Qin Fang was silent. On one side was his brother, and on the other was his opinion on the matter.
Yang Haiyan did not force him to answer this question. She sympathized with Miss Li because no matter in which world such a thing happened, women would always be victims. But: "Husband, in this world, the only person who can be responsible for yourself is yourself. Only you can make a decision, even if it is wrong, you can't blame others. But if someone else makes a decision for you, if it is wrong, then others will always be your excuse and the object of your condemnation.
So, no matter what the outcome is for Shouye and Miss Li, I will not support, oppose, or make any comments, because if it is a bad outcome, I cannot afford to burden someone else’s life. At the same time, I don’t want you to burden someone else’s life, because I am very selfish, I just hope you can burden my life, that’s enough.”
Qin Fang was still in deep thought, but when he heard her words, his eyes suddenly lit up. He stared at Yang Haiyan with his eyes wide open, remembering what he had overheard before: she fell in love with him at first sight. He immediately held Yang Haiyan's hands: "Yanyan, I... I..."
Yang Haiyan saw his suddenly red face and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Qin Fang looked at him, his face getting redder and redder because of nervousness, and finally uttered a sentence in a muffled voice: "I... I will treat you well." In fact, what he wanted to say was, I like you. But for some reason, he suddenly couldn't say it today. The more he thought about Yang Haiyan's words that she fell in love with him at first sight, the more ashamed he became.
Yang Haiyan couldn't help but smile. She touched his face and said, "I know. You have always been good to me and will be even better in the future. As for me, I don't expect how the future will turn out. I just hope that you will always treat me like this. That will be enough."
"Yeah." Qin Fang responded with a resounding "Yeah."
Yang Haiyan said again: "Then sit down and let's continue talking about what we just talked about."
"Okay." Qin Fang sat down obediently.
Yang Haiyan continued, "What I mean is, since you can't be responsible for Shouye's life, and you can't afford to be responsible for his life, then you should just stop caring about his affairs. If Shouye tells his father and mother, then let them decide. Although Shouye is your brother, that is his life, and we... will eventually separate and live our own lives. What do you think?"
Moreover, it is related to two other points. First: You have been promoted by the master and favored by the emperor. You can't stop there. If Shouye and Miss Li get married, they will be noticed by many people because of you. Then Miss Li's past will inevitably be exposed. At that time, Miss Li's affairs may become a loophole for people to attack you. And I, no matter where I go, will have people asking this question. I am very selfish and don't want to spend my time with you to solve other people's problems.
Second: Miss Li is a woman. If this matter is exposed, she will be hurt again. Can she bear it? So in my heart, I don’t really want them to be together, but I won’t speak up to stop them. If they are really together, then they should not be with us. It will save us and them a lot of worry. As for what Shouye does after he doesn’t follow us, no matter what Miss Li does, it is his responsibility and has nothing to do with us. ”
Call her selfish or heartless, she really doesn't want to spend time on other people's problems. Moreover, this kind of thing will continue to happen.
Qin Fang listened to Yang Haiyan most of the time. He would listen to her if he thought she made sense. Just like this matter, he disagreed at first because of what happened to Miss Li. But now, after listening to Yang Haiyan's analysis of the impact in the future, he gradually realized that things were not that simple. "Okay, I don't care." People always have their own ideas when they grow up, and there is also a selfish side to these ideas. No one wants to affect their family for others.
Yang Haiyan was relieved to see him agree. She was afraid that he would have to take care of this matter because of his sense of responsibility. Now it seems that Qin Fang is more rational than she thought. However, "This matter is only Shouye's idea at present. Miss Li doesn't know about it yet. I think Miss Li may not be able to get over it so quickly after the incident of the bandit's den. Shouye also said just now that Miss Li was nervous when she saw him, so I think Miss Li may not have this intention. But now is not the time to ask Miss Li's opinion. If Shouye can accept what I said just now, then talk to Doctor Li and listen to Doctor Li's opinion. Doctor Li talks to Miss Li so as not to cause pressure on Miss Li."
Qin Fang said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. But that kid has too much free time in the mansion. Starting tomorrow, he will follow me to the military camp for training. I can handle the account matters later in the evening."
Yang Haiyan chuckled and said, "It's up to you to decide."
Qin Fang asked dissatisfiedly: "What are you laughing at? I'm outside basking in the sun, but he's so comfortable in the mansion, so comfortable that he's daydreaming."
Yang Haiyan: “…” It turned out that he was not convinced by his younger brother.
The couple didn't talk about Qin Shouye anymore, but after Qin Shouye went back, he was completely at a loss, his mind was so confused that he didn't even have any ideas.
the next day
Qin Shouye was still getting up when Tao Shan came over.
