It was already late at night, there were no pedestrians on the street, and the silk shop was about to close.
Hu Bo and Zhu Mingyu looked towards the door and saw a gorgeously dressed girl slowly walking into the door with the support of two maids. She has a cold expression, various expensive hairpins on her hair, and even the patterns on her clothes are embroidered with gold thread. Amber noticed that this woman's face was somewhat similar to Zhu Mingyu's.
Looking at the woman who walked in, Zhu Mingyu said in surprise: "Xiaoxiao??"
The person who came was none other than his biological sister, Zhu Xiaoxiao. He has two younger sisters, the eldest sister Zhu Xiaoxiao is eighteen years old, and the second sister Zhu Zi is fifteen years old. There was some emotion in my heart. The last time I saw my sister was three years ago. After three years of not seeing each other, Xiaoxiao has become a big girl.
Shopkeeper Hao stepped forward to greet him, bowed and said, "Young master, you are here."
Zhu Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "Shop Manager Hao, it's getting late. You should rest early."
"Okay, you brother and sister, let's talk slowly... Young Master, I still have to say something, after all, he is your brother."
"I know it well."
After Shopkeeper Hao and the guys left, Zhu Mingyu looked at Zhu Xiaoxiao and said with a smile: "Xiaoxiao, we haven't seen you for three years, you are a big girl now."
Different from Zhu Mingyu's cordiality, Zhu Xiaoxiao's expression was much indifferent. She sat in the main seat and asked: "What are you doing in Chang'an?"
"Hey," Zhu Mingyu said a little embarrassed, "Do something."
At this time, Zhu Xiaoxiao finally looked at Zhu Mingyu with a straight look, but he just stared with disdain in his eyes.
"You walked around the shops in the afternoon and asked for money when you entered. Word spread, and people thought that the eldest son of the Zhu family had caused something. Every year, dad gives Qingfeng Guan a lot of money. What's wrong? Not enough?"
"Wait a moment," Zhu Mingyu said, "Let's not talk about money for now, Xiaoxiao, why did you become the master of the young master?"
"Dad is old and can't take care of it. The other men in the clan can't take the lead. I don't care who takes care of it? Of course, I can't take care of it myself. Fortunately, you have the help of your brother-in-law."
"Brother-in-law??" This surprised Zhu Mingyu even more, "What brother-in-law?"
"My husband, what's wrong? Don't you know?"
"I... don't know. When did you get married?"
"Last August."
Yes, I was in the Leisure Hall last August.
Zhu Mingyu felt very embarrassed. Although she was a monk, she didn't say that she had completely ignored her family ties. Zhu Mingyu felt uncomfortable when her sister got married and she didn't know who her brother-in-law was or what his name was.
Zhu Xiaoxiao said: "It's just the Chinese New Year, and there are a lot of places to spend money, so I can't spare any spare money. If you really need money, go back to Huazhou to find your father."
He didn't dare to go back to Huazhou.
Zhu Mingyu knew in her heart that Zhu Xiaoxiao was holding back her anger. When he was a child, his two younger sisters were very attached to him. Even though they later went to Qingfeng Temple with their master, they always greeted him with smiles every time he came home and cared about his older brother. In the past few years, his family has begun to press for marriage. He avoided going home and missed his sister's wedding. It is normal for people to be angry.
Zhu Mingyu begged softly: "Xiaoxiao, it's my fault...but I really need money right now."
Zhu Xiaoxiao picked up the tea and said without raising her head, "No."
At this time, a young man wearing Wensheng's clothes walked into the store.
"Xiaoxiao..." The young man called out Zhu Xiaoxiao's name, and then realized there were other people in the store, so he asked, "Who are these two?"
Zhu Xiaoxiao replied: "This is my brother, Zhu Mingyu. I don't know this person either."
When the young man heard this, he bowed hurriedly and said politely: "So you are my uncle. I haven't paid you a visit yet. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
Zhu Mingyu quickly returned the gift: "Brother-in-law, you're too polite. Uh... I wonder where my brother-in-law is from? What's his name?"
This is an awkward question to ask.
The young man replied: "I am from Chang'an, my surname is Zhou, and my single name is Jin."
Zhou Jin? Zhu Mingyu thought for a moment, had she heard this name before?
