The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 259 Chain Plan [Continued]

Because of Yang's words, Siqi tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep.

The next day she found Xing's house with dark circles under her eyes, and when she entered, she saw Xing Xiuyan cooking in the courtyard, and hurriedly rolled up her arms and sleeves and stepped forward to replace Xing Xiuyan: "Girl, let me do it."

Xing Xiuyan shook her head slightly, and said to her: "I'm used to doing these things in the south, please trouble my sister to go to the house and get some bowls."

Si Qi agreed, turned around and went into the room, and found that although Xing Zhong and his wife had gotten up, they hadn't washed up, and they were sitting cross-legged on the kang with unkempt hair and unkempt faces, looking lifeless and sad.

This is really a crime!
Siqi sighed secretly, came out with a bowl in his hand, and asked in a low voice, "Miss, did you come up with any ideas yesterday?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled wryly and shook her head, took a bowl and filled the spoon with sweet potato porridge.

Siqi hesitated again and again, but still didn't say Yang's idea, but reminded: "Why don't you ask the eldest lady again? Since she is thinking about her mother's family, maybe there is another way."

Out of the idea of ​​being single-minded, she naturally wanted to marry into the Jiao family, but with a chivalrous heart, she didn't want to watch Xing Xiuyan become Jiao Shun's concubine.

Xing Xiuyan nodded slightly upon hearing the words: "That's all."

It's just that even though he said so, Xing Xiuyan didn't hold much hope in his heart.

My aunt had already taken a great risk yesterday, besides, her own private house had already been severely suppressed by the elder, and now she only has two pairs of head and face jewelry for appearance, and she had already given one set yesterday, anyway. Can't you sell the rest of the set to your natal family?
Besides, even if both sets were sold, it would still not be enough to fill the hole.

Because Siqi had already eaten when he came.

Xing Xiuyan told her parents not to answer, so she drank half a bowl of sweet potato porridge alone with side dishes, and then briefly explained, and hurried out of the house under the expectant eyes of her parents.

Speechless all the way.

When they arrived at the back house of Dongkua Courtyard, before anyone could report it, Mrs. Xing hastily greeted her, grabbed Xing Xiuyan's bright wrist, and said eagerly: "How? The matter can be done?!"

The anxious expression on his face was not a performance, but worried that his brother would really sell his set of jewelry as stolen goods.

Xing Xiuyan's black eyebrows drooped, and she hesitated to speak.

Only then did Xing realize that this place is not the place to talk, so she hurriedly welcomed her into the main room, and after turning away from the screen, she dragged her to ask what was going on.

After learning that the set of jewelry had not been sold, Xing quietly breathed a sigh of relief, while trying to suppress her joy, she covered half of her face with a veil and said, "What should I do? For the unscrupulous price, I will count all my belongings, I am afraid that I will not be able to plug this hole!"

"aunt."

Xing Xiuyan half ashamed and half hopeful asked: "Can you, can you think of a way to let this thing pass the clear road, and then..."

"No, no!"

Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Xing immediately shook her head like a rattle: "Because I owed usury earlier, the master urged me to sell the last jewelry for emergency. I was worried about hurting my face, so I finally stopped it. Now it's for my mother's family..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Xing shook her head again and again: "It won't work, it won't work! If the master finds out, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive!"

When Xing Xiuyan heard the words, most of her energy and energy were lost, her eyebrows and eyes were lowered, and the teardrops only rolled back and forth in her sockets.

Xing said half relieved and half exhorted: "Don't worry, let me think of other ways—you stay at home to guard your father these two days, and don't let him get into trouble."

Speaking of this, he sighed pretentiously: "It's a pity that Jiao Shun's official promotion is too fast, and he has already looked down on our family. Otherwise, if you can marry into his family, these things will be nothing." what?"

Xing Xiuyan could only feel dejected.

Seeing that Xing Shi was sleepy and speechless, she also got up and said goodbye.

As soon as he went out, Siqi rushed to greet him, and asked expectantly: "How is it, what did the eldest lady say this time?"

Xing Xiuyan just shook his head, then bowed his head sadly forward.

Siqi was stunned for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and chased after him, hesitatingly said: "Girl, yesterday, yesterday, someone gave a bad idea..."

Xing Xiuyan's footsteps slowed down, and she pricked up her ears to hear what the idea was, but she didn't want to play chess, but she didn't continue.

Turning around and seeing her tangled face, I knew that there was probably a big problem with this idea, but at this point, no matter how unreliable the method is, it is better than nothing.

So Xing Xiuyan stopped in her tracks, and said solemnly to Siqi: "No matter what the idea is, my sister can just talk about it and listen to it. Whether it is necessary or not is up to me, and the consequences are all on me."

