Chapter 91: The Fan Family (1)
"It's been more than ten years, and the appearance of the Zhao family's sister is still the same as ten years ago, and it hasn't changed at all!" Yang said, the little maid waiting in the small flower hall had already brought the tea cup and put it on the high table in everyone's hand.
When Yang said this, Zhao, the second wife of the Fan family, already had a faint smile on her face.
As the saying goes, thousands of clothes are worn, but sycophants are not worn, not to mention people like the second wife of the Fan family, Zhao, who has always been patted on the back.
The second wife of the Fan family, Zhao, couldn't help but get closer to the Yang family, and said with a smile: "I have given birth to two children, no matter how young and old-looking you are, after all, you can't compare to those girls." However, I saw that Xiaoying had two children, but she was much younger. ”
As Zhao spoke, he picked up a cup of tea on the high table next to him, took a shallow sip of it, and said, "This is the best Junshan silver needle?"
The tea that the Yang family used to entertain them this time was indeed Junshan silver needle, but Junshan silver needle, the yield was very low, and many families in Yunnan were reluctant to take it out to entertain guests, and they were willing to take it out and drink it once or twice during the New Year's Festival.
The Zhao family was born in the Luoping Zhao family of Zhong Ming Dingshi, which is a family that has been in Yunnan for hundreds of years, compared to Lu Liangwei's Yang family and Ruan family, Jinping's Fan family, the history of the family is one or two hundred years earlier.
It's just that most of the Zhao family moved out and went to the capital, and now only the second wife of the Fan family, the Zhao family, still lives in Luoping.
The ancestors of the Zhao family made a fortune in the oil and salt business, and there is an oil mill with a history of several hundred years, and thousands of acres of rapeseed fields are also planted in Luoping, which are specially used to squeeze rapeseed oil.
"Originally, I didn't know what kind of tea the second and third wives liked to drink, so I asked people to prepare the best Junshan silver needles. If the second wife likes it, I still have some, and I'll let you pack some for you to take back later. Yang said, and was about to tell the spring cicada next to him to go to her treasury and take out some Junshan silver needles.
Before the spring cicada went out, the second wife of the Fan family asked the little maid who was waiting next to her to stop the spring cicada, and then turned her head to the Yang family and said, "Mrs. Yang doesn't need it, there are many silver needles in my family." My Erlang is good at this, there are a few warehouses of tea in the house, so don't let the next person take it. ”
Since the Zhao family said that it was not necessary, then she was not good at forcing it to others, Yang picked up the tea on the high table, gave the spring cicada a look, and motioned her to return to her back.
"Why don't you see your eldest wife coming? Your eldest wife and my old lady are still related to each other, and they both came out of the Zhengding Lin family. My old lady often says that your eldest wife is a blessed woman. Yang drank the tea in his hand and said slowly.
Yao, the third wife of the Fan family, wanted to speak, but was preempted by the second wife of the Fan family, Zhao, "Our eldest wife is a busy person, taking care of the livelihood of hundreds of people in the house, where is my old lady willing to let her come out?" Even if she came out, she and we were not all the way. ”
When the second wife of the Fan family, Zhao, was talking, the third wife of the Fan family, Yao, kept wringing the handkerchief in her hand and looked at the Lin family, looking like she wanted to speak and stopped.
The Fan family has four heads, and the four heads are all from the old lady of the Fan family, but the Fan family's house occupies the eldest son and occupies the longest, and he succeeded as the head of the Jinping Fan family early, and the fourth master of the Fan family is the youngest son of the old lady of the Fan family.
Although the eldest master of the Fan family is the head of the Fan family and holds the genealogy, the key to the ancestral hall is in the hands of the fourth master of the Fan family.
Fan's family room and fourth room have been-for-tat for so many years, and the second and third rooms have been in a wait-and-see state. It's just that the third room of the Fan family is weak, and they can only rely on the second room of the Fan family to thrive.
