bastard little man

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the Sun family and the Qiu family came to An Datong's house to deliver the sedan chair.

Sun Baizhen brought 6 fish and 2 bowls of meat alone.

"Come in and enjoy the fire." Liu Cui took what was in Sun Baizhen's hands and went into the kitchen, bringing out another bowl of hot tea.

An Qiyu secretly covered Sun Baizhen's hand in distress, that hand was frozen stiff from catching fish in the cold weather.

An Qiyu sniggered at the side and winked at his mother, Liu Cui didn't have any complaints in her heart seeing the sweetness of the two.

On the contrary, An Datong had some complaints about their being so close before they got married, so he went to the kitchen to make vegetables to avoid taboo.

"Master Ann"

An Datong was stewing bacon when he heard the wheels of a carriage passing by.

Qingshan asked two servants to come in with goose, fish, meat, lotus seeds, etc. "Master An, this is the sedan chair from our family."

An Datong and Liu Cui had seen the big battle of presenting dowry gifts before, but now seeing the burden of eating and drinking, they were not as nervous as before.

"Master Qingshan, there is something I want to discuss with you, I don't know..." An Datong saw Liu Cui leading the people to put things away, and he was a little anxious thinking about Brother Yu.

"this way please"

The two went to An Datong's room to discuss things.

"Master Qingshan..."

"Master An just call me Qingshan," Qingshan said neither humble nor overbearing.

"Okay, okay." An Datong was a little nervous, "You also know that according to the usual practice, the dowry has to be carried to Qiu's house to be unboxed for people to watch. I..."

Hearing An Datong's tone, Qingshan also knew his difficulties, thinking about what his wife ordered, he replied, "We don't care about these things, and when the time comes, we will carry the dowry and go directly to the Qiu family's warehouse. No one will know, let alone open the box. This do not worry"

"However..." Qingshan reminded, "This is also related to the face of the An family. Our wife's idea is that you get more empty boxes here, and it will be decent to carry them into the Qiu family."

Upon hearing this, An Datong knew that this meant asking him to use empty boxes to refill the money, and nodded in agreement, "I... don't know how to thank your wife."

"We will be a family from now on, don't talk about this outsider"

An Datong slapped his head, "Of course, of course."

Seeing that everything was settled, An Datong sincerely invited him to have dinner here.Qingshan knew that his wife was quite satisfied with this little brother, so he stayed with the two servants.

An Qiyu's two siblings were driven back to their room by An Datong.

Sun Baizhen didn't have much to say to these people, so she just sat there and watched An Datong busy.

A few days after the Qiu family delivered the betrothal gift, Sun Baizhen received nearly a hundred taels of silver from An Datong, which allowed him to prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

Sun Baizhen has always been grateful to An's family, and vowed in her heart that she will treat An's parents as her own in the future.

It's just that An Datong's courtesy to the Qiu family now makes him feel a little uncomfortable.No matter how he looked at it, he felt that his father-in-law was flattering the servants of these rich people, or maybe the gifts he brought were not as good as others, so now he feels that he has been treated coldly in comparison.

Qingshan observed Sun Baizhen, who was said to be very knowledgeable. He looked fair and behaved generously. He should have a good future in the future.

It's just...Qing Shan could see the contempt flashing in this kid's eyes clearly.

After taking a sip of tea, he thought about what Ah Lin said in his ear just now, saying that he had entered the kitchen, where there were 6 fish tied with thin colored silk and bacon in two festive red bowls.

Qingshan probably understands why this kid from the Sun family is so disdainful. After studying for so many years, he is still so narrow-minded. It seems that the daughter of An Datong's family chose the wrong person.

Qingshan smiled at Sun Baizhen who was looking over, thinking in his heart, what does this have to do with him, this woman is just blind.

Qing Shan brought the two of them back to Qiu's house after having dinner. As soon as they reached the back door, they saw the door was open, and people coming and going were carrying things inside.

"Father" Qing Shan saw that his father was busily busy giving orders.

Wei Chong nodded.

"Father, Master is back?"

