Although Gillian and Mrs. Zhao both thought that Zhao Yanping was a few streets better than Zhu Shiyu, in the eyes of the people outside, Zhu Shiyu passed the scholar at the age of 21, which is no longer an ordinary person. After studying hard for a few years, it is still very promising to get a juren. Unlike Zhu Chang, who was already old when he became a scholar, and his fighting spirit had long been completely wiped out.

The Zhu father and son were two scholars. This beautiful reputation made people ignore the bad intentions of selling their niece that Jin did back then. Especially when Jin sold their niece, it was not just about fortune, but to save their son. The son was almost dead. Jin came up with that idea and was at a loss and had no other way.

The mother is noble because of her son, and Zhu Shiyu is on the list of gold. Jin's face is more glorious than before.

The good news spread, and the matchmaker immediately became diligent when he came to Zhu's family. In just half a month, Jin made a good daughter-in-law for herself.

Old Mrs. Zhao went out for a walk and found out the situation of the woman's family clearly.

Zhu Shiyu's fiancée is a rich daughter named Dong Biqing. Dong Biqing's mother is the second wife. After marrying, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter. She has a very high status in her husband's family. Dong Biqing's father, Mr. Dong, is a rouge and water powder business. The most famous jade building in Wu'an County is the Dong family's industry.

Both daughters born by Mr. Dong’s original wife were married to scholars. The two scholars’ sons-in-law were also promising, and they all passed the imperial examination and went to other places to become officials. Everyone praised Mr. Dong for being able to choose a son-in-law. Under such praise, when Dong Biqing was still young, Mr. Dong made up his mind to choose a scholar for his younger daughter as his husband.

Dong Biqing's mother is beautiful, but Dong Biqing failed to inherit her mother's beauty. She looks more and more like Mr. Dong, with long faces and small eyes, and no matter how she dresses up, she is not as good as her two sisters. Dong Biqing is very arrogant, and her two half-sisters have become officials' ladies. She also wants to be officials' ladies, and she will not marry even if she is a scholar.

The Dong family is rich, and Dong Biqing looks ugly and is easy to marry, but with the condition of "scholars", there are not many candidates to choose from. Young and handsome scholars, juren, and officials all have better candidates for wives. They are old and not very good-looking, and Dong Biqing looks down on him. After picking him, Dong Biqing is eighteen years old in a blink of an eye.

At this time, Zhu Shiyu won the scholar.

Mr. Dong and Mrs. Dong all turned their attention to Zhu Shiyu. Shortness is generally not a big problem. What’s important is that Zhu Shiyu is young enough to have the opportunity to become an official!

As for the Zhu family, Zhu Chang took a fancy to Dong Biqing's two brother-in-laws, both Jinshi officials. His son will be really promising in the future. He has two brother-in-law in the officialdom, which is better than working hard alone. Jin Shi took a fancy to the wealth of the Dong family. Mrs. Dong has such a status in the Dong family, and Dong Biqing's dowry is absolutely indispensable.

The elders of the two families were very satisfied with each other. When it came to the meeting with young people, Zhu Shiyu could not look at Dong Biqing. She sat in the living room of Dong’s house to have tea with Mr. Dong. Dong Biqing hid behind the curtain of the side room and looked Zhu Shiyu up and down. The more she looked, the more she became dissatisfied. She thought Zhu Shiyu was short and that Zhu Shiyu was not handsome enough.

Mrs. Dong spoke sharply and stared at her daughter and said, "Mr. Xie, the magistrate, is tall and handsome, can they like you? You don't even see how old you are now. You still want to be picky and choose again. Do you want to be an old girl for the rest of your life? Are you laughed at by your two sisters?"

Dong Biqing stopped talking.

The marriage was also decided, because Dong Biqing's age should not be delayed for too long, so the wedding date was set on the second day of August this year.

At the same time, Zhu Shuangshuang's market also rose, but Zhu Shuangshuang was pretty, so Jin decided to wait a little longer. After her son got married, she would choose the best son-in-law from the men who were hiding. Anyway, Zhu Shuangshuang was only sixteen years old, so it would not be too late to choose another year.

There are two scholars in the family, but are you still afraid that your daughter will not get married?

The Zhu family happily prepared for the marriage, and Gillian encountered some setbacks in her business.

In spring, the sun is shining, and the people like to go shopping on the streets. The shop business is good. Gillian bought two hundred boxes of rouge at the end of the first month, and by the end of April, they sold only a dozen boxes. On average, more than two boxes can be sold per day. The business is good, Gillian bought two hundred boxes of rouge at one go, and she was also having trouble with Mrs. Zhao because Mrs. Zhao also wanted to purchase goods, but learned that the document signed by Chen Ying and her agreed that she could only sell it to Gillian in Wu'an County, unless Gillian herself did not want to do the rouge business again.

Gillian's rouge stock was sufficient. After May, the weather was so hot, but the people were not very happy to go out. They bought rouge and had fewer people working on needlework. Gillian's business plummeted. Usually, a month of rouge can earn about two taels of silver. In the whole month, Gillian only earned six cents of silver.

When she first opened, she would be very happy that she could make so much money. She earned two taels of silver for several months, but suddenly she suddenly shrank by more than half, and Gillian was worried.

The less money A Jiao earned, which was equivalent to the less money the Zhao family earned. Old Mrs. Zhao was also worried, but looking at the two hundred boxes of rouge that Gillian had in the cellar, she sold only a dozen boxes of rouge left in the previous batch of goods in May. Old Mrs. Zhao secretly was glad that fortunately she did not grab this batch of goods.

