"And what do you want me to do?!" Xie Qi shook his hands and shouted, "This doesn't work or that, they are already in a better situation than us, one is an official and the other is rich, I don't want to get close to them, is it possible that I want to treat them as enemies?!" ”

The last time she was in the house to find Wang, she had already learned about her father's background from her mother.

She couldn't take it. Obviously, the uncle in this house is her father, why did he become the eldest son in the house in the second room? The father is a stepson, that is, as the mother said, he will not be able to share any family property in the future, but he will bear the title of the eldest son of Xie Fu for nothing. And the second room has money in her hands, and the third room has become an official dependent, Xie Wei and Xie Wan are better than her, which makes her feel as if she is a head short when she stands in front of them.

Xie Wei is just that, she has a capable father, Xie Wan is an orphan daughter with no father and mother, why is she better than her?

As soon as she saw her these days, she felt uncomfortable in her eyes. She didn't really want to slap them up, but she just said angry words in a negative mood. If she wants to slap Xie Wan, then it is better to let her die!

When Ruan Shi heard what she said, he was immediately deflated.

Speaking of which, Xie Qigong is quite good to Xie Hong, except for the separation of the family, the supply in the long room has never been short of them, but unfortunately Xie Hong is not good at reading, although he has a little brain, he has no money left over to operate.

Now that the eldest son Xie Hua is fifteen years old, he will have to say goodbye in a year or two, followed by Xie Tong and Xie Qi - although the marriage or something will be paid for by the public middle school, but as a parent, you can't pay for it, right? Especially Xie Qi, the dowry of his daughter's family is the most important, and the cost of the public middle school is only two thousand taels of silver.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Xie Qi was still wiping away tears, "...... Others say that the Xie family has money, but I don't even have the money to make new clothes, and now they are complaining about me and me. Tomorrow I will go to Renfu to celebrate my birthday, so I can wear a ragged clothes! Anyway, it's not my face that I'm losing alone! ”

Ruan's brow furrowed even more. The Ren family's wealth is no less than that of the Xie family, and their family has relatives who are officials in Beijing, so why doesn't she want Xie Qi to be close to the third son of Ren? If she really marries in the future, maybe she can still pull her mother's family. After all, it's not that people are poor and short-minded, and they are afraid of touching their noses!

Thinking about it, she said, "You just think that the third prince has you in his heart?" "What a big man! I know that Feijun will not marry.

"Of course!" Xie Qi collected his tears, raised his chin and said, "He gives me a gift every year for my birthday, if he doesn't like me, will he do this?!" ”

Ruan Shi glanced at her and turned his face away disapprehantly. That Ren San not only gave her a birthday gift, but when did he leave the birthday of his brother and sister in the house? But he couldn't bear to splash his daughter's cold water on his head. Sister Qi is very strong by nature, and the target she likes never refuses to let go, maybe with her stubbornness, this Ren San will really fall under her pomegranate skirt in the end.

After thinking about it, he said: "If you can really let the Ren family propose to us to marry you, then your dowry will be wrapped in me!" ”

"Really?!"

Xie Qi jumped up, his eyes filled with incredible ecstasy.

"Naturally, take it seriously!"

Ruan Thi looked solemn and stood up. In addition to the silver in the public school, the Wang family loves Xie Hong the most on weekdays, so how much does it have to be added in private? If it's not enough, go and beg your mother's house at that time. My father has been working all his life in catching fast and has never moved his nest, and he has formed this family business with the Ren family, at least it will be no problem to be promoted to the head catcher at that time.

Besides, what if the Wang family had already got the second house property at that time?

Thinking of this, her face relaxed again.

The next day, Wang took his two daughters-in-law, as well as Sister Wei's brother Yun and Sister Qi'er, dressed up and prepared to go to Nanyuan County.

Xie Hua, Xie Tong, and Xie Lang both prepared for the exam, so they stayed in the house. Xie Hong went to Hejian Mansion to collect accounts for Xie Qigong, and he had no time to withdraw.

Xie Qi was wearing a new cluster of silver-red embroidered magnolia pattern jackets, covered with a silver-white oblique willow pattern gown, with a double bun on his head, a red gold bell on his ears, and his eyebrows fluttering, looking very happy. Seeing Xie Wan coming, he pointed it out to Xie Wei: "The third sister is also here." ”

Xie Wan sent them under the second gate. Xie Yun glanced around, and saw her standing alone under the Hanging Flower Gate, so she said regretfully: "I heard that the Ren family has invited an opera troupe, and today they are going to sing a big drama for a day and a night, if only the third sister could go with us, how boring it is to be alone at home." ”

He is now familiar with Xie Lang, and gradually became familiar with Xie Wan.

