The little Fubao in the deserted village made all the dignitaries in the court go crazy with envy

The Jin family's house is luxurious, with a front yard, backyard and back garden, which is several times larger than the houses in Yuxi Village.

There are winding corridors, pavilions, waterside terraces, rockery, strange rocks, and exotic flowers and plants in the house.

The place where they lived was divided into several courtyards, and there were side rooms for servants, a storehouse for gold, silver and jewelry, and a treasure house for rare and precious antiques...

Bai Xiang and his two brothers found everything new.

Jin Duobao brought back his favorite friends and wanted to share everything with them.

The young master ignored the guests waiting in the hall and took his friends around the garden.

Lin Huaisong was still worried and asked, "Duobao, so many people came to congratulate you, are you really going to just leave them alone?"

Jin Duobao didn't care at all. "I didn't abandon them. The housekeeper in the mansion is here to take care of them. Besides, my father and his family will be back soon. He has a silver tongue and can win people over with just a few words."

The little fat boy put his hands on his hips, shook his shoulders and laughed, "Hehehe, and my family is now a royal merchant! Others are eager to curry favor with us, how dare they offend us? Even if they are angry, they won't bother with a kid like me! Otherwise, he is just being stingy!"

The little fat boy knows all the ins and outs of the business world through what he has learned from his surroundings.

Bai Xiang scratched his little face and said curiously, "Silent-tongued is a bad word, Brother Duobao, don't you like your father? I like my father very much."

"…It's not that I don't like him, it's just that he always scolded me and despised me in the past."

Jin Duobao muttered, feeling very uncomfortable facing the curious eyes of his friends. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Hey, I, I really didn't live up to expectations before."

The friends said in unison, "Why are you so disappointing?"

“……”That’s a bit rude of you.

How can you ask someone embarrassing questions without even breaking the casserole?

Is he the kind of guy who would blow himself up?

"Would you like to play the Nine-Ring Chain? Huarong Dao? Luban Lock? I have so many fun toys! Come on, I'll take you to my treasure trove and have a look!"

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The front yard was crowded with guests.

The banquet has begun to be arranged.

Jin Qianlai, as the current head of the family, sat in the living room and chatted and laughed with the guests. He could make people laugh with just a few words, and the atmosphere was very good.

The Ruan family finally had the nerve to come in, but they lost their privileges in the Jin family and could only sit at the last seat in the hall.

Even so, those who were ahead of the Ruan family didn't even give the Ruan family any extra glances.

There were several families that had close cooperation with the Jin family before the money came. The Wang, Fu, and Zhuo families came from behind and ranked second closest because they had established long-term cooperation with the next and only heir of the Jin family.

Further back, there were the city’s wealthy and well-known business tycoons.

Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, with merchants at the end.

Although they can be considered wealthy, they are just "rich".

In the past, the Jin family was just like them, merely wealthy, but after becoming imperial merchants, the word "noble" was added before the word "rich", and they had the power that all businessmen dream of.

All ordinary merchants in Yuanzhou City and even in Dayui can only look up to him.

Everyone was talking except the Ruan family, who could not get a word in. The few times they opened their mouths, they were interrupted or cut off by others.

Ruan Chengye was both angry and anxious, and gave his wife Zhou Huixin several looks.

Gu Fanghua happened to be supporting the old lady out, and Zhou Huixin immediately followed with Ruan Yan.

There is a small space behind the screen that separates the living room, where the women gather.

Previously, the old and young ladies of the Jin family were chatting with the women of other families behind the screen. The old lady was old and couldn't stay in the noisy environment for long, so after greeting the guests for a while, she prepared to go back to the backyard to rest.

This gave Zhou Huixin the opportunity.

"It's been half a year since we last saw each other. Time flies."

Zhou Huixin has a gentle appearance and always speaks softly. She has a faint smile on her lips. Her gentle and elegant appearance easily wins people's favor. "However, in the past six months, the old lady and Fanghua seem to be younger and their complexions are getting better and better. Yuxi Village is indeed a good place to raise people."

Gu Fanghua glanced at her and said with a half-smile, "So Yuanzhou City is not good enough to support people. Huixin, you don't look very good. You look much older and not very energetic. You don't even have the energy to dress up carefully."

Old Madam Jin held back her laughter and remained silent. It wasn't that the women of the Ruan family didn't have the energy to dress up, but that they couldn't afford it.

Every banquet in the past was always carefully decorated, with brocade clothes and silk skirts, hair full of pearls and jade, and jingling jewelry, but that was when the Jin family was looking after her.

Now, the woman changed into a cotton dress that ordinary people wore. Even though she tried to create a simple and elegant look, she still seemed out of place in the grand occasion of the Jin family.

Zhou Huixin was not annoyed at all by the sarcasm in the words. Instead, she smiled bitterly, "It's a joke for the old lady and Fanghua. The Ruan family is not as good as before. How can they afford good things? Yan'er's father is inflexible in doing business, and his brother suppresses him. All his business has been taken away by others. There are creditors coming to collect debts every day. Today, the Jin family is willing to let the Ruan family in. I am very grateful."

The three women walked slowly out of the living room, along the bluestone path past the rockery and pavilion. The noise faded away and the surroundings became quiet.

Zhou Hui saw that the two women of the Jin family had no reaction to her pity, so she gritted her teeth and took her daughter who was following her with her head down, "Madam, Fanghua, the Ruan family is so shameless this time, there is really nothing we can do."

As she spoke, she knelt down with bitterness and sorrow in her eyes, “I know there are many misunderstandings between the two families, which caused the Jin family and the Ruan family to be separated, and I also know that the Jin family will no longer have a close relationship with the Ruan family.

No matter what happened in the past, Madam Jin, Fanghua, please give me a little bit of face. I don't ask for the Jin family to continue to support me. The current result is only caused by me and the master. But I really can't bear to see Yan'er suffer with us. Please, Madam, keep Yan'er by your side!

Yan'er is still a child and knows nothing! Old Madam, Fanghua! You really loved Yan'er before!"

Gu Fanghua's face sank, and she scolded, "What are you doing! No matter if it's a misunderstanding or it's your own fault, the Ruan family's current situation has nothing to do with the Jin family! The Jin family has never attacked the Ruan family, let alone added insult to injury! Madam Ruan, if you want to beg for mercy, my Jin family has given you enough friendship, and we have never let you down in the slightest! If you kneel down and cry and beg like this out of the blue, others will think that my Jin family is bullying you! Are you deliberately looking for trouble!"

Fortunately, the guests were all in the front yard, and there were no outsiders in the backyard except the servants who occasionally passed by.

Otherwise, if someone sees it, sooner or later people will gossip about you behind your back!

The Jin family is now a royal merchant, so naturally they enjoy unlimited glory, but they must also be more cautious in what they say and do, and pay more attention to the family's reputation.

Otherwise, it would bring disgrace to the emperor and the prince!

By then, outsiders will only say that the Jin family is too proud of themselves and unable to shoulder the responsibility!

The Ruan family is really outrageous!