The Young Master of the Coal Miner

"What else do you mean?" Mrs. He threw the handkerchief on his chest: "Do you know why the old lady came to the door today?"

Mr. He is confused about this matter.

"Old lady Xue came to ask for a kiss today."

"Xiang Yaner?"

"Otherwise? How many of our two sons belong to Kun Ze?"

Master He sat down on the mahogany carved seat, the smell of alcohol on his face dissipated seven points, and he slapped his thigh in anger. His son was targeted by thieves before he came home.

"Master, why don't you just sit there?" Mrs. He looked at her dumbfounded master, and said angrily, "You have to call someone back, right? You can't let the old lady wait in the front hall."

Master He thought for a moment, breathed a long sigh of relief, and slowly said: "After all, Xue Lin controls the only mine in Jinning City, and he was born as a bandit. He has hundreds of brothers under his command."

"This time, Mrs. Xue's words can't be too harsh, and we can't take Xue Lin's face too much. You say that our son has been studying abroad since he was a child, and he doesn't like the matchmaker's words of the older generation. Why don't we let the two children After a few meetings, if the two parties feel it is suitable, they will make an appointment. At that time, let Yan'er refuse."

"What if Xue Yanluo takes a fancy to it?" Mrs. He was still worried.

"Although Xue Lin was born as a bandit, after all, now he has washed his hands and started a business. Wouldn't it be true that he didn't care about the eyes of the world and did the thing of stealing relatives?"

After listening to her husband's persuasion, Mrs. He made up her mind and returned to the hall.

She straightened her clothes, sat down with an apologetic smile, and said, "I made everyone laugh. My master is not allowed to drink at home. He always likes to go out and have a few sips secretly."

Mrs. Xue nodded and said, "It's better to drink less wine. Mrs. He is right."

Her grandson always fell in love with the brothel and drank flower wine, if only there was a wife who could take care of him.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xue continued the topic just now: "I wonder what Mrs. He thinks about the marriage between the two families?"

Mrs. He didn't panic anymore, and said, "To tell you the truth, old lady, my eldest son went to study abroad when he was twelve or thirteen..."

She paused, and saw that Mrs. Xue was listening seriously before she continued: "It's not like ours there. There are no orders from parents, words from matchmakers, and children's marriages go through what is called that. Oh yes, free love." .”

"Free love?" Mrs. Xue frowned. She had never heard of a marriage that was not made by parents and a matchmaker.

"Why don't we ask the two children to go out for a few meals and look at each other. If both of us think it's suitable, it won't be too late for us to get married."

Although Mrs. Xue didn't know what "free love" was, she felt that Mrs. He's words made sense. Let the two children live together, and they might be able to have feelings everywhere, so she agreed.

By the time Mrs. He sent away the Xue family and his party, it was already nearly sunset.

Master He came out of the inner hall, and after drinking a few cups of tea, the alcohol on his body also went down: "The Xue family can be regarded as gone."

"What? The master is also panicking?" Mrs. He laughed.

"Huh," Mr. He snorted and said proudly, "Your master is also the head of the Jinning City Chamber of Commerce. He Xue Lin was born as a bandit. Now that he has changed his career and started business in this area, he met me. You have to be respectful too."

Mrs. He didn't care how powerful Mr. He was outside, she softly reprimanded: "Look at your smell of alcohol, my son will go out to drink when he comes home today! Don't be afraid that dad will scold you when he smells it at dinner. ?”

"Hey! It's not that Lao Li in the chamber of commerce has got a good wine, and invited everyone to taste it. I'm afraid I won't be able to drink it if I miss this time..." Master He begged his wife for mercy with a stern face.

Mrs. He didn't care about his sophistry, she always used all kinds of excuses, she turned around and asked Mr. He, "It's all over, why hasn't Eldest Young Master come back?"

Butler He bowed and replied: "I sent He Er to the pier in the morning to wait for the Eldest Young Master, and it's time to get home here."

Fu Ma who was at the side replied: "Ma'am, I was afraid that the young master would run into Mrs. Xue when he came back, so I asked Hong Ling to go out and stop the young master, and let the young master go to the teahouse first, and then go home after dinner. Not too late."

Mama Fu is the most useful servant around Mrs. He, and she is also Mrs. He's dowry. She has always satisfied Mrs. He in her work.

Mrs. He nodded in satisfaction. If Yan'er happened to meet Xue's family, Mrs. Xue would probably be even more difficult to deal with.

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Over there, Mrs. Xue returned home satisfied. In her opinion, although the marriage was not settled, the matter was mostly settled.

Mrs. Xue is satisfied, but some people are not satisfied.

"Mother, you see Mrs. Xue is so satisfied with the young master of the He family. I'm afraid I won't be able to be Mrs. Xue."

As soon as Miss Xiufang returned to her room, she closed the door and said to Aunt Guo beside her.

Aunt Guo picked up her teacup, took a sip of water, and said in a strange way: "Huh, I can see it. That old woman, whose grandson has made a lot of money and turned over, doesn't like those of us who are from the countryside. See Look at what kind of young masters and young ladies she picked, we, distant and poor relatives, really don't deserve to enter his house."

"Mother, then we can't just stay in Xue's mansion with no name or title." Xiufang sat on her bed and frowned. In Xue's residence, but she is a teenage girl who always wants to get married, so she can't just stay in Xue's house without a name or title.