"The master is at the county magistrate's house, and he will be back tomorrow." Wei Chong watched as the boy accidentally dropped the fine silk and satin on the ground, and a whip hit his leg, "Go back and carry the box, such a trivial matter can't be done well , born to do hard work!"

Qing Shan saw that it was too busy here, so he didn't dare to disturb, so he bowed to his father and left to his wife's place.

"Sun Baizhen..." Lin Xiu thought for a while, and seemed to have heard that the gentleman who invited him to teach Xiao Shi was belittling his own son and praising Sun Baizhen at the same time.

"If I had known that kid was here today, I would have asked you to mention a few more valuable things. It would be nice if you could be more angry with him." Lin Xiu thought about the anger that the gentleman had scolded his son for being useless that day, "Isn't it just a Are you a scholar? Heh! How many of those students can pass the exam?"

From Lin Xiu's point of view, her son is good-looking and good-natured.

Qing Shan frowned slightly when he saw Lin Xiu's somewhat complacent expression. The Qiu family was not so rich before. , I wanted to go back to my hometown to enjoy my old age, so I settled down in the town.

When the wife was young, she also suffered a lot when she ran around with the master, but she didn't expect that the experiences outside did not give her a lot of insight.A noble son from a poor family, judging from Qingshan's understanding of Sun Baizhen, as long as this Sun Baizhen doesn't risk her life, her future will definitely be bright.

The next day, An Datong's family busily prepared the dowry for their two children, and Qiu Yuanwai finally returned to town.

It's just that Qiu Yuanwai first quietly put on a veiled hat to cover his face and went to the gambling house in the town.

"Master, this is the ledger," Ah You said respectfully.

While Qiu Yuanwai was looking at the account book, Ah You wondered in his heart whether he should tell the master that the brother the young master is going to marry is a good gambler and has owed debts to the gambling house.

Only a few people know that Qiu Yuanwai is behind this gambling house, and Ah You is the person in charge of this place.

Back then when he knew that the brother the Qiu family was going to marry owed debts at the gambling house, Ah You still thought it was nothing, so he gave An Qiyu less money.

Ah You thought that his young master also gambled anyway, and this was his family's game, and that brother would be able to play whatever he wanted after he married in, so he didn't write to the housekeeper and the master to inform him.

But his daughter-in-law scolded him when she found out about it, saying that he would be punished if he did something wrong. Ah You was a little unsure, and always felt that the master would not punish him for such a trivial matter.

Thinking of this, Ah You tentatively asked, "Master, the young master came out to gamble secretly in the past few months."

Yuan Qiu waved his hands and didn't take it seriously, "It's all my own stuff, so it's not a big deal to come to play for a while."

Ah You breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and stopped talking.

Qiu Yuanwai quickly scanned several ledgers and closed them, and said with satisfaction, "Yes, I have time to go to Wei Chong to collect the reward."

"Thank you, master." The ferocious Ah You showed a silly smile that didn't fit his appearance.

"By the way, has there been trouble in the casino?"

Ah You thought for a while and replied, "No."

What Qiu Yuanwai believed in most in the past few decades in business was luck. I don't know how many people who are more capable and talented than him are not as happy as he is in their old age. Isn't this luck?

In order to maintain his good luck, Qiu Yuanwai never did anything harmful to nature.

Unexpectedly, the precious son Qiu Shizhen followed a few servants and started to gamble. Seeing such a disappointing son, Qiu Shizhen opened a gambling house for him to play, but he didn't expect that it would become bigger and bigger and more and more popular. more money.

He was afraid that opening a gambling shop would be too damaging, so Qiu Yuanwai made a rule that unless he was a wealthy family member, he would not give credit or make IOUs.

When An Qiyu was in debt, it was because Zhang Pengzhu, the elder brother of Ting’s family, was the guarantee. Ah You issued an IOU and continued to let him gamble. When I reached more than 100 taels, I stopped borrowing money.

That time someone went to the street to borrow a butcher's knife just to frighten him, and Ah You would not really do anything to him.