Shu Shu sent the winter and twelfth lunar months away, leaving only the ginkgo.
Bai Guo looked calm, holding his breath and concentrating. The hand holding the handkerchief was very stiff, and still showed a bit of nervousness.
"Congratulations to the girl..."
Seeing her like this, Shu Shu couldn't help but make a joke.
Ging Guo's face turned red and she felt a little at a loss.
I had been so generous when mentioning the important matter of marriage in front of Shu Shu before, but now that the result has come about, I am still shy.
"Fu Jin..."
"Guiyuan asked me to be a matchmaker and propose marriage to you. I asked me to ask you..."
Shu Shu didn't hesitate and said with a smile.
In the eyes of people nowadays, Gui Yuan is not a good marriage partner. He is a single generation of two generations, with no elders above him or brothers below him, and his closest cousins are all separated by another house.
However, the population is simple and worry-free, and Guiyuan's appearance is here, and the children born in the future will be the same.
Shu Shu looked at Ginkgo with a smile.
She has a long face, almond-shaped eyes, and a tall stature, which is an authentic Manchu appearance.
If these two people get together and give birth to a child, the appearance of the child will be the same.
Shu Shu couldn't help but said: "When we get married, we'll have a baby as soon as possible, and then we can be my little brother's companion."
"Fu Jin..."
When Bai Guo knew the result, his face turned red and he turned around to go out.
Shu Shu hurriedly said: "Don't go out in a hurry. Guiyuan went to Shengjing Yuanfen. Come back and take a break and go home. Ask your Ama what Enie means. If you don't object, then wait for Guiyuan to come back.
He went to give your Amma and Enie New Year greetings..."
"Um……"
Bai Guo responded, knelt down, and said seriously: "I thank Fujin for your kindness..."
Shu Shu waved her hands and said: "It's none of my business, it's your own good taste..."
*
On Qipan Street, Brother Jiu got off the carriage and found Guidan riding beside him.
"Why is it your turn to follow me out?"
Brother Ninth was a little puzzled.
When I went out just now, I talked directly to Brother Ten and didn't pay attention to the people following me.
Gui Dan took the lead and said to please: "I am also a member of the guard class. I can't be lazy all the time. I should take turns."
Although Guidan has a bodyguard, he is more interested in making up for his future and usually mainly handles internal affairs.
Brother Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Why do you think you have evil intentions?"
Guidan hurriedly said: "I am wronged."
He was not in a hurry to say, and the ninth elder brother was not in a hurry to ask. He said goodbye to the tenth elder brother and entered the Hubu Yamen.
He had already read the files of Zhenglan Banner and then the files of Xianglan Banner.
The property of the ancestors of the Fusong family has only been found out.
Brother Jiu copied it and was very moved.
After all, it was Amin Beile's direct branch. Although it was confiscated once during Amin's questioning, it was later returned by Grace.
Several generations of mistresses came from the lineage of the Ula tribe chiefs who were wealthy and powerful at that time, and their dowries were also generous.
It's a pity that so far, not even one out of ten has survived.
Half of them were at Guo Luoluo's house, and the other half were in the mansions of several cousins in Xianglan Banner, including the Duke and the General's mansion.
Brother Ninth has memorized it all.
This generation of the Guo Luoluo family has no official career and only has one assistant leader.
The next generation of legitimate sons died early, and there were no concubines, only nephews.
Now the family is in decline.
When the next generation cannot rise up, it will be completely defeated.
As the elders of those cousins in Fusong withered away, most of their descendants became idle clansmen.
Brother Jiu thought that he would be very patient.
When the time comes, I will buy them back one after another and save them for my children.
He didn't know yet that he was about to be "cut off".
In the afternoon of that day, the chief of ceremonies from Babel Mansion arrived at the Hubu Yamen to handle the property transfer.
The two villages and two shops of the Guo Luo Luo family were transferred to the name of Bafu Jin.
Bafujin has been married for four or five years, and her mother's family is still paying for her dowry, which is very eye-catching.
The chief of ceremonies said: "Master Guo Luoluo and his wife want to adopt an heir. They feel sorry for our Fujin family and have allocated some property to our Fujin family."
Believe it or not, this is how it is said to the outside world.
Brother Jiu recently looked at the files over there and found that several of the worshipers under his name were also running errands.
Hearing what was going on in the Eight Banners Division, Yi Duli inquired about it and came over to report it to his ninth elder brother.
Brother Jiu frowned when he looked at those properties.
That was not the ancestral property of the Guoluoluo family, but several properties of the Fusong family that had been embezzled by Bafu Jin's grandfather.
Brother Jiu looked at Yi Duli and said, "The people here are from the Babele Mansion, not the Guo Luoluo family?"
Yiduli nodded and said: "Yes, it is the chief of ceremonies of Baylor Mansion. Since he had the land deed, house deed, and Minden's handwritten letter of supplementary dowry, he transferred the ownership directly."
Brother Ninth was in a very bad mood.
This property will still come back one day in Guo Luoluo's family, but under the name of Ba Fu Jin, there is no need to worry about it anymore.
