After looking at it, she put away the hairpin, reached out and patted the dust on her clothes, raised her head and said arrogantly: "Don't be nosy, you can't take care of it, it's better to stay in your own comfort zone." ”

"You, why are you talking so impulsively, or a girl's family? Are all the girls in the Southland like you? Song Yi frowned, obviously an eye-opener.

"How do I speak, do you like to listen or not!"

"You ......"

Song Yan raised her forehead, turned her head to look at this unforgiving girl, and after a few looks, she had some thoughts in her heart.

"I listen to your accent, and I think I've lived in Jinling for some days. Look at your demeanor, you are also from a rich family, if you didn't encounter something in your hometown, then you would have run away from home. But I see you, there are some possibilities for both. ”

"Are you from the Chu family?"

Her inference is also based on this, if you want to talk about Nandi, you have to mention the Haoqiang Chu family in Nandi. The Chu family has been an emperor for generations, and in her previous life, she remembered that one of the emperor's favorite concubines was from his family. It's just that in the Mingde period, the Chu family was convicted of bribery and selling smuggled salt, and the whole family was involved and confiscated the family property, and now there is only an empty shell left.

If it was the former Chu family, then her jade from the palace would make sense.

As soon as she heard her, the girl's eyes widened, and Song Yansheng knew that she had guessed eight or nine.

"How did the Chu family transfer to Jinling?" Now Song Yi was stunned, "Holy benevolence, it didn't harm the next generation back then, you can still maintain your life from your old business business, why did you leave your hometown and come here?" ”

The girl of the Chu family wore her hair scattered, wore a half-worn Nanke costume, and bit her lip and lost her momentum. Song Yansheng looked at her and never bowed her head, thinking about it, she was also quite backbone, most people in the southland were resolute, if she didn't live in her hometown, how could she be here?

"My mother told me that this world is impermanent, and if you cook oil in a blazing fire today, you may be ragged tomorrow. Hmph, not really. The east wind suppresses the west wind, and naturally someone will take the place of our Chu family. ”

"They squeezed you out?" Song Yi was right to think about it, no matter how rich he was, he was convicted of raiding his house overnight, and the wall fell down and everyone pushed it.

"My family used to make a fortune in salt transportation, and I used to follow my eldest brother to sell some illicit salt to make a living. It's just that the southland can't stay any longer, so we go all the way north, while thinking about doing some small business to make some money. ”

"It's just that now the salt merchants are entrenched, extremely rampant, asking for a price, begging for a living under their hands, how can we survive?"

After hearing these words, Song Yansheng couldn't help but fall silent.

"The salt industry has always been controlled by the government and monopolized by salt merchants. You don't know, the salt merchants are divided into ranks, and those big salt merchants with a lot of money are almost all hereditary. My family has been convicted, and now they are just the lowest salt dealers, surviving under them to find another way out. ”

Jiangnan has been rich since ancient times, and now it is convenient for the Grand Canal, which is a place of gold for generations. Many big salt merchants are entrenched in the two Huai, and the rich are on the first side. People don't need a few new clothes a year, but they can't do without a small grain of salt every day. Therefore, the salt industry has always been profitable, and the salt tax of the imperial court alone accounts for a large proportion of the taxes paid by the officials. Song Yansheng didn't care much about these things, but her father occasionally mentioned them when he came home for dinner, and she remembered them. Listening to this statement now, it is inevitable that it will be linked. looked at the tall and thin southland girl in front of him, and couldn't help but think a little more highly of her knowledge.

"We met today, and it's fate, if there is anything we can help......" She opened her mouth, but was interrupted by a cold snort from this girl, she raised her eyebrows and said proudly:

"I am the third girl of the Chu family in the south, even if the mountains and rivers are exhausted, I will not be favored by others! The rivers and lakes are far away, and we will see you soon! ”

Song Yan was stunned for a moment, and the horizontal wave was even more dumbfounded, and the girl from the south took a few steps and went up to the tile, but she didn't expect the rain to be slippery, and her footsteps slipped at the moment, and she "plopped" down from the eaves of the porch, and her voice of pain came from the corner of the wall.

Seeing this, Hengbo didn't hold back his laughter, and hurriedly followed her to check if there was a problem, but he just walked outside, but there was only a puddle of muddy water that had been stepped on, and he didn't see anyone again.

"This Chu San girl from the south is interesting." Song Yi looked at the mud pit that fell out and smiled.

She lingered in Jinling for many days, and the next day she went down to Yangzhou with her grandfather and them by boat. It was rainy in Jinling, and the old lady had a headache, and Hengbo was arranged to serve on the ship. She was on a boat with her grandfather, rickety, and she was sleepy with her eyes closed.

"This trip to Jiangnan, can you have some knowledge?"

