"Okay, let's investigate in secret." Mrs. Yao Er completely hated the person who was behind the scenes. She had to put aside her prejudices and cooperate with the sister-in-law whom she had always disliked.
There is no way, who told her mother-in-law to be sent to the frontier, and she has no one to use?
But the elder sister-in-law is different. My elder sister-in-law, Sun Puyu, comes from the Sun family, a scholarly family. Her grandfather, Sun Sui, was once the head of a mountain, with three thousand students and plums in his family. Unfortunately, there were not many descendants, and no one could inherit Sun Sui's talent, so he was somewhat in decline.
But even in decline, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the Moxiang Sun family is not comparable to ordinary people.
Mrs. Yao Er immediately became connected with the Sun family.
Mrs. Yao is not stupid either. She has been dealing with Mrs. Yao for so many years, how can she not know who the other person is?
As soon as she saw Mrs. Yao talking to her with a smile and trying to please her, Mrs. Yao knew: These two younger siblings might have other agendas, right?
Sure enough, within a few words, Mrs. Yao Er mentioned the Sun family's connections.
If in normal times, Mrs. Yao is too lazy to pay attention to Mrs. Yao, that guy is just a master who has no profit and can't afford to be early. What kind of good idea can he have when he comes to your door so eagerly?
Only this time, it was a matter of life and death for the Yao family. Mrs. Yao no longer kept it secret, but openly discussed it with Mrs. Yao.
Although Mrs. Yao San is a bit cowardly in character, she has to admit that she comes from a family of officials. Even if her father's official position is junior, he is still an official and still has the connections he should have.
"Do you usually have contact with your arrogant sister-in-law?" Mrs. Yao Er said as she turned her attention to Mrs. Yao San.
Mrs. Yao San lowered her head and whispered: "No..."
Mrs. Yao Er did not have high hopes and was not very surprised. She said: "Then you can contact us. I will have someone make arrangements in the past few days to find some Yunyang City specialties. You can bring them to your sister-in-law. Don't
I feel shameless and embarrassed to say this. Even if your sister-in-law doesn't like you anymore, you are still the same father, and she will give you the face she deserves. After all, if the trouble is too embarrassing, everyone will only say that your Qiao family is not good.
I can teach girls, understand?"
"Yes, Second Sister-in-law." Mrs. Yao San responded softly.
Mrs. Yao saw Mrs. Yao San's nervousness and said soothingly: "Third brother and sister, don't be afraid. We don't ask you to do anything. It's just ordinary sisterly communication. You write a letter and she replies with a few words."
, coming and going, more or less talking about things around you. The man your sister-in-law married is an official, and she must know more information than us. With just a few words, we can know the trends in the capital. "
Not only Mrs. Yao San, but also Uncle Yao, Second Master Yao, and Third Master Yao all listed their past connections to see if they could find some that could be used.
Anyway, they don't need help from these people to inquire about anything. They just want to lend their eyes and ears to see if they can collect some information.
You say something, I say something, you know this person, I have met that person, everything is put together, and the family really has a lot of connections.
Of course, this is a network with a lot of water involved. It is not the kind in the previous sense where the other person can lend a hand to help you when you have difficulties. It is a kind of "mere acquaintance" or someone who has experienced
Just contact.
Gu Qingling listened and sketched it out in her mind, and soon figured out the current situation of the Yao family.
Although the original owner took the initiative and moved the Yao family to Yunyang City, she did not seem to think that the Yao family was in decline. She always felt that her family was a noble family and had some respect even in front of the emperor.
In fact, the Yao family has long since fallen out of the aristocratic circle as their titles have been lowered again and again. Not to mention interacting with princes and princesses, even some relatively big-name families are not very willing to interact with the Yao family.
Look, among the "connections" that Uncle Yao and the others have, not to mention a few of them that are useful, but the ones they are dealing with, how many of them are not from the family? And those powerful people who are really from big families, let's not talk about it for now.
Whether you recognize him or not, even if he does, he has just "seen him".
The so-called "met" means that you know someone, but they may not know you.
Gu Qingling had to mentally move the position of the Yao family down, and at the same time pull out some useful old acquaintances from the memory of the original owner.
There are some on the original owner's side, but unfortunately, with the passing of the old lady and the earl, the old family that once interacted with the Yao family has also become cold-hearted. This is specifically reflected in the fact that when there are usual activities, the other party no longer takes the original owner with them.
It’s time to play - there’s nothing we can do, who makes the Yao family have no money?
Whether you attend other people's banquets or the Yao family holds their own banquets, it still costs money.
What is "courtesy reciprocity"?
It means that if someone gives you an expensive gift, you have to return something similar.
At first, the original owner was swollen in the face and squeezed into such banquets, but after a few more visits, he became embarrassed. Which of those powerful families has a golden eye? After a few times, he noticed the original owner's intentions.
Exception, then...
The original owner was too embarrassed to go after he made a fool of himself.
The only ones that Gu Qingling can use now are probably the original owner's natal family and the married girls from the Yao family.
Among them, the original owner's daughter Gu Ruyan was married by the original owner to his natal nephew Gu Mozhai, the youngest son of the Gu family.
Gu Qingling: "..."
Don't ask her how she felt when she found out.
Probably shocked.
Just think about it and you will know that your daughter married her eldest brother's younger son. This...
Gu Qingling was feeling bad. With such a close blood relationship, could there really be no problems?!
Aren't you afraid of giving birth to a deformity?
Looking again, I found that in this era, it seems that it is quite common for cousins to marry cousins.
Gu Qingling was silent.
The deal was already done, and it seemed like there was nothing she could do.
In addition to Gu Ruyan who is useful here, Gu Ruyan also has a concubine sister Gu Rumeng. She is the daughter of Aunt Zhang. Due to some kind of chance, she married into the royal family.
This is probably the closest and only time that the Yao family is currently in close contact with a powerful family.
However, Gu Rumeng is not the main concubine, but a side concubine.
The reason is very simple. One is that when she married, the King of Jin County already had a princess. The other is that Gu Rumeng is just a concubine, and she is also a concubine of the declining Earl's family, so she was not allowed to be a concubine.
, but making her a concubine is enough to promote her.
Yes, that's right, the earl was still alive when Gu Rumeng married her, otherwise she would really not be in that position.
Gu Qingling was lining up here when he suddenly discovered something - wait, where is Yao Liuye?
She raised her head and asked everyone: "Where has Mr. Yao Liu gone? Didn't he say he wanted to take a pulse? Why didn't he come?"