Zhu Xiaoxiao watched her husband and her brother formally meet, and the expression on his face became more and more disgusted, and said: "There is no money, you don't have to worry about it anymore, let's go, it's time to close the door."
Zhu Mingyu refused to give up and continued to beg: "Xiaoxiao, can I borrow it from you? I will return it to you when I get back."
"Borrow?" Zhu Xiaoxiao said with a sarcastic expression, "I heard this afternoon that you asked for two thousand taels. Zhu Mingyu, you want to cultivate immortality and not touch the fireworks of the world. Is two thousand taels a small amount? I will also take this money. Don’t come out.”
Seeing what Zhu Mingyu wanted to say, Zhu Xiaoxiao said: "Not to mention two thousand taels, not even two hundred taels. How can an unfilial person like you still have the face to ask for money?"
There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is to have no descendants. Zhu Mingyu said this without any temper at all.
Zhu Xiaoxiao added: "I'm angry with you. Guess why? The year before last, my father was seriously ill, so he sent someone to Zhongnan Mountain to find you. I hope you come home to get married and celebrate your father's happiness. What happened to you? Behind closed doors, dad almost passed away that year! You were weak and sick, and you went to the mountain to practice Taoism to cure your illness. If I had known that you didn't want to return to secular life, it would be better to let you die of illness! Last year, after dad recovered from his illness, he left behind the root of the disease, and he didn't care Go to the family's business. There were twenty stores in Chang'an, and eighteen of them collapsed overnight. How did you support the Zhu family's business? It was your sister and I who married the Zhou family in Chang'an! It was only possible with the help of others! "
Zhou Jin looked embarrassed and said it as if the Zhou family was taking advantage of someone else's situation.
After Zhu Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Zhu Mingyu suddenly remembered: Zhou Jin, the son of Zhou Junhong, a wealthy businessman in Chang'an. If there is any family in the world whose financial resources can compete with the Golden God of Wealth, it is only the Zhou family.
Zhu Mingyu looked at Zhou Jin, narrowed her eyes and asked, "Did your Zhou family blackmail my father with this, so you married my sister?!"
Zhou Jin couldn't argue, and waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no! Brother, what you said..."
Zhu Xiaoxiao interrupted Zhou Jin, glared at Zhu Mingyu and said: "Why are you trying to show off your martial arts skills? Use your martial arts tricks to deal with your own family?? Let me tell you, I am still in charge of half of the Zhu family. If you dare to attack me If your husband speaks rudely, I will remove you from the family tree! Spring flowers! Autumn moon! See you off!"
The two maids walked up to Zhu Mingyu and whispered: "Master, the lady is in a bad mood today, please leave first."
Zhu Mingyu had no choice but to talk to this point, so he had to leave first with Amber.
When Zhu Mingyu left the silk and satin shop, Zhu Xiaoxiao looked tired. Zhou Jin gently put his palm on her belly and comforted her: "Xiaoxiao, don't be angry. It's not good to have fetal force."
Zhu Xiaoxiao looked at Zhou Jin, his eyes full of love, and whispered: "Now that I see him, I am not angry at all."
Zhou Jin smiled bitterly: "I know you want to make him feel guilty, but you can't hook me up with your husband? I don't remember to come to your house to force a kiss."
Zhu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Aren't you willing to accept this little grievance?"
"I'm willing, I'm all willing... But, my uncle must be really in trouble, so I'll help you if you need help. Qiuyue."
A maid walked up to Zhou Jin and asked, "Master, what's the matter?"
"Go to the carriage to get two thousand taels of silver notes and give them to my uncle."
Zhu Xiaoxiao frowned and asked: "Did you really give him money? His gang of gangster friends are not good at all. Who knows what bad things they can do with money? Didn't you see the woman who came with him? From the beginning to the end, I I don’t even dare to look at her, her eyes are so scary.”
Zhou Jin waved his hand and said: "Eighteen shops were destroyed in one night. How can we rely on the Zhou family to prevent the family from being ruined? If it weren't for the help of your Zhu family, the Zhou family would have sold their land last year... After all, he is also your brother. , just give me a lesson."
Zhu Xiaoxiao smiled and tapped Zhou Jin's forehead and said, "You have to pay for this yourself, don't touch my little treasury."
"clear."
…
Zhu Mingyu was a little lost.
