The news of the death of the old head of the Duan family in the calligraphy and painting circle, Xiangru has also heard about it through the mouths of customers in the Wuwei Pavilion, not only mentioning the Duan family, but also gossip lovers regard the matter of the Duan family's infighting as a conversation after tea and dinner, so although Xiangru did not take the initiative to inquire, she did have some understanding of the Duan family.

The cause of the infighting in the Duan family is that Master Duan has too many wives and concubines, although the law stipulates the number of commoner wives and concubines, but the law is dead, people are alive, there are many 'women' around Master Duan who do not have the name of concubines but have concubines, these 'women' have a lot of children, and a few particularly favored ones seriously threaten the interests of Mrs. Zhengfang and her sons 'daughter', the infighting began from this, and gradually expanded the war, until everyone was involved.

Now that Master Duan has closed his eyes, the wife of the main house, who is fed up with anger, will definitely take revenge, and many people are waiting to see the excitement of the Duan family.

Xiangru heard Duan Shuwei's name many times from the discussion of the guests, and praised him for his good painting skills and great potential, but it is a pity that he is a concubine, Duan Lao took good care of him when he was alive, and now Duan Lao has kicked his 'legs', and the son-in-law who inherited the family business will definitely not support Duan Shuwei anymore, and will turn to fully support his younger brother, although the son's painting skills are worse than Duan Shuwei, but he can't stand that he is a son-in-law, otherwise with the influence of the Duan family in the calligraphy and painting circle, it is only a matter of time before Duan Shuwei grows into a representative of the new generation.

After listening to these discussions, Xiangru also had some sympathy for Duan Shuwei, but that sympathy was only a little bit, Xiangru admired Mrs. Duan even more, she always firmly held the power of the family to protect the interests of herself and her children, and did not give an inch. If it weren't for Master Duan's acceptance of too many concubines, the Duan family would not have been 'chaotic' like that. In addition, the most important thing is that Mrs. Duan herself has a son, otherwise the infighting of the Duan family may be even more 'fierce'.

While listening to the various news brought by the guests, Xiangru launched her refreshment plan step by step, giving all the guests a tasting snack at dinner time every day, and spreading the news to more people through the word of mouth of the guests.

A few days later, Xiangru learned the news of the Duan family from the mouths of the guests again, after the funeral of Master Duan, the Duan family returned to the city with a group of carriages and horses, and came to a place where there was no shop in front of the village and no store, most of the nameless concubines and concubines were driven off the carriage by the servants of the Duan family and abandoned on the side of the road, only Mrs. Duan and her son and her sons and daughters returned to the city calmly with a few old aunts and servants, leaving a group of orphans and widows in filial piety clothes and unprepared to cry on the side of the road.

Because the customers in the store are all men, the man naturally helps the man speak, and lashes out at Mrs. Duan in his words, accusing her of being ruthless and not remembering the old love. Xiangru listened to it funny, these people are also here to talk about it, and they have the ability to go to the Duan family to point at Mrs. Yin's nose and say this.

These things of the Duan family are their housework, and after hearing a lot these days, Xiangru is also a little tired, anyway, she knows that Duan Shuwei definitely doesn't have to worry, and others can't take her turn to 'worry', at least Mrs. Duan didn't 'hand' those concubines and concubines 'daughters' to others, and she was already opening up the net of past grievances.

For a few more days, the gossip news of the Duan family gradually did not come from the mouths of the guests, and was replaced by the parents of other families, there was a lot of gossip in the capital, there was news every day, and the people in the capital were famous and well-informed.

In the blink of an eye, the 'spring' equinox passed, Qingming was close at hand, and the gossip about the Duan family completely disappeared into the public's conversation.

Xiang Fei Deng's 'door' when Xiangru just finished today's gift snack and just went back to the house to wash her face, when she heard Erni go upstairs to report, she quickly packed up and went downstairs to see him.

Xiangru came to the downstairs living room, Xiang Fei was bored playing with the lid of the teacup, there was no expression on his face, I don't know what he was thinking, but that face was still so pleasing to the eye, he couldn't help but whistle to show his praise, which caused the surprised side eyes of the room.

"What are you doing?" Xiang Fei asked puzzled as he put down the lid of his teacup, he didn't realize that the whistle was blowing on him.

"Nothing." Xiangru pretended to be stupid, and went straight to the main seat and sat down, "I heard that you came in from my street 'door' today, 'private' matter?" ”

Xiang Fei nodded, "Yes, a little 'private' matter." ”

"Say it, I'll talk about it when I'm done."

"You should have heard about the Duan family these days, right?"

"Which do you mean? Is Master Duan passing away or is it Mrs. Duan's abandonment of the concubine and concubine's 'daughter'? ”

"The one in the back."

"Oh, I heard that Mrs. Duan only brought a few people home, and the rest were all thrown on the side of the road. Could it be that Duan Shuwei is in this group of people, right? ”

Xiang Fei nodded helplessly, "Yes, Master Duan just got married, and his previous personal maid has already occupied the quota of concubines stipulated by the law, and all the concubines who have come in one after another for so many years have no name, and even their children have not entered the genealogy, and they have not been recognized by the clan, even the most favored ones, and the most fierce place in the infighting is the battle for the identity of the official aunt." “

"Huh? And what's going on? Xiangru hadn't heard of that.

"I heard that the failure of the concubine's children to be on the spectrum is the result of Mrs. Duan's efforts to stop it, Mrs. Duan is a powerful horn, if it weren't for her, she and her children might really lose their status."

"What's the use of squeezing Mrs. Duan, the concubine can't be straightened, isn't it good to keep Mrs. in the seat?"

"Of course it's useful, the status of the lady is not guaranteed, the monthly expenses that she and the children have will be blatantly divided by others, the concubine has no responsibility for the wife, but wants to enjoy the treatment of the wife, do you say that they want to stabilize their status first and then think of 'getting rid of' the wife?"

