The two wounds on Yu Jingyao's lips that were bitten by Chen Jiao were particularly good at the location, one on the left side of the upper lip and the other on the right side of the lower lip.

Last night, he pretended to have social engagements outside and avoided his family when he returned home late. Before going to bed, Yu Jingyao applied medicine, hoping to heal soon. Unexpectedly, when he saw that the wound was healing in the morning, but the two dark areas were even more eye-catching, one up, one left and one right, inexplicably funny.

Yu Jingyao looked in the mirror and smiled angrily. The first time he wanted a woman, he turned out to be a tigress who was delicate on the outside and fierce on the inside.

But for some reason, Yu Jingyao liked Chen Jiao's angry big eyes. If it weren't for her funny appearance now, Yu Jingyao would go there to find her today. Even if she couldn't get it for the time being, it would be interesting to see her angry look.

After looking at his lips for a while, Yu Jingyao called Liu Xi in to serve him.

Liu Xi lowered his head smartly and didn't even look at his master's face at all.

Yu Jingyao went to Yong'an Hall to spend breakfast with his family. He was a busy man. He didn't have much time at home for a month. When he had time, Yu Jingyao would try his best to spend with his mother and sisters.

The third girl Yu Lan stared at her brother's mouth curiously.

The fourth girl Yu Xiang smiled mercilessly and joked with her brother: "What good food did my brother eat during social events last night? Mosquitoes only sting you?"

Although Xie was a woman, she had never played any tricks with Mr. Yu, who died prematurely, and had no association with her son's injuries.

Yu Jingyao looked as usual: "When eating fish, I accidentally pricked me twice."

After saying that, he glared at the fourth sister who kept smiling.

The maids set up food, and the family of four sat around the table. Yu Jingyao had dinner silently. Xie chatted for a few words, and suddenly he raised the topic to Chen Jiao, who had just moved away. He spoke very disdainful: "It's both a shop and a house. What's spent is our family's money? I think she is just greedy for money and is afraid that we will take it back. So I quickly cheated the money from your cousin's wife and ran away. If it were my wife, I would have divorced her long ago. Your cousin's wife is stupid and she thinks she is good every day."

Yu Lanqi said: "She asked for money from her cousin's wife?"

Xie said, "No, I asked for a total of fifty taels! I wouldn't have given her that much if I had known that your cousin's wife couldn't control the money."

Yu Xiang curled his lips and said in disagreement: "Mom gave the silver to her cousin's wife. That silver is the silver of her cousin's wife. She will give it to anyone she wants. She doesn't feel sorry for her, so don't worry about her."

Xie reached out and bounced his daughter: "I told you to talk back!"

Yu Xiang put down the bowl in anger and ran away!

The women were silly, and Yu Jingyao only listened and did not interfere with a single word.

Xie was angry for a while and suddenly asked his son: "It's time for Dragon Boat Festival, what gifts will be given to the Qi family this year?"

My son had never met the magistrate's girl Qi Liu from the prefect's family. Xie had seen her several times when she was visiting there. She was not too outstanding and her butt was not big or small. However, being able to marry the magistrate's family was a good thing for her son. Therefore, although the mortality of Miss Qi Liu was delayed by her legitimate mother's filial piety, Xie still valued this marriage very much and cared about the rituals during the festivals.

Yu Jingyao casually said: "Come on what I did last year."

The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, Yu Jingyao went to the prefect's residence as a prospective son-in-law.

The prefect Qi and his son Qi Wenxuan warmly welcomed Yu Jingyao.

The prefect Qi liked Yu Jingyao's financial resources and skills. Not only did this man do a good job in business, but he encountered trouble in the officialdom and discussed it with Yu Jingyao. Yu Jingyao could also think of a clever plan. In addition to liking money from his prospective brother-in-law, Qi Wenxuan also admired Yu Jingyao's generous and unruly temper. The two often had a meal together to enjoy themselves.

The men were drinking in the front yard. The magistrate and the back house were all coming to play with Miss Qi Qi, Madam Qi Ba and Madam Qi Jiu.

The four half-brother illegitimate daughters are actually engaged, and there are only two girls who are six or seven years old left in the Qi family.