"girl."

When Siqi saw that she was still so responsible, and when he thought about the cowardly character of his former master Yingchun, he felt mixed feelings for no reason.

After calming down, she said: "The man first said, since the girl is now old, with your appearance and figure, and your back against the big tree of Rongguo Mansion, if you are willing to find a merchant to marry, you will naturally have no worries. Pay the debt with silver."

Xing Xiuyan suddenly understood.

Then he remembered Jia She's words, didn't this cruel uncle just want to sell himself as a merchant's wife?

I don't want to wait for him to make a move, I will be forced to walk on this crooked road.

She has a clear mind, so she naturally knows that at this time, when she is talking about marriage with others, she is sitting on the ground to recruit relatives, and she is blindly asking for money from the man.

however……

For the sake of her biological parents, why would she cherish this body?
Just as she was thinking of decisiveness, she heard Si Qi say: "I refuted her words, but she said, and said..."

"What else?"

Xing Xiuyan didn't expect that there was another way out, and couldn't help asking eagerly: "What else did she say?"

"she says……"

Siqi subconsciously avoided Xing Xiuyan's gaze, and murmured: "She said that if a girl is worried about blind marriages and dumb marriages, she might as well go and make a fool of Mrs. Jiao, and use her body to pay off the debt."

The more she spoke, the lower her voice fell in Xing Xiuyan's ears, but it sounded like a thunderclap.

Before going north to the capital, because her aunt had mentioned in a letter, she once regarded Jiao Shun as her future support.

But after arriving in Beijing, she quickly recognized the reality, and never thought that she would have anything to do with Jiao Shun.

Who would have thought that something was wrong now...

It stands to reason that there is a difference between wives and concubines, but any ambitious woman would never be willing to be concubine for others.

However, being forced to sit down and recruit relatives, saying that it is a marriage, is actually no different from prostitution.

Moreover, most of the people attracted are followers of influence, and their appearance, age and temperament are also difficult to determine. If you meet an octogenarian, or someone like Jia She...

Thinking of this, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help shivering.

In contrast, if you entrust yourself to the Jiao family, even though you are serving as a concubine, Jiao Shun is still a young talent with a bright future.

What's more, he has not married a wife yet, if he can give birth to the eldest son after entering the door, the situation may not be sent there.

After some consideration, Xing Xiuyan unconsciously favored the latter.

However, such matters cannot be decided immediately, let alone a daughter's family.

At the moment, he calmed down and led Siqi back home in a hurry.

As a result, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he was surrounded by parents who were wandering around.

Facing the hopeful eyes of her parents, Xing Xiuyan sighed helplessly: "My aunt never thought of a way, but I came up with an idea on the way."

"What idea?!"

Xing Zhong, who made a fuss about one sentence, was ups and downs, and hurriedly asked: "Say it quickly!"

After Xing Xiuyan repeated Siqi's words, Xing Zhong and his wife looked at each other, but they were speechless for a while.

If it weren't for the urgency, they wouldn't want to choose either of these two options!
Whether she married as a merchant's wife or became a concubine for Jiao Shun, she was undoubtedly paying off her daughter's happiness for the rest of her life.

After a long silence.

Xing's wife took the initiative to pull her husband into the house, and asked under her breath, "What do you think, the head of the house?"

"Up to now, I don't care much about it."

Xing Zhong sighed and said thoughtfully: "Although time is tight, as long as we work hard, we may not be unable to find a suitable family."

Having said that, he obviously didn't have much confidence.

However, it is obvious that he prefers to marry his daughter to a merchant. After all, he is still a regular wife after all, so it is not too embarrassing to talk about it.

"In such a hurry, where can I find the right one?"

However, Mrs. Xing didn't see it that way, and immediately pointed out the flaws in her husband's words: "Besides, there is really someone who is worthy of Xiuyan in age and appearance, and is willing to pay so much money. He can't find one in that place." A good marriage? This just happened to choose our family, and I don’t know what they are planning behind their backs!”

Xing Zhong glared, and said angrily: "Then according to your intention, is it really necessary to let Xiuyan go to be Jiao Shun's concubine?!"

Then he gritted his teeth and said: "My younger sister is the wife of the Rongguo Mansion, but my daughter is a concubine for a boy who was born as a slave. If you tell me, where do you want my face to be?! How can our family hang out in the capital in the future? !"

The more he spoke, the more annoyed he became, but he forgot to hold his voice down.

When Xing Xiuyan heard it outside, she couldn't help feeling miserable, and she devoted herself to making up for her father, but who knew that her father cared most about face.

"What are you shouting about?"

