"That's right. Otherwise, what do you think I'm going to do? Xuanji asked suspiciously.

"Then you might as well stay in the Shen family? Could it be that Mrs. Shen Jian bullied you? ”

"He doesn't seem to have a wife...... Xuanji remembered that Zhao Jianshen's princess was said to have passed away many years ago, and she had never set up a separate one, and Shen Jian's vest should also be a single person according to Ke'er's gossip.

"Like?! Little sister, it is said that you are Shen Jian's concubine......" Yi Qingyun felt that Xuanji was also too confused.

"Tsk, I haven't been to his house again, don't talk about this person anymore, big brother, you don't know how annoying the rules of these rich people's families are, it's better for me to be free and do whatever I like."

Yi Qingyun thought about it, Xuanji was indeed not suitable for living in the deep mansion compound of a rich and noble family, relying on the favor of a man, so he didn't say anything more.

After eating a meal until the middle of the moon, Yi Qingyun wanted to send Xuanji back, but Xuanji categorically refused: "I told Aunt Wen that I was driven out by my brother and sister-in-law after both parents died, and suddenly there is such a brother as you, how can I explain it." Don't worry, I'm very safe like this, and I don't have to worry about someone beating me when I travel all over the world. The implication is that he is quite satisfied with his ugly face.

Yi Qingyun shook his head with a wry smile, and insisted on sending Xuanji to the vicinity of the courtyard before turning around and leaving.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard gate, he met Wen Juncong and walked out of his mother's room with an angry face, Xuanji guessed that he must have just quarreled with Aunt Wen again. Wen Juncong has always been very dissatisfied with Aunt Wen being hired by Xuanji and doing housework for her to make money, thinking that his mother has lost her identity by serving a woman of unknown origin like this. Aunt Wen wanted to save enough money for her son to go to Beijing as soon as possible, no matter how her son dissuaded her, she still insisted on working for Xuanji, so the two mothers and sons have often clashed recently.

Wen Juncong saw that Xuanji had only come back from outside at this time, and his eyes showed obvious disapproval.

Xuanji didn't want to do much, so when she didn't see it, she walked directly to her room.

"Miss Xie, please stay!" Wen Juncong said suddenly.

Xuanji turned her head and looked at him suspiciously.

Wen Juncong's gaze collided with her, and his heart couldn't help but jump violently, and the clear light of his eyes in the hazy moonlight made him almost indulge in it and forget his words.

The clouds broke and the moon rose, and the light in the courtyard brightened, Wen Juncong saw Xuanji's sallow bun face, and couldn't help but curse himself in his heart, he was really crazy, he actually thought this ugly girl was beautiful just now.

Quickly rationalized his thoughts and said, "Xiaosheng has some things that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

"Then don't talk about it." Xuanji intercepted, knowing that what he was going to say must not be a good thing.

Wen Juncong's face stiffened, and he directly skipped Xuanji's words, and continued: "My mother is too old to work, if Miss Xie needs help with housework in the future, she might as well ask Gao Ming." ”

Xuanji smiled and asked, "Does Gongzi Wen plan to go out to work and support Aunt Wen?" So much better. ”

Wen Juncong's face was slightly red, and he said: "Xiaosheng needs to study at home to prepare for the exam in Beijing, if it is a high school ......."

"What if I don't win?" Xuanji interrupted unceremoniously, she also saw that this weak scholar was not pleasing to the eye for a long time.

"You ......" Wen Juncong didn't expect Xuanji to embarrass him so directly.

"Ask yourself, do you not want your mother to work as a matter of filial piety or to satisfy your own vanity? Your mother doesn't work, can she raise you so much? Can you read and write to take the Beijing exam? Will you make money if she doesn't work? Or do you hold your face and drag your mother to starve to death with you? If you can't get used to me hiring your mother to work for me, then make money and come and see! Now your mother can earn two taels of silver a month without embroidering day and night, what about you? Useless is a scholar! Xuanji unceremoniously crackled and questioned.

Wen Juncong's face was pale, and he was speechless, so he said half-loudly: "What's the big deal about having two stinky money, why should an ignorant woman like you accuse me?" ”

Xuanji sneered: "It's better to have two stinky money than to produce a waste that still depends on your mother for food at an old age, you have the knowledge to eat it?" If you really want to be filial to your mother, you must first learn how to take care of the family and be self-reliant. ”

Wen Juncong was said to be powerless and stunned on the spot.

Aunt Wen heard someone talking outside, walked out of the courtyard from the inside, and saw her son standing in the courtyard with his head bowed in despair. Xuanji nodded to her slightly, then turned and walked into her room.

At noon the next day, Xuanji smelled a strong smell of burnt paste in her sleep, opened her eyes and saw that there was no fire smoke nearby, knowing that it was not a fire, she was very relieved, and got up to see a bucket of clean water in front of the door, guessing that Aunt Wen sent it for her to freshen up, so she thought that Wen Juncong failed to persuade Aunt Wen not to work for herself.

Walking into the small hall, I saw the two mothers and sons of the Wen family looking at each other and pasting a ball of rice porridge and green vegetables on the table, and the strong burnt smell that I smelled before came from these things on the table.

Xuanji asked curiously, "What's wrong?" The kitchen is on fire today? ”

Aunt Wen said embarrassedly: "Well, today Cong'er said to cook for me......"

Before the words were finished, Wen Juncong hurriedly interrupted: "Mother, these dishes can't be eaten, I'll go make something else." After speaking, he didn't look at Xuanji, picked up the plates and bowls on the table and went to the kitchen.

Xuanji looked at Aunt Wen suspiciously, what happened? The eldest young master actually went to the kitchen to cook?

Aunt Wen said: "What did the girl say to Cong'er last night, Cong'er told me this morning that everything at home will be handed over to him in the future, don't let me work hard, and rush to do it today." ”

Xuanji broke out in a cold sweat, no, is this guy going to make a mess or something?

Aunt Wen said happily and worriedly: "He has such filial piety, and it is worth it for me to lose ten years of life, but I am afraid that I will miss his study like this." ”

I'm afraid that the food he cooks will poison people to death, Xuanji said in her heart, and smiled bitterly: "I'll go talk to him." ”

Wen Juncong was chopping vegetables in the half-blackened kitchen by him, Xuanji stood out the window and watched, cutting his fingers for fear that his hand would slip, and waited until he put down the kitchen knife before he started to say hello.

Wen Juncong glanced at her and said in a rough voice: "Miss Xie, if you have anything in the future, just tell me to do it, and I will make money to support my family!" ”

"It's not that I dislike you, your housework is far worse than Aunt Wen......" Xuanji said matter-of-factly.

Wen Juncong's forehead was bulging, and he was almost angry with this ugly girl, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "What do you want?" ”

Xuanji said: "People have their own strengths and weaknesses, and they should make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and perform their duties." Your strength is studying, as long as you don't die studying, even if you can't go to high school, you can make a living as a clerical clerk or something, why bother to rob your mother of these housework? Besides, your mother and son have spent so much time and energy in order to enter Beijing to catch the exam, and now they are just the last step, and it will be too wasteful to affect the reading and review at this time. ”

Wen Juncong knew that he had drilled the tip of the horns, looked at the messy kitchen, and said in frustration: "What Miss Xie said is reasonable, I am really useless......"

Xuanji comforted: "You just haven't found the job you're good at yet, so you don't have to rush it." ”

Wen Juncong smiled bitterly, bowed his head and was speechless.