The seventh girl's fiancé is a classmate of the prefect Qi and her family is also an official. At this time, she said to the sixth girl with envy: "My sister is so lucky. Yu Jingyao is the richest man in our Yangzhou City. My sister has been married for several lifetimes and has been spending money."

The eighth girl's fiancé is a young man from a scholarly family. She also said to the sixth girl enviously: "And the eldest sister Yu Jingyao is ten years old. I heard that her older husband is particularly fond of others. When her sister marrys her, she will definitely be held in his hand."

Miss Ninth's fiancé is an official widower, and she also envies Miss Six: "It is said that Yu Jingyao's fate is to defeat his wife, but his family has no aunt and children, so he has fewer worries."

The three girls sounded envious, but they were actually gloating. No matter how rich Yu Jingyao was, they were all merchants. Ordinary people or small officials might be happy to marry Yu Jingyao, but for the daughters of the prefect's family, even if they were concubines, they were ashamed of marrying Yu Jingyao.

Miss Qi Liu thought the same way, forcing her face to smile and perfunctorily and perfunctorily. As soon as the three sisters left, she was so angry that she threw herself on the bed and cried. It was all because her aunt was the most unpopular, and her father chose her from her sisters to match the Luo Shizi Yu Jingyao, a 27-year-old veteran who was betrayed his wife. Who would want to marry? Instead of being laughed at by the sisters after she got married, she would rather be defeated by Yu Jingyao to death!

Miss Qi Liu cried so much. She hoped that in the past two years of mourning, Yu Jingyao would either go out to die or lose business. As long as he died or he was poor, his father would definitely regret the marriage and choose a more suitable marriage for her.

Yu Jingyao didn't know the idea of ​​his fiancée he had never met, and he wouldn't care even if he knew about it. He and the prefect Qi each got what they wanted in this marriage. What women think is not important.

After returning from the prefect's residence, Yu Jingyao returned to his home.

While accompanying him up the room, Liu Xi whispered to the report: "Master, the third girl and Mr. Xie are enjoying the flowers in Heyuan."

Yu Jingyao stopped, then waved his hand and asked Liu Xi to go down, and he went to Heyuan alone.

The back garden of Yu's family is divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter. Among them, the Lotus Garden is the most suitable for viewing in summer. When approaching the Lotus Garden, Yu Jingyao deliberately slowed down and walked to a green bamboo bush. Through the bamboo branches, Yu Jingyao saw two people sitting in the pavilion beside the lotus pond. Yu Jingyao hid next to the green bamboo bush and peeped silently.

Of course, the third girl Yu Lan and Xie Jin in white shirt were sitting in the pavilion. From Yu Jingyao's perspective, he could see his sister's back and Xie Jin's face. The 18-year-old Xie Jin is indeed handsome, especially the elegant scholarly demeanor, which is the easiest to attract young girls to like.

Yu Jingyao's hands were stolen behind him, and his fingers moved gently. Chen Jiao refused to obey him. Could it be because she liked Xie Jin too much?

At this moment, Yu Jingyao saw his sister pick up a grape from the fruit plate and hand it to Xie Jin.

Xie Jin wanted to hide, but in the end he still didn't. He blushed and ate the grapes that Yu Lan personally fed into his mouth.

Yu Jingyao sneered. If it weren't for his own sister, he really wanted to say something ugly.

Yu Jingyao walked out from behind the green bamboo bushes.

Xie Jin was the first to see him, and was guilty and stood up immediately.

Yu Lan looked back and thought that her brother might have seen her behavior just now, and she was a little nervous. She just wanted to compete with Chen Jiao for Xie Jin. Yu Lan was not afraid of Chen Jiao's encounter, but was afraid of being blamed by her brother.

"Cousin."

"Brother."

Yu Jingyao stepped into the pavilion, Xie Jin and Yu Lan bowed one after another.

Yu Jingyao sat down directly on a stone bench, glanced at the fruit plate and tea on the table. He said lightly to the pink lotus flowers in the pond: "It's a long afternoon, you don't go to rest and enjoy the flowers here. It's so elegant."

