In his small embroidery workshop, Xiao Lian heard the only embroidery mother, Xunqiu, telling him that Yan Xixia was blind, her head was a little dazed, her hands stopped moving, she couldn't believe it, she asked in a tone of voice. Very careful, as if afraid of hearing something: "Which Yan Xixia?"
Xunqiu kept moving: "Which other Yan Xixia is there? Who else in Huaihe City is so famous? Isn't it the Yan Xixia who is going to marry your Xiao family."
Xiao Lian's voice was trembling: "Where did you hear it?"
Xunqiuzuiba pouted towards Jinqiao, who was sitting at the door: "Well, it's my husband, he just came over from there in the morning and heard what Yan Xixia's neighbors said. After noon, I'm afraid the whole Huaihe City will be Everyone knows it."
Xiao Lian's hand was not steady for a while, and the needle and thread fell from his hand on the table.
Xun Qiu looked at Xiao Lian's lost soul, and asked with concern, "Little boss, what's the matter with you?"
"Nothing." Xiao Lian picked up the needle and thread on the table again, "Why are you blind?"
"Isn't it September 9th yesterday? Their family went to Huaihe Mountain with their servants to climb the mountain and tread the ball to remember their parents. Who knew his ten-year-old brother Yan Xidong's childish nature, jumping and walking when going down the mountain, not listening to persuasion, stumbled and fell. He fell down, he stretched out his hand and pulled a hand, and the two fell together. He was protecting his younger brother, but his younger brother was fine, but Yan Xixia hit his head and woke up this morning, but the doctor said, what to say, his brain There is blood stasis inside, so I can't see it. I don't know what happened to the Yan family. Originally there was Yan Xixia, but now there is only Yan Xidong left in the family. It's hard to count on him to shine on the lintel." Xun Qiu After finishing speaking, he sighed, "The literati Yaxing, climbed high on September 9th, who would have known such a thing would happen, it will be released tomorrow..."
Although Xiao Lian held the needle and thread in her hand, she didn't move a single needle, her heart was numb, and she immediately put the needle and thread down: "I have something to do today, I'll go out."
Xiao Lian walked to Yan Mansion. The embroidery workshop was only a quarter of an hour away from Yan Mansion, but Xiao Lian seemed to take an hour to get there. The Yan mansion was much smaller than the Xiao mansion, and the servants in the mansion were no more than a dozen people. Xiao Lian stood not far from the Yan mansion, looking at the gate of the Yan mansion.
The news of Yan Xixia's blindness had just spread. From time to time, people came to visit with things. The door of Yan's residence was open. Two servants stood at the door, one stayed at the door and the other led the way.
Xiao Lian also wanted to go in and see Yan Xixia, but no one in the Yan family knew him, and he didn't know how to enter in his identity. After all, he was not even a friend, let alone he had nothing in his hand. The people who came to visit came wave after wave, and Xiao Lian stood there motionless looking at the gate of Yan's residence, as if he could see Yan Xixia through the layers of walls.
No one came until noon. Butler Yan came to call the two people standing at the door to eat. One of them pointed to Xiao Lian who was standing not far away and said, "Butler Yan, that person has been standing there all morning."
Butler Yan looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a delicate and beautiful man standing under the sun. Although his clothes were not simple, they were not luxurious either. Because of his overly delicate appearance, he was as beautiful as a clerk, but Butler Yan didn't remember what Lanyan confidant his young master had, so he closed the door and went back.
Xiao Lian saw that the door of Yan's house was closed, and walked back in despair. Instead of returning to the embroidery workshop, he returned to Xiao's house.
On the way back, Xiao Lian was thinking about what Yan Xixia would do in the future, how important his eyes were to him, and how would he continue to take part in the scientific examination without his eyes.
Thinking about what to do with the marriage contract, if Xiao Xin knew about this, 80% would not be willing, but it is impossible for the Xiao family to break off the marriage, and I don't know what Xiao Xin is going to make.
After a while, I thought again, if it is really good to break off the marriage, Xiao Xin is not worthy of him, and no one is worthy of him.
It took Xiao Lian an hour to walk to Xiao's house. Before lunch, there was already a voice of protest in his stomach, but Xiao Lian had no appetite. When passing by the main courtyard, Xiao Lian heard Xiao Xin roaring loudly, "Don't marry, don't marry". The voice is not afraid of shouting and breaking the voice.
