The men were eating and drinking in the main house, and after Wang Yushi handed over the kitchen to the servants at home, he led Zhang Xing and Zhang Tao to the room and opened a small table to eat and talk.

When Zhang Xing returned from the mountains, she often had dealings with the Wang family. Wang Yushi has also seen Zhang Xing many times, and he also likes her to be sensible and capable. Zhang Tao is delicate and cute, and often smiles before speaking. Although Wang Yushi saw Zhang Tao for the first time, he also liked it very much. After eating, he still pulled Zhang Tao and didn't let go, and said with a smile: "Your sister is far away, it's inconvenient to come over often, since you are closer, you must come to see your aunt often!"

Zhang Tao responded with a smile.

Wait until Zhang Xing and a few leave the Wang family. Wang Bingyi saw that Wang Yushi was counting the things brought by Zhang Xing and Zhang Tao, and said with a smile: "Aren't you always worried about the second child's family affairs?

Wang Yushi stopped, glanced at Wang Bingyi, and said angrily: "What are you talking about? The second child is also a person with a military position, how can he say that he is a country girl?"

Wang Bingyi was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why do you say that about the apricot girl? Although she is from the countryside, which one is worse than this girl in Huaiyang City?"

Seeing that Wang Bingyi was angry, Wang Yushi hurriedly changed his tone and said in a good voice: "It's not that I dislike the apricot girl, I actually like this girl a lot." Only this marriage match has always paid attention to the right family, our two families are too far apart, if they make up a bunch of days, there will always be such and such a wrong situation, once it is not good, this good thing can become a bad thing. Boss, don't you say?"

Wang Bingyi is from the past, and as soon as Wang Yushi said it, he also thought about it quietly.

Wang Yushi smiled again and said: "If you really think that the two girls of the Zhang family are good, I think Tao'er is good for our second child." ”

Wang Bingyi figured it out, and Wang Yu said so. couldn't help but be stunned again, and the anger rose again. frowned and said: "You also know that this marriage match should pay attention to the right person, where can the people of Huaiyang Mansion be touched by people like us?" How old is Zhang Tao? How old is the second child in our family? Don't even think about it. ”

The two sisters, Zhang Xing and Zhang Tao, didn't know about their own family affairs, and they were remembered again. Wei Minwen was so drunk that he fell asleep after returning to the inn. Zhang Xing pulled Zhang Tao and asked her how she was doing these days. Zhang Tao smiled and nodded, "Sister, I'm very good, don't worry about me." ”

Zhang Xing looked at Zhang Tao's face carefully, and asked again: "Have you asked the eldest lady about the deed of sale?"

"I asked, and the eldest lady took it out and asked for it to me, but I didn't ask for it. Zhang Tao nodded and said. When she asked about this, the eldest lady put down the pen in her hand and smiled at her, and asked Narcissus to bring it. Narcissus looked for a while. said that she didn't sort out a lot of things, and she couldn't remember where to put them for a while.

She really beat a drum in her heart at that time, and she was suspicious in her heart. But the next day Narcissus found something. The eldest lady smiled and wanted to give it to her. Her face couldn't help but be hot. Hurriedly pushed and said no.

Zhang Xing heard Zhang Tao say this, and looked at her face again, and knew that her plan had failed. The eldest lady's move to retreat into advance was really wonderful, and it suddenly dispelled the suspicion that she had finally blown up to Zhang Tao.

Zhang Xing was disappointed. Zhang Tao held her hand and said affectionately: "Sister, the eldest lady is really good to me." ”

"That's good. Zhang Xing said with a wry smile in her heart.

The next day, Zhang Xing and Wei Minwen set off for Zhanghe Town. It was the middle of the year, and there were many boats on the river. Zhang Xing has always been cautious. After getting on the ship, he rarely walked out of the cabin, and everything outside was greeted by Wei Minwen.

Wei Minwen made several friends on the ship, and often ate and talked in one place. Once, I drank high. Someone will send it back. Zhang Xing heard the sound and hurriedly asked them to carry Wei Minwen to the bed.

The few people who were sent didn't leave for a while, and Zhang Xing couldn't catch up. was worried about Wei Minwen, so he had to serve a cup of tea to one of them. took care of Wei Minwen by himself. After washing Wei Minwen's hands and face, he poured a bowl of honey water into it, and Wei Minwen vomited. Fall asleep.

Those people haven't left yet. Zhang Xing's heart became vigilant, and she noticed that they were looking at her frequently, and she became more and more uneasy, secretly looked around the room, and quietly touched the scissors in the sewing basket into her sleeve.

Among those people, a slender man who was dressed well, and the son, who was about eighteen or nineteen years old, stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Wei is resting, then let's go." The other two followed him to their feet.

Zhang Xing breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly thanked him, and closed the door after sending the person out of the room.

Her room was next door, but Wei Minwen didn't wake up, she didn't dare to leave, and kept guarding under the lamp. Wei Minwen woke up in the middle of the night, she was already awake for the most part, and after drinking the honey water brought by Zhang Xing, she urged her to go to sleep.

Zhang Xing went back to her room and slept until dawn. Wei Minwen came over to tell her about yesterday's drinking. Zhang Xing remembered the behavior of those teenagers last night, and said: "Big brother, although it is said that you rely on your parents at home and your friends when you go out, but this friend is also close to each other, and it is better not to believe it easily if you don't know the roots, after all, we are on the boat now, and it is better to be cautious." ”

Wei Minwen listened to Zhang Xing's words, although he also talked to those acquaintances on the ship, he didn't drink in one place anymore.

