As soon as he heard that his father was going to find his sister's in-law's family, Kong Lin's mind immediately turned, in a merchant family like them, the marriage of children has always been the link between the family and the outside world, and few can choose by themselves, everything is based on the interests of the family, and this view has been deeply implanted in people's hearts for generations.

At this time, when he heard his father say this, Kong Lin's mind naturally thought of how to choose a suitable family for his sister to strengthen the strength of the family.

After thinking about it, Kong Lin asked tentatively: "Father, my sister is at the age of marriage, there are many businessmen in Yangzhou City, and there are at least twenty or thirty families who can sit on an equal footing with my Kong family, which one do you like?" ”

"Lin'er, what do you think?" Kong Wen didn't answer the rhetorical question, sat on the side, picked up the teacup and slowly tasted the tea.

"This"

Kong Lin heard that this was obviously his father taking the school exam, and the more his answer could satisfy his father, the sooner he would delegate power to himself.

After thinking about it, Kong Lin cautiously said: "Father, the child thinks that the current situation in the imperial court is turbulent and rampant, and there is a reason why our Jubaozhai business is becoming more and more difficult to do, and it is irretrievable." Since the jewelry business is difficult to do, we can temporarily shift the focus of the business to other places, and which family Ruolan wants to marry depends on where our family is going to develop. ”

"Hmm!" Kong Wenjing sat on the chair and bowed slightly, as if asking an unrelated question, "Lin'er, can you make a big difference in the future of that Pang Baihu who came today?" ”

Kong Lin replied honestly: "The child doesn't know, but just now the child wanted to send him two singers to sleep with him, but he refused, so it seems that he should not be too bad in terms of conduct." The child estimates that as long as he doesn't die on the battlefield, then at least his career won't be too bad. ”

Speaking of this, Kong Lin's heart moved, "Could it be that my father belongs to that hundred households?" Thinking of this, he immediately shook his head again, although Baihu was a five-rank official, the social status of the military generals in the late Ming Dynasty was not very high, to be honest, not as prominent as the parents of those places. According to the status of the Confucian family in Yangzhou, the official position of this hundred households is still a little worse.

Looking back at his father sitting quietly at the table, his eyes were slightly closed, his hands rested on the chair's vice-hand, and the whole person just leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, Kong Lin didn't dare to disturb, just stood and waited beside his father, and the room was silent for a while.

At the same time, in a small courtyard house in the northeast corner of the Confucian compound, more than a dozen candles illuminated a boudoir, and a long case was full of ledgers, and in the candlelight, a shadow was sitting behind the long case with his back to the door of the house, constantly writing something.

At this time, the door opened, and a small and delicate figure rushed in recklessly, and said at first glance: "Miss, Miss, the outer courtyard is so lively tonight, the lord is greeting guests outside, and ah, there are a lot of officers and soldiers in the outer courtyard, those officers and soldiers are different from the officers and soldiers we usually see in Yangzhou City, one by one with horizontal eyebrows and very scary, and ah"

The figure who rushed in was a young girl in the prime of her life, wearing a white silk placket jacket, a red skirt underneath, and a small green waist skirt wrapped around her waist, which looked neat and free, very cute. The girl rushed to the long case like a gust of wind, like a happy little sparrow chirping non-stop.

This Qianying, who was originally writing something on the desk, turned around and said helplessly: "Ling'er, can you not be so surprised, it's very common for dad to entertain guests, even if it's a banquet for military attachés, it's not a big deal, you can't make such a fuss." ”

When the shadow turned around, the face of a pretty woman appeared in front of the little girl. The most impressive thing about this beauty is that she has a pair of big eyes that seem to be able to speak, she leans alone in front of the long case, under the light of the fire, her complexion is as clear as jade, like a new moon, like flowers and trees piling up snow, the ring posture is gorgeous, the instrument is quiet and leisurely, tender, charming in language, delicate and tactful, beautiful and glamorous.

