"She did it all herself." Mother Park has never had anything good to say about the eldest lady. "Previously, her father wanted her to marry the scholar he fancied, because it was a potential stock, and if she bet well, she might be a first-class member in the future, and she would have an extra help, but she was always unwilling. She wants to find someone with an outstanding family background, but as long as she has the ability and an outstanding family background, who doesn't want to marry a young lady who can help her? So this matter dragged on and on, and she was getting older. The eldest lady of her family suffered a loss at the hands of the two of them, and this time she was quick and cheated her hard. ”

"Didn't you say that the eldest lady of her family is in Beijing, and she is in office with her mother, how can this trick her?" Haruka was also fascinated by the sound and couldn't help but ask.

"It's because she's not there, that's why it's easy to start. The eldest lady is at home, with only a son and a daughter under her knees, and her marriage is decent, but people like them are ordinary and good relatives that others can't reach. The eldest lady of her family was afraid that if her mother and daughter really succeeded in speculation, she would find a good mother-in-law to suppress her daughter, so she told her an old man in Beijing. That person is about the same age as the county magistrate, and his status is quite high, but the previous wives died not very decently, so there are no good people in Beijing who are willing to marry their daughters to him as a continuation. The eldest lady is clever, she has matched this family business, and she is willing to naturalize her and record it in her own name, and when her daughter marries, that person is also willing to pay a large dowry and not a dowry. The county magistrate was originally reluctant to marry him, but the eldest lady took his death hole - didn't he always want to return to the capital? When you return to Beijing, you will need a lot of money. As long as you agree to the marriage, the money will come in. Besides, that person's status is high, and Mrs. can be a concubine for such a person, anyone who looks at it is Gao Pan, and it can't be said that she doesn't love her daughter. ”

"But that's an old man, after all." Haruka was speechless, "Besides, how did the previous ladies die?" If it was really a good family, it would not be all over the capital and unwilling to marry, so he would have to marry a concubine. ”

"But no, the two of them panicked when they knew about it, the benefit was someone else's, she married in the past, and she didn't know if there was a life, so she did everything possible to find someone to replace her," Park's mother smiled proudly, "So it will be their mother and daughter, begging their aunt to marry." ”

"But the prefectural commander won't agree." Zhao Liusi felt that this matter was still too unbelievable.

"Originally, it didn't work, who called this thing a coincidence, there was a big case at that time, if it is not solved, it will affect the career of the county magistrate, and maybe he will be pulled off the horse, but my uncle will solve this case." Park's mother and Yourongyan, "Anyway, at that time, they all said that my uncle was a big hero, and the county magistrate was also very moved, so he promised his daughter to him in front of everyone." My uncle knew about the lawsuit in the capital, so he also gave a lot of dowry, and the county magistrate got the funding, and after the four-year period expired, he was really promoted and left, and before leaving, he tried to change his uncle from the main book to the county lieutenant, and became the second only person in the county to the county commander. ”

What touched in person, most of it was because the two had a tacit understanding in private and acted in front of everyone. It is better to marry a daughter to a young and promising subordinate and gain a reputation for appreciating talents than to give her daughter to an old man and be said to be selling her for glory.

This matter kills three birds with one stone, but the biggest benefit is Zhao Qi and the county order. The two gained fame, one had to get money to get promoted, and the other found a way to heaven by marrying a wife. As for the eldest lady, she escaped the fate of marrying an old man, but since the Zhao family has been in the family for so many years, Aunt Qian can control the housekeeping power, and Mother Park dares to scold her at every turn, so she knows that she is just a thing bought with money in Zhao Qi's eyes.

However, Zhao Qi is not a person who is obsessed with women, except for the eldest lady in the family, the other three aunts were all hired by the Liu family at the time, and they are older than the Zheng family, and they are not as good as the posture and appearance. Although she is the main room, she has learned a lot of skills to serve men like her mother, so the husband and wife are quite harmonious, and the two youngest children in the family, the fifth girl Zhao Qiaoqi and the second young master Zhao Zhongqing, were born to her personally.

This kind of backyard is much better than the young masters of many big families in Beijing, which is also the reason why the eldest lady's mother took a fancy to Zhao Qi in the first place, compared to an old man with a group of wives and concubines, and an old man who abused his wife to death, a man who was strong, good-looking, and cleaned himself for a few years after his wife's death. As for identity, if you get benefits, you can have less in other aspects.

"You said that the three aunts were all accepted by my mother when my mother was there." After Zhao Liusi wrote down the kinship between Aunt Wang and Aunt Mu, he looked at the blank space in Aunt Qian's name and frowned, "What about Aunt Qian's relatives?" Why don't you have a place of origin? ”

Aunt Qian's identity in the Zhao family is very special, she gave birth to a son and a daughter, her son Zhao Yanbai is the eldest son of the Zhao family, and Zhao Liusi's memory is a very competitive eldest brother, who studies hard and has good conduct. Although Zhao Zhongqing is the eldest son, he is still a five or six-year-old child, so in Zhao Qi's heart, it is naturally Zhao Yanbai who is heavier.

