The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 13

When Liu Fugen returned home from Xie's mansion, Xie Yujiao was accompanying Mrs. Xu to guard Master Xie's spirit in Xikuayuan.The two chatted and folded paper money, watching Xie Yujiao support the family's big and small affairs alone, Xu's tears were not like before, and she had a bit of a strong mother.

Xie Yujiao was in awe of Mr. Xie in the coffin, but she didn't come here often. Although it was the beginning of spring and the weather was not too hot, the corpse had been placed for a long time, and the smell was a bit It's unbearable.

Knowing that Xie Yujiao was coming over today, Mrs. Xu had already asked the servant girl to order two more incense burners and smoke them in the corner.

"I don't know if the matter that the second housekeeper is going to talk about today will be successful. The county magistrate is new here. I heard that he is very young and energetic. Will he refuse to agree?" Although Xu felt that she was a man Thinking of this, but I still feel a little nervous in my heart, I'm afraid that if I don't ask for it, I will leave a bad impression on the new county magistrate.

"Mother, don't worry, there is a saying that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake! Our Xie family is quite famous in Jiangning. We have donated these [-] pieces of cotton-padded clothes. Why don't you change them for a few words?" ? Could it be that the words of the number one scholar are extraordinarily precious?"

Mrs. Xu was amused by her, and she also smiled, and said to Mr. Xie's coffin: "Master, have you heard that the folks want to erect a monument for you, Jiaojiao asked the magistrate to write to you Inscription on the inscription, Master, you want to be a famous person through the ages, if you know about it, please bless our family, safe and sound, and bless Jiaojiao to meet a good husband in the future."

Xie Yujiao's face turned half red when Xu Shi said this, she lowered her head and said, "Why are you so anxious about these things, I have to wait three years to finish my filial piety for my father, and besides, I don't want to marry either. Our Xie family's money is enough for us to live for several lifetimes, if we can't find a good one, I will stay with my mother for the rest of my life, and it will be quieter!"

Mrs. Xu only thought Xie Yujiao was joking, and said with a smile, "Listen, Jiaojiao's temper is the result of being spoiled by you, and she has lost all the restraint of a girl."

But Xie Yujiao was really not joking. In this era, the probability of finding a good man and making him swear not to take concubines for the rest of his life, but to love only himself is negligible.Mrs. Xu and Mr. Xie are so affectionate, because they have no sons, they have brought many concubines in.

"Don't mention this, mother, it's still early anyway! If mother mentions it again, I will be angry!"

Mrs. Xu saw Xie Yujiao pouted and looked angry, so she didn't say any more. It happened that the servant girl came in to answer and said that the second housekeeper had returned.Mrs. Xu hurriedly asked the maid to invite Liu Fugen in, and seeing the smile on his face, she knew that the matter was about to be completed.

"What did the magistrate say?"

"The county magistrate agreed immediately. He only said that this is what our master deserves. He also said that he will come in person on the day the master is buried."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Go down and rest, it's hard for you to run back and forth."

Liu Fugen nodded and went out, Xie Yujiao smiled and said: "Well, I think the county magistrate will agree, I have done good things these years, there is no need to hide it, but I asked the second housekeeper to ask the county magistrate, and There is another layer of meaning in it!"

Mrs. Xu was confused, Xie Yujiao just continued: "The magistrate of this county has only come here, and everyone is fawning on him. In the past, everyone followed Daddy's lead in these big and small matters, but now they are looking forward and backward, for fear that our Xie family will fall. If the magistrate of the county can write an inscription for father this time, it will let them know that in the boundary of Jiangning County, our Xie family will always be the boss, and we will never fall."

How could Mrs. Xu think of this level? After hearing this, she felt more and more that what Xie Yujiao had in her heart was really not the sentimentality and needlework of the girls in the boudoir. woman man.

But when she thought about how she was still young, she had to deal with all these things, and she couldn't miss every aspect, so she felt very distressed, so she said: "It's hard for you to think so long-term, but, let's live our lives well, and it doesn't matter if we are the boss or not." Hurry up."

But Xie Yujiao knew in her heart that if the Xie family fell, the happy life between her and the Xu family would probably come to an end. Women in this world have always been at a disadvantage. If they don't take advantage of the current power in their hands, they will regret it in the future. and.

After lunch in the afternoon, Xie Yujiao took a nap in the embroidered building. At about two o'clock, the Xu family sent a maid to invite Xie Yujiao over, saying that a daughter-in-law of the fourth uncle's family and her son had come.

Xie Yujiao asked casually, "Didn't you hear that my grandfather had four brothers?"

The servant girl who sent the message only replied: "I heard that they are from the grandfather's generation, and I haven't had much contact with them before."

