Chapter 196 My Return Gift
After dinner, the sky darkened and a bonfire was lit on the ground.
Everyone was not in a hurry to rest, and they all sat around the campfire chatting.
"Mr. Xue has lived in the South for many years. Can you tell me about the South?" Lu Songli asked.
Xue Xu looked up at her, wondering what she meant.
Qin Zhao: Here it comes, it’s coming!
Qin Zhao winked at his elder brother. He knew this would happen, he knew it!
After Qin Zhao learned that someone was plotting to take his sixth brother's wife's land in Longcheng, and that this might have been a stumbling block set by Xie Zhan, he guessed that this day would come.
Now that the matter has just been resolved, Sixth Brother's wife can't wait to make things difficult for Xie Zhan. Is she afraid that the exile journey of the Xie and Zhao families will be too boring?
Qin Zhao's guess was correct; Lu Songli did have a plan. Xie Zhan had given her a blow, so she had to return the favor, right?
As the saying goes, reciprocity is the key. Since she had received his greetings, she had to give him a return gift to let him know she was thinking of her. Reciprocity is the key to maintaining a harmonious relationship.
Lu Songli and Xue Xu briefly explained the grudges between the four families of Qin, Lu, Xie and Zhao.
Xue Xu now understood what the Sixth Young Master's wife wanted to do. He liked it this way. Whenever there was an opportunity and conditions, he would actively plan and take the initiative.
So, he was not shy about sharing what he knew. "There are many clans in the Southland, and the nobles and powerful are in power. When I left three years ago, there were six major aristocratic families in the Southland: Gu, Lu, Zhu, Zhang, Liu, and Chen."
I don't think there will be any major changes in three years.
"Among them, the two families with the most foundation and strength are undoubtedly the Gu and Lu families..." These two families have profound foundations and are full of talented people. Even when he was helping the Chen family to reach its peak, the Gu and Lu families were just temporarily avoiding the limelight.
"The Chen and Zhu families slowly rose to the front over the past decade or so. The Chen family even reached first place, but the Zhu family managed to hold onto their gains, so they're stuck in third place. The Chen family couldn't hold onto their gains, and slipped to last place."
"The Zhang and Liu families are both established aristocratic families with rather rigid thinking. There's not much to say about them."
Lu Songli listened carefully to his brief introduction of the six great families and asked, "Mr. Xue, could you tell me more about the Zhu and Chen families?"
Then, Xue Xu focused on the situation of the Zhu family.
The Zhu family was an ally he formed when he assisted the Chen family a few years ago. When the Chen family was on the rise, the Chen family ate meat and the Zhu family drank a lot of soup.
Later, he fell out with Chen Jiaye and turned against her to take revenge on her. He joined forces with three or four aristocratic families, including the Zhu family. The Zhu family got a big piece of the pie this time.
Therefore, although the Zhu family has not been ranked in the top two in recent years, they are able to surpass the three major families of Zhang, Liu and Chen and can firmly occupy the third place.
"As for the Chen family..." Xue Xu pondered, as if thinking about what to say.
Everyone was very anxious after hearing this. How is the Chen family? Tell us quickly!
Ever since they learned of his identity, everyone has been very curious about the reason for his falling out with Chen Jiaye, the head of the Chen family. But it's a difficult question to ask.
Xue Xu finally gave only one conclusion, "I can only say that Chen Jiaye is a person who can only share adversity, but not wealth."
Everyone: Oh wow, considering the other party’s experience, this statement contains a lot of information.
Facing the speculative looks of the crowd, Xue Xu was very calm. He was not wrong. Moreover, he had fought back against what Chen Jiaye had promised him but had not fulfilled.
Lu Songli clapped her hands, "Okay!"
Everyone: What’s good?
"Mr. Xue, can you do me a favor?" Lu Songli asked.
Xue Xu had been doing business in the South for so many years. Although he had been away for a few years, she thought that even a rotten boat could still hold its weight. She thought that he was just doing her a small favor, sprinkling some water.
Xue Xu lowered his head slightly, "Sixth Young Master's Madam, please speak."
"I'd like to ask you to help introduce someone to Patriarch Chen Jiaye."
Qin Zhao's scalp tingled. Sixth sister-in-law, you don't want to introduce Xie Zhan to Chen Jiaye, do you?
Qin Heng also thought of it, and the two brothers looked at each other.
They were not wrong. Lu Songli really wanted to expose Xie Zhan to Chen Jiaye.
Lu Songli put herself in Xie Zhan's shoes and simulated his thoughts.
When the Xie and Zhao families arrived in the South, if they wanted to revive themselves, they would have to choose a force to integrate into it. Otherwise, as soon as they showed up, they would inevitably be rejected and suppressed by all the families.
This force must be chosen from these six families.
Chen Jiaye is definitely not the force he most wants to choose. The force he most wants to choose should be the Zhu family.
