The Stepmother is Unkind

It is difficult for ordinary people not to be greedy for such a large sum of money, so Xie Qin's selfless act shocked the patriarch Fan Shao and the officials of the prefecture.

Xie Qin was not a gentle person, so he left Yin Mingyu a little time to play, so he told the truth about the arrangement of the money, and was ready to appease one or two.

But Yin Mingyu didn't show strong reluctance and accepted it calmly.

Yin Mingyu even said very rationally: "In the end, it is ill-gotten wealth. It is very appropriate for Langjun to handle it like this, and it is my merit to be able to contribute to the people of South Vietnam."

Xie Qin: "…"

Bai made some preparations, but it didn't work at all.

Yin Mingyu glanced at Xie Qin and asked suspiciously, "Don't you think I don't know how to behave?"

Xie Qin immediately denied: "How come?"

Of course he knew that Yin Mingyu knew right and wrong in general, but Yin Mingyu didn't take the opportunity to make him a fortune, and he was quite uncomfortable with teaching him.

Jin'er and Yin'er exchanged glances quietly.

Yin Mingyu finally looked at Bai Huahua's silver, pulled back his eyes, and said generously: "Langjun taught people to take inventory and put it in the warehouse, so that it can be used as soon as possible."

Xie Qin looked at the boxes of new silver, his eyes flashed sharply for a moment, and then turned to Yin Mingyu, he calmed down again, and took the initiative: "I bought the former governor's house and recorded it directly in your name; In addition, I have a Zhuangzi in Yangzhou, built next to the water, since you like Yangzhou, the Zhuangzi and the surrounding fields will be used as compensation, okay?"

Yin Mingyu's eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth rose, but he pretended to be reserved: "Why is this so embarrassing? After all, it's for the common people..."

Xie Qin laughed, "Since that's the case, I take back the foreword?"

Yin Mingyu immediately changed his tune and said, "Thank you Langjun, then I will not be polite to Langjun."

Xie Qin is not surprised, this is Yin Mingyu.

Yin Mingyu covered the lower half of his face with a fan, revealing only a pair of smiling eyes, and he said, "This is what Lang Jun gave to me, but I didn't want it."

She has such a temperament, she can joke about everything, if you don't know her better, those benefits will also be covered by jokes.

Xie Qin nodded and said warmly, "Yes, it's all of my own accord."

Yin Mingyu frowned, put down the fan, clicked on the box, and said cheerfully, "Take it away, carry it away."

Xie Qin waved his hand and instructed the guards to carry the box to the warehouse next to the second hall for record keeping.

Yin Mingyu was in a good mood for a sum of money that should not have been taken in exchange for a Zhuangzi, but when he turned around, he was stunned when he saw the appearance of the sheep.

A sheep with a checkerboard all over its body, even its neck.

Xie Ce still had his hands behind his back, standing beside it smiling harmlessly.

Yin Mingyu: "…"

When the sheep moved, the grid shook her eyes a little, Yin Mingyu blinked, but her eyes were still dizzy.

Xie Qin noticed her strangeness and looked sideways, also speechless.

Xie Ce smiled ingratiatingly, "Mother, it's symmetrical..."

Symmetrical and ugly.

Yin Mingyu decided that, as a kind and inspiring stepmother, he couldn't let a child who was in the countdown to the exam be too distracted.

So she smiled and said, "Don't think about the Cuju competition, study is the most important thing."

Xie Ce looked at his father aggrieved, and quickly turned away, drooping his head and beating him.

Xie Qin inexplicably felt his son's distrust, and turned around blankly to go to the former ya to handle official business.

Now that he has these 50,000 taels, not only building roads, but also many things are much more convenient. But even if the money is made public, it will be used for the people. Out of prudence, Xie Qin still wrote a book and sent it to Beijing.

On the second day, Yin Mingyu sent someone to send out the revised invitation, inviting each family in Nanyue Prefecture to attend the banquet three days later, and the venue was set in her new house.

On the day of the banquet, Yin Mingyu threw down the eager Xie Ce, and arrived at the house early with Jin'er, Yin'er, red silk and dyed willows.

The last prefect did not survive, and passed away shortly after Xie Qin took office.

When the Du family returned home and wanted to dispose of Nanyue's house, Xie Qin bought it at a suitable price. After refurbishment, he originally planned to wait for Yin Mingyu's birthday to give it to her.

