The eldest married as a merchant's wife

311 Chapter 3 Not Like the Old Face ([-])
A smell of rouge and powder hit her face, and the old lady frowned: "Why did she become so virtuous after only one year of going there? This girl is coquettish in her bones, and the more I let her push her nose and face. "He scolded in his mouth, and continued what he said just now:
"In the beginning, Mr. Mao sent the two stores back to their Geng family. Your second uncle became suspicious and sent someone to the capital to inquire. He said that Prince Duan had a romantic relationship with an actor earlier. The actor's name was Yan Sheng. I'm afraid She is the mother of that girl from the Guan family, and the adoptive father that Geng Wu recognized later on. Now his Geng family is very prosperous, and all the good land of our family, together with the cheap land they sold in the early years, was bought back by him. Not enough, his family's wine has become a tribute wine, but our Mei family's embroidery village has been sealed. He bites back... Cough, cough, cough!" He couldn't breathe when talking about the turnaround of the Geng family, and asked Xiao Yi how long he planned to stay this time, why didn't the old man and your father come back?
Fucheng merchants have gone to sea for generations to do business. After the imperial court promulgated the sea ban, they still risked their lives to go out with the ship.Old Mrs. Mei was one of them, but the Mei family had an old concubine as a backer in the palace, so it would be easy to fool them when they went there to set up an officialdom.At the end of last year, I gradually became unable to do what I wanted, otherwise, the old lady would not have sent several letters, but even a single word could not arrive.

An old house that is full of yin and yang, is quiet, and the women's eyes of hope are all pinned on him.Mei Xiaoyi slightly pursed her thin lips, and after a moment of silence, she said indifferently: "There is a lot of trouble in Nanyang this year, they didn't make any business, and they didn't bring much gold back. If grandson didn't know the leaders of the Chinese businessmen, I'm afraid this trip would be the same. I can’t come back. But if I want to go there again, it will be difficult in the future. I will make a decision after taking care of everything at home.”

He didn't say it directly, but the faces of Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Zhou turned downcast.Like an unwritten rule, all men who go to sea to do business have set up another family on the other side of the sea, and those delicate and plump Nanyang women also give birth to their men, even because they spend more time together than themselves , have more and better-looking children.As soon as there are more children, the entanglements become complicated and can't be let go. In the end, they stay there, and they don't come back when they get old and die.

The old lady and the Zhou family have always known that the old man and the old man had already married another woman over there. The old man brought back two when he was young. Last year, the old man brought back Naya and Nanyang half-breed, that is to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors. .Hearing what Xiao Yi said this time, he probably won't be coming back...not coming back...then what's the point of them living in this house?
Zhou's hand twisting the Buddha beads became faster and faster, and he opened his eyes suddenly and stopped.Under the dark brown beams of the old house, she stared at Mei Xiaoyi's handsome but cold face, this son who was inexplicably ill and paralyzed from the age of eight, this flesh and blood whom she deliberately ignored for 20 years because she hated her husband. Xiao Keji worked hard, but was weak and lonely, had no children to accompany him, no girls to get close to, and suffered a lot of contempt, and she was suddenly afraid that he would leave.Once he left, she would be so alone, she would have no roots.

Zhou's voice trembled a little, and it was rare for him to say: "Late spring is not good, let mother arrange another marriage for you when you come back this time. You are over [-] years old, and you must have flesh and blood under your knees. I am still in good health, and I can help you if there is nothing to do." Take the kids with you."

(End of this chapter)