Towards the end of the year, a heavy snowfall was followed by rain.

The rain seemed to be sandwiched with ice slag, and it made people's faces hurt.

A embroidered dress in a Hunan concubine-colored silk silk butterfly love flower, covered with a moon-white cloak inlaid with white raccoon hair, a bun towards the clouds, a jade jade with red gold hanging pearls in her hair, holding a hand stove with a suitable temperature in her hand, and walking towards Zhenghetang with the maid and the maid.

This is the He family in Jiangnan, Ah Xiu knows that he is dreaming again.

The Xie family in Nanshan County sent someone to send a New Year's gift, and the person was already sitting down in Zhenghe Hall, and Mao asked her to come over to see the gift.

When Ah Xiu entered the door, she saw Mother Tian beside Mrs. Xie.

Since the accident of the Zhuo family, the person who gave the New Year's gift to the Xie family has changed from the shopkeeper of Wu Da to Tian's mother, and the gifts have correspondingly become fewer and colder, and it is visible to the naked eye that they do not pay attention to it.

Ah Xiu thought that this marriage would be settled, but the Xie family kept silent and gave a New Year's gift as usual.

She glanced at the hall and found that her cousin He Wenyun was also there for some reason.

Ah Xiu stepped forward to salute a few people and sat silently aside.

"After the New Year, Miss will turn sixteen."

Tian's mother stood in the hall, looking up and down at Ah Xiu without any care, her eyes were naked, as if she was evaluating a commodity.

Mao put it aside and said with a smile: "Yes, the best years of my daughter's family are the past few years." ”

She smiled kindly, and didn't care about Tian's mother's rude behavior at all, if it weren't for Tian's mother's identity as just a servant, she might not be able to let people sit down.

The Xie family of Nanshan County, a century-old family, the second master of the main family, the official residence of Taichang Temple Shaoqing, is a whole level higher than the position of the eldest master of the He family, and everyone is like this.

That is, the family of officials and ministers, why is it married to a businessman like the Zhuo family, and Axiu has also heard her mother mention it.

When the second master of the Xie family entered Beijing to catch the test and encountered bandits, fortunately he was able to escape from danger when Ah Xiu's grandfather rescued him, and the two families agreed on family affairs at that time, but the fathers had already married, and there was no suitable candidate, so they stayed to their grandchildren.

This family affair was originally the second room of the Xie family, but it is a pity that the second master of the Xie family is getting bigger and bigger, so he lost it to the Xie family's big house.

There is no one in the big house for the time being, and he takes care of the mundane things at home on weekdays, which is a good match for the Zhuo family, who was also born as a businessman.

Even so, for the Zhuo family, who has no foundation in officialdom, this family is also very good.

Ah Xiu remembered that when she was five years old, Mrs. Xie took the third son to Jiangnan once, and she couldn't remember what the boy who was five years older than her looked like, but she only knew that he was studying in the academy, and if there was no accident, he would take the road of scientific research in the future.

The fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was so beautiful that she couldn't take her eyes off it, and after looking closely, Tian's mother was stunned, and said with a smile: "People like ice and snow, you have worked hard over the years, Second Madame." ”

Mao smiled: "There is only such a lone seedling left in the Zhuo family, every time I think of my poor sister, I feel so distressed that I can only protect and pet her." ”

Mother Tian sighed and nodded, "This time, the old slave came over and told Mrs. that if you don't have any opinions, you can discuss the marriage period first, after all, my third son is not too young......"

The two talked about the marriage period, and Ah Xiu couldn't stay any longer, so she found an excuse to take Du's mother and withdrew.

When the heavy curtain was lowered, her expression became solemn, and her steps back to the courtyard were a little faster.

Back in the courtyard, Du Juan saw that her expression was wrong, so she sent all the maids in the house down.

"Miss, do you want the slave to send someone to inquire?"

Ah Xiu nodded.

That night, Du Juan returned from outside with a lantern, she entered the door and waved the maid in the room, and stepped forward to whisper a few words to Ah Xiu.

"The matter in the afternoon was not decided, I heard that the Xie family wanted half of the embroidery workshop as a dowry, but the second lady did not agree."

Half of the embroidery room, the Xie family's appetite is really big.

Ah Xiu sneered, "Auntie didn't say that it was all because of me to take those embroidery workshops, but now it seems that it is just a joke." ”

It's one thing to think about something, it's another thing to hear it with your own ears.

The orphan girl who lost her home originally thought that she had someone to rely on, but who would have thought that what they wanted was nothing more than the craftsmanship of the Zhuo family.

"Miss, the Xie family is not a good person, everyone wants the Zhuo family to do this set of stitches, otherwise the Xie family will do something in the embroidery workshop. And I also heard about ......"

Du Juan hesitated for a moment, and when she saw Ah Xiu coming over, she reluctantly said: "My cousin quarreled with the second lady for a few words, and I heard that it meant that I wanted to withdraw from the Xie family's marriage and marry the young lady, but the second lady didn't agree." ”

He Wenjun wants to marry herself?

Probably for the embroidery workshop, as long as she becomes the He family, not only can she continue to develop needles here, but those embroidery workshops can also be justified into the He family, but she can't understand why her aunt didn't agree.

No wonder He Wenyun appeared in Zhenghetang before, it turns out that everyone has their own purpose.

At this time, Du's mother, who had been beside her, asked with red eyes, "How to choose now?" ”

It feels like getting out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den, with no roots and no foundation, at the mercy of others.

Ah Xiu was silent, the Xie family also came to the embroidery workshop, and she didn't have any feelings for that Xie Fan, so she naturally didn't want to marry her.

If you don't marry into the Xie family, will the He family let you go?

It's impossible, she has no choice, her aunt will let her marry into the He family, even if it is not He Wenyun, it may be someone else in the He family, or let herself be a concubine for He Wenyun.

Ah Xiu could probably guess why her aunt didn't let He Wenyun marry her, and heard that the third lady of the prefect's family was interested in her cousin.

Compared with a homeless orphan girl, the young lady from the prefect's family is more suitable to be the second-room patriarch.

Even if you have skills, there will always be a gap between officials and businessmen that cannot be crossed, and no one wants to miss the slightest opportunity to cling to officialdom.

Seeing that she was in a dilemma, Du Juan said angrily: "I think it's better for Miss to go out and set up her own door." Our Zhuo family has ancestral training, there is no man in the younger generations, and women recruit sons-in-law to ensure the longevity of skills. Miss can set up her own door, recruit a son-in-law to come to the door, and revive our Zhuo family. ”

Du Juan said angrily, but Ah Xiu's eyes lit up when she heard it.

The next day, she took the initiative to go to the courtyard where Mao's was located, mentioned the divorce, the reason was Zu Xun, and proposed to go out and set up her own door.

Mao was surprised for a long time, and finally smiled: "You kid, what nonsense, are the people around you chewing their tongues and encouraging you to do these marginal things." How can the self-erection portal be as simple as you imagined, leaving the He family, you are the fat that those people are fighting for, and the portal has not been erected, it has been demolished and eaten. ”

Mao stroked the tea lid and chuckled, his eyes turned around Du Juan twice, and his eyes slowly became ruthless.

Ah Xiu didn't think about it once, but she showed her attitude, and the Xie family's marriage was withdrawn through the mouth of the Mao family.

In the following days, she released her meaning from the Pearl Courtyard, not only the entire He family, but also rumors outside that she was going to set up her own door to recruit a son-in-law.

Everything went according to her expectations, but she overestimated herself after all......