In the previous life, when the original owner entered the Hou Mansion, he had no money, only four or two months of silver issued by the mansion.

For these four taels of silver, Wei's excuse was that he didn't have so much money, so he took most of the monthly silver directly from her, leaving her only half a penny of silver per month, which made the original owner poorer than the big girl next to his wife. What did the next person do for her, she even had to pick and ask for a reward. As the days went by, the people in the house secretly laughed at her and looked down on her.

A penny to bring down the hero. If Xu Xi hadn't gone to the women's academy as soon as she wore it, and repeatedly stated that she was unwilling to return to the Hou Mansion, which attracted the attention of the old lady and the eldest lady, even if she had all the skills, she could not enter and leave the Hou Mansion freely, and she had no money, and her situation was estimated to be similar to that of the original owner.

"Sister Xi." Zhu Shi said, "I sent someone to inquire, and the academy can request accommodation or not. You go to school in the county, and you have to run back and forth for 20 miles every day, which is very hard, but the old lady and I still hope that you can go back to the Hou Mansion to live. ”

Xu Xi frowned.

The reason why she returned to the Hou Mansion was just because she didn't want to cause trouble to the Xu family before her own strength was insufficient. She didn't want to have too much contact with the people of the Hou Mansion. The Hou Mansion is trivial, intriguing, and annoying, so try to stay away if you can.

Seeing that she was about to speak, Zhu raised his hand to stop Xu Xi, and his voice was still very gentle: "You are fourteen years old this year, and you don't know how long you want to study in the academy, you will always have to ask for a year or two." A girl of your age will soon be married, and in two or three years she will have to get married. If you live in a college, you may have to get married when you come out of the college. In this way, you will have too little time with your siblings. ”

She straightened her face: "You must know that if we women want to stand in our husband's family, we need to be able to do it ourselves, and we must also have the support of our mother's family." We, the elders, will grow old one day. If you don't have much friendship with your brothers and sisters in the house, and you're embarrassed to open your mouth when you want to ask for help when you encounter difficulties, don't you say? So I hope you can go back to the Hou Mansion to live. ”

Xu Xi looked at her quietly, and suddenly laughed, there was a hint of clarity in his smile, and there was a faint sigh.

Everyone is plotting for their own benefit. The old lady and the eldest lady are, and so is herself.

She wants to get rid of her troubles, she wants to live comfortably. The old lady and the eldest lady are doing their best to protect the interests of the Hou Mansion. So they want her to have a deeper bond with the Hou Mansion, so that if she marries a good family in the future, she can also pull the Hou Mansion out.

For them, that's not wrong.

"Old lady, aunt." Xu Xi opened his mouth, "My temperament, I think you also know it, it is relatively straightforward, everything is put on the surface, not in front of you or behind your back." So this thing, I think we can talk about it frankly. ”

The skin on the corner of the old lady's mouth trembled slightly.

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been together for 20 years, and Zhu knows her mother-in-law very well, and when she saw this, she quickly reached out and patted the old lady's hand.

The old lady has been the duchess for more than ten years, and the old lady Hou for more than ten years, as a superior who is used to giving orders, Xu Xi must be very uncomfortable when she talks to her with such an equal attitude.

But Xu Xi, this child, really can't ask her like other children in the house.

Xu Xike didn't care whether the old lady was comfortable or not, and said straightforwardly: "What you two think, I know, is afraid that I will not be close to the people of the Hou Mansion, and if I marry a good family in the future, I will not help the family." ”

The faces of the old lady and the Zhu family sank suddenly.

Although they have such thoughts, being said by Xu Xi so clearly is like the darkest thoughts in their hearts being known, although the darkest thoughts are not particularly vicious thoughts, they are not afraid of being known, but they still make people uncomfortable.

Xu Xi didn't seem to see their color change, and continued: "But you must know that if I am a child and enjoy the brocade clothes and food, and enjoy everything in the Hou Mansion, then I naturally have to dedicate myself to all this, including my marriage." But I didn't. I didn't eat a few pieces of dim sum at the old lady's place until noon, which was considered to be a few grains of rice from the Hou Mansion. For more than ten years before this, I was raised by the Xu family. ”

The old lady and Zhu's faces changed again.

The old lady said: "But you are the blood of the Hou Mansion, and you have the blood of the Zhao family in your body." But the tone is a little weak, but not so reasonable.

Xu Xi nodded slightly.

This old lady still has a conscience. So that the matter can continue to communicate.

"I have the blood of the Zhao family, but I enjoy Zhao Ruyu, isn't it? Zhao Ruyu has enjoyed all this, it is enough for you to control her marriage, why do you still ask me to bear it? If changing children is such a good deal, everyone in the world will go to change children. ”

The faces of the old lady and the Zhu family were very ugly.

"Actually, we didn't think that way." Zhu said excitedly, "Sister Xi, you can't help but think too badly of people's hearts. Even if we want to find someone for you, we will definitely pick a good person, and we will not care about your life or death for the sake of glory and wealth. ”

"Yes, I believe so. Otherwise, I wouldn't be sitting here and saying this to you. Xu Xi said. She will endure first, then look around for a backer, and completely leave the Hou Mansion after finding a backer.

But she won't take this step unless she has to.

Relying on the mountains, who knows if she escapes from the Hou Mansion and will enter another wolf's den? Even if she will carefully choose a backer with a good temperament, the backer also has a family and relatives. Once the relatives and friends of the backer have different thoughts and want to calculate her, does she still have to bet on whether she is important or the family relatives are important in the heart of the backer? Ordinary people choose to protect their families and relatives, right?

On the contrary, it is the Hou Mansion, according to her observation in the past half a day, at least the old lady and the eldest lady are good. Hou Ye Zhao Yuanxun has clear eyes, and he doesn't seem to be a bad person. The most important thing is that the Hou Mansion is going downhill, and her power is getting smaller, so it is relatively easy for her to deal with.

That's why she was willing to talk to the old lady and the Zhu family.

"What exactly do you want?" The old lady asked.

"I just need your promise, and I am in charge of my marriage." Xu Xidao.

Without waiting for the two to react, she continued: "How the second lady treats me, the old lady and the eldest aunt have also seen it." I don't know why she did this to me. Marriage pays attention to the life of parents and the words of matchmaking, and I am worried that she will make a fuss about my family affairs. So I need a commitment from you. ”

Her expression was unusually serious, and her dark eyes were calm and determined. Even though her face was a little naïve because of her young age, the old lady and the Zhu family couldn't ignore the power of her words at all.