The maid of the red house

After three or four years, Li San has accumulated a family property of nearly ten thousand, and he has also studied for several years. Although he is not full of knowledge, he is not as illiterate as he was in the past. His mother has taken care of him for several years, and his health has improved greatly. Hearing that Guanshi Li came back, he plucked up the courage to beg him, but he didn't want Xueyan to marry this young scribe with a scar on his face.

Seeing Zhao Yun's appearance, Li San suddenly felt ashamed of himself, and then he felt a little bit of doubt. Although the person in front of him is disabled, but he looks like a human being, how could he ask Xueyan to marry him?

Zhao Yun thought in his heart that he didn't even know about it, so he had to ask Xueyan if there was anyone else who asked for marriage.

Sang Long looked at them and looked at each other, and said with a smile: "Okay, that child is already married, Li San'er, although you are determined and sincere, you are a step late, go back and discuss with your mother, and hire someone else early stop."

Compared with Li San, Sang Long valued Zhao Yun more, and both husband and wife belonged to Zhou Hong and his wife, so they were naturally closer.

Li San said sadly: "Just now I disturbed the old marshal."

Xueyan has already fallen into his family, and he really can't delay any longer.

Sang Long waved his hand, seeing that he did not continue to entangle, but gave him a high look, and secretly sighed that his thoughts were poured into water, and comforted him: "Your uncle has been with me for many years, why bother you? You are getting old too , I heard that your mother is better, so marrying a wife as soon as possible and letting your mother have grandchildren is better than delaying it."

Li San nodded and said: "I would like to follow the old marshal's wishes."

After Li San said his farewell, Li Guanshi followed out and advised: "This is the end of the matter, don't think too much about it." No one thought that Xueyan could marry a Juren master, right?And this Juren master is still Zhao Yun who often contacts in Shanhaiguan.

Li San walked out of Sang's house, stopped suddenly, and asked Li Guanshi, "Fourth Uncle, what is the origin of that man?"

Li Guanshi said: "You can't compare with Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao won the Juren, but his face was ruined before he could get an official career. He became the staff of General Zhou. He is very familiar with the old marshal of our family. I used to think that no one could be worthy of him, but unexpectedly he married Miss Wang."

Before Xueyan was married, Guanshi Li and others called her Miss Xueyan, but now that she is married, it is not easy to mention her boudoir name.

But Li San said: "He has such a deep scar on his face, why is Miss Wang willing?" Although Zhao Yun is noble and handsome, but his face is disabled and looks very ferocious, so it is really hard for him to match the snow geese. beauty.

Li Guanshi was startled when he heard the words, then he smiled bitterly and said, "You silly boy, forget about this soon."

If Xueyan is not yet married, I can ask for him, but Xueyan is already married, so she put away these thoughts early, so as not to ruin Xueyan's reputation. After hearing what Li Guanshi said, Li San's eyes darkened, Nodded slightly.

Years of lovesickness, all paid for.

Even if Li San told himself not to care, his heart would inevitably be very sour.

Seeing this, Guanshi Li stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder. At first he felt that Li Sanzhen was really determined and sincere, and he did this for a girl who didn't know if she would agree to marry him, so he helped him. Good fortune tricks people.

Thinking of this, Li Guanshi said: "I asked your aunt to take a look, maybe you can find a better family, I don't know."

Li San whispered: "Even if there is a better one, he is no longer the original person."

When she got home, Mother Li saw her son looking downcast, and hurried over and said, "Didn't you go to Marshal Sang's mansion, why did you come back like this? Did you not agree?"

Li San shook his head and said, "It's too late, Miss Wang is already married."

In the past few years, Li's mother saw that Li San was so concerned about Xueyan's advancement for Xueyan, and she was so worried before she even entered the house. Man, I'll find you a better wife, why do you have to look like such a lost soul?"

After finishing speaking, Mother Li thought about which matchmaker to hire, and which lady to hire, preferably someone who could read and write.

