Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Chapter 124

Song Da was a good driver, and before noon, Xiang Yuan arrived at Jin'an, and the steward arranged by Li's family waited on him and entered the gate of Li's house.

The Li family is a big family, with the concubine and the concubine together. Mr. Li gave birth to five sons and three daughters. They all got married, and then they all had their own children, and the children formed a new family. All the old and young lived together. Therefore, the Li family's house has been expanded and expanded again and again, but no matter how fast the expansion is, it cannot keep up with the speed of the addition of personnel in each house of the Li family. Up to now, the housing is still very tight.It is often a courtyard, several side houses, and the Li family's houses are constantly quarreling and fighting against each other.

Sister Xiang married into the third son of the second master of the Li family, who belongs to the junior third of the senior second house, and currently has two daughters with Li Jiran.When Xiang Yuan arrived, he experienced the deep, tortuous and tortuous feeling of the courtyard.First, he visited the old man of the Li family as usual, and the old man of the Li family was very polite to Xiang Yuan.The Li family was a merchant family. Although the family was well-off, there was not a single scholar in the entire family for more than ten years, and they had no right to speak in the officialdom.It is precisely because of this that the eldest sister of the Xiang family, who has a talented father, entered the Li family.

After exchanging greetings with Mrs. Li, Xiang Yuan was led by the steward, through the corridors and courtyards of one building after another, to the courtyard where the eldest sister of the Xiang family lived.

Due to the limited housing, the Li family only divided the inner and outer courtyards in a general direction, but did not specifically divide the inner and outer houses into each house.So when Xiang Yuan arrived at Sister Xiang's place, he was received by the husband and wife with their two daughters.

Xiang Yuan didn't know until here that Sister Xiang went back to her mother's house and said that the Li family had a business problem and asked him to help. There must be other things that need his brother's intervention.

Li Jiran was not tall, so he was a good match for Sister Xiang, but Xiang Yuan didn't have a good face when he looked at him.Think about it, any natal family who comes over will not feel at ease when they see their brother-in-law's face of indulgence and exhaustion, while their eldest sister's face is haggard like a bitter melon.

"Ji Ran seems to be very busy."

Feeling uncomfortable, and being forced to leave his disabled daughter-in-law to take care of the elder sister's housework, Xiang Yuan really didn't want the people in front of him to have a hard time.

Seeing Xiang Yuan staring straight at him, Li Jiran was very uncomfortable, and changed the subject with an awkward ambiguity: "It's the holidays, I'm busier than usual. How is my mother-in-law?"

Casting a cool glance at him, Xiang Yuan nodded in response.

"Second, Second Uncle, can my sister and I visit my grandmother's place as guests? There will be newcomers in the house, and my sister and I's rooms have become smaller."

"Shuyi, what nonsense are you talking about! Is this what a little girl like you should say? You don't bring your sister in!"

Li Jiran's face was livid, and after severely reprimanding Li Shuyi, he gave Sister Xiang a hard look.Sister Xiang's face was ugly, she straightened her neck, and snorted: "Shuyi is telling the truth, where is it nonsense? The house is already extremely small, and the eldest brother and the second brother are holding weddings one after another. When I married you, there was still a single courtyard, but now, the three families are squeezed into one courtyard. Now that Shuyi and Jingyi are still young, they can live in one place. When they grow up in the future, they will each live in one place. But how can we find the extra house at that time? It is so tight, you actually want to raise that bastard's hoof into a concubine's room! Why, you want to make room for the place where my dignified principal room lives for that bastard ?!"

"You, you, you are unreasonable!"

Li Jiran was very angry, turned around and said to Xiang Yuan: "Xiaozi, judge me. I only have two daughters under my knees, so what's the problem with wanting a son? It's just a concubine, so it's worth her making such a fuss? The excuse is that the house is not enough, and I am not allowed to take concubines, but after so many years, seeing that my nephew who is younger than me has a son, but I only have two daughters, why am I not in a hurry?"

"You and eldest sister are still young, why bother?"

"Hey Congzi, you don't know, as for our family, this house is really not enough to live in. If I don't take advantage of this to occupy more space, I'm afraid I won't have any land to live in when I give birth to a son in the future."

