The outer house is already quiet. Although there are many family members who have married in the Chen Mansion, the number of them is still not enough compared to the new residence. The situation in the inner house is similar, many rooms are empty, ready for family members to move in later.

Zhou Dingcheng didn't sleep all night, he had been drinking with Xiaojun, and in the early hours of the morning, Xiaojun waved his hand and sneaked out again.

"It's a gift list, but it's a lot, and these things alone are enough for you to live for ten or twenty years. Zhou Dingcheng gave a stack of gift lists, besides, they were all given by those people yesterday.

"I don't look at it, I go back and send the gift list and gifts to the teacher, I don't want to receive the gift, and I don't know how to return the gift. "Besides, he doesn't look at those courtesies, except for the Zhou family and the Yun family, he is not ready to deal with those high-ranking officials, and he can't pee in a pot with them.

"You don't have to think about the return gift, the old master has already thought about it, these things are sent here, and it is not appropriate to send them back to the island, and there is not much to say, and the total is not 50,000 taels of silver. Zhou Dingcheng said with some disdain.

Besides, laughing, this is not much, although those officials yesterday were of high grade, most of them were civil officials, but they were actually not rich, but the Zhou family and the Yun family were rich, but they also knew his temperament, and they didn't dare to give too expensive gifts, for fear that he wouldn't accept them. As for those aristocratic families, they are just going through the motions, and they don't have too expensive gifts.

Of course, the value mentioned here is to be concerned, in fact, those gifts are very valuable, but now that they are rich, ordinary gifts are no longer eye-catching. I think that at the beginning, he had to think about it in his heart to buy a piece of silk for his sister.

His father was not wealthy, and the family was originally only a middle-class family.

"Then put those things away until I've asked the teacher. "Besides, I don't know what to do with these gifts, so I have to ask for instructions when I go to see the teacher in two days.

He was used to calling the teacher, and although he was now his father-in-law, he was still not used to changing his words. Chen Musa also seemed to enjoy the title of teacher very much, and never signaled him to change his words.

"By the way, there are a few ancient inkstones and ancient inks here, which is good, you can keep them. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.

"Really? I'm going to see this. "Besides, I was interested, and I saw that there were ancient inkstones and ancient inks on several gift lists, which looked like they were still from the Southern Song Dynasty, which was of course a treasure.

"Okay, keep these, you take a look at them first, and if you like them, you can take them. ”

Zhou Dingcheng meant exactly that, so he deliberately mentioned it.

Besides, I went through the gift list again, and there are some antiques, I don't know if they are real or fake, if they are real, they may be used as decorations.

"By the way, there's also a box here, which isn't on the gift list. Zhou Dingcheng took another box.

"Oh, it's from the Salt Gang. "And I recognized it right away.

"Salt Gang, how could they give you gifts?" Zhou Dingcheng was surprised.

"That's right, they want us to give them an overseas shipping channel, and they don't know if it will work. Staring at me all day about this, I said yes. He said with a frown.

"If you say yes, it's fine. "Zhou Ding became enlightened.

"I'll just say yes?" Besides, he didn't have this confidence, he was just forced to agree first, if he didn't agree, the two little girls might encounter accidents, but he was not sure about this at all.

"Of course, no problem, as I said, as long as you give orders, they will carry it out no matter what. Zhou Dingcheng said with a smile.

"Well, that's even better. ”

Besides, when he agreed, he didn't think it would really work, and he was ready to play Laipi if he didn't work, anyway, he would save two people first, and then say, it was forgivable to lie to save people, as for the Salt Gang, he was really not afraid of them, whether it was in the Nanjing area or anywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, he believed that it was more than enough for King Qin to send a hand to deal with the Salt Gang.

He opened the box and saw that it contained a full set of head and face jewelry, with jewels that could blind his eyes.

"Well, the Salt Gang has really invested a lot of money, and this set of head jewelry can also be worth 20,000 taels of silver. Zhou Dingcheng was also shocked by the treasure, and said with a smile after coming to take a look.

"Well, that's not all. ”

Moreover, he saw a stack of papers under the jewelry, and when he took it out and looked at it, it was a house deed, which was the house where Li Xiangjun lived now. There is also the identity deed of the five people, which belonged to Li Xiangjun and the three girls and the little boy who guarded the door, and now they are all transferred to him.

It is difficult to estimate the price, needless to say, Li Xiangjun's worth is definitely sky-high, and the three little girls are also cultivated by the Slender Horse family, and it is not too much to say that they are daughters. The janitor was average, and he only knew how to reward money.

"They still give it away?" Zhou Dingcheng was surprised.

Besides, I talked about it before and after.

"Right down this street? When did you hook up? Zhou Dingcheng smiled.

"What is hooking up, I just painted for Xiangjun, I didn't do anything else, you still don't believe me?"

"Believe, believe, I believe whatever you say. Zhou Dingcheng smiled, his expression was very ambiguous.

