In the past, Xia Chunchao would have ignored this person's post, but now it is different. The dry goods store was returned, and three customers were lost in one breath, although the shopkeeper of the Liuxiang Pavilion was a little swaying, I don't know what his plans were. Although Fu Yueming has good intentions, it is really unpredictable what the prospect will be. What's more, merchants are not hostile to buying and selling, so why is this business sent to the door definitely launched?

At the moment, her mind had been decided, she handed over the post to Bao'er and put it in the book, and instructed: "Go to the door to find a small servant, and pass a word to Hexiangzhuang, only saying that I should go down." Bao'er asked, "Don't you have to reply?" Xia Chunchao hesitated slightly, and said: "No need, the words are also average." ”

When Bao'er heard this, she went as ordered, and Shaoqing came back and said, "I have sent Changshun'er to say it." "That's it.

In the evening, Xia Chunchao had dinner, and it was time to hold the lamp. It was dark, and the two girls lit lamps and candles. Xia Chunchao saw that her husband had not yet returned, so she looked for some needlework to do, because she thought that he must have come back from eating, so she asked, "Have you stewed the sobering tea?" Zhu'er came up to palm the lamp, and replied with a smile: "It's all ready, I know that grandma feels sorry for the young master, this is all the old case before the young master went to the northwest, do you still say it to grandma?" When Xia Chunchao heard this, he smiled, without words, lowered his head and stitched two more stitches, and suddenly heard a noise on the door, knowing that it was Lu Chengyong who was back, and hurriedly dropped the needle and thread and got up.

At this time, Lu Chengyong had staggered into the door, hugged Xia Chunchao, and kissed the hippie smiling face. Xia Chunchao saw that his cheeks were red and he was full of alcohol, so he knew that he was drunk, turned his head, and pushed him away. Lu Chengyong was already drunk, his feet were unstable, and after eating this push, he fell on his back, and muttered: "After eating a few glasses of wine, I was disgusted by you." If I knew that, I wouldn't go out to eat and drink. ”

Xia Chunchao saw his wolf appearance, he was angry and laughed, and said angrily: "Whoever is like you, who eats drunk outside and doesn't rinse his mouth when he comes back, he has to tease the lady, so clean!" As he spoke, he asked Zhu'er to pick him up, and asked Bao'er to come over with sobering tea.

Lu Chengyong ate a cup of tea heartily, woke up a little, and Xia Chunchao handed him a hand towel and wiped his face. After cleaning up, Lu Chengyong's alcohol surged, his upper and lower eyelids were sticky in one place, and he was sleepy. Xia Chunchao was going to tell him about it, but seeing him like this, he knew that he couldn't say anything, so he had to help him to bed, undress him, send the girl out, and sleep without mentioning it.

When I woke up the next day, because Lu Chengyong was drinking at night, Xia Chun got up twice in the night, never slept well, and got up a moment late in the morning. When he opened his eyes, he saw that his side was empty, and he invited the girl to ask, and when Lu Chengyong was slightly bright, he had already set off to go to the yamen.

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he didn't say anything else, and got up to freshen up.

Suddenly, Bao'er came over with breakfast, Xia Chunchao sat cross-legged on the kang to eat, and suddenly heard a person talking under the wall outside the window, but it was Baolian, so he raised his voice and said: "Baolian, come in and talk." ”

Baolian walked into the inner room lightly, bent down to say goodbye, and said with a smile: "The old lady sent me to pass the word, only to know that grandma was eating, and she didn't dare to come in and disturb her, but who knew that she still disturbed." Xia Chunchao smiled and said: "It's because I got up late today, but it doesn't hinder me." He asked, "What did the old lady have to say when she sent you here?" Baolian said: "The old lady said that if grandma is not busy, she will go to the backyard later." Someone came to see the girl today, and the old lady wanted to discuss with her grandmother. When Xia Chunchao heard the news, he hurriedly smiled and said: "There is such a thing, I haven't been at home for days, and I don't know a thing." In that case, I'll be over later. When Bao Lian saw that she had answered, she blessed her body and went.

After sending Baolian, Bao'er opened the curtain and came in, stood on the side, and asked: "Grandma, there is a matchmaker looking at the girl, why doesn't the old lady call Mrs., but comes to call grandma?" The wife is the girl's biological mother, and the grandmother is just a sister-in-law. Although the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, it is really strange to ask her grandmother to go over to discuss it when she sees her wife now. Zhu'er said quickly: "What do you know, our family has always been in charge of grandma's family, and when such a big event happens, the old lady naturally has to discuss with grandma." Bao'er asked again: "Having said that, but the girl's family affairs, the old lady should have come forward, why is the old lady Zhang Luo?" Xia Chunchao said: "Presumably the old lady is the elder, and the girl has always followed the old lady." What's more, no one knows the wife's temper, and the old lady is not at ease. The two girls listened, and said more.

This Xia Chunchao thought in his heart: Looking back before, that girl was quite merciful to Shen Changyu, I don't know what happened now. Seeing that someone was coming to see her, she just forgot about it. If you still have it in your heart, don't make trouble. After thinking about it like this, because there was something in his heart, he lost his appetite, and only ate a small half bowl of porridge and pushed it. I got up and dressed up, and took Zhu'er to the backyard.

