"Shui Ling?" When a delicate figure shrank out from the shadow in front of the mansion, Tan Zong showed a look of surprise. He never expected that it was Shi Shi.

"Young Master save me." Shi Shi seemed to have cried, her eyes were swollen, she walked forward, her legs bent, and she knelt in front of Tan Zong.[]

"What's going on?" Tan Zong reached out to Rashi Shi, but Shi Shi just couldn't get up and just cried there.

Seeing this, Tan Zong shook his head, picked up Shi Shi, and walked into the yard with big strides.

"Brother, she is..." Shortly after entering the courtyard, Tao Ying came out of the hall of the main house, looked at Shi Shi, who was curled up in Tan Zong's arms, and looked at Tan Zong suspiciously.

"This is Shui Ling, you can take her to change her clothes." Tan Zong put Shi Shi down and handed it to Tao Ying, walked towards the hall, took a few steps and turned his head and said, "I guess she hasn't eaten yet, so you can get something to eat in the kitchen."

Although he knew Shi Shi's real name, Tan Zong still liked to call her "Shui Ling", which sounded more natural.

"Sister, let's go." Tao Ying smiled and pulled Shi Shi, who was standing there sobbing, and walked towards the backyard.

After entering the hall, Tan Zong poured a cup of boiled water, drank it down, then sat on the chair, reached out and rubbed the temples on both sides: Fatty Wang asked himself to join the Grain Trader Chamber of Commerce, which is probably not just a matter of rewarding his favor, but should be trying to form an alliance with him and gain greater benefits from the Grain Trader Chamber of Commerce.

Obviously, Tan Zong's performance at Ruyi Gambling last night received very good results, which made people think that he is a person with great background. This is not only a concealment but also a protection.

Speaking of the grain business, Tan Zong was really a little moved. For example, Xie Hao, who, in addition to the relevant management expenses, could earn more than 15,000 taels of silver in a year. This is simply an excellent way to make money.

Although there is a 200,000 taels of silver notes given by Uncle Fu in the box at Tan Zong's house, does anyone mind having more money?

Unfortunately, he was doing business for Zhao Yunan this time. Even if he wanted to get a share of the food business, he would ask Zhao Yunan to nod.

When Tan Zong was planning how to get the information he wanted from the people of the Grain Merchants Chamber of Commerce, Tao Ying led Shi Shi in.

Shi Shi took a shower, her hair was draped over her back, her cheeks were flushed, and her whole body was filled with a breath of youth.

She changed into a brand new white dress, which was made by Tao Yingxin from the tailor shop. Their height and figure were similar. She wore it very well and looked convex and convex.

Not long after, the kitchen also brought the food, three dishes and one soup, fish and meat. Shi Shi sat at the table and ate it in small mouthfuls, looking quite restrained.

"What's going on?" After Shi Shi finished his meal, Tan Zong asked suspiciously. In just one day, Shi Shi cried so hard that she was crying when she met.

"My second mother wants me to get married." Shi Shi bit her lip, lowered her head, and did not dare to look at Tan Zong's eyes, and said softly.

"Marry?" Tan Zong smiled slightly when he heard this, "Why, don't you like the other person?"

"Yeah!" Shi Shi nodded, her head lowered, and her hands were lying around the corner of her skirt.

"Brother, Shui Ling's second mother wants her to marry an old man in her fifties, so she can be her grandfather." Tao Ying glanced at Shi Shi who was sluggish and explained to Tan Zong, "Didn't my brother win money in the casino last night? I don't know who spread it, saying that Shi Shi is a prosperous husband, so today several groups of people came to the door to propose marriage with brides."

"Honey?" Tan Zong was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head. He did not expect that this matter would have something to do with him.

Business people believe in Feng Shui very much. Last night, after Xie Laohei threw out the unexpected "zero" point, the gamblers in the casino privately said that Shi Shi was simply Xie Laohei's nemesis, and she ruined Xie Laohei's almost sure-win situation and achieved an unprecedented shocking comeback in Ruyi Casino.

In the next bet on soybeans, Tan Zong asked Shi Shi to scoo up soybeans for himself, but he defeated Xie Laohei again. By linking these two things together, Shi Shi naturally became the focus of gamblers' discussion.

While they were chatting, I don’t know who inadvertently sighed, if Shi Shi was not by Tan Zong’s side, I’m afraid Xie Hao would not have been defeated so badly. This little girl looked like a prosperous husband at first glance.

