Xie Xiuwen was reluctant to take a concubine, not just because he was bent on fame and had no intention of beauty.

The most important thing is that Xie Xiuwen knows what kind of person his mother is, she was once also an official eunuch, and she has lived a few years of prosperity after getting married, and this inner house method is not weak at all.

Although Xie Xiuwen had not seen it in person, he had heard of it.

Xie Xiuwen still remembers that when he was a child, his father also had several concubines.

But none of those concubines could give birth to a son for their father, and later, they were all sold because of the ruin of the family.

Every time he remembered the smile on his mother's face, he shuddered.

He remembered too clearly that when his mother sold those concubines, the smug look on her face was about to drown her out.

How many concubines have been raised, it seems that it has cost a lot of money, but in fact?

In addition to the usual food and drink, when those concubines were sold, they couldn't take away their extra clothes, not to mention some other jewelry?

In the words of the old lady, the concubine who has been raised for a few years is just a few pets to amuse the master.

Now that the family is not in a good situation, selling a few pets can also relieve the tension of the family's money, in the final analysis, it is all made by her, the housemother.

When Grandpa Xie pampered a few concubines, he also bought a lot of jewelry and clothes, but in the end, these things fell into the hands of Grandma Xie.

When a few concubines entered the door, they didn't spend much silver, but they sold it, but they made another profit, no matter how you look at it, it's a good deal!

When Liu Ruolan entered the door, the Xie family was already much worse than before, so she naturally didn't know about these old things.

At that time, Xie Xiuwen was just a young child who had just begun to enlighten, and he can remember it to this day, which shows that the old lady left multiple shadows in his heart at that time.

Perhaps since that time, the image of women has been more vicious in his heart.

But the playmates you met when you were young were naturally different.

And he has known Liu Ruolan for many years, it can be said that he knows a lot, if it weren't for this, he would not be willing to marry her as his wife, if he changed to another girl, it is estimated that there would be no such loving couple.

Xie Xiuwen himself knows that it is difficult for him to be willing to give sincerity to women.

Liu Ruolan is one of the few women.

Xie Xiuwen's temperament is actually on the cold side, otherwise he would not have been friends with most of his classmates after studying for many years, and he never felt that he had to have more people than he could do with the people around him.

As for the so-called prosperity of Zi Hui, he has never taken it seriously.

Look at what has become of his grandfather's brothers?

Looking at the indifferent relationship between his father and several uncles now, he is about to stop moving around even during the New Year's Festival, how can he talk about closeness?

Liu Ruolan was still a little uneasy in her heart, she felt that her husband didn't lie to her, but at the same time she was a little scared, what if her husband was just comforting her?

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, several nephews of Grandpa Xie came over and walked around, and they all brought New Year's gifts, which looked very rich.

In addition to meat and wine, there were also a few thick cotton cloths, and even a pot of oil and a bag of white rice, and even candy for several juniors.

Grandpa Xie saw that several nephews were generous, but he was extremely uncomfortable.

As far as they are generous, this shows that their family is down?

Xie Xiuwen was not at home, so he went to the county to help Boss Liu sort out some documents together, and when he was empty, he thought about going to other rooms to go around, so that he could have some understanding.

It's one thing to learn in books, it's another thing to actually put it into practice.

After the beginning of spring, several classmates who went on a study tour together had experience in the government office, but he was the only one who was relatively unfamiliar with it, so he would be anxious to find his uncle for help when he came back this time.

Fortunately, the county master is also easy to talk to, mainly because he knows that he is Wang Hanlin's junior brother, so he naturally does not dare to slack him.

After returning home in the evening, Xie Xiuwen also learned about several cousins coming to give gifts.

Grandpa Xie's face was not good, and after the meal, he called his three sons to the study to talk.

"You can also go to the uncles' houses tomorrow, you have also seen the New Year's gifts they gave, and we can't give less. Third child, I remember you still have a few furs there, so let's just bring them with you. ”

Xie Laosan was a little unhappy, and snorted: "How can there be more, there are only two rabbit furs left, and I want to make a hand cover for my mother-in-law." ”

Grandpa Xie frowned, but he also knew that it was obtained by the third child himself, and he forcibly asked for it, which was really unreasonable.

Xie Xiuwen proposed: "Father, let's go to the county and buy some." Some dry goods at home can be brought, such as dried bamboo shoots and fungus, after all, they live in the county, and this thing is not easy to obtain. We can't finish it ourselves, so let's just do it personally. In addition, I will go to the village chief's uncle to see if the chickens and ducks collected tomorrow can be evenly, and we can also give them out that year. ”

This is good!

Grandpa Xie's eyes lit up when he heard this, he had to be the second one who could do it.

Xie Xiuran held his hands on the side and kept silent, anyway, as long as he didn't let him give out the money, it would be all right.

"But, then you go and take a look, let the third child go with you, you can rest assured in terms of money, and you won't suffer losses."

Xie Xiuwen smiled and did not refuse.

It is not expensive to collect these things from the villagers, but they are much cheaper than those sold in the county, even if it is the cashier's money, their family has taken it up, and if they buy one or two alone, the price can be higher.

In addition to these, Grandpa Xie felt that he still had to buy some more dim sum, mainly to see how good they looked.

The next day, the three brothers borrowed an ox cart and went to the county together.

Grandpa Xie is three, there are two brothers above, and there is a younger brother below, and all the things are naturally prepared in three copies.

Xie Xiuwen knew the attitude of these uncles, except for Uncle Xie, most of the other elders did not want to see them.

It's just that Grandpa Xie was too loser back then, and later borrowed a lot of money from them, and they were worried that they would have to help the third room again if they had more contacts, so they became less and less close.

The last to go to Uncle Xie Zheng's house.

Xie Zheng is the youngest, and now he is nearly fifty years old, and when he saw Xie Xiuwen, he couldn't hide the light in his eyes.

"Sit down, Xiuwen went to study at Mingshan Academy? How? Can you be sure of the township test next year? ”

"Thank you, uncle, it's okay now."

Before the matter came to a conclusion, Xie Xiuwen didn't dare to say that he was 100% sure, so his attitude was still relatively modest.

"Study hard, it's up to you whether our team can regain its glory."

Xie Xiuwen hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

"I heard that Hello Bao was frightened before, and I always wanted to go and see it, but I really can't leave the house, but now it's okay?"

"Thank you Uncle for your concern, it's all right."

Xie Xiuran turned his head with a disdainful expression, he really had to have a heart, why didn't he have time for so long?

Isn't it just looking down on their family, saying that some of these things are not doing anything!

(End of chapter)