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Chapter 410: Cousin, You Really Make Me Worried [Thank You! Goodbye! Words Delinquent Version]

"very nice!"

Ni Qi Qiu sighed with a smile.

Hearing this, Wei Shuyi nodded in agreement.

Subsequently,

The two of them walked out together and sat down again.

Ni Qiqiu and Wei Shuyi both came from families of literati.
Although one of them sold herself to save her father at a marriageable age, the other followed her master to visit households in Bian Jing when she was still young.

But the similar family environment made the two of them able to chat quite well.

"Sister Wei, does our Sheng family have any virgin boys or girls who can make love to Xiaodie?"

Wei Shuyi smiled politely and shook his head, saying, "The madam said that all the children of marriageable age in the family are sold to the Sheng family. It's not good to roll around in bed with Xiaodie, who has escaped from slavery."

Ni Qi Qiu nodded, which meant no.

Ni Qi Qiu also knew a lot about the situation of the Sheng family, but her husband Zhu Qinghu was not so prestigious that he would allow the son of a civil servant who was in the ascendant to have sex with his comrade-in-arms' sister.

If Zhu Qinghu asked to marry the eldest lady, then maybe it would be possible.

Ni Qiqiu nodded: "Madam is right!"

Glancing at Wei Shuyi, Madam Ni continued, "Sister Wei, I used to be at the Sun family, teaching the brothers and sisters of the Sun family how to read and write."

"Before I came, the old lady of the Sun family in Xishuimen asked me to go there. The old lady said that if the Sheng family is not prepared, she would send two of the Sun family children I taught."

"The comrades of the official are all close friends with Xiaodie's brother, and the children in the family can also come."

"But I thought that Xiaodie was married into the Sheng family after all, and it would be difficult for her to come to the Sheng family without any relatives, so I decided to choose the brothers and sisters from the Sun family."

"You see?"

Wei Shuyi nodded slightly and said, "Madam, you have thought it through."

After that, he stood up and bowed, saying, "When the time comes, please ask the lady to thank the old lady of the Sun family for me."

Ni Qiqiu quickly stood up and supported Wei Shuyi, saying, "Sister Wei, what are you talking about? I'm not thinking about my brother."

After the two exchanged a few words,
Madam Ni left Jin'an Zhai and went to Weiruixuan to bid farewell to Wang Ruofu.

After sending the person to the second gate, Wang Ruofu waved to Ni Qi Qiu who got on the carriage.

Madam Liu behind Wang Ruofu said with some worry on her face: "Madam, you should ask about the matter here."

"Tsk! If the Ni family passes the entrance exam, I will naturally come forward."

"But he studied at the Li family and didn't even pass the college entrance examination."

As she spoke, Wang Ruofu shook her head and said, “You know, even Lian Changfeng, a bitch, passed the entrance exam!”

"Madam, but I heard from my relative's mother that this Ni family brother is a hard worker!"

"Besides, not every family has a teacher as great as Zhuang Xuejiu! If the master had not been kind to the Zhuang family, we would not have been able to hire Zhuang Xuejiu."

"Besides, he is the Viscount's biological brother after all."

Wang Ruofu nodded with some embarrassment on her face. It was Wang Ruofu who had made a "contribution" to the banker's affairs.

Watching the carriage leave the Sheng family's gate, Wang Ruofu and Mama Liu turned around and walked towards the yard, saying as they walked, "Hiss, how long has Madam Ni been married? She doesn't look like she's pregnant today!"

Mother Liu nodded and said, "Yes! I heard from Cuichan that the eldest daughter of the Xu family will be married to Zhu Zijue not far away! How old is that boy now!"

"Tsk!"

Wang Ruofu looked up at the gray clouds in the sky and shook her head.

4:00 PM
The north wind howled,

The air is full of the smell of snow,

Chai family
Qiushengyuan

In the courtyard corridor,
A group of people are walking.

Among them was a maid in an embroidered cloak holding an oil-paper umbrella, shielding Mrs. Chai, who was holding a hand warmer in front of her, from the falling snow.

When he came to the door of the main house,
A maid in the group shouted in a moderate voice: "The lady is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the silk cotton curtain at the door of the main house was lifted by the people inside.

"Madam!" The maid who lifted the curtain lifted it and bowed.

"Where are you girls?"

"In the inner room."

Having said that, Mrs. Chai stepped in.

After a brief pause, she asked the maid to take off her luxurious and thick cloak and take over the hand warmer. She also changed into indoor shoes and walked towards the inner room.

"Mother, you went to my grandparents' house, why did you come back at this time?"

Chai Zhengzheng, who was also dressed in home clothes, stood at the door of the inner room and said.

Looking at Mrs. Chai's expression, Chai Zhengzheng hesitated and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Mrs. Chai shook her head and waved her hand backwards.

The two mothers who followed stopped and paused at the door of the inner room.

After Madam Chai and Chai Zhengzheng entered the inner room, they closed the partition of the inner room.

