Chapter 658: Seeing the Wealth, Uncle Xing Becomes Bewildered
The next morning.
You Erjie climbed out of bed listlessly, but Sun Shaozong's figure was already nowhere to be seen in the study.
Since this was not a place for washing, she simply packed up her clothes, took the mattress to put under her hips to prevent leakage, and prepared to return to her west wing to comb and wash carefully.
Who knew that after leaving the study and walking a few steps along the corridor, I heard someone shouting from behind: "Aunt You, Aunt You, please stay!"
You Erjie looked back and saw that it was Yuanyang jogging after her.
Yuanyang was now a real housekeeper, so even Ruan Rong had to give way to her. You Erjie naturally dared not neglect her, and hurriedly responded with a smile, and then asked, "Does the eldest lady have any instructions?"
Recently, since Xing Xiuyan was invited to stay at home, Jia Yingchun often invited several concubines from the second room to keep her company, so You Erjie asked this question.
Yuanyang shook her head and said, "I just heard from Second Master that Caixia was assigned to Auntie's room, so I wanted to go and give her some advice, but I didn't expect to run into Auntie first."
"Caixia used to be an easy-going person, but she got stuck in a dead end in the past two years and became a lonely person. Even though she has come to her senses now, I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to change back to her old temper in a short time."
As he spoke, he bowed solemnly and said earnestly, "So please give her more advice, Auntie, and don't let her make mistakes again."
What she said here was sincere and heartfelt, but You Erjie's focus was not on this at all.
The two eyes, full of autumn water, scanned Yuanyang from head to toe. Yuanyang looked so uncomfortable that she chuckled and covered her mouth with her hands: "I was wondering why I felt so empty when I woke up this morning. It turns out that you are gone..."
Although she didn't finish the rest of the sentence, Yuanyang couldn't guess what she meant, and hurriedly said, "What are you thinking, Auntie? The Second Master received a letter from the First Master last night, so he went to our courtyard early in the morning to present it. When he saw me in front of the Madam, he mentioned this casually."
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Sun Shaozong did go to Jia Yingchun's courtyard early in the morning to hand over a family letter - although the letter was actually written to him, since it was a family letter, how could he not pass it to the nominal first wife for review?
Of course, the real family letter had long been burned to ashes. This one was just copied and imitated by Sun Shaozong after he got up in the morning.
Whether the handwriting is similar or not, Jia Yuanchun won’t care anyway.
It only mentioned that the eldest brother would stay in Liaodong. As for the postponement of sowing, it would not be too late to mention it .
Since they were in public, Sun Shaozong could not exchange glances with Jia Yingchun. He just handed over the letter in a serious manner, and asked about the health of his elder sister-in-law and "little nephew", then took his leave and left the hall.
He was about to step out of the courtyard with big strides when a person suddenly appeared from the side - it was Xing Xiuyan who was visiting here recently.
Then she came up to him gracefully, bowed from a distance of about ten feet, and said respectfully: "Thank you for your care these days, sir. Unfortunately, Xiuyan has nothing, so I can only pray for you to get rid of the disaster with sister Miaoyu in the Longcui Temple."
How come I have nothing?
When she bent her knees just now, her legs were obviously very long - of course, they were still slightly inferior to those of the domineering Princess Beijing.
Sun Shaozong stopped, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "The cloak was given by my sister-in-law. What does it have to do with me? Actually..."
As he was speaking, a middle-aged woman came running over. Seeing the two men talking at the door, she was stunned for a moment, then hurried forward and saluted Sun Shaozong.
Sun Shaozong frowned and scolded, "Why are you so flustered so early in the morning?"
The old woman immediately cried out, "Second Master, please understand. It's not me who is being unreasonable. It's actually the elder uncle of the Xing family who came to the door early in the morning and said that he was anxious to see Miss Xing. How dare I neglect him?"
