Tong lowered his head and begged: "I'm also worried, if the old lady really comes in personally, how can we prevent it?" I naturally trust you, and I won't eat any flying vinegar, but that person entered the house, and with the name of the second room, what are the details of the family, can he still hide it from the Earl's Court? In the past, when we were sad, we didn't see them helping us, but now that we have finally accumulated some family funds, can we share them instead? You don't want to, right? Zhang Bao's face slowed down a little after hearing this: "Even so, you shouldn't say such things to that little Grandma Liu, don't you usually treat their sisters as friends?" Wouldn't it be a lifetime mistake for her to do so? ”

Tong Shi hurriedly said: "I have already probed the wind, that little Liu does not want to marry again, one is always thinking about the dead man, and the other is thinking about his son." She got married, just to take on a false name, and she is not sorry for her man, and we will take her son over after we return to Beijing, which can be regarded as helping her. ”

Zhang Bao still felt that it was inappropriate: "If you want to help her, you can simply recognize her as a sister, and you can bring her back to Beijing in the future." ”

Tong said: "You know the situation in the Earl's Palace, if it is my godsister, how can you tell her to gain a foothold in the Mansion?" Not to mention picking up my son. ”

Zhang Bao sighed and said, "I don't approve of you doing this, she is also from a family in Qi, and she is a widow, so let her be the second room, and you can't think of it." Anyway, I don't want to say anything about it, so go back to your room, and I'll read the official document for a while. ”

Tong saw that her husband's face was unhappy, so she had to leave.

After that, Xiao Liu's never heard back, but Da Liu's heard about it a few days later, so he rushed over to see Tong's in a hurry. She said angrily: "How did Sister Tong do this kind of thing? Have we seen you wrong before? Tong Shi hurriedly smiled: "I don't want to wronged your sister, I just want to help her all the time." Let her mother and son reunite, I still want to recognize her as a sister, and I will return to Beijing with us in the future. It's just that in this way, it is not good for her to live in our house for a long time. I was looking for someone to occupy a seat in the second room. I begged her for help. It's really just a false name, if your sister takes a fancy to someone in the future......"

"No need to talk nonsense!" Da Liu stopped, her face was a little pale, and it took a while for her to calm down. "She grew up in the countryside with our grandmother since she was a child, and she was taught some three virtues and four virtues, so she has always refused to remarry. I'm already dead. If she hadn't had a bad time at her uncle's house, I wouldn't have been able to take care of her. She paused and said, "I also know what you mean, don't I know about the private affairs of the big family?" Your proposal can be regarded as taking what you need, but you are not above board if you use Xiaobao as bait. ”

Tong Shi hurriedly said: "I also know that this is not good, and our master does not approve of it." How we get along as a couple. You know, always excellent, he for this matter. He also scolded me. It's just that my mother-in-law is going to put someone here, I can't say for sure. Several other rooms also had discord over this matter. I don't want an outsider to come and ruin the harmony at home, so I have to take the lead myself. This is also being forced. Besides, your sister-in-law is in a bad situation now, and when she came to our house as a guest, she didn't even have a good set of clothes, saying that her cousin's daughter-in-law had gone to her relatives to ask for her decent clothes. You say, how did she live there for the rest of her life? I don't want to remarry. If she really responds to me, not only will she not worry about her livelihood in the future, but she will be able to reunite with her son, and she will only bear her false name, and she will not have to worry about being sorry for her dead man. Do you say that this PolyU Liu was also very angry when he heard about the clothes, and after listening to Tong's words, he sat and thought for a long time before asking: "Are you so sure that my sister will not stand in the way of your husband and wife?" As the saying goes, after a long time, aren't you afraid? If so, what would you do with her? ”

Tong was silent for a while before he said: "I believe in your sister's character, and I also believe in our master's character, and more importantly, I believe in myself." Take 10,000 steps back and say, I'd rather give my man a little girl than let a fox who doesn't know the details enter our door. If that day comes, I won't hurt her, even though I feel uncomfortable. ”

Da Liu looked at her when he heard this, sighed and said, "It's okay, and it depends on what she says, if she nods, I won't stop her; It's just that if she doesn't want to, you can't force her! ”

Tong Shi hurriedly smiled: "How come? If I did, what would I become? If she really doesn't want to, I will recognize her as a sister-in-law and let her go back to Beijing with us, and the big deal is to rent a house for her and let their mother and son live together. ”

Da Liu said: "This is what it looks like, I will tell her this, so as to save her from thinking cranky and wronging herself for the sake of her son." ”

After she said that, she got up and said goodbye, Tong sat with a sad face, if Xiao Liu listened to this arrangement, he would not agree to do the second room, it seems that he still has to think of another way to prevent it.

Zhang Bao has always had a whisper about this matter, and by the way, he was also angry with his wife. Shuning noticed the dark tide surging between her parents, and she didn't know what was going on, but she just coaxed them to reconcile in a different way, and even her younger brother was summoned by her. I don't know if it was the children's warm offensive that worked, or the Tong family's daily small volt and low posture made Zhang Bao feel good, and after a few days, the couple finally reconciled as before. Zhang Bao was helpless about taking a concubine afterwards, on the one hand, he felt that his wife's method might be useful, but on the other hand, he was worried that it would harm Xiao Liu's family.

The atmosphere in the city of Guangzhou is becoming more and more tense, and there are fewer pedestrians at night. Everywhere the yamen received rumors that the people of the Heaven and Earth Society had already arrived in the South China Sea area, and it was very likely that they would arrive in Guangzhou in the near future. Notices and sea fishing documents have been posted at the gates of each city, and those who enter the city must be searched before they can be released. Zhang Bao was busy in the yamen all day Beast Emperor Sodu, in order to avoid danger, the government has explicitly forbidden subordinate officials to go out of the city.