This sentence has a deep meaning, Yu Lan's cheeks flushed and ran away in shame.

Yu Jingyao then looked at Xie Jin with a stern look.

Xie Jin also wanted to leave, but he didn't dare. Yu Jingyao was clearly coming for him.

He stood there nervously like a student waiting to be admonished by the Master.

Yu Jingyao knocked on the seat next to him and said, "Sit."

Xie Jin sat upset. In just a short while, a layer of sweat appeared on his fair forehead.

Yu Jingyao opened the right path and stared at him and asked, "Do you like the third sister?"

Xie Jin stood up suddenly, not daring to say.

Yu Jingyao smiled slightly and said, "As far as I saw just now, you two seem to be in love."

Xie Jin's face turned red, but he didn't know how to defend himself.

Yu Jingyao asked him to sit down again, thought for a while, and sighed, "Actually, although you call me uncle and third sister cousin, our two families are distant relatives. Logically speaking, you like third sister, and I will not disagree with my mother. However, you have a engagement now and live in Yangzhou City. If you don't break off the engagement, you are here to bother with third sister. Do you want the third sister to be a baby for you?"

Xie Jin's heart was first surprised because he heard that Yu Jingyao would support him and Yu Lan, but then he was frightened by Yu Jingyao's speculation and stood up to promise: "Zichun would never dare to despise the Three, the Three Girl!"

Yu Jingyao said "Oh" and raised his head and asked him: "So, are you planning to break off the engagement with Miss Chen?"

Xie Jin opened his mouth. Before speaking, every bit of him and Jiaomei suddenly appeared in his mind. Jiaomei first came to Xie's family, but was just a five-year-old girl. She recognized her child very much and did not kiss her father and mother. She hid behind the wet nurse and only looked at him curiously. Later, the two elders of the Chen family passed away. Jiaomei cried so hard that her throat was hoarse, and she fell seriously ill. She lay on the bed and said pitifully: "Brother Jin, I want to go home."

At the age of seven, he held the girl's little hand and said, "Good girl won't cry. My family will be your home in the future. Brother Jin will protect you."

Eleven years passed in a flash, Brother Jin and Jiaomei.

Xie Jin knew what he wanted most. Perhaps he had already made a choice when he agreed to accompany Yu Lan to enjoy the flowers, but this moment really came, and Xie Jin felt very uncomfortable.

He didn't want to hurt Jiaomei, he was afraid of seeing her crying. Jiaomei had the most beautiful pair of almond eyes. When she looked at him crying, he...

Xie Jin clenched his fists.

Yu Jingyao sat, and could see the scholar's fist when he looked up. He withdrew his gaze. Yu Jingyao pinched a grape from the fruit plate and placed it on the stone table. He then pinched a watermelon and placed it next to the grape, about one foot apart, and then said earnestly: "Zichun, you cannot have both fish and bear's paws. If you want to walk in the officialdom in the future, you will face more of your current situation. My cousin hopes that you will be a smart person."

Xie Jin closed his eyes.

You can’t have both fish and bear’s paw, but who can tell him who is the fish and who is the bear’s paw?

The sound of greedy flowing water in my ears, and the surroundings are the beautiful gardens of the Yu family. The one he wore was also the silk and satin of the Yu family.

"Don't worry, cousin, I will make it clear to my sister after the holiday."

Before leaving the pavilion, Xie Jin said extremely heavy.

Yu Jingyao sighed and told him: "Miss Chen is coming with you all the way, it's not easy. I'll ask Liu Xi to find you tonight."

Xie Jin doesn't understand what he means.

In the evening, Liu Xi indeed knocked on Xie Jin's door.

Xie Jin opened the door to meet the guests.

Liu Xi took out ten hundred taels of silver notes from his sleeve and lowered his head and said, "My master said, these are enough for Miss Chen to have enough food and clothing."

Xie Jin looked at the neat silver notes, but could not be happy for his beautiful girl at all.

"Brother Jin, don't worry, I can marry you when I get married!"

"Brother Jin, I still have two taels of silver here. You can use it. I don't have anything to buy anyway."
Chapter completed!