Xie Yujiao frowned, the grandpa's generation is still in the fifth service.This heir has a chance to join the sect within five servers, so it seems that he came here to join in the fun?
"Did they come by themselves?"

"It was brought by the old aunt and grandma. She said she came here specially to see the old aunt and grandma, so she went to sit with the wife. The wife thought that the child looked very honest, so she asked the maidservant to come over and ask the girl to take a look at it too!"

When Xie Yujiao heard that it was brought by the old aunt, she lost interest at first, and it has only been two days since she stopped, and she started to toss again?What good things could she bring here?But Mrs. Xu invited her to go, she still has to go.

In fact, Mrs. Xu's thoughts are that everything is peaceful in the family now. Since the matter of the heir cannot be escaped, then slowly start to look for it. Today, the old aunt and grandma just brought someone over, and there is nothing wrong with taking a look, so I just Let the maid come to invite Xie Yujiao.

Before Xie Yujiao entered the door, she heard the old aunt talking in the living room: "This child looks really good to me. He looks fair and clean, with a full forehead and thick lips. He is blessed at first glance. The most important thing is, look at the child." It looks a bit like the old man!"

Xie Yujiao thought it was funny when she heard it at the door. She was several generations behind, and she could look like her, so she opened her eyes and said nonsense!The servant girl hurriedly walked up to her and opened the curtain for Xie Yujiao, saying, "Miss is here."

As soon as Xie Yujiao entered the door, she saw a young daughter-in-law wearing a cotton jacket and skirt standing beside her. She had a round face with a natural smile. When she saw Xie Yujiao coming in, she hurriedly greeted her and said, "This is the big girl, why don't you talk to me?" She looks like a fairy girl, she looks so good-looking."

While she was talking, she grasped Xie Yu's delicate lotus root-like palm with her rough hand, and then she drew a red line with her paw.

The old aunt and grandma sat on the side, looking straight at her eyes, she had told her countless times just now, not to be frivolous in front of girls, how come she forgot it all in the blink of an eye.

Xie Yujiao frowned slightly, the man lowered his head, and saw the red marks from his old calluses, and immediately felt a little blushed, but there was still a smile on his face: "Young lady's hands are really smooth, you can tell at a glance It's ten fingers that don't touch the spring water."

Xie Yujiao smiled awkwardly. She never looked down on the working people, but she hated this man's warmth from the bottom of her heart.

"Auntie, our house is still in Rexiao, so if you bring your seven or eight-year-old child over here, aren't you afraid of bumping into something?"

Xie Yujiao's tone was flat, but as soon as the words came out, there was a kind of majesty that made people's backs shudder.

The daughter-in-law's smiling face suddenly froze halfway. She still didn't believe that Miss Xie's family was amazing, but she thought to herself that a lady in the boudoir could be a bit powerful, and if she said a few nice words, it would be enough to fool her. .Every family is vying to be the heir of the Xie family, because their family is still a generation away, and when the second uncle was looking after Xu's family last time, they missed their son.She managed to ask someone to inquire about it, walked through the door of Fang's house, and climbed up to the old aunt of Xie's house, before she could enter the house. She didn't expect that Xie Yujiao's first words would block her speechless. .

Now that the old aunt has seen how powerful Xie Yujiao is, she also changed her strategy, and at least she endured until she came out of the cabinet, and said with a smile: "It's rare that they are so thoughtful, come in and have a look, and don't care about the rules. "

Xie Yujiao took a look at the child. He looked seven or eight years old, and he looked stupid. Thanks to his aunt and grandma, he was able to praise him so much that there is nothing in the world, so he is really blind.

Xie Yujiao got playful for a while, and asked him, "Have you studied yet?"

The round-faced daughter-in-law picked up his sleeve, and the child raised his head and said, "Reading... After reading for half a year, my husband thinks I'm too stupid, so I don't want to go."

The children in Xie's house do not spend money to study. Mr. Xie runs a free school, which is at the entrance of the village. If the husband despises the children who are too stupid, I am afraid that they are really not very smart.But people are honest, tell the truth.

Xie Yujiao pursed her lips and wanted to laugh, but after holding it back for a long time, she asked again: "Did your mother tell you, what are you doing here?"

The child glanced at his mother, then at Xie Yujiao, and replied honestly: "My mother said, let me come in and be the young master, and I won't have to study anymore, and I will have a lot of money."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu's smiling face froze, and the old aunt over there was so angry that smoke came from her nostrils, and she just stared at the round-faced daughter-in-law.The round-faced daughter-in-law originally thought she was just here to meet people, and the young lady from a rich family was also reserved. How could she know that Xie Yujiao would be so straight-forward and ask questions... The children of these small families are used to being free-range, and they can't speak well. To be frank, I usually don't have a lot of eyes, but there is only one advantage - to be honest!But this time it was really too honest!
(End of this chapter)