At the end of June, Cao Mansion welcomed visitors from afar.

Sister Gui, Wei Xin's concubine, took Wei Xin's three children and arrived in Beijing by boat from Jiangning. Escorting them north, in addition to the past stewards sent by the Cao family, there was also Wei Xin's brother Wei Ren.

Since the old lady of the Wei family and the old lady died of illness last year, Cao Hao sent Zheng Hu to Jiangning to discuss with the Wei brothers about moving north.

It came and went, and dragged it out until now.

Although after the death of his grandparents, Jiang Ning still has several uncles, but they have already separated. A few orphans who are not protected by their parents, if they have the love of their relatives, it is not the turn of Cao Hao, a person with a foreign surname, to call the shots.

Wei Xin's eldest son, Wen Jie, is 17 years old, and he was promoted last year, but he did not take the examination because of mourning; The second son, Wenzhi 15, won the martial arts this spring, and this time the family entered Beijing, also to cheapen their brother's future.

Wei Xin's third son, Wen Ying, had succeeded the Wei family in his early years, stayed in Jiangning, and did not follow his brothers into Beijing.

The eldest daughter, Wen Fang, is sixteen years old, her grandmother was the master before her death, and her aunt and cousin were relatives, and she married before the old lady was critically ill last year; The second daughter, Wen Qiang, was twelve years old and entered Beijing with her mother and brother.

Wei Xin was romantic when he was young, and he accepted seven concubines in Guangzhou, except for the eldest concubine Sister Gui, who was waiting by his side, the others received all kinds of beauties. Therefore, these children, the men are handsome, the women are beautiful, and they all look good.

Especially the youngest daughter Wen Qiang, who has begun to show her beauty, can see that she is a beautiful child......

The reason why Wei Ren nodded and agreed to the nephews and nieces going north was that he was not worried about this niece, except for the future of his nephews.

Over the years, with the Cao family's northward movement, Wei Xin's disappearance, and the old lady of the Wei family getting old, the Wei family's snobbery in Jiangning is no longer what it used to be.

Although it also sits on thousands of acres of fertile land, there is no help, and some of the children are educated, but they are just donating a small official in the local area.

Wei Ren is also a person who has seen the world, and he knows that the appearance of his niece, without the protection of power, is the root of trouble.

As early as the beginning of the year, with the permission of the Wei brothers to enter Beijing, Cao Hao made people buy a house outside the front door, and also bought two Zhuangzi, and bought a few shops that could eat rent. But it was Cao Hao's own pocket, and he didn't use the money left by Wei Xin.

Wei Xin left the tens of thousands of taels of silver and let Cao Hao divide them into six parts. One of them was handed over to Sister Gui as a private room when she went to Jiangning; One added a few thousand taels, so that people bought a dowry Zhuangzi after giving Wenfang in Jiangning.

There are four remaining shares, Cao Hao did not move, and planned to wait for Wenjie and the others to be older, and then distribute them to them.

Unexpectedly, in addition to Cao Hao, there was also Wei Ren who planned for their brothers.

This time when he entered Beijing, in addition to sending his nephews and nieces, he also brought more than a dozen boxes of silver. This is what he had sold, five hundred hectares of land, and a total of twenty thousand taels of silver.

"Three thousand taels for the nieces as a dowry, two thousand taels for Aunt Gui as pension funds, the remaining 10,000 taels for property, and 5,000 taels for the nephews to marry." Wei Ren entrusted all the silver to Cao Hao.

Although Wei Xin had been operating in Guangzhou for more than ten years, and the silver money sent back to Jiangning was less than 20,000 taels, it was all in the public middle school at that time.

In addition to the money of the family, Wei Ren can also prepare these for his nephews and nieces, which can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.

Cao Hao made an inventory and entertained Wei Ren into the living room. Aunt Gui and Wen Jie's brothers and sisters asked Tianyou to accompany them and went into the inner house to ask Gao Taijun and the Li family to say goodbye.

