There is no phoenix

When Ping'er took Qiao Jie, who had already been decorated, and followed Jia Qin to Zhou's shop to have a look, he happened to meet Wang Ren on the way.

Jia Qin had no choice but to tell Wang Ren what Mrs. Xing said that Qiaojie was from Jia's family, and said that she wanted to tell him, but both Jia's mother and Mrs. Xing had already spoken, so she could only obey.

When Wang Ren heard this, he said angrily: "Okay! It turns out that they wanted to tear down the bridge before the river crossed! Thanks to me, I even gave them money and gifts! Now that I know that Sister Qiao is going to marry a good family, I'm afraid that I will get something, so I still hide it." I can't believe they didn't beg me again!"

Seeing that Wang Ren was angry, Jia Qin hurriedly said, "Brother, why should you be angry? I'll buy you a drink another day!"

After hearing this, Wang Ren looked at Sister Qiao and said, "Sister Qiao, you are also 12 years old, and now you are going to talk about others, and you don't think you can use your uncle anymore, do you?"

Sister Qiao hurriedly said: "Uncle, I don't have one. The old lady and the wife said so. They just don't want to trouble Uncle, not that they don't need Uncle."

Wang Ren sneered and said, "Sister Qiao, your surname is Jia, so you will naturally speak for them. However, uncle told you that if your mother hadn't asked me to take care of you before she was alive, I wouldn't care about you. Now it's all right, if you want Shang Gaozhi flew away, and uncle is no longer needed."

After Wang Ren finished speaking, he left in a fit of anger.

Seeing that Wang Ren left angrily, Jia Qin couldn't say anything, so she took Ping'er Qiao to Zhou's cloth shop to meet the shopkeeper.

Coincidentally, when Jia Qin brought Qiaojie to the cloth workshop of the Zhou family, the second son of the Zhou family happened to come to the capital.

Although Qiaojie is only 12 years old, she is very pretty, and Pinger helped clean it up, making her even more handsome.The young master was overjoyed when he saw it on Tuesday, and immediately agreed.

Seeing that his son had agreed, shopkeeper Zhou was also happy, and immediately gave Jia Qin 200 taels of silver as a thank you.

In a few days, sister Qiao's marriage has been decided.The Zhou family was really generous, and immediately gave Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing 300 taels of silver, and sent a lot of fabrics.It is said that other betrothal gifts will be given at the end of the year, because Jia Mu said that sister Qiao is only 12 years old, and she must be 13 years old to get married anyway.

Another month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Jia Qin came over and told Jia's mother: "Old lady, the shopkeeper Zhou said that since he was engaged, he wanted to marry Qiaojie in early December, so their second son could take Qiaojie back to Ping'an Prefecture to take care of the business together."

Jia's mother hurriedly said, "It's already September, Miss Qiao is still young, and I'm afraid she's in a hurry."

Jia Qin said: "Old lady, shopkeeper Zhou said that even though he wants to get married in December, let people see if Qiaojie's birth date is compatible. Only when the husband agrees will he make a decision."

After hearing this, Jia's mother thought it was feasible, so she said: "Well, we have already engaged, but it's just a month or two in advance. It doesn't matter if you marry early or late." So she gave Jia Qin the horoscope of Qiaojie's birthday.

When the Zhou family saw Qiaojie's birthday horoscope that Jia Qin sent so quickly, they liked it, and sealed a red envelope of ten taels of silver to thank Jia Qin.Jia Qin naturally liked it, and worked harder to discuss this matter.

Thinking of Qiaojie's lifelong dependability, not only Mrs. Jia's mother Xing is happy, but even Ping'er is also happy for Qiaojie.Because that Zhou Gongzi Ping'er had seen before, and he also looked like a handsome young man.

A few days later, Jia Qin came over and said to Jiamu Ping'er: "Old lady, the fortune-teller of the Zhou family said that after reading the horoscopes of sister Qiao and the second son, they said that they got along very well. Six married sister Qiao, you have to make some preparations."

Jia Mu hurriedly said: "Brother Qin, now we are a small household, and there are still more than two months left. There is still time for everything, but we can only make some clothes and bedding."

Thinking of Wang Ren, Jia Qin hurriedly said, "Old lady, I think it's better to tell Qiaojie's uncle now? Qiaojie has no parents by her side now. Except for the old lady, there is an uncle from the Wang family. I think the Zhou family knows about it." If so, I will not dare to underestimate Qiaojie in the future, and Qiaojie will not be bullied either!"

Mother Jia felt reasonable after hearing this, so she said: "Brother Qin, you are right, you can help us spread the word about this matter. In our current situation, we don't have much dowry to marry Qiaojie. All the things sent by their Zhou family , naturally let Qiaojie take them all over."

Jia Qin then came to Wang Ren's place and said what Jia's mother had said.Who knows that Wang Ren heard this, and said angrily: "Who did the Jia family think of me as Wang Ren? If they didn't want to use me, I'm afraid they won't remember me. Fourth child, I can tell you, don't say anything in front of me in the future. As for the matter of the Jia Mansion, I have already said that day, if I continue to take care of the affairs of the Jia Mansion, my surname will not be Wang!"

