Chapter 111

"Arlene. I have been in the Xiao Mansion these days, the people of the Xiao family know very little, their preferences, temperament I only know a little about it......" Shi Manman still did not choose to say directly to Yalian, although she had trust in Yalian in her heart, but she still wanted to confirm something before deciding whether to tell the other party.

Yalian naturally knew the meaning of Shi Manman's words, and was slightly surprised by Shi Manman's sudden change in her heart, but she was still a little happy. After all, if Shi Manman still has this cold and unrefined temperament, he will be more and more sad in the Xiao family.

At this time, seeing that Shi Manman had the intention of taking the initiative to inquire about the news, Yalian immediately rejoiced and said, "The slave will go and inquire." ”

Before Shi Manman could explain, Yalian bowed to Shi Manman and immediately went out. Looking at Yalian's back, Shi Manman sighed lightly and shook his head, not knowing whether this was good or bad.

It didn't make the stone vines wait long. As soon as Shi Manman finished dinner, Yalian returned to the shallow center.

"You ask people to boil hot water, and I want to bathe." Shi Manman turned back to Yun Bi and said, Yun Bi thoughtfully glanced at Ya Lian, who returned from a cold air, and Nuo Nuo replied "yes" and left.

After Yunbi left, Yalian whispered to Shi Manman about all the things in the Xiao family, and was worried that Shi Manman would not understand, so she started from the Xiao Mansion before making a fortune.

As mentioned earlier, the days before Xiao Fu had a hard life were a meal and a hard life. But in this way, in the hard days of finally getting a daughter-in-law, Xiao Yuan actually brought back a fatherless and motherless concubine.

That little concubine is Aunt Liu Yemei, Aunt Liu seems to be a turning point for the Xiao family, and it is she who guides Xiao Yuan to engage in business. However, Grandmother Xiao's mind felt that business was cheap, so she had an opinion on her daughter-in-law who had just started. Although he did make himself live a good life later, the contradiction between Grandmother Xiao and Liu Yemei became deeper and deeper. But Liu Yemei is different from other concubines who are jealous of the main room, but think about it everywhere.

Over time, the Qin family's rejection of Liu Yemei gradually became acceptable, and the Xiao family gradually had the scale of the current Xiao Mansion in Xiao Yuan's daily gold fight, and the amazing thing is that in this year, Xiao Yuan's business journey was smooth, and it took less than twenty years to become one of the few wealthy businessmen in Shicheng.

With money, people's hearts will change, and the Qin family has married into the Xiao family for many years and has not seen any movement in the womb, which makes Xiao's grandmother have a plan to let Xiao Yuan take another concubine. Coincidentally, Liu Yemei happened to be pregnant, which made Grandmother Xiao temporarily put away this heart. After Xiao Jin was still in the belly of Liu Yemei for three months, Qin was also pregnant.

When the Xiao family happily welcomed a son and a daughter, the Qin family fell ill after Xiao Lei because of his weak body, and died soon after Xiao Lei remembered. A year later, Grandmother Xiao asked Xiao Yuan to continue the string, but Xiao Yuan was determined not to continue the string, nor did he accept concubines.

Grandmother Xiao naturally blamed Liu Yemei for this, and the accumulation of years made Grandmother Xiao's prejudice against Liu Yemei directly put on the table.

Shi Manman waved his hand, stopping Yalian from continuing to talk about these old things: "What does this have to do with their preferences? ”

After a day of running, she was tired and hungry for a while, and her eyes involuntarily wandered on the pastries and teapots placed beside the stone vines.

"Let's eat first." Shi Manman pushed the pastry on the poop forward, and Yalian hurriedly thanked him, and took two pieces and put them in her mouth. After taking another sip of water, he continued: "There is naturally a relationship between this. ”

Yalian said to herself that since the death of the Qin family, Xiao Lei has stayed by Liu Yemei's side and grew up with Xiao Jin. Xiao Lei is both a sister-in-law and the only male in the Xiao family, and Xiao's grandmother naturally loves her to the core. But Xiao Jin is because of the relationship between Liu Yemei, even compared with Xiao Lei, who was naughty and mischievous when he was young, Xiao Jin, who was born well-behaved and generous and pretty, was not cared for. Just because she is a concubine, and because she is a woman.

Perhaps the Xiao family has climbed from the lowest level to their current position, and they are ashamed to mention it in the past, and they want to rely on extremely strict rules to show that they are different from the vulgarity of the nouveau riche. Therefore, Xiao Jin's life as a concubine was even more sad, Liu Yemei couldn't see her daughter suffering, so she begged Xiao Yuan to let Xiao Jin be accepted under the name of the Qin family, and she could be regarded as the concubine of Xiao Mansion.