On the third day, besides, he and Pomegranate took those Yahuan families back to the central island of Xuanwu Lake, which is the custom of returning to their parents' home.

The original quiet atmosphere on the island was suddenly broken, and the family members all came to say hello to Pomegranate, and by the way, they also said hello to him, but the focus was obviously not on him.

Besides, he didn't care, he went directly to the teacher's study, Chen Musa looked at him with a smile on his face.

Then Pomegranate arrived, and the three of them talked about common things, but it was the same as before, just like before Pomegranate was married.

Chen Musa could see at a glance that something was wrong between the two, but he didn't ask much, of course he couldn't ask about this kind of thing, so he could only solve it by the young couple themselves.

Besides, after talking about those gift lists, Chen Musa said: "You keep all the suitable ones, and send the rest back for the next people." As for the return gift, I'll deal with it. ”

Besides, he nodded.

"There are also gifts, why don't I know, I'll talk about it when I see it. ”

Pomegranate immediately came to her senses, and complained that she didn't tell him that now she was the head of the family, and she had to learn to be diligent and thrifty, and she didn't know how much money she had in her hand, let alone five people in his hand. She just thought that she had barely made a living, that is, she had practiced medicine the year before last, and according to Xiao Nier, she still lost more and earned less, even if his father left him some silver, it would not be much.

Although the dowry this time is very rich, there are many people she brought from home, dozens of people, and the cost of eating, drinking and Lazar is also very considerable.

"Okay, I'll give you all the gift slips when I get back. "And I wish it was.

He and Chen Musa actually belong to the same type of people, although they are good at reading and doing articles, they will wait for the housekeeper, and the Chen Mansion also relies on a few good housekeepers to maintain it.

Besides, these days he still lives in the inner study, maintaining the illusion of being with Pomegranate, and slowly the people outside also know, besides, he simply moved out and mixed with Zhou Dingcheng in the outer study, Xiaojun still sneaked in every night, in his words, to test the surveillance network of the palace guards.

In fact, most of the guards of the palace have been withdrawn in the past few days, leaving some to maintain general vigilance, but there are many surveillance personnel outside, and it is certainly not a problem for Xiaojun to hide the eyes and ears of these people.

"What's the matter, isn't it hard enough in bed to be kicked out, I told you a long time ago, I have to pass you a few hands, you don't believe it, now you are dumbfounded. Seeing that he was staying outside, Xiaojun became proud.

"I don't understand abstinence and health preservation, like you, indulge in excessive desires every night, and lose your life. Besides, he didn't blush.

"What's wrong with my indulgence, we have this capital, no matter how indulgent the kidneys are, we won't lose. Boy, if you compare this with me, you will be far behind. ”

The two of them began to choke, Zhou Dingcheng just drank, ignoring these two people, he is still a boy now, and decided to keep it for life, abstinence or indulgence has nothing to do with him at all, and he is too lazy to bother with these things.

The three of them returned to their previous good times, drinking and chatting every night until midnight, and then went to practice internal skills, and then Zhou Dingcheng and Xiaojun continued to drink until dawn, and when they came back, Xiaojun was gone.

Besides, I don't know when Zhou Dingcheng will sleep, or even sleep or not, anyway, he is in good spirits every day, and he doesn't look like he lacks sleep at all.

Sisi has also been with Pomegranate these days, helping Pomegranate sort out the gifts on the gift list.

Besides, I didn't like the gifts in my eyes, and I picked a few things and took them back as decorations, and the rest of the objects pomegranates were selected and placed in my room, and the rest were handed over to the housekeeper for distribution.

When the housekeeper saw these valuables, he liked them very much, and when he heard that they had to be sent back to Chen Musa, he was so angry that he scolded him for being a loser.

Besides, after knowing it, I was stunned: I also gave it to the teacher, how could it be a failure, didn't I say that it was a family?

These people only knew about the Chen family in the Chen Mansion, but now they are all focused on this new home. If this family is not maintained well, it will naturally affect their lives, which is called a community of destiny.

Moreover, gather the internal and external housekeepers together and let them calculate the cost of each month.

The housekeepers of the inner and outer houses have already made a good account book, and the monthly silver of all the maids, housekeepers, coachmen, carriages, servants, and cooks, as well as the basic food and drink expenses, large stoves, small stoves, basic ingredients, etc., and everyone's four seasons clothes, shoes and hats, etc., the monthly cost is only eight hundred taels of silver.

It is said that this amount is already very scary for a family, and the living expenses of ordinary families at that time are only fifty or sixty taels of silver a year, and they can live very well, at least there are fishy meat on the table every day. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the annual salary of the prime minister was only 10,000 taels of silver, Yaoyang was a big family, and the prime minister's life was very pompous, the so-called heavenly immortal mansion, the prime minister's house on the ground, the prime minister at that time was basically a nobleman.

Besides, he smiled when he heard it, and he didn't even blink his eyes. Eight hundred taels is just a drop in the bucket for him now, and the reward he gives to his subordinates in the Marquis' Mansion is also several hundred taels a year.