Chapter 8: The Faithful Servant

"Girl, Fluttershy in our courtyard went to Shengning Hall in the morning to find Sister Mingyue to draw patterns, and as soon as she entered Shengning Hall, she heard the old lady reprimand the second master, saying that he didn't care about his own body, and by the way, he even counted the second lady!" Ziyu said to Xie Jinyi the rhyme she had inquired about, "It just so happened that the uncle was also there, he said a few words for the second lady, and after the eldest lady heard about it, she complained that the uncle protected her brother and daughter-in-law, and she was not afraid of criticism, the uncle was very angry, turned around and went to Aunt Wu's house, and ordered someone to draw the curtains and drive out a room of people." ”

"The third girl just happened to go to the eldest lady to say goodbye, the eldest lady was angry, and heard that the uncle and Aunt Wu were prostituting during the day, so she slapped the third girl in anger and didn't say anything, and went to Shengning Hall to find the old lady Gu to complain, who knew that she had just arrived on the front foot, and the second lady Xu went to visit the old lady on the back foot......"

Xie Jinyi lay on the bed and flipped through the book expressionlessly, listening quietly.

Seeing that Ziyu wanted to speak and stopped, he asked, "And then!" ”

Xie Ting has not been obsessed with women for a day or two.

However, the physical strength to be able to ask for water three times in one night really surprised her, as a healer, she naturally understood that if she continued to mess around like this, Xie Ting's body would be hollowed out sooner or later.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with her.

Xie Ting has never treated her as a daughter, so why should she care about his body!

Then Fluttershy finds out about this and comes back with the tricks. Ziyu shrugged, saw Xie Jinyi looking at her with interest, and said busily, "If the girl doesn't like it, the slave maid will let Fluttershy inquire about it." ”

Fluttershy is a rough girl.

But she is the most enthusiastic about this kind of gossip, and she wanders in the mouth of the maid and the woman all the year round, and there is nothing she doesn't know.

"No need, I'm just asking!" The corners of Xie Jinyi's mouth curved.

Xie Yao is easy-going and enthusiastic, righteous by nature, likes to help the weak, never bullies the weak, and everyone in the house praises the uncle as a good person.

Wei is calculating, indifferent and rigid, although she and Xie Yao have been friends since childhood, they do not get along well.

In contrast, Xie Yao seems to prefer the charming and amorous Aunt Wu, but because of the face of the Wei family, he can't show it too much.

"Girl, Second Madam Xu went to see the old lady, it must be because of your affair with Young Master Xu......" Ziyu saw that Xie Jinyi didn't want to listen to the length of the big house, so she began to worry about Second Madam Xu's motive for visiting the old lady, "If the old lady is relieved, how can it be!" ”

The fifth girl has never been very close to the old lady.

What if the old lady is moved by Mrs. Xu's rhetoric again?

"Don't worry, grandmother won't agree to Second Mrs. Xu, and she won't let her bother me to recuperate." Xie Jinyi covered the scroll, looked at the bright sunlight outside the window, and said with a smile, "Right now, the Xie family needs those dowry shops more than the Xu family!" ”

Xie Mingyuan is eighteen years old this year, and in the spring of next year, whether he passes the exam or not, he will see others next year, and the required dowry will naturally come out of her dowry shop, and Mrs. Gu is not stupid, how could she marry into the Yong'an Hou Mansion so soon?

In her previous life, she was deliberately matched by the Xu family, and she had frequent private meetings with Xu Shenxing, which caused a storm in the city, and Mrs. Gu was worried that the reputation of the Xie Mansion would be ruined and other girls would be affected, so she had to nod her head to accept this family business.

It was in the second year of Xie Mingyuan's marriage, that is, in the autumn of the fifteenth year of Xianqing, that she married her to the Yong'an Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Gu told her privately that the reason why she stayed for an extra year was because Mrs. Xu was harsh and not easy to get along with...... In fact, she knew that Old Madam Gu was just for the Xie family to collect an extra year's shop income, if it weren't for the fact that she couldn't cover up the matter with Xu Shenxing, maybe she would have stayed with her for a longer time!

Ziyu was stunned.