At that time, Xie Qin considered that after the expiration of his three-year term, he would most likely not stay in Lingnan, and Yin Mingyu had to sell the house before leaving, so he did not spend a lot of money on repairs, but just opened up two courtyards and moved them. Various fruit trees were planted for Yin Mingyu and Xie Ce to enjoy.

Yin Mingyu came here after receiving the house, and then he was very familiar with the road. He went straight to the main room and sat down, eating oranges while waiting for the guests to come.

Because she was very flamboyant every time she went out, as soon as the Xie family's carriage passed through the streets in the southeast of the city, each family got the news that Yin Mingyu had just eaten two oranges when someone came to the door with an invitation.

It was the first time that Yin Mingyu had seen the female relatives of various South Vietnamese families, and he didn't know each other, but he had a little understanding before that.

In terms of grades, the lady with the highest status in Nanyue is Mrs. Qi, followed by Yin Mingyu, then Liu Sima's wife, and so on.

But if it is calculated by local power, when I heard that the wife of the patriarch of the Yi clan appeared in the state city, the previous prefect's wife had to be more polite to her.

This time Yin Mingyu's banquet was attended by Mrs. Fan, who was not in the prefecture, but the family members of the prefectural government officials and the wives and relatives of local wealthy squires. As soon as they arrived, they took the initiative to report to Yin Mingyu and greeted Yin Mingyu first.

Yin Mingyu's attitude is gentler, and many people will be flattered.

Except for Mrs. Liu Sima.

And most of the female relatives didn't even look at Mrs. Liu Sima's face and speak.

Yin Mingyu heard Xie Qin mentioned that Liu Sima was quite close to the barbarians and the squat, and Mrs. Liu Sima should have been a highly sought after figure among the female relatives of South Vietnam before her arrival.

I don't know whether the other party will be hostile to Yin Mingyu under the smile of the other party. Anyway, Yin Mingyu has no hostility towards her at all, and is even quite enthusiastic.

"Mrs. Liu, this is your daughter?" Yin Mingyu smiled and looked at the tall and even sturdy young lady next to Mrs. Liu Sima, and said without any falsehood, "It looks so lovely, how old is she? "

At first glance, it is a good seedling of Cuju.

Lady Liu had shrunken her shoulders and bowed her head and stood behind her mother, when she heard Mrs. Prefect said she "liked" her, she looked at Madam Prefect in surprise.

Her appearance is not outstanding, but she has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and her facial features are tough, very similar to Liu Sima.

The thin cheeks were slightly sunken, and the heavy powder was applied, the thin willow-leaf eyebrows were drawn, and the red mouth grease was applied, which looked as unnatural as a man disguised as a woman.

Only then did Yin Mingyu see all of Lady Liu's face, and noticed that she had a big skeleton, but her exposed wrists were all bones. ."

Lady Liu looked at her at a loss, and then to her mother.

The so-called stretch out your hand does not hit the smiling face.

Mrs. Liu Sima is also the wife of a lower-level official. Of course, she did not dare to show disrespect to Yin Mingyu, the young prefect's wife. She just said casually: "My daughter's family should be more delicate to look good."

Lady Liu lowered her head in inferiority.

Yin Mingyu noticed that her back was slightly curved from beginning to end, and probably understood the reason.

This is Lingnan, not a capital with deep courtyard walls.

And even in a capital with many rules, women are respected for being dignified, virtuous, and generous... They are all different. Which one stipulates that a daughter's family must be delicate to look good?

Good-looking people are good-looking, Yin Mingyu also likes good-looking people, but good-looking is not the standard.

Mrs. Liu Sima is right to restrain her own daughter, the upper and lower are effective, and this is how the atmosphere is formed.

Yin Mingyu didn't want to go out of the capital anymore, and someone told her how her daughter's family should be. She didn't care, but she was not willing to be judged by such a standard.

In South Vietnam, she, the prefect's wife, is the best.

So Yin Mingyu pretended not to understand and asked suspiciously, "So Nanyue likes delicate ladies?"

Mrs. Liu Sima said, "This will make it easier to get married."

Yin Mingyu was full of surprise, and then smiled heartily: "Then I guess it's not easy for me to marry in Nanyue, and I'm lucky to be born in the capital."

Most of the female relatives have never been out of Lingnan. Some officials Chunwei have been to the capital, but they may not bring their wives and relatives, so everyone is very curious about her words.

