Xie Mulin still remembered that Wanqin's determination to draw a clear line against the Cao family and the former master Cao Shuqing did not seem to be so resolute. Even if it was because of her children, she chose to stand on the side of the Xie family. When the crisis of the Xie family has passed, the relationship between the Cao Xie family seems to have returned to a superficial state of peace, and she is ready to hope that everything can return to the original state.

At least, except for the Pingnanbo Mansion, the Cao family's other houses are still beautiful, which can support her, a concubine whose status in the Xie family is not as good as before.

But Xie Mulin knew very well in his heart that the Cao family was already a yellow flower of tomorrow, and the scenery would not be long away.

Besides, with Xie Pu's dislike of the Cao family, even if Wanqin regains the support of the Cao family, what can she do? I'm afraid that her situation in the Xie family will only get worse, right? Does she still think that she can use the power of the Cao family to find an "ideal" marriage for a pair of children? Not to mention that Xie Yingfen has long had ideas about her marriage, and it is impossible to follow her arrangement, just say that when the Cao Xie family had not turned against each other in the past, Wanqin could still rely on the support of her mother, Cao Shuqing, and follow Xie Pu when she was in office as a concubine, and what kind of treatment her children were in the eyes of the Cao family, you can know how naïve her thoughts are.

With the fact that she was still Cao Shuqing's confidant at the time, the latter didn't care much about her children, let alone now? Now Cao Shuqing herself has to curry favor with Cheng Enhou and his wife in order to barely survive in her mother's house, and what can her former maid make the Cao family promise?

Xie Mulin understands this truth, and even Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi understand this truth. Helplessly, Wanqin has been the son of the Cao family since she was a child, and she has been brainwashed by the Cao family a long time ago, and she thinks that the Cao family is the most powerful from the bottom of her heart, so she will not be able to see the reality clearly.

Fortunately, now in the Xie family, it is rare for someone like Wanqin to be confused. Even if they are also old people from the Cao family, Qingmei, Jiang Pu and others have never thought of returning to the old master. They are very satisfied with their current life, but they do not plan to go back to the hopeless wealth.

Now in the Xie family's mansion in Pearl Bridge, Xie Xianzhi and Xie Mulin are the most effective masters. As soon as they opened their mouths, all kinds of news quickly came to them.

Wanqin's family did come to her twice, one came back to her stepmother and sister, because they were female dependents, they were invited by Wanqin to her house to talk, so no one else knew what she said, and even Wanqin's own girl was kicked out of the house at that time; But the second time, her father came with her little brother and sister, and was not put into the second door, so he could only meet her in the porter. This time, what they said was heard by the porter outside the window.

Wanqin's father mainly asked her about the old things when she was in Shandong in the past, such as whether her father Xie Pu had the handle of the Yamen officials in Hedong River in his hands, and also asked some Wanqin what she saw and heard in Kaizhou at that time, if there was news about the Lin family in the officialdom, it would be better.

This was a few years ago, where does Wanqin remember clearly? She followed Xie Pu in the field, mainly responsible for housekeeping, helping to take care of the middle feed, and at most dealing with some courtesy affairs. Xie Pu is not allowed to interfere in any matters related to official business. At first, when Xie Pu was just a small acquaintance, she followed Ren for the first time, because she also brought other people arranged by Cao Shuqing with her, she once tried to meddle in the lawsuit and make money from it, and after Xie Pu found out, she beat the people she sent out half to death in front of her, and then directly threw them away. Even if she can complain to Cao Shuqing afterwards? At that time, Cao Xie's two families were still in the honeymoon period, and Cao Shuqing could get a lot of silver from the Xie family every year to give it to her mother's mother and brother, how could she fall out with Xie Pu for a few subordinates? It's just a few words of complaining, and that's it.

Since then, Wanqin has learned a lot and does not dare to meddle in foreign affairs anymore. Even if he wants to secretly get some private money for himself, he will not make up his mind about Xie Pu's official affairs.