That is the property of the children’s great-grandfather’s family!
Brother Jiu was depressed, but he had no other options.
Iduri had dark circles under his eyes, his expression was not quite right, and he looked a little lacking in energy.
Brother Jiu laughed and said, "You don't take good care of your body. I just made some deer blood ointment. I'll give you a box later. You can replenish it."
Yiduli got married last year, and he married the thirteenth elder brother's aunt.
To be honest, he is one year younger than Brother Thirteen, and is only sixteen this year.
Idu Li shook his head, his smile was a little stiff, and said: "My slave, Ama, is not in good health, and I am worried. I have been on duty in Ama's house recently."
Brother Jiu thought of Ethan A, a bachelor who had been in office for thirty-eight years.
That is Amma from Iduli.
Iduli is an old man. There is about fifty years difference between father and son. Isana is already in his late seventies.
Brother Jiu stopped teasing and said, "I'll bring you some Korean ginseng tomorrow. The stew is not as dry as ginseng, so I can give you some."
"Thank you Jiuye..."
Iduli looked grateful and thanked him hurriedly.
His Amma is a bachelor, and his dowry is generous, so his family is naturally not short of money.
After all, Korean ginseng is imported from abroad. Every year, North Korean envoys come to Beijing a certain number of times, and a large number of Korean ginseng is sold in the capital. The first-class ones are directly collected by the princes and nobles, and cannot be exported to the outside world.
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said, "Why are you so polite? It's not a big deal..."
Idu Li looked at him as if he was pitiful. The Eight Banners prodigy who won the imperial examination at the age of thirteen is now just a worshiper and has not even been able to make a grade in writing, but he is just looking at it.
He also has a father-in-law who is the Minister of War.
Now he is working as an errand at the Ministry of Household Affairs, quietly, probably because of the family's arrangement, so that he doesn't stand out.
When Yiduli went out, Brother Jiu was still a little angry.
At noon, when the fourth elder brother came over to have lunch together, the ninth elder brother couldn't help but talk about this.
"How can you make up for the dowry after four and five years of marriage? It would have been fine if the eighth sister-in-law had a good relationship with her mother's family, but there was already a lawsuit at that time, and they didn't relent to spit out the property. This was fine, why did she just give it to her?
…”
Having said this, the ninth elder brother paused and said: "This...couldn't it be that Bage attacked Guo Luoluo's family? He blocked their family, not allowing them to have heirs, or not allowing their children to fill the vacancies.
?”
Otherwise, okay, why are Mr. and Mrs. Minden so generous?
Ba Fujin is not only their niece, but also their son-killing enemy.
Their only son was not directly killed by Ba Fujin, but he was also killed indirectly.
The fourth elder brother did not answer the ninth elder brother's question, but pondered for a moment and said: "You are paying attention to the files of the Eight Banners Division these days, just to check these? The Guo Luoluo family's property?"
With disapproval on his face, he looked at Brother Jiu and said, "Okay, their family didn't offend you. Why are you staring at their family?"
After all, he was the direct descendant of the Guo Luoluo family, and Ming Deng was the grandson of Princess Zhanhe and their cousin.
Brother Jiu hummed, "Don't I know something unfair?"
As he spoke, he told the story of how the old man of the Guo Luoluo family, when he was still alive, teamed up with several Fusong cousins to embezzle the Fusong family's property.
The fourth elder brother frowned after hearing this and said: "It happened decades ago. It is true that there was involvement, but it may not mean embezzlement."
When a family is in decline, it is common for property to be transferred.
Needless to say Fusong's cousins, when buying and selling property, the first thing to do is ask your relatives.
As for the Guoluoluo family, they are related to Amin's family by marriage.
Princess Zhanhe’s eldest daughter-in-law is Amin’s daughter.
Her grandson-in-law, Ming Deng’s wife, is Amin’s granddaughter.
Brother Jiu said: "It was Neduo who had a dark heart and set up Fusong's grandfather. He was kidnapped and addicted to gambling when he was a teenager. The industry was gradually dispersed. However, good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Neiduo used gambling to harm others."
, his son also died gambling."
But this retribution is only half the retribution.
The money is still well in Guo Luoluo's house.
Only then did the fourth elder brother understand that the Guo Luoluo family had a connection with the ninth elder brother. They were his mother-in-law's cousin's family, and they were also the enemies of his mother-in-law's family.
The Fourth Elder Brother looked at the Ninth Elder Brother and said: "No matter what the grudges were back then, the Babele Mansion took over the Guo Luoluo family's property and was well-known for its masters. However, you are not suitable. You don't lack these, so don't ruin the reputation."
Brother Jiu said: "You really think highly of me, how dare I snatch people's property? I just thought that if the Guo Luoluo family fell, I would find an opportunity to buy back these properties."
Even if you do bad things, who would do it stupidly in the capital?
Relatives of the Eight Banners are connected with relatives.
Anyone who cannot be protected will be brought to the imperial court.
Brother Jiu himself is a complainer, but he doesn’t like being accused...