Xie Jinyi said lightly: "Groom for me, this son Su Bo is afraid that he is on the way." ”

Half an hour later, Su Fu, who was over half a hundred years old and had gray hair, knelt down in front of Xie Jinyi, and the old man burst into tears: "The old slave has seen the girl of the East Family!" ”

Su Fu is 55 years old.

At the age of ten, he sold himself to Su Mansion as a scholar, married a wife and had children at the age of 20, left the Su family at the age of 40 to take care of the shop for the Su family, and at the age of 45, he was destroyed by the Su family, and the Su family died of illness.

"Sub, please get up!" Xie Jinyi also followed with red eyes, stepped forward to help him, and carefully studied his strange and kind eyebrows, in her previous life, she was obsessed with Xu Shenxing, and she had no intention of anything else, and she had never asked her sixteen dowry shops.

She didn't care about the old people of the Su family who came with her mother, and when she remembered them, Su Fu had already been killed.

Even after she became famous in her previous life, she was fortunate to meet Su Fu's incognito son Su Qi, who promised him countless gold and silver treasures, fields and houses, she could not make up for the guilt of her family.

Ziyu also wiped her tears.

"Is the girl's illness better? Have you asked a doctor to come and see you? Su Bo wiped a handful of tears and asked Ziyu, he only thought that Xie Jinyi was sick, and he didn't know that it was because he was beaten, Ziyu naturally wouldn't tell the truth, and said busily: "Don't worry, Su Bo, please ask the doctor to see it, it's okay." ”

After each other's emotions calmed down a little, Xie Jinyi opened his mouth and asked bluntly: "Su Bo, how is the income of the shop now, and how much money is left in the account?" ”

Su Fu is a stranger though.

But he is the most trustworthy person in her.

"Girl, at the end of each year, the old slave will personally bring the account book to the old lady to see, in addition to miscellaneous expenses and various expenses, the sixteen shops are not as profitable as imagined, but they can barely maintain the daily expenses of the Xie Mansion for a year, if the year is not good, they can only maintain the expenses of the government in the first half of the year......" Su Fu collected his emotions and said in a low voice, "The sixteen shops have accounts to check, forgive the old slave for being incompetent, there is no account on the account, and there is no money left......

The brazier was booming in the house.

Warm as spring.

The floor is covered with navy blue twigs and tillian carpets, which are spotless and neat.

It seems that the girl from the East family has not been treated harshly in the Xie family, and Su Fu is a little relieved.

Xie Jinyi raised his eyebrows, picked up the tea cup, took a sip lightly, closed the tea lid, and made a crisp and pleasant collision sound, and the atmosphere suddenly became dull.

Su Fu bowed his head and said nothing.

Ziyu retreated silently.

Xie Jinyi slowly walked to the bookshelf, took out a yellowed medical book, flipped through it, and sighed lightly: "Back then, my grandmother had ten miles of red makeup, white horses around the city, and brought thirty-two shops, and the scenery was married to my grandfather, and my grandfather devoted himself to medical skills and had no intention of running a housekeeping, so he entrusted it to Su Bo's master Qin shopkeeper, who lived up to his grandfather's trust, and in just a few years, he ran thirty-two shops vigorously, which was impressive. ”

"Girl, the old slave is ashamed!" Su Fu knelt down with a thud, looking ashamed.

"Later, when my mother got married, my grandmother felt sorry for her daughter and accompanied 16 shops as a dowry." Xie Jinyi didn't look at him, reached out and gently stroked the pages of the book, placed it on his chest, and continued, "But I don't want my mother to pay her lover by mistake, and when the Su family was destroyed, I ended up with hatred, I was only five years old at the time, I was young and ignorant, and I couldn't keep my mother's dowry, and my grandmother kept it for me for several years, presumably because of the many entertainments in the house, so I moved my mother's dowry...... Subo, you've worked hard all these years! ”

In the past ten years, Mrs. Gu has used the proceeds of the shop to support the Xie family.

Su Fu had no one to rely on, so he could only follow silently, and Old Madam Gu saw that he was obedient, so she didn't replace him.

"Girl......" Su Fu fell to the ground with his hands and burst into tears again.