Qiu Yuqing replied to her mother in a low voice: "My daughter still heard some old mothers in the house say it a few times a few years ago, as for who it is, it has been too long and I don't remember it for a long time." ”

Song sighed: "The subordinates dare to chew their tongues to you, it seems that my housekeeper is still too merciful." Good daughter, do not mention ancestral property in the future, especially in the presence of your grandmother and father. There are also those three mothers-in-law, mother will deal with it, you are not allowed to interfere, and besides, change your temper for the time being, and be more easy-going when you see Qiu Ruyi, everyone will soon forget about this matter. Ben is just a little girl's trick, and it's not a big deal. ”

Qiu Yuqing had no choice but to nod, wiped away her tears, and said goodbye to the Song family.

Back in her room, Qiu Yuqing was uneasy, thought for a while, then opened the box and took some private silver, and asked the girl to transfer it to the three mothers-in-law.

When the three mothers-in-law saw the silver, they knew that Qiu Yuqing couldn't protect them, so they could only sigh, who let themselves be slaves, and only listened to people in everything, and they were also unlucky, but they were supported by Qiu Yuqing, and ended up like this, not complaining about the sky or the earth, only complaining about their own bad lives.

Besides, Yu's mother and daughter had also returned to the house at this time, and were sitting in Yu's room drinking tea.

Qiu Ruyi took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, and sighed: "Fortunately, my mother is smart to mention it, otherwise my daughter would have helped Qiu Yuqing, and she would have been treated as a fool." ”

Yu Shi was complimented by his daughter, and his heart was comfortable, but he smiled in his mouth: "What is smart or not, it's just that there are more things to do, and some things are a little more thought, and when you reach your mother's age, this little trick can be seen through at a glance." ”

Qiu Ruyi thought for a while, and said: "Speaking of which, our family is not short of those silvers, and my daughter still thinks that her mother should not let go of this opportunity." Moreover, it is also a little filial piety to our ancestors. ”

Yu shook his head and smiled: "There is a difference between relatives from far and near, and our family has long been a distant branch, so why bother to show this face? Although there is some money in the family, it can only be equal to them, and there is no reason to be more than them, otherwise it is to show off and slap their own family's face, but it is to spend money to attract hatred." ”

Yu Shi saw that Qiu Ruyi listened seriously, so he said again: "A few years ago, I was also a little stupid, just when there was no shortage of silver in my own family, take out more, firstly, to show our filial piety, and secondly, to be the same Qiu clan, they are all poor, and if they can reach out to help them, they should accumulate merit, and third, your father is also good-looking." But after a few years, I realized that I was wrong, I actually exceeded the rules to show off, the silver was not less, but my mother's reputation was not as good as year after year. Therefore, everything is still done according to the rules, so that some people have nothing to say. ”

Hearing this, Qiu Ruyi nodded and said, "It's the same as Shengmi Endoumi." It's also a lack of people's hearts, just thinking about our family's silver, and it's good to give them all the money. However, this time it was different from usual, this time it should have been generous, but because of choking, it was cheaper for others. Besides, it's only a thousand taels of silver. ”

Yu Shi opened his mouth and laughed: "What a big breath, just a thousand taels of silver? This is your father's four or five years of income, which is enough for dozens of people in our family to live a comfortable life for a year or two. If it is a small family, I am afraid that the family will not be able to spend this money for a lifetime. ”

Seeing that her daughter still had a persuasive intention on her face, Yu helped her daughter straighten the hairpin ring on her head, and said while taking a closer look: "Mother loves you so much, I don't dare to wronged you at all, after all these years, you still have to be a jewelry and clothes to make up enough for a thousand taels of silver, but your mother wants to take more than a thousand taels of silver to buy a false name, is that false name more important than mother's careful liver? ”

Qiu Ruyi listened to it and knew that her mother had made up her mind not to come out in this matter, and as for what Yu said about giving Qiu Ruyi a thousand taels of silver, it was just an analogy, and she didn't take it to heart.

But neither mother nor daughter thought that a few months later, Qiu Ruyi would come to ask her mother to redeem the silver for her.

Besides, Qiu Ruyi had already changed the topic and said to his mother: "I was in the car this morning, and I saw that something was wrong with the people outside, and then I heard the steward in Nafu say that there were officers and soldiers on the street, is there something wrong?"

Yu Shi didn't care and said: "The officers and soldiers from the capital, I'm afraid that they are on business, they passed in front of our house and went to Fenglin County." ”

Qiu Ruyi couldn't help but sigh and said, "Didn't the second brother go to Fenglin County today, won't you meet it?" ”

When Yu Shi heard this, he smiled and said, "What kind of heart are you talking about?" Your second brother is going to collect rent, and he is not doing anything to rob the house, or what if he encounters it, besides, he is such a big person, so he naturally knows how to avoid retreating. ”

Having said that, Yu Shi was a little worried, looked at the sun outside, and said: "It is said that it is time to come back, not far away, and those tenants all know each other and have credit, and they have agreed to collect rent today, and they will never cheat, but they will not make up for a while, and they will have their own affairs, just come back from the sea." ”

It turned out that the Yu family had bought some houses and shops in Fenglin County many years ago, except for leaving one to live in occasionally, the other places were rented out, as for those shops, because the Qiu family was a family and now it is a scholarly family, although the Yu family was born in a merchant, but he did not do business, but rented to other merchants, and he only sent someone to settle the rent once a year.

It is said that the son of the Yu family, Qiu Ruhai, was held in the arms of his father who was dedicated to scientific research since he was a child, and he also read early, and got up to Meng, it is said that he is extremely talented, and he has become a man in the year of the weak crown, although he has become a pro, he is still dedicated to studying, and now he is studying in the capital.

Compared with the eldest son's love of reading, the second son, Qiu Ruhai, seems to be unmotivated. Now he is seventeen or eighteen years old, barely getting a showman, so he is proud of his fame, so he refuses to study hard, but he is quite a secular agent, and his father Qiu Rong has not twisted him under the stick, so he has no choice but to let him help Yu manage some household chores.

Going to Fenglin County to collect rent is not the first time for Qiu Ruhai, so Yu Ruyi is not very concerned, and now Qiu Ruyi mentions the matter of officers and soldiers, although Yu has gone through a lot of things, in the end it is a woman's family, and there is an instinctive fear of officials and soldiers.

Fortunately, not long after, a family member came back from Fenglin County, and it turned out to be Qiu Ping, the little servant who was serving by Qiu Ruhai's side, came back.

Qiu Ruyi was worried about her brother and accompanied her mother to listen to Qiu Ping's reply.

Qiu Ping said: "This time the rent collection is very smooth, the second master said happily to them, so he invited them to eat together at noon, but I heard that the house of the doctor Fang seemed to be sealed by the officers and soldiers. The second master thought that the eldest lady of the Fang family and the uncle Cheng in the house had been engaged since childhood, and it didn't matter if they were young, after eating, they took someone to inquire, for fear that the lady would be worried, so let the little one come back first and say, the second master inquired and came back immediately. ”

When Yu Shi heard this, he was startled, he couldn't help but stand up, and said in a lost voice: "What did you say, the Fang family was sealed by the government when something happened?" After speaking, he sat down in a daze, and sighed in a low voice: "The tree fell and the macaques scattered, and the wall fell and everyone pushed it, no wonder the eldest lady in the house said those words today, I think she had already heard the rumors." ”