The guest and the host sat down, and the little servant served tea.

Cao Hao asked: "Didn't Ling Tang mention it back then, did he want to tell Wen Jie about the daughter of the Qin family?" Why didn't the nephew and daughter-in-law marry, but married the niece? ”

This Qin family is Wei Xin's brother-in-law's family, and it is also one of the most prominent gentry in Jiangning City. In the early years, when Cao Hao was friendly with Wei Xin, he also followed him in and out of the Qin family.

Wei Xin's brother-in-law, Qin Zhi, was the same as Wei Ren and worked as an errand in the Weaving Mansion.

A few years ago, he was an official in the capital, and he also visited Cao's house. Because he was an old man in Jiangning, Cao Hao also asked Cao Yuan to go to the Ministry of Officials to help him succeed and make up for the magistrate of Jiangning Linfu.

Wei Wei is also grateful, every time he makes people enter Beijing over the years, he does not forget to go to Cao's house to ask for peace.

When Qin's eldest daughter was full moon, Cao Hao had not left Jiangning, and had gone with Wei Ren to join in the fun. Hearing that the old lady of the Wei family wanted to tell Wen Jie that the granddaughter of the Qin family was a wife, although Cao Hao did not approve of the marriage of his aunt and cousin, he could also sympathize with the old man's kindness.

The Qin family is rich and noble, no less than the Wei family. Such a family affair can be regarded as a good match.

Because he knew that Wen Jie had this family business, Cao Hao was also worried that he would not want to leave Jiangning.

I didn't expect that when Wen Fang got married, it was the Qin family who married.

Unless you are a poor family, there is no reason to change relatives. Now that Wen Fang has entered the Qin family, Wen Jie's family affairs are afraid that there will be changes.

Hearing Cao Hao ask about this, Wei Ren looked bitter, sighed, and said, "It's embarrassing to say...... Or was it my incompetence that made my nephew feel wronged......"

When Cao Hao heard this, his face was cold, and his eyes looking at Wei Ren were also angry: "The Qin family ruined the marriage? Then why do you still let your niece get married? ”

Wei Ren had the impression that Cao Hao was still the elegant son he was when he was a teenager. Seeing his face change, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Cao Hao couldn't help but be annoyed, he didn't care about the grievances of the children a few years ago, he went to Jiangning that year, but he mentioned to Wei Ren that he couldn't wronged these children anymore. If it weren't for the old lady and old lady of the Wei family back then, Cao Hao would have brought a few children back to Beijing that year.

For girls, getting married is a major life event. If you marry the wrong person, your life will be ruined. Now that the Qin family has lost their integrity and regretted their marriage and treated their nephews slowly, how can they treat their nieces well?

Wei Ren's face was flushed, and he said, "Qin has been promoted to Zhizhou, and Mrs. Futai wants to get married...... Because of the relationship between the Wei and Qin families, they did not make up their minds, so the Qin family married another family...... The old lady and I didn't agree to renegotiate with the Qin family, but our aunt and grandmother went to the old lady in person to beg for it. The niece and nephew of the Qin family also grew up together. The two children are childhood sweethearts, and they are also the same age. ”

Since the Qin value is rising step by step, the Wei family is in decline, and it is already not the right household. The original kiss and kiss became the Wei family's high climbing.

The Qin family climbs another high branch, which is shameful, but it is also the common feeling of the world.

Cao Hao's good impression of Qin Wei turned into disgust, and he frowned: "Wen Jie has an idea, what does he say?" ”

A few years ago, when Wen Jie was still young, he planned to follow his father's example in business and earn money to support his younger siblings; I also want to go south to Guangzhou to find my father. As the eldest son, the child was distressingly sensible.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, he was still promoted to the imperial examination.