Xiang Yuan frowned, glanced at Sister Xiang, and said: "Although my brother-in-law's family is not a rich family, it doesn't mean that he doesn't even have money to buy a house?"

Li Jiran shook his head and waved his hands, and said: "It's not a question of money, but our Li family has five generations living under the same roof, with a large population, and because we are merchants, there are many restrictions on housing. Now that it is so big, it is already the largest house land stipulated by the law. , it is impossible to expand any further.”

Since you can't live there, why don't you separate your family?Xiang Yuan slandered.

"The old man also likes to see everyone bustling together in one place, and he firmly disagrees with the separation of the family, so we can only squeeze together." Speaking of this, Li Jiran smiled wryly: "To tell the truth, because of the house's The problem is, how many dirty things have been secretly happening in several rooms."

Xiang Yuan naturally understood what Li Jiran said.

The Daliang law has many restrictions on people of different levels, especially businessmen, who have requirements for food, clothing, housing and transportation.It's just that as long as the people don't raise officials and don't investigate, even if there is a little overreach, no one will investigate.

At this point, Xiang Yuan had vaguely sensed that Sister Xiang wanted him to come.This feeling was more and more evident at the reception banquet hosted by Mrs. Li.

For the reception banquet prepared for Xiang Yuan, almost all the men from the Li family who could talk were present.Xiang Yuan looked around, and found that except for him, Mrs. Li and Li Jiran, everyone else present looked potbellied, which fit the image of a local rich businessman.

The banquet food was very sumptuous, even Xiang Yuan had eaten so many delicious dishes, and he couldn't help sighing to himself for the table of delicious dishes carefully prepared by the Li family: rare.The toasts were mixed, and the men of the Li family came up to toast one by one. No matter what their seniority, they could find a reason to have a drink with Xiang Yuan.Xiang Yuan never refused anyone who came, he drank more than a dozen cups of hot wine, and there was no trace of drunkenness on his face.

Several masters of the Li family looked at each other, feeling embarrassed.Ben wanted to get Xiang Yuan half-drunk first, and then made the request logically, thinking that when Xiang Yuan's face was hot, maybe a touch of his upper and lower lips would make it happen.Unexpectedly, after persuading him for a round of drinking, this person still has clear eyes and a relaxed posture, and there is no trace of confusion.

After another round of persuasion, there was already a man from the Li family at the banquet who couldn't hold the wine and showed drunkness, but the one who was about to get drunk still sat firmly on Mount Tai.

Mrs. Li squinted his eyes and gave Mrs. Li a look. Mrs. Li understood and nodded slightly.

Xiang Yuan, who had been paying attention to their movement from the corner of his eye, naturally didn't miss it. He picked up the wine cup and covered up the sneer at the corner of his mouth.

Mr. Li has been in the mall for a long time, and before telling his real purpose, he talked a lot about nine turns and eighteen turns. Seeing that Xiang Yuan seemed to be getting impatient, he immediately changed the tone and got to the point.Sure enough, no matter how beautiful and euphemistic the words are, they can't conceal the real purpose, which is just the idea of ​​asking Xiang Yuan to come forward to ask for a homestead for them.

"In theory, we shouldn't bother Mr. Xiang about this matter. It's just that our family of merchants has limited ability, even if we have more money, but in the eyes of the official, it's not worth it. If it weren't for Mr. Xiang One relative, I'm afraid our Li family can only have a few dozen people and continue to squeeze in this house. Don't worry, you only need to talk about this matter, and you are not allowed to care about the rest."

Just move your mouth?How easy it is to say.

The Li family opened their mouths like a lion, and once they opened their mouths, it was equivalent to the area of ​​the house regulated by the county lord.Where did he get such a big face?

Turning the wine cup, there was a faint smile on the corner of Xiang Yuan's mouth, and his demeanor suddenly changed from elegant and elegant to casual and free and easy, as if he had loosened the shackles on his body, with a kind of unscrupulous presumptuousness.

"The old man's words are too flattering to Xiang. Xiang is only a second-rank local. In terms of seniority and family status, he is far inferior to others. It can be solved by just talking?" At this point, Xiang Yuan said with sarcasm, "You guys It’s too disrespectful to the court’s laws.”

