Xie Mulin took Cuijiao into the carriage, and Jia Da sat back in the carriage. When the coachman drove the car back out of the street, Cuijiao dared to whisper a little opinion to Shemulin.

She said that Second Young Master Xiao's style was really amazing: "It's so frivolous! What is he talking nonsense in front of the girl? The girl couldn't help him talk nonsense! She glanced at Xie Mulin hesitantly, "Girl, are you...... Isn't it ...... with him?"

Xie Mulin thought to himself, what is this? Isn't it just a little ambiguous and flirtatious from time to time? She didn't have no suitors in college, and the boy spoke more boldly and bluntly than Xiao Rui, of course, she didn't buy it at that time, so she refused on the spot. As for the earthy love talk or something, it's even less unusual, she has also seen more embarrassing flirting scenes in reality.

So she smiled calmly and said, "It's nothing. In the past year, I have experienced a lot of things and seen a lot. Isn't it just an acquaintance who speaks boldly and wants to ask me for a kiss? I don't count this kind of thing, and I don't count if he says it. He is about to go to the northern border town to join the army, and no one knows if he can come back, let alone whether he can be promoted. After he promised to be promoted, he went to ask the elders of the family to propose marriage to my father and ask to marry me. God knows if there really will be that day? He said for the time being, I will listen for the time being, there is no shadow of the future, why bother to take it to heart now? If he does it one day, for the sake of me to get to this point, then even if he speaks frivolously, it won't be a big problem. Can he find someone more sincere than him? ”

Cuijiao was stunned for a moment, and after a while said, "The girl is right. Although this Young Master Xiao spoke frivolously, he didn't move his hands and feet from beginning to end, nor did he peek at women other than girls. asked the girl to meet in the teahouse, and carefully arranged it so that outsiders would not find out, so as not to damage the girl's reputation. It can be seen that although he has a reputation for being a gentleman, he is very careful and thoughtful, and he also protects the girl very carefully. If he can really fight for the girl's military exploits and beg his family to come to the door to propose marriage, it will be rare. really let the old lady show the girl outside, and he may not be able to find a young talent who is more attentive than him. ”

Cuijiao also thought that now that the Xie family has offended a powerful family like the Cao family, it is estimated that the marriage of the young masters and young ladies in the family will not be too smooth. And the Xiao family has a noble concubine and a prince, if the second girl can marry into the Xiao family, the Xie family will have the royal relatives as backers, and the Cao family will not be so easy if they want to harm the Xie family, right? It's better than the Yan Wangfu that is only relying on a thousand miles away right now.

Xie Mulin didn't know what Cuijiao was thinking, so he casually instructed the coachman to go to the end of the fish market, and the Li family was there.

When the carriage came to the door of Li's house, when Xie Mulin got off the car, he glanced at the pastry shop next door to Li's house and found that its business was very good, and there were seven or eight people queuing up at the counter. There is a cloth banner hanging on the door of the shop, and the signature dim sum painted on it seems to be one of the kinds that Xie Mulin sold at the beginning.

Xie Mulin smiled slightly, turned his head and walked towards the gate of the Li family.

Mrs. Li and Sister Zhang Qiao were both at home, and they warmly entertained Xie Mulin and his party. Knowing that Xie Mulin had returned to Beijing to pick up his sisters, he was going to leave soon, and they all said in unison: "Why don't you stay for a few more days?" He also said that this year's New Year in Jinling City is very lively, where the temple fair is good, how beautiful the lantern festival is, and so on.

Mrs. Li's attitude is very enthusiastic, it can be said that she is a little too attentive, and repeatedly mentions the days when the Xie family lived in the Li family. It's not that she wants to remind Xie Mulin how much kindness the Li family has to the Xie family, she just wants to emphasize that the friendship between the two families is very deep, and even if the two places are separated in the future, they should have more contacts. It's just that when she described her friendship with Mrs. Xie, the words she used were a little too exaggerated, Xie Mulin listened to her for a long time, and almost thought that she was misremembering, when the Xie family lived in the Li family, Mrs. Xie was really so affectionate and harmonious with her, and she was reluctant to leave it, instead of often disliking the simplicity of the Li family.

