Chapter Seventy-Nine: A Sudden Change (2nd Update)
When he returned home, Xia Xuege put away all his things, and entered Xia Ziqiu's room, and his dashing beauty father sat there in a blushing daze, Xia Xuege knew, Dad, you have a crush on someone!
"Dad, how about it, don't hide it from me, don't you take a fancy to Aunt Yuanchun?"
"Hmmm......"
Xia Ziqiu nodded, like a child, Xia Xuege stuck out her tongue and leaned over with a wicked smile.
"Dad, what did Grandpa say that week?"
"Your grandfather Zhou agrees, but you have to be able to show off your father in the exam next year, you ...... If your Aunt Yuanchun marries in, Xue Ge, you are not allowed to bully her......"
"Dad, do you think that Aunt Yuanchun is your daughter-in-law now? Hehe, I agree, but Dad, Aunt Yuanchun seems to be the eldest lady, a lot of things, shouldn't he be able to do it, and in our family, is he used to it? ”
Xia Xuege said that this was what she was most worried about, and Xia Ziqiu shook her head.
"She knows what the situation of our family is, and she also said that she will work hard to learn to do housework, and she also said that if she marries into our family, she will definitely not bring servants and maids, and she will not brush the shelves."
"Hmm...... Isn't that too bad for others, Dad, if you pass the exam, our family will buy two people, you can't really let Aunt Yuanchun be a peasant woman, and our family is not short of more than 20 taels of silver, today Zhou Xiaopang's second aunt gave me 20 taels! ”
"Okay, but it's better to buy a family, Xue Ge, Dad is going to see those friends of Daddy, are you at home, okay?"
Xia Ziqiu said, on the one hand, to divert attention, on the other hand, he hadn't forgotten these things, Xia Xuege nodded. It's important to do business, but it seems that I have to find a way to make more money, and this next year's Xia Ziqiu will be a show, and this show will be rewarded once. This marriage with the Zhou family also requires a lot of silver.
Xia Ziqiu went out to visit friends, Xia Xuege carefully looked through her own small vault at home, the last time she bought a shop, Xia Ziqiu didn't take her money, she had already saved more than two hundred taels of silver in her treasure box. Looking at more than two hundred taels, Xia Xuege never realized that she was so rich, this is not Mo Zhuqing's money.
With the twenty taels of silver he got today, Xia Xuege began to think about it, the money is not a cub. The best way to make money is to do business, but what can she do? It's nothing more than embroidering an embroidery and selling a handkerchief, and Steward Han's splendid workshop doesn't know why it won't be opened, although this small purse is sold to the branch of Eighteen Mile Shop, but Xia Xuege is still very worried.
"Milk candy, what do you say I should do, no money......"
"Meow ......"
Milk candy didn't pay attention to Xia Xuege at all. Screamed and continued to sleep on the kang, Xia Xuege thought, and suddenly thought of something - her salted duck eggs.
"That's right. It's getting old, and I haven't sold it once! ”
Thinking about it, Xia Xuege pedaled to the back warehouse, in the warehouse, the smell of spicy cabbage was very strong, and Xia Xuege was used to it. I was still irritated by my sore nose and stepped aside. Looking at the salted duck eggs in the jar, Xia Xuege dispelled this idea again. It's not anything else, it's too little, unless it is sold to a grocery store, there is no market, lamenting that it is difficult to make money, Xia Xuege still went back to the house.
Xia Ziqiu went out for an afternoon, and the friends in the town have roughly walked by, some are far away, and it is good to go back in two days, and it seems that it is really the pursuit of Zhou Yuanchun, Xia Ziqiu went to Wenshu after eating, Xia Xuege set off fireworks in the yard for a while, and went back to sleep.
Early the next morning, Xia Xuege woke up, not for anything else, Old Man Xia came, and he quarreled with Xia Ziqiu very much, listening to the voice, Xia Ziqiu was really the first time to be so noisy with Old Man Xia.
"Dad, how can you do this, I've already broken up, do you really have no money in your hands? Last time the Hua family's incident, didn't you already have five hundred taels, although the family had three happy events, but it didn't cost much, how could you ask me to sell the shop to make money, I finally had a stable business, Dad, your request is too much! ”
Xia Ziqiu looked at Old Man Xia, he really didn't expect things to come so suddenly, Old Man Xia sat on the kang and smoked, looked at Xia Ziqiu who no longer paid attention to him, and said:
"Ziqiu, it's not that you want to cut the meat, what are you doing with such a big reaction, just let you sell the shop, pay for your brother to donate an official, and the court will reopen Nasu and put him in prison, this is a great opportunity, why are you so unenlightened!"
Old Man Xia said, his voice was full of complaints, and Xia Ziqiu couldn't help but sneer.
"Heh, Dad, you really think well, Nasu's imprisonment is equivalent to donating officials? Where did you hear it, what your younger brother told you, or what your stepmother said? Nasu went to prison, and he entered the Guozi Prison, which is also an exam, if it is really equivalent to becoming an official, I don't know how many mediocre and incompetent officials there are in the court! ”
"You! Your little brother has real talent and learning! ”
"That's his business, Dad, what does it have to do with me!"
