When Zheng Chan heard the old lady asking to see these words, she was like a cat that had been stepped on by the tail, she almost jumped up, rushed to Fan Jin, signaled him not to open the door, and looked around to see where she could hide. As a result, this room was too small, and there was nothing to hide, as soon as she gritted her teeth, she was about to get under the bed, Fan Jin grabbed her arm and shook her head, pointed to her side and said, "Sit down, there is me, see who dares to catch you." ”

Zheng Chan sat down boldly, her body was still owed, and said in a low voice: "This can't be done...... Men and women are not seated...... Bah. Dog X's, the brain that reads that thing is broken, and it comes to mind all of a sudden. I'm not your wife, how can I sit with you. ”

"I said okay, I'll do everything."

The door opened, two healthy women in their thirties led the way, and then Jia walked into the room, greeted each other, Jia looked at Zheng Chan, the latter is usually a bold and pungent woman, but when the old lady Jia saw it, she was inexplicably frightened, lowered her head, and wanted to stand up, but was held by Fan Jin, motionless.

"The flower family has rules, men and women have their own residences, even if they are husband and wife, they can only live in the same house after sunset, and they have their own differences during the day, and they can't be mixed. If you are not close relatives, you are not allowed to talk casually, otherwise there will be a family law to deal with it. However, since this is Master Fan's inner family, this rule will be made an exception. Jia Shi said to a woman beside him:

"You go back and tell the housekeeper that people are distinguished guests and cannot be treated according to common etiquette. Send this girl's bedding to this room, don't restrain her actions, the old man thinks that Master Fan is a reasonable person, he knows his own proportions, and he will not let his maid break the rules casually. ”

Fan Jin shook his head and said, "She is not my maidservant, she is my woman." ”

"It's the same, it's not the lady that Ming Media is marrying, it's all the same. Has Master Fan ever married in his hometown? ”

"No, there are only two concubines."

"Oh...... That's right. Jia nodded, "That's fine, if there is a wife at home, and the man is still looking for flowers and willows outside, and seducing some shameless women, he will be very sorry for his wife." Husbands and wives are like kings and ministers, and the king is not a sign of prosperity. Fan Gongzi may feel that the rules of the old body are a little unkind, but this is also a helpless move. There are even things that go against the grain between relatives, and even cause bloodshed. After the fact, we learned from the pain, and only by strictly guarding against men and women can we avoid this kind of ugly thing again. In addition, young people are strong-blooded, and if they are addicted to beauty, it will inevitably affect their academic livelihood. It is a rule set by the old man, trying to avoid contact between men and women, and also to let them concentrate on learning, so that they can read a look. ”

Fan Jin said: "The ancients said that if you follow the customs of the locals, you will abide by the rules of others in a place, but I have no opinion. But our own rules are not good to restrain outsiders, especially if we stay for a short time, I think red tape is still free. Chan'er and I have always been on good terms, but if we were separated, it would be impossible to do it, and it was really inconvenient, so Fan said goodbye and went to live in the city. ”

"Nothing was inconvenient. The old woman is not an unreasonable person, Master Fan set up the cowpox bureau, but the southeast of the ten thousand family Buddha, more to my family more gracious, if you drive you to live in the city, the old body in the countryside will be poked in the back. For the sake of my lord's reputation, Master Fan must also stay for a few more days, otherwise it will be a bad one. As for you and your servant, you don't have the surname Hua after all, you can come according to your own pleasure, just ask your servant to check it and don't talk to the men and women of the Hua family. It's not easy to collect their hearts, once their hearts are scattered, they can't be taken back, and the old body is only shallow in learning, so they can only use this method to manage it, so they can't let them be disturbed by the wind and rain outside. ”

"Well, Fan should follow this point."

Jia's came not just to run away for Zheng Chan, but for another reason. first asked Hua Zhengfang about the reason for his suicide and his condition in Jingshi. When she heard that it was poverty and fatigue, she was sick and incurable, and she snorted.

