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Bai Xin had been in business with his father in his previous life, and had traveled extensively. He was used to knowing people's facial expressions. He could hear the shyness and timidity in just a word from the elder sister. In other words, what is the background of the young master of the Cheng family?How can ordinary little ladies pay attention to it?But he swallowed the words again, he is a man after all, it's not easy to talk about this kind of thing, if he exposes the smallness of the eldest sister face to face, it would be embarrassing.

Although Bai Xin can read people's faces, he was still young when he died in his previous life, and he didn't know the heart of a woman. The aunt was in her prime, and there was such a handsome and handsome young man by her side, who was personable, generous, and tempting It's inevitable, but she didn't fall in love, even if she is self-aware, she can't help thinking about it secretly in her free time.

The aunt took the basket to the kitchen as usual, and Mrs. Cao was cooking, so she glanced at it and saw that it was bulging inside, and said casually, "What did you buy today?"

"I bought some honey." Bai Xin was a little helpless. Although he was tough in this family, but mother was the elder after all, and she always wanted to take care of it and think about it.

"What did you buy?" There was the rattling sound of frying spoons in her ears, and Cao felt that she didn't hear clearly.

"Bought a jar of honey."

"Why are you buying honey?" Cao's voice suddenly rose, "Don't you still have sugar at home?"

"I'm useful, so don't worry about it, mother." Bai Xin's voice was a little impatient. He wished that in three years, he would become an adult and support the pillar of the family, so mother would stop talking.

"Can I not worry about it? What do you think is the use of buying honey? The family always makes a little money, and you spend it. How can you save money if it goes on like this? When will Master Cheng pay back the money? He came to our house today, and although he didn't say anything, he might be here to ask for money."

After all, Bai Xin and Cao are not real mother and son, and he is a little dissatisfied with Cao's inaction before the separation of the family, and his cowardly nature of crying. There seems to be a barrier between the two, and Bai Xin will feel a little bored. Blame Cao's long hair and short knowledge.

"Mom, just leave it alone."

Seeing her son's tough attitude, Mrs. Cao couldn't help feeling sad, her eyes turned red, and she choked up and said, "Can I just let it go? It's no use if you don't say it. It's not that I don't want to let you eat well. Our family still owes you money." Is there any money? The dowry of the aunt has not yet been paid, and you are not young, and it is time to marry you in two years, but there is no money at home, how can I not be in a hurry?"

When the aunt saw that she was talking about herself, she couldn't help but think of the rejection of her marriage last time, her face was hot, and she also started to sob.

Seeing the two of them crying, Bai Xin felt his head ache, so he had to soften his voice and said, "Mom, I'm not that greedy person, I don't buy honey for food, I really use it for usefulness, and I will definitely use it in the future." Earn back the money you paid for the honey."

Seeing what he said, Mrs. Cao finally felt better, so she poured out the words that were suppressed in her heart, "Mother doesn't ask you how much money you can make, you say every day that you sell hundreds of Wen and hundreds of Wen. On the contrary, you are unsteady, worried, and don't know what to be afraid of, I would rather you just sell some turpentine, enough to eat and drink, and save a few tens of pennies a day, and you will be content."

After hearing this, Bai Xin was quite emotional. She can only say that her mother is used to being poor and timid. After hearing that she has made money, she is not blindly happy. It is inevitable that she will be frightened by the untruth. Even she herself can't tell what she is afraid of. .

"Mom, I get it, so don't worry about money. I'm doing legitimate business. Although I usually buy a lot of things, I actually saved some money, which can almost pay back Master Cheng."

When Mrs. Cao heard that the money could be paid back, most of her heart troubles went away, and she seemed to be breathing happily. She wiped her tears and nodded, "It's good if I can pay back the money, that's great!"

Her tears came and went quickly, and the dishes were started again.

However, the elder sister seemed to be stimulated by what the mother said just now, and then she was a little listless and didn't talk much. After eating, she went into the kitchen as usual, sat quietly by the side, and helped stare at the pot on the stove.

Seeing Bai Xin chatting up for a while, she asked, "Third brother, what is the use of buying honey?"

Bai Xin wiped the sweat from his brow, and sat down for a while, "After refining this honey, it can be used to combine fragrance and make powder, so that it sticks to the face obediently."

The aunt touched her face subconsciously when she heard the words. She hadn't seen what kind of face powder she used to wipe her face. She had occasionally seen flour bought at home before. It also became prettier, and she said whimsically at this time: "Third brother, do you think that if you mix honey and flour, can you wipe it on your face?"

Bai Xin laughed, "How can it be so easy? The flour is dry, and the honey is sticky. If you mix them together, they will stick together. If you want to wipe your face, you have to dissolve the honey in water. Flour is not flour either, there are other things added to it.”

After hearing this, the aunt couldn't help feeling longing. After thinking for a while, she hurriedly asked, "Third brother, you know so much, do you think we can make our own face powder?"

"Yes, I can, but I need a lot of things..."