The faces of the men from the Li family were green and pale, and the old man Li said with a sneer: "Your words are wrong. We, the ordinary people of Shengdou, naturally attach great importance to the laws of the court. But, not to mention other places, this is Jin'an City, which occupies more than [-] yuan We don’t know how many people regulate the size of the house. We don’t ask for too much, but just want a little more shelter for our family and more benefits for our children and grandchildren. Isn’t this also good for Zhenniang’s children?”

Xiang Yuan's eyes turned cold, Mr. Li is threatening!It's just that Sister Xiang is now the daughter-in-law of the Li family, so she wants him to make profits for the Li family. It's really disgusting to calculate so far.

Covering the cold light in his eyes, Xiang Yuan stared closely at Old Master Li and said: "The eldest sister has been married to the Li family for more than ten years. She serves her in-laws and teaches the children. She is friendly to her sister-in-law and friendly to her sister-in-law. fault?"

Li Jiran coughed in embarrassment, and forced a smile: "Xiaozi was joking, what's wrong with Zhenniang, it's my good fortune to marry Zhenniang."

"It's not wrong. My brother-in-law and eldest sister are both young, so the successors may as well wait a little longer. My daughter from the Xiang family was also raised with exquisite care. Now, as a younger brother, I can't do anything else. At least I can guarantee that my natal family Here, she can come back at any time without any worries. Not to mention, if the two elder sisters are not married, the door of the Xiang family might be broken down now."

Xiang Yuan put it bluntly, Li Jiran, if you want to take a concubine, you can't!If you want a son, only my eldest sister can give birth.He made it clear that he is now supporting Sister Xiang. If your Li family really doesn't care about me as a second-rank official, it's okay. At worst, I will go back to my mother's house with Li.Nowadays, there are many people who want to please the Xiang family, so it's hard to choose, and it's possible that you can't find someone who is willing to accept Sister Xiang.

The Li family members who filled the table seemed to be choking, while they were shocked by Xiang Yuan's openness, while they were secretly annoyed.It's just asking him to use his mouth to help and ask for a bigger house. If he doesn't help, it's fine, but he even threatened!How big a Buddha is their Xiang family, can they ask Li's family to humbly ask for more?Really shameless!Old Master Li's face turned pale with anger, if he still had a sliver of reason, he would have immediately told Li Jiran to give up Miss Xiang, and then see how this kid Xiang Yuan can talk big!It would be strange not to be blamed to death by Sister Xiang!

The banquet broke up unhappy, Xiang Yuan ignored Li Jiran and went straight to Sister Xiang.From a long distance away, I saw Sister Xiang standing on the porch in front of the door looking forward to her face.

"how?"

Before she had time to take a closer look at Xiang Yuan, Miss Xiang couldn't wait to ask Li Jiran a question.

Li Jiran snorted coldly, glanced at Xiang Yuan, and didn't dare to say anything harsh, he just said: "Congzi protects your sister, and ordered me not to carry a concubine."

"What about the house?"

Li Jiran frowned, wishing he could reach out his hand to cover Sister Xiang, he didn't dare to mention the house without looking at him, Xiang Zhenniang, an idiot, couldn't wait to open her mouth.

Sure enough, Xiang Yuan's deepest guess came true.Sister Xiang asked him to come, the husband's concubine is the second priority, the most important thing is to be on the front line with the Li family, and they are all planning to ask him to help them get the house!

Xiang Yuan felt slightly cold.

Even if he and Sister Xiang were not very close because they had already separated when he came, they were indeed siblings in terms of blood.Sister Xiang is now helping her husband's family to cheat her own brother. She is either out of her mind or doesn't care about her brother's life or death. She is extremely selfish.

He repeated what he said at the banquet to Sister Xiang, regardless of how complicated Sister Xiang's mind was when she heard this, Xiang Yuan didn't stay any longer, and returned with Song Da on the same day.

Jin An and his party really made him a little sick.

As for Sister Xiang, as long as she is an official, the Li family will not dare to do anything to Sister Xiang.If Sister Xiang is smart, she will definitely be able to live a good life, but if she can't figure it out, she will have to toss about it. Xiang Yuan said that he doesn't have that time to accompany her.