Dyeing incense for thousands of miles

During the rainy season, farmers in the outskirts of Yangzhou are busy planting seeds and transplanting seedlings. They have limited leisure time, but they still talk about a not-so-big miracle while busy in the fields.

Rumor has it that the well-known Luo family in the north of the city is about to be engaged to the Wen family.

The Wen family is quite well-known in Yangzhou City, but there are no high-ranking officials in the imperial court, and there are no successful officials among the children, so they can barely be considered wealthy.

Such people are no different from businessmen.

The Luo family has been officials for three generations and has received all kinds of awards. Although the fourth generation is ineffective, the current head of the family, Mr. Luo, has at least won a reputation. Now the Luo family is married to the Wen family. untie.

But it's not too puzzling.

Master Luo, the fourth generation of the Luo family, is famous for his cleanliness. For many years, his family has only had one wife and one concubine, and he never indulged in sex or wine.The people of the whole world are full of love on the word gambling, but their luck in gambling is unlucky. After decades of accumulation, the mansion has already been emptied.

It is a well-known fact that Luo's family is strong outside and middle-ranked, but they never thought of selling their daughters.

He said he was selling his daughter, but of course he was reluctant to really sell it.

The eldest son of the Wen family is a well-known frequent visitor to Liuxiang in Huajie. Two months ago, he suddenly contracted a strange disease and was bedridden. Several doctors said it was useless. Mrs. Wen was impatient, so it was better to marry a daughter-in-law and come back to celebrate.However, no matter how unsatisfactory the son is, I still feel distressed as an old man. Although Mr. Wen is also anxious to get angry, he is reasonable. His own son is like this. Five or six out of ten are useless. I wanted to buy a child from a poor family to be a concubine. That's all right, but unexpectedly, the Luo family came to the door on their own initiative after hearing the news.

On the contrary, the Wen family hesitated for a long time, saying that it was a strange disease, but nine out of ten people believed that the disease was caused by the brothel.If an ordinary girl marries in, she may be unlucky for life.

This kind of blessing, the three big girls who are as beautiful as flowers and jade in Master Luo's family obviously can't bear it, so the eldest lady has a unique insight, and she chooses the cousin Luo Qianqian in the small courtyard.

Luo Qianqian, Fang Qiqi, is the only daughter of Master Luo's elder brother. Her parents passed away early, and she defected here when she was young.However, with a distance of three thousand miles, Mr. Luo's family has a big business, and he is busy squandering the rest of his life, so naturally he can't take care of this little girl, so the lady decides everything about Luo Qianqian.

The eldest lady is a person who knows how to calculate carefully, neither a good person nor a wicked person. With a wave of her hand, she sent Luo Qianqian to the mother in the back kitchen.

Luo Qianqian grew up in a family and was cowardly. He listened to his mother in charge and was doing laundry in the backyard. The eldest lady said that a woman should be virtuous, and female red embroidery is second, and it is true virtuous to be able to do housework, so Luo Qianqian does everything by himself.Not only her own work, but even the chores of the kitchen are all in her hands.

Luo Qianqian was a man of few words and never caused trouble. He used the name of Miss Biao and worked as a servant in silence for more than ten years.

The mothers in the back kitchen were very curious. If she was stupid, she didn't have the appearance of a simple and honest girl. She had a clean and beautiful face, and she was delicate.If you are not stupid, which young lady would be willing to serve as a maidservant for more than ten years without complaining.

In the final analysis, guessing is still stupid.

The little girl who brought the news was called Xiaotao, 14 years old, and had been working in the back kitchen with her mother, Aunt Zhang, for two or three years.

Xiao Tao trotted all the way to the backyard, panting, "Miss, Da Furen is calling you."

The eldest lady was not harsh on Luo Qianqian, but Luo Qianqian still did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly followed Xiaotao to the main hall.Seeing that his uncle, who hadn't shown up for a long time, was there, he knew there was something to do, so he called out "Master, Madam" softly.

Master Luo nodded first, looking at this niece for the first time.

The niece is petite and exquisite, weak and unremarkable, not like a lady of every family.But the figure is graceful and graceful, with the posture of a weak willow supporting the wind, which makes sense at first glance and a closer look.

Not to mention that the Wen family has no fame and official position, even if they find a well-matched family, they will not lose face to the Luo family if they marry.So happy in my heart, I nodded again.

The eldest lady said politely: "Qianqian, since your parents passed away and entrusted you to us, how have your uncle and I treated you all these years?"

Luo Qianqian stood with his head down in the hall, just respectfully: "Treat me very well."

The eldest lady nodded, and Fang continued: "You are unmarried at seventeen, and your uncle and I... are truly ashamed of our brother and sister-in-law. Your uncle and I will choose a family for you in the past few days. It must be rich and noble, and you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. what do you think?"

Luo Qianqian lowered his head slightly, and his tone was calm: "It's all up to Mrs. Madam."

