33. Dandy (8)

The eldest son of the Duan family and the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty are engaged.

This news is very inconspicuous among all kinds of gossip in Shengjing. Only Duan Qingen's friends pay more attention to it.

Among them, He Lisheng formed the [Watching Duan Qingen's Love Gossip Group], and they teased Duan Qingen all day long for playing on the grass with Xi Yuzhen at every banquet since he got a fiancée.

Duan Qingen didn't feel embarrassed when being ridiculed, but instead counterattacked, "You can only play Cuju and pitch pots, unlike me, who is about to get married, and it is reasonable for me to be more mature."

He Lisheng and others: Nothing to say.

In short, people in this era still have to have face. Even if the engaged man and the girl are together, they will blush for a long time if someone says something to them.

Not only the girl blushes, but the man also feels embarrassed.

But Duan Qingen is different. He has always been thick-skinned. When others are engaged, they only meet at banquets. He went to the Loyalty Marquis's mansion to ask Xi Yuzhen, his fiancée, out to play.

They were engaged in a dignified manner, so it was difficult for the Marquis's wife to stop them. Moreover, she had fallen out with her family now. The Marquis saw that he thought, "Oh, the tigress who has always stopped me from sleeping with women has no backer, so why not go out and have fun?"

Now the Marquis's words are very useless in the mansion. In fact, there is a reason why she has not given birth to a child for so many years. The Marquis does not like her. He does not want to have sex with the Marquis's wife, and the child cannot fall into her belly out of thin air.

For this reason, the Marquis's wife has always been full of resentment, and these angers are vented on the concubines and concubines. The Marquis is concerned about her family behind her, and it is not easy for him to protect his concubines and daughters.

But he didn't think it was a big deal. After all, there were still many concubines after one was lost. Daughters were not sons, so he didn't feel bad if they died. Of course, if the Marquis's wife went too far, for example, she killed all the children of the Marquis as before, he would still warn her.

Now, the Marquis's family no longer supported her, and they even had a falling out with her. The Marquis was in high spirits. Not only did he go against his wife, but he also wanted the favored concubines to go along with him. In short, it looked like he was going to vent all the anger he had suffered for many years. Among them, there were concubines whose children died at the hands of the Marquis's wife who took the opportunity to vent their anger. In short, it was a mess.

She couldn't take care of herself, of course, and she couldn't take care of Xi Yuzhen, a little concubine. Xi Yuzhen's aunt didn't get involved in the chaos. She was still hiding in the house doing embroidery every day as before. Now that the Marquis's wife couldn't arrange work for her, she could embroider slowly.

Therefore, Xi Yuzhen could go out with Duan Qingen to visit his industry.

Duan Qingen has an industry, strictly speaking, this industry was still Miao's before.

But who made Miao love him, who made their mother and son have a "very harmonious relationship"? He is such a beloved son, and he told his mother that he wanted a shop to practice, and Duan's father happened to be next to him. It was normal for Miao to say that she would give away a shop under her name.

And the shop that Duan Qingen specifically asked for was the one with the most profit under her name, which was completely a coincidence.

Just like the marriage with Xi Yuzhen, Duan Qingen and Xi Yuzhen made intimate gestures in front of everyone, and told everyone that Xi Yuzhen was the wife that Miao had arranged for him. Miao, who loved her son, would never turn her face and say no, I don't have it.

After getting Miao's promise, he wandered around the shop, saying that this was the shop his mother wanted to give him. He also "mentioned it" to Miao while Duan's father was there. Could Miao still say, "No, this shop is particularly profitable. I don't want to give it to you. Pick a small shop that doesn't make money."

And the shop that was already profitable became even more profitable in Duan Qingen's hands.

Of course, it's not that he took out some super-era items, but that he is a good at playing GG.

"Now there are still many things I can't do, so I can only make a little money. In addition, I have too many things to do. If I make more money, I'm afraid it will be difficult to manage."