A Jiao was so worried that she became angry, and a bubble appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She suddenly got up this morning. It was not yet when Zhao Yanping set off in the morning. In the evening, Zhao Yanping came back and saw that she was so anxious that she did not rush to sleep after dinner. She sat by the bed with a palm fan and shook the fan for her, whispering: "It's like doing business. There is an off-season and a peak season. It's already good that you don't owe it. When the weather cools down a while, the business will recover."

Gillian knew the truth, but she was anxious if she got less money.

Old Mrs. Zhao likes to complain that Cui Niang can’t sell it, so she didn’t talk about her directly, but Jiao was also annoyed when she listened to Mrs. Zhao’s nagging. Looking at Cui Niang again, Guo Xingwen’s aggrieved look, Jiao’s worries became three, one for herself, and the other two for Cui Niang and sister. In such a hot day, it’s not easy for both brothers and sisters to go out for a whole day.

But Gillian couldn't say that Mrs. Zhao was not right in front of the official, otherwise it would have caused trouble for the official.

Fortunately, there is another person to complain today.

Ajiao snorted, "My business is not good, and some people are laughing at me. Cui Niang said, my aunt went to the front of the shed today, and the meaning was that we couldn't sell things. What she said was that the business of the Dong family Yulou was still booming. Guo Xing secretly went to Yulou to see it. What my aunt said was true, and there were still people coming and going in the Yulou, which was very lively."

Gillian couldn't understand why the only thing she had in her shed business was affected, and it didn't matter if the Dong family's jade building was?

Zhao Yanping often wanders around the streets and alleys of the county town when handling cases. He understood this and explained: "They mostly go to Yulou, who are rich wives and ladies, who go to the sedan chairs and have maids to serve them. Yulou also prepares various ice drinks to entertain them, so they are naturally willing to go out. The ones who go to your place are mostly ordinary ladies, who have some spare money, but they can't afford to use the sedan chairs, so they are too lazy to go out in hot weather."

In the final analysis, Gillian is doing a small business, with a small shop, and cannot attract wealthy families.

When Gillian heard this, she became even more discouraged. Bing was a rare thing and she couldn't afford it.

Once he was depressed, he became more annoyed, and Gillian couldn't fall asleep even more.

His head poked out of the bed and asked to the man who was hitting the floor: "Official, have you slept?"

Zhao Yanping replied: "Not yet."

She tossed and turned, and his voice made him irritated.

Gillian gritted her teeth, lifted the gauze tent, and followed him to the floor with him in that cool little dress.

After lying down, she exhaled on her back and said comfortably: "It's true that the ground is still cool."

When she arrived, Zhao Yanping was not cool at all.

Gillian didn't have much pure thoughts. It has been a month since the last time the official and she met her. Sometimes Gillian would feel itchy, but the official thought about her sister, and Gillian was embarrassed to do something. Tonight, she was in a bad mood, so she wanted to be willful and do something to make herself feel good.

Turning over, Giao fell into his arms and asked in a low voice: "I am worried about business. What are the officials thinking? Why are they not sleeping?"

Zhao Yanping thought nothing, and simply wasn't able to sleep because of the noise she made. But now that Jiao came over, Zhao Yanping was thinking about it.

"It's hot." He said perfunctorily.

Gillian's fingertips slashed his arm and said in surprise: "It turns out that a lot of sweat is gone."

Zhao Yanping's breathing became heavier.

Even though Ah Jiao knew he was hot, she still stood close to him, hugging his strong arms and hummed: "Official, what should I do with my business? It will be hot for another two months. I will only sell more than a dozen boxes of rouge in a month. I am afraid that I will cover the rouge."

Zhao Yanping said: "The cellar is cool and won't break. It's useless to be anxious. You want to open it."

Gillian muttered, "I can't think so hard that I feel so upset."

Zhao Yanping's attention was on his elbow. She lay on her side and held his arm again, his elbow was just there.

"If you do this, I can't sleep." Zhao Yanping said helplessly.

Gillian bit her lip, buried her face in his chest, and said softly: "Then the official hug me, the official hug me, I'll be in a good mood."

She said so, how could Zhao Yanping have irresponsible?

Zhao Yanping also wanted his woman to be happy and have a good sleep in a comfortable and comfortable manner.

Zhao Yanping squatted up, then picked up the slender and plump Gillian, and went to the gauze tent together.

They were familiar with each other again, and this time they were not so clumsy.

The only problem is that Gillian couldn't help but want to hum.

Zhao Yanping was afraid of covering her mouth and leaving handprints, so he found an old belt, and couldn't help but wrap it around A Jiao's mouth and tied a knot behind her head. There was still a sound overflowing, but with the belt blocking her, A Jiao deliberately endured it, and thought it wouldn't be able to reach it outside. She storm waves three times. A Jiao clearly didn't do much effort and was still exhausted. Zhao Yanping put her on the floor. He went outside to fetch water. When he came back, he found that A Jiao was asleep.

Zhao Yanping silently put down the bucket, wiped the mat on the bed first, then knelt on the floor, and gently wiped Ajiao.

He fiddled with his arms and legs, and Gillian was half awake. Later, Zhao Yanping took her back to the bed, and Gillian immediately fell asleep again.

Zhao Yanping finally took care of himself.

Recalling Gillian's boldness and enthusiasm tonight, Zhao Yanping suddenly frowned while satisfied.
Chapter completed!