"Brother, don't worry. Mai Miao is right. If it weren't for chance, how could we, a small business owner, have caught Cheng Mei's eye. Besides, Cheng Mei is only a few years younger than Mom."
After Tian Maimiao finished talking about Cheng Mei, Bai Sanzhuang came back to his senses.
It turns out that the eldest brother is worried about himself.
But Mai Miao is right, the eldest brother is worrying too much.
"Besides, even if she is eighteen years old, I only care about Mai Miao among women in this world." Bai Sanzhuang smiled at his wife.
In front of her mother-in-law, her uncle, her brother-in-law, and her sister-in-law, Tian Maimiao, who had always been straightforward, blushed.
"Isn't this a scam? How come it's such a coincidence that after you saved someone's housekeeper, they were willing to take you to Nanyang to make a fortune?"
After all, the shadow of Bai Sanzhuang being framed for rebellion is too great. Mrs. Bai is skeptical of all good things about pie-from-the-sky pie, for fear of bringing some disaster to the Bai family.
It doesn't matter whether you get rich or not, what matters is that your family is safe.
Mrs. Zhen had a different view. She thought for a moment and said: "Mom, this matter cannot be discussed completely like this. Back then, my mother just helped the Bai family. To be honest, my mother only gave the Bai family a finger slit. I missed one thing, but the Bai family risked their lives to save me because of this little help. I think there are ungrateful people like An Xiucai in this world, but I believe there are more people like our Bai family who know how to repay a drop of kindness with a spring. people."
Xie Chuntao kept nodding aside, agreeing with her mother-in-law's view very much, and said: "What mother said is true. If you don't mention it far away, let's talk about the Zhou family. Our sister-in-law rescued Feng Zhiheng, and the Zhou family sent the fourth brother and Erlang to Huaicheng to study. Opportunities. There are also embroidery girls from the village recruited by our embroidery shop. Some of them don’t even dare to kill chickens on weekdays. This time, in order to protect us, we all dared to take the sword of the official."
Although the truth is correct, it is different.
After all, the butler Bai Sanzhuang only met him once. He was not like the Zhou family who had a reputation as a great scholar for a century, and he was not as knowledgeable as the embroiderer in the village.
The so-called knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts.
When Bai Sanzhuang saw that his mother was supporting him both internally and externally, he felt relieved at first and said, "This housekeeper's surname is Yan, and his face was burned. I also accidentally met him at the door of the steamed stuffed bun shop..."
"His face was burned?"
Zhen and Bai Banban looked at each other with their hearts moving.
"Is it because the burning bumps on your face are so scary, and your voice is so harsh when you speak?" Bai Banban asked suddenly.
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Fuyuan also raised her head thoughtfully. She seemed to have seen this person before.
"Grandma, dad, mom, we must have met this person before when we bought a house in Yangfeng County." Xiao Fuyuan said.
Mrs. Bai thought carefully and realized that the house in Yangfeng County was indeed bought from a man with a burnt face.
When Xiao Fuyuan said this, Xie Chuntao and Bai Dazhuang also thought about it.
That person really left a deep impression on everyone.
His face was very scary at that time. Originally, the Bai family didn't want to buy the house when they saw him, but Xiao Fuyuan was not afraid of him.
Not only was he not afraid of him, but he also smiled at him. He directly sold the house to the Bai family, half buying and half giving it away, saying that he and Xiao Fuyuan were destined.
What a coincidence!
"But I remember that the person who was burned last time was named Luo, but the person Sanzhuang met was named Yan?" Zhen asked.
Butler Yan.
Zhen and Bai Banban actually knew such a person, who was the housekeeper of the Shen family in Huaicheng.
Later, Bai Banban found out that he was conspired to be killed by Mrs. Ru on the night that Xiao Fuyuan was born.
"Maybe it's different people." Bai Sanzhuang said.
"In short, regardless of whether his surname is Yan or Luo, he is indeed an official of Cheng Mei, and he is also a man who knows how to repay his kindness. After I received Du Nian's letter, I thought about it carefully. Our shop in Huaicheng It was so smooth, and he was behind it. There is something I haven’t told you. The last time we went to Suzhou to sell silk, the merchant ship encountered pirates and was chased away by sailors on a large ship. They escorted us all the way to Huai River. I am now I think this big ship belongs to the Cheng family. It should be Butler Yan who is protecting me from behind."
It is common for merchant ships to encounter pirates. Bai Sanzhuang did not say that he was afraid of worrying his family before, but now he did so to prove that Butler Yan was harmless to him.