Li San got up his spirits, and knew that since his mother's condition got better, she didn't want him to miss Xueyan, he didn't want to continue doing this and ruin Xueyan's reputation, so he laughed and said: "It's just that I feel a little uncomfortable. Since I have already missed it, I will trouble my mother to pay more attention to my son's affairs, anyway, my son can't delay any longer."

Li's mother agreed again and again, saying: "Don't worry, I will marry you a very good one."

I don't know who Li's mother chose for Li San's wife, but said that after Li San left, Zhao Yun didn't ask Sang Long about Li San's ins and outs. According to him, Li San was not enough for him to be afraid of, nor was Xue Yan's favorite. When asking to marry Xueyan, he also knew that many people proposed marriage to Xueyan, but he just acted first to embrace the beauty.

Sang Long didn't say much, just smiled and said: "Why are you here today? What's the matter?"

Zhao Yun suppressed the agitation in his heart and said with a smile: "One is to pay respects to the old marshal, and the other is to borrow some books from the old marshal about marching and fighting along the West Sea. I guess the old marshal must have books describing the terrain and customs of the West Sea. "

Sang Long remembered that Zhou Hong said that he planned to go to Xihai Yanzi next year. Hearing Zhao Yun's words, he couldn't help but look solemn, and said: "It's not a coincidence that you came here. The books I have here were borrowed by Hong'er and his wife. Thanks to Hong'er, I went to see the saint again and asked him for instructions, otherwise I wouldn't dare to give him the map of the terrain along the West Sea."

The map of the terrain is a secret and must not be leaked.What Zhao Yun came to borrow today were only books, not maps. Hearing that Zhou Hong had borrowed them, he felt relieved. After all, they were all together, and they would naturally be able to meet Zhou Hong at that time. He said, "Since General Zhou I have already borrowed it, I will go to General Zhou to have a look."

Sang Long nodded, and said: "That's true. Since you came here, follow me to the study, and I will tell you everything I know, including how to march on the west coast. He fought there for ten years. Zi Hong'er is so busy right now that he doesn't have time to listen to what I have to say. You listen, and if you go out with him in the future, he knows."

Zhao Yun stood up and saluted, and said, "Thank you, Marshal."

Sang Long waved his hand and said: "The King of Nan'an is not a good person. If you go, you may not be able to bring him down. Since you come here, I will explain to you the behavior of the King of Nan'an in detail, so that you don't have to worry about it. He doesn't know anything."

After finishing speaking, he took Zhao Yun to the study by himself.

An old man and a young man closed the door, and after talking for an indefinite amount of time, the maids outside brought tea three or four times. Every time they entered, the two of them immediately stopped talking and poured tea, so as not to keep their mouths dry.

Zhao Yun learned many things about Nan'an County King from Sang Long, and his heart became more serious.

It was already evening when he came out of Sang's house, and he had dinner with Sang Long at Sang's house at noon. Before leaving, Sang Long told him to come back tomorrow, and he agreed.Sanglong marched and fought for more than 50 years. He has been to southern Guangdong, Guanwai, northern Xinjiang, northwest, southwest and the West Coast. I don't know how many places are worthy of their young people's advice. Zhao Yun naturally does not want to miss it.

Getting on his horse, Zhao Yun drove out of the city gate. No matter how late he was, he would not be able to get out of the city.

When I got home, I looked up and saw Xueyan reading a book under the light, and a silhouette was reflected on the window, making it even more romantic.

Zhao Yun suddenly thought of Li San, and felt sore, so he walked in lightly, reached out to take the book in her hand, Xueyan was startled when she saw this, reached out to pat him on the arm, and said angrily: " You didn't say a word when you came, and you walked quietly, which made me jump."

Zhao Yun put the book on the case, bent down to look at her, and said, "Is there something you haven't told me?"

Xueyan wondered: "What's the matter with you today? You speak sourly, what are you talking about?"

Zhao Yun took the opportunity to sit on the chair next to her, and said with a calm expression: "Today I went to visit Marshal Sang, and I met a man named Li San. I asked his uncle to ask for grace, and I wanted to ask Mrs. Sang to make peace with Mrs. Lin on his behalf. .”

Xueyan asked suspiciously: "Who is Li San? How did you ask Grandma Zhou for marriage? Which relative is it?"