In fact, twenty years later, Xie Yun is not as simple as he is in front of him, as Xie Rong rises step by step, he has also been trained to become the successor of Xie Fu, and has been appointed to the six departments, and even in order to protect the interests of the family, he even participated in his own mentor, Liu Yangli, the editor of the Hanlin Academy. Although Liu Yangli did have the crime of slander and flattery, as a disciple of Liu Yangli, he was able to personally come forward to join him, which cannot but show that he also has a side that the Xie family does not recognize in his bones.

Xie Wan has no feelings for him, and there will inevitably be a battle with Xie Rong in the future, so he doesn't plan to get too close to him. So he said simply: "It's the same for the third brother to see for me." ”

Xie Yun shook his head and sighed, shook the back of his robe, and got into the carriage in an old-fashioned manner.

Seeing that the three carriages went out one after another, Xie Wan turned back to the room and stayed for a while, then changed his clothes, put on a cloak, and called Yuxue Yufang to come to the front yard. Shouted loudly: "Luo is in charge! My brother has an important book left in Yellowstone, he is in a hurry to ask for it, you go back with me to find it! ”

Luo Sheng came out in response, wearing a cloak and clogs and following her out of the courtyard gate.

The two heads under the porch suddenly stretched out to look at them, and then retracted them.

The carriage exited the West Corner Gate and headed straight for the east side of where Yellowstone was located. But when he came to the city gate, he went around and entered through the north gate. On the street, the speed of the car is significantly slower, and it is dedicated to the lively and bustling places, as well as the places with many shops.

In the end, the entire county was almost finished, and the carriage drove to Lizi Hutong in the south of the city.

The manager of Che Liluo held the map of Qinghe County and said: "This Rongji Silk Village is located in the most prosperous place in this county, and it was also because of the excellent geographical location back then, so the second grandmother was reluctant to rent it out. Last year's harvest was 280 taels, and the year before was 250 taels, but so far this year, there is only 200 taels. ”

Xie Wan glanced at the account book in his hand, and his finger stopped at the position of September. In the two months after September, the monthly income was only seven or eight taels of silver, while the previous months had at least ten taels of silver. September has become the dividing line between high and low income.

"It seems that due to the death of my parents, not only the guys in the store have lost their motivation, but even the customers who come to the door have more scruples."

She sighed, closed the book, and looked across the curtain of the car opened by Yuxue.

It is a shop about two zhang wide and four zhang long, and it is full of colorful cloth. And two guys are napping in the counter with their cheeks in their hands.

It's the season to make winter clothes, and other silk shops are in full swing, and the guys in her shop are actually sleeping.

Luo Sheng was a little embarrassed on his face, and said: "What the girl said is right, this does have a lot to do with the death of the second grandfather and the second grandmother." It is now rumored that the property in the second room will be taken back by the old lady, even the shop in hand. So the guys couldn't stand still, and last month I took the initiative to increase their wages by 200 yuan, so that they could continue here. However, because there are too many goods stored in these two months, there is no working capital to buy winter goods, so the business is relatively small. ”

Xie Wan put down the account book, tightened the cloak, and said, "Go in and take a look." ”

As he spoke, he put on his clogs and went down to the ground.

Luo Sheng and Yu Xue Yufang hurriedly followed.

The guys in the shop were obviously asleep, and Xie Wan walked under the counter, and they hadn't opened their eyes yet.

Luo Sheng was about to wake up, but was stopped by Xie Wan's glare. She was just a little taller than the counter with her clogs removed, and after glancing at them, she ignored the inventory in the cabinet.

The goods are really stored a lot, all of which are fabrics made in spring and autumn, and there are hundreds of kinds of colors and colors. Coupled with the unopened ones in the back warehouse, it is estimated that they will be enough to sell until next spring.

Although the quantity is large, but because of the local market, most of them are one or two taels of silver a whole horse of low-class goods, such a large number of people are wealthy families, or rich families of aunts and stewards, etc. Women with real status would not wear these, such as the Wang family and the Huang family.

After reading the color, she carefully looked at the weaving condition, and then asked Luo Sheng: "Where did this cloth come in?" It's not like it's from Jiangnan. ”

Luo Sheng was slightly surprised and said: "The girl has a unique vision, this is indeed not from Jiangnan. Although the silk in the south is of high quality and bright colors, if a single-door shop like ours only buys a small amount of goods, the cost will increase far more. Therefore, these cloths are sold from the cloth market in Hejian Province, and they are basically produced in Huguang and other places. In the entire counties of Qingyuan Prefecture, most of the shops like ours are from such sources. ”

Xie Wan nodded, looked at the sleeping guy again, and said to Yuxue: "Pick a few pieces of cloth you like to move on the car, you can move as many as you want, and pick some for Mother Wu's mother and son, as well as Yinzhuo." Then he also picked a few horses, and his eyes motioned for Luo Sheng to come forward to help.

The group carried about 20 pieces of cloth out of the house, and they didn't even alarm the guys for half a point.

When Xie Wan arrived at the car, he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the shop, and the guys heard the sound of the stone falling on the counter, and finally jumped up.

Xie Wan climbed into the car and went home.