"My sister may not have this heart, it turned out that she was only young, and some scholars said that she had to stay in the pure land of Buddhism at the age of eighteen to resolve the ordeal, and now she is already eighteen, so naturally there is no such constraint." Daiyu explained: "Daddy is not in good health now, so he naturally hopes to arrange the follow-up of his sister properly, and it is also the right thing to return to his ancestors and recognize his ancestors." ”

"But Sister Miaoyu said that she was just coming back to protect her uncle, and she would return to Buddhism once it was over." Shi Xiangyun shook his head, "I don't know what Sister Miaoyu thinks." ”

"Daddy will talk to my sister well, it's always my father who owes my sister them."

Daiyu is delicate and sensitive, comparing her heart to herself, if she is like this, she is afraid that it will be difficult to accept, and it is normal to be dissatisfied with some resentment.

However, the bloodline of father and daughter cannot be extinguished after all, and the father must consider his daughter's future from the bottom of his heart for the good of his daughter, and Daiyu also feels that after all, Miaoyu will understand and accept it.

"My sister is very open-minded." Shi Xiangyun smiled and propped up his head and turned over, "Sister Miaoyu is eighteen years old, and my uncle should have mentioned Sister Miaoyu to think about lifelong events earlier, but my little sister looks like she is confident." ”

Daiyu didn't know what her father thought about her sister, but when she inadvertently asked her father, her father was a little stunned, and he didn't even speak for a long time, and finally only gave a sentence "Consideration for his father" to respond.

Just when Daiyu and Xiangyun were discussing Miaoyu's marriage, Lin Ruhai was also talking to Miaoyu.

"My daughter doesn't marry!"

Miaoyu's face flushed, and her whole body trembled sharply because of the mixture of shock, humiliation, anger, fear, and overwhelm, and even her lips trembled, "If Daddy really wants to force his daughter, Daughter would rather die!" ”

Lin Ruhai's face was full of helplessness and sorrow, "Miaoyu, will Daddy harm you?" You are eighteen years old, at this age, which girl has not yet married, at least she has already been married, yes, Dad is at fault and delayed you, but Daddy wants to arrange it for you as a ,......"

"Daddy just arranges for his daughter to marry someone to make up for it?" Miaoyu's face turned from red to white, and there was a little more coldness in her eyes, "Make up for this, Daddy should keep it, my daughter doesn't need it!" ”

Lin Ruhai didn't know how to persuade his daughter for a while.

"Miaoyu, Dad knows that you have bitterness in your heart, and he also knows that you have resentment in your heart, but fate is like this, what can I do?" Lin Ruhai took a deep breath and tried to control his emotions.

"Ziying is a scholar selected by the Shangke Jinshi Pavilion, and was removed from the official Hanlin Academy, the future is unlimited, at the moment you are not aware of the things outside the window, and you should know that he is now in charge of the affairs of the sea, this is the top priority of the imperial court, if this matter is done well, his future will be brighter, and he is a bright and upright person, friendly to others, if you marry him as a wife, the children born in the future will also have the opportunity to be gracious,......"

Miaoyu didn't know that what Lin Ruhai said was the truth, but when she thought that her half-sister was his wife, and she was going to be a wife, she had a strong resentment in her heart.

Why?

If it was any other noble girl who wanted to marry Feng Ziying as his wife and take her own wife, she might feel better in her heart.

But I didn't expect that the half-sister was the wife, and as the sister, I had to be a wife, and the humiliation and discomfort brought by this contrast were really difficult to face.

Although she also knew that it was time for her to get married when she was old, she never thought that she would have to face this matter as soon as she returned home, let alone that her father had already arranged this matter, and she never thought of marrying Feng Ziying, and she was still a wife.

Even if this person does seem to have an extraordinary bearing and a great future, it is precisely her father's arrangement that makes her feel a sense of hatred for Feng Ziying for no reason.

Could it be that this person saw his own appearance and had such shameless thoughts? Miaoyu's heart became more and more sad and angry.

"Father, there is no need to say anything about this matter, if the father insists on doing this, the daughter can only die in return!" Miaoyu interrupted Lin Ruhai's words crisply.

Lin Ruhai was also dizzy in her mind, this girl's personality in this regard is as paranoid and stubborn as her mother, and she will not look back on what she believes, but how to explain this matter to Feng Ziying?

"Miaoyu, you are also eighteen years old, your father has not much life, you always have to arrange things for you, if you don't want to marry Feng Ziying, then your father will find another suitable family for you,......"

