Chapter 213 I figured it out
Xia Shiming said that he would not live in Xia Zihan's house, nor would he accept the money given by Xia Zihan,
Xia Zihan had no choice but to leave the matter to Qi Mei.
Qi Mei only sent a boy from the shop to deliberately get close to Guo An. At noon, she enthusiastically invited Guo An to eat hot soup noodles, added two poached eggs, cut a plate of soy sauce beef, and ordered a Plate peanuts and a pound of soju.
The two chatted while eating.
"Hey..." As they chatted, the boy sighed and looked sad.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you worried?"
In a moment of speculation, he ate and drank from others. Guo An felt embarrassed and always wanted to do something for others to feel at ease.
The boy looked troubled and revealed, "Brother Guo, it's like this. My boss's family has a relative. When he first came to the capital to do business, my boss' family was kind, so he took back a house he rented out. , it was renovated and a lot of furnishings were added, but the relative couldn’t come.”
"In the past, my boss would have rented out the house directly, but this newly renovated house has a lot of good things added to it. The boss is afraid that it will be damaged by others, but it would be too wasteful to leave the house idle there. , Besides, if no one lives in this house, it will become obsolete faster. My boss is so worried that even I can’t sleep.”
What is this called, when you are dozing off, someone just brings you a pillow?
Guo An felt happy and began to trick the young man into telling him things without leaving any trace.
The boy answered him one by one according to Qi Mei's words without leaving any trace, "My boss is a tea merchant, his family is rich, both his boss and his wife are good people, and they are generous to us slaves. Otherwise, where are the brothers?" I often go out to drink and eat meat when I have money, and it’s all thanks to my boss.”
It seems that he is not a mean and petty person.
Guo Anxin was excited, so he flattered the boy for a few words, and then said with a shy face, "Erhu, my master just wants to rent a house, how about... you go back and talk to your employer?"
Then he promised, "Don't worry, my master doesn't have many people around him. He only has one aunt and six servants. They will definitely not cause trouble and damage to your boss's house."
Erhu was embarrassed at first, and then reluctantly agreed.
The next day, Erhu replied and rented the house to Xia Shiming for one hundred and twenty taels of silver a year.
After meeting a good landlord, the rent was reduced by nearly half. The happy Xia Shiming immediately took ten taels of silver and ordered Guo An to go to Beiweiju to buy a few kilograms of snacks and let Erhu bring them to the landlord.
The house is close to Chu's house, and it is spacious, quiet, and clean. It has everything you need for daily use. You just need to add a few beddings and you can move in directly.
Xia Shiming was very satisfied and decided to move in three days.
At this moment, Xia Zihan was tightly entangled by Chu Jingqi.
Chu Jingqi's face was full of resentment, but there was a sour taste in her tone, "Ayu, my boat is ready and waiting for you. Are you not in the mood to play, are you still angry about the rumors outside?"
"It's not that I'm angry with him. Song Huai is not worthy of my anger," she said.
Yesterday, rumors about the incest between Dai Yumin and Dai Shaomin were once again stirred up. Dai Yumin's plan failed. Not only did she enter the Song family, but she was also stained with feces, and her reputation was completely ruined for thousands of years.
The Dai family was also embarrassed after her. The family hated Dai Yumin and isolated Dai Yumin. The next day, news came out that Dai Yumin had suffered from wind fever.
Song Huai has also been attacked by rumors these days and dare not go out. He is also said to be sick. It is not clear whether it is a real illness or a fake illness.
Anyway, he never came to explain to her from beginning to end, and he never came to her again.
On the contrary, Mrs. Pei first angrily cursed Dai's goddaughter and wanted to kill her son. Then she and Song Baiqing came to Chu's house to explain the matter to Mrs. Zeng, saying that everything was just rumors and misunderstandings.
Zeng is a shrewd person. Although Pei said it was a misunderstanding, Zeng still made a good guess.
After Mrs. Pei and his wife left, Mrs. Zeng called her to her side, took her hand, and said with red eyes, "Yu Niang, grandma has harmed you."
Mrs. Zeng was regretting that she betrothed Xia Zihan to Song Huai.
"Yu Niang, tell your grandmother, do you want to get married to Song Huai..."
Seemingly seeing what Zeng was going to say, Xia Zihan hurriedly interrupted her, "Grandma, don't think so wildly. Cousin Huai just finished the scientific examination this time and is in a bad mood. He will be fine after a while."
Even if she wanted to break off the engagement, she would have to push Song Huai and Xia Ziying into a pit of fire. There was no rush now.
Zeng was in a bad mood and hadn't eaten much in the past two days. Xia Zihan was worried about her and regretted that he was too aggressive and didn't consider Zeng's health.
When Chu Jingqi came to pick her up to go boating at Duke Anguo's mansion, she didn't want to go and was not in the mood to play.
Chu Jingqi didn't know the situation and was very disappointed.
"I prepared a boat a long time ago and look forward to taking you to play. Since you don't want to go, then we won't go." The tone was low and resentful.
