The little beggar confirmed that it was Zhao Wan'er herself, so she took out the envelope from her arms, handed it to Xi'er, and said with a blank eye: "This sister, the son who sent the letter said that the eldest lady would also reward the younger one with silver." ”

Xi'er took the envelope, saw that the cover was indeed Su Zhe's two words, turned around, and handed it to Zhao Wan'er, "Miss, it is indeed my uncle's name." ”

Zhao Wan'er opened the envelope, shook off the letterhead inside, and looked at it quickly. After reading it, she showed a look of surprise on her face, looked at the little beggar waiting for a reward, and nodded at Xi'er.

Xi'er took out a small silver bean from the embroidered purse and threw it to him, and asked casually, "What's your name, little guy?" ”

The little beggar took the silver bean thrown by Xi'er with quick movements, put it in his mouth and bit it, and replied excitedly: "Back to this sister, the little name is Liu Sijun." ”

"Liu Sijun? It's really a good name, you can take such a name, it's not ordinary to come to your family, why did you become a beggar? ”

Zhao Wan'er was in a good mood and asked about the origin of the little beggar Liu Sijun. After asking, I learned that he was also a hard-working baby. It turned out that he was born in a single-parent family and was raised by his mother Xue Huaimei since he was a child.

Xue Huaimei is a woman in the Qinglou, and was later raised as an outer room after Liu Sijun's father Liu Yuan ransomed her. In the year Liu Sijun was born, Liu Yuan went to Beijing to report on his work, and there was no news again.

Xue Huaimei waited in her hometown for two years, but never saw her husband return, so she traveled thousands of miles to take Liu Sijun and the silver she had saved before, all the way from Jinling to the capital.

When she arrived in the capital, Xue Huaimei inquired in many ways, only to hear that Liu Yuan had offended Shangguan and was demoted to Liangzhou. So Xue Huaimei made a long journey from the capital to Liangzhou, but she was a weak woman and had to take care of young children, and her body was already unbearable, and she was already seriously ill before she entered Xining Mansion.

Before Xue Huaimei died, she told Liu Sijun that she must find her father. In order to fulfill his mother's last wish, Liu Sijun, who was only seven years old, wandered to Xining Mansion alone, and searched for almost two years, but did not hear from his father Liu Yuan.

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After listening, Zhao Wan'er and Xi'er couldn't help but feel pity. As soon as Xi'er saw Liu Sijun's pitiful appearance, she thought of her little brother in the family, and thought that she should be as old as him. So she looked at Zhao Wan'er with begging eyes, hoping that the eldest lady could leave Liu Sijun behind.

Zhao Wan'er thought for a while and asked, "Xiaojun, are you willing to stay in my Zhao family to do things?" ”

Liu Sijun was overjoyed when he heard this, fell to his knees violently, kowtowed, and said, "Thank you for taking it in, the little one is willing." ”

As a beggar, he usually eats the last meal but does not have the next meal, and he has to live a frightened life, where can he stay in a big family and be a subordinate.

Zhao Wan'er smiled kindly: "Since you are willing, then you go down with Xi'er to take a good shower and change into clean clothes." ”

"Yes, Miss. The slave maid took Xiaojun to take a bath. Xi'er happily agreed.

After Xi'er took Liu Sijun down, Zhao Wan'er took the letter and went to the backyard to find her father Zhao Chengwen.

"Father, this is the letter sent by Su Gongzi just now, you can take a look."

Zhao Wan'er handed him the letterhead in Zhao Chengwen's surprised gaze. Zhao Chengwen unfolded the letterhead and read it carefully, he couldn't help but frown, his face flushed, and he praised loudly: "What a trick to secretly Chen Cang, Su Gongzi is really talented, and he deserves to be the youngest Xiucai in the past five years." It's just a pity......"

Zhao Chengwen glanced at his daughter, and felt a pity that such a young talent could not become his real son-in-law.