In fact, it is not Xiao Yuan who really does the Lord of Xiao Mansion, nor is it Xiao Grandmother. It is the willow eyebrows that have always been low-key, so the people in the house call her Mrs. when Grandmother Xiao is no longer there, and Xiao Yuan also acquiesces.

Some people in the house speculated that behind Liu Yemei's seemingly gentle and virtuous appearance, there was an unknown scheming disguised. Xiao Yuan is now worth a lot but only has one concubine, and no longer renewing his concubines is proof of this. Not even a maid with a ghost in her heart who wanted to climb onto Xiao Yuan's bed had never heard of it, in the words of those maids, it would be impossible for Liu Yemei to maintain the current situation without means.

When De Yalian mentioned the willow eyebrows, Shi Manman lowered her thick eyelashes and recalled the silhouette of the other party in her mind. The willow eyebrows are indeed beautiful and exquisite, and every time they appear in front of her, they are graceful and generous smiles.

Temperament, posture and demeanor really can't make people think of being with the concubine. But she is such a beautiful person, she is really very low-key in the Xiao family, unless Xiao Grandmother summons or occasionally goes to see Xiao Jin, she almost always does not step into her courtyard.

Then Yalian mentioned Xiao's grandmother, Xiao Yuan's father's third child in the Xiao clan. After dying of illness, Xiao's grandmother dragged the young Xiao Yuan to desperately guard the last acre of land that had not been divided to survive until now.

She has a grudge against the Xiao clan, so every time Xiao Yuan mentions someone in the clan, Grandmother Xiao will be angry with her. Most of the Xiao family's family rules were set by Xiao's grandmother, so the rules are stricter than anyone else's. is the only one who is doting, almost too much.

Grandmother Xiao has an upright personality, so Yalian doesn't feel that the other party is not easy to please, as long as the other party's heart and liver, Xiao Lei, is good, she is good. So for Grandmother Xiao, she just took it in one bite.

But Shi Manman's heart is contrary to it, a woman who can keep the land among the greedy clansmen and grow up with one hand will be so simple?

But Yalian's mention of Xiao Yuan is even simpler, because after the Xiao family's industry is getting bigger and bigger, Xiao Yuan often goes out, and when he goes for a short time, he will be more than half a month. Most of the Xiao family's minds are almost speculating about whether the master will bring a woman home when he comes back this time, of course, the answer is no. Over time, both the Xiao family and outsiders thought that Xiao Yuan was afraid of the inside, but no matter whether outsiders intentionally or unintentionally tempted and ridiculed Xiao Yuan, he never felt at ease.

Finally, Yalian said Xiao Jin. The already drowsy Shi Manman continued to listen.

Xiao Jin is actually as low-key as Liu Yemei in the Xiao family, perhaps more because she was bedridden all year round due to a dark illness when she was young because she saved Xiao Lei. Even when he reaches the age of Hui, there are very few people who come to propose relatives. According to the Xiao family's industry, there should be many people in the Xiao family who are waiting to marry them. But because Xiao Jin is on the sickbed all the year round, the same status looks down on this sick concubine, and the Xiao family who came to this money also looks down on the other party's shabbyness. So after this delay, Xiao Jin's marriage still doesn't know where she is.

But after Xiao Yuan's disappearance, I heard that Xiao Jin suffered a big blow, and because of the double blow of people in the clan coming to grab property, Xiao Jin appeared in front of people with his body propped up. It is said that the Xiao Mansion still has blood, and there is no need for others to succeed him. Only then did Xiao Jin appear in front of everyone, perhaps under this pressure, Xiao Jin's body turned better and better. It wasn't until Xiao Lei returned home that Xiao Jin lived in seclusion as before and recuperated his body.

"You said Xiao Jin has a secret illness again? How? Since Shi Manman knew the effect of the medicine Xiao Jin drank, he naturally doubted Yalian's words.

Yalian didn't know why Shi Manman asked about this, but she still replied: "That year, Gongzi and Jin Xiao Jin had just turned nine years old, and I heard that Gongzi was naughty and was confined, and Xiao Jin, who begged Xiao Jin to go on a spring trip to the lake, quietly brought herself. As a result, he almost died in the lake, and it was Xiao Jin who jumped into the lake to save his son, regardless of his life. ”