Then the two mothers took the other maids outside.

In the inner room,

Chai Zhengzheng, who was standing by and helping Madam Chai walk inside, looked at her mother's face and said with some discomfort in her eyes, "Mother, what's wrong? Are grandparents not feeling well?"

Mrs. Chai glared at Chai Zhengzheng in reproach: "Your grandparents are in good health!"

Chai Zhengzheng's expression immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, as if relieved: "Oh!"

He glanced at Madam Chai again and said, "Why do you look unhappy, mother?"

Mrs. Chai shook her head and said, "It's the Xu family."

"Mother, what happened to the Xu family? Did the Xu brothers fight again?"

Chai Zhengzheng asked anxiously with his eyes wide open.

Mrs. Chai glared at Chai Zhengzheng unhappily, with an expression that said "are you speaking or am I speaking?" or "do you want to listen or not?"

Chai Zhengzheng immediately shut up and looked at his mother with some panic in his eyes, as if he was afraid that Mrs. Chai would say something that would make her uncomfortable.

Mrs. Chai understood Chai Zhengzheng's expression, and after stretching Chai Zhengzheng for a while, she said, "It's about the Xu family's relatives, the Zhu family. They are also our relatives in a roundabout way."

Chai Zhengzheng's entire mood and demeanor relaxed, and he thought quickly, "Is it the Zhu family? Where is the aunt of the Xu family's son?"

Mrs. Chai nodded.

Mrs. Chai's sister-in-law and Chai Zhengzheng's aunt's cousin's surname is Ni, and he is Ni Qiqiu's father.

"Mother, what happened to the Zhu family?"

Chai Zhengzheng asked doubtfully.

Madam Chai sighed and said, "I heard from your aunt that the eldest lady of the Viscount's family asked your aunt to find a family that knows her background. We need to find one."

Mrs. Chai didn't say anything else.

Chai Zhengzheng looked at his mother, his eyes full of "looking for something".

"Looking for someone to take as a concubine."

"Ah!? Why?"

Chai Zhengzheng asked urgently.

Madam Chai sighed, "Viscount Zhu has been married for many years but still has no children."

"It hasn't been long since that cousin got married!"

"It's been three or four years! Don't let this matter spread!"

"Yes, yes! But, mother, I heard that after returning to the capital, Viscount Zhu was busy helping Marquis Yongyi to organize the Tianwu Army, and later he was stationed outside the border for many years. How could it be so easy for him to get a cough?"

Chai Zhengzheng didn't say anything else. As a virgin, it was not appropriate for her to talk about this.

"Old Lord Zhu died in battle. Now the Zhu family has no heir. Madam Xu has no reason to worry."

"So, mother, aunt and the others have found it?"

Madam Chai shook her head: "It's not easy to find her with so many people in Bianjing! They are all persuading her to wait for Viscount Zhu to come back!"

"Mother, I remember you told me before that my cousin from my maternal grandparents' family might marry into the Ni family."

“It’s impossible!”

"Ah? Mother, why? Didn't you say that Ni studied very hard?"

"Ugh!!!"

Mrs. Chai sighed heavily.

"I heard from your aunt that Ni's brother heard from somewhere that his sister was going to take a concubine, and he failed the exam before the college entrance examination." "Ah!??? This is such a pity."

"Who says it's not true? This Ni family boy didn't pass the entrance exam, and there's no telling what his future will be like. When Madam Ni went to the Cheng family again a few months ago, she vaguely broke off the matter and looked for another family."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded.

The two companies were just interested in it, so it was naturally nothing if the rough proposal was not accepted.

"Mother, it doesn't really matter to my daughter. Brother Ni will just continue his studies."

Madam Chai looked at Chai Zhengzheng and said, "Zheng'er, I'm not upset about this. I just feel bad seeing that the eldest lady of the Ni family has no children, but she still wants to find a concubine for her husband!"

"She had such a hard time, but her brother failed the exam again! As the eldest sister, she still has to deal with her brother's marriage."

"If she had parents, she shouldn't have to endure this at her age."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded with empathy.

"If I don't have any children in the future, I still need to give it to you. Pah! Pah! Pah! "

Chai Zhengzheng spat out the thought in his mind.

"Zheng'er, what are you thinking about?"

"Mother! Uh. I didn't think much. I just listened to what you said. I heard that the Ni family's brother's marriage is settled?"

Chai Zhengzheng quickly changed the subject.

"Well, it's settled! Your aunt said that she is the younger sister of a comrade-in-arms of Viscount Zhu who died in battle. She was stripped of her citizenship in Yangzhou before, and later worked as a maid in the Sheng family where Heng Ge'er was studying."

"oh oh!"

"Zheng'er, don't even think about it. This relative is a bit far away and we don't need to go there."

"Oh," Chai Zhengzheng said a little disappointed.

Looking at Chai Zhengzheng's appearance, Mrs. Chai stood up and prepared to leave.

