Why marry someone when you are reborn?

Xu Sanlang arrived much faster than Xu Yun had imagined.

Not even five days.

Xu Sanlang came alone this time.

He probably figured it out. Bringing his concubine and illegitimate sons and daughters along wouldn't help at all, but would instead make Xu Yun and Xie Wanqing feel disgusted.

It was already midsummer.

The summer clothes that Xu Sanlang wore were the most common cotton ones, but he had a good complexion, so even with this outfit, he still looked better than other men of the same age.

He looks like a scholar with integrity.

It's just a bit down and out.

Of course, Xu Yun knew that he did this on purpose. After all, he usually wore those silk clothes when he went out.

Xu Sanlang stood at the door, gentle and humble: "Ah Yun, I want to talk to your mother about something."

Xu Yun smiled: "My mother went out. She went to buy food."

Now that there is a war, food has become expensive again, and the dim sum business has also been much bleak. In fact, the dim sum business has been stopped a long time ago. When I went out today, I was actually just going to sell cloth.

Xu Yun bought the food for their own consumption just after the Chinese New Year, before the war.

Bought it for nearly two years at a time.

No matter how much more there is, it’s not that Xu Yun doesn’t want to buy it, but that he can’t buy it.

Food purchases began to be restricted, with the main supply going to the front lines.

Because the food in the north is running out.

In order to ensure food supply, His Majesty Jiang Miao has sent large ships to Siam to buy food.

The weather there is hot, there is almost no winter, there are two or even three harvests a year, and rice is cheaper than in the south. But the journey is far.

However, with large ships, there is no need to worry about interception by the Southern Court, so it has always been a stable path.

But even so, nowadays almost every household eats coarse grains, and rice is rarely seen.

Even this season, farmers basically planted coarse grains.

Coarse grains grow faster, are more filling, and have higher yields.

Xu Sanlang and his companions have consumed a lot of energy when they came here. Actually, accommodation is not a big deal, the key is food.

The price of grain is too high now. Every handful of grain is precious.

There were five or six of them, and they were living off their savings.

When Xu Sanlang heard that Xie Wanqing was not at home, his face froze for a moment, but he quickly said, "Just a few words."

He obviously thought Xie Wanqing was deliberately avoiding him.

Xu Yun opened the door wide: "Come in and take a look. Is my mother really not here?"

She smiled and said, "Besides, what can't I tell you?"

Xu Sanlang lost his composure - of course he couldn't tell her, he came here just to make Xie Wanqing change her mind. How could he do it without seeing her in person?

He hated Xu Yun even more. He felt that his daughter saw through everything.

But now that Xu Yun was needed, he couldn't lose his temper, so he could only swallow his anger and say, "I'll wait for her. Besides, I have something to discuss with you."

Xu Yun was surprised: "You discussed this with me?!"

This is really rare.

Xu Sanlang heard the sarcasm and his face became even more unpleasant, but it was only for a moment. Soon, he said, "You are the eldest sister, and they say that the eldest sister is like a mother. I am a newcomer and I don't know anyone. It is difficult for me to find a marriage for your second sister."

"Now that you are an official in the court, but you have no one to help you, it must be difficult."

When Xu Sanlang talked about the fields and things he was familiar with, he finally became confident and at ease, and even had some instructions: "Why not use your second sister's marriage to find yourself a helper. Once the marriage is arranged, her in-laws and even her in-laws' connections will all be yours."

He said, "Your second sister has a lively and likable personality, so she will definitely not be disliked by her in-laws. This matter cannot be wrong."

Xu Yun listened and felt familiar. But he couldn't help laughing: "Second sister is lively and likable, so she won't be disliked? Then someone like me - will be disliked?"

The same words were used when she was sold. Marriage.

If you want to sell your daughter, then sell your daughter. You have to add a nice word to it, such as marriage.

Ridiculous or not?

Xu Yun only asked three questions: "Who will pay for the dowry? Given your current status, are you going to put it in a high or low position? And, is she willing to listen to me?"

Xu Sanlang thought this might work, so he immediately said with a smile, "I'm short of money right now, so you can give me some dowry. It's not a loss. If she doesn't want to listen to you, doesn't she still have me as her father?"

"Besides, how can a woman, after getting married, gain a foothold without the support of her family?"

Xu Yun almost retched.

Listen to this.

She looked at Xu Sanlang and felt that he really hadn't changed at all over the years.

Finally, she shook her head and mercilessly exposed Xu Sanlang's face: "You want to use my connections to arrange marriages and pave the way for you and your good son to enter the officialdom? You want to keep the betrothal gifts to supplement yourself and your son? And then ask me to pay the dowry and be a sucker?"

"You can't afford to support your daughter, so you want to sell her?"

"Xu Sanlang, do you still want to arrange a marriage for me?"

Xu Sanlang was stunned, his face showing the anger of being exposed. He scolded: "As a father, how can it be wrong for me to worry about my children's marriage?!"

Facing Xu Sanlang's matter-of-fact tone, Xu Yun smiled and said, "Xu Sanlang, you try it."

Although Xu Yun was smiling, there was a coldness in his eyes, so cold that Xu Sanlang suddenly calmed down.

He tried to say something to lighten the mood.

But Xu Yun didn't want to waste time talking: "Don't even think about deceiving my mother. My mother won't be fooled. If you haven't made up your mind about the divorce, I'll find someone to send you to Lingtai County."

Xu Yun smiled again, "After all, after summer, Lingtai County will begin to enter winter. If we don't go early, we may encounter heavy snow on the road."

Xu Sanlang understood the threat in these words, and the veins on his face popped out: "Okay, Xu Yun, you are really awesome. I have seen that you are a bad guy who repays kindness with enmity——"

"What favor have you done for A'Yun?" Xie Wanqing's voice rang out. She and Hongyu had just returned from outside with the official Wang Jing. She happened to hear this and couldn't help but speak.

She walked to Xu Yun and stood in front of him, protecting her daughter. She raised her head and looked at Xu Sanlang, revealing a bit of sarcasm: "Xu Sanlang, you are so bold to say that. It would be fine if I didn't say it."

Xu Yun also laughed: "Yes, the grace of birth and the grace of raising, which one do you take?"

Xu Sanlang said angrily: "If it weren't for me, would you and your daughter be able to live peacefully in the Taoist temple?"

Xie Wanqing said calmly: "If you hadn't stopped my letter and locked me up in the Taoist temple, wouldn't I be able to take Ah Yun back to my parents' home? I don't believe that the Xie family can't even protect a woman and a child?"

Xu Sanlang had no way to refute it.

The Xie family can naturally protect her. He really forgot that Xie Wanqing is a daughter of the Xie family.

Xu Yun looked at the back of Xie Wanqing's head and was shocked: "Mother, have you ever thought about taking me away?"

Xie Wanqing said “hmm”: “You were still young at that time, and life in the Taoist temple was too hard.”

But Xu Sanlang stopped her letter and told her that when Xu Yun was older, two years old, he would tell her that she could leave but Xu Yun had to stay.

She naturally couldn't leave Xu Yun behind. How could a child without a mother and whose father didn't love her be treated well?