"Father, if you really pity your daughter's eighteen years of suffering, then ask your father to give her daughter a freedom, and her daughter will stay by her father's side this time, and do her filial piety as a daughter, and have no other thoughts, let alone marry ,......" Miaoyu gritted her teeth and said word by word: "My daughter only thinks about this matter, so she returns to the master's knees, purifies her heart, and has no other thoughts." ”

Lin Ruhai's face was full of regret, "Miaoyu, how can my father let you enter Buddhism at a young age?" Daddy will never allow it! ”

Seeing that Miaoyu was still looking at herself with a stubborn face, Lin Ruhai was also a little helpless, "In this way, Miaoyu, you don't want to marry Ziying, and your father is not reluctant, although your father and Ziying have an agreement before, but your father is really thinking about your good for you, but if you really don't want to, your father won't force you, and your father will go and say to Ziying, you said that you don't have the heart to think about marriage now, and your father is up to you, but you have to promise your father, you can't support Buddhism, this is the only requirement of your father, you must promise your father!" ”

The father and daughter looked at each other like this, no one let anyone, and after a while, Miaoyu lowered her eyelids unwillingly, and said in a low voice: "Okay." ”

"Miaoyu, you are your father's blood and flesh, even though your father was not in a thousand ways before, but will your father harm you? Dad has eaten more salt than you have ever eaten rice, and he has never seen anything, all of which are arranged for you. Lin Ruhai said bitterly, "If Dad goes, who will take care of your affairs?" If you really don't want to, then Dad can only let Ziying find a suitable ,...... for you in the future."

Miaoyu just bowed her head and said nothing, Lin Ruhai had no choice, he was helpless against such a daughter who had the same temperament as his mother.

*******

"My cousin is here." Seeing Duan Xigui come in, followed by a few teenagers of different ages, it was estimated that it should be a few people he had chosen.

"I've seen adults." Duan Xigui was still very reliable at this time, first making a gesture, and then signaling a few people behind him to salute.

The teenagers in the back were busy saluting.

Feng Ziying also wore official clothes for the first time to work, and she wore blue clothes, but in the past, when she was in the Hanlin Courtyard or when she went down to the south of the Yangtze River, she wore civilian clothes more.

"This time, according to the requirements of the adults, a total of five people were selected, three of whom had worked in the shop, and one of them had been invited to teach by the Shanxi Guild Hall,......" Duan Xigui said succinctly, "The other two are the best in this batch in the near future,......

Feng Ziying's gaze fell on these people.

Whether it is to build a bank village or borrow debts, it involves specific capital flows, and he naturally does not have so much energy to manage these specific affairs, and Wang Wenyan naturally did not say anything in the general direction, but they are not familiar with these specific capital inflows and outflows, and this group of poor children who have been continuously cultivated for several years can play a role.

Feng Runxiang has a good development momentum over the years, and Duan Xigui's short-term training course in Linqing has a very good effect, with three belts, three with nine, and then the outstanding ones are selected to work in Fengrunxiang, acting as the account room, and finally selecting those who are flexible and articulate to come back as teachers.

In this way, hundreds of such talents have been cultivated in two or three years, and Duan Xigui also adheres to Feng Ziying's intentions and does not hide his selfishness.

After discovering the convenient, fast and clear advantages of using Arabic numerals to count and double-entry accounting, some of the merchants of the Shanxi Guild Hall sent their children and nephews to study, and some simply recruited them directly from such poor families, and Duan Xigui was also happy to see it.

Such methods began to spread slowly among the merchants along the canal in Shandong, such as Dongchangfu, Linqing, Xiazhen, Zhangqiu, and Jining, and many merchants began to hire or send people to Linqing to learn this method of counting and bookkeeping, and along the canal to the north to Tongzhou, to the south to Xuzhou, Yangzhou.

"Well, you settle them down, familiarize yourself with the situation, wait for a while, I'm afraid I'll get busy, well, I'll explain the specific situation to my cousin, this is not only official business, but also mixed with some of our own affairs, it's more complicated,......"

The people who can be selected by Duan Xigui to bring over should not have much problem with loyalty, although there is nothing to keep secrets about such things, but after all, it is still necessary to be cautious and more secure.

Seeing that Feng Ziying said it cautiously, Duan Xigui was also a little excited.

No matter how good Feng Runxiang's business is, it is just a jewelry and pawnshop business, if in the past, Duan Xigui would be satisfied to be a big shopkeeper of Feng Runxiang, but now the wider he sees, the more he understands, especially seeing the growth rate of his cousin, listening to the sighs and sighs of the businessmen when they mention the affairs of opening the sea, the more eager he is to be able to follow this cousin to have a more wonderful opportunity.

"Don't worry, adults, they are all carefully selected, not only are they among the best in arithmetic and bookkeeping, but they are also smart and have a strong ability to learn new things,......" Duan Xigui was overjoyed.

Seeing his cousin's appearance, Feng Ziying still didn't understand his thoughts, I was afraid that he was not satisfied with just wanting to be a small businessman, and he also wanted to show himself in this open sea affairs, maybe he also wanted to earn an official body.

Feng Ziying can also understand that no matter how much money you earn as a businessman these days, you can't compare to a seven-grade official.

This status is there, so the businessmen all hope that their children can study and take the exam to become a scholar, and if it is really not good, they have to donate money to buy an official body.