After visiting the shop, Duan Qingen said this to Xi Yuzhen, who was shocked by such a large and profitable shop.

I have to say, it's very pretentious.

After all, Xi Yuzhen was a pauper, and the Marquis's Mansion was in decline. She had never even witnessed others getting rich. After seeing a "small shop" under Duan Qingen's name today, she, who was still worried about whether she could live a good life with Duan Qingen, immediately became confident.

"Don't worry, I will learn to read the account book when I go back, and I will definitely sort it out for you in the future."

At this moment, Xi Yuzhen was full of struggle genes.

If she was still uneasy before, she couldn't figure out why Duan Qingen, such a capable person, would marry her, since she had no family background and was not a beauty.

But now, she didn't want to think about these things at all.

What she needed to do was to help Duan Qingen sort out the things he didn't have time to do, and be a competent backup department manager, no, wife.

Duan Qingen also saw what Xi Yuzhen was thinking.

This girl is really a giving person. If someone treats her well for no reason, she will feel uncomfortable. But if someone treats her well and tells her that she should repay the kindness, she will happily start to repay.

As usual, after visiting the shop, they went to have a meal together and then went shopping. When it was almost time to finish the meal, Duan Qingen rode on a horse and escorted Xi Yuzhen, who was sitting in the sedan chair, back home.

The Hou Mansion was a mess, but it did not have a great impact on the girls. Miss Xi Er and Miss Xi San were sewing together, which was a rare thing for them. After all, the two had never been on good terms. But during this time, everyone was busy dealing with Mrs. Hou, so their aunt joined forces, and the two of them had to pretend that they were good to each other.

While she was doing needlework, Miss Xi Er's girl came in and said, "The eldest sister has returned home. I saw that the eldest sister has a few new pieces of jewelry on her body. It seems they are from Sui Die Xuan."

Miss Xi Er couldn't continue the needlework all of a sudden. She put down the needle in her hand and said with some dissatisfaction in her eyes, "Our eldest sister is really lucky. Since she got engaged to the Duan family, the jewelry on her body has probably changed. It’s been two laps.”

Miss Xi San was also a little bit sad, "They all come from the same house, why is the eldest sister so lucky?"

She didn't know that Miss Xi Er had used some means to steal Xi Yuzhen's future husband. She was just a little bit sour, but Miss Xi Er's mood was quite complicated.

These days, seeing Duan Qingen come to pick up Xi Yuzhen to go out with her, seeing more and more jewelry on her body, and more and more smiles on her face, Miss Xi Er felt mixed emotions.

The marriage she is currently having was originally arranged by her aunt for her eldest sister, but her aunt found out about it from her father and found out that the man she was getting married to was the second son of Prince Shen. He was about the same age as her eldest sister, and there was no concubine in the house. , another example of talent, even the eldest daughter of the Marquis Mansion can be matched, but there is no eldest daughter in the mansion, which is an advantage for the eldest sister.

Miss Xi Er was covetous of this marriage, so she resorted to tricks to plot against her sisters and arranged the marriage to herself.

Unexpectedly, her aunt had just agreed to give her the marriage, and in the blink of an eye she had found the eldest son of the Duan family for her eldest sister.

It was said before that the eldest brother of the Duan family has a bad reputation, but these days, it seems that he is clearly a good man who knows how to love his wife, and he is also willing to spend money. These days, I don’t know how much jewelry I bought for my eldest sister. .

Thinking that she had stolen the marriage and the eldest sister got a better one, Miss Xi Er felt very uncomfortable.

She bitterly picked up the half-embroidered handkerchief on the table and said with a bit of anger: "The Duan family is not a very wealthy family. The eldest sister asks for this and that from the Duan brothers all day long, and she is not afraid of her future parents-in-law. I think she’s a prodigal!”

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Miss Xi San also echoed: "As a wife, you should think about your husband's family. How can you be so extravagant? If the eldest sister gets married in the future, her husband's family will definitely not like her if she behaves like this."