This is the person who is the right person Kong Wen and his son are talking about, Kong Ruolan, the eldest lady of the Kong family, and the one who just rushed in is Kong Ruolan's personal maid Ling'er.

After being said by the young lady, Ling'er was not discouraged, but stepped forward and grabbed Kong Ruolan's Qianqianyu hand and said: "No, Miss, although the military attache invited by the lord tonight is not a big official, I heard from Aunt Wang in the outer courtyard that it was this military attache who escorted the eldest young master back all the way, and it was thanks to his eldest young master that he was saved from being poisoned by the gangsters on the road, so the old man specially set up a banquet to entertain him." ”

Ling'er's family chattered and told her own lady the gossip she heard, Kong Ruolan was a good audience, she just listened silently and didn't interject, and then quietly analyzed in her heart what impact these things had on the family.

Kong Ruolan was born in a family of businessmen, she was smart since she was a child, her appearance is extremely beautiful, her surname is well-behaved, and what is even more rare is that she has a very high talent in business, she has been helping her father take care of the family business since she was eight years old, and she has become Kong Wen's right-hand man, and she has done a very good job, which often makes Kong Wen sigh: If it weren't for Ruolan is daughter, as a father, this family business would have been handed over to her a long time ago.

It is precisely because he is very precious to this daughter that in recent years, Kong Wen has refused many people who have come to propose marriage, so that he has not booked his in-law's house when he is almost seventeen.

His eldest brother Kong Lin said some time ago that she knew about going to Qingzhou to buy goods, and she also expected the danger, so now she is a little grateful to the officer who escorted the eldest brother back.

Kong Ruolan knew that her personal maid liked to be lively, and she would definitely go to take a peek at the fact that the outer courtyard was so lively today, "Ling'er, how are the hundred households that escorted your eldest brother back?" ”

Ling'er smiled when she heard it and said proudly: "Miss, it turns out that you are also curious, let me tell you, I really saw that Baihu outside the hall, let me tell you, he looks really young, about the same age as the eldest young master, they are tall, although they are not too handsome, but he is very powerful, people are very majestic at a glance, some small hooves in our house have secretly run to see him, I tell you"

In the face of this little girl who talked endlessly as soon as she spoke, Kong Ruolan was really a little crying and laughing, and said angrily: "Don't just talk about others, are you also excited, if so, I will talk to the eldest brother tomorrow, send you to that adult, and let you get what you want?" ”

"Miss, you're making fun of people again." Ling'er twisted her waist and pulled Kong Ruolan's clothes to resent, "People have said that they will serve you for the rest of your life, and the young lady will go wherever she goes." ”

Kong Ruolan saw that Ling'er was in a hurry, so she smiled and stretched out Qianqianyu and pointed at the tip of Ling'er's small and straight nose, "Okay, just joking with you, you're really in a hurry, okay, I promise you that I will take you with me in the future." ”

"Hee-hee, I know Miss is the best." After hearing her young lady's assurance, Ling'er became angry and happy.

During the feudal period of China, the daughters of official eunuchs and wealthy families cultivated one or more maids by their side since they were young, because these maids grew up with their own young ladies from a young age, so their loyalty to their own ladies was generally very high. After the young lady married, these people were generally married as a maid to marry, and they were married as a big maid or even a concubine in the bed, so that these young ladies also had a good helper when competing for favor with other wives and concubines in their husband's house, and this trend gradually reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty

It's just that the two women who were playing in the boudoir didn't know that in a guest room in the Confucian Mansion, the Baihu they said was lying alone on the soft and comfortable big bed, full of alcohol, and muttered some vague words: "Dude is really stupid, someone wants to send such a punctual sister paper to warm his bed, don't pretend to be serious."

What's that, a friend of Ah Ding opened a new food stall tonight, Ah Ding took his son and daughter-in-law to a friend's house to drink, and accidentally drank until the early hours of the morning, sorry, it was not updated until now!

Here Ah Ding saw the reward of God is not ** classmate, thank you!

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