The Su family has no relatives in Wuliqiao, so every New Year is a good time for the family to spend the winter together, but this year is a bit different from last year.
After the New Year's Eve, from the third day of the new year, no less than five or six matchmakers have come to the door to offer a kiss, and their target is mainly the eldest daughter of the Su family: "Mrs. Yes, there are hundreds of acres of fertile land in the family. Although Liu Gongzi is only fifteen years old, he is also a top person! There is really nothing to say about his character and appearance. The Liu family and his wife are also capable and good people. Our eldest niece will definitely not be wronged after she gets married!"
Listening to the lotus-tongued matchmaker, the Liu family was about to boast about the flowers, but Su Shi had an expression of crying and laughing. Stay for another two years." If it wasn't for the fact that Young Jin had not been banned from saying kisses for her after returning from the He family years ago, how could the Su family not be moved by the fifth matchmaker who came to the door
Listening to Su's refusal, the matchmaker invited by the Liu family didn't give up, she smiled and held Su's hand, and said with a concerned look at her heart: "Sister Su, it's not me who praises, that Liu My son is really good, and it is really not wrong to match our eldest niece. You must know that the family has hundreds of acres of fertile land, and there are long-term workers to serve her. When my eldest niece married, she only needed to serve her in-laws, take good care of the Liu family boy, and open up for the Liu family. Ye Jicheng, this is a blessing!"
Hearing her say this, the Su family, who was still a little excited, also rested her heart. Her daughter is now served at home by maids and servants. Thinking of her painful experience back then, Mrs. Su refused the matchmaker without hesitation: "Thank you, sister-in-law, for your kindness, our daughter is indeed still young, and our family needs young gold, so let's talk about it in a few years! "
The matchmaker saw that she was so soft and hard, and knew that she would not be able to earn the money, but thinking that the Su family had seven daughters besides the eldest daughter, and they would still have contacts in the future, she just said goodbye with a smile. , no longer entangled.
After sending the matchmaker away, Su Shi was relieved: "I just realized that my daughter is so tired when she grows up!"
Aunt Song came over with the tea, and when she heard what she said, she replied with a smile: "No matter how good our eldest girl looks, she is always the best. Besides, my wife thinks about the current situation of our family. They can’t compare to the big families in Luohe Prefecture, but those outside the city can be ranked first!” Who doesn’t want a rich and capable daughter-in-law
"You're right. At this time last year, where did a matchmaker think about going to the door to say a kiss? It's just because our family is in good shape, so they all come to the door to say a kiss!" Although Su's temperament is weak, her brain is not stupid, Song said. When my aunt said this, she turned around and said, "But no matter what, this marriage is still up to the children themselves, and you have to choose a good husband's family!" Su Shi herself was forced to marry into the Yue family back then. , When I meet such a powerful mother-in-law again, I naturally have lingering fears.
Aunt Song neatly took away the tea set that was used on the table, and said with a smile, "It's not time to worry about this, madam! After two years, the girls will be all grown up, and by then it will be even more annoying!" The sisters of the Su family are about the same age, and they reach each other one by one each year. It's not time to worry about it now.
After listening to Aunt Song's words, Su Shi also smiled helplessly: "That's what you said, it's not time to be annoying now!"
All the matchmakers who had been to the Su family’s door all came back in vain. After a period of time, the matchmakers also stopped coming to the Su family’s door. The Su family didn't know what to do, but she was relieved that the matchmaker no longer came to her house to bombard her in turn.
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On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Su Jiaxiang dim sum shop opened as usual.
At present, the front of the shop greets guests and manages the accounts is done by Young Yin, and Young Jin is only responsible for the account calculation at the end of each month; No matter how busy you need to be, you only need to hold the formula tightly and count the raw materials in stock every day. Others will do the rest of the work.
And Young Jin's more important job now is to use the money earned from Su Jiaxiang's shop to open up more profitable fields and use money to make money.
"Miss, today I have your letter delivered directly to the door, two letters." When Young Jin returned home, Aunt Song quickly followed with the two letters.
Unbuttoning the cloak, Qiao Er who followed him cleverly took over the cloak. After receiving the letter from Aunt Song, You Jin said with a smile, "I didn't know that someone would send me a letter!" After looking at the first letter, it was Xiao Linyu's handwriting, so he changed to the second letter. , the handwriting on the envelope can only be regarded as correct, it should be a woman's handwriting, Young Jin felt a little strange, and sat in the flower hall waiting for the kitchen to prepare the meal, and then opened it and looked at it: "Who could it be?"
After reading the letter, the smile on Young Jin's face disappeared, leaving only silence. After a while, she sighed and said to Qiaoer, "Go and invite your wife to come over." She could intervene in this matter, but she didn't want to, so she had to ask Mrs Su to discuss it together.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Su came in with Xiao Ba, who was already walking crookedly. When Xiao Ba saw You Jin, she abandoned Mr. Su and walked towards You Jin with a staggering step: "Eldest sister hugs You Jin. !"