When Xiao Xin just learned of this time, he ran into the yard and was furious. Mrs. Xiao told the servants to avoid it. Fortunately, Xiao Lian hid and eavesdropped.
Xiao Xin kicked the flowers and plants: "Mother! I don't want to marry! I'm a man, I still want to spread branches and leaves for our Xiao family and marry a blind man!"
"Xin'er, mother doesn't want you to marry a blind man, but he has the possibility of recovery, and it may not be long before he can see."
"Then what if you can't see it for the rest of your life! I've inquired about it, and the doctor said that the chances of regaining sight are very small."
Mrs. Xiao was a little anxious: "But everyone in Huaihe City knows that this marriage contract is the most taboo for our business people, how can we break the contract!"
It's also the fault of the Xiao family for being too high-profile. It has always been said that the talented Yan Xixia is going to marry her family, but now it's not easy to end in such a field.
Xiao Xin was spoiled and directly contradicted: "Mother! In your heart, I can't compare to that fame and money? Besides, isn't there enough money in our Xiao family?"
Mrs. Xiao had no choice but to comfort him: "Xin'er, think for the better. He wants to win the first place in the township examination, and the marriage contract in high school will only be counted."
"But didn't you say he's a great talent! How could he fail the exam!" Xiao Xin viciously stepped on the flower he just kicked out, "I originally wanted to marry him because he might have the top spot in high school, otherwise I'm a man. What is he committed to others? Now that he is blind, how can he participate in next year's conference test? He can't even pass the conference test, let alone the palace test!"
"Then he understands Yuan in the exam, and he is also very beautiful. He has both talent and appearance. Mother thinks he is a good person."
"A good person? He's not bad, but you also saw the incident with Xiao Lian that day. He just helped me and didn't help my relatives. How can I go there with my temperament!"
Mrs. Xiao was a little angry for a while: "If you had said that your temperament was not compatible earlier, you would not have reached this point."
Xiao Xin looked at Mrs. Xiao in surprise: "Mother, are you blaming me?!"
Mrs. Xiao said angrily again: "Xin'er, mother is always in a hurry."
Xiao Xin stretched out his hand and pulled out the flower branch planted in the soil and threw it on the ground: "I won't marry anyway!"
Mrs. Xiao's light flashed: "He, Yan Xixia, has a marriage contract with our Xiao mansion. You are not the only one in the Xiao mansion who is about the same age as him."
Xiao Xin stopped pulling the flowers, because the voice of surprise suddenly increased: "Mother, you mean Xiao Lian!"
Mrs. Xiao held down Xiao Xin's mouth: "Shh, be quiet."
"Yes, but Yan Xixia knows to marry me, what should I do?"
"Let them get married directly. The marriage contract at the official government has also registered Xiao Lian's name. He can't be seen by a blind man."
"But we, Hua Dingchao, went to the banquet together when we got married, and when we came to pick up our relatives, we rode together on horseback without covering our heads. People in their family didn't know us, but it was inevitable that we would meet someone we knew at the banquet. How to do?"
"When the banquet is over, the two of them have already worshipped."
Xiao Xin was a little anxious, and his voice became louder: "What I'm asking is, then he will know at that time, what will he do then?!"
"Don't worry, Xin'er, they are married, so what's the point of knowing. Besides, Yan Xixia is a literati, and a literati has the best face, so how could he expose and humiliate himself on the spot?" Knowing that Yan Xixia is married to the young son of the Xiao family, but not knowing that the young son is you, it is not untrustworthy in the eyes of others. As long as it is not untrustworthy in the eyes of others, what Yan Xixia thinks has nothing to do with us. "
"Then what if Xiao Lian refuses to marry me?"
"He's usually very weak, so don't worry if your mother will handle this."
Xiao Xin was happy again, raised his hand to Mrs. Xiao's eyes, and said aggrieved: "Mother, I just plucked the flower branch and hurt my hand. I need to see a doctor."
Mrs. Xiao grabbed Xiao Xin's hand and said distressedly: "Oh, my darling, you have nothing to do with plucking flowers, you are still young, and you are usually pampered, this hand is so tender, something as rough as a flower branch won't hurt have you?"
"That's not why you didn't stop me."
"Yes, yes, the strange mother didn't stop you, go into the room, and the mother asked someone to find a doctor."
