Chapter 150: Scouting
By the time Lin Yingxiang cleaned up, it was already half an hour later. Lin Yingxue glanced at the people who slowly walked in from outside, and saw that Lin Yingxiang had a plain face and neat clothes, except for some small blood streaks in his eyes that could not be removed, no matter from any aspect, he couldn't tell that the person in front of him was the second lady who was hiding behind the rockery and crying sadly.
"Warm up with a cup of hot tea." Lin Yingxue personally poured the tea and handed it to Lin Yingxiang.
Lin Yingxiang took it with both hands, her eyes were red, and the tears that had just disappeared soon before she were about to pour out of her eyes again, but she tried her best to hold back, and just looked at Lin Yingxue with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, fifth sister." The voice was still slightly choked.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue was not in a hurry to speak, but waited for Mo to have half a cup of tea before asking: "I don't know what the second sister is sad about, you might as well say it and discuss it, maybe there will be a solution." ”
"I ......" Lin Yingxiang's mood has indeed completely stabilized, Lin Yingxue finally didn't hold back the golden beans when she asked, but said bitterly: "Actually, it's not a big deal...... It's just because of the marriage......"
As if she was afraid that Lin Yingxue would laugh at her, Lin Yingxiang kept her head down when she said this, and her face flashed with unconfidence.
"Marriage is a lifelong event, how can it be said to be a small thing?" Lin Yingxue glanced at Lin Yingxiang with disgust, "Second sister might as well talk about the current situation, although I may not be able to help the second sister, but it is better to have someone who can listen to the bitterness in the second sister's heart than for the second sister to hide behind the rockery and cry." ”
Lin Yingxue's words made Lin Yingxiang's face red, and because of this joke, Lin Yingxiang's depressed mood finally improved a little.
"Because of the death of my second aunt, my original marriage collapsed, and my fifth sister also knew about it...... I'm already eighteen years old after the New Year, plus I'm a concubine, it's not easy to find a good family, and now that I'm older, it's even more difficult to look at others...... It took my aunt and mother a lot of effort to tell me about the family business before, but now I can't find such a good family anymore......"
Lin Yingxiang said as he unconsciously clasped the teacup in his hand, and the friction sound of his sharp nails scratching the cup made people feel a little uncomfortable.
Lin Yingxue frowned slightly, picked up the teacup in her hand and took a sip of tea, then she cheered up again, and listened to Lin Yingxiang continue: "I know that my identity is here, so I never expected how much blessing I could have in the future, the only wish is to marry a simpler family in the future, and live this life peacefully, but now the family business that my aunt is looking for for me is ...... But ......"
When Lin Yingxiang said this, his face suddenly turned red, as if he had encountered something unspeakable, and he couldn't continue to speak.
Lin Yingxue didn't force the people in front of her, but patiently waited for Lin Yingxiang to calm down.
After a while, Lin Yingxiang raised his head and smiled apologetically at Lin Yingxue, and then continued: "Actually, that family is not bad...... The family is a petty official, and the population is also very simple...... It's just that...... It's just ......" Lin Yingxiang bit his lower lip, and it took a long time before he said again with difficulty: "It's just that the son of that family used to ...... There used to be a good ...... of Longyang I ran away from home with a boy before...... I didn't return home until the last six months......"
"I heard from the matchmaker that the son of that family has now 'changed his ways' and will never do the same ridiculous things as before...... I also sent someone to inquire privately about the son's personality, and I heard that the son of the family has changed like a different person since he came back this time, he is generous and gentle, and the people around him have a very good opinion of this son, but ......"
Is it really easy for a man who doesn't like women at all to change so easily? Bao Buqi is an illusion deliberately created by the family in order to let their son marry a wife and inherit the lineage.
Thinking of this, Lin Yingxue frowned tightly, "While the marriage has not yet been decided, the second sister can go and discuss it with her aunt and mother, aunt and mother are both sensible people, and the two of them will not be unable to figure out the truth." ”
"Useless ......" Lin Yingxiang shook her head, looking very depressed, "My aunt has broken my heart for my marriage, I told my aunt my thoughts, and my aunt just said that I was unreasonable......"
Lin Yingxiang looked at a certain point in the void in a daze, as if she was desperate, she smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Fifth sister don't worry about me, in fact, I have accepted this fact in my heart, and now I just feel a little unwilling to say it...... No, I just want to vent......"
Although Lin Yingxiang changed the conversation very quickly, Lin Yingxue still keenly caught the slightest mistaste in Lin Yingxiang's words, "So, the second sister already has a sweetheart?" ”
"Fifth Sister ......" seemed to have thought that Lin Yingxue would see through her mind at once, Lin Yingxiang glanced at Lin Yingxue in surprise, and seeing Lin Yingxue's interested look, a blush involuntarily appeared on her face, "...... It's just wishful thinking, that person and I are destined not to be together, so don't ask, fifth sister......"
