It's this afternoon.

Because of the chance encounter in the evening, Xing Xiuyan was sitting uneasily in the house, when she suddenly heard Xiuju exclaim outside: "Ah, why is aunt here? Fortunately, sister Siqi was not at home, and followed the girl to the old lady's courtyard..."

"I'm not looking for Siqi."

A woman with a loud voice replied: "Is my cousin at home?"

"Miss Cousin?"

Xiuju seemed a little surprised and paused for a while before replying: "Miss Xing is at home. She came back from my wife's house in the morning and said she felt unwell, so she didn't follow her to the old lady's courtyard."

"Then what you're busy with is, I'll go see Miss Xing."

While they were talking, the visitor walked into the main room and found Xing Xiuyan in the west room.

This is a middle-aged woman in her late forties. She is quite wealthy and has short, white fingers. She obviously doesn't do much work.

After entering the door, she first put the baggage in her hand on the table, and then said a happy greeting to Xing Xiuyan with a smile: "Girl, my wife specially sent me here to help you dress up."

As she spoke, she glanced around and asked in surprise: "Why is there not even a mirror in this room?"

"I'm all in my second sister's house..."

Just as Xing Xiuyan was about to explain, the woman raised her voice and said: "Xiu Ju, Xiu Ju, quickly find a dressing mirror for Miss Xing!"

Seeing this bossy attitude, Xing Xiuyan knew that he must be the powerful master next to his aunt, so he hurriedly bowed and said respectfully: "May I ask what my aunt is called?"

The woman accepted Xing Xiuyan's courtesy and said proudly: "It's not that the girl doesn't recognize me. I am actually an old man from the Xing family. When I married into this mansion with my wife, I was not a girl yet - at that time

My wife is only fifteen, and seventeen or eight years have passed in a blink of an eye."

"At that time, the Xing family was not like what it is now. My grandpa owned several prosperous shops, and there was also a small village outside the city. Who would have thought that within a few years, most of them were defeated by my uncle..."

"When the uncle was going to do business in the south, I wasn't optimistic about it. Look, don't you ask me to be sure? I've only been there for a few years, and even my capital has been lost!"

"If I had stayed in the capital, my wife would have helped take care of me..."

She thought about it for a long time, but besides the fact that she was from the Xing family and was Mrs.

At this time, Xiuju came in with a mercury mirror as big as a bowl. The woman snatched it away, unfolded the stand and placed it on the table while complaining: "Why did you get it so small?"

"This is what Sister Siqi and I use. The one in the girl's room is bigger, but it is mounted on the dressing table."

"Forget it, I'll just go and work on you."

The woman sent Xiu Ju away and turned back to untie the bundles layer by layer. At the same time, she said with a smile: "Girl, don't feel aggrieved. What's in front of you is what's in front of you, and what's behind is behind. When I marry into the Jiao family, I'll have you."

What a great day!”

"His family's financial situation is not that good, but Uncle Jiao is in charge of so many big money-making businesses in the Ministry of Industry. If you just show something through your fingers, it will be enough for the family to use for several lifetimes!"

As she said that, she dug out a goose yellow floral dress from her bag and carefully put it aside. Then she took out a wooden box engraved with the Five Blessings cloud pattern, pushed it to Xing Xiuyan like a treasure, and said exaggeratedly: "

Girl, look at it, this is you, even if the two girls have a blind date, the wife may not be willing to let it go!"

Xing Xiuyan vaguely guessed something and was quite repelled by the box. However, at the urging of the woman, she could only pretend to be surprised and opened the lid. As expected, there was a set of jeweled head and face jewelry inside.

Xing Xiuyan sighed secretly, but said: "Why, how can this happen?"

"There is nothing wrong with it. As long as the girl can find a good home, my wife and us old people from the Xing family will feel relieved." The first half of the woman's sentence was heartwarming, but the second half changed the subject: "

But girl, please be careful, if you break it, it won’t be easy for me to take it back.”

Xing Xiuyan had already expected that it was a temporary loan, so he was not disappointed.

Just let the woman arrange it, and dress up her body with gold, jade, pearls, emeralds, and splendid long skirts.

During this period, the jingling of the ring was pleasant to the ear, but it felt like shackles closing in Xing Xiuyan's ears; because the long skirt was Mrs.

, it is difficult to even breathe freely.

When the dress was almost finished, the woman looked at her proud work from front to back, thinking that Miss Liandao would definitely be able to "win the day" this time.

Immediately, she explained: "My wife told you to wait until Uncle Jiao comes home late before intercepting him. As the old saying goes, wine is a matchmaker for sex, and it is also said that wine makes people brave. Well, this man, once he drinks too much pussy,

When it comes to peeing, the top cannot control the bottom..."

"Mother, mother!"

Just as he was talking, he heard Siqi shouting from outside: "Come out for a moment, I have something to tell you!"

But it turned out that this woman was Siqi's mother, Mrs. Wang.