When Xiao Lian listened to the words of the mother and son, she felt a little worried and a little sweet.
If Yan Xixia knew that her brother was getting married and felt that she was deceiving him blindly, she would not know how Yan Xixia would react.
Xiao Lian went back to his room and thought about it. The mother and son were more anxious about this matter. They were begging themselves to do this, but they couldn't let them overwhelm him.
The list will be released tomorrow, Xiao Lian was called over by Mrs. Xiao that night, and found that in addition to the mother and son, his father Xiao Nuofu was also there, and he thought with some self-deprecating self-deprecatingness, too, this concubine himself is no better than his own son Jingui.
Mrs. Xiao explained why he was called here, and then threatened: "If you don't agree, you will divorce your mother."
Xiao Lian's face was cold: "If you want to take a break, take a break."
Mrs. Xiao did not expect that the usually weak air bag could say such a thing: "When the time comes, you will be kicked out of the house, and you will not be able to live."
Xiao Xin added: "Mother, he still has a small shop."
On the day of Xiao Xin's sixteenth birthday, Xiao Nuofu gave him sixteen shops, the smallest one was bigger than Xiao Lian's shop, and Xiao Xin took this to ridicule him.
Mrs. Xiao went on to say: "I took your shop the size of a grain of rice, let's see how arrogant you are."
"I was the one who registered at the shop government."
"What can't you do if you have money? You don't need to do it yourself, just take your house deed to the government and go through it again."
"Although go." Xiao Lian was not in a hurry, after all, the person who didn't want to marry was not himself.
When Xiao Nuo saw Mrs. Xiao mentioned this little shop, she lost her face and coughed twice to show her presence: "Little pity, how could you be willing to marry your brother?"
Xiao Lian looked directly at Xiao Nuofu: "Help my mother to be the side room."
Mrs. Xiao smashed the teacup in her hand at Xiao Lian: "Wishful thinking!"
Xiao Nuofu picked up the teacup and took a sip. No matter what the result was, he didn't care. Xiao Nuofu knew that he was timid and lustful, but he was not ashamed at all. I feel that I can live comfortably in this way, and my wife and concubines can make troubles at home, and I will never go into this muddy water. Women are used to please themselves, not to worry about.
Xiao Lian avoided and looked directly at Xiao Xin: "Otherwise, let Xiao Xin marry himself, this matter is not negotiable."
For the first time, Xiao Xin was horrified by Xiao Lian, who was often bullied by him. He leaned into his mother's ear and said, "Mother, it's nothing. It's okay for a concubine."
That said, but the side room and the concubine are very different after all, the concubine can be arbitrarily manipulated, and the Chu family has become the side room, and it is even more difficult to find the reason, but for her son, Mrs. Xiao gritted her teeth and agreed: "Okay. ."
Xiao Lian breathed a sigh of relief after going out, and changed from the look that was so cold and his eyes were like torches. His heart was beating so fast, his back was soaked with cold sweat. Xiao Lian rarely has such a tough time, and his daily life is better than that of ordinary servants, not even the girl who is favored by Mrs. Xiao.
The next day, news came that Yan Xixia had won the first place in the township examination, and she got married seven days later.
Immediately afterwards, the news of Chu's being helped as a side room spread throughout Xiao's house. Xiao's learned that she was helped as a side room in exchange for her son's marriage instead of her brother, and cried and hugged Xiao Lian: "It's all my mother's love for you. Mention this, but you stupid child, in my mother's heart, the name of the side room is not as important as you."
Xiao Lian wiped away Chu's tears: "Mother, don't cry, life in the side room is much better than that of a concubine, so I can be more at ease when I get married, you have to take care of yourself in the house. Besides, I am the one who is happy. Yan Xixia's, I do it voluntarily, so it can be regarded as my wish."
Chu Shi only thought that Xiao Lian was comforting her, and she couldn't stop crying, Xiao Lian had to say: "Mother, if you cry too much, you will have wrinkles, you don't mean to do that even when you are an old woman. The most beautiful flower."
Chu's tears turned into a smile, and she reached out and pretended to hit Xiao Lian: "Silly boy, you all know how to make fun of me."
Xiao Lian saw that the Chu family was no longer crying, so she smiled again, her brows and eyes were curved, her lips were red and her teeth were white.