As soon as she heard the voice, she immediately came to her senses and sat up straight. After thinking about it carefully, she thought about it and said: "When I came to Jinling, I only felt that the elders were very good, very gentlemanly, and several big brothers were also outstanding, could it be that the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River would be more able to support people?" ”

Song Xiaodu listened, stroked his silver beard, and was quite satisfied, and nodded, "They are all good seedlings, and sooner or later they will go to Beijing to stretch their ambitions." ”

Song Yansheng thought of Song Yi and them, and said with a smile: "If they come, it will be a great help." ”

This time to Yangzhou is very fast, about two days, one day by boat, one day by sedan chair. When he arrived at the ferry, the uncle arranged a soft sedan chair early to answer, and there were four strong men and two mothers-in-law, all of whom wiped their sweat, thinking that they had been waiting for a while.

As soon as she got off the boat, her head was still dizzy, and she was graciously held by a grandmother.

They are all local servants purchased in Yangzhou, and they have never seen the old Song Pavilion and the old lady who went to the Beijing Gate, and they heard that the old man only brought a sixth girl to the south of the Yangtze River, and they couldn't help but be extremely curious and respectful to Song Yansheng.

Now I can see the pearl in the palm of the second elder, at first glance, the body is a little shorter, but the appearance is delicate and white, it is really like a treasure like a pearl, a look at the tender round face, you know that it is a very blessed face. Looking at the six girls' shining and moving eyes, it is not difficult to understand why the second elder only loves her and only brought her alone.

Song Yansheng was carried into the sedan chair, and she didn't pay attention to the scrutiny of these people, she entered Yangzhou Gudu, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a different scenery of Jinling. If Jinling is a prosperous land of smoke and willows, then Yangzhou is the delicacy of small bridges and flowing water, and it is the beauty of pondering everywhere. Look up to see the carved eaves, look down to see the carving of stone bricks, as large as the streets, alleys, pavilions and bridges, small to the shore flowers and plants, everywhere is meticulous and meticulous, revealing a perfect luxury.

She lowered the curtain and raised her hand to rub her eyes. The uncle's family went out to Yangzhou a few years ago to be an official, and he was appointed as the prefect of Yangzhou.

The sedan chair was slowly carried into the Song Mansion house, and her grandfather took her hand and was invited all the way into the main hall, and the passing servants all knelt on the ground. When they entered the Shunchun Hall in the main hall, several more female relatives leaned down and knelt down to say goodbye.

Song Yansheng sat in the arms of his grandmother, so he also took a clear look at the uncle's family. Her impression of the Dafang family is very light, in her previous life, Dafang has always been an official, because of the Xiao family's methods, the vitality of the Song family has been greatly damaged, and the uncle has been degraded again and again as an official. Because of his uncle's rigidity, he was finally relegated to the far north to become a horse keeper. At that time, it coincided with the rampant Hu Qun in the north, and then he was unfortunately killed in the battle of the northern part of the country, leaving a wife and a child to flee back to Beijing, which was really miserable. She was married at that time, and she only vaguely remembered that Mrs. Dafang was cowardly, but Mrs. Aunt was very strong.

Looking at it now, it is true. According to Dacheng's rules, the concubine cannot be on an equal footing with the main mother, but the uncle's aunt and wife came to kneel down with the eldest lady to say goodbye, but no one in the house said no.

The old lady took the tea, glanced at the ground lightly, and said loudly: "Get up." ”

The eldest lady stood up first, her clothes were ordinary and simple, her face was bland, her expression was humble, and she was followed by a girl, her face was plain, she snuggled up next to her mother, her eyes were a little timid, and she looked thin and ordinary.

Then she looked at the obviously favored little Zhao lady on the other side, this Aunt Zhao was young and beautiful, dressed fresh but not too much, surrounded by a sister she gave birth to, the girl was very good, and she was very active when she saw people, and saw her grandparents take a bite of a "grandmother", and came up to serve tea diligently.

"Ouch, this is the sixth girl, I haven't seen her for a few years, she really looks like a jade boy under the Bodhisattva's seat, and only the water and soil of Beijing Gate can raise such a full-body style! At a glance, they all compare our brothers and sisters in the house! No wonder the old man and the old lady love each other very much, and they take them wherever they go. ”

These words not only praised her, but also pleased her grandfathers and grandmothers. She bent her lips and smiled, matching the eyes of this Zhao lady. This is a smart man, and he is very good at greeting, and his eyes are more or less ambitious.

"Why can't you see the eldest brother?"

The old man closed the cup, put it aside, looked down at her and asked.

It is not for nothing that Zhao Niangzi is so strong and favored, just because she gave birth to the first child of the Song family that year. Grandfather doesn't value the elder and the second, and the capable are superior. This eldest brother is also competitive, diligent when studying, thoughtful in communication, and an eight-sided character.

"He followed the uncle to do things, and he should still be in the official office now, but when the affairs are done, he will soon be able to go home with the uncle to say goodbye."

Song Xiaodu nodded.

At this time, the girl at Aunt Zhao's hand raised her head to look at her, and said with a smile: "I like this sister, can the sixth sister go out with me?" ”

The old lady touched her head, "It's fine." ”

The girl who spoke out should be the eighth girl Song Qisheng, the most favored one in the big house now. She looked at her, then at the seventh girl beside the eldest lady, and said with a smile: "Okay, do you want the seventh sister to go with you?" She stepped out of her grandmother's arms and whispered in a whisper.