angry and ghosts disgusted, and even the ancestors were not allowed to protect them.For example, in the Ningguo Mansion that has now collapsed, father and son get together, and the old man's daughter-in-law has an affair. Even an illiterate family can't do such shameless things, but in that mansion, they just do ordinary things.Not to mention gathering people to gamble, have fun, etc. in the filial piety of relatives, there are so many bad things in it, and the yamen dare not put it in the paperwork when asked, because they are really afraid of staining the ears of the superiors.

There is a wall between the Rong Mansion and the Ning Mansion, so it is really possible to keep a little bit of the news?Who believes it? !One of the same hairs, the other one is rotten, what good fruit can it bear?This time, the old matriarch of the Jia mansion and the nobles in the same palace really made the unscrupulous descendants of the mansion pissed off to death!

The customs of that family are different from those of other families, the sons and daughters live together in the same courtyard, even biological brothers and sisters are no longer appropriate, but his family also has a whole group of relatives and girls who are used to hang out with their own inner curtains My elder brother is raised in a garden.As time goes by, the servants below like to order random mandarin ducks for their brother when they have nothing to do.

Especially that brother is a bit stupid, spoiled by the family, indulged, and even led some relatives and girls to ruin.That day, there were a few girls who wore men's clothes around Xiaofantong, it was really immoral!Regardless of the boy's gender, if it's a boy, it's a big problem; if it's really a girl, but she dresses up like this and brings it around to serve her, wouldn't it be even more serious? !It is really……

What else is this and that, it's not about the Mei family's business, this one is a happy event from heaven!A few days later, the Mei family invited Xue Biao to come over, but Mei Hanlin didn't show up, and only let his eldest son entertain the guests.He said this matter in words, and said that the Mei family has been a scholar for generations, not afraid of poverty or disaster, only a little name should not be profane.With such anecdotes before the girl from the Xue family, she might not be in harmony with the Mei family, but this marriage has to be discussed in a long-term manner.

Xue scorpion was so angry that he almost hit someone with a teacup. Fortunately, Xing Xiuyan told him once before leaving the house, and he probably knew what the Mei family meant, but he didn't expect the dignified Hanlin to be so shameless.He rushed back home angrily, called Baoqin here first, and told her what the Mei family had said to her face, and asked her if there was anything wrong.

Baoqin was stunned when she heard it, with tears rolling in her eyes, she said forcefully: "That day, the old lady rewarded each of us with a little opera singer. Baoyu's Fangguan got married one day, I made fanzi dressing up, and my sisters and I found it interesting, so I asked my own to dress up too. Sister Xiangyun’s Kuiguan was originally a singer who sang big flower noodles, and my Douguan was a singer who sang small flower faces. Yes, at that time they all followed the trend and changed their attire. Sister Xiangyun even named Kuiguan Wei Daying. I think Douguan’s character for Dou is unique, so I simply called it Doutong. Fangguan took a foreign name. It's called Yeluxiong slave. It's just a joke, how can it be what they say!..."

Xue scorpion was so angry that he said: "That is to say, something really happened?!"

Baoqin couldn't bear it any longer, so she burst into tears. Xing Xiuyan stopped Xue Biao and said, "Okay, why are you so angry with my sister? You can say a lot about the same thing, but you just want to find a reason. The people don't fight with the officials." , Brother, don’t let yourself suffer for a moment of impatience.”

Xue Biao closed his eyes, and after a long time, Fang Chang sighed and said, "I should have followed your idea a long time ago, and this humiliation would have been avoided."

Xing Xiuyan said: "It's not too late now, let's return their Geng Tie tomorrow."

Xue scorpion's voice trembled: "Isn't that confirming their claims?! It's really, really deceiving!"

Xing Xiuyan sighed, and persuaded softly: "My brother has been in business for many years, why are you still entangled in such a matter? The so-called justice and freedom of the heart are not in this world. It's just a matter of power and fame, and now I admit this dull loss , let's go south in the future, and we can live a good life. If my brother wants to fight hard, I'm afraid..."

Xue Biao couldn't help being startled, thinking about the last time Xing Xiuyan asked himself to take the initiative to terminate the engagement, he didn't want to take this tone in vain, and ended up in the current situation, if he argues with him again, he really doesn't know that group of habitual readers What kind of tricks are the talented scholars and officials of the sage book going to use.It's just that this anger is so tolerant.

Xing Xiuyan said again: "Actually, I'm very lucky that the marriage has been dragged on until now. If it had been done two years earlier, now that our family has encountered such difficulties, we really have no way out. At that time, in order to clear things up, my sister will be in the family's house again. It’s really scary to let them say everything. Why don’t we just take this opportunity to get rid of it and return to Jiangnan after the matter of my uncle’s family is settled? Why can’t we start from the beginning? The girl is not very old Pinmao, it is a blessing to have been torn apart from such a family earlier."

Xue Biao also felt reasonable after hearing this, not to mention that there is no other way to do things now, so he listened to Xing Xiuyan's words and came to his door the next day with Geng's invitation, saying that his sister was not used to the customs of the middle of Beijing, and she chose a day to return to the south, fearing that she would marry Erlang of the Mei family No fate, early marriage, it is better to give up.Naturally, the Mei family agreed repeatedly and didn't even bother to make a false refusal, so they immediately asked Baoqin's Geng Tie to be taken and returned to Xue Biao.Xue Biao returned all the engagement gifts given by the Mei family that day, took the Geng Tie, and left without even drinking tea.

But within three or five days, it was rumored that Mei Hanlin's second son had made an appointment with the daughter of Wu Shilang's family in the household department.

There were rumors about Jia's secrets, and Xue Baoqin was not the only one who suffered from the disaster.It has been two years since Xiangyun married into Wei's family. Only Wei Ruolan joined the Jingwei Army, and she may not come back once in ten and a half months.A while ago, due to the transfer of troops, it was transferred to the north, and it is not known when it will return.

Although the historian has a family of two princes, the outsider came back but did not see a promotion. From the eyes of others, it meant relegation. In addition, Shi Xiangyun was fatherless and motherless. The Wei family did not care about this daughter-in-law.Fortunately, Wei Ruolan is not the eldest son, and Shi Xiangyun doesn't need a housekeeper, he just follows his sisters-in-law to set rules in front of the elders every day.

Mrs. Wei's family was dissatisfied that Shi Xiangyun's stomach hadn't moved for several years when he was married, but now she suddenly heard rumors that this was the case, and she was so angry that she lay on the bed for several days.When Jia's mother died of illness, Shi Xiangyun was not allowed to go to mourn.Mrs. Wei's words: "The pot of shit was seized from their house now. Wouldn't it be more controversial if you come to the door at this time? You don't care about yourself, but you have to think about Lan'er. He was born and died alone outside. It’s all right that you can’t add help at home, and even provoked such gossip, you let him know what’s on your mind?!”

Xiangyun hurriedly said that he had grown up in front of Jiamu since he was a child, and knelt down to beg, but Mrs. Wei still disagreed. Seeing that she still refused to get up, she became more and more angry: "An aunt, it's too much to talk about." Distant relatives, what are you going to do?! What's more, our family has already sent someone to deliver Minghuo, why do you still have to count as one, or do you mean that you are not part of our Wei family?!"

Xiangyun had nothing to say, so he went back to his room, knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of Jia's house, sobbing.As soon as this word reached Mrs. Wei's ears, it made her even more angry.