This time, Shen Wansan was not stingy and gave Ma Xiuying five hundred taels of silver as a reward. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to him, although the box of silver found in Zhang's house was only four or five thousand taels left, his father was very happy that his extremely smart son was worse than the official, and he privately solved the case of Zhang Dazhi's disappearance, so he rewarded him with one-tenth of his pocket money, and he transferred all the money to Ma Xiuying.

Ma Xiuying was very satisfied, five hundred taels of silver was not worth mentioning in the Shen family, but it was a considerable amount for her. With this money, she can do a lot of things, first of all, she offers to redeem the gold lock and jade bracelet.

Shen Wansan was stunned, the golden lock and jade bracelet had already been given to Yao Tianxi, where did he come out? ”

Yuan Xing said angrily: "Didn't I tell you, it was a relic of my sister's father, and I want you to keep it for your life, and we will redeem it in the future." ”

Shen Wansan glanced at Yao Tianxi, but Yao Tianxu didn't look at him. Shen Wansan didn't have a point, and said in a low voice: "I'll pay a new one, better, okay?"

"Forget it, the deceased is gone, it's better not to see it, and leave sadness in vain. Although Ma Xiuying said that it didn't matter, the loneliness in her tone was sad. But she is not qualified to blame Shen Wansan, businessmen always maximize their interests, and the gold lock and jade bracelet can't be used as food and clothing at home, of course the Shen family will find a way to exchange it for silver taels.

Yao Tianxi quietly clenched his fists, he wanted to tell Ma Xiuying that the golden lock and jade bracelet were on him, but he didn't know how to explain it. If Ma Xiuying knew that he had already obtained the golden lock jade bracelet and deliberately didn't give it to her, and saw that she was in a hurry, would she be very angry?

Moreover, the gold lock and jade bracelet are often rubbed by Yao Tianxi, which has become his habit of seeing things and thinking about people, and he has always hoped to return them to Ma Xiuying after gaining her affection, as a testimony to the relationship between the two. At this time, Ma Xiuying will be grateful, but it is by no means the love he wants...... Let him be selfish for a while, and tell her the truth when the day comes.

Everyone has their own thoughts, and the low air pressure is shrouded in the room, making people feel irritable.

Shen Wansan broke the deadlock and said with a smile: "I may not come out during this time, I will marry Xiaoqian after the New Year, and there are many things to prepare." My dad said that when I got married, he would let me take over the family business, and then I could form a fleet and go to sea. ”

Everyone congratulated in unison, and the atmosphere became warm again.

Ma Xiuying smiled maliciously, "Are you getting married because you went to sea, or are you getting married because of Sister Lu?"

"Of course, it's for the sake of ...... Well, it's for Xiaoqian. Shen Wansan's tongue spun in circles a few times. Now that Ma Xiuying and Lu Xiaoqian are good sisters, it is difficult to guarantee that this little girl will not betray him for friendship, just like he shielded Yao Tianxi for friendship.

Yao Tianxi quipped: "I remember that some people cried and shouted that they didn't want to get married. ”

"What's more, Young Master Shen didn't want to live at that time. Yuan Xing he, he was happy when he thought of these nobles' embarrassed appearance.

"Ahem, it was the old yellow calendar from many years ago, why do you still remember it? Shen Wansan smiled at Ma Xiuying, "Don't tell Xiaoqian about these things." ”

"I know. Ma Xiuying rolled her eyes, the two were going to get married, why did she say this to destroy the relationship between the two. She solemnly warned Shen Wansan, "You have to be good to Sister Lu in the future, don't marry and don't cherish it." ”

Shen Wansan nodded, "Well, Xiaoqian is a good girl, I will cherish it." ”

Ma Xiuying sighed, "I hope you do what you say." I still remember the time when you treated Sister Lu as a woman from another family, although Sister Lu didn't say anything, in fact, I could see that she was very unhappy. ”

Shen Wansan touched his nose embarrassedly, "It's okay to eat color, I didn't know she was Xiaoqian at that time, otherwise I wouldn't dare to talk nonsense if I had a hundred guts." I also said that you and Tianxi didn't know that they would say anything, and they just watched the excitement from the side......"

"It's obvious that you are spending your own heart, eating the bowl and looking at the pot, but you blame us?" Ma Xiuying pouted disdainfully.

The atmosphere that had just improved stiffened again, and Yao Tianxi persuaded: "Okay, okay." After the junior, he will be sensible when he gets married. ”

"I'm afraid that if he marries one person enough, and he has to marry three wives and four concubines, you men won't have a good thing!" Ma Xiuying became more and more angry the more she spoke, and she actually brushed her sleeves and left.

Ma Xiuying's sudden anger made everyone look at each other, and Shen Wansan asked in confusion: "Is she eating a cannon fight? What does it matter to her that I get married, has she always had a crush on me?"

"Nonsense!" Yao Tianxi was so angry that he fell back, he didn't suspect that Ma Xiuying had affection for Shen Wansan, but vaguely guessed that Ma Xiuying was angry because of the topic of men's hearts. After all, everyone said it well before, when it was mentioned that men had three wives and four concubines, Ma Xiuying was furious. Thinking of this, his heart sank, Ma Xiuying was so disgusted with men's three wives and four concubines, how could he say that he wanted to take Ma Xiuying as a concubine?

