Chapter 284 of the edition is not popular

The old lady of the Hou Mansion seemed to like Miss Haijia very much, and not only kept the meal, but also invited her to come to the house often. Hai Shu was very embarrassed, it had taken a lot of time just to accompany her aunt and grandmother every day, but fortunately, her father's friend who served in the ministry sent back the news, everything went well, and everything that should have been taken care of was also done, so that she could go to Dongfu with peace of mind. But it is one thing to accompany her grandmother, and it is another thing to come to the Qingguo Marquis Mansion, firstly, the kinship is a little far away, and secondly, such a prominent and high-ranking family is something that her father has always tabooned.

It turned out that Master Hai had a stubborn personality, and he had been mixed in the scholar pile all the year round, and he was affected a lot, and the people around him felt that he was a little left-hearted. In his eyes, the wealthy and powerful are either shithorns or silverfish, anyway, they are all people who are vegetarian in the corpse position, and they are either drunk and dreaming of death all day long, or they are bullying others and doing evil, which is the most undesirable!

The title of the Marquis of Qingguo for military merits has been passed down for several generations, which is already prominent enough, and there is still a Nanyang fleet at home to make a living, isn't this a competition with the people? Nanyang trade is very profitable, if it can benefit the people, naturally everyone is rich, why worry about the world can not be the same? It's just that such a good livelihood is monopolized by a few powerful people, and if you don't do it, you can't enrich the treasury, and the people can't make profits, only those big businessmen who want to make money can benefit.

The branch of Dongfu was originally first-class in the eyes of Master Hai, but later after listening to his father's words, he knew that his uncle Li Deng was kind, loved to read, and never did evil deeds. Later, he learned about his cousin Li Yan's deeds from the rumors in the capital, and he was also a little complacent, thinking that his cousin was able to become a talent because of the teaching of his aunt who was raised by the Hai family. Li Yan took the path of the serious imperial examination, started from a low level after becoming an official, fought and competed for more than ten years, his political performance was quite good, and his official reputation was good.

With such an idea, Master Hai thinks that if his aunt or cousin helps in the matter of his own shortcomings, although it is not above board, because they are close relatives, they should only be regarded as relatives supporting each other, but if it involves the Qingguo Marquis Mansion, he will never agree! If he accepts the help of the powerful family that he has always looked down on, even if he gets an official position, it will damage his integrity. Therefore, when he went to Beijing four years ago, even if he knew that his official position was not guaranteed, he did not think of asking for help from the Qingguo Marquis Mansion. Although I knew that my aunt's family had returned to Beijing this time, I heard that my cousin was in office, and I thought that my aunt and sister-in-law were both women in a deep house, so what did I know about the major affairs of the court? Naturally, he couldn't help, so he calmly brought his daughter to visit.

However, living in his aunt's house was not what he wanted. My aunt doesn't know what's going on outside, but if she wants to ask for help from the Qingguo Marquis Mansion because she loves her nephew, what should she do? He couldn't refuse the kindness of his elders, but he couldn't let himself accept the assistance of the powerful people, so he was embarrassed in every way, and motioned to his daughter to appease the elders, but he avoided it from afar, and only went once in three or five days, planning to appoint all the letters down, and then go to his aunt to make amends.

It is because of this that Hai Shu works tirelessly to go back and forth every day. She didn't understand why her father was so persistent, and how rare it was for their family to have a strong helping hand in the capital! Haven't all these years changed his mind? Since his great-grandfather returned to his hometown, the Hai family has never had a real shortage of officials, for the sake of the family business, my father must win an official position this time, even if the place is more remote, he can't take care of it. Father always felt that the woman of the deep house could not help in this kind of serious matter, but she had heard and seen it in Dongfu these days, and she had learned many things, and my father was probably wrong.

But she couldn't tell her father these words, according to her father's temperament, maybe she would think that her official nephew was obtained by his daughter's conspirators, which was worse than relying on the relationship between the powerful and powerful! Therefore, she could only be silent, quietly accompanying her aunt and grandmother every day, thinking that it would not take long to end the matter, but the words and deeds of the old lady of the Hou Mansion completely disrupted her plan!