Qin Shouye didn't sleep the whole night yesterday and went to bed just before dawn today, so when Tao Shan came to call him, he was still drowsy. When he heard Tao Shan say that his elder brother would come to see him after breakfast, he became fully awake and immediately got up to have breakfast.
So after breakfast, Qin Shouye was taken away by Qin Fang.
In fact, he hadn't come to his senses until Qin Fang brought him to the barracks. When he arrived at the barracks and saw the soldiers training, he came to his senses: "Brother, why did you bring me here?" he asked in confusion.
Qin Fang said: "There is no one in the barracks who doesn't know Kung Fu, and there are no soldiers who don't train. Although you are the accountant in the barracks, you must also keep up."
Qin Shouye felt that his elder brother was punishing him because of what happened yesterday, but he had no way to object because he didn't dare.
After a day of training, Qin Shouye was extremely tired and had no time to care about Miss Li. In the evening, when he returned to the general's residence with Qin Fang, who was on duty, he fell asleep immediately.
Days went by, and even in September, the weather gradually turned cooler, and he gradually adapted to this kind of life. He was only sixteen years old, and perhaps because life was better now than before, he had ideals, but he didn't know how to take on the heavy responsibility of life. He was thinking about Miss Li's matter, but he couldn't come up with an answer.
Marry into the wife's family? The elders will not agree.
Don't have children? The elders won't agree.
All of a sudden, he felt that going to the military camp for training every day was extremely good. It allowed him to forget everything and not have to think about anything.
In the blink of an eye, it was mid-September.
On this day, Aunt Fan, who had been away from the General's Mansion for more than four months, finally came back. However, Aunt Fan did not come back alone. She was accompanied by her daughter and granddaughter. As soon as she came back, she knelt in front of Yang Haiyan and said, "Madam, please make a decision for me."
Yang Haiyan looked at Aunt Fan, her daughter, and her granddaughter. They looked tired and pale. Aunt Fan asked Aunt Lian to help her up: "What's wrong with you? Talk slowly. Let me hear what happened first. If you have any grievances, I will definitely help you." Aunt Fan has been with her for a year and a half. She has been working hard and diligently. If she has been wronged, Yang Haiyan will definitely help her.
Nanny Lian said, "Then I will take your daughter and your granddaughter to your room to rest for a while. I see the little girl is tired and needs to rest well."
Aunt Fan said quickly, "It's my fault for not thinking it through, or Aunt Lian is more careful." Then she said to her daughter, "Xiaomei, you and the child go to mother's room with Aunt Lian to rest. Mother will come back later."
The woman called Xiaomei nodded. She was a little timid, but there was a stubbornness in her eyes.
There were only Yang Haiyan and Aunt Fan in the room. Aunt Fan saw that Yang Haiyan was hesitant to speak. When she came, she really wanted to ask the hostess to help her. This was also to give her daughter confidence. But now, she was worried that the hostess would find it troublesome.
Yang Haiyan poured Aunt Fan a glass of boiled water and said, "Aunt Fan, if you have anything to say, you can talk slowly. As long as we are right, we can go anywhere in the world."
Aunt Fan hesitated for a long time, and Yang Haiyan did not urge her. Later, Aunt Fan felt that it was really awkward to sit there, so she brought it up: "Actually... Actually, this matter is related to the imperial grain incident."
The current Huangliang franchise plan is known to all the people in Qi State, so it is not surprising that Aunt Fan knows about it. Besides, Aunt Fan's hometown is also in Renzhou.
When Yang Haiyan heard this, she asked, "Could it be that this matter has caused trouble for your family?"
Aunt Fan shook her head: "No, no, but... but it is also related to this matter."
Yang Haiyan: "You talk, I'll listen."
Aunt Fan sighed, "Speaking of this, my family is from Lin County, called Laiwang County, which is also under Hedong Prefecture. Now the entire Hedong Prefecture's Royal Grain Franchise Plan is under the charge of our General's Mansion, and the agent of Laiwang County is a local family called the Jin family. Do you know?"
Yang Haiyan nodded: "I know, the Jin family is a noble family. Their ancestors have members of the Hanlin Academy. The current head of the family is a retired official who has returned home... I forgot what position he held. The official before he retired was a third-rank official. Although he retired, the Jin family still has children serving as officials in the capital. This time, the one who obtained the agency rights was his son who was in business." How could the local officials dare to offend a third-rank official who retired from the capital? Moreover, the local officials in the county were only seventh-rank county magistrates. "Is this matter related to the Jin family?"
Aunt Fan said hurriedly, "This matter has nothing to do with the Jin family, but it has something to do with the county magistrate. The county magistrate knew about my relationship with the general's mansion, and bewitched my useless son-in-law, causing him to owe a huge gambling debt, and then asked him to come to me and ask... to let the general's mansion give the Jin family's agency rights to the county magistrate."