Wei Ren sighed and said, "Wen Jie is sensible, and Wen Fang's dowry is all made by him personally. This kid should also be strong. Originally, the homework was not obvious, but the results were mediocre. Since I learned that there had been a change in my family, I studied hard and came back with a test. The old lady asked him before she was alive, and she complained. He said, "Instead of complaining, he is happy." Wen Fang's surname is Zimian, and it is better to go to her aunt's house to be a daughter-in-law than to go to other people's houses. He tested his fame, not for himself, but for his younger brothers and sisters to be relatives in the future, so that there would be no more waves. ”

In the end, he already had red eyes: "Such a good child, but forcing him to be separated from the family, is my lack of virtue as an uncle, I'm sorry for the fifth child." Their brothers wanted to come to the north, but the clansmen and relatives all asked me to stop them, thinking that they were all lifting people, and they would have a future in the future to pull the big guys. I don't have the face to stop me, I know that Cao Ye has a good relationship with our fifth child, and these nephews and nieces will be entrusted to Cao Ye in the future. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he also felt panicked in his heart, and said in a half-loud voice: "They are my own nephews...... As long as I'm here, I won't wronged them......"

* Orchid Courtyard, upper room.

Gao Taijun took Wen Qiang's hand and said to Li: "Look at this appearance, it looks like the person in the painting, more handsome than Wu'er and Xiangyu......

Li said with a smile: "The old lady likes it, let's leave the girl to live and leave it in the old lady's yard......"

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that my ......sister will be bored," Gao Taijun said, turning his head to Aunt Gui who was sitting on the stool and said, "It's hard for you, take good care of the children." The brothers are sensible, and the sisters are also dignified......"

She had heard the Li family mention the life experiences of these children, and knew that they had lost their parents, lived with their grandparents, and were taken care of by the second aunt in front of them, so she felt a little more pity in her heart.

Aunt Gui got up and said: "I can't deserve the praise of the old lady, but I am just doing my duty as a servant, and now I have defected, and in the future, the young master and the girl will ask the old lady and the lady to hurt more......"

She stood up to answer, and Wen Jie, Wen Zhi, and Wen Qiang also stood up.

The respect of the brothers and sisters for Aunt Gui is needless to say.

The Li family had earlier complained about Wei Xin's entrustment of his children to the care of a concubine who was born as a servant, but now that he met Aunt Gui, he finally understood why Wei Xin trusted this woman.

Although he is not as good as Amethyst, he has the shadow of Amethyst in his speech and deeds, and he is a stable person.

Seeing that everyone got up, she hurriedly said to Aunt Gui: "Sit down and talk, the kindness is greater than the kindness, if you pull them with all your heart, there will always be your blessings!" ”

Tianyou sat under Wen Jie and Wen Zhi to accompany the guests, and his eyes did not look at the little beauty Wen Qiang beside Gao Taijun, but looked at Aunt Gui several times.

Li asked Wen Jie and Wen Zhi about their homework, and when he heard that both of them were lifted, he had to praise them again. Tianyou thought of himself, his expression was sneering, he withdrew his gaze, and sat honestly with him.

Chu Yu's side has already made people prepare a salute, and then asked people to invite Tianhui, Changsheng, and Niuniu to come over and meet the guests. Hengsheng and Zuozhu brothers have not returned, so they will not be seen for the time being.

Listening to Tianyou call Niuniu "aunt", Wen Jie and Wen Zhi had to do the junior ceremony.

Niuniu is usually in the house, and she has always been an elder, but now although she has seen a man with a foreign surname, she doesn't feel anything. Wen Jie and Wen Zhi were a little embarrassed when they saw that she was young.

The two brothers were older, and it was not good to stay in the inner house for a long time, and after seeing everyone, they went to the front yard with Tianyou.

Seeing the beautiful and lovely Wen Qiang, Niuniu and Tianhui liked it very much; Even Changsheng couldn't take his eyes off it.

Niuniu heard that she wanted to keep guests, so she asked Wen Qiang to live with her, and a few little girls chirped, and after a while, they became familiar with ......*

(To be continued)