Fearing that Xiuxiu's mother would take her anger out on the two maids, Hu Xiaosi asked Ye Lizheng to let him take the two maids in for one night.
The next morning, the coroner came to examine the body.
The final conclusion was that, like Dr. Zhao, he was in poor health but died from consuming highly nourishing foods.
Xiuxiu's mother cried her heart out.
The coroner shook his head and turned to leave.
Although someone died, it wasn't murder, but rather an illness caused by excessive internal heat. The deceased was the murderer's own son, and since the authorities wouldn't investigate unless the public filed a complaint, no one paid any attention to it.
After this incident, Xiuxiu's mother finally gave up on the idea of Hu Xiaoer getting married and having children.
Hu Xiaoyi's funeral was handled quite simply.
When Hu Xiuxiu in the capital learned of this, she only sighed slightly, showing little grief. She sent a letter back, asking Old Lady Ye to give her ten taels of silver for funeral expenses.
Since Hu Xiaoyi passed away, Hu Xiaoer has become paranoid. Whenever Xiuxiu Niang gets close to him, he screams and shouts that Xiuxiu Niang is going to poison him.
Hu Xiaosi simply bought a strong man in his twenties and had him serve Hu Xiaoer.
As for the two maids, Hu Xiaosi sold them back to the brokerage firm.
They even told the broker that the women hadn't done anything wrong, that their families could afford to buy them but couldn't afford to raise them. They asked the broker to find them another good family.
In the end, they sold each one at a loss of three taels of silver.
The reason for selling them was that Xiuxiu's mother had transferred all her hatred onto them.
Secondly, they originally bought them to be wives for the first and second sons, and they already had that idea in mind. Now that their hopes have been dashed, they are afraid that they will set their sights on the fifth son and the others.
Let's just sell it all, get rid of it completely.
Since that incident, Xiuxiu's mother has become completely listless and utterly unable to perk up!
He stays quiet at home and doesn't cause any trouble.
Two months later, Hu Xiao, 48 years old, officially resigned from the furniture store.
Over the past ten years, after deducting all expenses, he has saved more than a thousand taels of silver, enough for him to use as start-up capital.
After leaving the furniture store, he didn't go back to the furniture industry he was familiar with, because he knew his own limitations. He didn't want to become a distributor for the furniture store in a distant place, nor did he want to compete with his former employer, so he decided to change careers.
This is his way of expressing gratitude.
Finally, he opened a tea shop, selling all kinds of tea and teaware.
During his ten years at the furniture store, he witnessed many people and events, and gradually developed a love for tea and tea culture.
He kept 60 shares of the tea shop's stock, and gave the remaining 40 shares to Xiao San, Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Qi, ten shares each.
A year later, his tea shop was thriving, with a monthly income of several hundred taels of silver. More wealth would require time to accumulate.
Three years later, Hu Xiaoer's health deteriorated, and he collapsed in bed.
Five years later, Hu Xiaoqi, at the age of twenty, passed the imperial examination and became a scholar.
Hu Xiaosi contacted Hu Xiuxiu and sent Xiaoqi to study in the capital.
After several more years of hard work, he passed the imperial examination and became a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examinations).
But they stopped there and failed to go any further.
Finally, he returned to his hometown and became a clerk under the county magistrate.
With family by my side and no worries about money, life is prosperous and joyful.
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