In the room, Mrs. Xing hurriedly signaled her husband to stop talking, and asked coldly, "Master only cares about face, but he doesn't want to think about how it will end afterward?"

"How did it end?"

"The other party is anxious to get married to our family, and most of them are here for the Rongguo Mansion. After we get married, they will naturally pay back their money—but how can your brother-in-law be easy to get along with? I'm afraid he doesn't plan on us. God bless!"

"When the time comes, not only will the in-laws not get any benefits, but they will also suffer some hardships if they don't keep them together. At that time, they will have to vent their anger on Xiu cigarettes. Don't you have the heart to see your daughter end up like this?"

Listening to his wife's analysis, Xing Zhong also felt that if his daughter really wanted to recruit relatives, it would probably end in tragedy.

But he was really unwilling to let his daughter be a concubine for others—especially for Jiao Shun.

The more he thought about it, the more upset he became, Xing Zhong simply got up and pulled out the curtain, and asked his daughter directly what he wanted: "Girl, you've always had a good idea, what do you think about this matter?"

Siqi nervously tugged at the corner of Xing Xiuyan's clothes, signaling to her to think it over before talking.

However, Xing Xiuyan hesitated for a moment, but still didn't want to embarrass his father, so he said obediently: "My daughter makes it up, you and mother are the ones to decide."

Xing Zhong's face turned bitter, looking at his wife beside him, he was still undecided.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and said simply: "Come on, let's ask your aunt and see what she says, then we will do what we want!"

Although he is the head of the family, he is the least assertive in the family. Now he doesn't want to listen to his wife, and he can't get an answer from his daughter, so he simply handed over the decision-making power to his younger sister.

But hearing what he said, Xing Xiuyan's mother and daughter felt a little sad.

Xing Zhong cares about his own face, so doesn't the Xing family care?
And after all, there is a layer of separation, I'm afraid it will be more...

…………

"We must not marry her to someone with ulterior motives!"

The result was far beyond the mother and daughter's expectation. As soon as Xing Zhong explained the matter clearly, Xing said without hesitation: "Face is important, but my brother only has this one daughter under his knees. Who should I show face to?!"

Not to mention mother and daughter, even Xing Zhong didn't expect his younger sister to say that - when he proposed to let his younger sister make up his mind, he actually believed that the Xing family would care about face.

Seeing that the three members of his elder brother's family were all stunned on the spot, Xing smiled secretly, but sighed: "It's also because you came late, and you didn't see how that surnamed Sun blocked the door and scolded the street."

He said that Sun Shaozu came to the door on his own initiative, helped the maidservant with the funeral, and spent a lot of money to ask Jia Amnesty to speak, but in the end he was framed by Jia Amnesty.

In the end, he concluded: "The master was greedy for the benefits of Sun Shaozu, not only refused to help him, but wanted to relegate him to Yunnan, and because of his surname Sun's fierceness, he blocked the door and made a fuss, otherwise he would only suffer from being dumb." gone."

"Once the trouble comes to this level, if Xiuyan's in-law's family is violent, I'm afraid our family will lose face even more; if his family is cowardly, naturally they can only vent their anger on Xiuyan's butts-ninety percent out of ten. Nine want bad things, if brother only cares about the present, I'm afraid he will lose face in the future!"

After hearing these words, Xing Zhong couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

He thought he had seen through Jia Amnesty's face, but he never thought that this kind master had no bottom line at all, and could even do such things as repaying kindness and revenge.

I really want my daughter to be Jiao Shun's concubine...

Xing Zhong hesitated and said: "We will carefully screen and screen, and there may not be no good people."

Mrs. Xing was annoyed when she saw that he was still unwilling to submit obediently, and said with a sneer, "Brother only said that there is a difference between wives and concubines, but he didn't know that the same is true of minorities. The concubines of powerful people's families are better than the concubines of merchants' families." A lady should be more honorable!"

"Let's talk about our family. Although Aunt Zhao's elder brother is incompetent, who doesn't respect him as an uncle outside? Don't say he is an ordinary businessman, even the sixth-rank magistrate will give him three points!"

"You have witnessed Jiao Shun's method of earning money with your own eyes. You have repeatedly made meritorious service in the Ministry of Industry and won the holy family. There may not be many people in the capital who are promoted faster than him! In another ten years, if you, a businessman, don't have someone else Background, if you want to see his concubine, I'm afraid you have to go through a series of codes!"

Speaking of this, Xing simply made a final decision: "The matter is settled like this. I will ask Jiao Shun to negotiate with you. You just need to stay at home and wait at ease!"

Hearing her determination, Xing Zhong opened his mouth with a bitter face, but he still didn't dare to refute.

(End of this chapter)