Sister Zhang Qiao secretly wiped a cold sweat, used her youngest son as an excuse, and took her mother-in-law away, before she said to Xie Mulin: "Second girl, don't be surprised, my mother-in-law is just thinking about the wife and the young master and girls, but she is embarrassed to say it directly, so she has to talk about the old lady." In fact, she knew the old lady's temper in her heart......"

Xie Mulin smiled and waved his hand, not caring. She can handle Mrs. Xie's temper, but Mrs. Li is just a little more enthusiastic and has no bad intentions, how can she be surprised?

Xie Mulin asked about the current situation at Sister Zhang Qiao's family, and Sister Zhang Qiao said: "Everything is fine. In the year we were in charge, we were still doing small business in the Pearl Bridge and Neiqiao area, and occasionally went to the house, saying that the house is now more lively than before, and there are tenants, and the neighbors are no longer ignoring it. I was much more relieved to hear it. However, the eldest lady is still a child, and she lives in Beijing with the three girls, which is not a long-term solution, so it is better to go back to her hometown as soon as possible and reunite with her wife, young master, and girls. ”

Xie Mulin sighed, Sister Zhang Qiao still cares so much about their family. She obviously asked about the current situation of the Li family, but Sister Qiao only mentioned how the Xie family was, which was really rare.

She said to Sister Zhang Qiao: "We are estimated to be leaving Beijing in early February. When the eldest sister, the third sister, and Aunt Jin left, there was no one from our family in the capital, and only a few shopkeepers and men stayed behind to help take care of the house, garden, and shop. If you encounter any difficulties in your family, just go to the shopkeeper. You know him. Don't be polite to us. The friendship between our two families is incomparable to others. ”

Sister Zhang Qiao originally said that she would refuse, but after thinking about it, she was born as a girl from the Xie family, even if the Xie family was in Beijing in the past, when she had difficulties, she would come to the door to find the second wife for help, so why be polite now? The second wife is very kind to their family, and if she will accept her kindness in the future, it is a big deal to repay it with more heart.

Thinking about it like this, Sister Zhang Qiao immediately felt much more relieved, and said to Xie Mulin: "If there is any difficulty, I will definitely go to the shopkeeper Mao, and I will not talk to the second wife, the second young master and the girl." I don't dare to say how I can repay the kindness of the second wife, the second young master and the girl, so I can only tie the strings. Girl, don't think I'm thick-skinned. ”

Xie Mulin smiled: "What is this?" It's all taken for granted. I took out some of the things I bought on the road and showed them to Sister Zhang Qiao, all of them were gifts for Sister Zhang Qiao's family, especially the two children, and there were two purses, which were filled with silver bills, auspicious and affordable.

Sister Zhang Qiao also smiled when she saw the purse, quickly accepted it, and took out a robe made of muslin: "This is what I made for the second wife, I haven't seen it for more than half a year, and I don't know if the second wife's body has changed now, so I specially left a large amount." The second girl gave it to the second wife for me, and only said that I was filial. Thinking about it, I haven't done needlework for the second wife for a year, I don't know if the hand is raw, please don't dislike the second wife. ”

Xie Mulin looked at the robe: "It's very finely done, the colors and styles are all my mother's favorites, she will be happy when she sees it, how can she dislike it?" She handed over the robe to Cuijiao, and asked the latter to tidy it up and send it to the carriage, so she took Sister Zhang Qiao's hand and asked in a low voice when there was no one on the left and right: "I heard that you went to your home during the Lantern Festival, and mentioned the news of the Marquis of Ningguo's mansion, I don't know what the details are?" The second grandmother of the Marquis of Ningguo Mansion is also an enemy of our family, and I am very curious about his family's affairs. ”

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