Xia Ziqiu said, seeing Xia Xuege coming in, he motioned for Xia Xuege to go out, Xia Xuege also knew that his father didn't want to mix with himself, so he simply went out to listen to the corner.
"Dad, I've broken up, I said it was good when I split up, I will give a festival gift on three festivals, give you and your mother three taels of filial piety silver every year, I don't care about other things, Dad, you don't want to be untrustworthy!"
Xia Ziqiu's voice was angry, Xia Xuege frowned, is that the second generation of rich officials and the second generation of officials a place where ancient scholars gathered, Old Man Xia was really whimsical, he actually thought that Xia Zidong could go there to study, no, he didn't think that he wanted to create an opportunity for Xia Zidong to go.
"Third child, what are you talking about, as if you are not from the Xia family, you don't care about anything, what you say is some, I'll ask you, can you help or not!"
"Don't help!"
"You!"
Old Man Xia was angry, he didn't expect Xia Ziqiu to disobey him so blatantly. But he also knew that Xia Ziqiu was the harder you are, the stronger he is, and his tone softened a little.
"Ziqiu, if you don't sell the shop, can you borrow some money, just treat it as if your father owes you?"
"I borrowed money? Are you going to pay back the money? Or will my stepmother and her old man pay it back? Or will Xia Zidong, a great Confucian, pay it back, or do you expect Xia Zijun to pay it back? ”
Xia Ziqiu said, snorting, he is not stupid, he and his family have to be busy, and these three times and twice, he no longer has so much heart to spend with Old Man Xia.
And as soon as he heard Xia Ziqiu say this, Old Man Xia couldn't hold back his anger anymore.
"I owe you everything, you are not so bad for money now, your shop, all the expenses in a month, ten taels of silver to play, you can't borrow three hundred taels to your little brother? It's only three hundred taels, even if there is interest, you can pay it off in three years, your daughter is not big, it's still early to save the dowry, and you are not in a hurry to use the money, pay it back slowly! ”
"Hehe, Dad, it turns out that you really plan to let me borrow money, and you won't pay back a penny, sorry, I can't borrow it!"
"You...... Xia Ziqiu, are you my son or not! You're just going to lose your money! ”
Old Man Xia also stood up, and Xia Ziqiu didn't look at him, but said:
"Dad, do you remember the loan shark you borrowed that year!"
“……”
Xia Ziqiu asked, extremely disappointed in his heart, Old Man Xia was stunned, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it, the two of them were silent for a while, and in the end, Old Man Xia still opened his mouth.
"This matter is over, what are you doing again, I only beat you back then, but aren't you all right, I'm old, I'm looking at Ben Seventy, Ziqiu, I don't have much hope in my life, I just want to be alive, see that the Xia family has a serious official, you are now unintentional officialdom, but fortunately, there is still your fifth brother, Ziqiu, can you beg your father?"
What Old Man Xia said, Chu Chu looked at Xia Ziqiu pitifully, but Xia Ziqiu smiled bitterly.
"Hehehe...... Hahahaha...... Dad, what the hell are you asking me to say about you! ”
"Hehehe...... The official ...... of the Eight Classics Hehehe...... Dad, what kind of official is a decent child? ”
Xia Ziqiu asked Old Man Xia a little mockingly, Old Man Xia was speechless for a while, and he couldn't speak, but he was more frightened by Xia Ziqiu's attitude.
"Dad, since you are talking about a decent official, am I asking you if you are from a decent background, or do you sit up straight after becoming an official, clear and clear, and have a clean breeze on your sleeves, huh? Dad, what do you say? ”
Xia Ziqiu asked, and Old Man Xia suddenly became angry.
"Xia Ziqiu, what do you mean, are you saying that I can't provide a clean official!"
"What do you say?"
Xia Ziqiu asked rhetorically, Old Man Xia was simply angry! Pointing at Xia Ziqiu, his hands trembled.
"You don't fart for me here, you can't do it yourself, don't think of everyone else as you, what's wrong with my old Xia family...... I...... How come I have a son like you, Xia Ziqiu, you yourself are full of copper smell, and you have lost money, you don't fart to me here, you can't pass the exam yourself, you just make up nonsense here, saying that Zidong can't pass the test, you still arrange him to be an official even if he is an official in the future, Xia Ziqiu, you ...... I'm really a loss in my last life! I gave birth to such a brute as you! ”
"Whether I am a beast or not is naturally judged, Dad, I didn't say you, you have a good heart, look at what kind of virtue Zidong is now, Dad, I really doubt that you are old and confused!"
Saying that, Xia Ziqiu smiled again and said:
"Dad, I have a sentence, you'd better listen to it, Zidong is worthy of being the son of you and the Liang family, the two of you, he really learned, one is vicious, the other is selfish, Xia Zidong is not bad at all!" (To be continued) R655