Marrying into a poor family

The Xiao family's happy event has passed, and the family has begun to prepare for the twelfth lunar month festival and New Year.

Because Xiao Chenyu was studying in the Imperial College, he had to prepare some gifts.

Su Shi went to Qin Xiang again to discuss: "Over there with the Qin family, should we go and send the holiday gifts?"

Ms. Su, who lived happily after her marriage, had a rosy face and was always smiling.

She now has no feelings for Mrs. Qin Si and the Qin family at all. She is neither hateful nor jealous. Instead, she is very concerned about the reputations of Qin Xiang and Xiao Chenyu.

Seeing her mother like this, Qin Xiang was also very happy. She thought about it and said, "When the Qin family sends gifts, we will return the gifts accordingly. If there is no movement from the Qin family, we don't need to worry about it."

Su Shi sighed: "You always have to save face."

"Let's talk about it later!" Qin Xiang was a little unsure about what Qin Yaozu wanted to do? After all, she didn't know anything about this person.

There is also Mrs. Qin Si. Qin Xiang is not sure how to treat her.

When she was first reborn, she was full of hatred. If Mrs. Qinsi had been in front of her at that time, she might have stabbed Mrs. Qinsi to death. But now, after having a happy home, she began to be timid.

Maybe because he has become kinder, his hatred for Mrs. Qin Si has also dissipated a lot. After all, hating people is also very tiring.

Speaking carefully, Mrs. Qin Si is also a poor woman. If she had not met such a husband, she would have lived a virtuous and loving life.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Lu Jiu finally sent the tribute.

Qin Xiang didn't bother much. After all, the tribute sent was 20% less than what Eunuch Zhao originally asked for, and the 20% was enough for Qin Xiang and Lu Jiu to make a fortune.

Qin Xian and Lu Jiu's incense shop had been decorated a long time ago, but the door was always closed.

The people next to him went from being curious and talking to gradually turning a blind eye.

However, recently people started coming in and out of the incense shop, and later they started carrying goods in.

People on the whole street were once again curious and wanted to come and take a look from time to time.

Especially the owner of the old incense shop diagonally opposite. He sits opposite with a stool and looks at it every day. He already knows that there is also an incense shop opposite.

This incense shop is called Lu's Incense Shop, and the current owner is Lu Xiangyin, a young man in his twenties.

This shop was opened by Lu Xiangyin's grandfather. Back then, Grandpa Lu came from other places, carrying a basket of spices and a sum of money hidden in his body. He chose this remote street to open this shop and started the Lu family's business. Make a fortune.

Lu's Xiang Shop has been able to continue operating for so many years because of its regular customers.

When Lu Xiangyin was born, his family already had several shops. Lu Xiangyin's eldest brother accidentally fell into the water when he was a child. Lu Xiangyin can also be regarded as a child who grew up with a lot of favors.

But when he was twelve years old, his father became addicted to gambling and destroyed several shops in the family.

Grandpa, who was already seriously ill, went to the underworld to report in anger.

The Lu family began to go downhill.

Lu Xiangyin struggled to grow up to the age of eighteen, and the only thing left in the family was the incense shop that was still in ruins.

Lu Xiangyin's mother was angry and anxious, and finally became cruel. In order to leave her last bit of assets to her son, she poisoned Lu Xiangyin's father. Of course, she went along with him.

Lu Xiangyin saved the incense shop, but unfortunately, he only had the incense shop.

But his grandfather never taught him how to run a shop, and his father was even less likely to teach him.

Nowadays, the business of the incense shop can barely maintain a household registration, and there are some old customers who miss the old friendship and are willing to help Old Man Lu's only grandson. Lu Xiangyin stared at the shops opposite every day and wondered: This street is so remote, but there are two such big shops opposite, how can there be business?

If you have money, you shouldn't squander it so casually, right?

Is it possible that this person from out of town has money but no brains?

Even the street next to it is much busier. Although the shops there are a little more expensive, they have a lot of traffic after all.

For some unknown reason, he felt uncomfortable if he didn't stare at the shop opposite for a while every day.

The Chinese New Year is coming, and the business of Lu's Incense Shop is getting better. There is only one waiter in the shop now, so Lu Xiangyin had to get up and go in to help.

But his mind was not on his own business, but on the shop opposite.

For example, it was extremely lively across the street today. As more people came and went, two more doors opened.

Just as Lu Xiangyin was seeing an old customer out, he saw two carriages slowly stopping at the door of the incense shop opposite.

Lu Xiangyin stood under the eaves with his guests and watched the excitement.

The two of them discussed in low voices, and both agreed that the shop opposite would close down soon.

A well-dressed maid got out of the carriage in front first. After getting off the carriage, she turned around and helped the woman who came out of it.

The woman was wearing a dark green cloak and a cloak hat on her head. Her appearance could not be clearly seen, but Lu Xiangyin concluded that she must be a good-looking beauty.

The beauty got off the carriage, accompanied by the maid, and raised her head to look at the exterior of the shop.

A man also emerged from the carriage behind.

The man didn't need help. He jumped down from the carriage, wrapped his cloak tighter, and walked towards the woman who was looking at the shop. I don't know what he said. The woman nodded and walked towards the shop. Walking away, at this time, everyone in the shop came out and stood at the door, apparently to greet them.

It took Lu Xiangyin a long time to come back to his senses. Although he had not seen the woman's face clearly, the man's face was clear. Such a handsome man had an indescribable sense of wantonness and freedom in him.

But the way he looked at the woman inadvertently reminded Lu Xiangyin across the street of a word: gentle and affectionate.

Naturally, others would not expect this, because even Lu Xiangyin, a well-read storyteller, only thought that he had seen it wrong.

The two of them didn't stay inside for long before they came out, and another group of people came out surrounding them.

It happened that Lu Xiangyin was wrapping spices for a guest and could not see the woman's face.

Therefore, Lu Xiangyin was annoyed for a while, because the waiter said in a surprised tone: "That woman is one of the owners of the incense shop opposite. I only took a look at it, she is really beautiful. She just looks a little cold, maybe not Very easy to get along with.”

All beauties have a temper, and this Lu Xiangyin has the most say; because his concubine has a very temper, and if she is offended, she will torture herself to death in bed.

Qin Xiang and Lu Jiu visited the shop today and saw nothing wrong with it, so they decided to open the shop.

Lu Jiu waited for Zhang to leave the capital and return to Dancheng.

The reason why they didn't leave was that in addition to the opening of the store, there was also no news about the incense they sent. Whether they were rewarded or not was what Lu Jiu and Qin Xi were most concerned about.

If there is no reward, this batch of fragrances will be wasted.

At first, he was unwilling to pay tribute through Eunuch Zhao because it would be in vain.

Qin Xiang was naturally unwilling, and Lu Jiu wanted the benefits. That's why they hatched such a plan, but Eunuch Zhao's death was an accident.

They originally wanted to ruin Eunuch Zhao's reputation and steal some of the Zhang family's spices.

However, in the end, the county magistrate's misfortune was an unexpected surprise. As for that poor woman, Qin Xiang could only lament for her in her heart: Beauty is so unlucky, she died so miserably!