After taking two steps, Madam Chai stopped and said, "I almost forgot that your seventh sister from the Cheng family is getting married to the eldest son of the Marquis of Chengping tomorrow. You will go with me then."

"I know, mother."

"Ah."

Mrs. Chai walked out, and her personal nurse put the cold-proof cloak on her again. She looked at Chai Zhengzheng who had escorted her to the outer room, and grumbled:
"Come to my yard for dinner in the evening!"

"This winter, we're going to be busy."

Watching his mother disappear behind the cotton curtain, Chai Zhengzheng walked back to the inner room.

The maid Yunmu looked at her daughter's face and whispered, "Daughter, the madam is right! We have received several wedding invitations recently. Who knows, we may not be idle even in the twelfth lunar month."

evening,

Quyuan Street

Because the roadside vendors had extinguished their candles and closed their stalls,

So most of the streets were plunged into darkness.

There was a bright area around the two large lanterns hanging at the gate of the Xu family.

The lantern light brought out the snowflakes.

The snowflakes were falling densely.

"唏伦~"

Listening to the neighing of horses,
The Xu family's doorman walked out from the side door next to the main gate.

Looking at the knight covered in snow, the concierge hurriedly said, "It's snowing, why are you still delivering a letter?"

The postman got off his horse and said with a smile, "It's an urgent letter! I have to deliver it even if I have to kill you!"

"Quick, take out two strings of cash!"

The concierge shouted towards the door, taking the letter from the postman: "Please wait a moment."

Then he walked in and headed towards the inner courtyard.

After a while

A servant put the silver into the postman's hand and said, "Thank you! Please buy some wine to warm your body!"

"Hey! Thank you for the reward!"

After bowing and expressing his gratitude, the postman mounted his horse and disappeared into the night.

In the inner courtyard of the Xu family,
The hall was warm and lively.

The maids were busy preparing the dishes.

Xu Zaijing and Zai Zhang were teasing their two nephews.

Sun and her two daughters-in-law were talking about some gossip about Bianjing. The three of them were chatting at the same time.

At this time,

The letter just sent from the outer courtyard was handed into the house by the nanny.

When it was handed to Sun, the nanny said, "It was sent by the courier, and the doorman gave me two strings of cash as a reward."

Xie on the side nodded and said, "This is the right thing to do. I'll make a note of it."

Sun also nodded, looked down at the envelope and said to the others in the room, "It was sent by your cousin."

As she spoke, she opened the envelope. After reading the letter, Sun's brows gradually frowned.

Holding Xu Xingdai, Zai Zhang asked, "Mother, what's wrong?"

Sun sighed and said, "It's alright! Tomorrow there will be a wedding at the Chengping Marquis's house, so just you and Jing'er can go!"

Zai Zhang: "Mother, how about you?"

"I have other things to do, Dalang's wife, Erlang's wife, you will accompany me tomorrow."

"Yes, mother-in-law."

Xie and Hualan looked at each other and responded.

I had dinner without much appetite.

Xu Zaijing returned to his own yard.

About a quarter of an hour later,
Qingcao took Yunxiang and Huaxiang, the three maids, back to the yard dejectedly.

Xu Zaijing, who was walking around the room, looked at the three people and asked, "Why, didn't you find any news?"

The three maids bowed their heads and nodded. Qingcao said:

"Sir, the mother next to the Madam didn't want us to help serve her and sent us back."

Xu Zaijing exhaled: "I have always kept my mouth shut, why didn't mother let me know?"

"Forget it, I'll ask Third Brother tomorrow."

Seo Jae-jeong alone in bed
Let’s skip the tossing and turning for half the night.

On the second day,
It was still dark in the early morning.

When Xu Zaijing was still exercising at the racecourse, he saw the draft horses being led out of the stable.

Soon, the harnessed carriage drove to the second gate of the Xu family.

"So early!"

Xu Zaijing put away the fine steel spear in his hand and watched the carriage with lanterns hanging on it go to the second gate.

"Sir, do the three ladies have any urgent matters?" Qingyun asked on the side.

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "I don't know! I only know that it was a letter from my cousin. He is really a worry."

"After breakfast, go directly to the Sheng family and ask Changbai to ask for leave from the scholar."

"Yes, son."

Finish your workout.

Xu Zaijing went to Sun's courtyard.
Looking at Zai Zhang sitting behind the table, Xu Zai Jing hurried over and said, "Brother, did your sister-in-law tell you anything?"

Zai Zhang shook his head: "Hwa Lan said that her mother's tone was very stern, and she didn't dare to reveal anything."

After dinner,
About two hours later,
10:00 AM
The two brothers changed into new clothes and took a carriage to the home of Marquis Chengping Zhu.

On the way,

"What happened? The servant went to my cousin's house and didn't even go through the door."

Zai Zhang still said puzzledly.

Xu Zaijing lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the streets of Bianjing after the winter snow: "Brother, mother shouldn't be like last time. She won't cause misunderstandings based on a few words."

Zai Zhang: "No, I believe it this time."

(End of this chapter)