Chunying stood beside the second old lady and noticed that Miss Hai's face was a little dull, although she still looked dignified at all, but for some reason, it only made people feel that the clouds were covered?

She cautiously asked, "Miss Cousin, but you feel tired?" When the second old lady heard the voice, she hurriedly said, "Are you tired today? If it is too late to-day, the gates of the city may be closed."

Hai Shu smiled reluctantly: "Shu'er thanks for her grandmother's kindness, but her father is still waiting at home, how can Shu'er not go back?"

The second old lady waved her hand: "Just ask someone to send the message." Qiu Yan, you go ahead and talk to Xu Da, and ask him to send someone to Master Hai to break the news, saying that I will keep his daughter for one night today!"

Hai Shu wanted to say something more, but Qiu Yan had already received the order, she got up a little helplessly, and suddenly saw the fourth young master Li Dun and the fourth young lady Yajun walking in from outside the door with a smile, hurriedly shut up, bowed her head and stood beside her, and when the Li Dun brothers and sisters greeted her, she returned the salute before she sat down, and then she barely said anything, and kept staring at the floor in front of her feet. The second old lady asked her to drink tea, she drank it, Yajun talked to her, she responded a few times, Chunying came to lead her to the east wing to settle, and she obediently followed.

Chunying felt very strange, although this Miss Hai behaved quite steadily in front of the second old lady, sometimes she talked and laughed, and her temperament was not dull, and sometimes her words were insightful, which won the appreciation of the second old lady. But from the very beginning, she was almost mute, isn't it too strange? The fourth young lady is common with her, is it because the fourth young master is present

In the evening, Chunying's work was almost done, just when the second old lady was about to take a bath, this job was originally Cui Ling was in charge of, and now it was handed over to Jin Yu who was promoted from the second class, Chunying watched her prepare all the products, and personally passed the temperature of the hot water in the bathtub, and then personally helped the second old lady into the inner room, and then withdrew to close the door, and went to the courtyard outside to enjoy the coolness.

Miss Hai seems to have suddenly become ○○○○, staying overnight in Dongfu today, except for eating and chatting with the second old lady, she has hardly been out of the house, and she does not let her girls go out, just begging for needlework and fabric, and the master and servant are buried in working as female workers, and even the second old lady says that she is "too honest".

Why did she change her mind?

Chunying was puzzled in her heart, took a step forward, and sat down next to the pillar in front of the east wing. It's well ventilated, and there are trees in the way during the day, making it a great place to cool off in the summer evening.

When she was idle, she suddenly heard an exclamation from the room, Chun Ying hurriedly looked back, only to hear a rush in the house, and hurriedly walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

The room was silent, and then I remembered Miss Hai's voice: "It's okay, it's just scratched by a fake child, and it's already bandaged."

Chun Ying hurriedly went back to the main house and carried the first aid kit she had made - it was just some white cloth strips, Jinchuang medicine, bone-setting medicine and ginseng tablets and the like - and returned to the door of the east wing, but she happened to hear Hai Shu's girl ask, "Why is Miss so absent-minded all day? Could it be because the old lady of the Qingguo Marquis Mansion wants to be a matchmaker for you, and you feel sorry for you?" She paused at her feet, and suddenly became interested in the matter.

Hai Shu didn't know that there was someone outside the door, so she still lowered her voice and sighed, "I'm just worried about the family, and my father doesn't know what to do."

Another girl persuaded, "Miss, relax, my lord is so big, and there is someone to serve, and besides, I will go back tomorrow, why should Miss be so worried? It's the old lady's matchmaker, you always have to think of a prevarication."

The girl from before said in a surprised tone: "Why do you want to push? Isn't that the best guy? Miss is not young anymore!"

"What do you know? This kind of big family, only the daughter-in-law is wronged! Since the Marquis of Qingguo Mansion is the lord of the ancestors, the rules of the family must be very big, why bother to suffer that crime?!"