"Although the official is low, he has enough to live. The old man had planned to send an old servant to take care of the old man's daily life, but the old man insisted on refusing. Later, I found out that at that time he fell in love with a maid who made tea. The man saw that he was different, this was something that could not be helped, and the old man admitted that he was suffering from this dumb loss. But the old man doesn't look at his own age, his age, he insists on learning from young people to be small, what is the benefit to the body? The kidneys are the main lungs, and I'm afraid that this woman is the one who harms his illness! ”

"The old lady said this, Fan didn't dare to agree." Fan Jin Zhengse said: "Sha Niangzi is a virtuous lady and takes excellent care of Hua Lao, which can also be proved by colleagues in the Beijing Division. Hua Lao's illness is that he is not accustomed to the water and soil, and he is not used to the weather in the north, and secondly, he lacks nutrition and money. If there is no Sha Niangzi to take care of him, I am afraid that he will already be incurable, where will he survive to this day. When the old lady said this, it would be too much to erase the credit of others. ”

"Credit? Master Fan is a young man, or lacks experience, and you will understand in the future, how can this kind of woman have any credit at all? Maybe when you see the current scene of the Hua family, you are a little blamed for our lack of kindness and not giving silver to the master. But if Master Fan had come to the Hua family ten years ago, he would not have thought so. At that time, our shops in the city were mortgaged, and the land in the countryside was also in danger. It is not only a famine, but also to guard against the Japanese and pay for the training of the group. Natural disasters and man-made disasters have been obtained, although it is a place of ointment, and life is not easy. A few years ago, the troubles caused by those unscrupulous children in the family made the whole clan carry a burden, and it was very difficult to repay the debts and make ends meet. To be able to get to this day is all thanks to the blessing of the ancestors of the Hua family in the spirit of heaven, where is the spare strength to ask for a small amount for the master in Beijing? ”

She looked at Zheng Chan, her eyes lingering on the golden earrings on her ears for a moment, and her face became even colder. "Why did the Jingshi woman fall in love with an old man? In the final analysis, it's not that he is an official and can wear gold and silver. Men make money for women, often at any cost, regardless of their wealth. If it is due to a man's temperament, even a mountain of gold will be spent. The old man was in charge that day, and he didn't send the old man a silver tael, hoping to test Sha's temperament. If she can suffer with it, when the old man returns to old age, the old man will give her a place in the inner house. If you can't bear the poverty, it's better to go early. Speaking of poverty, compared to those peasants who have little food and clothing, they can always eat and not go hungry. When the old man was young, the Hua family almost starved to death. Finally, the old man has a good schedule, so he can ensure that no one in the Hua family starves to death in the disaster year, and no one goes out to ask for food. ”

Fan Jin said: "Everyone has their own difficulties, but Fan doesn't blame the old lady, but I just hope that the old lady won't misunderstand the Sha family and Jiyin Shige." ”

"The old body is here now, there is one thing that Fan Gongzi must tell the truth."

She looked at the other woman who was accompanying her, the woman walked out of the door with interest, she looked at Zheng Chan again, Fan Jin took Zheng Chan's hand and said, "I don't have anything to guard against her." If she doesn't listen, I don't speak. ”

"Well, since that's the case, then the old body can't be ashamed. Fan Gongzi, please be sure to tell the old man a truth, whose flesh and blood is Jiyin? ”

Fan Jin's face was cold, "Old lady, please be careful!" You can be suspicious of the Sha family, but you can't damage Hua Lao's reputation. Before leaving Beijing, the six departments and five temples of the Beijing Division, large and small civil and military yamen, all came to mourn for Hua Lao, and there was no shortage of second- and third-grade officials. The old man is famous, known to the government and the opposition, and admired by people. Old lady, if you say this, if you let your colleagues in Beijing hear it, you won't be afraid of chilling everyone's hearts? ”

Jia said: "Master Fan may think that the old woman is jealous and the heart of a villain. But the old body's suffering, please be considerate. The child of the Sha clan was born in Jingshi, and no one saw him, and now if you want to recognize him, you have to write his name into the family tree. It is not a matter of writing just one name, but it is related to the dignity of the entire flower family! If news comes out in the future, he is not the blood of the master, and the entire Hua family and even the master will be disgraced because of this. We are in the countryside, not as open as the Jingshi people, and women can have children with men casually. We value our reputation here, and if we are disgraced and become a laughing stock in the whole country, we will never be able to raise our heads again. So I have to find out who Jiyin is. The old man is old, his body is weak, and he is sick in the lungs, how can he have children, this is one of the doubts. Hua Jiyin looks like his mother but not his father, which is the second doubt. If you have a son, why you don't have anything to say, this is the third doubt. If the old body is an ordinary woman, even if she swallows her anger and accepts a cheap son for her husband, she has to accept her fate, but since she is a family member of the Hua family, she can't help but consider the face of the whole family. My Hua family's property is a family that has worked hard to come here, and I won't let any one person take away our land! If anyone has the intention of pretending to seek property, the old body will not let her have a good end. ”

Jia's eyes stared at Fan Jin, "Master Fan, you are a great benefactor of my family. The old body has prepared a thin gift here to show his heart, and tomorrow Hu Zhongcheng will come to his home to run a dojo, and the old body will also introduce it on his behalf. If Jiyinguo is not the blood of the master, I will not be embarrassed for their mother and son, I just ask Master Fan to take them away and send them away at will, and my Hua family will be ...... Didn't see these two people. ”

Fan Jin looked at the old woman and secretly picked his big finger in his heart. is worthy of a woman who can bring the flower family on the verge of bankruptcy out of a desperate situation, integrate people's hearts, and make the family business thriving.

