In fact, it can't be said that the second old man looks bad, when the old marquis Zhong Lichang was selected by the ancestors of the Hou Mansion to be the heir, his appearance is definitely above most people, at least his appearance is more upright and pleasing to the eyes than ordinary people, and he is imposing. The second master's appearance is the same as that of the son, originally followed Zhong Lichang's good looks, but the second master's figure has become more and more horizontal over the years, especially when he has a prince who is similar in appearance but has a good figure, which is more rounded.

"Okay, I'll mess with my daughter as soon as I come back, hurry up and go in and change my clothes. Xiao Shen said, complaining: "Why did you come back so late, it's okay to be a day early, you are not here at the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people outside asked what was going on, and asked me how to tell others." ”

"Yes, yes, it's my fault, I didn't think that this year's tide was high, and the boat was slow, and it was a day late. The second master also smiled at Mimi's response, he had just come back from outside.

The second old man spent most of his time doing business outside, and he didn't dare to have a family banquet in the Mid-Autumn Festival before, he just arrived at the Hou Mansion this morning, he was a concubine, and there was no one waiting to welcome him, so he quietly brought less luggage this time, and then hurriedly left to arrange other things.

Since she was going to change her clothes, of course, it was not good for her daughter to be there, so she coaxed the third lady and said, "Sister Zhao, go back to the room first, I brought you sisters a lot of gifts, and after the outer courtyard is sorted out and sent after, you can pick them up again." ”

When the third lady heard the words "sisters", she pouted and left with the girl. Left the second master and Xiao Shen to talk in the room.

"This year's business in Suzhou, I heard that it is not as good as in previous years. "Xiao Shen's family served the second master to change his clothes, and he didn't play any old husband and wife reunion after a long absence, think about the 10 concubines in the second master's backyard, and know that people are not uncommon in this set, and they will talk about business directly.

"It's fine. The second old man said: "This year, the saint opened the sea ban, Shandong, Zhoushan, and there are ports over there, and there are more berth products all of a sudden, and many people give the sea ships to participate in the shares, but you know that this thing is too risky, and the ships that come back are three or four out of ten, and they lose a lot and earn less, and our family guards a few shops, although the overall business is not as good as in previous years, but it is not a loss." ”

Shen listened and hurriedly said: "That's good, it's better to be stable than anything, this kind of thing is going to sea, when you come back, you will naturally have a lot of profits, but if you can't come back, you will be empty, the old man is in charge of the house's chores, the family's food and clothing are all on you, and there are many people in the house, there are ...... over there" Shen quietly pointed to the east, which is the residence of the prince's family, and said: "The shelf is too much, and there are many tricks, a small banquet in three days, a big banquet in five days, even if the child has no appearance, he is also a master who can spend money." ”

"What's the matter? I've been gone for more than half a month, what's going on?" The second old man asked with a smile: "My eldest brother I know, he is a stupid person who reads and reads, that one has a big temper, can't he hide if he can't be provoked, and there is nothing to do if he is far away." It's all a family. ”

Xiao Shen shook his hand with a heavy face and said: "You are a family, but I don't know if you are a family." ”

"Oh, what's going on?" the second master asked.

Xiao Shen got this opportunity and told everything about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet yesterday, and there was no need to add oil and vinegar, which was originally a shameful thing. This is also where Xiao Shen's heart resents, how big do you say about the little girl's family, it will become a big deal in front of the family, if Zhong Xiaoxin was convicted by the old lady yesterday, not to mention anything else, she can't run away with a lack of discipline, even if it is not done in the end, the big house and the second room are not harmonious.

"There's such a thing. The second master listened to the cause and effect, and he was also a little surprised, "I don't have much contact on weekdays, why did it become like this?" "How much more do you need to come and go?" Xiao Shen snorted indifferently.

The thing is just a compliment from the young master of the Bai family, I'm afraid it's an unintentional remark, but the two rooms have been making trouble for several days for this sentence, and the second lady is too small-minded. Xiao Shen's heart looked down on the Bai family, the wife of the prince, and only felt that this matter, whether it was Young Master Bai or the second miss, was the fault of the Bai family, but she was pulled into it in a good way, so there was such a saying as "beauty misleading", but in fact, I didn't think it was Zhong Xiaoxin's fault.

When the second master heard this, he always felt as if he meant something, and a round face was also red with shame, and he flattered and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, look at what I brought you." As he spoke, he pulled out a bracelet from his bosom, but it was not a jade bracelet or a bracelet with beads as is common in the day, but a gold bracelet, which was covered with various colored gems the size of fingernails.

Xiao Shen couldn't take his eyes off it all of a sudden, took it in his hand with a smile on his face, and complained again: "Why do you buy such an expensive thing." ”

"It's a gem from outside, it's not as valuable as jade, but it's also very good-looking, I heard that after the sea ban was opened, we sold more silk tea here, and there were more of these gems, and the price would not be too expensive, but now it's rare in Beijing, those century-old brands are in control, and some things come in and have no place to sell, and there will be about one after a while. ”

"Then you shouldn't spend money on it, does the old lady have it?" asked Xiao Shen. She is the niece of the old Shen family, and she has been quite favored over the years, and she refuses to cross Mrs. Hou in her dress.

"Yes, the front yard should be tidied up, I'll go and see, my mother should get up for a nap, I won't go over and talk to someone. The second master said, and the husband and wife said a few more words and left.

Xiao Shen sent him out and turned back into the house, his smiling face immediately sank, staring at the bracelet and sneering again and again. Mrs. Shen, who came to serve her, saw it and hurriedly said, "The bracelet given by the second master is really valuable, it can be seen that I am thinking about my wife." ”

Xiao Shen said with words between his teeth: "He is thinking about me, he is thinking about how to appease me." Xiao Shen put a gemstone bracelet in his hand, the weight was really not light, if it wasn't really expensive and good-looking, she was reluctant, and it was estimated that she would have thrown it on the bed a long time ago. "Look at the yard in his backyard, I thought he had settled down in the past few years, this time he didn't go to the south, so where did he go? I went for so long, I didn't even want to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, I don't know what kind of fox he got outside, after so many years of husband and wife, I still don't know him?

"......" Mrs. Shen thought about her aunt's temperament, and she didn't have anything to say, because her young lady's life was not good.