With the return of Mrs. Xu from Yangzhou more than half a year ago, the Xu family on Doosan Street was almost crowded every day, and there was an endless stream of visitors. However, Old Lady Xu used the excuse of being old and had no energy to talk to people, most of them asked their two sons, Second Master Xu and Third Master Xu, to go to receive them, and it was rare for ten people to see the last one in person. Previously, after he went to Hangzhou to visit Shi Guifang, the salt transport envoy of Liangzhejiang, returned to She County, the second master Xu immediately hid out of the house, and he didn't know where to find an excuse to meet friends. Therefore, this kind of errand of receiving guests is naturally only undertaken by Master Xu San.

Of course, this is an opportunity to expand his prestige, not to mention how happy Master Xu San is. But when the guests came to worship on this day, although he muttered in his heart, he was very reluctant to receive them, and he had to talk to people with a smile on his face. But just now, a little servant said at the door of the flower hall: "Third master, the old lady invites Wang Xiaoguan to come in and talk." ”

I think that my father has been rooted in Yangzhou to do business all the year round, and in the days when he came back, not to mention those grandchildren, even his son, he didn't let the old lady treat him like this!

Master Xu San was full of slander, but he had to personally send Wang Fulin in. Seeing that his father, who was a lot older, was standing at the door of the hall in person, and actually pulled Wang Fulin into the room with a smile, he felt even more unhappy. However, the reason why he is not happy is different from that of Second Master Xu, Second Master Xu doesn't look down on Wang Fulin at all, he only thinks that people are arrogant and exaggerated and have no family background, but he is annoyed that his daughter is either too big and married, or too young, otherwise with those little girls in the Yixiang Society who love to break the rumors outside, how can he not have a good impression of Wang Fulin? But age is a moat. So now Daddy is thinking about matching nine girls!

In the hall. Old lady Xu heard what Wang Fulin said. Suddenly, he thoughtfully tugged at the few remaining beards: "You mean, when the Cheng family's marriage is completed, you will go to Hanyang Mansion to pick up your father and mother back?" ”

"Exactly." Although it is not bad to find other people to inquire about the situation in Huguang, Wang Fulin heard that it is a major sales center of Huaiyan, so he plans to listen to the opinions of the senior salt merchant Mrs. Xu. Besides, it is said that the money is easy to make there, and my father went there to do the salt business for many years. How come there is basically no money to bring back?

"If you want to go to Huguang, you bring a few more people." Old lady Xu gave such a sentence first, and seeing that Wang Fulin nodded without saying a word, he didn't mention anything like Huguang people being the most tyrannical. After a pause, he continued, "In this way, you bring a piece of my name to stab over, Hankou Town has only flourished since the Chenghua period, and the most are our Xin'an merchants, not only Xin'an Wharf." It is exclusively for our Hui people to stop, and there is also Xin'an Street. People from one prefecture and six counties in Huizhou used to settle down there. Therefore, I suggest that you take half by land and half by water. ”

He was afraid that Wang Fulin would take a long detour in this way, and added: "From Huizhou to Huguang, the land route has to go over the mountains and mountains, and there are too many small roads. In those rural places, bandits are infested, and there are many villages where there are even more people who forget their righteousness, so I suggest that you first go to Xuancheng in Ningguo Mansion from the official road, and then go to Wuhu in Taiping Mansion, and then take the Yangtze River to Xin'an Wharf in Hankou Town, first settle down on Xin'an Street, and then go to Hanyang Mansion to see your father. ”

Wang Fulin naturally had great respect for the elder Mrs. Xu, and the other party reminded him of this, so he replied without thinking: "Thank you for the old lady's reminder, I'll just leave like this." ”

Older people want young people to listen to their own opinions, so the old lady Xu is extremely satisfied with Wang Fulin's attitude, and then smiled and explained the geography and people of Huguang, especially what is the situation of Wuchang Mansion across the river as the capital of Huguang, and what is the situation of Hanyang Mansion now, this gushing endlessly, it is actually half an hour, until there is a cough outside, he heard the voice of his wife, and then smiled: "Old, love to nag, you are rare to come, eat lunch and then go back." ”

Before Wang Fulin could refuse, he only heard a voice from outside: "That's right, since each other is a good family, you left in a hurry last time, and you have to eat and go back today." ”

Seeing Xu Wei helping Old Madam Fang come in with a smile, Wang Fulin was suddenly dumbfounded. Last time he came, he thought of releasing Xu Wei's pigeons, and stayed in Ningbo Xinchang for a total of two months before coming back, so he gave her a bonus and silver, and gave a gift to the second elder of the Xu family, and then ran away, but he didn't expect to be remembered. However, for the four words of Tongjia's goodness, he was really a little overwhelmed. But if you really want to say so, it doesn't make sense, after all, the eldest sister Wang Yuanguan married a side branch of the Xu family. So, he could only eat this lunch hard, who knew that Old Madam Fang heard that Old Madam Xu was going to give him a name thorn, and immediately became angry.

"The name is for outsiders, and since Fu Lin is going to pick up his father back, you might as well bring a letter to his father."

Old lady Xu wrote a letter to his father who had never met? What kind of mess is this to nagging in the letter, and if his unreliable father adds to the chaos, his desire to make his own decisions will all be in vain!

