Looking back at her development over the past few years, Qiao Xin discovered that she seemed to have taken the wrong path.
The days passed more and more like the old lady in the mansion. It had been a long time since she had the time to calm down and appreciate the countryside and landscape.
I am busy every day, but I feel lost in my heart!
It seems that she is putting the cart before the horse by vigorously developing business in a society with a serious labor shortage.
No wonder the merit value in the system has been stagnant during this period of time. The long-term lack of energy has made that guy starve like a bean sprout!
The system that was often locked up in the small dark room was extremely resentful: You know what, it might be the first system to starve to death. It was supposed to be a farming article, a farming article, but now it's almost become a house fight...
Qiao Xin: If we don’t build up some strength first, the fields we cultivate will become other people’s granaries!
System: There is no way to refute this. Without the protection of force, it would be like a fat baby holding a gold ingot, anyone would want to take a bite!
However, does the host intend to turn back after taking the wrong path? Does it still have a chance to change its fate?
Ah, ah, ah, host, do you know that this requires a courageous heart, or your sons might be distracted from you! ! ! !
Qiao Xin snorted: Let's divide it, but how can we live comfortably if we don't clean the house?
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For the past month or two, storytellers in the capital have kept their eyes fixed on the Qiao family.
It's nothing. Ever since the old lady returned to Beijing, the Qiao family has been bustling all the time. One thing after another can provide them with a lot of topics to talk about after dinner and tea.
"Hurry, hurry, the news is out today, it's a shocking piece of news!"
"Hey, Mr. Song, stop selling the lawsuit. Tell me quickly, what happened to the Qiao family again? Could it be that General Qiao Jiang is getting married and someone is trying to steal the bride?"
The Qiao Family Theater was filled with regular customers, all of whom were looking at Song Da, the gossipy man.
They talked about the Qiao family's gossip in the Qiao family's theater and didn't think it was wrong at all.
The shopkeeper Yu Huanxi even asked the waiters to quickly bring up various snacks and melon seeds and prepare hot tea.
It looks like today's income can be increased again!
The old lady had told him long ago that as long as people were not discussing state affairs, he should not stop them.
Popularity comes from gossip, and wouldn’t consumers come to places with high popularity?
As soon as Song Dagang sat down, someone handed him snacks and tea. It was said that he had paid for a month's food for the little beggar squatting at the front and back doors of the Qiao Mansion just to get first-hand information.
Half a month's hard work finally paid off.
Normally, no one would ask, but Song Da couldn't hold back and started talking. Today, I don't know what happened, he drank a cup of hot tea and half a plate of snacks slowly without saying a word.
The impatient one said, "Song Da, that's enough. Everyone is waiting. Are you kidding us?"
Someone echoed, "How could it be bigger than the news that Old Madam Qiao had a big bet to decide the outcome?"
When talking about this, everyone's faces are still full of excitement, and their gossipy hearts can't be hidden and burst out again.
When the news first came out, no one in the capital believed it was true.
What a joke! The shop on Yumancang Commercial Street is a treasure trove that cannot be bought even with money! Mrs. Qiao is not a fool, how could she bring it to the gambling table?
It was said that the old lady had opened an unprecedented number of zero points and won the three mansions of the young prince in one game.
The more that person spread the story, the more everyone treated it as a joke. Until the clerk of the government office personally confirmed that the three large houses of the young prince had changed their owners a few days ago, and the owners were the three masters of the Qiao family.
This news has finally been confirmed!
All the gamblers in the capital could no longer sit still and began to send visiting cards to the Qiao family.
People at that time loved gambling, from the royal family to the common people, and everyone was addicted to it. Among them, the gambling phenomenon among scholars was particularly prominent.
It was normal to spend a lot of money on houses, horses, concubines, servants, and manors. It was also common to lose one's wife and children. But I have never heard of the Qiao family participating in gambling!
Mrs. Qiao showed off this unique skill and immediately gained countless fans.
Maybe, all those famous and handsome men who attended Qiao Yunting's wedding were there for Old Madam Qiao.
Having said that, what else can overshadow this matter?
"You will never imagine this!"
"Okay, Song Da, if you don't tell us, we'll go find out ourselves. You won't get a penny for the storytelling fee today!" The other party threw a piece of silver into the small box in front of him.
Song Da then put away his smile and said, "I have news that you will never expect. The general is getting married today, and the Zhou family is coming to recognize him as a relative!"
What, what, what?
Are they hard of hearing, or do they have tinnitus?
Zhou family, which Zhou family?
The key point is what kind of relationship does the Zhou family recognize?
"It could be the Zhou family, the Zhou Prince Consort's family!"
"Is it the former consort of Zhou? The eldest princess has been dead for more than 20 years, and I haven't heard that the two had any children. Over the years, the Zhou man has already married someone else, and now he is about to have a grandson. What kind of relationship is he recognizing?"
"Oh, you don't know this, right? I heard that when the Jiangcheng tragedy happened, the eldest princess was still a county princess. She was frightened and gave birth a month early. As a result, she had a dystocia because of incomplete preparations and excessive fright.
I don't know why the Zhou family actually transferred most of the guards around the princess away, saying they were going to fight the enemy, but they actually went to protect their own people. I heard that the eldest princess had a heavy hemorrhage after giving birth, and she died not long after?"
"So this is what happened. The Zhou family is really inhumane. But what does this have to do with General Qiao?"
"I heard that the princess entrusted her son to the care of her guards before she died, and I don't know how he was rescued by the Qiao family in the end. The old lady not only raised him herself, but also trained him to become a great general..."
"Your news is a bit outdated. I have the latest news here. Do you want to hear it?" At this time, another storyteller came out.
An expression that says "Ask me quickly, ask me quickly!"
"What else?"
"What? Not only is General Qiao not the old lady's biological son, but even the first and second masters of the Qiao family were picked up by the old lady!"
boom!!!!
Everyone was shocked!
"You can't be kidding. Is it true that all the hard work the old lady has put in over the years is just for the benefit of others?"
Oh my god, how is this possible?
Look at how attentive Mrs. Qiao is to her son, and how attentive her daughter-in-law is to her grandson and granddaughter. Even their own parents may not be able to do that, let alone raising other people's children!
"I didn't believe it at first, but the old lady admitted it herself."
Well...well...everyone didn't know what to say for a long time. Besides admiring Qiao Xin from the bottom of their hearts, they also felt sorry for her!
How could such a good person end up in such a situation?
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