"Mrs. Prefect, what is Beijing like?"

Yin Mingyu said with a smile: "In Beijing, there are often little ladies in men's clothes walking in the market, especially during the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, at a glance, there are many little ladies walking in men's clothes."

"Every year in Beijing, there is an autumn hunt, and all the female relatives will also participate. Most of the little ladies are very good at horseback."

"Last year, I was on the road and couldn't participate in the autumn hunting, but the year before last, I formed a team with a county master to compete in Cuju, and we are the ladies of each family."

Madam Liu and some young girls yearned for the prosperity outside, and also longed for the scene she mentioned.

The customs of various ethnic groups in South Vietnam are different, but civilian women need to work and bear their livelihood, and sturdiness is the biggest requirement.

But the upper layer has been rotten for a long time...

Yin Mingyu took advantage of the situation and sighed: "I originally wanted to make some familiar little ladies in Nanyue to play Cuju together, but I never thought that Nanyue was different from the capital, so I had to give up..."

She just wanted to play Cuju, what a simple wish, but unfortunately it could not be realized.

Yin Mingyu was full of regret.

The female family members looked at each other in dismay, but there were some people below who wanted to flatter Mrs. Prefect, but their eyes were moved, but they didn't dare to say anything.

At this time, Yin Mingyu glanced in the direction of the door for a few more times, and muttered, "I also invited Mrs. Jiedushi, I wonder if there is something delayed, but she hasn't come yet?"

Mrs. Liu Sima and several other ladies who were close by were surprised when they heard her words, "You also invited Mrs. Jiedu?"

Yin Mingyu showed a little embarrassment on his face, "It's my fault for not thinking carefully, Mrs. Jiedushi also liked Cuju very much when she was young. After I mentioned it to her, she was very interested, so she said that she wanted to come and see the excitement, I guess it would be a disappointment. And returned."

Mrs. Liu Sima immediately changed her tone and smiled: "How can I teach you and Mrs. Jiedushi to fail, this small place in Nanyue has finally come to a noble lady in Beijing like Mrs. Prefect, we all want our daughter to be with you. Mrs. Jiedushi is learning, but you two don’t think that country girls are stupid.”

Yin Mingyu looked happy, "But it's true? As the old saying goes, do as the locals do. I don't want to break your customs at all."

A group of ladies said in succession: "It's not impossible, it's not."

Yin Mingyu smiled up, as if the Cuju match was right in front of her, she simply held the hand of Lady Liu, who she liked very much, and said, "I really like you, and there are other ladies who will often come to my house to play in the future. "

The little ladies all had some excitement on their faces, some were for the status of Mrs. Jiedushi and Mrs. Prefect, and some were eager to try Cuju.

After a while, when Mrs. Qi was still in the future, someone asked inadvertently.

Yin Mingyu clearly knew when Mrs. Qi would come, but she didn't know, and taught Yin'er to take a look at the door of the house.

After a while, Yin'er Xiaosuanbu quickly returned and reported cheerfully, "Madam, the carriages of the Jiedu envoy's residence are all outside the door!"

Yin Mingyu invited everyone to greet him.

Everyone was eager, and it was true that Mrs. Jiedushi rarely showed up. She never imagined that she would be able to see her through Mrs. Prefect today, so she was naturally overjoyed.

Mrs. Qi got out of the carriage, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw Yin Mingyu coming at the head, and even showed a gentle smile.

Others had only heard that Mrs. Ji Shi and Mrs. Jiedushi were related, and they believed it completely.

Yin Mingyu and all the female relatives met together, and after getting up, he took Mrs. Qi's arm and said with a smile, "Auntie, I just talked to the ladies about the Cuju competition, they are all very interested, and they are all happy to be at home. My daughter is here to play."

Everyone agreed: "Yes."

When Mrs. Qi heard the words, she swept across the crowd with a smile, "Then I can also soak up the vigor of these young girls, and go out and move around more, but when the Cuju competition is held, Erniang and I will set up a few lucky draws to add to the fun."

When the female relatives heard that they had more opportunities to get close to Mrs. Jiedushi without saying anything, they could still get something, and they agreed with more enthusiasm, and when they looked at their daughter, their eyes couldn't help but have some expectations.

Some wives without daughters are full of regrets about missing opportunities.

During the entire banquet, Yin Mingyu and Jiedushi's wife were the center of the crowd, surrounded by the flattery of the female relatives.