Ma Xiuying is indeed very disgusted with men's three wives and four concubines, whether it is the monogamous marriage system in the previous life or the mutual affection of her father and mother in this life, it is deeply ingrained in her mind, and she can't imagine the scene of several women competing for a man. What pained her the most was that she thought of marrying Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, in the future, and Zhu Yuanzhang had countless concubines......

At this moment, Ma Xiuying hesitated, should she continue the trajectory of history to marry Zhu Yuanzhang, or indulge her mind to find someone to hold the hand of her son and grow old with her son, and only wish to have a couple for the rest of her life?

"Sister, are you sad?" Yuan Xing followed closely behind Ma Xiuying, Ma Xiuying's silence made him feel uneasy, he rarely saw Ma Xiuying so depressed and helpless, and the lonely back looked so sad.

Ma Xiuying came back to her senses, and remembered the angry appearance just now, she couldn't help but be amazed, and the sudden anger of Shicai actually made her angry at Shen Wansan and Yao Tianxi, which was really unreasonable. She squirmed back to Qingfeng Yuan, wanting to apologize to the two of them. However, Shen Wansan had already left, leaving only Yao Tianxi sitting in front of the window, not knowing what he was thinking.

Regarding Ma Xiuying's departure and return, Yao Tianxi showed great surprise, and his dim eyes immediately became bright.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper, please see Xiao San to help me apologize. Ma Xiuying's voice was like a mosquito, and she lowered her head to avoid the hot gaze.

"Are you angry because of a man's three wives and four concubines? But this society is like this......" Yao Tianxi seemed to understand, but also seemed to be puzzled, the elders he knew basically had more than one wife, and even his father had several concubines, and his mother was not the same. Ma Xiuying's stepfather also has two Mrs. Zhang, why can't Ma Xiuying agree?

Ma Xiuying's voice became more and more dull, "I understand, I'm also adapting, probably because my father only married one of my mother......"

Although Yao Tianxi repeatedly told himself not to ask, his actions reacted faster than his consciousness, "If there is a person he can only marry you as a concubine, but he will always be good to you, are you willing to marry him?"

Ma Xiuying raised her head suddenly, and sneered: "You can't even promise me the status of the main room, how can you talk about being good to me?" At this moment, she suddenly felt a refreshing pain, and her once wavering heart was as hard as steel. She knew who "that person" Yao Tianxi was talking about, and even he couldn't give her the life and couple she wanted, and even could only give her the identity of a concubine, so what did she hesitate about. There are groups of men's wives and concubines who can't escape from the left and right, and it's better to be that person than to be low.

Yao Tianxi was speechless, as if the fig leaf had been lifted, and he was ashamed of himself. He thought he was good for Ma Xiuying, but he was beaten to pieces by this sentence.

Ma Xiuying didn't want to embarrass each other too much, so she changed the topic and joked: "Have you forgotten, my ambition is to be a queen, don't say anything about concubines, even the main room has to see if I'm happy or not, I'm a very picky person." ”

If Shen Wansan was here, he would definitely laugh at Ma Xiuying for not even being qualified to be a concubine for Yao Tianxi, and she dared to say that she was not ashamed to want to be a queen. But Yao Tianxi just tightened his throat and smiled apologetically. He has already hurt Ma Xiuying once, and he can't say more hurtful facts. He was glad that he didn't directly point out that he wanted Ma Xiuying to be his concubine, maybe he still had a chance, if one day he could master his own marriage, he must give Ma Xiuying a solemn promise, instead of putting self-righteous goodness on Ma Xiuying.

However, many things have quietly changed silently, just like Yao Tianxi didn't know that his relationship with Ma Xiuying had passed by because of his wrong expression, and Ma Xiuying's heart would never stay for him again.

Without the appearance of Shen Wansan and Lu Xiaoqian, Qingfeng Yuan was much colder. Ma Xiuying didn't come over much, as if she was deliberately avoiding Yao Tianxi, she always asked Yuan Xing to borrow a lot of books, and after reading it, she borrowed a lot of them, read any book, and those who came did not refuse.

Yuan Xing told Yao Tianxi that Ma Xiuying especially likes to read books on strategy, power techniques, checks and balances, etc.

Every time, Yao Tianxi would read the books Ma Xiuying had flipped through again. Through the annotations on these books, he seems to see a woman with the overall situation in mind and an open mind pointing out the country and scolding Fang Xuan, has she really not given up her lofty ambition to be a queen?

Of course, Ma Xiuying did not give up her determination to be the queen, not only did she not give up, but became more and more determined. It is now the tenth year of Emperor Yuan Shun, the corrupt imperial court has been crumbling, and news of the Red Turban Army's uprising has come everywhere.

Ma Xiuying is unwilling to be Guo Zixing's pawn anymore, and she must have the ability to protect herself before she finds Zhu Yuanzhang so that she will not be at the mercy of others. At present, she only has one follower by her side, which is far from enough, she needs a lot of money and talents.

Ma Xiuying, who originally thought that five hundred taels of silver was a considerable number, suddenly found that the money was too little, her eyes fell on the book, raised her eyebrows and smiled, of course a rich and smart person like Yao Tianxi could not let go! At the same time, she hoped that Shen Wansan would soon go to sea to make money, "successfully smuggle a boat, sit and wait for 30 years", Shen Wansan's fleet will definitely bring back unimaginable benefits when it returns, and as long as she gets a little dividend from it, she can vigorously develop her own forces.

Little San, what kind of relatives are you going to be, go straight to the sea!