Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss

Su Yuan stared at Mrs. Xu. It was daytime and the light was very good. She could see all of Mrs. Xu's expressions.

Mrs. Xu's eyeballs are still bloodshot, and the skin under her eyes is slightly blue. It can be seen that she didn't sleep well after crying last night, or she didn't sleep all night.When she smiled at Su Yuan before, her facial muscles naturally relaxed, honest and kind.Now she is smirking, her facial muscles are pulled up abruptly, she is ugly but she doesn't know it, Mrs. Xu is still doing her best to maintain this ugliness.

"Okay, let me take a look." Su Yuan took the list and demonstrated for Mrs. Xu what is meant by a fake smile that looks so innocent.

Mrs. Xu was a little surprised. She thought that Su Yuan would be awkward and resist her, and she needed to persuade her more earnestly.After all, Su Yuan once stated that she would not marry, and she had no future in Kaifeng Mansion at that time.But now that she has worshiped Gongsun Ce as her teacher, and has some status in the mansion, it stands to reason that her back will be tougher.

There is nothing special on the dowry list, just the usual things in a wedding.Su Yuan glanced at it and put it down.

She smiled and asked Mrs. Xu: "Is that butcher's house really that good? Madam really wants me to marry there and live a good life?"

Su Yuan found that Mrs. Xu's eyes fluctuated when she heard her mentioning the Zhang family, and she was very empty. She didn't have the kind of toughness that she should have had before.If her guess is correct, Mrs. Xu insisted on letting her meet Zhang Tuhu's family at the beginning, because she really felt that Zhang Tuhu's family was a good home for her.But the situation seems to have changed recently. She seems to know something bad about Zhang Tuhu's family, and the reason for the change probably stems from her 'son'.

"Yuanyuan, did you last night—"

Mrs. Xu always felt that something was wrong with Su Yuan's situation today. Could it be that she heard their conversation in the room last night?But she couldn't figure it out, if Su Yuan really heard it, with her innocent nature, she shouldn't be able to hide the matter, she should either ask directly, or run away crying.

Su Yuan didn't accept Mrs. Xu's words, she tilted her head slightly, and waited quietly for Mrs. Xu's next words.

Mrs. Xu originally said these half-sentences to test, but Su Yuan's reaction was too calm.She couldn't understand Su Yuan's attitude at all, let alone guess her thoughts.She has watched this girl grow up since she was a child, and she knows her temperament very well.But why did she have a feeling that she didn't know Su Yuan at all today? The current Su Yuan made her feel very strange.

The guilt in her heart had already disturbed her conscience, but now she was churning with wild guesses, and the more she thought about it, the more panicked she became. In the end, she couldn't figure out whether she was just thinking wildly or Su Yuan had really changed. up.In short, the repressed emotions were squeezed by something, churned up, and became more and more turbulent, already pushing her to the verge of collapse.

"Yuanyuan, Ma'am, I'm sorry, I—" Mrs. Xu grabbed Su Yuan's arm excitedly, tears were about to fall.

"Hey, you two are here. I said why I called for a long time and no one answered." A young yamen servant in his 20s leaned against the wall and looked at them.The yamen servant then told Mrs. Xu.There were supposed to be 22 people in their class tonight, and eight of them had other business trips, so it was enough to prepare dinner for [-] people.

As soon as Su Yuan heard the voice of the yamen servant, he recognized that it was exactly the same as the voice of the 'son' in Mrs. Xu's room last night.Su Yuan had a little impression of this man, his name was Wang Sheng.It seems that his father is also working in the mansion. He is a widower and takes care of the warehouse.

Seeing him, Mrs. Xu panicked, and said "Okay, okay", indicating that the mutton in the kitchen should be stewed, and she hurried away with her head down.

Su Yuan was about to go with Mrs. Xu, but the yamen servant suddenly made a sound, telling Su Yuan that Sun Ce seemed to need help.

Su Yuan understood what the yamen servant meant, he wanted to get her away from Mrs. Xu.

"How old is Brother Wang, does he have a wife?" Su Yuan asked.

Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Su Yuan strangely, "Why are you asking these questions?"

"Aunt Xu told me about my marriage. I didn't know whether I should accept it, so I wanted to find a sister-in-law who was about the same age to ask and give me some advice."

"22, I did marry a wife." Wang Sheng glanced at Su Yuan coldly, "But I'm going to disappoint you, the two wives I married died of illness. I'm sorry I can't help you, find someone else."

Su Yuan noticed that Wang Sheng used the word "death". The ancients were more taboo about this word. When it comes to the death of their loved ones, they seldom directly say death.Moreover, when Wang Sheng mentioned the two wives who passed away, he didn't have any regrets, regrets or thoughts, and said the words very plainly.

For this kind of people, Su Yuan really felt familiar, because she was also a person who was almost numb and indifferent to death.

"Then how about I marry Brother Wang?" Su Yuan said surprisingly.

Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then stared at Su Yuan in surprise: "What did you say?"

"I don't like the youngest son of Zhang Tuhu's family. He is tough and ugly, but Mrs. Xu forced me to marry him for some reason." Su Yuan pouted slightly with a childlike dissatisfaction on her face, "Brother Wang looks pretty good. It’s pretty, but I can make do with it.”