The aunt heard what he didn't finish, and dropped her shoulders in frustration.

Seeing her like this, Bai Xin couldn't bear it, and comforted her, "When I make more money, I'll make you a face powder, and I promise it will look like jade after you rub it on."

The aunt just thought he was comforting and forced a smile.

Bai Xin only bought honey this time, but he didn't buy anything for refining the honey, so he had to put the jar aside and refine it after everything was ready.

The next day, Bai Xin thought about waiting for Master Cheng, so he planned to stay at home honestly for a whole day.

Just after breakfast, he heard some movement outside, and faintly heard the crisp voice of Young Master Cheng. Just as he was about to welcome him out, another familiar voice called Bai Xin, who would turn off his appetite after hearing a single sentence, followed closely.

Mrs. Xu and Grandma Bai have liked to block Bai Xin's house doorway since they became acquainted with scholars in Erlang, pointing fingers, scolding Huai, and showing off, but Bai Xin was not at home five days out of seven, and the two of them felt that they could only speak out in one breath. I swallowed half of it, and the other half was held in my chest, unable to spit it out or swallow it.

This time, Mrs. Xu made a detour around Bai Xin's house again, and listened for a while. Hearing the calls of "Sanlang" and "Third Brother" inside, he knew he was there. Before she could make a sound, she saw a carriage coming from a distance from the other end, and the carriage stopped a few steps away from her, and a handsome young man in black clothes came down from it, who was it not Young Master Cheng?

Mrs. Xu was immediately overjoyed, and said that today is a good day, so she stopped scolding, ran over in a hurry, crossed her hands and bowed enthusiastically, "Master Cheng is blessed."

Seeing that this woman looked familiar, Young Master Cheng thought for a long time before he remembered who it was. Because his sister was involved in the incident last time, he felt displeased and gave a lukewarm acknowledgment.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Xu felt dissatisfied, and thought that if her son passed the examination and became an official, wouldn't he be a hundred times better than you?

Erlang has always looked down on businessmen, and repeatedly said that doing business is a lowly business, not much better than slaves, but Xu doesn't think so. She only sees that the Cheng family has a lot of money, and she only wants to marry her daughter into it, and she also thinks of her son. Being a doctor in the exam has added weight to my daughter, but I was afraid that the other party would not know, so I hurriedly said: "Master Cheng, my Erlang is a doctor in the exam!"

When Master Cheng heard this, he was indeed a little surprised. The source of his hatred of the Bai family was mainly Bai Erlang. At that time, he had a quick glance at him and felt that he was an extremely arrogant person. Playing on my sister, and looking down on him the most, I didn't expect such a person to pass the solution test.

But just like this, Young Master Cheng didn't pay attention to it. Others regarded his family as only doing business. In the past two years, the emperor relaxed the policy on merchants and lifted the ban on "businessmen are not allowed to be officials". He is a medium-sized official, and another brother-in-law is also an official in the court. Although it was not very nice to say that he was "catching a son-in-law under the list" at the beginning, he has taken care of him in the end.

The specific situation of the Cheng family is naturally unclear to people in this remote village, and the Xu family is still proud of Erlang's success in the examination.

But no matter how you say it, there is still something on the outside of Young Master Cheng. He expressed his joy without being salty or indifferent, and said some good things, which made Mrs. Xu almost go to heaven, and even thought that his daughter's matter was interesting.

Mrs. Xu sighed insinuatingly, "The fortune teller once said that our Erlang is a Wenqu star descending to earth, and there must be a great fortune in the future. You see, there are almost an endless stream of people who come to our house to say goodbye, just to climb up to be an official in the future. Take advantage of it."

Young Master Cheng heard what she meant, but misunderstood her, thinking that she was still playing with his sister, never thought that Erlang didn't even think of the merchant's daughter now, and didn't think about himself, he had already thrown away the second wife of the Bai family It's in the back of your head.

He straightened his face, and his voice was filled with disgust, "What do you mean by telling me what your parents and matchmakers say about this kind of thing?"

Xu was speechless, with a slight embarrassment on his face.

Master Cheng took the opportunity to say: "Farewell, I still have important things to do."

After speaking, he walked past her.

When Xu saw him go to Dafang's house, she became angry with embarrassment, sparks appeared in her eyes, and she stood there and cursed in a low voice, "I don't know if this person is stupid or what, but what good is there to chase them away?" fishing?"

After watching it again, I stomped away.

Bai Xin knew that Young Master Cheng was coming, but he couldn't go out just now, so he finally got rid of Mrs. Xu, welcomed him in, crossed his hands, and said: "I heard that you came to see me yesterday, I went to town up, staggered."

Young Master Cheng looked at him, as if he had swept away the previous unhappiness, but when he thought of the purpose of coming, he felt a little bit reluctant.

Seeing that he was silent, Bai Xin raised his eyebrows slightly and cast a puzzled look at him.

Young Master Cheng moved his jaw, and said slowly: "I'm leaving, and the Chinese New Year will be two months away. My father and brother urged me to go home quickly."