She replied to her father like this, she really couldn't help much, all she could say was the news that the Cao family had known three years ago - the Cao family might even know more, after all, Ping Nanbo and his wife were the ones who tricked Xie Pu, and some of the people in Pingnanbo's Mansion were transferred to the Chengenhou Mansion afterwards, and the information they knew naturally had already reached the ears of Chengenhou.

Wanqin's father complained about this, blaming his daughter for not being able to help with anything and not being able to solve their problems. At present, they rely on their relatives and transfer to the Chengenhou Mansion, but they can only do the hardest rough work and get the least monthly money, which is not comparable to the former scenery. Now that they have finally been assigned an errand from above, as long as they can make meritorious contributions, they can at least get a better errand or a reward, which will greatly improve their current living conditions. I didn't expect the eldest daughter to be so useless, when they go back, they will definitely be scolded by the steward! If you are kicked out of the house, then you can only drink the northwest wind with the whole family!

Wanqin was honestly afraid, so she could only promise that she would try her best to recall the old things of the year, let them go back and wait for the news, and stuffed them with a handkerchief for private money. According to the estimation of Mrs. Zhang in the porter, I am afraid that there are almost ten taels of silver. This is a lot of money, almost Wanqin's monthly money for five months, but her father and younger siblings are not very satisfied. Her sister said that she was about to say goodbye, but she couldn't even get the dowry, and she didn't know who she would talk about. Since my sister is comfortably an aunt in a high-ranking official's house, at least she has to give her a decent dowry, right?

Mrs. Zhang said that Wanqin was a little unhappy at that time, but when she saw her father's thin and haggard appearance, she was not easy to lose her temper, so she had to take off the hairpin ring bracelet on her body and give it to her sister. In this way, dozens of taels of silver were spent. However, she also admitted to her sister at the time that she didn't have much private room, and the fourth girl was almost at the age of saying goodbye, and she had to prepare to see each other after going to Beiping, and it cost a lot, so it was impossible to give her sister all her body and make her die. As for her stepmother's proposal to let her sister enter the Xie family as a maid to earn monthly money, it is even more impossible. Her sister is still a slave of the Cao family, how can she go to another family to do things?

From the conversation between their sisters, Xie Mulin could also roughly guess that Wanqin's stepmother and sister came back to Xie's house for the first time, and talked to her about nothing more than the latter's dowry and entering Xie's house to do things. Whether there is anything else is not clear.

As for Wanqin's younger brother Ye Jinrong, after she met her father and younger siblings, she asked someone to carry a letter to the shop, and then called over. After Ye Jinrong entered Beijing, he once came to see his sister, and by the way, he gave Xie Yingfen and Xie Hanzhi some small gifts. No matter what kind of character he used to have, he has been a buddy in the Xie family business for a few years, and now he has gradually calmed down, and he is already the right-hand man of the shopkeeper Liu. He has a lot of business to do when he goes to Beijing, and it is impossible to spend too much time with his sister.

For his family, he is emotionally indifferent, which may have something to do with the fact that he was threatened with Wanqin by Pingnan Bofu as a hostage, but his father's family had an indifferent attitude, and even didn't care whether he lived or died. In addition to sending some money and food to his father for living expenses every time he goes to Beijing, he rarely has contact with them, and he also opposes his sister continuing to break ties with them, thinking that his father has other children, and he, as a son, gives money, which is to fulfill his responsibility as a child, but his sister, who has been married for many years, has no need to re-wade into the muddy waters.

This time, Ye Jinrong and Wanqin sisters and brothers quarreled again, also for their father's family. He strongly objected to his sister's dowry for helping his younger sister, and forbade her to provide her father with any information about Xie Pu, and said: "It's a good thing to be kicked out by the Cao family, I make a lot of money, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to support them?" If you continue to do things for the Cao family, it will be difficult to get out! I wouldn't do such a stupid thing! ”