After Zhao Yun heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he relaxed.

Although he thought that his appearance was better than him in front of Li San, but Xueyan never cared about it in the past two years, so he almost forgot that he had a disability, but he still had some concerns about gain and loss in his heart.

Now that Xue Yan said that he didn't know who Li San was, Zhao Yun became happy.

Xueyan turned her head away, a cunning flashed in her eyes.

Li San solemnly entrusted Li San's daughter-in-law to propose marriage to Sang's mother and Daiyu. Although it had been many years, how could she forget it? It's just that she never liked Li San, and she didn't think he was worth remembering. So I didn't mention it, I didn't expect that Li San still couldn't forget it, and today he suddenly proposed marriage.

If this is the case, Li San is also rare, but he is not the kind of person who agrees with him, so he can only let him down.

I hope he can find another good relationship.

Thinking of this, Xueyan turned her head to look at Zhao Yun, smiled suddenly, and said, "Could it be that you asked me for marriage, and you came over to ask me? Let me tell you, someone knocked over the vinegar bottle, and the whole room smelled sour." .”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and slapped his nose.

A trace of uneasiness flashed across Zhao Yun's face, and he said decisively: "It's nothing, you misheard."

Xueyan glanced at him, picked up the book he had taken away, turned to the page she was reading, and said: "I don't even remember things, but you are turning over old accounts. Speaking of which, I also forgot to ask You, do you have something to hide from me? When you were not at home in the past, I went shopping with my uncle and the others, and when I met a family, I talked so sourly."

Xueyan didn't care about Lian's family at all, and didn't ask Chang's Doumu and others after shopping.

Zhao Yun coughed lightly and said, "It's all because their toads want to eat swan meat."

Knowing that he had a pun, Xueyan smiled and said, "When did you become a swan? I don't know."

Zhao Yun pretended not to hear her, and said, "Have you prepared dinner yet? I'm rushing out of town, I haven't had dinner yet."

Xueyan asked someone to bring up the dinner that was hot on the stove, and then ordered Xiaolan: "Ask the kitchen to bring a bottle of vinegar."

Xiaolan was surprised: "What do you need vinegar for? You don't need vinegar for dinner today."

Xueyan glanced at Zhao Yun, and said: "Your uncle is thinking of getting jealous today, bring me a bottle."

Xiaolan pursed her lips and smiled.

After dinner, the husband and wife gossiping after washing up, Zhao Yun didn't mention what Sang Long praised Li San for his hard work, why let Xueyan know, so he said first: "After I enter the city, the old man and the old lady will tell you to come over. ?”

Xueyan didn't mention the past, nodded and said: "The old lady called me, let me persuade you for a while."

Speaking of this, Xueyan couldn't help asking: "Why didn't you invite a serious gentleman at home? Although you are a juren, after all, you are young and often

Nian is not at home, how can I have the time to supervise every day?Not to mention that there are thirty or forty students in our family, even if you agree, you will often come to Beijing, how can you have both. "

After Xueyan came in, because of Zhao Yun, she was not close to the old house, so she didn't know how Zhao Feng studied hard.

The imperial examination is of great importance, even if the poor study, they will not just study hard at home.

Zhao family's family is very well-to-do, being able to support so many scholars, it can be seen that Zhao Feng has the money to hire a gentleman.

Zhao Yun said indifferently: "It is hard to find a gentleman who has passed the Jinshi. Feng'er is studying in the city. There is an academy there, taught by a gentleman who has passed the Jinshi. Most of the annual income of the old house is spent on Feng'er. What does the old man mean?" It was Feng'er who was studying in the city and came back from vacation, and asked me to help him, after all, he is a member of the same family, so it is best to find another Juren."

Xueyan frowned and said: "This is even more unreasonable. Since I have a husband, why bother to find you? I am looking for you to teach, why not teach these students at home? Anyway, Feng'er is not at home every day, and does not delay. Could it be that I want you to stay at home and watch when he comes back, and when will you come to teach him? Who do you think you are?"

