"Eighth aunt, eighth aunt, are you in the house?"

Outside the house, the rain poured down like a torrent of sweat, causing ripples on the ground. Banniang is leaning in front of the window and watching the fierce rain at the end of autumn, the smell of earth in the air, mixed with the faint fragrance of various chrysanthemums in the courtyard, makes people feel comfortable and clear.

Because it was the end of autumn, the air in the rain was slightly cool, and Banniang was hugging her shoulders, but she was reluctant to turn around to pick up a coat to put on.

Hearing the shout, he looked up at the gate of the courtyard in the wind and rain, and saw a tall and thin young man holding a green oil umbrella and slowly walking into the courtyard.

can walk so calmly in such a heavy rain, except for Jue'er, who else can it be?

Banniang hurriedly opened the door, and said to Jue'er, who was only a few months younger than her, but was a head taller than her, and was now sixteen years old: "It's raining so heavily, what's the matter for Xiaofu to tell them, why did you run over?" Come in and talk. ”

"Eighth Uncle has returned from Beijing." Jue'er took the umbrella, walked into the room, and said with a smile, "Now I am talking with my grandfather and uncles in the study." I just knew, so I thought about coming over and talking to the eighth aunt. ”

Banniang smiled and took a towel to help him with the rain on his face, Jue'er went to skim his face, took the towel and wiped it himself, and then continued: "I just heard my grandfather and eighth uncle say that I want to marry my eighth uncle earlier." Grandfather said that this year's time is in a hurry, and if there is no problem on the Lu family's side, the wedding date will be set for next spring. ”

Spring goes to winter, time flies, three years have passed since the death of the old lady, Zeng did not doubt that the brothers had been in addition to the summer service, because they were afraid that the third uncle and the fifth uncle would leave home to take office, so the Zeng family simply put Zijing, Shiro and Wulang together to do the marriage. Because the family couldn't live in it, the original back garden was also built into two courtyards, one Shilang and Fan Danshu lived in the couple, one Wulang and Wu Sanniang lived, and Zijing and Lu Siniang lived in the Wei courtyard where Banniang and Qi Niang originally lived. Eight Niang, Little Ten Niang, and Eleven Niang came to the river together, and moved to the east and west wings in the courtyard of the third uncle and three aunts behind the Wei Courtyard.

originally thought that the marriage of the second brother Zeng Zigu would also be done together, and the young lady Chao Wenrou of the Chao family had also reached the age of sixteen, and it was time to get married, and the second brother was also twenty-eight years old, so he couldn't delay it anymore. But because the Chao family was far away after all, the two of them came and went, and the wedding date was set for next spring.

And Qi Niang, after her brothers got married, married into the Wang family in Linchuan.

Banniang was also glad that Lu Seventeen had been an official in Beijing for the past three years, otherwise she was afraid that her marriage to Lu Seventeen would also be put on the agenda, although she was only sixteen years old, but after all, Lu Seventeen was twenty-two, and she was almost at the age of marriage.

Who knew that Qi Niang had only been married for a few days, and his father wanted to marry her off.

Hearing Jue'er's words, Banniang panicked and hurriedly said, "Did you hear what Lu Qiqi said?" ”

Jue'er said with a smile: "The eighth aunt said that he also wanted to get married earlier, but he came back from leave this time, and he could only stay in Nanfeng for about ten days, and the marriage was too late to be done." ”

He's very busy. Banniang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

Even the marriage between Siniang and Brother Zijing, his only brother didn't have time to come back. Siniang's marriage was handled by the eldest aunt of the Lu family.

Because I heard that the marriage between the two of them couldn't be completed for a while, Banniang had nothing to worry about, and smiled at Jue'er: "Just for this, you came here in such a heavy rain?" ”

Remembering that when she was a child, she discussed marriage with the fourteenth lang of the Wang family in Nancheng County, and it was this kid Baba who came to reveal the news to him, Banniang couldn't help but smile.

I heard my child say: "This is my aunt's lifelong event, and ...... besides"

"Say anything more?" Banniang looked at this nephew, who was getting more and more handsome, and asked with a smile.

Jue'er scratched her head and said in a tangled way: "I think it would be better for the eighth aunt to stay in our own house without getting married." ”

This silly boy.

Banniang felt both funny and heartwarming.

The aunt and nephew were talking, and they saw that Xiao Shi Niang also held an umbrella, against the wind and rain, and entered the yard crookedly and laboriously, Banniang was afraid that her small body would fall to the ground, so she was busy staying at the door, and Xiao Shi Niang had rushed in, and it was not strange to see Jue'er, she only accepted the umbrella and threw it to the edge of the threshold, and said to Jue'er: "I have something to say to your eighth aunt, Jue'er, you go to my house and sit for a while." ”

Jue'er looked up at the rain outside that didn't mean to stop at all, and said, "Little Aunt Shi has something to say, it's raining so hard, the shoes on my feet are wet, and I don't want to run." ”

"How many times have I told you, Aunt Ten is called Aunt Ten, why do you have to add a small word in front of it?"

Jue'er looked at this little aunt who was only half her age, and she also had a headache, and secretly pouted, but she was usually afraid of her, so she had to reluctantly get up, hold up an umbrella, and say to Banniang: "Eighth aunt, I'll go back to the main courtyard first." In a few days, I will have to go back to Linchuan Academy, and you can help me equip a few clothes, as well as paper and pencils, and it will be better. ”

Jue'er entered Linchuan's state school in the summer, although there are only Uncle Huang and Aunt Huang watching the house in Linchuan now, but there is Qi Niang in the Wang family, and he can also take care of him, and Mr. Fan, the father of the fourth sister-in-law, also takes care of Jue'er very much, so he puts him alone in Linchuan, but there is no need to worry.

