Marrying into a poor family

Before Li Dongliang left, someone from the Li family came. He was the housekeeper beside Mr. Li. He was quite old and had a somewhat arrogant attitude. He completely ignored the servants of the Xiao family.

When Li Dongliang saw him coming, he knew something was wrong and shouted: "Robert, why are you here? Don't fall in this snowy weather."

Robert glanced at Li Siniang first, and then told Li Dongliang that the master called him back.

Li Dongliang was not very willing, and he finally managed to block Li Siniang.

His reluctance fell into Rob's eyes, but Rob turned his gaze to Li Siniang and thought to himself: This girl is getting more and more beautiful, but her beauty alone shouldn't make the uncle swoon. Is it upside down?

She thought so, but her face was extremely warm, and she said to Li Siniang gently with the look of an elder looking at a junior: "Siniang, you should go to Li's house when you have time, and see your parents. Also, Your brother has just had a baby, and you don’t even want to go back and walk around. Is it possible that you are really separated from the Li family, your parents, and your brothers?”

Lu Jiu walked out of the room at this time, wrapped very tightly because of the cold, and holding a hand warmer in his arms. Anyone who got closer could smell a fragrance like plum blossoms.

"You're such a rude old man. You came to our door early in the morning and said some random things, but you thought there was no one in our house?" Lu Jiu was born well, and he has never been very serious, and his speech has a slight pronunciation, so even if he said In this case, it also sounds like a joke.

When the Li family was at its most glorious, there was also a title, although there was no such thing in Li Dongliang's father's generation.

But the Li family's arrogance has not diminished, and they still look down on this outside merchant; even though the Li family is very short of money now.

Li Dongliang also spent money when he became the county magistrate. Later he was arrested and spent a lot of money to find someone to get him back. When the man came back, he brought a woman back but lost his son. , the old man and the old lady of the Li family were very angry.

After being angry, I still had to think of ways to find another job for Li Dongliang, but money was needed everywhere, so Li Dongliang came to pester Li Siniang, and the Li family turned a blind eye. Who knew that Li Siniang could mobilize a large sum of money? Where is the silver that people are jealous of?

There was a lot of commotion and it was already dawn.

Several carriages drove slowly in the distance, and some people followed them.

Everyone's attention was attracted, and soon, the keen-eyed servants of the Xiao family shouted: "There is someone at home, and they are from our family!"

After saying that, he quickly ran over to greet him.

In addition to the driver, there was also Uncle Qi in the leading carriage.

Seeing Uncle Qi, the servant felt happy and scared. He stood aside and saluted. Then he looked at the carriage curiously and asked, "Uncle Qi, are the wife and the young master here?"

At this time, Li Siniang and Lu Jiu also hurried over.

I heard Uncle Qi laugh and say: "You old lady and young master are here, it will take some time for your wife to come up. This year we are here to celebrate the New Year, so you don't have to go back."

With tears in her eyes, Li Siniang asked in a low voice: "He, is he here?"

Uncle Qi glanced at the three people standing at the door and asked, "Is that Bao'er's biological father?"

Seeing Li Siniang nodding, Uncle Qi said: "Bao'er is here, but he's asleep. Let's go directly into the yard so we won't disturb the child."

"Yeah, okay, don't come down, don't freeze, and don't let that scum see him." Li Siniang rarely loses her composure like this. Thinking of her son whom she hasn't seen for a long time, Li Siniang is even more excited.

The master of the Xiao family came, and Li Dongliang was shocked by the news. He didn't get his people, and he didn't even have any money. Instead, he spent a lot of money on giving gifts to Li Siniang. Li Siniang accepted all the gifts, but she didn't let Li Dongliang take advantage of them at all, which made Li Dongliang so angry that he became even more angry. It is unwilling to give in.

The Xiao family entered the door happily and closed the door tightly, leaving only the three people outside.

Li Siniang was excited while holding her son, but she was also a little surprised. Why were they not informed before coming? Su only said that it was a temporary decision and did not alert anyone here, so as not to worry everyone.

Lu Jiu said that he was going to the Imperial College to tell Xiao Chenyu, but Su stopped him and said that he should not worry about it because he had no intention of studying anymore.

Uncle Qi settled the people and set off back to Qijiang County the next day. Lu Jiu also packed his luggage and followed him, saying that he had something to do when he returned.

Eunuch Zhao from Dancheng finally came to Qijiang County from other places. This was the last stop of his trip, and then he would return to the capital to resume his life.

Zhang Shaohua, the eldest son of the Zhang family, personally accompanied Eunuch Zhao to Qijiang County and lived in the backyard of the county government office.

On the first day of the reception banquet, only those from Qijiang County who had official positions or had some famous squires and noble families were held.

The next day, a meeting with merchants was arranged, and the topic was naturally about the Queen Mother's birthday requests for spices and other items.

Those who did not run a spice shop were not yet relieved when they heard Zhang Shaohua say from the side: "If you don't have spices, you don't have to worry about not being able to fulfill your filial piety to the Queen Mother. What I mean is that we can jointly create a decent birthday gift. Please Eunuch Zhao take it back and donate it to the Queen Mother, so that everyone can be blessed, and if you don’t guarantee it, one day you will be rich and wealthy?"

Everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out. The future blessings are illusory, but it is true that his subordinates are asking for a large sum of money now.

Eunuch Zhao asked Zhang Shaohua next to him in a low voice: "That daughter-in-law of the Qin family is not here?"

Zhang Shaohua lowered his voice and said, "I said that I was keeping filial piety for my father at home, so it was not convenient to see anyone, so I only sent a steward over. Here, he is the person sitting in the last corner."

A handsome and elegant man was sitting in the corner, and you wouldn't even notice his presence unless you looked carefully.

The servant next to Zhang Shaohua immediately stepped forward and added: "This person's surname is Huang Mingxiu. He was once a boy. Later, for some reason, he sold himself to Qin's Xiangfang as an apprentice. Now he is Mrs. Xiao's second apprentice, and he is also the current apprentice." The chief steward of Qin’s Fragrance House.”

From time to time, he turned his head to talk to another young man. The young man's eyes were lively and he nodded his head and listened carefully.

Zhang Shaohua looked at the young man and frowned. Why did this young man feel so familiar? Have you seen him somewhere?

But the people he had met were all sons of wealthy families or bosses of various shops, and they were definitely not unknown figures.

"Who is the young man next to him?" Zhang Shaohua had doubts in his heart and wanted to find out. He was not a person who liked to be muddle-headed and turn big things into trivial matters.

"That person, I don't know about this yet, please let me go and check it out."

Eunuch Zhao meaningfully moved his gaze away from the young man Qingjun's face, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Then he looked at Zhang Shaohua and teased with a half-smile: "Master Zhang still has this hobby? Hahaha!"

Zhang Shaohua was stunned for a moment, then understood what Eunuch Zhao meant, and hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile: "Eunuch Zhao was joking, I just saw that he looks familiar, but I probably haven't met him before."

"I've always heard that Mr. Zhang has an extraordinary memory and will never forget people or things he has seen once. Why, I don't know if I have seen this beautiful young man before?"