Young Jin quickly caught the chubby little eight, picked him up and sat on his lap, motioned Qiaoer to hand over the unpacked letter on the table to Mrs Su: "Mother, take a look!" Then he teased the little one. Eight to play.
Su looked lovingly at the interaction between the eldest daughter and the younger daughter, took the letter handed over by Qiaoer and read it slowly, and the expression on her face gradually became solemn. In the past two years, Su has followed suit. Magnolia has also made great progress in learning to read. Putting the letter back on the table, looking at Young Jin, who was so happy with Xiaoba, he asked, "What do you think? Since your third aunt can find us, there is no way you can do it." It was a letter from the Han family, and I don't know how she got here.
"You can help. After all, when we left Dingyuan, the third aunt also helped us a lot, but we can't go back, and we can't put all of us in just to help the third aunt." You Jin told everyone in the Yue family. Zi Qipa can be said to be unable to avoid it: "Mother, think about it, if Yue Changlu knew about our current situation, would he be able to ignore the wealth and honor he saw?"
When she thinks of her ex-husband who has been divorced, Su has goosebumps now, and she agrees with her daughter's words: "No! We can't take this risk!" But when he thinks of the things mentioned in Han's letter, Su has a lot of heart. Can't bear it: "But we can't just watch You He jump into the fire pit!"
"Since Mother said that she wants to save, I will arrange this matter." You Jin handed the tired Xiaoba back to Su's arms and hugged: "I will arrange for Uncle Song to take Qiao'er for a trip tomorrow. Let's go!" Han shi must have no choice, and he went to the doctor in a hurry, only to seek the side of the Su family who had not been in contact for a long time, just as a favor back then.
When Su Shi thought about the troubles in Cuifeng Village, he felt very irritable, and he didn't bother to care about it: "Then you can arrange it."
"Don't worry, mother." You Jin nodded, and immediately found Uncle Song, handed him the letter, and said, "Uncle Song, take Qiao'er early tomorrow morning, take this letter with you, I'll write you another letter, go to Dingyuan to pick up Sister Youhe and come back immediately, so that no one will find out."
Uncle Song nodded: "Don't worry, girl."
This night, the Su family was busy for a while: You Jin went back to the room to write a letter, took another fifty taels of silver to make a entanglement with Uncle Song and his daughter, and explained some words to Uncle Song, and it took a while before they settled down. You Jin only had time to go back to the room and read the remaining letter from the capital.
After reading Xiao Linyu's letter, You Jin shook his head helplessly. Although the two of them had become acquainted with each other for more than half a year last year, is it really appropriate to find a little girl who is almost six years younger than him as a life mentor? But thinking of the 10,000 taels of silver notes in the box where he put the money, he had no choice but to pick up the pen and write to the person: "People die for money and birds die for food!"
In fact, Xiao Linyu didn't know why he wrote such a letter and sent it to Luohe Prefecture. At the moment when the letter was sent, he felt a little regretful. He was entangled in his heart, and vaguely expected what the girl from the Su family would say in reply.
It takes nearly half a month to ride a horse from Luohezhou to the capital. When Xiao Linyu thought that You Jin would not reply to her letter, she finally received a reply from You Jin. After reading her childish but inexplicably crooked "idealism" Talking about it, Xiao Linyu, who had been dull for a long time, showed a rare smile: "This girl is really a young man who doesn't know the taste of sorrow." He seems to regard You Jin as an ignorant child, but forgets that he himself is not much older than others.
With a lot of depression in her heart, Xiao Linyu wrote another letter to the girl from the Su family. She also explained that the servants around her would arrange for it to be delivered as soon as possible, and then she began to secretly expect the reply from the girl from the Su family.
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Back to Dingyuan County, Uncle Song brought fifty taels of silver and two letters, and he and his daughter followed the caravan to Luohe Prefecture, but arrived in Dingyuan County on the fifth day.
According to the eldest girl's instructions, Uncle Song stayed in Dingyuan first, and after spending two days inquiring about the Yue family's affairs, he went to the Han family's grocery store to find the Han family. Coincidentally, when Yue Changshou was away, although Han's father died and the grocery store was under Yue Changshou's management, the guys in the grocery store still listened to Han's dispatch in private. As soon as Uncle Song said he was looking for Han, he hurried in and asked Han to come out.
"Who are you?" Uncle Song was wearing fine cotton clothes, like a manager of a wealthy family. Han Shi thought that there was a big business coming, so he also came out to say hello.
Uncle Song cupped his hands and asked politely, "Are you Mrs. Yuesan? I came from the Ersu family in the south."
When she heard that it was from the Su family, Han's heart was already cold and she immediately came to life: "Are you from the Su family?" She naturally remembered that the second sister-in-law's family name was Su. All the children have changed their surname back to Su.
"Exactly, it's very inconvenient to speak here, I wonder if I can change the place?" Uncle Song looked at the grocery store where people came and went, it was really not a good place to talk, so he suggested to invite Han to the restaurant opposite.
Han explained a few words to the little guy who was watching the shop, and hurriedly followed Uncle Song out of the grocery store.