Banniang smiled: "Do you want you to say it?" I've got it ready for you. Even the bookbag was made for you to be new, and I specially asked your sixth aunt to make it for you. I asked someone to bring it back a few days ago. ”

When Jue'er went satisfied, Shi Niang over there had already taken off her embroidered shoes that had been stained with water, climbed onto the Luohan bed, made a cup of hot tea and drank it, and muttered, "It's getting colder and colder." ”

Banniang turned around at this time, sat on the bed, and asked Xiao Shi: "Ran over so excitedly, and drove away Jue'er, what did you say?" ”

This girl is a big ghost, only eight years old, already like a little adult, everything has her own ideas, because she was spoiled because she was small, and she has been raised as a boy, and now she is also the same as Gong'er Xiaojiu, studying in the schoolhouse, and because of the good reading, she has written articles and flowers, and has won Mr. Fan's love, and her character is very arrogant.

Seeing Banniang ask her, Xiao Shi's eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, and while stretching out her face to ask Banniang to help her wipe the rain on her face, she said, "Dad and Brother Seventeen are discussing your marriage with Brother Seventeen." ”

Banniang had already heard this happen, so it was not surprising, so she said, "This is also what you should inquire?" It's getting worse and worse. ”

Xiao Shi frowned: "Eighth sister, seventh sister just married into someone else's family, and my father wants to marry you out again, and our family is not without a place to live, you go and tell your father not to marry the seventeenth brother." ”

Banniang Qi said: "Haven't you always liked Brother Seventeen?" ”

"I like it, I like it," Xiao Shi Niang frowned twice, very sad, "But no matter how much I like him, I don't want the eighth sister to marry." If the eighth sister remarries, there will only be me, Chu'er and Jiang in the family, and those two girls are very annoying. ”

Banniang nodded her forehead and scolded with a smile: "Do you know that you are annoyed now?" When you were a kid, you were more annoying than the two of them. ”

Xiao Shi Niang didn't believe this: "Can I be the same as those two little snot?" Can I make a fuss every night before going to bed without telling two stories? ”

Banniang just laughed.

Xiao Shi rubbed to Banniang's side, hugged her shoulder, and begged: "Eighth sister, don't you get married, okay?" When you get married, I'll be alone at home. ”

Banniang smiled: "Aren't there still sisters-in-law?" Especially the fourth sister-in-law, don't you like her the most? ”

The fourth sister-in-law, Fan Danshu, is not a loss of being born in a scholarly family, and she writes very beautifully in small characters with hairpins in one hand, and she is very talented.

"That's different, sister-in-law is sister-in-law, sister is sister-in-law."

Banniang said: "Don't worry, I can't get married for a while." Your seventeenth brother doesn't have time to get married. ”

Xiao Shi Niang became happy at this time, and after being happy for a while, she said sadly: "But there is always a time when Brother Seventeen is not busy, if he has been busy and has no time to get married." ”

Banniang laughed: "If you tell your seventeenth brother to listen to this, he will definitely not be happy." ”

Xiao Shi said proudly: "Don't let him hear it, isn't it?" ”

Discussed with Banniang again: "Sister, didn't you say that you are going to Quanzhou at some point?" Would you like to take me there once? I would love to see what the sea looks like. Jue'er has been with you, and every time I come back to talk about it, I look proud, and I want to go too. ”

"Wait until you're older. I'll take you there next spring. ”

Seeing that Banniang agreed, Xiao Eleven cheered.

The two sisters were talking, and Xiaofu came over and asked, "Eighth Miss, the master asked you to go to the study to talk." ”

Probably finished talking to Lu Qiqi, so he asked her to go over and meet her.

She and Lu Qiqi are also childhood sweethearts, they have often met since they were young, and now, there is no need to avoid them.

I met Lu XVII when I was still on New Year's Day, and I haven't seen him for more than half a year. Banniang listened to Xiaofu's words, and saw that the rain had also decreased, and it was dripping, so it was also elegant and comfortable to walk around in the rain.

changed into a simple dress, put on clogs, and went to the study of the main courtyard with Xiaofu.

In recent years, the development of Quanzhou Port is amazing, Quanzhou City Shipping Division since the opening of last spring, to this year, the commercial tax paid is second only to Guangzhou Shipping Division. The commercial street of Banniang and Lin Zhaotai was completed before the establishment of the city, and at the end of last year, the inn behind the street and other warehouses further away were put into use one by one. In addition to his own Sheraton restaurant and woodware shop have opened to the port of Quanzhou, it is the samurai's Tai Ruixiang, who also opened a new branch there in the spring of this year, and the business is very good. Not to mention the business of your own shop, over the course of a year, the rent of the shop warehouse alone is very considerable.

Now her Sheraton family has become the top brand of Da Song Wood Shop, and Lin Zhaotai's raw material wholesale business is also thriving. Although there are some small businesses that have depreciated timber from overseas, they have only just begun, and they cannot be compared. Kimura's raw material profits account for one-third of all her business profits.

Because the business here is on track, the funds are returned well, and the income of the shop is also very stable, Banniang wants to open the shop in the capital.

So in the spring, I sent a letter to Lu Qiqi and asked him to learn about the market over there.

I wanted to come to Lu Qiqi's father and meet her, and it should be about this matter.