The second uncle's family lived not far away, out of the lord's mansion all the way to the north, after crossing the east-west avenue, originally lived in the lord's mansion, after the old lord died, they separated and lived separately.

Now there are only two people in the second uncle's family, the eldest sister and the second sister, the eldest sister is eighteen this year, and the second sister is sixteen.

As the sun set, the moon hung on the willows, Wang Xuan took his sister's hand and walked slowly towards the second uncle's house, and it could be seen that he was a little nervous.

The flowers who walked in just a few steps complained, and finally came to the front of the house after the tea effort, the plain white filial piety cloth on both sides of the gate looked a little cold against the backdrop of the same plain white lanterns, and the active flowers were also extremely quiet at this time, but the small hand holding Wang Xuan's shirt unconsciously tightened.

With the guidance of the maid, the brother and sister first entered the main hall to worship the second uncle's spiritual seat, and he also saw the two cousins, who didn't see it very clearly, under the dim light, the plain white of the room kept swaying with the candlelight, a little mad.

People have already been buried, the auspicious weather does not allow a long mortuary, at the beginning of the wasteland, people died every day for various reasons, people did not even participate in the funeral time, so it formed the custom of burying the dead today and tomorrow, if there are relatives and friends to come, to the spiritual seat to pay tribute. The brother and sister worshipped, and after burning some paper money, they were invited into the side room by the eldest sister.

At this time, Wang Xuan had the strength to look at the eldest sister Wang Bilai, she had a fallen horse bun on her head, two pink beaded hairpins, and a pair of gold ring beaded earrings in her ears, the beads were full and white, swaying back and forth with the owner's light stride, wearing a white plain dress, it was difficult to hide her graceful posture, and the abundance was extraordinary. After sitting down, I saw that his face was slightly powdered like the morning glow reflecting the snow, his eyebrows were like the crescent moon, his eyes were like stars, and his lips were reflecting the sun, what a beauty.

This is pure natural, Wang Xuan has seen many so-called 'goddesses' and 'national girls', but compared to it, it is like a firefly to Haoyue, and it is clear to the eye.

Wang Bi may have felt Wang Xuan's gaze, so he also looked at him, but saw him staring at him in a daze, and thought that he was still immersed in the grief of losing his relatives, so he comforted him: "Brother Xuan doesn't have to be sad, my father left peacefully when he was dying, only saying that he was unburdened, but he asked you to bear it, and he didn't want to go, I hope you don't blame him." ”

At this time, Wang Xuan also came back to his senses, and Wang Bi's words helped him get rid of the embarrassment on his own, so he said to the eldest sister and the second sister: "The two sisters also want to mourn, they should have come to visit earlier, but it was an eventful time, and there were many miscellaneous things and missed the time." Uncle is wrong, this is all fate, this burden will fall on my shoulders sooner or later, what is the difference between early and late resistance. ”

Wang Xuan smiled self-deprecatingly, his expression calm.

At this time, the maid came, and the meal was ready, so everyone was invited to dinner.

Dinner is very simple, a plate of green vegetables, in fact, is a wild vegetable, can be picked around Jixiangcheng, a plate of wild duck eggs, is steamed, smells very fragrant, and a pot of wheat flour made of gnocchi soup.

Despite this, Wang Xuan also ate heartily and enjoyed it very much.

Seeing Wang Xuan's gobbling up food, Wang Bi was also happy, and Xiaoyi persuaded: "Eat slowly, don't choke!"

Wang Xuan really hasn't eaten gnocchi for a long time, although it is a foreign place, but the taste is still not much different, at this time, seeing Wang Bi's words, he had to accept the state, change to slow and logical, chew and swallow slowly.

I didn't eat much of this dish, but most of the gnocchi soup went into Wang Xuan's stomach, so Wang Xuan decided to come here tomorrow night to eat.

After dinner, everyone used some fruit, and Wang Xuan saw that the time was almost up, so he motioned to the second sister to take the flowers out for a walk.

Wang Xuan pondered for a while and said to his eldest sister Wang Bi: "Sister, now only the four of us depend on each other, grandfather, father and mother, uncle and aunt have left one after another, I am still like a dream, looking forward to waking up and still as lively as before, although the days are hard, but it is better to be at ease." Ever since I fell ill this time, I have been enlightened, maybe it was my uncle's departure that made me grow up, maybe it was the sudden pressure that made me finally explode!"

Wang Bi was a little surprised by Wang Xuan's statement, this was not like the Wang Xuan in her memory, he should be a little timid and a little cowardly.

"The eldest sister and the second sister are not young, and Uncle Zhao has also mentioned this matter recently, since they have no marriage contract, then they ......"

A sound interrupted Wang Xuan's words, and when he looked up, he saw that Wang Bi's face was pale, perhaps because of nervousness, his lower lip had been bitten and blood was oozing, and his eyes were frightened.