The so-called speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. The people present did not say anything at the time, but the next day he asked the matchmaker to Shi Shi's house with the dowry.

Shi Shi's mother passed away ten years ago. Her father was matched by someone to re-marry and married his current wife, Du, who was the second wife of Shi Shi. At that time, she was a widow with a dead husband and brought a boy one year older than Shi Shi.

Naturally, the stepmother could not be compared with her own mother, especially the stepmother who brought her own children. Since then, Shi Shi and his brother Shi Kui have been beaten and scolded. All the delicious food at home were given to Du's son, but the hard and tiring work were left to them.

Shi Shi's father is an honest scholar. Sometimes he can't stand it and quarrels with Du, but he is no match for Du, who has a stingy personality. Every time he is pointed at his nose and scolded by Du, blushing, and losing his neck with a thick neck. He mutters helplessly, "It's hard to raise a shrew and a villain."

As the eldest son of the family, Shi Kui came out to make money to support his family at the age of thirteen. He has done a lot of work and entered Ruyi Gambling a year ago.

Shi Kui felt sorry for his sister and knew that she didn't eat well at home. Therefore, since she went out to work, she often bought some delicious food for Shi Shi in private, and the brother and sister had a very deep relationship.

Half a year ago, the sixteen-year-old Shi Shi participated in the casino recruitment assessment and became a maid who specializes in serving the second-floor VIP guests.

Early this morning, when the matchmakers who proposed marriage came to Shi's house with a rich bride price lantern, Du was shocked. When did she see the precious silk, precious jewelry and white silver in the bride price?

After learning about the purpose of the matchmakers, Du was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. He didn't know that the blessing Shi Shi, the girl, had cultivated in her lifetime, could actually make so many wealthy families like him.

Due to work needs, Shi Shi lived in the dormitory provided by Ruyi Casino. At noon, Du asked someone to call her back and prepare a steaming table of food. She asked her about her well-being and caring for her very much.

Shi Shi was surprised to find that there were many expensive gifts piled up in the house. After asking, he realized that Du had already agreed to a family that had given the most brides and married Shi Shi to him as the ninth concubine.

After knowing what happened, Shi Shi was angry and anxious, and refused in one go, asking Du to return the bride price so that she would not marry the old man in her fifties.

Du first comforted Shi Shi with kind words and listed the benefits of marrying the old man, such as wearing gold and silver, eating delicious food and drinking spicy food, seeing Shi Shi's attitude firm, his face changed, expressing his parents' orders and matchmakers' words, and he could not tolerate Shi Shi's resentment of marriage.

Shi Shi had a big fight with Du, then left the house crying, wandering around the street in a daze. When she thought that she might be sleeping with an old man in her fifties, her tears fell like beads with broken threads. Which girl did not have the dream of her own longing?

In the evening, perhaps because Shi Kui had heard about Tan Zong's address, the lonely and helpless Shi Shi came to Tan Zong's house without knowing it. She was embarrassed to knock on the door, so she sat in the shadow in front of the door.

"Do you have anybody you think?" Tan Zong felt that this matter was really a bit tricky. This was considered Shi Shi's family matter. He was not easy to interfere with by an outsider, so he pondered for a moment and asked.

Shi Shi shook her head slightly and looked at Tan Zong pitifully. If Tan Zong couldn't help her, then she really didn't know what to do.

"Brother, please help Sister Shuiling." Tao Ying was a woman after all, so she naturally understood Shuiyue's current mood and spoke up for her.

Tan Zong stood up and paced back and forth in the room, thinking about solutions. In ancient times, marriages paid attention to the destiny of parents and the words of the matchmaker. How could he help Shi Shi overcome this level?

"I have it." Suddenly, Tan Zong stopped and looked at Shi Shi with a smile, "Let's just hide the truth."

"Discover the truth?" Shi Shi and Tao Ying looked at each other suspiciously, not understanding what Tan Zong meant.

"Yongzi, tomorrow you go to the dock to find some people." Tan Zong smiled slightly and said to Tao Yong on the side in a deep voice.

The next afternoon, a grand carriage drove into an old residential area in the north of the city and stopped in front of a small courtyard. Behind the carriage were more than a dozen big men in blue clothes, one by one, with big arms and round waists, which attracted passers-by to look at each other.