Master Luo breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Luo Qianqian would not agree to cause trouble, so he hid the Wen family from mentioning it, and at the same time came to sit in charge.But I don't think this niece is good. Thinking of the wealth of the Wen family, I am about to pay off all my debts. I can't help but feel happy. Even Luo Qianqian is a little kind: "What is your name, Mrs. Uncles and aunts are."

Luo Qianqian didn't argue, just nodded.

The lady gave a wink, and the mother in charge in front of the door led a tall girl in, and said: "Madam said that Miss Qianqian is used to being frugal and doesn't like to order girls around. But now that she's grown up, she can't help but be around. People, choose a girl, and the young lady will let her go first. After the husband's family chooses, I will pick a few good ones as dowry."

Luo Qianqian glanced at the old mother, then at the eldest lady in the hall, nodded and said, "Thank you, madam."

The Da Furen smiled kindly and asked her to lead the girl down.Xiaotao was clever, followed out of the hall without making a sound, suddenly saw the girl raised her eyes, her pair of pupils were as deep as an ancient well, she couldn't help shivering.

Since she was chosen by the lady, it is a good one, but Xiaotao is uneasy, because the girl named Suran has knife-like eyes, which is really scary.

Luo Qianqian is soft-tempered, doesn't like to talk, and is used to making decisions.However, the eldest lady has seen countless people. Just relying on Luo Qianqian's slightly raised peach blossom eyes, she has identified that this is a monstrous character born in the mother's womb. She has never caused trouble in these years, and it is naturally the credit of her hard work to suppress it.

But the Wen family doesn't have the way to manage their own family. If Luo Qianqian makes a mistake, it will damage the reputation of the entire Luo family. If his daughter gets married, Luo Qianqian will be to blame for her death.After thinking about it, it's better to find a girl to suppress it.Needless to say, the stupid and loyal, the clever ones are easily distracted, and the beautiful ones will inevitably want to climb into bed, which made the eldest lady worry for a long time, and took the mother in charge to the toothmaid's place in person.

At that time, Suran was standing among a row of girls, neither like a girl nor like a master, with a slender body and a straight body, as motionless as a mountain, and the murderous aura around her body shocked the mother who accompanied the eldest lady to pick someone on the spot. .

The eldest lady caught Su Ran with a glance.Even an old mother who is used to seeing scenes is scared, let alone a Luo Qianqian who stays at home?

But Luo Qianqian is not afraid of Su Ran, she thinks Su Ran looks good.

What a good idea, Luo Qianqian couldn't tell.

It is said that a girl's good-looking is nothing more than soft or smart, but Su Ran is very fierce, her face is firm and beautiful, her dark eyes don't seem to see any emotion, and her gloomy and gloomy eyes are very compelling.

Looks better than men.

At that moment, Luo Qianqian came up with the idea that she looks better than a man.

Luo Qianqian looked at it for a long time, Su Ran seemed to notice something, and her dark eyes swept across her face.

Luo Qianqian seemed to have come to his senses, and shook his head in a panic as if his thoughts had been seen through, and secretly blamed himself for comparing girls with men, which was too outrageous.

Su Ran has been a man of few words for a couple of days. Luo Qianqian has always been quiet, and lost the surprise at first sight, and returned to her usual estrangement and gentleness.

There was no more news from the eldest lady, Xiao Taoxin was somewhat oriented toward Luo Qianqian, and after dinner she asked her mother, it seemed that the Wen family did not dare to climb high, and decided that Chongxi would ruin Miss Luo's family, so they have not been able to make a decision. marriage.

Xiaotao is a half-grown child, she seemed to understand what her mother said, but she only thought that the Wen family was rich and a good place to go, so she stuffed an osmanthus cake into the entrance: "If the Wen family doesn't agree, what can Miss Qianqian do?"

Aunt Zhang sighed slightly, the lady has her own plans on what to do, but the inside story is a bit shady.

These things will never be told to Aunt Zhang, and then the mothers of the cooks will not go out after being reminded.

She didn't worry about Luo Qianqian about the marriage, she was only thinking about Xiaotao.As Xiaotao got older, the Luo family was intolerant from top to bottom. I had suffered a lot in the past few years, and I was afraid that a good family would not be able to give Xiaotao in the future.If Luo Qianqian really married into Wen's family, she would not need to be favored, just a word or two, and Xiaotao would have a good home.

With a second thought, Aunt Zhang looked up to see the sky was getting dark, and smiled and gave the whole plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes to Xiaotao: "Take this to Miss Biao, don't steal it on the way."

"Hey." Xiaotao agreed, vaguely remembering that her mother reminded her in the past not to get too close to the lady who the lady doesn't like, but without thinking about it, she stuffed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake into her mouth while her mother was not paying attention, happily happy to go.

Looking at Xiaotao's back, Aunt Zhang sighed, her daughter couldn't help being frightened this night, but it was also inevitable for the sake of a better life in the future.If they are in trouble together, there will be an excuse in the future, she sees that Luo Qianqian is definitely not ungrateful.