Two years later, in the three-bedroom mansion of the Xie family in Xie Jiajiao, Huyin County.

  Xie Mulin put down the brush in his hand, gently blew the flower note he had just written, and looked up at the window.

  Today's sky is clear and cloudless, and the originally hot weather has improved slightly, and there seems to be a hint of coolness in the air, and it is clear that it has entered autumn.

  When autumn is crisp, it's a good time to go out.

  Wen, who has been away from Huyin for more than two years, wrote back a letter earlier, telling the children in the family that when the eldest brother Xie Xianzhi finishes the college examination and knows the results, no matter whether he has won the fame of Zhongxiucai, he will go to Beiping to reunite with their husband and wife with their grandmother, Mrs. Xie. Xie Mulin had already started to make relevant preparations, but he was worried about the hot weather after autumn, and he really didn't want to travel on a hot day. Now that I see the cool breeze gradually rising, I finally settle down a little.

  Next, she just needs to wait for Xie Xianzhi to finish the college exam, and then she can call everyone to get ready to get on the ship, right? She didn't believe that Xie Xianzhi, who had passed the county exam and the government exam all the way, and also got the first case twice, would fail in the hospital exam. She estimates that the only suspense now is whether Xie Xianzhi can also win the top spot in the college examination, and like his nominal cousin and actually half-brother Xie Jinzhi, he won the fame of Xiucai in one breath after the first scientific examination, right?

  Xie Mulin stood up, put the written flower note into the box that had been prepared at the end of the desk, covered it, and called Xiangtao: "I'm going to Xiangzhang Courtyard to find the third brother, you take this with me." ”

  Xiang Tao answered, handed over half of the needlework done in her hand to the little girl Qingcheng, and asked her to help her collect the needle, then picked up the box and followed Xie Mulin out the door.

  Since she decided to follow the second girl back to her hometown in Huyin two years ago after discussing with her parents, she felt as if she had opened the door to a new world. She used to think that being a girl only needed to learn the rules and etiquette and learn how to serve people, it was enough. Honest, obedient, attentive, and immersed in work, this is what her parents taught her. She never knew that to be a big girl, she also needed to learn to read, learn to settle accounts, learn to deal with people, and learn some skills, needlework, cooking, accounting, loom repair...... Anything is good. Whatever she wants to learn, the second girl can always find someone to teach her.

  Peach was also troubled at first, and she might not be able to cope with learning so many things. Especially when she saw that not all the other girls were as busy as herself, she couldn't understand it even more. At that time, it was Miss Ma who lent the eldest lady the two eldest girls, Sister Youchun and Sister Lexia, and told her that those who are girls also need to learn more things in order to better serve their masters. Xiang Tao felt reasonable, so she gritted her teeth and held on.

  In the past two years, she can read the family account books, write family letters to her parents, and use the principles learned in books to quarrel with others...... She suddenly realized that she was so much stronger than the other girls! Even the path that can be taken in the future seems to be becoming clear and bright. She doesn't have to worry that when she gets older, she will be casually assigned to some small servant who can't be on the table, and she can only be a daughter-in-law waiting in the outer house in the future. She can always be a housekeeper and bookkeeper for the second girl! There are so many things she can do, and she can even pick her own marriage match!

  Sister Li'er, who got married last year, envied her very much, and often said that she had taken a great fortune. If it weren't for Sister Li'er's old age, and the family had set a good marriage for her early, she would still marry a solid family outside, I'm afraid that she would prefer to stay and be the big girl next to the second girl, right?

  Now that Li'er is married, Cuijiao is still in Beiping to continue to wait for his wife Wen's, and only she has the most seniority around the second girl, and the green oranges and ginkgo biloba at the bottom have only been here for two years, and she is still taking them to learn the rules. Xiang Tao knew that her position as a big girl was firm. Even if Cuijiao returns to the second girl to wait in the future, it will only be on an equal footing with herself. Cuijiao may have qualifications and affection, but she has the ability to be a peach, and she is not worse than anyone else!

  was transferred from Aunt Dajin to the second girl to wait, which was really the luckiest thing she had encountered in her life! From this point of view, she is afraid that she will have to thank Xie Yingrong, the third girl who once tossed half of her life! If there was no toss from the third girl, she would still be waiting for Aunt Dajin at this time, where would there be such good luck and wait in the second girl's house?

  Xiang Tao followed behind Xie Mulin with a smile, entered the camphor courtyard, put the box in his hand on the large round table in the main room, and pulled the third young master Xie Huizhi's big girl and moth out with a very eye-catching look. She knew that her girl had something to say to the third young master, and she was even more happy that there were no extra people around her.

  Xie Mulin sat down at the table and shouted, "Third brother, are you done?" Come out quickly. It's your birthday tomorrow, and I've prepared a gift for you, come and take a look, do you like it? ”

  Xie Huizhi walked out of the back room slowly, smiled at her a little unnaturally, then walked to the chair opposite her and sat down, opened the box, and saw that there was a newly beaten silver abacus inside, small and exquisite, only two fingers wide, which could be tied to the silk silk and used as a waist ornament, which was really very much in line with his heart. At the same time, there was also a pair of sachets, embroidered with auspicious Pixiu and money patterns, take a closer look, it turned out to be the handwriting of the second sister, and even the spices contained in it are also very suitable for their own preferences, so they know that the second sister is attentive.

  He said to Xie Mulin with some embarrassment: "I like it very much, thank you second sister." I'll wear it out for the whole family tomorrow! ”

  Xie Mulin reached out and touched it, pinching his chin and looking left and right a few times.

  Xie Huizhi was startled and jumped up: "Second sister, what are you doing?!" ”

  Xie Mulin sighed twice: "Why are the eye circles red?" That's when you cried? Manly man, what is there to cry about? Isn't it your birthday tomorrow, aren't you still happy in the morning? How? Quarreled with the third sister again? ”

  Xie Huizhi's face turned red instantly: "Who will quarrel with her?!" That crazy woman doesn't make sense at all! It took her months of hard work for her to see a young talent with a decent and good-tempered character and a solid family background. If you want me to say, where is Xie Yingrong worthy of others? I don't have to spoil the good sons of others! It's just that my aunt has worked hard, and I can't bear to pour cold water. My aunt asked me to make friends with other people, so that I could inquire whether their parents and elders were harmonious, and whether my younger siblings were getting along. After a lot of hard work, I finally found an opportunity to make Xie Yingrong meet with others naturally. If people can look up to her, it will be her great creation. As a result, not only did she not appreciate it, but she also deliberately made a mistake in front of others, directly offending other people's parents and elders. The friends I managed to make were also forced to break off. Xie Yingrong even looked like she was fine, blaming her aunt for being nosy. My aunt is her biological mother! How can this be said to be an idle matter?! ”

  What made him even more sad was that he went to quarrel with Xie Yingrong for his aunt, but his aunt took the first step back and persuaded him not to take it to heart. How upset is this?!