In the surprised eyes of neighbors, Tan Zong, dressed in brocade clothes, jumped down from the carriage, then hugged Shi Shi, who was blushing, and shook the folding fan in his hand, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Seeing this, Tao Yong immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door, pounding, and slapped the door so loudly. If he had a little force, he would probably have been smashed by his fist as big as a bowl.

"Who, who, who is not open-eyed, hit my mother's door." After a while, a fierce voice came from the door.

Then, the gate of the courtyard creaked open, and a middle-aged woman in a plump figure and still charming walked out, with a golden hairpin on her head, a thick layer of powder on her face, and a perfume on her body. It may have been sprayed too much, which made Tan Zong unable to help but slap in front of her nose with a fan.

"Who are you looking for?" After seeing the person standing in front of the door, Du was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously.

"Look for you!" Tan Zong put away the folding fan, pointed at Du Shi with the folding fan, and said lightly.

Before Du could speak, Tao Yong pushed her away, and Tan Zong walked into the yard surrounded by everyone.

When she saw Shi Shi following Tan Zong, Du's face showed a complicated look. She had someone to look for Shi Shi since yesterday, but after searching everywhere, there was no trace of her. The family she promised would use the flower bridge to carry people. Shi Shi was back when she was anxious.

Shi Shihui is back, but it seems that the person who comes is not good, especially the young man holding the folding fan, with a arrogant look on his face and a look of no one, which is clearly a playboy.

Shi Shi's yard is relatively small, only about 20 square meters, and a big tree is planted in the corner of the wall. Although the family background looks relatively shabby, it is much better than the Tao and Zheng families. At least there are decent tables, chairs and furniture in the living room.

After entering the house, Tao Yong spread a cushion on a chair. Then Tan Zong sat down, glanced at the silk and satin placed in the corner of the wall and other brides, and looked up at Du Shi who was following in.

"Shi Shi, you are back, and your second mother is worried so much." Du was a little guilty when Tan Zong saw it, and stepped forward to hold Shi Shi's hand and said intimately.

"I heard you betrothed Shi Shi?" Shi Shi lowered her head and said nothing. Tan Zong pondered for a moment and asked coldly.

"Men are married when they are old, women are married when they are old, and Shi Shi is still old. I have to find a good home for her so as not to suffer as much as I do." Du sighed and patted Shi Shi's hand, as if she was extremely concerned about Shi Shi.

"I didn't expect you to do it!" Tan Zong sneered and glared at him, "Since it's for Shi Shi's good, why do you find him an old man over fifty years old? Do you know that he can be Shi Shi's grandfather!"

"Young Master, it's wrong for you to say this. Will being a mother still hurt your children?" Du said to Tan Zong, "Although the other party is a little older, it's better to marry him or her at least have no worries about food and clothing than to marry a poor boy who has nothing to do and cry for the rest of his life, right?"

"I would rather suffer than marry that person." Shi Shi pulled out his hand from Du's hand and looked at her with a firm look.

"I heard that Shi Shi doesn't want to marry that old man. You give up the bride price. Just forget about this." Tan Zong glanced at Shi Shi and said to Du.

"This young master, this is our family business, it seems that it's not a problem for the young master to worry about it." Du's face darkened when he heard this, and he looked at Tan Zong with a sneer, "Do you know who Shi Shi is going to marry? Tell you, Mr. Yao is one of the top wealthy businessmen in our Yangzhou city. There are only dozens of maids in the family, and he is the guest of honor for our prefect Lord Lu."

According to Du's personality, how could he spit out the meat from his mouth? Although Tan Zong looks like a rich man, he seems to be very partial to Shi Shi, a little slut. If Shi Shi follows him in the future, he will have a good life.

Besides, judging from the accent, Tan Zong is a foreigner. If Shi Shi takes him away, who will rely on for the rest of his life? You can't follow him, so you may still be so angry with Shi Shi's little hoof.

Besides, as the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress local snakes. Although Tan Zong looks quite arrogant, Mr. Yao is not easy to mess with. From the matchmaker's tone yesterday, Du learned that Mr. Yao had made up his mind this time and must marry Shi Shi back, otherwise he would not have paid so much capital and sent so many brides.

It’s great to enjoy the cool air with a big tree on his back. As long as he takes this line from Mr. Yao, Du is a person with status in Yangzhou City. He can’t get anything than herself. Shi Shi is cheaper and better with this little wave hoof.
Chapter completed!