At this time, Xiao Liu's came to the door again after a month apart. Tong hurriedly welcomed her into the upper room, and greeted her for half an hour before asking her what she decided. She hesitated and asked: "Others say that I am Kefu ......" Tong's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly said: "When I went to Hualin Temple to pray for blessings last year, I asked you about your eight characters, and I have already asked someone to see it, and I will never restrain you." You can put it away

Xiao Liu hesitated for a while before he asked again: "Is it really just in name?" Your lord's side......" Tong Shi hurriedly said: "Really, really." He paused, gritting his teeth. He added, "If he really wants to add someone in the future, I will make another arrangement." ”

Xiao Liu thought about it for a long time. Only then did he sigh and said, "I want to be with my son after all, although I can return to Beijing by swearing to you, but if I enter your house, I can take our Xiaobao with me in the future." I don't care. ”

Tong breathed a sigh of relief, the matter was finally settled.

Su Yun was also relieved when he heard the conversation inside, and hurriedly walked away while everyone was unprepared.

When Shuning knew that her father wanted to take a concubine, and it was Xiao Liu's family, she was taken aback and a little resistant. Tong kindly told her the ins and outs of the matter, and said, "You just treat her as if she just moved into our house." Just as usual. She is a kind person, and she loves your brothers and sisters very much on weekdays, and she won't make any trouble. ”

Shuning felt complicated. But when you think about it, it's a bit like a fake marriage. It's just that the marrying is not a wife, but a side room.

Tong originally wanted to do things decently. So that Kyori knows the weight of this second room. But Xiao Liu's insistence on not wanting to do it big, and the atmosphere in the city was not very suitable. She had no choice but to compromise, only set up two tables of wine at home, and invited two relatives and friends to have a meal. Although the banquet is simple, the bridal gift is not sloppy at all. Tong's gave twelve dowry gifts, and there were a lot of clothes and jewelry. Wang Erjiadi and Qiaoyun, two daughters-in-law who were sent to Liu's house to pick up the newlyweds, said a lot of flattering words to the Liu family's aunt, and gave their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gifts from the Tong family - a pair of four-tael gold bracelets each, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at the room full of belongings, and they smiled so much that they couldn't find it, where are the two words?

Tong's had tidied up the guest room next to the dining room early and used it as Xiao Liu's room. After Xiao Liu's passed the door, in addition to staying in the room to do needlework every day, he went to the upper room to talk to Tong's family, or took care of Xianning, and didn't care about family affairs, even if he sometimes helped take care of it, he didn't touch the matter of money handover. For Zhang Bao, he just treated him politely, and was more careful not to be alone with him in the same room. Zhang Bao felt that she was a serious person, so he also respected her very much. According to his attitude, Xiao Liu's is not so much his second room, but more like a sister-in-law.

When Tong saw this situation, his heart was even more determined. In fact, she is not without selfishness, there is such a second room, and she is from a serious family, no one wants the old lady to come to, it is impossible to cross her, even if there is a girl who has a room in the future, isn't it at her disposal?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if one day Xiao Liu really becomes a veritable second-room grandmother, with her weak temperament, plus there is no maternal family to rely on in Beijing, and she is a widow who remarries, it is impossible to overpower herself, so she will never become her opponent.

And now looking at her husband's attitude, she is more confident.

She has already started to write a letter, first explained that her husband married the second room, saying that Xiao Liu's appearance is beautiful, dignified and courteous, and the eight characters are very compatible with Zhang Baoji, because the Liu family has a large population and the house is small, she is a big woman, and she can't bear to see her sister being wronged, so she let her pass the door first. As for the young lady from my aunt's family, she is too good, Zhang Bao feels that she can't afford to match, so he can only wish her to marry a good husband and soar.

In a letter to her eldest son Duanning, she confessed that she would take good care of Xiao Liu's son Guo Xiaobao. Not only to feed and clothe him, but also to prevent others from bullying him. Now Xiao Liu's family has not returned to Beijing, but they are already members of their family, if the aunt of the Guo family is really bad to the child, she will simply take it home to take care of the second sister-in-law. She hinted a little in the letter, so that her son would not be resistant to the mother-in-law.

Shuning also wrote a letter to her brother, in which she clearly told Duan Ning the truth of the matter, and also told a little of her confusion. But she writes more about her younger brother Xianning, what Xianning is already memorizing the three-character scripture, what Xianning likes to ride a wooden horse the most, what Xianning was naughty yesterday and tore up Amma's books, and so on.

The letter was sent out quickly. Now that there is a more convenient and efficient government-run postal service, although it is only limited to the Central Plains and the Jiangnan region, their family only needs to ask a businessman surnamed Huo, who they know each other on weekdays, to bring the letter to Hangzhou, and pay a little money to let the postal yamen send the letter back to the capital, and the time has been greatly shortened to half a month, which is much more convenient than before. When Jingzhong replied to the letter, he sent the letter to the courtyard of the merchant surnamed Huo in Hangzhou, and then asked the guys in his shop to go back and forth between Hangzhou and Guangzhou once every five days.

Shuning continued to live a peaceful life with her family, and although the atmosphere in the city was becoming more and more tense, it did not affect her personally. At most, when Ah Yin came to see her, she said that her family's noodle stall had to close down due to the great impact on her business, but she was thinking about renting a serious shop to do business.

However, Zhang Bao came back from the yamen this day, his face was ugly, Tong asked, he told his wife and daughter that the gang of people from the Zitiandi Society had indeed arrived nearby, and also set fire to an official office in Foshan, but it affected several granaries next to it, and all the grain that was about to be handed over was there.