No wonder Zhao Yun has always been not close to the old house, unlike the Han family, who passed by from time to time, the original reason is here.

Hearing her complaining for him, Zhao Yun's heart suddenly warmed up. He took her hand and said, "There are more unreasonable things than this. It's just that you just entered the door not long ago, and they are afraid of you and dare not do anything."

After hearing this, Xueyan hurriedly said: "I don't persuade you anyway, and you don't agree either."

It's all right for Zhao Yun to teach Zhao Feng in his free time, but to teach him with all his heart, it would be a happy event if Zhao Feng was promoted, and if Zhao Feng failed, maybe the Zhao family would blame Zhao Yun for not being dedicated. ask for trouble.

After Xueyan finished speaking, she told him her thoughts.

Originally, teaching Zhao Feng and teaching students is the best of both worlds, and it doesn't delay anything. Zhao Yun also thought of this reason and didn't agree. If he didn't say it, he would be far away from the Zhao family. Just let it pass, you don't have to worry about the rest, besides, we won't be in the capital next year, and we will be clean."

Xueyan sighed and said, "It's just because of your dissatisfaction."

Zhao Yun wrapped his fingers around her hair, and said: "I live a better life than them now, why should I care what they think. If you get angry about this, you don't know how much you will have in the future, so don't take it to heart."

Xueyan nodded, and her affection for Zhao's old house became weaker.

The next day Xueyan couldn't get up, just stared at Zhao Yun as he put on his clothes and shoes, turned over and ignored him.

She doesn't have a mother-in-law above her, she doesn't have to follow the rules, and she always acts according to her own thoughts, so it's not uncommon for her to wake up at night. Zhao Yun knew that he had tossed a lot last night, so after getting dressed, he touched her with his hand With a flick of his hair, he said: "I'm still going to Marshal Sang's mansion today, I want to hear more about the war, and we will have dinner together when I come back tonight."

Xueyan said: "Hurry up and eat, don't delay, if you delay, it will be noon."

Zhao Yun smiled, went out and had breakfast outside, and asked Mama Li to make bird's nest porridge for Xueyan, saying: "Use the bird's nest that I ordered to make yesterday, with top-quality rock sugar."

Mrs. Li agreed, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, I will boil it with a silver sling in a while."

After Xueyan got up, Mrs. Li brought up bird's nest porridge.

Xueyan blushed when she heard this.

After eating, Xueyan walked out of the room. Although it was cold in spring, some flowers in the courtyard were already blooming successively despite the cold, especially a tree of red plums was extremely dazzling.She cut two plum blossoms and put them in a pair of Yuguotianqing Lianzhu vases, placed them in the room, looked at them for a while, and drew them carefully with a brush. Her painting is not as good as calligraphy, but her fine brushwork is good.

After only two strokes, Mi Shi came over and said, "The old lady told my sister-in-law to come over."

Xueyan guessed that it must be yesterday's matter, so she had no choice but to put down her pen, changed her clothes, tidied up a little, went out with her, and asked: "What is the old lady telling me to do?"

Seeing Xueyan coming out, she was dressed in silk, jade bracelets in both hands, and although there were only two or three hairpin rings on her head, they were very expensive. Mi Shi felt a little envious in her heart, and smiled: "I don't know, the old lady thinks it's in her heart." I was thinking about my sister-in-law, so I made a very good snack in the morning, so I asked my sister-in-law to try it."

Xueyan smiled lightly, and said, "That's not acceptable."

Mi said with a smile: "Why can't I afford it, my sister-in-law can afford it." She only hoped that Zhao Yun would put aside all trivial matters and come back to teach Zhao Feng, and when Zhao Feng Qiuwei high school, she would be able to be compared with Xue Yan, and would not be lowered any further. She waits.

Xueyan is good at guessing people's hearts, seeing Mi's words and deeds, she guessed something, and just smiled lightly.

When we arrived at the Zhao family's old house, Mrs. Zhao sat on the kang with Zhao Wei in her arms, and said with a smile, "Daughter-in-law Yun is here, sit down quickly."

After hearing this, Xueyan sat down on the edge of the kang and said with a smile, "I don't know what the old lady told me to come here?"