After Wang Ren finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and left.

Jia Qin didn't dare to tell Jia's mother what Wang Ren said, but said that Wang Ren was busy with business and was afraid that he would not have time to come here.

So from October, Mother Jia asked Qiutong and Aunt Zhao Pinger to prepare for Qiaojie's marriage. Jia Zheng saw that Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Jia, had taken care of Qiaojie's affairs carefully, and thought it must be appropriate, so she didn't say anything. .

On the tenth day of November, the Zhou family sent more gifts to Jia Mu.Jia's mother was very happy to see that the Zhou family's actions were really extraordinary, and she only hoped that Qiao Jie, who had been depended on for life, would be able to live in peace and prosperity in the Zhou family from now on.

On November [-]th, thinking that the marriage would only take more than ten days, shopkeeper Zhou decided to send all the bride price to Hejiaxiang, and at the same time ordered people to tidy up the house in the capital as soon as possible, preparing to marry Qiaojie.

Shopkeeper Zhou was ordering several servants to move things, and all the dowry gifts to be delivered had already been arranged in the yard.Suddenly, I saw that the eldest son who was the chief shopkeeper in Ping'an Prefecture brought in two servants on horseback in a hurry.As soon as the eldest son came in, he said anxiously: "Father, disaster, disaster! We have caused disaster!"

Member Zhou was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What disaster?"

The eldest son said: "Father, don't ask people to give gifts, call the second brother, I have something to say to him."

Shopkeeper Zhou saw that the elder son was serious, so he hurriedly sent someone to call the second son out.

Young Master Zhou pulled shopkeeper Zhou into the room and sat down, and said to shopkeeper Zhou: "Father, do you know who the second younger brother is marrying now?"

Shopkeeper Zhou said: "Isn't that Jia Qiao, who is originally from Jinling? His father was stationed in the Northwest Military Camp, and his mother died of illness. Now the old grandmother and grandmother decide to marry."

Mr. Zhou hurriedly said: "Father, you are right. But do you know that Sister Jia Qiao is the girl from the Jia family of Rongguo Mansion who was confiscated by the old emperor a few years ago. Moreover, Sister Jia Qiao's grandfather Jia She and mother Wang Xifeng sent a letter to Jia Jia. He was a felon who ransacked his family's home and punished him. Jia She and Wang Xifeng died in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The emperor did not allow Jia's family to collect Jia She's body, and the government buried it in a random graveyard. That Wang Xifeng was buried back to her mother's house because she had been abandoned by Jia's mansion. Father Let me tell you again, when Li Shoubei's son in Chang'an Mansion threw himself into the river and Li Shoubei's family was destroyed, it was all because of the sins committed by Jia Qiao's mother. I heard that Jia Qiao's mother was extremely beautiful, but she was cruel and ruthless , there is nothing we dare not do. With such a girl, we will marry the second brother as a wife?"

Shopkeeper Zhou was shocked when he heard this and said, "It's dangerous! Fortunately, I haven't been married before!"

Shopkeeper Zhou sighed after finishing speaking: "But there are still more than ten days before our wedding day. If we want to withdraw from the marriage, I'm afraid their family will not agree! Fortunately, you came in time, and we only sent less than half of the bride price. .”

The father and son were talking, when the second son arrived.The Eldest Young Master told the news again, the Young Master on Tuesday naturally knew about the powerful relationship, but he didn't know how to deal with it.

The father and son of the Zhou family discussed for a while, and the treasurer Zhou said: "Second brother, you should go back to Ping'an Prefecture with your eldest brother first, and I will make arrangements here. If anyone asks, you just say that we and the Jia family have retired. Kiss."

After hearing this, the two brothers had no choice but to do so.

The next day, the two brothers packed their bags and took a few family members back to Ping'an Prefecture.

After the two brothers of the Zhou family left, shopkeeper Zhou asked one of his confidant butlers to bring two servants to Jia's house in Hejia Lane.

Mrs. Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing, Ping'er thought it was a matter of getting married, but she didn't expect the housekeeper to say: "Old lady, my old lady suddenly fell ill, and sent a letter to the capital last night, saying that her life might be in danger. Our master I went to several gentlemen for fortune-telling, and said that your girl’s horoscope is incompatible with my old lady’s. Our second son is a scholar, and he said early this morning that it would be unfilial to make his mother sick or even die because of his own marriage. Although our second son was born in a family of merchants, he has also read poetry and books, especially filial piety. You are also people who understand the book, so our master asked me to come to you today to discuss whether we should retire gone?"

When Jia Mu heard this, she was so shocked that she was speechless for a long time.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xing said anxiously: "There are still more than ten days until the marriage time, how can you withdraw from the marriage? Your shopkeeper is a businessman, so naturally you know that the word 'integrity' is worth a thousand dollars."