On the wedding day, the husband's family was confiscated and exiled

Xie Guzong's face became even colder.

He shouted angrily, "You bastard! Come, drag him away and behead him!"

"General, you can't kill officials at will!"

"This general is under the order of the emperor. I can kill first and report later!"

Ma Jinshui was dragged away, and the moment his head fell to the ground, the people knelt on the ground and cried in gratitude. To them, the county magistrate was simply a cancer!

he died.

There is a little hope in these days of famine.

Shi Shuang saw Lan Tian in the crowd and waved, "Boss Lan."

"Ah?" Lan Tian pointed at herself. After confirming that it was her she was calling, she walked over with a half-believing and half-doubting look. Her eyes lit up, and she actually felt that this young lady was very familiar. "What do you want me to do?"

Shi Shuang smiled and said, "It's me, Boss."

Lan Tian was extremely surprised, she didn't expect that the host was actually the young lady of the Xie family, who was of noble status and had compassion in times of crisis.

She admired the young lady boss even more.

"So you really are the boss. I was wondering why I seemed to have seen you somewhere."

"Tell the foreign merchants that they can come to the Lin Mansion to find me in an hour." Shi Shuang ordered.

She knew what those merchants came for. They just wanted to dissuade and threaten her to raise the price of grain. But she was not afraid of these threats. Now that her identity was revealed, she might as well meet them together. After all, she couldn't stay in Qingyuan Town for a long time.

There are fewer opportunities to meet so many businessmen.

The gate of the mansion was closed, and the people talked for a long time before dispersing.

Uncle Lin followed the young lady and asked hesitantly, "Young lady, are you going back to Shengjing?"

"Yes, we will set off in three days." Shi Shuang still wanted to go back to the village.

Take General Xie with you and give them a surprise.

She remembered something and asked, "Uncle Lin, will you and Aunt Lin come with us?"

Uncle Lin smiled and shook his head. "Forget it. She and I are both old. We don't want to run around. We just want to stay in this old house and spend our old age in peace."

Shi Shuang did not persuade her. If it were her, she might not be willing to follow others to Shengjing.

No matter how good Shengjing is, it is not your home.

There's no place like home.

"That's good. Aunt Lin really needs to rest."

In the dormitory.

Xie Yan was changing his brother's dressing, "Brother, did you hit your arm last night?"

"Yeah, Ah Shuang rested her head on my arm and it felt numb for a while." Xie Wei said truthfully.

Xie Yan: “…” He shouldn’t have asked more questions.

Xie Wei looked at Xie Yan who was packing up. Ah Shuang had told him to brainwash Xie Yan. What is this called, p, pua?

He coughed lightly and found a suitable opportunity to speak.

"Fourth brother, do you like Gardenia?"

"Yes." Xie Yan was surprised that his elder brother was so direct, but he nodded without hesitation. Then, a gloomy look appeared in his eyes, "But she seems to be very resistant to me recently."

Xie Wei talked about what happened last night. He said, "As long as she agrees, our family won't mind her identity. Mother also likes Zhizi very much. If she knew that you two were together, she would definitely be happy."

Xie Yan raised the corner of his mouth and said.

"Yes, I will definitely work hard!"

"You'd better, otherwise your sister-in-law will agree to Zhizi's request to never marry." Xie Wei patted his shoulder with satisfaction.

Ah Shuang said that many people in the storybooks had regrets and would carry them with them for the rest of their lives. She felt that everything depended on human effort and that one would only know if it worked after one pursued it, and would only know if the melon was sweet after one twisted it.

She didn't want her gentle fourth brother and kind-hearted Gardenia to be missed because of such a small matter.

Xie Yan's eyes flickered as he said, "I'll go now."

Xie Xuan took a sip of the tea on the table, straightened his clothes, and walked out. Looking at his fourth brother's back, he nodded and said, "Well, this young man is teachable. I can finally explain this to Ah Shuang."

Along the way, Xie Yan clenched his fists.

He came to Gardenia's residence and knocked on the door gently. Seeing Gardenia opening the door, he asked nervously, "Do you, do you like me?"

Influenced by my elder brother, these were the words that came out of my mouth.

Gardenia was stunned. She wanted to admit it, but couldn't. Her heart ached. "Fourth Master, did you ask the wrong person?"

Xie Yan smiled gently and pulled Zhizi into the house. They sat down and looked at each other, then he spoke.

“My elder brother told me everything.

I like you, Gardenia. I really like you. Can you give me a chance? "

His eyes were very sincere. Gardenia felt that they were like the stars in the sky. Every time she saw them, she felt like a light was lit in her heart.

Gardenia's lips trembled slightly, "Fourth Master, when we return to Shengjing, you will have a better choice."

There was some anxiety in Xie's tone. He didn't know how to talk to girls. He closed his eyes, thought about his elder brother and sister-in-law, and calmed down.

"I don't want any choice, Gardenia, you are my only one."

"Fourth Master..." Tears flashed in Zhizi's eyes. It would be a lie to say that she was not moved. Why did she become so tearful? She noticed that the man's hand was wiping her tears, and her ears turned red. "I, I don't know."

Xie Yan said softly: "Don't worry, this is a matter of a lifetime. I'll give you time to figure it out. On the day of departure, if you wear a light pink dress and a handkerchief tied around your wrist, I'll understand what you mean."

"If you don't wear it or tie it..."

"Then I, Xie Yan, wish Miss Gardenia happiness and good health."

-

Shi Shuang and Xie Wei packed up and went to the front hall together. The wealthy businessmen were already waiting impatiently. Hong Fu also came. He had no shortage of money and came mainly to flatter them.

When I thought about the identity of the owner of the shop opposite, I couldn't help but feel a little scared.

He had a terrible idea to burn down her granary, but luckily he didn't. "Young Madam, do you still remember me? I'm Hongfu, the boss of the shop across from yours. Oh, you're the general's son, right? You're really handsome and talented!"

"Boss Hong, you're too polite." Xie Wei said calmly.

Other wealthy businessmen: “…” Flattery never wears out. I’ve seen people flattering, but I’ve never seen anyone who’s so good at it.

They were not willing to be outdone and stepped forward to make their stance clear.

Apart from Bao Hongfu who wanted to make his presence felt, the most powerful person here was Lin Yushan. He sat down with the wealthy businessmen and expressed his purpose.

"Master Xie, Madam Xie, we came here because we heard that your grain prices are extremely low, and we wanted to persuade you. How can you make money like this? Of course, it also affects everyone's business."

He clasped his fists and said, "Please show some mercy."

Xie Wei chuckled and said, "Our food prices are still acceptable. In fact, they are one penny more expensive than before. How did you hear that we are not making any profit?"

Lin Yushan explained the grain market situation over the past year.

"I have never seen such low prices. The price of grain I bought a few days ago was only four ounces."

When it comes to the price of food, it has aroused heated discussion among everyone.

"My purchase price is four taels and five hundred coins."

"I am one hundred wen more valuable than you."

"..."

Hong Fu drank tea and said leisurely: "Hey, I don't spend any money, it's passed down from my ancestors."