When I walked to the backyard, I saw the little girl apricot standing under the begonia tree and pinching flowers. As soon as she saw her coming, Xing'er hurriedly greeted her and said with a smile: "Grandma is here." Xia Chunchao looked at a handful of fresh begonia flowers in her hand, and smiled: "You are naughty again, what are you doing with these flowers?" Is there still a shortage of flowers to wear at home? Xing'er pouted and said, "It's not that I want to pinch, it's the girl who ordered it." Xia Chunchao nodded, didn't pay attention to it, and went to the main room.

Baohe guarded the door, and when he saw her coming, he made a call inside, and then opened the curtain.

Xia Chunchao walked to the hall, saw that there was no one in the hall, turned to the wall, and sure enough, he saw Lu Jiashi wearing a home-style cardigan, green silk trimmed pants sitting cross-legged on the kang, and standing with a tea on the ground.

Xia Chunchao stepped forward, said a thousand blessings, and said, "I heard my grandmother's call, I don't know what happened?" Lu Jiashi bowed slightly, pouted to the side, and said, "Sit." ”

Xia Chunchao sat shallow on a stool on the side according to his words, and only listened to Lu Jia's words: "I called you over today, it's not for anything else, a family has made a matchmaker to say goodbye to Sister Hong, and I will discuss with you." Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law Sun just heard Baolian mention it, but I don't know who came to propose marriage?" Lu Jiashi said with a smile: "It's Qiu Zhongkai's Qiu Duwei family in Xiliuzi Hutong on East Fourth Street, and he is a matchmaker with his second boy." Xia Chunchao thought about it carefully, but he didn't know this person. But I heard Lu Jiashi say again: "Speaking of which, the official position of this captain is inferior to our brother Yong." But fortunately, they are grandparents and eunuchs, and the family is not bad. The eldest son of his family fell from his horse the year before last, and his injuries were incurable, and he died. There is still a second boy at this time, and there is no one else. I heard that Qiu Duwei and his wife love this child like a treasure, and they will definitely be able to treat Sister Hong well, so I look down on them. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he was unreasonable, so he said: "What the old lady said is that I just have to find a competent person to find out the situation inside this house." Otherwise, it looks glamorous on the outside, but there are some inhumane problems inside, but it will trap our girl. As the saying goes, men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. This man has entered the wrong business, and he can change it. If a daughter marries the wrong person, that's a lifetime thing. Lu Jia's chin said: "I naturally understand this reason, so you can find someone to inquire." I have sent you here, but there is one more thing. At this point, he didn't say it, he just wanted Baolian to say: "Your grandma's tea is cold, why don't you stew a new one?" ”

The bowl of tea in Xia Chunchao's hand was stewed by Baolian when he came, where would it be cold? When she said this, she went out for Zhi Baolian. Pauline understood, nodded immediately, and walked away. Xia Chunchao also said to Zhu'er: "You go to the wall to find Chun Tao and ask me about the network I asked her to fight before, but I never finished fighting." Zhu'er also left.

When only the two ancestors and grandchildren were left in the house, Lu Jia's family asked: "Seeing that someone has come to see each other, Sister Hong's exit from the pavilion is only a matter of this year." Her dowry is half and half la, but she has to deal with it urgently. A few days ago, I sent someone to find a carpenter to come to my house and asked, a Nanjing stepping bed, choosing sour branches and wood, almost cost 200 taels of silver. and a mahogany chest, and fifty taels of silver. The dresser is poor, so I choose boxwood, and it costs seventy or eighty taels of silver. I have a total contract on the side, and I don't need the money of the public. Look at it, the money may be taken out of the house now. As he spoke, the two yellow eyes stared at Xia Chunchao for a moment.

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he made a rough calculation in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "The old lady's words are also funny, what is the public and unfair, and it is not from me?" Of the family's money, which penny did not earn me? These more than 300 taels of silver are nothing, even if I can take them out in an instant. It's just that this doesn't make sense, Sister Hong'er is now a child who is not sluggish, and there is an old lady to take care of it, and there is an old lady above. Is there a reason for a sister-in-law and sister-in-law to make a dowry in this world? The old lady has always liked to talk about the rules, and it is not shameful for people like us to spread such things and spread them? ”

Lu Jiashi saw that she took her words from the past, and couldn't help but froze, and then smiled: "If we don't say it, who can know?" Rest assured, there will never be any gossip. Xia Chunchao's smile deepened and said, "The old lady's words are light, but there is no impermeable wall in the world." What's more, I have a dowry with Sister Hong, how should this be calculated? ”

Lu Jiashi smiled and asked, "When I give up my old face, please come back, how about it?" Your wife has always been a handyman, and she can't get a penny out of it. Otherwise, I won't tell you that. You and Sister Hong have always been good friends, don't you help her in her big things? Xia Chunchao smiled and refused to answer, only bowed his head to eat tea.

Lu Jiashi waited for a long time, and saw that she was just silent, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "If it depends on you, what should I do?" Xia Chunchao smiled and said, "Daughter-in-law can't think of any good way, but this thing can't be done." Lu Jiashi had no choice but to say: "In this way, I have an idea." I will make an IOU with you, and I will only think that the money is borrowed. I'll pay you back with my body when I'm backward, how about it? Xia Chunchao pretended to exclaim: "How can this be made? Lu Jiashi said continuously: "Make it, I say make it." After that, lest she regret it, she hurriedly shouted to Baolian to come in and get paper and pen to grind and wait.