"We can't get a regular wife, so this concubine room can always occupy one."

Concubine?

Xiufang's brows were furrowed even tighter. Although she came from a bad background, she also knew that being a concubine had a bad reputation.

What's more, after coming to Jinning, she recognized Xue's relatives. She also met a few friends in Jinning.

Xiufang gets along with them on weekdays, and also heard them talk about, who would be a concubine for this decent girl?They were all skilled prostitutes in the kiln, and they got customers to redeem their bodies and carry them into the house. There were also girls from poor families and somewhat outstanding looks who were sold as concubines by their own families.

No matter what it is, those friends look down on them.If she becomes a concubine, how should she face these people?

Seeing her daughter's reluctance, Aunt Guo was very unhappy, and complained, "Since when did you get so angry? You don't even think about being a farmer. Your father died the year before last, and your mother and I don't care about it." Zhengqi didn't give birth to a son. If I hadn't taken you to escape from that house, where would your uncle have sold our mother and daughter? It wasn't about being a slave or a concubine. No matter how bad your luck was, you couldn't be sure. They were also sold into brothels."

Listening to Aunt Guo's threats, Xiufang was a little frightened, and replied blankly: "Mom, but my friends will look down on me..."

"What do they know?" Sitting beside her, Aunt Guo softened her voice: "Since ancient times, people laugh at the poor but not prostitutes. If you were just a rural girl in the countryside, would they still be friends with you?"

"But……"

"It's nothing serious." Aunt Guo held Xiufang's left hand, on which she wore a two-finger-wide carved gold bracelet, which was given to her by Mrs. Xue.

"Look at you, isn't life in Xue's mansion not good now? The food is delicious, the food is hot, the clothes and jewelry are all well-chosen, and there are maids and servants to serve you on weekdays. If there is no Xue family, the future Which family can you marry with your background so that you can enjoy this kind of happiness?"

Xiufang bit her lip and said nothing.

"My dear girl, think for yourself."

After finishing speaking, Aunt Guo got up and opened the door to go out, leaving Xiufang alone in the room.

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In the teahouse.

He Wenyan listened to the storytelling for almost an afternoon, drank a full stomach of tea, and couldn't help asking Hongling why Xue Yanluo, whom he had never met before, came to him.

Hong Ling looked at her young master and asked, hesitated for a long time before saying: "This Xue Yanluo is almost 22 this year, and he hasn't married yet. His grandmother came to our house today to ask about his relatives..."

As for who the object of marriage proposal is, you don't need to think about it.

He Wenyan was also quite surprised, how disgusting this Xue Yanluo is to not marry a wife?

"My mother asked me to stop you, young master, and go home after Mrs. Xue leaves, so as not to run into the Xue family." Hong Ling's mother is Fu Mama.

It was almost time for dinner when He Wenyan and his party rushed home.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the mansion, and the concierge was waiting for the young master at the gate. As soon as He Wenyan got off the carriage, the maids rushed to report to Madam.

He Wenyan just walked to the courtyard, and Mrs. He and Mrs. He had already greeted him.

Mrs. He hugged her eldest son, and tears burst out of her eyes before she could speak. A good and dignified lady burst into tears in an instant.

"Mother..." Seeing Mrs. He crying sadly, He Wenyan's eyes turned red, and all his words were stuck in his throat, and he only called out a choked "Mother".

"You still know that I'm your mother..." Mrs. He, who saw her son, had long lost her usual dignity. She stroked her son's cheek with one hand, and carefully looked at her son who had been away from home for nearly five years with tears in her eyes.

For five full years, her son has grown a lot taller.When she left, she was barely tall enough to reach her chest. Now that she was home, she was going to look up at her son.

Through He Wenyan's increasingly refined eyebrows, Mrs. He can still recall her son acting like a baby to her with a childish face, saying that he wanted to study abroad.But she didn't expect that her son would not return home for five years.

"You child is really cruel. Over the years, Mother has written letters and telegrams to you, but you just refuse to come back." Mrs. He became more and more annoyed as she spoke, she patted the handkerchief on He Wenyan's shoulder while weeping superior.

"Mom, I want to make some achievements before I go home." He Wenyan lowered his head and leaned his head on his mother's shoulder.

"I, too, miss home..."

Mrs. He felt a wetness on her shoulders, and she didn't care about crying, so she hugged her son and patted the back: "You silly boy, your parents don't expect you to be famous. We just need to go home safely."

Master He looked at his beloved wife and son hugging and crying together, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, went up and patted their shoulders: "Okay, don't cry anymore."

He Wenyan raised his head, looking straight at his mother with peach blossom eyes, the tails of the eyes were pink, and there were still a few tears hanging from the corners of the eyes. Looking at the pitiful appearance, it was exactly the same as when he made mistakes when he was a child.

Mrs. He didn't care about the tears on her face, so she quickly wiped her son's tears with a silk cloth.

The author says:

[Chapter by chapter revision, I hope there are no mistakes left]

When writing this chapter, I suddenly felt deeply moved.

The first day home after graduating from college,

Mom: The baby is finally home.

Me: [moved];

The second day after graduating from college and returning home,

Mom: Don't go out and look for a job yet! !

I am afraid】