Enter the red building

Mrs. Xue was really happy when she heard that Master Lin recognized Qiu'er as his adopted son.The Xue family is a businessman. Although it ranks among the four major families in Jinling, the second house that has been separated has no status and is just an ordinary businessman.And Qiu'er's uncle is only a seventh-rank magistrate, and has no connections in the officialdom.Now that Qiu'er recognizes Mr. Lin as her adoptive father, at least when Qiu'er becomes an official, Mr. Lin will mention Qiu'er.With Master Lin's relationship, it will be easier to do business in the future.

Mrs. Xue was wearing a blue-red gown with a big red waistcoat. She looked much younger. She looked at Xue Qiu with a smile on her face and said, "Qiu'er, you have recognized Mr. Lin as your adoptive father. You must learn to Filial piety to foster father, after all, you can be regarded as half father-son relationship."

Xue Qiu was wearing casual clothes, nodded, and got on the low couch of red flower and pear wood, which was covered with a mat of jade bamboo, and Mrs. Xue leaned on the lead pillow.Xue Qiu sat next to Mrs. Xue, and said with a smile, "Yes! Mother, don't worry!"

Mrs. Xue brushed Xue Qiu's hair, looked at the beard and fluff that had grown slightly on Xue Qiu's chin, and thought that Xue Qiu was already fifteen, so he should know about men and women.Asked softly: "Qiu'er, Zhuqing, what do you think?"

Xue Qiu didn't know what Mrs. Xue meant, so he naturally replied, "Very good! What's the matter?"

Mrs. Xue asked with a smile: "Then how about Zhuqing being your roommate?" There was a hint of playfulness in her eyes.

Xue Qiu cried out "Ah?", "What? Mother, what did you say? Tongfang?" Xue Qiu looked shocked, his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was wide open. He would say something to his mother. Xue Qiu really did not expect this sentence.

Mrs. Xue glanced at the maids next to her, then shifted her gaze to Xue Qiu, and said with a smile, "What's the fuss? You're already fifteen, you should know about men and women by now."

Xue Qiu's face turned red immediately, even for a person who lived two lives, Xue Qiu felt embarrassed, his mother said this to her face, after all, she was only fifteen when she died in the previous life, and she didn't even like him at all. No one, let alone men and women.

Looking at Xue Qiu's flushed face, the smile in Mrs. Xue's eyes deepened, and she asked, "How is it? Do you want Zhuqing to be your roommate?"

"Don't! Don't!" Xue Qiu waved his hands repeatedly and said.

Mrs. Xue asked: "Why? But what's wrong with Zhuqing? Or Ziyu!" Mrs. Xue was a little surprised why Xue Qiu didn't want Zhuqing to be the housekeeper.

Xue Qiu almost fainted, and another Ziyu came.Xue Qiu said again and again: "I don't want anyone. Mother, I'm only fifteen!"

Mrs. Xue said disapprovingly: "You also know that you are fifteen years old, and you don't even know about men and women. When I was 15 years old, I was engaged to your father." Speaking of this, Mrs. Xue thought for a while, and said : "Really, it's time to find a marriage for you."

"What? Find me a marriage?" Xue Qiu was really startled by Mrs. Xue's words, "Mother, don't be in such a hurry, right?"

Mrs. Xue glared at him and scolded with a smile: "Why don't you be in such a hurry, your sister was engaged at the age of eight. Don't you want to wait until your sister is married before you get married?"

Xue Qiu followed Mrs. Xue's words, and whispered: "Yes! It's not that I disagree."

Mrs. Xue pointed at Xue Qiu's forehead, and said with a smile, "How dare you say that! Then when will I be able to hold my grandson?"

Xue Qiu was already speechless, still thinking about his grandson.Xue Qiu thought for a while and said, "Mother, my son really can't be distracted now that he is going to take the imperial examination."

Mrs. Xue also nodded when she heard Xue Qiu's words, she really couldn't be distracted.But he said again: "It doesn't matter if there is a room first, right?"

Xue Qiu shook his head hastily, and asked tentatively, "Can my son not pass the room?"

When Mrs. Xue heard Xue Qiu say this, she thought of something, frowned, and waved the maids to go out first.After the maids had all gone out and closed the door, Mrs. Xue asked seriously: "Qiu'er, tell me honestly, are you not a womanizer or a man?"

"What? So masculine?" Xue Qiu suddenly stood up, surprised.Are you masculine?Just thinking about it makes me shudder. "How is it possible? How could I be so masculine?"

Mrs. Xue was also relieved when she heard Xue Qiu's own words and the shocked look, and then asked in a puzzled way: "Then why do you keep evading and saying that you don't want to pass the room?"

Xue Qiu was very depressed, because his mother thought he was a good man just because he didn't want to share the room.Xue Qiu sat down again and said, "It's good to have only one wife!"

When Mrs. Xue heard this, she should not only be happy or angry, she persuaded: "It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, just like your father still has an aunt."

Xue Qiu looked up into Mrs. Xue's eyes and said, "But I don't want to be that kind of man."

Mrs. Xue looked at Xue Qiu's firm eyes, and sighed: "Forget it, I don't know which girl will be lucky enough to marry you."

Xue Qiu smiled, holding Mrs. Xue's left arm with both hands, and said happily: "Of course she will be blessed. Isn't it her blessing to marry into our family and be your daughter-in-law?"

Mrs. Xue smiled, "You are the only one who can make me happy!"

"How can there be? What my son said is the truth!"

After leaving his mother's room, Xue Qiu sighed, he was really tired.I really didn't expect my mother to say these words to me. Fortunately, my mother did not object to my decision not to marry a house or take a concubine.Looking at my mother's attitude today, I'm afraid I will get married very early!Xue Qiu really can't accept the blind marriage in ancient times. The person who stays together for a lifetime must be the person he likes, otherwise how will these two people live their lives!Forget it, it's still early.

As soon as Xue Qiu walked near the corner gate, he heard two servants whispering,

"Have you heard? Zhuqing is going to be an aunt." A woman with a very high-pitched voice said.

The other maid should be relatively young, and her voice sounded a bit childish, "Really? Then shall we also show respect to Zhuqing in the future?"

Hearing these words, Xue Qiu coughed and walked out.Looking at the older maid wearing blue clothes and the younger maid wearing blue clothes, he asked angrily, "Who told you to spread these words indiscriminately? According to me, you should send them directly."

Seeing that it was the old man, the two maids immediately knelt down in fright and begged for mercy: "Master, let us go around this time! Lord, please forgive us this time!"

The maids who wore blue and above were so frightened that they cried. If they were sent out, they would be sold back and forth by human teeth, or they would be sold into Huajie Liuxiang.

Seeing them kneeling down and begging for mercy, Xue Qiu felt uncomfortable, "Okay, get up! Just make a note this time, don't do it again."

Naturally, the two maids left with great gratitude, Xue Qiu looked at their walking away figures, and thought in his heart that he should talk to his mother and discuss what Zhuqing and the others should do.

Thinking about it, he turned around and walked back.

Xue Qiu said directly: "Mother, you must make arrangements for Zhuqing Ziyu and the others!"

Mrs. Xue nodded and said with a smile: "Naturally, you don't have to worry. They have served you at least once, and I will take care of them!"

Xue Qiu felt relieved after hearing this.