The letter to the daughter-in-law had already been written to her mother's house, asking her mother to help her learn about the girls she had selected from the side, and then choose a girl who met her requirements in all aspects to be her youngest brother-in-law. Her mother didn't dare to slack off when she received the letter, and carefully explained to the mothers around her to help secretly inquire and observe the private conduct, personality, conversation and so on of those girls.

In fact, these girls know each other, but this understanding is all on the surface, each of them wears a mask, and no one can see through the true temperament of the other. Only their respective personal maids will know, and it is also in the case of carrying people behind their backs that they can show their true side.

Mrs. Kong, don't look at the grade, but after all, people have been circling between officials and wives for decades, whether a girl hides her original temperament, as long as she observes carefully, she can still catch a little clue.

Through the secret inquiry, secret observation, and her own careful attention, she finally circled three girls who met the requirements in her daughter's letter. One is the second daughter of the handkerchief she got along well with when she was a girl; One is the eldest daughter of her fifth brother; One is the youngest daughter of the second cousin of the Kong family.

After she circled the candidates, she was notified to make an appointment in the capital to come over and make a final decision. It's a pity that Erya was waiting for the emperor's reply restlessly, and he really didn't have the heart to do anything else, so he kept stranded there. This time the matter was almost over, and Erya hurriedly took the opportunity of the New Year's greetings to hand over a post to the Kong family, and would visit Mrs. Kong tomorrow.

Mrs. Kong also did enough face work. In the name of handkerchiefs handed over by her little niece, she asked several girls to come to the house to play.

Of course, Erya suddenly came to the door to pay New Year's greetings, and it became an unexpected bump into the girls' party. The maid who followed her into the door was passing through the flower hall. After seemingly casually greeting the girls who were playing in the excitement, he went out the back door, turned a corner, and entered Mrs. Kong's inner hall.

Mrs. Kong arranged for someone to make hot tea early and waited, and when she saw Erya entering the door, she greeted her with a smile, and pulled her to sit on the first seat of the guest without letting Erya salute.

"You're here at the right time!"

They drank a cup of tea and got up to peek at the girls. Not even a single maid was allowed to follow, only the tight-mouthed mother followed, so as not to let people see through their intentions. After all, this is secretly picking other girls. If the girl's family knows about it, it will offend the other people to death.

Er Ya saw that the seven or eight girls in it were playing very well, and one of them looked a little older than the others. It fits the eyes of the two Ya very well, so I pay more attention. Then the more I looked at it, the more I felt that it was in harmony. She nodded quietly. He took the lead and turned around and walked towards Mrs. Kong's back hall. Mrs. Kong waved her hand behind her to let the maids on both sides go aside, and only let the mother who followed her before stand by the door. After sitting down, he asked in a low voice, "Which one do you like?" ”

Erya also replied in a low voice: "Who is the girl who is wearing a milky yellow sweater and a natural hare fur coat outside?" Have you ever been involved with a family? ”

Mrs. Kong looked at Erya with an incredulous expression, and asked in a surprised and frightened whisper, "My aunt and grandmother! There are so many girls, why did you fall in love with her? ”

Er Ya was stunned: "How can there be anyone who has already engaged in a family affair?" I thought they were all girls who didn't have a marriage, so I didn't ask you first! ”

Mrs. Kong shook her head and said in a low voice: "She didn't have a marriage, but her family affairs were a little bumpy. I'm just afraid."

The girl's demeanor was neat, and her words were not slow. The smile is open, and when the subordinates explain things, they are neither domineering nor soft, without momentum, and a few words show the natural majesty of everyone's beauty. The appearance is also the kind with small bones and flesh, giving people a sense of happiness and nobility. It's just such a good girl, but she wants to give up, and she still feels very uncomfortable.

Mrs. Kong saw the look of pity on Erya's face, so she said again: "If you really like my poor niece, then I will tell you about her previous family affairs, and then you can make up your mind, okay?" ”

Seeing Erya nodding, Mrs. Kong talked about this niece in general: "She is the eldest daughter of my brother-in-law, and she has ordered a doll since she was a child." Who knew that the child had grown up, and he was going to marry his cousin who grew up together, so he had to quit the family here.

After this family affair was withdrawn, another family affair was given. As a result, both of us have already chosen the date of marriage, and there is a scandal about the birth of the eldest son. My niece is also a strong one, and after getting the news, she will admit death and not marry.

After that, she set a family affair, the man is a Jinshi who is in the same department as your brother, and the original family affairs are almost the same, and suddenly someone told me the news of my little brother-in-law, saying that the Jinshi has actually been married at home for many years.