The most important thing is to persuade the elders in the family to go to Nanyang.
Bai Sanzhuang is a very ambitious man, and walking from Nanguan Town to Huaicheng is not his goal.
He has wanted to go to Nanyang for a long time. First, there are no independent merchant ships. Second, he knows nothing about the routes there.
Now the opportunity had come, and he wanted to seize it.
What's more, his sister said that it would be fine for him to go to Nanyang.
Sure enough, after listening to Bai Sanzhuang's words, the family members felt emotional and felt sorry for him.
"It seems that the three Zhuangs have formed a good relationship." Bai Banban said with emotion.
The white board prevented his son from going to Shuzhong. Xiao Fuyuan's biological father, Shen Junshan, sank to the bottom of the Jialing River. It is not known whether he encountered a storm or a bandit.
He originally thought that he would be safe as long as he avoided that place in central Shu, but he never thought that going to Suzhou would also encounter twists and turns.
His third son is suffering!
Bai Sanzhuang said: "Why I went to Nanyang is for both public and private reasons. For public purposes, I want to earn money for my family. For private reasons, I always think about it. My eldest brother cultivates the seeds of swallows and millet, and my second brother teaches private schools. It’s hard to say that the world is filled with great achievements. The fourth brother is said to be the number one scholar, and the fifth brother is inspired to become a general. Needless to say, my sister. Of the brothers in the family, I am the only one who has not made any achievements. I want to go to Nanyang and make some achievements. come out."
Xiao Fuyuan turned to look at the third brother. The third brother had great ambitions, and it might not only be in business.
The conversation made Old Mrs. Bai and Bai Banban feel sad, and Mrs. Zhen even wiped away tears. She thought that her third son was also a student, but he worked as an apprentice for the sake of the family.
Now that I have the idea of entertaining, how can I interfere again.
Tian Maimiao took the opportunity to say: "I know grandma and dad are worried about the long distance to Nanyang and the unfamiliar places. But even if we want to open a shop in Nanguan Town, we have to go through a lot of hardships. As long as we do business, there are risks. Sanzhuang and I have always wanted to grow our shop. If we didn't want our shop to grow, I might as well stick to my old business of selling pork."
Tian Maimiao saw that her mother-in-law supported Bai Sanzhuang in her heart, and the biggest resistance now was her mother-in-law and her father-in-law.
"Although our shop is doing well in Huaicheng, how many silk shops are there in Huaicheng alone? It seems to be making money now because the family has less expenses. In the future, it will not be said that the fourth brother needs money to go to Beijing to take the exam. Erlang has grown up like this The younger generation needs money to continue their studies. When my aunt and uncle are older, they will save their dowry and buy a house in the county. The money is never enough. Instead of developing in Huaicheng, it is better to take the opportunity to take a longer view and take advantage of the lack of Nanyang merchants. Let’s take this opportunity to go for a run first.”
Tian Maimiao said very sincerely, not only pointing out that Bai Sanzhuang was serving the public, but also pointing out that Bai Sanzhuang was not willing to develop only in Huaicheng.
These words touched the hearts of Mrs. Bai and Bai Banban.
The family has been saving a dowry for Xiao Fuyuan.
The houses in Yangfeng County, the houses in Nanguan Town, the hills in Shangyang Village, the embroidery workshops and the shops in Huaicheng are already quite a lot for a farm girl.
But in the hearts of the three elders of the Bai family, these are far from enough.
What's more, now that Xiao Fuyuan is the owner of the village, the future dowry will be even more worthy of her.
Bai Banban secretly thought that Xiao Fuyuan's dowry would cover all aspects of her life. Even if one day he and Zhen were no longer around, and her brothers and nephews would not take care of her, the dowry would give her the confidence to maintain her integrity.
Now it's not even a fraction of a cent away from Shili Hongzhuang.
The white wooden board couldn't help but look at Xiao Fuyuan, the little girl was getting more and more beautiful. She was born without parents, but after coming to the Bai family, the Bai family's life became better and better. Such a girl made Bai Banban feel more distressed and guilty.
I'm afraid I won't be able to earn such a thick dowry for my daughter, but Sanzhuang might be able to.
Do you want to support your third son in going to Nanyang to save a dowry for your daughter?
Thinking like this, Bai Banban asked Xiao Fuyuan with a smile: "Daughter, do you think it's okay for your third brother to go to Nanyang?"