"What kind of monster is this damn girl?"

Wang murmured, smiled at Xing Xiuyan and said, "Girl, wait here for now. I'll go out and talk to her for a few words and then come back."

Without waiting for Xing Xiuyan's consent, she had already picked up the curtain and went to the outside room.

Just as he was about to ask his daughter what happened, he was dragged out of the door by Si Qi.

"mother!"

When he arrived at the corridor in the east wing, Si Qi said with a solemn face: "Tell me honestly, what is my wife sending you to do this time?"

"You girl, are you trying to interrogate your mother?!"

Mrs. Wang glared and said angrily: "You don't have to worry about what my mother does, and it's not your turn to worry about my wife's affairs. You just have to serve the second young lady well!"

With that said, he turned back to the house.

"mother!"

Siqi took a few long steps to catch up and blocked Wang's way: "I beg you, please tell me the truth this time!"

"You said this as if your mother had lied to you?"

Mrs. Wang's face showed some annoyance, but she still said perfunctorily: "What Madam ordered has nothing to do with you. Just stop asking about it - can mother still harm you?"

As he said this, he wanted to bypass his daughter.

"mother!"

Seeing this, Si Qi became more and more sure that Mrs.

"What?!"

Mrs. Wang jumped three feet high, no longer caring about Xing Xiuyan, and hurriedly took her daughter to a quiet place to ask what happened.

"What's there to say?"

Si Qi frowned and said coldly: "My wife promised to marry the second young lady to him in person. I often send messages back and forth, and I have already treated him as my uncle, so naturally..."

"You girl are so confused!"

Wang said angrily: "If people find out about this, how will you live in the future?!"

Si Qi said confidently: "So my daughter can only marry with the second girl! Mom, tell me honestly, does my wife want my cousin to do anything outrageous?!"

After a pause, Wang was silent and added: "This is a life-long event for my daughter. You must not hide it anymore!"

"That's what happened..."

Mrs. Wang's fat face wrinkled, and she was about to tell Mrs.

Isn’t this the girl’s dowry?!”

"Since you have taken the lead, you can easily decide whether she will settle down or not. Who will have the final say when she gets to the Jiao family?"

The more she talked, the more excited she became, and Mrs. Wang actually praised her daughter again: "You girl has better eyesight than my mother, but you climbed onto Uncle Jiao's high branch without saying a word, so you have not wasted your outstanding body!"

"

Siqi had known that his mother was a snobbery, but he never expected that Wang would scold him for being stupid, then turn around and covet Jiao Shun's future and wealth, praising him for his foresight.

Siqi, who was in trouble for the moment, didn't know what to say.

However, Mrs. Wang's imagination was so bright at this time that she thought of the recent special experience of Qin Xian and his wife based on the relationship between her daughter and Jiao Shun, so she suddenly changed her color and said: "No wonder your second uncle got fat, and even your aunt got it."

Uncle Jiao promoted me to be the night watchman of Bieyuan, but it turned out that he was biased towards the interests of our family!"

"When you see Uncle Jiao again, be sure to tell him clearly. If you have any good errands, wait until your father comes back. It will be easier..."

"mother!"

Siqi listened to her talk becoming more and more outrageous, and stamped his feet anxiously: "What are you talking about?! Our girl has already asked Uncle Jiao, and he said that if the wife breaks her promise and gets fat, he would rather break up than marry Miss Xing."

After thinking about it, she added: "Don't let your wife know this, otherwise I will have no hope here!"

"Of course I know this!"

Precisely because he is greedy, Mrs. Wang understands better that all cousins ​​and second ladies are fictitious, only her daughter's climb to a high branch is real.

At that moment, he no longer concealed anything. He explained everything about Xing's "accidental encounter" with Jiao Shun when Xing was forced to do so by Xing Xiuyan, and then reminded him: "I see what this means. It may not be as simple as a chance encounter. It's not necessarily to seduce that person."

Uncle Jiao is immoral after drinking..."

"If he doesn't drink, he may not be virtuous!"

Si Qi snorted and said to Mrs. Wang: "Mom, you must not do this. How about you try to dissuade her and let her know the difficulty..."

"You can't persuade me, let alone I don't dare to persuade you!"

But Mrs. Wang immediately shook her head and said: "Otherwise, if my wife knew about it, how could she be as good as ours? Besides, I saw that my cousin was also reluctant. She had violated the law several times before, so my wife specially sent me here——

But after all, she is living under someone else's roof, and the family depends on her for food and clothing, so she never dares to disobey her."

After hearing this, Si Qi walked back and forth for a few steps and said decisively: "Then let me go and break this matter, so that my cousin can have an explanation!"

"No! You can't go!"

When Mrs. Wang saw her daughter becoming very energetic, she became anxious and wised up: "If you go, you will definitely implicate the second lady. You have to find someone who is not afraid of taking responsibility to come forward!"

Not afraid of taking responsibility?
Chapter completed!