"Say no more! Hae Shu rebuked, "What are you talking about? What can you say?"

The two girls suddenly fell silent, and after a while, one of them said carefully, "Miss, we are also worried about you. There is nothing suitable in my hometown, so it is better to persuade the master and simply look for it in Beijing, right? The world is so big, you can always find someone worthy of Miss, you are really not small."

Hai Shu said in a low voice: "Don't say it anymore, these things are not important, I just want to take care of my mother, and I will be satisfied to see my younger brother become a talent." If my father gets an official position, the family will need me to take care of him more. Where do I have the heart to think about anything else? What's more, whether it's here or the Hou Mansion in the west, I don't dare to climb high. If you listen to someone laughing at me and the young masters surnamed Li, you must defend me a few words, otherwise my reputation will be gone!"

The two girls responded in a daze, and Hai Shu suddenly said, "We are talking here, and I don't know if anyone hears us, so go and see if there is any passing outside."

Hearing this, Chun Ying hurriedly took two steps back, aggravated her steps and rushed over, "Breathlessly", "Miss Cousin, does your injury matter?" I brought medicine and bandages!"

A glimmer of suspicion flashed in Hae Sook's eyes, but she quickly covered up the past, ordered someone to take over the medicine box, and re-medicated the wound that had been simply reported.

After returning to the main house, Chun Ying saw that the second old lady had finished taking a bath, so she took the comb from Jin Yu's hand, carefully combed her long hair, and slowly said what she had just heard.

The second old lady sighed, "It's hard for this child, what a filial pie! It's just that I missed my own marriage date for my relatives at home, but it was very inappropriate, and Li Ren was not comfortable. I'm better to be tired, so let's see a few suitable families for her."

Chunying reminded in a low voice: "Miss Biao doesn't seem to want to climb the Hou Mansion highly."

The second old lady sighed again: "I know, Qi Dafei is not a coincidence, now she is not younger than me, even if her father gets an official, he is only a seven-rank county order, and she is the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family, it is difficult to please her. It's better to look for those young and promising students or the children of official eunuchs, which must be more in line with her father's wishes."

The second old lady thought so, and got up early the next morning, so she ordered someone to find Master Hai, and the aunt and nephew discussed it behind their backs for a long time, and finally reached a simple consensus on the choice of Hai Shu's future husband's family.

The second old lady originally took out the roster of her granddaughter's selection of people, but who knew that her nephew didn't fancy any of them, and she couldn't help but feel a little depressed, Chunying had to pull Qiu Yan and Bailing to talk and laugh, so that her mood turned from cloudy to sunny.

Just when the second old lady was worried about the younger generation with great interest, the second wife, Zhuo, brought back a surprising news: the rumors about the third young master and Miss Fan rose again! This time it even spread to the outside world. There was an official wife who was good friends with the Zhuo family, and when she invited her to tea today, she asked her about this scandal in an ominous manner.

It's so weird! The Fan family has moved out, and several mothers-in-law have been unlucky before, which is enough to scare off the good deeds, and Aunt Hua has also warned her, for no reason, how can anyone spread the matter to the outside world?! And there are many fictional things in the rumors, which are almost rumors! Zhuo Shi said indignantly, "Let me know who is chewing his tongue, and I will not spare him!"

The second old lady said in a deep voice, "This one is weird! As you just said, for no reason, how did these rumors come out?! If you're making a lot of fanfare now, but you're confirming the rumors, that's not good. Tell someone to inquire quietly!"

Zhuo Shi said embarrassedly: "The daughter-in-law only handed over the power back two days ago, but there are still some affairs that need to be exchanged, so it still passes every day, and I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to ask someone to inquire."

"Nonsense! If you don't tear up and clean up what happened during your tenure, won't it make people laugh at you?" The second old lady turned around and called Chunying, "You are from that mansion, you must know a lot of people, I want to inquire, there are always people who know the clues!"

Chun Ying was stunned, helpless in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it, so she could only obediently respond, "Yes, old lady."