"As the head of the Fan family, Mrs. Fan will inevitably work harder. The second wife and the third wife are still better to help her, a few days ago I heard my old lady say that Mrs. Fan is pregnant again, if she is tired and hurts herself and the child in her womb, the gains outweigh the losses! Yang picked up the tea next to him and took a few more sips.
Before Lin went to Punpu, Jinping Fan's family handed over the news to tell her, saying that the eldest wife of the Fan family was pregnant, and the next day after getting the news, Lin ordered someone to send two gold locks and a gold collar, and then asked someone to send a box of children's toys and a box of children's clothes.
"Count the days, my sister-in-law should also be in labor. When it was time for the full moon wine, Xiaoying was going to come to eat and drink, and she would be lively with us. This time, the second wife of the Fan family, Zhao, did not speak, but the third wife of the Fan family, Yao, replied.
At this time, the Yang family glanced at the spring cicada behind her, and the spring cicada took out the jade pendant that the Yang family asked her to bring over and immediately sealed the marquis, and put it on the high table next to the Yao family, "Second wife, that jade pendant is a token exchanged when we ordered two children to kiss more than ten years ago." Now that the two children are older and have their own ideas, my sister Tang has already taken a fancy to others, so I want to retire this family matter, what do you think?"
When the third wife of the Fan family, Yao, and the second wife, Zhao, heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then glanced at each other.
After a long time, the Yao family had already shown an embarrassed look, but the Zhao family still did not change his face, and said slowly: "Mrs. Yang, the relationship between the two children was contracted more than ten years ago, and now you are going to withdraw from the marriage, did you hear those rumors from outsiders, saying that my brother Siyi is a tuberculosis ghost, so you are unwilling to marry Sister Tang?"
In fact, it's not all because of the rumors outside, Jinping's Fan family has fallen, and it is no longer the prosperous scene of the past, and the Fan family has not been separated, and a large family is crowded in an alley, with many people talking about it, and it is inevitable that the residence will not be smooth.
Sister Tang is her heart, she is reluctant to marry her to the Fan family to suffer, even if the Lin family knows it, she will never agree.
"Second wife, it's not what you said. I've never heard of the gossip outside. It's just that my sister Tang accompanied my old lady to Pengpu's hometown, and met the little son of the Dingwu Hou family, who fell in love with my sister Tang at first sight, and had already said that she wanted to marry my sister Tang as a daughter-in-law. As soon as Yang's words came out, Zhao and Yao were immediately speechless.
"Xiaoying, when did this happen? Why haven't I heard you mention it?" The third wife of the Fan family didn't believe what the Yang family said, and asked again.
Yang smiled, and continued: "I only knew about this matter when my old lady ordered someone to deliver the news early this morning. Otherwise, I will be kept in the dark by my sister Tang. ”
Hearing what the Yang family said, the face of the third wife of the Fan family, the Zhao family, became a little ugly, but she suddenly pulled out a smile and said lightly: "Mrs. Yang, didn't I hear that His Royal Highness the Prince of Dingwu Marquis Mansion has promised the Mu Xiao County Lord of Lijiang Mu Wangfu?" He said that he wanted to marry your sister Tang, why didn't he marry him back as a concubine?"
"Second wife of the Fan family, you must not know yet, right? A few days ago, I heard that Mrs. Dingwuhou had gone to Lijiang to withdraw from her marriage, and now Xiao Shizi and Mu Xiaojun of Lijiang Mu Wangfu have no marriage contract. Xiao Shizi has already made up his mind to marry my girl. Yang didn't speak, but the spring cicada behind him stood up and said.
A little girl dared to come out and make irresponsible remarks, so angry that the face of the second wife of the Fan family, Zhao, turned red and white, and glanced at the third son of the Fan family, Yao, who was next to her, and was so startled that Yao stood up from the bamboo chair and said to the Yang family in front: "Xiaoying, the marriage between Sister Tang and Siyi was agreed by us more than ten years ago, and we also invited witnesses at that time, how can you say that you want to withdraw from the marriage?"