One after another, my niece was so angry that she vowed never to marry again. After a period of time, whoever wants to talk to her about the family will turn their faces, if you make up your mind to propose, I have to talk to this niece first, if she doesn't make trouble, you can ask the matchmaker to come to the door. ”

Hearing this, Erya breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. As long as it's not the rumor of 'Kefu' or 'Ke's relatives'. Although she doesn't believe that, she is a sister-in-law after all, if she has to set someone else's girl despite the rumors of 'Kefu', then others will inevitably say that she intends to harm her husband's younger brother. But there are no such situations for this girl, and the second girl said to Mrs. Kong: "Auntie! So I wrote to my brother when I got back and told me about the girl. Let's see what my brother thinks, and if he doesn't have the right opinion, I'll come and tell you, and you can help me find out what your niece means, okay? ”

Seeing that Erya didn't care about her niece who had already retired three times, Mrs. Kong was excited, and she couldn't hold back her happy mood, so she forgot to grin reservedly. The mother standing outside the door looked at her wife with joy and lost her temper, and she also became happy.

Because the Harrier route from the capital to Lanzhou has not yet been trained, there is no way to send a message to Xiaolong as fast as possible. Fortunately, it only takes ten days to get from the capital to Lanzhou, and it doesn't take a month to go back and forth, and there is plenty of time.

Two days after the two boys who delivered the letter left, the news of the snow disaster in the south came, which was transmitted by the harrier from Hepu to the capital, which was faster than that of the government.

Xiaohu walked back and forth anxiously, thinking that he couldn't understand: "Second brother! No matter how heavy the snow is, our house can't be crushed. There is no rice planted in the farmland, and our family has lost some wheat on the dry land at most, why are you so anxious to go back and forth? ”

Dahong glanced at himself and thought: "You know that you have one-third of an acre of land!" Do you know how much the paddy field fish in Liujialing will lose when they encounter a snow disaster? Do you know how many sheep, cattle, and horses in the mountains would starve to death if they didn't have enough forage? I also heard that there are a lot of peonies, peonies, and other valuable flowers raised there, and how much a heavy snow will crush to death, do you know how much loss there will be? If the mulberry tree is crushed, this year's mulberry silkworms will not be able to raise. You! It's only been a long time since I've been away from home, and I've forgotten so many things! ”

When I heard that the loss was too great, I was also anxious: "Then, what should I do?" Is there anything that can be done to reduce the losses? ”

Er Ya, who was sitting on the sofa, also wanted to know what to do, but what could be done, the loss had been caused, and there was no way to change it even if she went back. She said to Xiaohu, who was still anxious and spinning in circles: "Okay! Come and sit down. Don't worry, it's already happening, and it's useless for you to be anxious. Originally, it was a big flood, but now there is a snow disaster, but the sword hanging over his head has fallen. There will be losses on the left and right, and the losses of fish, livestock, and flowers are indeed worth a lot, but if you really want to talk about it, it is much better than the flood that causes the grain to be harvested.

Besides, I don't have much to lose when I think about it. I am afraid that all the fish raised in the paddy fields will freeze to death and not be saved, but those fish have already grown up, and after pickling, they will be sent to the west to cook for the people who have opened up the wasteland here, so it can be said that there is no loss at all. Don't worry about the flowers and plants, if Zhu Changming doesn't have any eyesight, I won't transfer him to such an important position in Lu Weidang. Livestock don't have to worry, our family doesn't have much, but there is a lot of straw, even if we don't have enough straw at home, we can buy a lot of them when we go out. As for the mulberry trees, if they are crushed, I estimate that most of them will probably be branches, and in February and March, those branches will naturally come out, which saves the process of pruning.

You see, if you think about it, there is no loss at all. ”

Xiaohu listened to his daughter-in-law's analysis, and was finally able to sit quietly on the sofa and no longer walk around.

Because of this, Erya felt that Xiaohu's gains and losses were a little heavy, and when there were only two of them at night, he took a thought class again: "Even if this snow disaster really causes a lot of losses, you shouldn't be so gaffe in front of your younger brother and younger siblings." That fish pond earned at least 20,000 taels of silver for our family every year, not to mention more than 100,000 taels for so many years. You have earned so much, can't you afford to lose 20,000 taels at most this time? There are also fishers who have to pay for new nets when the nets are broken! Do you never want to lose just thinking about getting it? Those who know say that you are distressed, and those who don't know think that you belong to the Pixiu who can't get in or out! ”

Xiaohu defended aggrievedly: "Actually, I don't really feel sorry for that loss, it's because it's too far away from home, I can't see or touch it, and this heart is always unsteady." Later, you said that there were people in the family who were in charge of things, and if you thought about it, you were not so impatient. It's not because of those possible losses! But, daughter-in-law! You tell me the truth, don't you feel distressed if our family really has so many losses? ”

Erya bit on Xiao Ding Ding on Xiaohu's chest, and replied hatefully: "How can you not feel distressed!" But you must know how to secretly hurt in your heart, don't show too embarrassed, and lose the least majesty! You know what?! ”

"Ahh It hurts me! How can you really bite! (To be continued.) )