Marrying into a poor family

It’s the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The auspicious day for the opening of the incense shop is the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Qin Xiang and Lu Jiu wanted to use the palace's rewards or some words of praise to make a fuss about the opening of the new store.

It's a pity that after the things are delivered, they are like stones sinking into the sea.

When Lu Jiu and Qin Xiang were discussing, they even had some doubts about whether this thing had been delivered to the palace?

"I'm not the only one here, there are more than a dozen merchants in the entire Qijiang County. If there is no movement at all, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the shopkeepers in Qijiang County." Qin Xiang was a little worried. Frowning, he was thinking of a countermeasure.

Lu Jiu couldn't see Qin Xiang in such trouble. Besides, he had always been in charge of this matter, so now he felt a little embarrassed.

Qin Xiang saw that he was not in a good mood, so she comforted her and said, "Brother Ninth, please don't have any psychological burden. Our status is too low, and we have no sense of existence in front of those noble people. We have all imagined what kind of ending. So, in the end, The difference is just the loss of a batch of goods.”

In fact, if he was taken away by Eunuch Zhao, the outcome would be the same.

Lu Jiu smiled, thought for a while and said, "I'm going to find someone to help deliver a post to ask for an audience with Princess Yaoxiang. If I can meet someone, I can get some information."

Even if it was all in vain, there should be some news to give up hope.

At this time, Qin Yaoguang came.

Qin Xiang invited people in.

Qin Yaoguang greeted the two of them with a smile as soon as he came in. After he sat down, Qin Xiang invited Qing Gu to serve tea.

No need to ask, everyone knows that something good happened to Qin Yaoguang.

"Brother, look at your red face and happy face, has something good happened to you?"

Faced with Qin Xiang's question, Qin Yaoguang did not hide it and said: "The palace rewarded the Qin family with a piece of jade and an oral instruction, which is enough for me to go back and do business. This trip is not in vain, hahaha!"

Even though you only have a piece of jade and a dictum, you can do a lot of great things. It depends on how you use it and how to use it well.

After a series of bad things happened to the Qin family, they finally found peace.

But the Zhang family, one of the four major families that has always been at the top, is now covered in mud that cannot be washed away or shake off.

After Qin Yaoguang was happy, he asked Qin Xiang and Lu Jiu how their fragrances were doing.

After hearing that there was no movement, Qin Yaoguang also became a little embarrassed.

He didn't come here specifically to show off, and he always thought that Lu Jiu should be able to handle it, and he also wanted to ask him to return to Dancheng together.

Lu Jiu was also anxious. If he didn't go back before the New Year, his family would be anxious. He had never done anything seriously before, but at least he stayed at home early so that his parents would not worry about him.

Moreover, Lu Jiu knew very well that if he went back without a word or a reward this time, it would be very difficult for him to take over the property from his father.

Because there was no news here, Qin Yaoguang couldn't stay long. He only said that he would set off after his niece's 100-day banquet, hoping to go with Lu Jiu then.

After sending Qin Yaoguang away, Lu Jiu frowned and began to think of ways to find out the news.

Qin Xi suggested giving some gifts to the person who built the bridge in the first place and asking him to help introduce Princess Yaoxiang.

Lu Jiu looked at Qin Xiang: "Why do you want to meet Princess Yaoxiang?"

"As long as we meet in person, we can always come up with something to say. We should have a bottom line on what exactly it is so that we can decide whether we should continue to wait?"

Meeting Princess Yaoxiang is not that simple. How many people in the capital want to see her, and how many people can see her?

Lu Jiu said, "I'll come up with something, but my sister needs to worry more about what kind of gift Princess Yaoxiang needs to give." "Don't worry, I've been prepared for it, and I will never lose my etiquette." Qin Xiang agreed with great confidence.

Lu Jiu also gained some confidence. He stood up and took a deep breath to cheer himself up: "If you don't understand such a little thing, even if the property in my father's hands is handed over to me, sooner or later I won't be able to keep it. , it’s better to leave it to those capable clan brothers.”

Qin Xiang frowned and asked, "But are your family members putting pressure on you again?"

"Why don't you put pressure on me? However, I am shameless, who can do anything to me?" Lu Jiu didn't want Qin Xiang to worry, so he smiled and turned around and went out.

On the carriage, Lu Jiu closed his eyes and rested, thinking about what to do next. As he thought about it, he thought about things at home.

At first, the father and mother did not agree to adopt the child, but when the pressure was too great, they actually took in three children from a branch of the Lu family and raised them at home. Although they did not say that they would adopt the child, in fact, these three children were raised in Lujiu. Growing up.

Later, Lu Jiu's mother became pregnant and wanted to send the child back. Those families did not accept the child at all. They only said that they could learn some skills from Lu Jiu's father and be able to have a bowl of rice in the future. They also said that they could accompany little Lu Jiu. play.

After all, he is from the Lu family, he is well-behaved and obedient, and he does his best to take care of Lu Jiu's parents. Therefore, although he is not an adopted son, he can be regarded as the disciple of Lu Jiu's father.

Now, they are all the people who can take charge in the Lu family shop.

Lu Jiu understood his situation at a very young age and was naturally sensitive to the good and evil of people. That's why he was careless and ignorant as an adult.

The reason why Lu Jiu's mother could tolerate her son's nostalgia for Goulanwashe despite such a reputation was because she understood that Lu Jiu had no support around him and that he was single. If he still had some business talent, he might not be alive today.

Naturally, he and his parents would not tell Qin Xiang this.

If he hadn't met Qin Xiang and achieved some achievements by mistake, he didn't know whether he should continue to pretend to be ignorant?

This trip is very important to Lu Jiu, so important that he can successfully take over his father's property.

It is equally important for Qin Xiang.

If Qin Xiang wants to gain a foothold in Qijiang County, he must have a good reputation.

She didn't want to be bossed around by a county magistrate. As long as she laid a solid foundation in her hometown, the county magistrates who came in the future would be more polite to her, instead of just being afraid of the Qin family behind her.

In fact, people don't care too much about the Qin family. After all, Qin Xiang is not a legitimate Qin family.

With such a delicate relationship, it all depends on how others view it.

She is so young and came out of nowhere, so where does her reputation for being able to suppress those old fools come from?

Only by accomplishing what they cannot do, only by bringing enough benefits to them, and only by being strong enough to scare them all, can Qin Xiang have leverage in her hands when she needs to use everyone.

People spend their lives choosing and being chosen. If you have enough chips, you can choose to go or not, to go or not.

But if you don't have enough chips, you can only be chosen. You can't control whether you live or die.

When he arrived at his uncle's house, Lu Jiu went in smoothly, but he did not see his uncle. Instead, his aunt received him.

The uncle's surname was Sun. His family was in decline and he was about to drop out of school. It was Lu Jiu's father who found him and sponsored him to go to school.

Even though he was now a fifth-rank official in the imperial court, Lu Jiu's family only sent him a sum of money every year, but he never made any demands.

When Lu Jiu came to the capital before, he didn't come to visit him. It was only about this incident.

Mr. Sun mentioned the past events to his wife but did not go into details. Mrs. Sun was born into an official family in the capital, so she naturally regarded the Lu family as an unscrupulous merchant family who wanted to fish for big fish in the long run.

Therefore, Lu Jiu, who had visited him several times, was not enthusiastic, but rather arrogant.