Xia Zihan was not in the mood to coax him, so he just said, "Say sorry to your aunt for me."
"Okay." He stood up, "Then I'll leave first, you have a good rest."
Seeing that she was not in the mood to deal with him, Chu Jingqi felt bitter and stopped stalking him. Not long after he left, Xia Shiming came and talked about moving. Xia Zihan's mood became even worse. He couldn't even keep the forced smile on his face. "Dad, please discuss the moving with your grandmother first." Let’s take a moment.”
"Well, I'm about to go." Xia Shiming said.
He sat for a while longer before leaving.
During lunch, Xia Zihan saw that Zeng's face was not good-looking, so he only took two bites and put down his chopsticks.
When she went to take a nap, Xia Zihan told Qingya, "Go to the kitchen and ask for a bowl of blood swallow stew."
Xia Zihan did not return to her yard. She stayed in Zeng's house until Zeng woke up, personally served Zeng to wash up, and then asked Qingya to go to the kitchen and bring over the sticky blood swallow stew for Zeng to eat.
Seeing that Mrs. Zeng had no appetite, Xia Zihan coaxed, "Grandma, these are the new blood swallows that just arrived yesterday. You can try them."
Zeng couldn't bear to see her disappointed, so she forced herself to take two bites, then pushed the bowl away, "Don't just think about grandma, have you eaten it yourself?"
"Eat. I made a bowl of stew last night." In fact, she didn't eat. Grandma was in a depressed mood and she didn't have the heart to eat.
what to do?
Grandma's heart knot is all because of her, because of Song Huai. It's because grandma thinks that she can't find a good husband for her, so she has many worries and hard knots.
Could it be that...should she give up her plan to send Xia Ziying and Song Huai to work together and break off the engagement with Song Huai now?
Xia Ziying is only nine years old this year.
There are still six years, no, in four years, she will be sixteen and Xia Ziying will be thirteen, which is the right age to get married.
But...
A trace of panic flashed in Xia Zihan's eyes.
She looked at Mr. Zeng again and found that Mr. Zeng seemed to have aged ten years these days. There was an extra strand of white hair on the temples, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had become much deeper and a few more lines had been added.
Suddenly she felt frightened.
In three years, grandma will... No, she can't let grandma leave her so early. She doesn't want grandma to die.
She didn't want her grandmother to slowly wither before her eyes like a wilting flower.
She doesn't want...
"Grandma, if you really don't like Cousin Huai, then we will go to the Song family to cancel the marriage." Xia Zihan suddenly threw herself at Zeng, crying with tears in her eyes.
Who is Xia Ziying, who is Song Huai, and what is the hatred and resentment from the previous life?
All of this was worthless compared to her grandmother's life.
Besides, if she wants revenge, she doesn't necessarily have to follow the path of her previous life... Now she wants money and people, so it's easy to set up a plan and give Xia Ziying to Song Huai.
What's more, the trajectory of the previous life has been messed up. Who knows whether Xia Ziying will fall in love with the down-and-out Song family in this life, or fall in love with Song Huai, who has a bad reputation.
Xia Ziying has always had a noble vision. She probably doesn't even look down on the current Song family, let alone Song Huai, who is entangled with Peony Dai Yumin.
"Yu Niang, is this what you mean?"
Mrs. Zeng looked surprised and held her arm tightly, but soon, Mrs. Zeng looked sad again, "If you break off the engagement, no matter whether it is right or wrong, the woman's reputation will be damaged. What will happen to your marriage in the future? ?”
Who would dare to want a girl who has broken off her engagement?
Xia Zihan was not worried about this. She smiled and said, "Grandma, I'm only twelve years old. It's still too early to talk about marriage. At worst, I'll find a good-natured boy from a poor family to marry. Anyway, I have the title of county head." Now, I have a large amount of dowry that I will never be able to enjoy in a few lifetimes. I can live a good life no matter how I spend it.”
People from small families don't have as many troubles as those from big families. With her status, people don't dare to treat me wrong. On the contrary, it is better to marry into a well-known family, watch the faces of mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and fight with a bunch of aunts and concubines. Peace of mind.
Maybe she could even find a husband who was willing to marry into the Chu family and inherit the Chu family's legacy.
The more Xia Zihan thought about it, the more he thought it was okay.
"Grandma." She shook Zeng's arm coquettishly.
Zeng's eyes suddenly became bright, like fertilized flowers and plants, full of vitality and flourishing, "Okay, okay, you are right, my grandmother lived a lifetime, and she almost fell into the world and could not escape." Come, always think that your reputation must not be stained.”
Concerning the possibility of a temporary reputation being tarnished or a lifetime of misery and sadness, Zeng wisely chose the former.
"Then grandma will accompany you to the Song family tomorrow." This is the perfect excuse to cancel the marriage.
"Grandma, this matter is not urgent." Xia Zihan said, "My father will move in a few days. It won't be too late for us to go after my father has settled down."
Mrs. Zeng nodded repeatedly, "Okay, grandma will do as you wish. Anyway, it won't be short of a few days."
(End of chapter)