Xie Mulin and the others naturally didn't know what happened between Mrs. Xie and Xie Yingrong after they left the Xie family's mansion. After they returned to their residence on Gongyuan West Street, they only felt relaxed and happy, because everyone knew in their hearts that they would not have to see Mrs. Xie for at least a few years in the future.

Only Wen was always a little guilty and uneasy in his heart, and Xie Xianzhi was also a little worried.

Xie Jinzhi persuaded him: "If something is done, it will be done, and it is useless to think about it more." The old lady was in good health, and the third sister promised to tell her the truth soon, and even if she was frightened for a few days, she would be fine. Big brother doesn't have to worry too much. Although this matter is suspected of disrespecting the elders, you and I both know the temperament of the old lady, and it is not for nothing that we disobeyed her old man in the past, so why bother to be entangled in this matter? ”

Xie Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "Having said that, I always have some regrets in my heart. In the past, although there were times when I disobeyed the old lady's will, it was mostly a trivial matter, but this time it was ...... "Take the initiative to lie about the big things that matter to life and death!"

Xie Mulin interjected disapprovingly: "The idea came from the third sister, not the one we took the initiative to deceive, just think that we can't bear to see the third sister always scolded by the old lady, so we indulged her careful thinking." Besides, I think it's inexplicable that the old lady would be so scared. Not to mention what happened in the Taoist Temple of Zhoushan, our Xie family was just a passerby, and we didn't notice anything at all, but it just happened to appear in the Taoist Temple. Afterwards, we still heard Aunt Wen mention it, and we knew that something had happened to the Taoist temple.

The old lady didn't know where to hear the rumors, so she thought of herself as meat on the chopping board, and became afraid. What reason do those dignitaries have to get along with her as an old man? She still wouldn't see us, and she almost faked her illness, I don't know what she was thinking! ”

Xie Jinzhi also felt that this matter was quite inexplicable, so he could only guess: "Maybe the old lady and the third sister bumped into something when they walked around in the view?" ”

Xie Mulin smuttered: "I have almost walked through the places they passed along the road, where are there any unsightly secrets?" Except for the wife of the Zhao family and her entourage, that is, the second son of the Xiao family. But who of these people is not generous to talk to people? Anyway, I don't see any need for the old lady to be afraid there. Even if we guessed the identity of the Bai family afterwards, we were never afraid. What is there to worry about an old lady? ”

Xie Xianzhi couldn't figure it out, and sighed: "That's it, don't think about things you don't understand." Anyway, when we leave, the third sister will still tell the old lady the truth, and then her old man will naturally be able to settle down. ”

Xie Huizhi leaned against the door and interjected coldly: "You'd better not believe Xie Yingrong too much." Eighty percent of this incident was her troublemaker, maybe it was something she said in front of the old lady that scared the old lady so much that she didn't even dare to see anyone. Look at how honest the old lady has become now? I don't scold Xie Yingrong anymore, I still trust her, and I listen to her advice everywhere. Even for such a good day, Xie Yingrong is not so easy to tell the truth! ”

Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi frowned at the same time. Xie Mulin smiled at Xie Huizhi: "The third brother Bacheng ate old vinegar at Aunt Jin's again, so he can speak so sourly, right?" What do you think about the third sister? When we leave Beijing, when will the old lady know the truth, it will be the matter of the third sister. Could it be that she broke her promise, and we still have to be responsible for her? ”

Xie Huizhi snorted, and then ran out: "I'll go and talk to Guy Chen!" ”

Guy Chen is the helper that Xie Jinkun lent to the Wen family, and this trip back to Huyin, he will replace Xie Jinkun and act as a guide for the Wen family and the others. Budget-conscious small businesses, going far away, is not just about packing some luggage. Chen taught the young masters of the Xie family that if they had money to spare, they could buy some sought-after goods and bring them back to Huyin to sell to earn the difference. Many things in Jinling City can be sold at a high price in Huyin County, even if you only bring three or two small burdens, you can benefit a lot, which is enough to supplement your family for a few months.

The Xie family chartered a boat for this trip, even if there are many people and luggage, it is okay to carry a few more burdens. As for what kind of goods are easier to buy in Jinling City and easier to sell in Huyin County, Chen has a lot of experience. In the past few days, Xie Huizhi listened to his introduction, and his heart was itching, so he followed his instructions and asked his brothers and sisters to borrow capital and buy two bags of things privately.

Xie Mulin also reminded him that things don't necessarily have to be bought in Jinling City, and they don't necessarily have to go back to Huyin to sell. Their trip is a caravan ship, so they have to go around a circle on the way, along the Yangtze River to Zhenjiang first, and then from Zhenjiang to the south of the Jiangnan Canal, along the way will pass through several big cities and towns, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou...... These are all prosperous and good places, are they afraid that there will be no good things to buy and sell? What they have to worry about is that the capital is not enough.

Anyway, Xie Mulin himself has his own calculations. She had already saved some money in her hands, and now she took back Xie Yingzhen's private property and finesse in the mansion, took out some broken silver and scattered gold and silver bills, and used them as a few unimportant small jewelry, and she had enough property of three or four hundred taels of silver in her hands. Except for borrowing dozens of taels to Xie Huizhi and buying some supplies from Sister Zhang Qiao and Yan's pharmacy, she hid the rest. She didn't plan to do anything in the expensive city of Jinling, but there were so many towns and wharves that she could pass along the way, and she didn't believe she couldn't find a chance to start.

The small plan she had been planning for a long time could also be put on the agenda.

On the eighth day of the fifth month of the sixteenth year of Jingle, the women and children of the Xie family were finally led by the Wen family, got into a carriage full of luggage early in the morning, went out of the small house on Gongyuan West Street, and went out of the city to the Yangtze River Wharf under the escort of Xie Jinkun.

The boat they hired was already waiting there. Xie Jinkun took his own Chen guy to talk to the people in the boat company, Xie Xianzhi remembered that he was the eldest son in the family, so he hurriedly followed, and in order to strengthen his courage, he pulled his second brother Xie Jinzhi up again. In the end, Xie Huizhi remembered that he was quite interested in doing business, and it was good to listen to what those successful businessmen had to say, so he also got a share.

Wen didn't care about them, and took his ladies to settle down in the cabin on his own.

Because the ship hired by Xie Zeshan often does business for the rich and noble families or official dependents, the cabins of this ship are quite clean and spacious. Although the cabin that Xie Mulin was assigned to was less than ten square meters in size, it was enough to put down a good bed, there was space under the bed for a cage, and opposite the bed was a small couch half a foot wide, which was obviously for the personal girl to sleep in the night. There is a small desk and a matching round stool under the window, and there is a small wardrobe at the foot of the bed, and there are basin racks and other things next to the wardrobe, which are neat and tidy, and there are pots of jasmine in the corner, which are very energetic.

Li'er put the girl's things in a simple place, went out for a spin and came back, and said to Xie Mulin: "The girls and mothers-in-law squeeze a big cabin, although it is not dirty, but there are too many people, it is strange to crowd." Why don't I live here with the girl with Cuijiao? I slept on a small couch and laid out the green bananas on the floor. ”

Xie Mulin was already a little accustomed to this kind of life without much privacy, and nodded: "Okay, so I can tell you if I have something." You will suffer for a few days, and when you return to your hometown, I heard that the house over there is very large, and there are many houses, so I will ask you to arrange a room for the two of you, so that you will not be crowded anymore, how about it? ”

When Li'er and Cuijiao heard this, they both smiled happily: "Girl, you have to talk and count!" ”