For this reason, for so many years after Liu's death, Aunt Qian has been acting as a housekeeper in the back house. After Zheng entered the door, one was young, and the other was pregnant soon after, and gave birth to two children in succession, Zhao Qi was afraid that she would be too tired, and the family was still managed by Aunt Qian, knowing that last year, the youngest children were five years old, and she took the housekeeping right.

It stands to reason that such a character should not have no background. Wang and Mu's two aunts are both from serious families, that is, the so-called good concubines in the world, although they are concubines, but the Zhao family is still this relative, and there are relatives in the mother's family during the New Year's holidays, but the strange thing is that the most prominent Aunt Qian has never heard of relatives coming to the door.

"You don't care about this." Mother Park's face changed when she heard this, but in the end she didn't say anything, just said with a straight face, "Her mother's family is dead, there are no relatives and friends, you are empty in the back." ”

"Oh." When Zhao Liusi heard this, she obediently stopped writing, but she remembered what Zheng had said to Zhao Qi before, and she also said that Aunt Qian was easy to deal with, anyway, there was no one at home, and she looked like she was not afraid of people coming to make trouble. But just like the Liu family, which is sparsely populated, the husband and wife of the Liu family are dead, and Zhao Liusi also remembers that there are still many relatives who have not come out of the five suits, so what kind of people can be so "clean" to cut off the six relatives?

***

When Zhao Liusi went to Yan Ran with her questions, Yan Ran was looking through the words she had written all night.

"What is this?" Yan Ran looked at the ink spots on the paper, his brows furrowed deeply, he flipped them down one by one, and then sighed, "It's amazing, this missing arm and leg, and this one...... Newly enlightened students write better than this. ”

Zhao Liusi has never learned calligraphy, so he can only barely write out the shape of the characters, and he can't talk about any body at all. As for the characters, she can only write simplified characters, but fortunately she writes ugly, Yan Ran doesn't feel different, she just thinks she is uneducated.

"In our country area, I can read and write!" Zhao Liusi was annoyed and angry, "I can't take the imperial examination, what are I doing with so many books." ”

She had never been so glad that she had crossed over to become the daughter of a nouveau riche in Biansai, and if she was dressed as a talented woman who was famous in the capital, it would be better for her to die early.

"That's not what I said, reading makes people reasonable, but if you read more books, you won't end up today." Yan Ran replied to her casually while flipping through the paper, "The severance of the six relatives is not difficult to say, there are generally two situations." ”

"Oh, what two?" Zhao Liusi listened attentively.

"First, she is a foreigner, living here alone, and her family is not as famous as the eldest lady, and there are special people to deliver letters, so if she lives like this for more than ten years, she naturally has no relatives."

"Well, that makes sense." Zhao Liusi nodded, "What about the second one." ”

Yan Ran put everything together in the drawer and stood up, "There is another kind, that is, she is a local, and she has done something ugly, and the family has cut off relations with her, and she will not get along with each other for old age." Such a person looks like a stranger. ”

"Then Aunt Qian is a foreigner?" Zhao Liusi instinctively judged that the Zhao family was a big man in the local area, and as a concubine in the Zhao family, she still gave birth to the eldest son, and the real power of the aunt who was in charge of the family would not be considered a scandal.

"Not necessarily." Yan Ran shook her head, then rolled up the things in her hand, "Since we have questions, let's go and ask the eldest lady." ”

**

"I don't know much about Aunt Qian's affairs. You know, she came before I came in the door, and she was more like a master in this house than I was. Zheng sat on the main seat, tasted a sip of tea elegantly, and then complained a few words with a smile, his eyes couldn't stop glancing at Yan Ran.

Maybe it was brainwashed by the background story of Park's mother, Zhao Liusi now looks at the Zheng family, and always feels that she is like a concubine with a redundant main room, to take what later generations often say, there is no big house.

She is young, and there is nothing wrong with liking to dress up, but the things she picks are extremely gorgeous, revealing a frivolous smell. Standing, sitting, and even drinking tea, and peeking at people are all with a sense of style.

Stop, stop, such a background discrimination is unacceptable. Zhao Liusi admonished himself in his heart and secretly went to see Yan Ran, but he had a normal attitude, personable demeanor, and respectful, which was completely in line with the image of a knowledgeable and good-tempered junior.

"Juniors get it." Yan Ran smiled and made another request, "I don't know where Aunt Qian's personal maid is locked up?" There are also those slaves and maids who originally fell into Luoyun Xuan, I have some questions to ask them. ”

"Some of them are still closed, and some of them are sold...... In this way, I'll let Zhou's mother take you there. The eldest lady didn't shirk too much, and readily agreed.

"Then thank you, ma'am." Yan Ran smiled and got up to signal Zhao Liusi to leave.

Seeing this, Zhao Liusi quickly got up from the chair and was about to say goodbye, but saw a curtain outside, and then Zhao Qiaoyun rushed in, followed by Zhou's mother who was still blocking her, "Third Miss, I can't help it." ”