"In this way, Mrs. Duan is really powerful, she saved herself, her children, and her family business, and she didn't let those people lose. Otherwise, with so many children, if one person wants to share a share, Jinshan will not be enough. ”

"Yes, from Mrs. Duan's point of view, there is nothing wrong with her doing this, the embarrassing part is Duan Shuwei, he is my friend, I have to help him. Fortunately, I am not a person in the calligraphy and painting circle, I helped Duan Shuwei and the Duan family also took me, and they also knew that Shuwei had friends in Beijing who could help, so they could only give *** orders to 'force' Shuwei to leave the capital. Xiang Fei's mouth was dry, and he picked up the teacup to moisten his throat.

"It's not easy to start over in a foreign country, but what does that have to do with what you came here today? Is he going to go out of the 'door'? Something to entrust me? ”

Xiang Fei was surprised again that Xiangru reacted so quickly that she almost knocked over the cup in her hand, "Did someone say hello to you in advance?" ”

"No, I haven't even seen Guo Jin these days. Okay, don't worry about how I guessed, just tell me what's going on. ”

"That's right, after Mrs. Duan abandoned them, my people took Duan Shuwei and his mother to my 'private' house to temporarily settle them, and now Duan Shuwei's other friends have introduced him to a job, and he wants to leave the capital for two months, and my 'private' house is empty at night, his mother and sister dare not live there alone, and they can't go back to the mansion with me, and Shuwei's other friends don't have a suitable place to place the mother and daughter, I think you still have a room here, so I'll ask." Xiang Fei stopped talking nonsense and went straight to the topic.

"Just temporary?" There are guests staying at the hotel, of course, Xiangru should ask clearly.

"It's just a temporary stay, never disturb your normal life, his mother and sister are honest people, not good at intrigue, his sister was born soon after his mother fell out of favor, even after Shuwei's painting talent exhibition 'revealed', by Master Duan's attention, the life of the three of them is better, the three of them are still cautious and cautious, never participate in those 'messy' things."

"Oh, that's okay, I don't like guests who don't know who they are." Xiangru's ugly words are ahead.

"No, you will know when you see their mother and daughter, they are all timid and honest people. By the way, his sister's 'legs' and feet are not good, she is a victim of infighting when she was a child, she didn't treat it well, and she fell into the root of the disease, and now the two 'legs' are not the same length, and she walks a little high-pitched, so this girl has always had some inferiority. ”

"Okay, I'll give it a deal. How old is his sister? ”

"It's not small, their brother and sister are two years apart, Shuwei is twenty-four this year, and his sister is about twenty-two this year, just because her 'legs' have never allowed anyone, the sisters who are about the same age as her have already married, and most of the concubines and 'daughters' abandoned by Mrs. Duan are minors."

"Oh, it's okay at this age, I thought it was a teenage girl."

"How could it be. Master Duan likes the new and hates the old, and there are only a few concubines who can have two children, otherwise how could his sister become like that. Many girls can only be pampered for a while when they buy into the house, or why do those who are particularly favored try their best to drag down the formal concubines and replace them, they also know that their identity is not safe, only by earning the identity of their aunt, can they ask for the child's name to be included in the spectrum, and they can rightfully enjoy the glory and wealth of the Duan family. ”

"That's not simple, after so many years, the children are older, and they can still be gampered, and they still have the capital to fight with the wife and aunt of the main house, which is not a fuel-efficient lamp. At the beginning, Mrs. resolutely refused to let the concubine's 'daughter' be included in the score, did she calculate it to this day? Dare to love their lively infighting, in essence, it is actually compared to the two people in charge of the family to see who has a long life? ”

Xiang Fei was happy, and he also felt that this was interesting in his heart, but he still had to be serious on his face, "Don't be so sharp-tongued, you haven't answered me yet, let the mother and daughter stay with you for two months?" Just two months, Shuwei picked him up as soon as he came back from the field. My 'private' house was only occupied during the day, and at night even the cook went home, only an old man on night duty in the 'door' room, and the mother and daughter were really afraid. ”

"Okay, okay, you've talked so pitifully, and you came here in person, if I don't agree, won't it seem that I'm not sympathetic, although I'm not sympathetic. In addition, I said ugly things in the front, if their mother and daughter don't look like guests, don't blame me for turning their faces. ”

"I promise not, really, if they don't satisfy you, you just have to 'get' a car to send me to my house, and I will never say good things for them with a shy face."

"Okay, when are they coming? The east wing rooms where the girls live are all double rooms, with two 'beds', so their mothers and daughters don't live separately, right? ”

"Okay, just have two 'beds', they don't want much, just want peace of mind."

"I'm so lively, it's safe to live here. Oh, yes? Let them bring their own bedding, I only have an empty 'bed' and no bedding. In addition, there are cabinets, tables, basins and so on in the room, so they just need to bring all their personal belongings. You haven't told me when they're coming. ”

"In just these two or three days, I can't tell when they will come over, to see when Shuwei will leave, they want to send Duan Shuwei out of the city first, and then go to the temporary place of residence."

"Oh, then I'll have the room cleaned, and they'll come and move in at any time."

"Okay, I'll 'hand' it over to you, I'll go back and talk to them first, so that they can rest assured." With that, Xiang Fei stood up and said goodbye to Xiangru.

Xiang Feicai went out on the street, and Xiangru summoned everyone to be obedient, and told them that there were guests coming to stay temporarily in the past few days, cleaning the room next to Sister Erni, and telling them about Sister Duan's inconvenient legs, and telling them to be careful.

Gui 'Hua' Xiaojie and others should go down, and quickly split up after disbanding

Entering the 'Door'