At the end of the banquet, Yin Mingyu made an appointment with the little ladies of each family to see them in this house tomorrow, and then sent them away.

Mrs. Qi came late and was not in a hurry to leave. She waited in the main room for Yin Mingyu to come back, and then asked with a smile, "You still said that I'm here to help you facilitate the Cuju competition, didn't you make sense by yourself?"

Yin Mingyu said: "I am not alone, but I mentioned you, and they changed their attitudes. You are the best."

She paused for a while, then said helplessly, "You don't know, Mrs. Liu Sima said that her daughter's family would be more delicate to be able to get married. When I looked at Mrs. Liu, I didn't know what to say."

Of course Mrs. Qi also noticed Mrs. Liu, and sneered: "It is very important that the girl's family is well-mannered, and I see that girl as a good seedling of martial arts. If she was born in the family of a military general, or a few years earlier, Xu is a woman who doesn't let men, and when you teach them to raise them, they shy away."

She was very tired and cringed, but she couldn't help sighing: "I'm watching the girls get more and more detained..."

Before Yin Mingyu got married, she seldom went out, so she didn't feel anything about it, she just said, "I just want to play Cuju."

Mrs. Qi waved her hand boldly, "If you want to have fun, in South Vietnam, who can control you?"

Yin Mingyu thought so too.

The next day, Yin Mingyu sent Xie Ce to the Jiedu envoy's mansion, and rushed to the house, where Lady Liu and a group of ladies were already waiting for her.

Yin Mingyu didn't put on airs, and directly asked Jin'er Yin'er to teach the ladies to do Cuju. A group of little ladies ran and jumped, and soon they were out of breath.

The "frail" Lady Liu was panting so badly that she even shook her feet when she returned. Mrs. Liu Sima had to make her eat more so that her daughter could show her face in front of Mrs. Jiedushi.

On the third day, Yin Mingyu put on a capable Hu clothing, which was somewhat like men's clothing, but a little different. After the embroidered mother's skillful hands, it was sassy and beautiful.

She had also traveled in men's clothing before, and even appeared in the downtown area struttingly, and when she appeared in front of these little ladies, they thought this was the fashion in the capital, and they quietly made similar clothes when they went back.

And some ladies are quite ingenious, and they add some local things, which are extremely brilliant.

Some girls don't like Cuju, but Yin Mingyu didn't force it. She not only prepared the ball, but also some other things to pass the time.

She bought the words book along the way, and it was very popular with the little ladies. When she was not kicking, many of them read the word book with her in her arms.

Yin Mingyu was in a good mood just by looking at such a large group of young ladies, spending the day in the house.

Xie Ce felt that he was being neglected and wanted to get angry. He was afraid that his mother would make steamed cakes for him, so he quietly found his father and said with a sullen face, "Father, you don't care about your mother!"

Xie Qin had been burying his head in official business all day. At this time, he looked at Xie Ce, who was not as tall as the desk, and was speechless: "Why do you say this?"

Xie Ce complained: "Mother doesn't even love to come back!"

Xie Qin: "...you think too much."

They slept in the same bed every night, which was no different from before. On the contrary, Yin Mingyu's face was flushed every day, and when he came back, he was in a good mood, and the husband and wife were quite harmonious.

Xie Ce pouted unhappily.

Xie Qin said seriously: "Everyone has their own things to do, I am so busy, you also have to study and practice martial arts, and everything in the back house is in order. Is it possible to teach your mother to spend every day by your side and be unhappy?"

"No." Xie Ce's little head turned quickly, "I want to sleep together."

Xie Qin directly refused.

Xie Ce made another request: "I want to play with my mother."

He was also afraid that his father would not agree, so he put out a short finger pitifully, "Father, just one day..."

Xie Qin looked at him, and after a moment said, "I'll discuss with your mother..." But whether it works or not, he doesn't make any guarantees.

Before he finished speaking, Xie Ce saluted cheerfully and said, "Thank you father."

During dinner, the three of them sat around the table, and Xie Ce couldn't help but wink at his father.

Xie Qin: "…"

There are only three people on the table, he did it so clearly, when another adult couldn't see his expression?

Yin Mingyu ate casually, pretending he didn't see it.

Xie Ce continued to blink, not knowing where to learn it, he lowered his chin at his mother and motioned for his father to speak for help.