He asked himself: Zhu Mingyu, do you like to practice Taoism? If he didn't like it, if his master hadn't forced him to memorize those classics, he wouldn't have read a single word even if he was beaten to death. The reason why I didn't go home to get married was, to put it bluntly, because I was afraid of trouble and that someone would take care of me in the future. Isn't it good to be alone and carefree?
No, the Zhu family has a business, and they are not the children of ordinary people. Besides, even if you are a child from an ordinary family, you still have to carry on the family line, right?
Amber followed Zhu Mingyu, but hesitated to speak.
Zhu Mingyu looked at Amber and asked, "Hubo, do you want to say something?"
"Yes," Amber nodded, "Master Mingyu, please return to secular life and go home to get married."
"Ah?" Zhu Mingyu smiled, "Do you think I should do this too?"
Amber replied: "I don't have parents. I heard from Grandpa Li that there was a drought the year I was born and many people didn't have enough to eat. My parents sold me after I was born. At first I always thought it was I was sold to someone else as a daughter, but later I found out that they sold me to be eaten by others... I thought at that time, if my parents didn't sell me, but raised me, no matter what they wanted me to do, I would They can do it all. Aunt Zhou raised me and the young lady, and although we always call her aunt, we treat her as our mother. If one day I make Aunt Zhou unhappy, the young lady will definitely teach me a lesson."
"Are you saying... to be filial?"
"That's not the case...ah, I can't explain it clearly. I always feel that having parents is better than not having parents. Besides, your parents just let you get married, and they didn't force you to do anything else."
Zhu Mingyu thought for a while and then asked: "Hu Bo, do you think that if people want to get married, they have to find someone they like."
"Of course, if you don't like it, then why bother being together? If you don't like each other for a lifetime, for decades, isn't that just torturing each other?"
Zhu Mingyu was about to cry but had no tears. What he wanted was to get money from his own company and then ask Li Fenglan to agree to his pursuit of Amber. Of course, Li Fenglan was Amber's sister at best, but he felt that as long as Li Fenglan nodded, the matter would be settled. It's fine now. I haven't asked for the money and I'm too embarrassed to talk to Li Fenglan.
At this time, Zhu Mingyu heard rapid footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he saw Zhu Xiaoxiao's maid Qiu Yue running towards them.
"Master! Master!"
Chunhua Qiuyue grew up with Zhu Xiaoxiao, and they are also very familiar with Zhu Mingyu.
Zhu Mingyu asked: "Qiuyue? What's the matter?"
Qiuyue gasped and said, "Uncle, uncle asked me to give this to you."
With that said, he handed a stack of silver notes to Zhu Mingyu.
When Zhu Mingyu looked at the banknote, he was a little puzzled: "What is this?"
"Master, take it. It's out of kindness from our uncle."
Zhu Mingyu shook his head and said, "I can't ask for the Zhou family's money."
"Young Master," Qiuyue said sincerely, "what the young lady said just now was angry. My uncle likes the young lady very much. When the young lady was fourteen or fifteen years old, he often came to our house to propose marriage. The young lady has never wanted to marry because you haven't married yet. Marry a wife. But last year, the master was ill again, and you couldn't find anyone, so the young lady married the uncle to make the master happy. The two of them are very affectionate. "
Zhu Mingyu was suspicious: "Really? This guy surnamed Zhou is really nice to your lady?"
"It's all too good. You also know the temper of the young lady. Others say that she is a girl who is in charge of the family. After arriving at the Zhou family, my uncle took care of most of the business in Guanzhong for the young lady. Until the young lady became pregnant, the young uncle did not let the young lady take care of it. Those who intervened were afraid that she would be exhausted."
"What?" Zhu Mingyu was shocked, "We just got married in August last year, and your lady is pregnant?"
Qiuyue looked at Zhu Mingyu like a fool: "Can't you?"
"...Okay...I'll accept the money and tell your uncle that I will pay it back."
"Take it, why are you talking so much? Master, I have to say something to you. You are no longer young. If it weren't for you, the young lady would have got married a few years ago. It was not until last year. What do outsiders say about our young lady? ?You don’t think about yourself, why don’t you think about the master and his wife? Now that the second young lady has grown up, why don’t you wait until she is eighteen or nineteen? "
Zhu Mingyu scratched the back of his head and said, "I understand... You go back and tell your lady that I will go home after I finish my business in Chang'an."
It’s done, I can negotiate terms with Li Fenglan.