Mrs. Zhao asked Mi Shi to carry Zhao Wei out, and said: "It's still about yesterday. Did you go back and persuade Yun'er? Our family is now counting on Feng'er to change the door. error."

Xueyan sneered in her heart, but a trace of shame flashed across her face, and said: "Old Madam, I told our uncle yesterday that our uncle is naturally willing to teach his brother to be named on the gold list, but our uncle is not white after all. , I also have something that General Zhou told me to do, and Marshal Sang has already called him into the city, so there is nothing I can do."

As soon as this remark came out, Niu who was standing beside him was immediately disappointed, and so was Mie, who had already left the upper room.

The old lady Zhao showed a bit of dissatisfaction on her face, and said: "Is our family affairs not important? What's the point of teaching Feng'er some taboos in the examination room? How much time can it be wasted?" .

Mr. Zhao tried his best to persuade Zhao Yun to think about his family, but who knew he was the one who didn't want to get in. He asked Xueyan to persuade him yesterday, but he returned in vain. The old man often said that he only wanted to see another one from the Zhao family with his eyes closed. Juren, I didn't expect them to be unwilling.For Zhao Yun, he had already lost a son, so could it be that he didn't care about Zhao Feng's future?

Although Zhao Qi's family was expelled from the clan, it was the family's decision, and Mrs. Zhao also knew that Zhao Qi's family had committed the crime, but after all, she was her own son. Seeing Zhao Yun and his wife live a better life, she felt a little resentful.

Xueyan said: "Yes, I also said the same. For the sake of Brother Feng, the old man and the old lady did not ask our uncle to teach the students at home. It can be seen that we attach great importance to this matter, and we are afraid that teaching students will take up our uncle's time. How much work. No matter what we do, we can't delay the big things at home because of the little things above, can't we? In the evening, I told our uncle that Zheng Zhengming resigned from the orders of the old Marshal and General Zhou, and stayed at home only to teach Brother Feng. People, without the protection of the old Marshal and General Zhou above, cut off their future prospects, but after being named on the gold list of the future brothers, they can also protect their families."

Xueyan had a smile on her face, her mouth was sharp, and she spoke quickly and neatly.

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable, and said: "How can we ignore the affairs of the superiors, our family is just a small family, and we can't delay the major affairs of the superiors for our own trivial matters."

Niu also hurriedly said with a smile: "Exactly, Feng'er and the masters in the academy are teaching, if Yun'er is really not free, that's all." They have been protected by Zhao Yun all these years, so they will be safe and sound, if Zhao Yun offends For Marshal Sang and General Zhou, by then Zhao Feng hadn't passed the Juren examination, and if he hadn't passed the Jinshi examination to become an official, the family would suffer a great loss.

After hearing this, Xueyan asked: "So, there is no need for our uncle to teach Brother Feng homework?"

The old lady Zhao said: "No need, how can you miss the big ones above for the little things at home?" , Offended them.

Xueyan expressed her gratitude, and said: "The old man and the old lady are so sympathetic, when the uncle comes back from Marshal Sang's mansion, I will tell him, don't have to be in a dilemma about this matter and don't know what to do."

Mrs. Zhao waved her hand and said, "Since that's the case, you can go back."

Xueyan hurriedly said goodbye and left the Zhao family's old house, and looked back at the old house, she didn't even see the dim sum that Mrs. Mi said. It seems that the Zhao family is biased towards them in the matter of the second room, but in the case of Zhao Feng, they just No longer value Zhao Yun.

Let's stay away from Zhao's old house in the future, Xue Yan thought in his heart.

After walking two steps, I saw Douzi rushing towards me, and said triumphantly, "I said that auntie is here, but mother still doesn't believe me."

Doumu followed behind, took a big dress for him to wear, and after tidying it up, Fang let Xueyan into the house to sit for a while, and said: "This child has sharp eyes, and he gets up early to play tricks in the yard. He said he heard you and Feng's daughter-in-law I wondered what you were doing here at this time, and I thought he heard it wrong, but I didn't expect you to come."