Zhang Xing put her mind at ease. When the boat arrived in Zhanghe Town, Uncle Fu and his buddy Hu Chunlai were already waiting on the dock. After staying in the town for one night, Zhang Xing returned to Weijiazhuang.

Another matchmaker went to the Wei family to say goodbye, Ye Hexiang heard that he was the shopkeeper in charge of several shops in Tong County, and he was also the same age, and his family was also rich, so he immediately smiled and smiled. But in the evening, she told Wei Yunhai about it.

Wei Yunhai shook his head and said, "It's too far, Xing'er really said in the past, if she suffers any grievances in the future, I'm afraid she won't be able to find support." ”

Ye Hexiang hurriedly said: "Big brother, where is it far? Tong County is only a day away from our town." Besides, isn't Uncle Fu's rice shop already in Yu County? Min Wen Xianglian will definitely go to Yu County in the future, and this Tong County will only be half a day away from Yu County.

"You still look at the air and ask people, and the words in the matchmaker's mouth can't be taken seriously. Wei Yunhai still refused to nod.

Ye Hexiang had no choice, so she had to ask the matchmaker about the family's situation, and asked a few acquaintances to help inquire about the situation. The people Ye Hexiang knew were probably about the same as her, and Tongxian was so far away, those people only heard Ye Hexiang talk about other people's family affairs, so they praised Ye Hexiang for being blessed, where could they really help find out something?

Uncle Fu helped in this matter, and asked Uncle Fu to go to Tongxian in person, and came back to tell Wei Yunhai that what the matchmaker said was basically true, and that Hu Gongzi was indeed young and promising, and he was in charge of several shops. But he is not the real shopkeeper, he is just in charge, the chief steward of the Huaiyang Palace's shops in Tongxian County.

Zhang Xing was shocked, and shook her head and refused without saying a word. She didn't nod, and Wei Yunhai didn't agree either. Although Ye Hexiang took the share of her mother, she didn't dare to twist Wei Yunhai and rashly decide Zhang Xing's family affairs.

The family business of the He family is a lesson from the past, Uncle Ye is out of the horse, and she can touch a nose of ash, and she doesn't dare anymore.

That's the end of this family business.

Since then, Zhang Xing has also begun to worry about her future, she sometimes really feels that this Huaiyang Mansion seems to be a ghost? First Gu Xichao, then that Miss Gu, and now such a steward has traveled thousands of miles to ask for marriage.

As long as she's not stupid, she'll find it weird.

Zhang Xing was secretly uneasy in her heart.

The hotter the weather is, the older Fu Xianglian is, and when she is hot, she doesn't think about eating. Zhang Xing brought some pickled plums at home and dried vegetables that went to winter to dry, and took them to Zhanghe Town.

Uncle Fu and Wei Minwen both went to the new shop in Yuxian County, and only Uncle Fu and his partner Hu Chun came to support them. Uncle Fu couldn't take care of it, so she begged Zhang Xing to stay for a few more days.

Zhang Xing has lived in Zhanghe Town for nearly half a month, and goes in and out of Fu's rice shop every day, because she can calculate accounts, and Aunt Fu has a headache for this piece, and Hu Chunlai is illiterate. Aunt Fu simply handed over the account management to her for the time being.

Uncle Fu has returned home, Wei Minwen is still staying in Yu County, and Zhang Xing is going back to Weijiazhuang. is still sitting in Zheng Bo's carriage.

The sun was setting in the west, and the vertical and horizontal fields were coated with a layer of dim red. Because of the hot weather, there were many fewer people coming to and from the town. In addition to Zhang Xing, there were two women from other villages in the carriage. Zhang Xing didn't know him, so he didn't pay attention to it, got into the carriage, looked at the outside of the carriage for a while, and then leaned on the carriage and took a drowsy nap.

I don't know where I went, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Zhang Xing's head slammed into the carriage, and there was a sudden dull pain.

The two women who were talking in the carriage also crashed into a heap, and they cried and cried and helped each other up.

Zhang Xing touched her head and lifted the curtain of the car.

The carriage would be parked in a cornfield flanked on either side by half-man's height. Zhang Xing couldn't see the front and back from the window for a while, and was about to ask Uncle Zheng out loud, when she suddenly heard Uncle Zheng's voice from the front.

"Few, how many, are you going to take a car?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of men's wanton laughter.

Zhang Xing heard that something was wrong with this laughter, and hurriedly climbed to the front and saw through the seam.

There were four or five horses in front of the carriage, and immediately everyone was dressed in black, with black pants and black masks, and holding bright knives in their hands.

Zhang Xing was shocked.

"Old man, do you think we look like people in your carriage?" said one of the men in black with a smile.

The rest of the hall laughed.

Zheng Bozheng was sitting in front of Zhang Xing. Zhang Xing could see that he was shivering.

The other two women in the carriage saw Zhang Xing climbing in front of them to look, and one of them also came over to see. One glance, the woman screamed and shrank into a ball.

The other didn't know what was going on, so he pulled and asked, "What's wrong?"

The woman pointed out of the car and said tremblingly, "Dirt, bandits, there are bandits......"

"Where did the bandits come from in broad daylight?" said the one who didn't know the situation, and took Zhang Xing to the side, leaned over to take a look, and screamed.

Zhang Xing secretly said that it was not good, and she couldn't wait to cover their mouths.

Although she can't see outside, she can hear people outside.

"Big brother, there are women in this car. ”

The man who spoke was so loud that all the people in the carriage heard him. The two women huddled together and cried out in fright. (To be continued......)

PS: I wish you all a prosperous and prosperous New Year.