Even the Queen Mother knew about saving Su Muxian's life, and Xia Jin no longer concealed it, explaining: "It was when he was in Linjiang that he was chased and killed and seriously injured, I saved him and healed his injuries." He kept saying that he would repay his kindness, and he would go to propose his marriage after handling the affairs in Beijing. ”

Cen Ziman opened his mouth slightly.

She didn't expect that when she was in Linjiang, there would be such a public case.

She was like a cat scratching in her heart, very curious, and wanted to ask whether Su Muxian wanted to take Xia Jin as a concubine or marry her.

But if she was a concubine, she would not be respectful to Xia Jin when she asked it, so she had to suppress the curiosity in her heart and wait for her to continue.

Xia Qi seemed to have a heart-to-heart with her, and immediately asked what she was thinking: "Does he want to take you as a concubine or marry you?" ”

"For a wife. However, I felt that Qi Da was not a coincidence, so I didn't agree. Xia Jin said, and lowered his head and made a shy appearance.

No way, this is the atmosphere of this era. If you talk about family affairs, if you still have a big face and a red heart and a heartbeat, you will be told by others that you are not ashamed or impatient, and you are not the daughter of a good family.

Hearing this, there was silence in the courtyard, and everyone looked at Xia Jin and was stunned for a moment.

It's not that they are not calm, but it is really a matter of Xia Jin and Su Muxian, which greatly exceeds their cognition.

Cen Yunzhou and Cen Ziman needless to say, they were born in a noble family, and those miscellaneous things in the wealthy and noble families, when did they not hear about three or five things? Even Xia Qi, who concentrates on reading all day long, knows a lot about the dirty things that are circulating in the market.

The slightly beautiful woman makes a gesture and tries her best to hook up with the noble son, the maid intrigues and climbs the male host's bed, and the cousin from a humble background does everything possible to tempt the wealthy cousin...... Things like that are commonplace, and they emerge endlessly.

They had never heard of a noble son asking to marry a poor woman, but the other party flatly refused. And. This noble son is also a young man who is impeccable in appearance, character, and knowledge!

"Xia Jin, you ......" Cen Ziman didn't know what to say.

Su Muxian is young and handsome, and he is of noble birth. There is a knighthood and a real position; And self-disciplined, I have been back in Beijing for so long. There are only a few male slaves in the family, and they never go out to drink flower wine with the children of those wealthy families; The only remaining mother is not in the capital, who marries him, as soon as he enters the door, he will be in charge, and he is the object of the ladies in Beijing. Even if she is the daughter of the waiter, the daughter of the general, if she is not engaged. When her cousin comes to ask for a marriage again, she will marry him with joy.

is such a person, treating each other as a wife, sincerely asking to marry, Xia Jin, the daughter of such a country boy, actually refused categorically, I really don't know if she is a fool or a nobleman, and she doesn't admire the powerful at all.

Xia Qi's mind was different.

Su Muxian, who I saw just now, is more handsome than Luo Qian, and his status is higher than Luo Qian. And he was also rescued by Xia Jin when he was sick or injured, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he married Xia Jin. What about the Luo family? Luo Qian is just the son of a five-grade official, but his family thinks that the Xia family is low. Xia Jin was only given to Luo Qian as a concubine.

Phew, compared to Su Muxian's Wu'an Hou, what is their Luo family?

Thinking about it like this, Xia Qi's impression of Su Muxian was very good.

Cen Yunzhou looked at Xia Jin, his mood was extremely complicated.

"It's getting late, let's go back." Xia Jin said to Cen Ziman.

"Okay." Cen Ziman smiled at Xia Jin and turned his head to say goodbye to Cen Yunzhou.

Out of the door of the study, Cen Ziman, who couldn't hide his words in his heart, couldn't help but ask Xia Jin: "My cousin is very good, why don't you want to marry him?" ”

"Didn't I say that? Qi Da is not even. Xia Jin smiled. I am the daughter of a small family in the countryside, and in the future, I can choose a husband's family with a simple population and a decent life. Someone like your cousin. It's not something I can afford. ”

Cen Ziman really believed this. In her opinion, Xia Jin's behavior is very good. But after all, her identity is humble, and if she really wants to marry Su Muxian as Mrs. Hou, her life will be very difficult - the noblewomen in the capital, in addition to giving birth to children and helping her husband manage the inner house, also have a very important role, that is, socializing. Weddings, funerals, birthdays, and all kinds of banquets must have at least seven or eight in a month. If you are not in this circle, it is difficult to mix. Those people are high-minded and extremely xenophobic, and if one is not good, Xia Jin will make jokes.

Xia Jin is a smart person, and it is precisely because he knows this that he will refuse his cousin's courtship.

Thinking about it like this, her mood calmed down. looked at Xia Jin's gaze with a little more admiration and affection: in the face of fame and fortune, how many people can be so sober-minded, calm and calm as Xia Jin?

"Isn't your brother going to stay in the country to study? Let him help you see a classmate with a good character. You're sixteen too, it's time to get engaged. Don't make an ordinary person in Linjiang, with your intelligence and ability, it is too much of a loss to make an ordinary person. She sincerely gave Xia Jin a proposal.