If you openly suspect Hua Jiyin's bloodline problem outside, it is easy to leave a jealous impression on outsiders. First of all, he pretended to be generous and took people down, guaranteed that the person was within his control, and was not listed on the family tree, to ensure that he would not take his interests, and then checked, this serial method was really ruthless.

The so-called verification is actually more about a transaction. After all, Fan Jin is not a party, and the reliability of what he said cannot stand at all. But whoever made him a Jinshi of the National Dynasty, the second class, no matter whether what he said was true or not, whether it was logical or not, as long as he opened his mouth, it could be regarded as the truth.

In the eyes of this old woman, it is obvious that a lowly woman like Sha and a young and handsome scholar like Fan Jin must have been secretly traveling for thousands of miles. What is coveted is the wealth of the Hua family.

Now let's talk about the ugly things in front of me, put an end to Fan Jin's thoughts in this regard, and give him another benefit, everyone will take a step back, let him get the Sha family and a sum of money and retreat, and it will be calm. If Fan doesn't retreat, she still has the backer of Governor Hu, and it is easy to advance and retreat.

Fan Jin shook his head and said: "Fan Mou sent the spirit thousands of miles away, but he admired the old man as a person, not greedy for a little wealth. When Fan went out of Beijing, the palace sent a decree ordering me to enter the palace to accompany me, how can such a future be measured by gold and silver? Fan even resigned from the Long Live Holy Decree, how could he put a little yellow and white thing in his eyes, the old lady couldn't help but think of people as too small, right? As for Jiyin, it is true that he is the blood of the old flower, and the old friends of the flower in Beijing all know this, no matter where they go, they can confirm it. It is not easy for the old lady to be in charge, and it should be fine, but now that the doubts have been resolved, the next step should be relieved, right? ”

Jia Shi said in a deep voice: "In this way, is Master Fan willing to give Sha Shi and Jiyin as a guarantee to ensure that they are the blood and blood of the old man?" ”

"Not bad. Fan can be sure. ”

"That'll be fine. With a noble person like Master Fan as a guarantor, it is always the same when you think about it. The ancestors of the Hua family are blessed by the spirit of heaven, and bless the prosperity of my Hua family, which is a good thing. In the future, the old body should regard Jiyin as his own flesh and blood, strictly supervise his studies, let him succeed in his studies, and not embarrass the master. Master Fan is tired from afar, please take a good rest, just tell me what you need, and the old body will never be slow. ”

When she got out of the room, the woman also brought Zheng Chan's luggage cover. Zheng Chan happily put her bedding side by side with Fan Jin's, and said busily: "This old woman is really powerful, some of the Sha family are unlucky this time." If I were her, I would give my body to the master alive or dead on the boat, and then accompany the owner to the world, even if I was a sweeping girl, it would be better than being a living in this family. Look, in a few years, she'll have to let this old lady die. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"This old woman has managed a mess well, and I don't know how much effort it takes, and then you can see by her appearance that she is not a person with a heart. Thinking that he worked hard at home to run the family business for Xianggong, but Xianggong raised a little wife outside and got a son out, how to endure this breath. As soon as the name falls on the family tree, it is to take away a share of the property, and the family business that he has worked so hard to accumulate is taken away by the son of the fox spirit, and it is strange that the old beggar can swallow this breath. It's not just her, how many mothers-in-law in the world can willingly give their family property to outsiders? ”

Fan Jin came to her hand at this time, hugged her, and said in her ear: "Then are you handsome chick afraid that my future wife will clean you up?" ”

This chick screamed Zheng Chan's hands and feet weak, and she was at the mercy of Fan Jin, and said softly: "Don't be afraid...... As long as the head of the house loves me, I am not afraid of anything. I will bear you sons, and I will give birth to a bunch of sons. Even if the eldest lady beats me to death in the future, I will admit it. ”

The two hugged each other and said love words, the room was hot, and over the entire Huajia Manor, a dark cloud was quietly shrouded. Sha stayed in the room, looking at the unkind expressions of several women, and could only follow them with tears in his eyes to recite the female ring aloud, muttering in his heart: Master...... You are blessed by the Spirit of Heaven, save me!