Chapter 6 Opportunity
"You mean, you want me to go out to sea?"
Cui Yulin hurriedly shook his head: "No, merchant ships are too dangerous. Even if they are highly profitable, it is still at the cost of human lives."
"I cannot afford to make the slightest mistake now. If anything happens to me, what will happen to Wansu and the child in her womb?"
Cui Yulin repeatedly declined, which only fueled Xie Xuchuan's anger.
"Then what do you want to do? Just drown your sorrows in alcohol every day in front of me? When your child is more than a month along, will you push Wansu in front of Uncle Jiang and let her face him alone?"
"Going to sea is risky, but risk is often accompanied by opportunity. If you really want to marry Wansu, I will have someone send you to Taicang tonight."
"If you don't go, don't mention this matter to me again."
After Xie Xuchuan finished speaking, he was about to leave, but Cui Yulin grabbed him and wouldn't let go.
He was completely drunk, muttering that he was unfilial and disrespectful to his parents, and that he dared not risk his life as a husband.
Seeing how much trouble he was causing, Xie Xuchuan felt a surge of anger and immediately had silver notes and three hundred bolts of brocade delivered to the Cui family's door.
The next morning, Cui Yulin looked at the courtyard full of brocade and her eyes reddened.
Xie Xuchuan said, "Go ahead with peace of mind. I've inquired about it. Originally, the Liu family did use a commercial Fujian ship, but some time ago, they spent a lot of money to build a Guangdong ship. It's said that the entire ship is made of ironwood and is extremely sturdy."
Pointing to the brocade on the ground, Xie Xuchuan sighed: "These are what I took from my mother's private treasury. You can take them first, and when you exchange them for ten thousand taels of gold, you can marry Wansu in style."
"During the six months you are away, I will take good care of Wansu and your children. When you return, I will return them to you in perfect condition."
He patted Cui Yulin on the shoulder, and the two brothers said goodbye with red eyes.
Cui Yulin was the one who personally sent people to put the other party onto the Liu family's ship.
But no one knew that the seemingly indestructible giant ship, which survived the storms, could not escape the Western pirates.
When news of the shipwreck and loss of life arrived, it was the darkest moment in Xie Xuchuan's life.
"Xu Chuan, I think I should go back to the Jiang family today."
Seeing that he was lost in thought, Jiang Wansu got up.
Dressed in white, she swayed in the wind. The woman was frail and staggered back a few steps when she stood up.
Xie Xuchuan quickly stood up: "Wansu, you... wait for me one more day, don't worry..."
He pursed his lips, a hint of stubbornness in his eyes.
He left hastily after saying, "I will give you an explanation."
The boy's departure stirred up a gust of wind, the tail of which swept across the plain-colored skirt, revealing the coarse linen lining underneath.
She and Cui Yulin were not married, and they were not yet husband and wife, so they could not wear mourning clothes. But in Jiang Wansu's heart, she was already a member of the Cui family.
"Miss……"
Zi Tang came out of the house and placed the warm meat soup in her hand into Jiang Wansu's hand: "Miss, you are now pregnant. Even for the sake of the young master, you have to force yourself to eat some."
"Put it down."
Zi Tang nodded, looking at Jiang Wansu's slender figure, and choked up, "Miss, do you think Young Master Xie will really take the young master back to the Xie family and adopt him as his legitimate son?"
"He will."
Jiang Wansu said, "Xu Chuan is soft-hearted, and he is closer to Yu Lin than brothers. Going to Taicang was his idea... Whether it's out of guilt or to protect his brotherhood, he will eventually do it."
Zi Tang's eyes reddened: "Before Young Master Xie went to Huizhou, I heard that the First Madam had already chosen a husband for Miss, who seems to be from a silk-producing family in Huzhou."
But how can her young lady get married now?
“Miss, as the saying goes, people grow cold when they leave. Young Master Xie’s guilt towards Young Master Cui can last for a while, but not forever. As times change, their brotherly bond will gradually fade. Will Young Master Xie still treat the young master as his own son?”
Zi Tang said earnestly, "Only when you are by the young master's side can you firmly grasp the Xie family's young master and the Xie family's business."
“Miss, now Young Master Xie is the best way out for you and the young master. Why not take this opportunity to climb up to the Xie family and marry Xie Xuchuan?”
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