Both of them said critical words, but only they knew whether they were envious or jealous.

***

"Purple duck flower hairpin, four butterflies silver steps, lacquered silk silk elk bamboo fan, emerald crystal bracelet..."

Mrs. Miao was holding the account sent by Broken Die Xuan in the room. Her voice was shaking with anger as she read the jewelry on it. When she finally finished reading, she threw the account on the ground and burst with anger: "This Is she a daughter-in-law? Does she know how to eat money? She has three heads and six arms. How many hairpins and bracelets have been bought for her in the past two days! Come here!”

Seeing the master roaring there, Mother Wang quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "Madam, I know you are angry, but your voice should be lower. In case those people outside hear it, your reputation..."

"Famous reputation!! How much have I tolerated for the sake of fame?! Look, whose daughter-in-law can spend money so much! She hasn't entered the door yet. If she does in the future, will our Duan family be able to support her??"

Mrs. Miao was really angry with the accounts these days. Every time Duan Qingen bought something for Xi Yuzhen, she always gave her name. Of course, the people who came to collect the bills also came to her and gave her money every time. , she wanted to beat Duan Qingen to death.

Who can spend money so much? ?

Whose brother buys so many things for a girl who is not yet married? ?

Thinking of those accounts, Mrs. Miao couldn't help but take a deep breath, "The jewelry in Broken Die Xuan has always been expensive, and I couldn't bear to buy more. He, a brother who doesn't take money from home, actually bought baskets by baskets." !”

Seeing that she was about to collapse in anger, Mrs. Wang quickly came up with an idea, "Why don't you mention it to me? Just say that my brother is extravagant. The evidence is clearly there. Quan Sheng Jingdou knows about it. , are we still afraid that the master won’t believe it?”

Miao's anger finally calmed down a little.

"What I'm saying is, tell the master, even if the master doesn't punish him, at least he can stop him from spending like this."

She just couldn't bear the bills anymore.

After thinking clearly, Mrs. Miao ordered: "Quickly dress me up and put on a sickly look. I want to talk to the master about my brother."

"Hey!"

The two of them cooperated more, and Mother Wang immediately understood what she meant, "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely give you a make-up that makes the master feel pity after seeing it."

This makeup took a long time to apply, and it was finally done. It was almost time for Father Duan to go to court.

Miao ordered someone to invite him over, took a few breaths, and told herself that she must control her emotions for a while. She could only be pitiful and never vent her anger.

She didn't know how long she had been sitting there before the little girl waiting for someone outside happily ran over and announced: "Madam, the master is here."

Miao was delighted, but before she could smile, she heard her say, "And my eldest brother, he's here too."

Miao: "..."

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, before the two of them arrived, the voice arrived first.

It was Duan Qingen's clear and flamboyant voice saying, "Now everyone in Shengjing is praising my mother for being a good mother-in-law and my son for being a good husband. Zhen Jie'er said that her sisters envy her for marrying into a family like ours that treats her well and buys her jewelry before they get married."

Then, there was Duan's father's hearty laughter, "In that case, you should treat Zhen Jie'er better."

"Father is right, but to be honest, my mother treats Zhen Jie'er the best. My mother helped me pay for the jewelry I bought these days."

"Well, it should be. Sooner or later, we'll be a family. There's no need to worry about money."

Miao sat stiffly in her seat, watching the two of them talk as they walked in.

Duan Qingen saw her, greeted her first, then stepped forward with a smile of admiration, and took out a list from her bosom: "Mother, this is the account of the jewelry my son bought for Zhen Jie'er today. Please sign it for me so that I can ask the accountant to take the money."

Miao looked at Duan's father who was smiling at their "motherly love and filial son" wife and children, and took the pen handed over by the maid with trembling hands.

Desperately, she signed.

The author has something to say: Thank you little angels for contributing food and grass! ! I have written down the title of the book, and I will definitely not be out of books in the short term, hehehe, love you! ! !

Some random little angels will give red envelopes, good night everyone