Xueyan picked up Douzi and said with a smile: "The old lady called me here, she has something to order."

After entering the room and sitting down, Mother Dou came up with a teacup to make tea, and said: "Don't be disgusted, we don't pay much attention to such elegance. I bought this idea of ​​tea from a tea shop during the fair."

Father Dou and Mother Dou are very clean and diligent people. The three upper rooms of the three of them are very clean. They were sitting in the main room talking at that time. Although the tables and chairs are just ordinary pine wood, they are wiped clean and there is no dust No.

It was not the first time Xueyan came back, and said with a smile: "There is nothing to dislike, the tea is just to quench your thirst."

Douzi jumped out of Xueyan's arms, ran back to his room and came out holding the eight treasure box, opened it, picked up a piece of pine nut candy, tiptoed it to Xueyan's mouth, and said, "Auntie, eat the candy."

Xueyan smiled, patted his head, and said: "It's very sweet, Dou Zi is really sensible."

Doumu smiled and said, "The children are all smart, you have been married for a year, why is there no news?"

Xue Yanfei blushed and said with a smile, "It doesn't mean that there is something."

Mother Dou heard this, thought for a while, and said, "That's true. I only got Douzi two or three years after I entered the door. You should take good care of yourself, and get pregnant early so that you won't be troubled everywhere."

Xueyan smiled and said, "There's nothing to worry about, anyway, I don't go out much."

Dou Mu said: "What did the old lady ask you to do today? I don't believe that she called you here for no reason."

Xueyan didn't want to say more, said: "It's just for brother Feng's study."

Mother Dou understood, and said: "That's right, the younger generation in our family is only Brother Feng, a scholar. Naturally, the clan has put a lot of effort into it, hoping that he can go to high school in one fell swoop. We are also saving money now, and we will send Douzi in the future." go to school."

Xueyan smiled and said: "Douzi is very smart, and he will definitely be named in the gold list when he studies in the future."

Mother Douzi was very happy when she heard that, and said, "Then I will accept your good words. Then we, Douzi, will go to your house to ask Brother Yun if there is anything we don't understand, and you are not allowed to refuse the door."

Xueyan pursed her lips and said: "We are all a family, how could you refuse to come in? Brother Feng asked for advice, and I never saw Congxiang say he would not teach him. Before I entered the door early last year, I heard that Congxiang was going to take the exam. I have told him all the things that Juren should avoid, but this year the family is busy with the important matters above, so it is a bit inconsiderate, which made the old man and the old lady dissatisfied."

Doumu smiled and said, "The exam will be in August, and I'm too anxious to ask now."

Xueyan said: "Qiu Wei and Chun Wei are held every three years. The exam is held in the year of Ziwu and Maoyou. This year, because of the national funeral last year, it was postponed for one year and changed to Enke. People say that it is famous all over the world. It is not too early to prepare half a year in advance. .”

But Mother Dou said, "Brother Yun didn't see it so cumbersome when he passed the exam."

Xueyan smiled when she heard the words, and she learned that Zhao Yun was very talented when she entered the school for a year. In high school, Zhao Feng had already participated in the township examination but failed. Mr. Ning, Huo Xiu is also his student, Mr. Zhao came to the door several times to ask Mr. Ning, but he didn't accept Zhao Feng.

Speaking of Mr. Ning, Xueyan smiled. This is a master who has really read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. He has been in the door for a year, and he has only heard his name, but he has never seen him. Mrs. Ning also went to the south to visit her relatives and did not come back. , so I have never visited.

After taking a sip of tea to wash away the sweetness in her mouth, Xue Yan said: "It's better to be cautious."

Dou Mu said: "You didn't agree with the old man and the old lady's orders, maybe the old man and the old lady will be dissatisfied with you? Now that you are all looking forward to Brother Feng's high school, it is inevitable that you have neglected others."

Xue Yan chuckled lightly and said, "We must not miss the important matters of the higher authorities."

Doumu was startled, nodded her head, changed the subject, and said, "There is one thing, have you heard? I was thinking of looking for you today, but I happened to see you coming here, so I invited you in. I also want to tell you."