As a former ally of the Chen family, the Zhu family must have witnessed Xue Guangxian's abilities and understood the benefits that top talent can bring to a family. Furthermore, having witnessed the process of Chen Jiaye and Xue Guangxian's union and separation, as well as the impact of their changing relationship, they would surely take this as a warning.
And she would never let him get his wish. Xie Zhan wanted to choose the Zhu family, but she insisted on pushing him to the Chen family!
Lu Songli believed that for Chen Jiaye, who had once returned to the pinnacle of a prestigious family, he must be eager to seek talents and understand the benefits of top strategists. If he knew Xie Zhan's abilities, he would definitely want to use him.
Xie Zhan is now in a desperate situation and cannot resist Patriarch Chen.
Some people might think that the Zhu family and the Chen family should be similar to Xie Zhan. After what the Chen family had experienced, Chen Jiaye would definitely learn from his mistakes and change his ways.
But Lu Songli didn't really believe it. If a dog can change its habit of eating shit, is it still a dog? In her opinion, the Zhu family is much better than the Chen family. Of course, such a good Zhu family cannot be given to Xie Zhan.
"Sixth Young Master's wife wants to introduce Xie Zhan to Chen Jiaye?" Xue Xu confirmed.
After Lu Songli nodded, Xue Xu said readily, "I can help with this."
He has been with Chen Jiaye for ten years, and now he knows better what kind of person he is. He can better understand the deep meaning of the Sixth Young Master's wife's actions.
"Then I'm sorry to bother Mr. Xue. This needs to be done as soon as possible."
Xie Zhan, this is my return gift, I hope you like it.
That night, Xue Xu wrote a letter, and the next day, the letter was sent from the post station.
Lu Songli and his companions only rested for one night outside Liucheng and set off the next day.
They are gone, but their influence remains.
For the people of Liucheng who witnessed the case in which the mother-in-law of Majia Village sued her daughter-in-law for adultery, the trial process of this case directly refreshed their cognition.
In the past, when they were criticized or gossiped about, they couldn’t help but wonder if they had done something wrong.
Now, instead of rushing to prove themselves, they slowly ask, "Are you gossiping about me? Do you have evidence? Are you saying bad things about me? Do you have evidence?" Okay, you don't have evidence? Then what the hell is that?
The customs of the people in Liucheng suddenly became tough.
Xue Xu became a god after one battle in Liucheng, and his name became famous in Liucheng.
In addition, because this case is so classic and has been circulating in Liucheng, many people in Liucheng know about Old Lady Ma and Ma Zhongping, and know how difficult Old Lady Ma and her family are, as well as Ma Zhongping's weakness...
After Ma Zhongping and Qi Zhenniang were divorced by the government, he could never marry again. And for the rest of his life, he was exploited by his brother's family and ultimately did not have a good ending.
In official terms, Ma Zhongping was already in such a difficult situation that no one had the heart to marry a girl to him and increase his burden.
The conversation between the aunties of Majia Village and Lu Songli was so playful and funny that it spread from one person to another in Liucheng and became well-known to the people of Liucheng.
Because of the sins committed by Old Lady Ma's family, it became very difficult for the men in Ma Village to find wives. When people in nearby villages heard that the matchmaker was from Ma Village, they all shook their heads. Later, matchmakers all avoided people from Ma Village.
Since then, no one has married into Majia Village for three years.
It is also extremely difficult for a girl to get married. When people hear that she is a girl from Majia Village, they are worried that she will support her parents' family after she is married. After all, Majia Village is notoriously poor.
The head of Majia Village was almost angry to death.
Everyone knows that the people in Majia Village are extremely poor, and everyone understands the hard work of the men in Majia Village in supporting their families. They try to avoid getting married in this village to avoid adding burden to the men in Majia Village.
Majia Village's reputation was so thoroughly ruined that the village chief really hated Old Ma. Of course, he also hated Lu Songli and that bunch of gossipers from the other day!
But Lu Songli's group only showed up once, and after saying those words, they patted their butts and left. Even if he hated them, he couldn't find them. In addition, judging from what happened that day, those people were tough guys and not easy to mess with.
Because marriages were difficult for men and women in Majia Village, the villagers were truly resentful. In the end, the village chief had no choice but to direct all his hatred towards Old Lady Ma and Ma Zhongping's family. The women that day were also cunning. Now that they knew they had gotten into trouble, they also tried their best to criticize Old Lady Ma and her family.
The Ma family also had a very difficult year. A year later, Ma herself died when she fell into the toilet due to diarrhea.
It can be said that when Old Lady Ma died, her youngest son was extremely scared. After handling Old Lady Ma's funeral, he sold his land and property and moved his family out of Majia Village.
Even without Old Lady Ma's family, the reputation of Ma Village did not improve. In the end, there was no other way, and the men in Ma Village left Ma Village to marry into the women's families in order to start a family.
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