Xia Jin smiled: "This is okay." But I didn't care.

At the age of sixteen, when you are still a child, where do you need to get married in a hurry? Ancient women were treasures at home; If she is someone's daughter-in-law, she is just a piece of grass.

As for Cen Yunzhou, he was going to discuss it with his grandparents so that he could ask for marriage with Xia Jin. It can be seen that Su Muxian was rejected, and the reason for the refusal was Qi Dafei. Thinking about his status again, although he is slightly inferior to Su Muxian, he is not much worse. If he boldly ran to his grandmother and said that he wanted to marry Xia Jin, but Xia Jin himself was unwilling, wouldn't it be embarrassing for everyone to meet?

It's better to get along for a while, and then ask my sister to help find out the wind.

After making up his mind, he didn't go back to the backyard, but accompanied Xia Qi to play chess in the study.

The next day, Cen Ziman did not go out, but stayed at home with Xia Jin. The old lady Xuanping waited for breakfast and went out of the house to greet the queen mother. After coming back, he said to Xia Jin very happily: "The Queen Mother said that the queen mother of the next cup has grabbed it, let us stop detaining you." You can go wherever you want, as long as you don't leave the capital. ”

Before Xia Jin could do anything, Cen Ziman was happy first, stood up and clapped his hands and smiled: "Great, I can finally take you out hunting and going to a banquet." ”

"Thank you Queen Mother, thank you old lady." Xia Jin blessed the old lady Xuanping.

Old lady Xuanping waved her hand and smiled kindly: "Originally, for the sake of the palace, it was not good for you to show up. Now, you can finally meet my family. Tonight, I'll ask Sister Man and her mother to prepare some food and drink, and you two brothers and sisters will come to the main courtyard for dinner together. ”

"Yes." Xia Jin naturally won't refuse.

When it was time for dinner in the evening, Xia Jin really met the other members of the Cen family: Cen Ziman's parents, namely Cen Chang'an, the son of Xuanping Hou, and Xiao Shi, the wife of the prince, as well as her eldest brother Cen Yunting, sister-in-law Cao, four-year-old nephew and two-year-old niece; There is also a two-bedroom family of five.

Seeing these people, Xia Jin finally understood why Cen Ziman's personality was so hearty and coquettish: the second and third generations of the Cen family did not have children, nor did they see their aunts, which shows that the Cen family is upright. In such a simple and harmonious family, it is no wonder that a girl with a character like Cen Ziman was raised.

She was eating with Mrs. Xuanping Hou, Mrs. Xiao, grandmother Cao, and Cen Ziman, Cen Ziman's cousins Cen Ziyu and Cen Zijing on the other side of the screen.

Everyone else is good, polite with a little warmth, only the prince's wife, Xiao Shi, will look at her with scrutinizing eyes from time to time, which makes her feel strange in her heart.

"What kind of pastime does Miss Xia do at home on weekdays?" Xiao asked with a smile.

"Just read the book and be a female celebrity." Xia Jin said.

Cen Ziman didn't know that Xiao Shi was inspecting his second daughter-in-law, and said with a smile: "Mother, you don't know, Xia Jin may have done it, the last time I went to Linjiang, I spent more than 100 taels of silver to open a restaurant with Miss Xia." In just one year's work, I earned two or three thousand taels of silver. ”

"So much?" Xiao Shi was taken aback and glanced at Xia Jin.

"And that's not all." Cen Ziman continued proudly, "Two months ago, Miss Xia used the money she earned to buy the stinky pond in Linjiang, and used a very ingenious method to fill it up in the shortest time with the least amount of money, and asked the prefect to move the yamen and the academy over. After the rainy season, if you build a house there, you will have to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only the old lady Xuan Pinghou and the Xiao family and other female dependents, but also Xuan Pinghou and others on the other side of the screen listened to it.

"Xia Gongzi, what Sister Man just said is true? Did Miss Xia really level the stinky pond in Linjiang? Xuan Pinghou asked Xia Qi excitedly.

He is also a native of Linjiang and cares about his hometown on weekdays. He also often heard people complain about the stinky pond. Now that I heard that Xia Jin had solved this big problem, I was happy and a little unbelievable - so many people couldn't solve the problem, how could Xia Jin be solved by such a little girl in the boudoir?

"Exactly." Speaking of this, Xia Qi was also extremely proud, and told Xia Jin in detail about how to fill the lake.

Xuan Pinghou was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and then sighed: "Sister Ling's great wisdom!" ”

It is much better than those who have studied for many years, passed the exam, and became an official.

Xia Qi's words were also heard on the screen. Cen Ziman's two cousins are also lively. The thirteen-year-old lobby sister Cen Ziyu looked at Xia Jin with reverence and asked, "Sister Xia, how did you come up with such a way?" At that time, wasn't Linjiang City very lively? It's a pity, we don't know, otherwise we would have to go and see it, it must be fun. ”

Cao Shi thought in his heart: I thought that this Xia girl was just the daughter of a country boy, and the dowry must be shabby, and it would be good to have two or three hundred taels of silver to marry, but I didn't expect that she was capable and could make so much money. Although some will be kept at home, the dowry will certainly be very rich. (To be continued)

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