Xueyan asked what was the matter, Doumu said: "We have been dating for a year, I also know, you heard that Brother Yun had a marriage before."

Xueyan was surprised and said: "I already knew about it before we got married, why did my sister-in-law suddenly bring this up?"

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Doumu's eyes, and she said: "I heard that their family is not doing well outside, and they are going to move back to our town in the near future, and they sent someone to tidy up the old house yesterday, so some gossip will inevitably come out, you first I have a bottom in my heart."

Xueyan smiled and said: "Our family is not the only one in the town. If they come back or not, it has nothing to do with us. Sister-in-law doesn't care."

Seeing her frank expression, Dou Mu was slightly relieved, and said with a smile: "You are a capable person, so it's useless to worry."

Xueyan suddenly asked: "Although Congxiang was disfigured and unable to become an official, he is still a promising and capable person. Why did that family regret the marriage? Could it be that their family is so high?"

Xueyan knew about Zhao Yunding's resignation, but she didn't know which family it was and what happened in the first place.

Doumu wondered, "Brother Yun didn't tell you?"

Xueyan smiled and said: "It's not a good thing, and I didn't want to expose the scars of the year, so I didn't ask carefully."

Doumu smiled and sighed for a while, and said: "You are considerate of him. Well, let me tell you, you just need to know. Speaking of which, the Fu family is similar to our Zhao family. No one is higher than the other. They are well-matched, and Fu Quan, the master of the Fu family, may not have married because of the fact that Brother Yun, a young man, would be named on the gold list early. It was only later that Brother Yun got hurt on his face, and Master Fu's eldest son-in-law Cheng But Kui got the last place in the second-class Jinshi examination, so the Fu family felt superior to others, and thought that Brother Yun would have no future, but it happened that someone in Cheng Jinshi's class took a fancy to the second lady of the Fu family, so the Fu family quit the school Family."

Xue Yan frowned slightly when she heard this, and said, "Second Miss of the Fu family is willing right away?"

Doumu sneered and said, "Why don't you want to? That same subject is No. 30 in the top two of high school, and the family has a lot of money. After taking care of it, he will be the county magistrate of the seventh rank. How could the second miss of the Fu family be unwilling?"

Xue Yan said: "That is to say, the second miss of the Fu family climbed Gao Zhi'er."

Doumu nodded and said: "No, it's fine if they withdraw their marriage honestly, but it would be disgraceful for Brother Yun's reputation. It's also retribution. The Fu family followed the second son-in-law and heard that they were involved in some case He was dismissed from office, and the Fu family had to move back to Bajing Town."

Xueyan smiled and said: "When the Fu family comes back, the second miss of the Fu family must not be able to come back."

But Mother Dou shook her head and said, "We came back together."

Xueyan was startled when she heard the words, and said: "Why did you come back with your mother's family? There is no such reason in the world."

Doumu said: "It's not unreasonable. If you are divorced, you can only go back to your mother's house."

Xueyan was taken aback, and asked, "Why did you get divorced so well?"

Doumu thought for a while, wanted to inquire about the news, and said: "I don't know, I only vaguely heard that the second son-in-law was dismissed because of what the second lady of the Fu family did with his post, and to cover up some lawsuits. , and said what usury was released, and that her brother relied on his power to bully men and women, etc., so the second son-in-law's family was furious, and immediately wrote a letter of divorce."

Hearing this, Xueyan stopped talking, but she was thinking about what Mother Dou reminded her of.

It's not that Xueyan has never seen a family like the Fu family before, but since Mother Dou had told herself solemnly that she had made up her own mind about coming back to the Fu family, so after leaving Mother Dou, Xue Yan immediately called the two wives Go inquire about the Fu family.

Mrs. Li is a young widow with no children. In order to make a fortune, the clansman sold her far away. She was bought by Zhao Yun's mother back then, so she had a place to live. Zhao Yun was the one who watched her grow up. She has always hated the Fu family, and finally Zhao Yun married a wife and lived a very good life. She didn't want the Fu family to come back at this time.

Mrs. Li walked outside with a bamboo basket, and when she passed by the Fu family's old house, she was really busy repairing it.