Wang Sheng was stunned again, probably he had never met such a straightforward girl.He laughed, raised his eyebrows high, and became more and more surprised: "Aren't you afraid of my reputation as a wife?"

Su Yuan: "I beat my parents. Maybe two hard-fated people will cancel each other out."

Wang Sheng was startled again and again, then laughed, sighing that it made sense.

"I didn't find you so interesting before." After Wang Sheng finished speaking, he took a last look at Su Yuan before turning and leaving.

He didn't refuse bluntly, and even hesitated, which showed that he was really thinking about her proposal.Su Yuan can also draw a conclusion from this, if he does not marry the youngest son of Zhang Tuhu's family, marrying him should also 'save' Wang Sheng's life.The death of Wang Sheng's two wives may not be that simple.

Taking the opportunity of helping Gongsun Ce with odd jobs, Su Yuan found the household registration files of Mrs. Xu, Wang Sheng and their father Wang Dashu in the stall.

Mrs. Xu and Wang Dashu are both from Qingshui Village, Suanzao County.The two are the same age.According to the records in the household registration, Wang Dashu married his wife 24 years ago, and his wife died of dystocia a year later, leaving behind his son Wang Sheng.He came to Kaifeng Mansion 20 years ago as a small official, and two years later, Mrs. Xu also came to Kaifeng Mansion.Su Yuan calculated that Mrs. Xu's marriage age was her, which was just after Wang Sheng was born.Married in the country is already considered an older girl, and there is a high possibility of delay due to business.

If Wang Sheng is the biological son of Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu had an affair with Wang Dashu before they got married, and they still kept in touch after marriage.If Mrs. Xu was able to work in the Kaifeng mansion, Wang Dashu was involved in most of them.

Zhan Zhao came to the file room to pick up the file, and caught sight of the household registration file in Su Yuan's hand.

"What happened?" Mr. Gongsun took a fancy to the apprentice he accepted, and Zhan Zhao would not underestimate it.He believed that Su Yuan would not go to investigate the situation of Mrs. Xu and the others for no reason.

"Grandma Xu helped me agree to marry Zhang Tuhu's family." Su Yuan's voice was obviously disappointed.

"How could she do such a thing on her own!" Zhan Zhao was immediately dissatisfied, and complained for Su Yuan, "I know you have a friendship with Mrs. Xu, and I am grateful to her for taking care of you, but it is a lifelong matter, and you must not give in. If you I'm sorry to say, but I'll take the lead for you."

"it is good."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Su Yuan to be so forthright, he thought the little girl would be the first to complain about her grievances.But Su Yuan must be very happy to make such a decisive decision.

"Then I will trouble Brother Zhan."

Su Yuan smiled and sincerely thanked Zhan Zhao.

"Uh ok, I'll go right away." Zhan Zhao couldn't explain why when he left, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

After leaving Zhan Zhao, Su Yuan found the household registration file of Zhang Tuhu's family.

Zhang Tuhu and his wife have two sons, the youngest son is just 16 years old, and he is the one Su Yuanxiang has seen.The situation of the eldest son is interesting. He also married two wives successively, but both wives died within a year after entering the house.And there is another point worth noting that the identities of the two wives are both orphans, the same as hers.

From this, Su Yuan thought of Wang Sheng's two wives, whose situation was not recorded in the files.Su Yuan asked the yamen servants who had a good relationship with Wang Sheng to find out that they were all orphans, and there were basically no relatives in Wufu.

This... probably can be called the ancient version of the black widower.

After Su Yuan tidied up the stalls, he went back to the room and picked out a piece of clothing that best showed his figure and face, and specially used rouge and gouache to color himself, making his whole person more beautiful and beautiful.

Su Yuan took the basket and went to Zhang Butcher's pig's head stand, just in time to see Zhang Jinxi, the youngest son of Zhang Butcher, and glanced at him with a smile.

"Buy a piece of foreleg meat to make wontons."

Zhang Jinxi directly cut off a large piece of front leg meat weighing about three catties, wrapped it in lotus leaves and gave it to Su Yuan for free.

Su Yuan insisted on giving him the money, "How embarrassing is this, we can't get married anymore, so I can't take advantage of you."

"What do you mean by that? Mrs. Xu has already accepted the marriage, and my family's dowry list has also been sent to you!" Don't look at Zhang Jinxi's small eyes, but when he looks at people with round eyes, he is very hostile.

"It means that I don't want to marry you, and Mrs. Xu is not my mother, she can't be my master."

Zhang Jinxi was obviously about to explode when he heard this sentence, but Su Yuan was not afraid at all.

Su Yuan looked to the left and right, saw that no passers-by were paying attention, so he moved closer, and said to him in a voice that only Zhang Jinxi could hear, "You are too ugly, brother Wang Sheng is very good-looking."

After she finished speaking, she smiled and threw the money on the ground, and walked away with the piece of pork that Zhang Jinxi gave her, with an indescribably chic back.

Zhang Jinxi's hand holding the meat cleaver trembled slightly, his fleshy face turned red at the moment, and his eyes showed an uncontrollable fierce light.He was so angry that he even wanted to kill someone, but it was not easy for him to get angry because of the busy city.