Gu Yi loved hearing this and instantly smiled and narrowed his eyes.
Song San Xiao picked up again, “I thought that you must have bought her many good things while you were in the capital.”
Gu Yi nodded, “Yes, I did buy some.”
“That’s right, if a boy wants to please a girl he has to buy her lots and lots of things, what about third uncle is no exception, Miss Qi agreed to marry me after a long time, I can’t show nothing but my feelings, right? Look …… can you lend third uncle some silver, when third uncle has it later he will pay you back.”
“Yes.”
Gu Yi painfully agreed.
Song Sanxiao was delighted in his heart and extended his hand, “Then you can lend some more to Third Uncle.”
Gu Yi put his hand into the sleeve band, but at Song Sanxiao’s expectant look, he did not feel anything. Undeterred, he touched his waist again and found nothing, then he thought of something and slapped his head heavily, “I forgot to bring my silver with me today.”
Song San Xiao, ……
“Little four!”
Xiao Si lifted the curtain of the car.
“Give Uncle San some silver.”
Xiao Si felt around on his body for half a day to find a few coins and put them in Song San Xiao’s hand, “This is all I have, don’t forget to return it to me, Third Master.”
Song San Xiao, ……
The first thing he wanted to do was to smash a few copper coins on Xiao Si’s head. You are so stingy, just a few copper coins to return!
“Stop!”
The carriage stopped.
Song San Xiao jumped off with a huff and walked back without looking back.
Xiao Si poked his body around to see him walk away, and only then did he snicker out. He had heard the young master and Song San Xiao’s words clearly, and had already taken out the silver coins he had on him and hid them away.
Song Shu and Liu Cui Lan had long since returned from their stall and had gone to work in the fields. When they returned and heard that Grandma Song had agreed to the marriage between Song San Xiao and Qi Ying, they were very happy for him.
Considering that there wasn’t enough room in the house, Li Cui Lan said, “Shouldn’t we first build the house for Sandi?”
Grandma Song waved her hand with her face as usual, “Miss Qi is so badly injured that she doesn’t know when she will be able to get engaged, let alone get married. There is no rush to build the house.”
“By the way, don’t go out tomorrow, the old man and the in-laws’ mother are coming to visit us, so stay home and help.”
The two of them answered.
The following morning, the family got up at dawn and went to work inside and out, cleaning not only the house and the yard but also the front door.
At the beginning of the morning, Song Lin and Xu came over with their men.
The village people had noticed the Song family’s busy work in the morning, and when they heard that there was a distinguished guest coming today, they speculated about who it was.
As soon as Song Lin drove the carriage into the village, someone asked curiously, “Brother Song, who has come to your house?”
“My mother-in-law, uncle and grandfather.”
Xu’s mother’s family?
The villagers were even more curious.
Although the Song family did not say that Xu had found her mother’s family, Song Lin had gone to the capital in a hurry, and even Song Si had not returned home with him, so something should have happened, and now it seemed that Xu had found her mother’s family.
The people were curious and followed them over.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Song family.
Song Lin put down the horse stool, and Xu Liang turned around to help the old gentleman down.
The people of the village had never seen such a man, looking about the same age as the village chief, but with a straight back and full of spirit, and with an air around him that they could not describe.
Meng was also helped down by Xu and Sister Wu, raising her hands with the air of a great family.
There was also Meng Yang, dressed in a way that no one in the village had ever seen before.
The crowd was stunned and their eyes fell on Xu in unison, speculating on what kind of family her mother’s family belonged to.
The Song family welcomed the people inside.
The crowd gathered around the courtyard entrance, standing on their heels to look inside.
“Old gentleman, in-laws’ mother, the house is a small place, you don’t mind.”
Grandma Song’s voice came over.
Meng surveyed the courtyard in front of her, although she had thought before she came that the Song family’s courtyard would not be too big, she had not expected it to be so small, smaller than the courtyard she had lived in for over ten years.
“Which room does Wan’er live in, I want to go over there and have a look first.”
“Just that one, old man, take your mother over there.”
Xu helped Meng to go there, and the more she looked, the harder she felt. The house was small, and there was no decent furniture in it, so I didn’t know how much Wan’er had suffered over the years.
Sister Wu was also heartbroken, the young lady had grown up in a beautiful house, how could she have lived in such a place for more than ten years?
Looking at the two of them, she knew that they felt sorry for her, Xu smiled and said, “Although the place is a bit small, my family spoils me, so I have not suffered at all over the years.”
“Miss ……”
Sister Wu still couldn’t help but have red eyes.
“Sister Wu don’t be sad, if my mother didn’t marry my father, there wouldn’t be such a smart and clever, people love me and flowers bloom wouldn’t there?”
Meng’s mood was about to fall as well, when she heard Song Wangyue’s words, she was directly amused and stretched out said nodded her forehead in a doting manner, “Only you can talk.”
The old man and Meng Yang were also let into the hall, after yesterday’s meeting, today the old man Song was not at all restrained, and poured tea for the two, “Country people don’t care about dividing families, so we live together as a family, there are many people and it’s lively.”
The old gentleman had a slight smile on his face and nodded slightly as he stroked his beard.
Meng Yang frowned slightly, wondering if it was time to buy a courtyard for Wan’er in the county. It was fine if he didn’t know his niece was living in such poverty before, but now that he saw it, if he didn’t buy one, he wouldn’t feel at ease when he returned.
At the main entrance, people were still looking in on their heels.
Song Sanxiao slowly walked past with a dejected look on his back, “There’s nothing to see, let’s disperse.”
The more he said this, the more people wanted to know.
“San Xiao, your sister-in-law’s mother’s family is not an ordinary family, is it?”
Song Sanxiao straightened his back, “That’s natural, not to mention other things, who has seen the carriage outside? Master Gu’s family is already rich enough, their carriage is far worse than this.”
The crowd looked backwards with the sound of his words and became even more curious.
“It’s not a big official’s family, is it?”
“It’s more than a big official, you wouldn’t even think of it.”
Bigger than a big official?
Someone drew a backward breath, “That’s a royal relative?”
The huffing and puffing sounded one after another.
“Go go go, what’s a royal relative, my sister-in-law her grandfather ah ……”
Song San Xiao sold off, causing the crowd to stretch their ears.
“Ahem ……”
A light cough sounded behind the crowd.
The crowd turned around and saw that it was the village headman, who hurriedly moved out of the way. The village headman walked over with his hands backwards and glanced at Song Sanxiao.
Song Sanxiao hurriedly moved aside and nodded, “Uncle Village Chief, please come in.”
The village chief glanced towards the house and stood still, “Go on.”
Song Sanxiao was stunned, then reacted to what the village chief was talking about, and did not dare to sell himself short, “My sister-in-law’s grandfather was a great Confucian who was so famous that he had disciples all over the world, and even the emperor gave him the courtesy of a third.”