Wang Xuan was also puzzled, how could he suddenly be like this just now, isn't there some emergency? So he hurriedly got up and stepped forward, holding Wang Bi's shoulders and said a little hurriedly: "Sister, are you okay, is there anything uncomfortable, or I'll go find Doctor Liu to come and take a look at you." ”

Wang Bi shook his head slowly, smiled miserably, and looked at Wang Xuan with blank eyes: "There are no elders, and there is no marriage contract, Yue'er and I are in charge of the Xuan's brother, you don't have to come to tell each other, set the family and the day, and send our sisters over." ”

At this point, the tears were no longer uncontrollable, dripping down the pale cheeks and falling on the plain clothes on the knees, and in an instant they were wet.

Wang Xuan was really confused now, I don't know where his words and deeds were reckless to provoke the eldest sister to be like this, he didn't stand or sit, so he had to ask tentatively: "Why did the eldest sister say this, I didn't decide on someone, where to send you?"

After listening to Wang Xuan's words, Wang Bi was stunned, and asked with a nervous face: "Isn't Brother Xuan's coming this time for my marriage with Yue'er?"

"Yes and no, this time I came to worship my uncle, I came to visit my two sisters, and the third is marriage. Wang Xuan replied with certainty.

Sure enough, I still can't escape the tricks of fate, it's just that, this may be the last thing that I and Yue'er can do for auspiciousness and the Wang family.

"Is the object of the affiliation the royal family of Great Xia or the nobles of other territories?" Wang Bi asked Wang Xuan as if appointed.

No wonder she asked, political marriages are common, especially in large families, and this is the only way to maintain development and continuity.

Before moving to Jixiangling, Wang Bi saw many married women crying to death, but in the end they all succumbed to reality, and now she still vaguely remembers her cousin's expression when she got married, and since then she has been afraid to grow up.

Maybe it was God's favor that their whole family came to Jixiangling, and she was the happiest. The ominous place in the eyes of others is a paradise in her eyes, no matter how hard and tired she is, she is willing to eat, where she can find happiness and find herself.

I thought I could escape the control of the world, but I didn't know that it was the arrangement of fate.

Wang Xuan also gradually understood, blaming himself for not finishing his words, so he said to Wang Bi with a smile: "Eldest sister is saying that I am here to arrange for you to be close?"

"Sister knows that you are in trouble, and sister doesn't blame you. ”

"Of course you don't blame me, you can't blame me, you are in charge of your marriage. Wang Xuan said very domineeringly.

"Yes, I can't blame you, I ...... my marriage" Wang Bi froze as she spoke, suddenly looked up at Wang Xuan, and said in a trembling tone, "You mean, our marriage with Yue'er is up to us?

Wang Xuan still looked heartless, and said disapprerovingly: "What kind of relationship, my father didn't take you and the second sister when he was in charge, and the second uncle didn't take you and the second sister to make peace when he was in charge, and I just inherited the position of lord and took you two to make peace? ”

This is a bit false, he really did the slap on his face, and more than once, but at this time he was automatically filtered out.

"Brother Xuan!" Wang Bi's tears that he had finally stopped flowed down like a, even more ferocious than before.

Wang Xuan can't see a woman crying, he thinks that a woman crying in front of a man proves that the man is a loser, so at this time, he can only carefully persuade Wang Bi not to cry and break his eyes.

At this time, Wang Yue came back with Wang Hua, who was sweating profusely, and she was also a little confused when she saw this scene.

Wang Xuan felt that it was not appropriate to stay for a long time at this time, so he took Hua'er's hand and said to Wang Bi: "When I have time, Hua'er and I come over to eat, the pimple soup is very delicious." ”

With that, the brother and sister walked away.

"Sure enough, I grew up. Wang Bi took the handkerchief handed over by Yue'er, wiped her eyes and muttered to herself.

Hua'er hummed and complained along the way, saying that it had taken many days to see the eldest sister and the second sister, and she almost couldn't remember what it looked like, and she wanted to stay for a while, why was she in a hurry to leave.

Immediately, Hua'er suddenly said to Wang Xuan with a crying voice: "Brother, I can't remember what my mother looks like, and I can't remember Daddy's face clearly, woo woo......"

Wang Xuan was distressed and had a headache when he heard this, and he had to take care of the small ones after coping with the big ones, flowers, flowers, maybe I was sent by God to compensate you!

Then he hugged the flowers in his arms and said carefully: "Sister, my father and mother must want us to live happily and happily, it doesn't matter if we remember our faces, the important thing is that they will always live in your heart and mine, and my father and mother will bless us and bless us in another world." ”

At night, I told the story of the gourd baby to Hua'er, and after putting her to sleep, I began to think about the auspicious development plan.

Foreign trade is very important for auspiciousness, and now the product has been planned, and the worry is about the means of transportation, and there is no ship.

The monopoly of medium-sized and above ships in the hands of the royal family is due to the dense network of the Daxia River, which extends in all directions, and mastering the large and medium-sized ships is equivalent to controlling many passes.

For Wang Xuan, a person who has come over, it is unacceptable that the lifeline of transportation is always in the hands of others, so he has to build a ship.

Starting from small boats, on the one hand, you can accumulate experience and train craftsmen, and on the other hand, you can also develop auspicious inland river transportation, killing two birds with one stone.

Wang Xuan believes that after several years of study, the big ship that goes to sea can also be built, and at that time, the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish can jump!