Mrs. Li glanced at it, walked to a butcher shop not far away, asked the proprietress of the butcher shop to cut a few catties of meat, and pretended not to care, and said: "Isn't the son-in-law of the Fu family who became an official? The whole family went with him, how did you come back?" Have you repaired the house?"

The proprietress recognized Mrs. Li, and Zhao Yun's family had always been their big customers, so she smiled and said, "Of course we need to move back when building a house."

Mrs. Li said: "Cut me two catties of mutton."

The proprietress was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Here I will cut it for you, your grandma treats you really well, there is no shortage of meat every day."

Thinking of Xueyan's personality, Mrs. Li nodded and said: "Our grandma is the best, and our uncle is also blessed to marry such a good grandma. She is ten times better than others. Now I only hope that grandma will marry her sooner." Treasure son, in the future our uncle will teach a young man to raise a man, and then we will be proud."

The proprietress knew the origins of the Zhao family and the Fu family, and said: "That's good, your uncles and grandmothers are rare. Who doesn't know that they have been married for a year, and they have never blushed. I don't know how many people they are envious of. I'm afraid that the second miss of the Fu family will regret it later."

Mrs. Li was puzzled and said: "Didn't the second miss of the Fu family be Gao Pan and become the wife of an official? Why do you regret it?"

When Xueyan asked Granny Li to inquire about the news, she didn't say that the second miss of the Fu family was divorced, so Granny Li didn't know.

The proprietress took a look at the Fu family's house, and Fang quietly said: "I heard that he was dismissed and returned to his mother's house, and the son stayed at his husband's house, but the second miss of the Fu family was kicked out. I heard that Master Fu still wants to pay the second miss Let’s choose another family.”

While taking out the money, Mrs. Li asked, "Do you know why you gave up?"

The proprietress smiled and said: "I don't know about these things. It's too late for them to keep their mouths shut, so how can they say it?"

Mrs. Li thought about it, counted the copper coins and paid her, said: "Thank you very much, if I hadn't come to buy meat from you today, I wouldn't have known their family had come back."

The proprietress said: "You come here often, I will tell you everything I know."

Mrs. Li said yes with a smile, and then asked: "The second miss of the Fu family has already been divorced and returned to her natal family. Why does Mr. Fu want to choose another relative for the second miss of the Fu family? We all know the basics here. Could it be that someone Willing to marry her?"

The proprietress laughed and said, "The Fu family thinks they have money, so why are they afraid that no one will be their son-in-law?"

As he said that, he laughed again: "You have to be careful, who doesn't know that your uncle is capable now, if the Fu family wants to turn around, it will make trouble!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly spat out, and said: "Don't say that we already have a grandma in our family. Our grandma is not easy to bully. Even if there is no grandma, our grandpa is not a divorced woman in their family. Being able to covet, what a thing, climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, without faith and righteousness, I really think that I am unique in the world."

After returning from the butcher shop, Mrs. Li became more and more annoyed as she thought about it, so she simply told Xue Yan all about it.

After hearing this, Xueyan knew what Doumu Mu reminded her of. Dou Mu's natal family was doing business in the city, so she got more news than others, but it was not easy to pay the master in front of her and planned to give the second lady another choice. relative.

Seeing that Xueyan was silent, Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "Grandma, uncle has always been devoted to grandma, grandma, don't believe those gossips outside. Then the Fu family likes to spread rumors, and that's how they ruined the name of uncle. Now they Before I came back, these words were spread first, it may not be intentional, when everyone knows that their family is going to choose a relative for the second young lady, the more it spreads, the worse it sounds, and I am afraid it will involve the uncle and grandma."

Xueyan smiled and said: "Mum, don't worry, I still don't know about Cong Xiang's behavior? I know about this, let's let it go."

Seeing that she didn't blame Zhao Yun, Mrs. Li immediately felt relieved, but Mrs. Li is a person with a long history. When Zhao Yun came back, she first told him the news and plans of the Fu family's return.

Zhao Yun's face was covered with frost, he said a few words to comfort Mrs. Li, and went to the room.