Seeing that Lin Yingxiang was reluctant to reveal, Lin Yingxue was slightly disappointed in her heart, but she was not the kind of person who liked to get to the bottom of it, since Lin Yingxiang didn't want to say more, she didn't ask more.
And just when Lin Yingxiang was worried about his marriage, some people were also worried about Lin Zhengjie's main room in the future.
"Third lady, you've seen more than a dozen girls here, aren't there any of them satisfied?" The middle-aged woman with heavy makeup nodded and asked the lady sitting next to her, even if she was dissatisfied in her heart, she didn't dare to show it on her face.
The third lady of the Lin family, Tang Shi, took a sip of tea, and after spitting out the tea foam in her mouth, she put the cup on the table and said angrily: "What I am looking for is someone who is innocent, knows how to serve men, and will please men!" What kind of goods did you just bring in? The wind and dust of that body can smoke people down half a street! If I want to find these people, why don't I send them directly to the Qinglou to find fun, and what do I have to do with such a lot of effort? ”
was reprimanded by the Tang family, and the middle-aged woman on the side turned blue - she was the one who opened the Qinglou, aren't these people under her hands? The person in front of him wants to be innocent and able to serve others, how can there be such a thing as the best of both worlds? I haven't been trained, Tang can't look down on it, and if I have trained it, Tang thinks the smell of wind and dust is too heavy!
Isn't this a clear embarrassment for her?
The middle-aged woman's face gradually sank, and just as she was about to open her mouth to push the deal, at this time, a bewitching woman walked in and whispered something in the middle-aged woman's ear, the middle-aged woman's eyes suddenly lit up, and after waving her hand to let the woman retreat, she came to Tang and said, "Madam, you are a good coincidence this time!" We just sent a girl, who was secretly sold by her stepmother, and she looks handsome, and her father is a small county official...... If you're not satisfied, I'm in for a treat! ”
The middle-aged woman stomped her foot, looking very helpless.
After listening to the middle-aged woman's words, Tang raised his eyebrows, but he was a little interested, "Really?" Bring people in and have a look. ”
"Go, get the people up!" Seeing that there was a door, the middle-aged woman hurriedly waved her hand and motioned to the people in the house to bring them up.
In a short time, the next man brought the person in.
Xu has suffered some hardships along the way, and the woman looks a little embarrassed. Tang glanced at the woman up and down, and seeing that the woman was in good shape, he couldn't help nodding secretly, and his face looked much better because of this, "You raise your head and let me see." ”
After Tang's words fell, before the woman could react, the subordinate on the side had already reached out and forcibly made the woman raise her head.
Tang glanced at it, and just this glance, her eyes suddenly lit up - although the woman in front of her was not the most beautiful master, her small face was as clear and beautiful as a clear water hibiscus, coupled with a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to speak, although her every move was not seductive, but with a different kind of charm.
"How old are you?" Tang lowered his voice, a hypocritical and sinister smirk on his face.
The woman shrank back in fear and replied in a voice like a mosquito, "Nineteen." ”
Nineteen, for a woman, this age is not young, but the woman in front of her is born with a water spirit, if you look at it with the naked eye, she is only fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Yo, it's nineteen? Have you ever been married? Tang Shi looked surprised and continued to ask in a low voice.
The woman bit her lower lip and shook her head, "No." ”
"And what kind of talent do you have?" Although most men say that a woman is not talented or virtuous, if he gets along with him seriously, most men still hope that his other half can spend time with him, stroking the piano and making poems...... Tang didn't expect the woman in front of him, who was sold by his stepmother, to have much knowledge in her belly, but she had to have some talent to capture the man's heart.
“…… I know how to play the piano......" The woman replied in a low voice, looking a little uneasy, "Please don't let me accompany Madame...... Escort ...... I can do rough work, sweep the floor and wash the dishes, I can do it! As long as Madame doesn't let me do such things, I'm willing to make cattle and horses for Madame! ”
"Ouch, look what you're talking about!" Before Tang could answer, the middle-aged woman on the side shouted, "We are the ladies of serious families, and we are here to make you happy, not to let you do such dirty things!" ”
"Alright, you go down first, I'll talk to this little girl alone." Tang glanced at the middle-aged woman with some dissatisfaction, and the middle-aged woman was swept away by Tang's eyes, and was immediately frightened and silent, and hurriedly waited with unrelated people.
"I'm not going around in circles with you anymore." There were no outsiders in the house, and the Tang family showed her true colors, she squinted and glanced at the woman, and said proudly: "I am a member of the Lin family, the servant of the Criminal Department, and I came out this time to find a concubine for the second room master, and you should have heard that the second room lady died, so if you have the ability, it is also possible to climb to the position of the main room in the future......"
After listening to Tang's words, the woman's face was obviously a little moved, and after she hesitated for a moment, she asked a little nervously, "Is this true?" As long as I can get out of the current situation, I am willing to do whatever my wife tells me to do! ”
Tang was very satisfied with the woman's reaction, she smiled coldly, and said, "I heard that your father is a small county official? If it is true, I can arrange for you to marry into the Lin family, but the premise is that you must be obedient. ”