Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 134: Mrs. Fan’s Past

When General Fan saw his daughter shake him off and run towards the two children, he felt a little disappointed, but when he saw his daughter smiling relaxedly, he became happy again.

At the same time, I am also very curious about the second brother mentioned by the two children. I don’t know whether it is the second brother who makes my daughter happy or the two children.

Even though he lived in the northwest all year round and only stayed for a month once every two years, he knew very little about the young masters of the aristocratic families in the capital.

But he still knew some rumors about Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, no, now Weiwu Marquis Mansion.

Rumor has it that the old Marquis Cheng'en was a good-for-nothing. He gave birth to two good-for-nothing sons and died of depression a few years later.

Marquis Cheng'en was not only useless but also a playboy. He married a bunch of girls from rich families who were all useless and left the children to fend for themselves.

The bunch of good-for-nothings in the mansion have inherited their father's bad habits, and they are all spendthrifts who only know how to fight crickets.

But what he saw just now was not the case. The women in the Marquis's mansion, including the Marquis's wife, went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables, and the children went down to the river to catch pests.

The Marquis' Mansion is a bit poor, and although his daughter's life will be a bit hard after marrying into the Mansion, eating wild vegetables is still better than blowing in the yellow sand in the northwest!
If the second son of the Marquis's Mansion didn't despise her... Pah! His own daughter was so outstanding, he shouldn't despise her.

His daughter was so strong that even when she was insulted by a beast, there was no gloom or sadness in her eyes.

The light in her eyes at this moment was enough to move people, he had such a wonderful daughter.

I don’t even know if the second young master is worthy of her!

The farm looked quite large and the buildings were luxurious. As I got closer I could hear the squealing of pigs and the crowing of chickens.

If the second young master works harder and grows his own vegetables, his life won't be too bad!
The three people in front were still chattering and laughing: "Sister Fan, my fifth brother will have a wife soon."

"Really? Then your sister-in-law must be very happy?" Fan Shiba asked happily.

"We don't know whether my eldest sister-in-law is happy or not, but our fifth brother is very proud of it."

"Isn't it just marrying a wife? What's there to be proud of?"

"Well, Sister Fan may not know this yet, but it is very difficult for men in our Xiao Mansion to find wives."

"Why?"

"Ah! We are poor!"

General Fan listened and nodded alone in the back, thinking: It’s good that he can’t get married, because his daughter now has hope!

"Chun Ge'er is really dishonest. To be honest, if your mansion is poor, then there are no rich families in the world!"

"..."

Xiao Lichun and Xiao Lixia looked at each other and tacitly agreed not to refute. Their mansion was really poor.

Their current stepmother is almost worried to death because she has no money to support the family. If it weren’t for the eldest sister-in-law marrying in, their fifth stepmother would have been worried to death!
They still have to continue to eat coarse food. This is not a glorious thing, so let’s not talk about it!

Just as the two kids were racking their brains to think of what to say, they heard General Fan's sad voice.

"Nannan, you grew up in Daddy's northwest and have never seen a truly wealthy family. Daddy is sorry for you."

"........."

Fan Shiba and the two kids stared at each other in confusion. What did her father (General Fan) mean by this?
The Marquis’ Mansion is more magnificent than the Fan Mansion, and life in the Marquis’ Mansion is more abundant than that in the Fan Mansion.

Their mansion is really wealthy now!

"What are you talking about, Daddy? It is the happiest and most joyful thing for my daughter to be with you and my aunt."

Soon they arrived at the main hall of the manor. What caught their eyes were four large square tables, with two boys of about seven or eight years old setting the table.

There were also three-year-old and five-year-old girls helping to clean the stools. They all had smiles on their faces, not at all sad about eating wild vegetables. "The third son of the Fan family greets Madam Xiao and Brother Xiao." General Fan stepped forward and saluted.

"Don't be polite, Third Master Fan. Please take a seat." Old Madam Xiao responded with a smile on her face.

"Welcome, Brother Fan. Please take a seat." Father Xiao greeted him with a smile on his face.

Seeing that Old Madam Xiao was so gentle, General Fan stopped being polite and said, "Thank you for the seat, Old Madam. I came here mainly to thank the young masters of your house for saving my daughter."

"Brother Fan, you are too polite. Anyone who sees her will help." Father Xiao turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside. He really didn't know which of his sons saved the other person's daughter.

"Thanks to the young master of the Xiao family, I, Fan, have come here specially to thank the old lady and Brother Xiao for their good teachings." General Fan said politely.

He saw that Madam Xiao and Brother Xiao were not poorly dressed. Even though he didn't understand fashion, he knew that they were wearing the most popular brocade in the capital.

Besides, the style was rare after all, so his mother and elder brother said that day that they wanted the servants in the mansion to line up to buy this year's most popular new style of brocade.

He knew from a young age that his mother liked to compete with the old lady of the Xiao family in everything, but he didn't know why until he grew up.

The ancestor of the Xiao family was also a famous hero two hundred years ago, and his status was much higher than that of the Fan family, a new family that has been around for less than a hundred years.

It is said that the great-grandmother of the Xiao family was also a daughter of the Su family, and had been related to the Su family for several generations.

It is said that their mother was engaged to the old Marquis Cheng'en when she was born, and the two of them grew up together in prominent families.

At that time, the Xiao family had not yet fallen on poverty, and his mother was engaged to the old Marquis Cheng'en, who was still the crown prince, when they were born.

The two were childhood sweethearts, and this should have been a beautiful story, but something unexpected happened when his mother was eleven years old.

General Xiao, who was also the Duke of Guo, was defeated in the battle. The emperor was furious and said that he would demote him if he didn't win another battle.

In the following battle, Duke Xiao not only failed to win, but also caused heavy casualties to the soldiers of Dasheng.

The Duke, his sons and tens of thousands of soldiers were all buried on the battlefield.

The prince of the Duke's Mansion had never been to the battlefield. He only knew how to write romantic poems with the young lady of the Su family, who was also his mother.

In addition to writing poems for his mother, he would also cook the most famous pine-fragrant duck in the capital for her.

Everything happened later, and it all happened too quickly. The old general was defeated and killed, and the prince was overwhelmed and exhausted.

The Queen Mother at that time was a daughter of the Su family. She forced Prince Xiao to go to the battlefield, and if he did not, he would be demoted.

The old Marquis Cheng'en knew what he was doing and would rather be demoted than go to the battlefield and cut off the Xiao family's bloodline.

The Su family used his lack of ambition as an excuse to force their daughter to come to their house to break off the engagement, and the two families have been completely estranged since then.

Under that double blow, the old Marquis Cheng'en chose to marry a woman from a humble but extremely beautiful family.

After giving birth to the handsome prince Pan An, she became decadent and died of depression.

His mother also obeyed her parents' wishes and married the father of the up-and-coming General Zhenxi.

But the sincerity of youth is precious after all. When the old Marquis Cheng'en passed away, his mother murmured to herself when she took him to his funeral.

She said that she never dreamed that the bright and dazzling young man whom she truly admired in her youth would become like that.

He had to beg and plead before he found out about his mother's past. At that time, his mother did this to calm her down.

The power of managing the household was handed over to the eldest sister-in-law, who often worshipped Buddha and recited scriptures to calm her heart.

Later I heard that the old lady of Marquis Cheng'en also worshipped Buddha and recited scriptures every day, while his mother was scolding others at home.

"Dad, why are you staring at Old Madam Xiao in a daze?"