Chapter 240 Gossip
Five years ago, thanks to his elder sister marrying into a branch of the imperial merchant Qi family, Lin Qingyuan was able to get the Qi family's route on the grassland in advance every year and receive the gems first.
The Qi family's gems were sent to the palace, but Lin Qingyuan opened the Ruzhu Pavilion.
Several shops in the south and Beijing have already made a lot of money.
As for the eldest son wanting to invest in Ruzhu Pavilion... Lin Qingyuan sneered.
The eldest brother who "diligently" manages the family business is accustomed to using money to "buy" prosperous shops.
Since he used his third uncle's power to invest in his own Ruzhu Pavilion, he could only ask for money.
That’s fine, but I’ll give you 50,000 silver coins first!
I just need to find a reason to stay abroad for two months.
He looked towards Tianxiang Tower: Manager Song is really good and very much to my liking.
If there was enough time, I could still use my sincerity, but now...
A slight smile appeared on Lin Qingyuan's lips. Women are not as important as money. However, he could use her to hype himself up.
As soon as Song Liyun returned to Suijin Town, she met Chuntao who was strolling with her child.
She was looking at a yard with an air of excitement, and didn't even notice Song Liyun approaching her.
Not only her, there were also many people gathered outside the yard.
"Sister Chuntao, what are you looking at?" Song Liyun frowned and looked at the yard for a few seconds.
Outside the yard, there is a big locust tree. It is the end of August now, and the leaves are still green, making the yard gate a little dark.
"Ah! Liyun is back."
Chun Tao was startled by Song Liyun's sudden voice. Seeing that it was her, she covered her mouth and laughed: "Liyun, come and watch the fun. You've cried a lot today."
"What happened again?" The person living in that courtyard was Xue Zhuang. He was now a well-known figure in Suijin Town, so why was he being stared at like this?
Not sure if there was any happy engagement in the family, but Song Liyun suddenly felt like she was gossiping. Her mind, which used to only think about life and death, now had a worldly air.
With so much fun to watch, she was in no hurry to leave. She untied Juqing's horse's reins, took out a piece of sugar cake from her bag and stuffed it into the horse's mouth. She patted its back and said, "You go back on your own!"
Juqingma raised its neck and ran towards Baolinju outside the town with a "da da da" sound.
Song Liyun put another piece of candy in the hand of the child Chuntao was holding, and the child immediately opened his mouth and smiled, revealing four white teeth.
When Chuntao heard Song Liyun ask what happened, she suddenly felt like she had found an outlet to vent her anger, and immediately told her everything that had happened today.
It turns out that the origin of today's incident can be traced back to those refugee women.
On that day, County Magistrate Jiang specially sent ten refugee women of marriageable age to Suijinwei for marriage.
Lin Tao and Song Liyun both knew that this was a difficult task, so they sent the person to the guild hall, notified Captain Luo, and then slipped away.
There were only tables, chairs and benches in the Suijin Guild Hall, and no place to accommodate these women.
Fortunately, there were still some vacant courtyards reserved for military households by the garrison, and the weather was not cold, so they opened up the courtyard and prepared to spend a few days there, and then gave the people to those meritorious soldiers to start families.
These girls are all human beings. Although they are going to marry soldiers, Captain Luo cannot give them to anyone casually. He has to choose among them.
It was impossible for the girls to cook when they first arrived, so Xue Zhuang's family took care of the meals.
Originally, there was nothing wrong, but for some reason, the sister-in-law of the Xu family said in front of Xu Yan'er that these women were concubines for Xue Zhuang, while she seduced Xue Zhuang with sweet words and even took off her clothes and pounced on him.
Speaking of this, Chuntao, a woman who had given birth to two children, began to hesitate.
Especially since Song Liyun was still unmarried, she couldn't bring herself to speak.
Seeing Chuntao blushing, Song Liyun became curious: How could such a secret matter become known to everyone?
Before Chuntao could say anything, she heard the gate of Xue's courtyard open wide, and Xue Zhuang pulled the disheveled and disheveled wife of the Xu family and threw her heavily to the ground.
He hit her so hard that the woman, whose face was already red and swollen, fell to the ground and burst into tears.
Xiaobao ran out of the yard crying, hugged his mother's neck, and screamed at Xue Zhuang: "You are a bad person. When I grow up, I will kill you."
Xu's wife was so frightened that she quickly covered her son's mouth and said, "Don't say it, don't say it!"
Xue Zhuang glared at Xiao Bao angrily and swung the whip in his hand. A sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard, and everyone around was frightened and screamed: "Hey! That's still a child!"
"What can a child understand? Why get angry with a child?"
Xiaobao and his mother even hugged each other and screamed!
Unexpectedly, Xue Zhuang retracted his whip, and the tip of the whip flew through the air and landed on the ground nearby, stirring up a cloud of dust.
"Get out! Get out of here right now! If you dare to set foot in Suijin Town again, I'll break your legs!"
"Xue Fu, you two send this mother and son away, and tell the Xu family to keep this bitch under control."
As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked out from the side with a mule cart parked nearby. The man grabbed Mrs. Xu and Xiaobao and threw them into the bare mule cart.
Xu's wife grabbed the carriage and shouted to the courtyard: "Yan'er, Yan'er, I just want to help you. Your brother loved you so much before, you must have a conscience!"
No one in the yard responded.
The coachman slapped him and shouted: "Master Xue told you to shut up." His attitude was arrogant and domineering, not caring at all that this was Xue Zhuang's relative.
Song Liyun pointed at the mule cart that was going away and said, "Sister Chuntao, why does that person look so unfamiliar?"
Song Liyun had seen all the men in Suijin Town. Although she could not call out every name, she could at least remember their appearance.
Chun Tao glanced at it and whispered, "That's the servant Xue Zhuang bought a few days ago. He's from the same family. I heard he only cost ten taels of silver, which is quite cheap."
Song Liyun raised her eyebrows. She only knew that refugees had come to Suijin Town, but she didn't know that there were people doing business in the town.
In fact, she could also buy people, but as a modern person, she is still accustomed to hiring.
Chun Tao watched the Xu family's sister-in-law being sent away and couldn't help but spit. "This sister-in-law is so bold that she seduced her brother-in-law in broad daylight. If Xu Yan'er hadn't come out crying and talking, maybe everyone would have been deceived by her."
"Did Xu Yan'er tell it?" Song Liyun thought of Xu Yan'er's character that couldn't hide her thoughts. If something happened to her sister-in-law, she would really shout it out.
Chun Tao covered her mouth and chuckled again: "If Xue Gui hadn't stopped her quickly, Xu Yan'er would have run to the market and cried."
Song Liyun's scalp tingled when she heard this. The market in Suijin Town was still quite lively. If Xu Yan'er made a fuss, Xue Zhuang would definitely be beaten with a military stick by Captain Luo.
"Tell me, what is Xu Yan'er thinking? She didn't quietly investigate whether her sister-in-law and the man were having an affair. Instead, she just made a fuss based on rumors. If there really is something going on and it gets out like this, how will this family survive?"
Song Liyun shook her head. What would a stupid person do? No one could guess when she would explode.
In fact, the rumors outside really misunderstood Xu Yan'er. After her previous experience of confronting Song Liyun on the street, she understood some of the truth and did not speak nonsense.
This time it was Xu's sister-in-law who started shouting.
(End of this chapter)
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