Zhao Wan'er was delicate and clear, and naturally understood what her father's pity meant, so she couldn't help blushing slightly, don't look over, and didn't dare to look at her father's eyes again. I'm afraid he'll say something to make him embarrassed.

"Father, if you have no opinion, I will follow the advice of Su Gongzi."

Zhao Chengwen nodded, "Okay, you can do it first." Oh, by the way, Wan'er, the reason you announced to the public is that you are going to get engaged. In this way, you can not only sell your property in private, but also let the majority of people in Xining Mansion know that you are about to get married, so that the Xu family has no reason to trouble us head-on. ”

"This ......" Zhao Wan'er hesitated for a moment, "Father, in this way, will Su Gongzi be unhappy?" After all, he was kind enough to help us come up with ideas, and we used him to make a fuss. ”

Zhao Chengwen chuckled: "It's okay, you can rest assured." It's a big deal that we give him a little more compensation afterwards, and we can't treat him badly. ”

Zhao Wan'er bowed her head slightly, thinking that she had just taken in Liu Sijun, planning to give him to Su Ziheng as a scholar. Out of Zhao Chengwen's bedroom, she found the housekeeper Zhao Fu again.

"Fauber, I have something for you to do."

"Please arrange it for the eldest lady." Zhao Fu respectfully listened to Zhao Wan'er's instructions.

"I heard that there are a lot of displaced people outside the city, and my Zhao family is ready to open a warehouse to help the victims. You go and count how much food is left in the warehouse, and if it's not enough, go outside and buy it. ”

Zhao Fu nodded and replied, "Okay, eldest lady, the old slave will go to count the granary immediately." ”

"Hmm...... In the name of my aunt when giving porridge. Saying the word "uncle", Zhao Wan'er's face turned red, and her voice became much quieter.

Zhao Fu was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said with a smile: "The eldest lady is a good means." In the past two days, he has been trying to figure out how to expand his influence and let more people in the city know the news that the eldest lady is going to get engaged.

Unexpectedly, the eldest lady gave porridge to the homeless people in the name of her uncle, and it could spread throughout Xining Mansion in an instant, so that everyone would know that the young lady was engaged; Second, it can also bring great reputation to my uncle and young lady.

"In addition, Fu Bo, you can count how many properties are still for sale in our Zhao Mansion. I plan to take advantage of the opportunity to give relief to the displaced people to hold a disaster relief auction, so that more commercial houses in Xining City can join in the disaster relief activities. ”

"At that time, we can take the opportunity to sell most of the industries in Zhao's firm and complete our industrial transfer plan."

Zhao Fu said worriedly: "Miss, will this surprise the snake and let the Xu family know about our scheme?" ”

Zhao Wan'er smiled: "Fu Bo, you don't have to worry, I won't exchange it all for cash." I will use barter to exchange our property in Xining to the capital or Jiangnan. As long as we leave Xining Mansion, Xu Xiuping, the governor of Xining, will not be able to reach the capital or Jiangnan no matter how long his hand is. ”

Zhao Fu said with joy on his face: "Miss is really good-looking, the old slave will do it." ”

Everything was arranged, Zhao Wan'er returned to her room, but saw Xi'er looking at her with a strange face. Zhao Wan'er asked strangely, "Xi'er, what's going on?" ”

Xi'er sighed, "Miss, you better see for yourself." With that, she beckoned to the door, and a beautiful little girl dressed in a dress walked in.

"Huh?" Zhao Wan'er was stunned and said, "You are Xiaojun?" You're a girl. ”

Looking at the delicate little girl standing in front of her, although her face is yellow and thin because of long-term malnutrition, her smart eyes and shy and timid appearance are indeed a little girl.

This time, Zhao Wan'er was entangled in her heart, she originally thought that Liu Sijun was a boy and planned to give Su Ziheng to be a scholar. But now that she knows that she is a girl, Zhao Wan'er has undergone subtle changes in her heart.