Hearing that it was Xing Zhong who came to look for his daughter, Sun Shaozong couldn't get angry anymore, so he stepped aside slightly and gave the initiative to Xing Xiuyan.
When Xing Xiuyan heard that her father came to her house in a hurry, she was frightened but not panicked.
He first apologized to the old woman, then confessed his crime to Sun Shaozong, and finally went to the main hall to report to Jia Yingchun, and then followed the old woman to the front.
No conversation along the way.
Seeing that they were not far from the front hall, Xing Xiuyan subconsciously quickened her pace, but she was surprised when a man suddenly emerged from under the eaves, grabbed her wrist, and urged her repeatedly, "Girl, hurry up, hurry up, and go back to Rongguo Mansion with your father!"
The person who suddenly appeared was naturally Xing Xiuyan's father Xing Zhong.
Hearing his impatient urging, Xing Xiuyan's heart trembled, and she couldn't help showing some panic, and said in a hoarse voice: "Dad, is it possible that mother... mother has had some problems?!"
"What?"
Xing Zhong was stunned when he heard this, then hesitated and glanced at the old woman who was leading the way.
Upon seeing this, the old woman immediately said goodbye and left tactfully.
When no one was around, Xing Zhong urged again: "Your mother is fine, it's that Second Mistress who has been possessed by some evil spirit that wants to pay this month's allowance in advance. Come with me and collect it, so as to make up for the recent deficit!"
Only then did Xing Xiuyan realize that he had come to her in a hurry to use her monthly salary to pay off a debt!
He was so angry that he shook off Xing Zhong's hand and complained, "Dad, don't you know how rich we are? How can we afford to live on our means?"
Seeing Xing Zhong's eyes flickering, it was obvious that he didn't take these words to heart.
Xing Xiuyan had no choice but to persuade her earnestly: "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least be considerate of your mother. Take the snow a few days ago. If I hadn't sent her some old clothes, she would have almost frozen to death..."
"Noisy!"
Xing Zhong suddenly shouted, interrupting his daughter's words.
He initially felt that he had something to ask of his daughter, so he refrained from refuting - but now that he heard her expose his shortcomings , he could no longer hold back.
He put his hands behind his back and scolded, "Don't listen to your mother's nonsense in the future. What's the point of living off the food of the next year? I'm just following your uncle to expand my network!"
"I have been following your uncle and have made many acquaintances with princes and nobles. When we start a business in the future, any one of them can help us and provide us with food and clothing for the rest of our lives!"
"Besides, when we were entertaining people outside, your uncle always took the lion's share, and I only took small changes from the bottom. So, in the end, we made a profit!"
Seeing that he was so complacent and didn't take the predicament of his family seriously at all, Xing Xiuyan regretted it so much that her intestines turned green. If she had known this would happen, she should have persuaded her father to stay in Suzhou to prevent him from being blinded by wealth and glory.
Just as she was thinking about how to persuade her father to return to the right path, Xing Zhong suddenly exclaimed "Huh?" and stared at her daughter's head as if she had discovered a new continent. The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became.
"My dear daughter, where did you get all these gold, silver, pearls and jade?!"
So that's why.
Xing Xiuyan said hurriedly: "This is what Sister Yingchun lent me, isn't it..."
"It's nothing!"
Xing Zhongxi was very happy: "I've heard that my niece is very generous - do you have the nerve to ask for this thing I lent you back?"
At this point, he patted his daughter on the shoulder and said magnanimously: "If you had told me earlier about this good news, how could your father be willing to ask you to go back? Well, you should just stay here for a few more days and get along well with your second sister!"
After saying this, without waiting for Xing Xiuyan's reaction, he put his hands behind his back and paced away like an official.
Xing Xiuyan hurried a few steps behind, but really didn't know what to say to him.
Finally, she sighed helplessly, raised her hand and took off most of the pearls and jade on her hair, leaving only a hairpin to hold up her three thousand strands of black hair, and went straight to the backyard to look for Yingchun.