Xie Qin tolerated him a lot, but at this time he couldn't bear it anymore, so he said sternly: "Pay attention to etiquette and eat well."

Yin Mingyu looked at Xie Ce with a smile.

Xie Ce glanced at her with small eyes, and as soon as he met his mother, he immediately sat upright and ate properly.

Yin Mingyu's eyes were smiling, and he quietly touched Xie Qin with his elbow, and asked him what was going on?

Xie Qin shook his head slightly, but did not answer her at this time.

After dinner was over, Xie Ce turned around and left, giving his father all his eager eyes for the first time.

Xie Qin watched him go out calmly, before he said helplessly: "My Xie family has never had such a lively child."

Yin Mingyu immediately cleared it up, "It has nothing to do with me."

Xie Qin was speechless, and immediately said: "He is getting smarter now, and he has learned to use detours. He wants to go to the new house with you to play, but he uses other things as a guide."

Yin Mingyu looked at him curiously.

Xie Qin said Xie Ce's words and deeds.

Yin Mingyu was also amused when he heard it, his shoulder lightly bumped Xie Qin's arm, and said with a smile, "I can't teach you this father to lose his trust in him, just in a few days it will be the first Cuju match, and Mrs. Qi will also go to the house. I'll take him with me."

Xie Qin asked, "Which day?"

"What? Are you interested?"

"It's not like that." Xie Qin took a letter and handed it to her, "Nanke's letter."

In the letter, Nan Ke said that she planned to go to Butterfly Valley to discuss marriage with Patriarch Hu, and asked Xie Qin and Yin Mingyu if they wanted to go together.

In these days, the Nanmeng clan had news every day.

The Nanke lion opened his mouth and wanted to bite off most of the property of the Nanmeng clan, but the clansmen objected;

Nanke provoked the relationship between the clan and the clan elders;

Nan Ke took advantage of the guilt of the patriarch Nan towards their sisters to force the patriarch Nan to stand on her side;

Nanke clashed with Clan Lao and others and locked them up...

Among them, there are many teachings from Xie Qin and Chu He, but Nan Ke himself has grown rapidly, even far beyond what Xie Qin and Chu He imagined.

And during these same days, Xie Qin had set a date for the start of construction, and to use the Yan clan, he taught people to take Yan Jun out of the prison.

The young magistrate’s granddaughter, the marriage of the righteous granddaughter and the barbarian patriarch were all news that shocked the entire state city, and the jailer of the state government prison naturally wanted to talk about it, so Yan Jun had already learned about Nan Ke in the prison. To marry into a barbarian.

Shocked, powerless, dejected...

So that when he appeared in front of Xie Qin and Chu He, the whole person was decadent and sloppy.

Xie Qin disliked Yan Jun and other Yan people because of their evil behavior, not because of prejudice.

And he is naturally aware of the entanglement between Yan Jun and Nan Ke. Seeing such Yan Jun, even a gentleman like Xie Qin can't help but think that he is not as good as Nan Ke.

Xie Qin said: "Can I have a conflict with you in the Cuju match? If there is a conflict, it has to be postponed for a few days. I plan to use Nanke to discuss the marriage and quietly send someone to sneak into the secret place of Butterfly Valley."

Nanke will go to Butterfly Valley in five days, and the Cuju competition will be in three days. Although it is enough to go to Butterfly Valley one day earlier, the time is a bit tight and it is too tiring.

Yin Mingyu said: "It will be postponed until after Butterfly Valley. Don't be in a hurry."

Thank you Sechin.

Yin Mingyu accepted it, folded Nan Ke's letter, and stuffed it back into the envelope.

Xie Qin looked at her movements and suddenly asked, "How are you feeling today?"

Yin Mingyu nodded happily, then raised the envelope and shook it, saying, "Happy and happy."

Xie Qin took the envelope and put it on the table, then leaned closer to Yin Mingyu, and said in a low voice, "Since Ce'er said I don't care about you, can you let me care about one or two?"

Yin Mingyu raised his eyebrows, put his arms around Xie Qin's neck, approached his ears, and asked, "Just caring? Don't you teach me to write poetry?"

Xie Qin supported her waist with one hand and put the other under her legs, and picked up the person, "Yes."

For some unknown reason, Yin Mingyu remembered the strange interests of the two before, and suddenly wanted to laugh, and he really leaned on Xie Qin's shoulder and laughed.

Xie Qin: "…"

With such a smile, how can you be interested in writing poetry?