Therefore, Wang Fulin hurriedly gaged desperately, and tried his best to say that he was just not worried that his parents were outside, and everything would be talked about when he brought people back, and finally broke this stubble. After the meal, when Xu Wei mentioned the hairpin that Wang Erniang gave him, and asked him to thank Wang Erniang, he smiled dryly: "It's not worth anything, it's all three coins worth two dollars from the hands of those two Francophiles, after all, it is an unpolished rough stone, and this can't be regarded as a gift from Erniang alone, you must know that the gold for hitting the golden hairpin is still the pocket of the old lady of the Ye family." ”

The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, and when Wang Fulin left, when Xu Wei helped her grandmother back to the room, her heart churned violently. In her opinion, who has long admired and admired Wang Fulin, Wang Fulin will be loved by the elders wherever she goes, and the old lady of the Ye family does not ask about her intentions. And his father didn't like Wang Fulin when he was born, and he used to associate with Zhang Taizheng, maybe he also moved a certain meaning. At this moment, she was holding Old Madam Fang's hand, her eyes were already red, but she didn't say anything after all.

But even if she didn't speak, Old Madam Fang would naturally be able to detect this very clear sign. She patted Xu Wei's hand gently. said meaningfully: "He once taught you and Xiaobei a lesson. That's because of the fuss between the two of you. Something almost happened, you already have a good impression of him, and after this incident, you are even more heartbroken, and there is nothing you shouldn't do, but you should also see that Fu Lin treats you more like a brother to a sister, otherwise wouldn't it be better to send that golden hairpin in his name? Don't say it's you, although he and the two young ladies of the Ye family have been to Hangzhou and Ningbo. But I see that he is clever in other things, but he is a little dull in this. ”

When Old Madam Fang said this, she suddenly remembered the original rumor. Cheng Naixuan's kid is about to get married, and the rumors of the so-called broken sleeve fetish have long been silenced, but is Wang Fulin a little too sluggish? If you really have any interest in which of the two daughters of the Ye family, it should be finalized. Or is it that this time I want to bring my parents back from Huguang, also for this?

Although Cheng Naixuan said that he went to Hangzhou to sell grain once during the period when the marriage was in full swing, not to mention that the Xu family didn't care, even the people praised this Cheng Gongzi for having the style of his father. Hui people originally value profit and righteousness. The husband can read and make money, which is definitely a thumbs up.

Next. When Wang Fulin was entrusted by Cheng Naixuan to personally go all the way to Xu Village, acting as the man's courtier, and discussing the marriage schedule, he found that even the eldest brother of the Xu family, Xu Gongzi, who had "taught a lesson" because of Cheng Naixuan's toss, was now very satisfied with this business, no, the marriage.

After all, before Xu Guo was admitted to the Shiliu Pavilion and entered the Hanlin Academy, his family background in Xu Village was only mediocre, and Master Cheng was not only a wealthy businessman, but also passed the examination, which is much better than marrying a simple businessman's family. What's more, Cheng Naixuan is a talent at a young age, and he was the first in the annual exam last year, even if he is at the end of the list, he still has a bright future. And Mrs. Bao looked at Wang Fulin herself, although she felt that Wang Fulin had more potential than Cheng Naixuan, could take the imperial examination, could do business, and was a good hand at dealing with people, but when he came to celebrate Mrs. Xu's birthday, the two things behind the screen were broken, and the mind of being a matchmaker could only be put down.

But Mrs. Bao dispelled her mind, but others still inevitably smiled and complimented, asking east and west, whether the marriage match was such a question tried more than once or twice, Wang Fulin finally almost fled back to Shexian County, only to feel that the whole person was almost paralyzed. On the day of the wedding, he was arrested again, and helped Cheng Naixuan deal with the strange difficulties of a large number of people in Xu Village, and successfully carried the bride on the sedan chair and brought it back to She County, he couldn't care about the poor bride who had to sit in the sedan chair for two days, because he himself was even more pitiful! Just for this cumbersome etiquette, he even had the urge to be a bachelor for the rest of his life.

This marriage is simply a toss-up for fun! Maybe those who eloped in the past couldn't stand these red tape?

The bride carried back to Cheng's house, naturally there were a lot of complicated etiquette to go, only to see Cheng Gongzi, who usually laughed and scolded whatever he wanted, but now he has become a clay carving and wood sculpture at the mercy of others, let him do how to do it, but Wang Fulin can be regarded as having abandoned his duties, and he doesn't even have to help drink like those poor concubines in later generations, but he was unlucky to be placed at the table by Mrs. Cheng. On the whole table, except for the old man or the old man, he is a young man who simply stands out from the crowd, fortunately, he is accompanied by Ye Xiaopang. In the face of those gazes as if he was looking at his future son-in-law, he couldn't even eat and drink comfortably, and after two quarters of an hour, he immediately ran away from the table.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, Ye Xiaopang chased him out on his back foot. The little fat man who came to sit at the table on behalf of his father Ye Cannon pressed his chest with palpitations, and said with a bitter face: "I used to think that it was very beautiful to sit at the table, but now I know that it is so uncomfortable, and I will never come out to the banquet for my father in the future!" ”

"Don't talk too soon." Wang Fulin directly poured a basin of cold water on Ye Xiaopang, "If you replace it once, you will have a second time, and when you will replace it temporarily in the future, this is just the beginning." ”

At this moment, they only heard a loud hiccup behind them, and when they looked back, they found that Cheng Naixuan, who was the groom's official, had also slipped out. Seeing that Wang Fulin and Ye Xiaopang were in front of him, Cheng Naixuan didn't have time to speak, so he found a corner and directly picked his throat, spit out a bunch of yellow water, and finally stood up straight.

"I hope my lady will live a long life!" Cheng Naixuan leaned against the wall, and then he gestured to Wang Fulin and said, "I'm thinking, are those who continue the string sure that they are not looking for guilt?" ”

PS: Last night's high school reunion, I'm sorry for being late today (to be continued......)