Chapter 40: The Earl's Mansion of Qing'an
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In the past, when she first entered the house, Mrs. Li was inconvenient because she was the housewife and had fewer people, so she still had four big girls and eight second-class girls, but now because she has no money, there are only two first-class girls, and the two of them also take turns once every four hours.
"When are you back?" Lilac asked with a smile when she saw her coming.
Mu Hibiscus thought that Lilac was unhappy because of his previous avoidance, but now he saw that Lilac was not unhappy, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile at the moment: "It's been a while." ”
"Alright, I'll go back first. Lilac explained what she was doing and said goodbye to Hibiscus.
"Okay, you go and rest. Mu Hibiscus looked at the cloves and was completely relieved, in the final analysis, this is the only friend she has since she came to ancient times, and if she can continue to make friends, she naturally doesn't want to break it.
When the cloves were sent away, when the hibiscus went in, it happened that the Zhou family of the Earl of Qing'an sent an invitation to the mother-in-law, saying that it was the second girl of the Zhou family the day after tomorrow, that is, Zhou Lerong, the fiancée of Master Li, who was fifteen years old and invited the Li family to watch the ceremony.
"It costs money again. Mrs. Li sighed.
And you can't spend too little, after all, it's your future daughter-in-law, and it's too little to look at.
Although a few thousand taels of silver have just been copied from Ma Cheng's house, which has solved the urgent need of the Li Mansion, but this money is really useless, and her son's dowry gift was given three thousand taels in the past, she was afraid that there would be no money in the backyard, so she left one thousand taels for backyard expenses, and the remaining two thousand taels were left in the front account room, although the husband had made a promise to his father-in-law that he would not spend money for three months, but he could not stand others from spending money. Second Master Li and the others left with a few hundred taels, and at this rate of spending money, it won't be long before the two thousand taels will be spent.
These ruined things! Mrs. Li gritted her teeth with hatred at the thought of these moths.
"Fortunately, my mother has already cut off 1,000 taels of backyard expenses, which can last for two or three months. Li Xin said with a smile.
"I don't know how to live after three months, but now I've really eaten a meal and a scorched meal. Mrs. Li said helplessly.
In fact, if the Li family is thrifty, it will not be so frugal, after all, the Li family still has a thousand acres of land, and there is also income from Yulu and Guanzhuang every year, but the key is from top to bottom, I don't know how to be thrifty, obviously there is no money, Mrs. Li and others still spend money all day long, in fact, as long as Mrs. Li sets the rules and takes the lead in not spending money, the family will not be so unable to turnover, but Mrs. Li herself is the first one who loves to spend money, and she can't say anything as a junior, so it can only be like this.
"I'll talk about it in three months. Li Xin said with a smile.
But I was also alert, thinking that I had to take advantage of these three months to find a family affair and book it, otherwise there would be no money to use after three months, and my father would be worried about selling himself again, fortunately, in these three months, there are both Mid-Autumn Festival and Chongyang, and there are many banquets in each family, which is a good time to see my husband.
On the third day, when I went to the Earl's Mansion of Qing'an, it happened that Mu Hibiscus was also on duty on this day, so I went with Mrs. Li, Li Xin and others.
Li Shu and Li Lan also wanted to go, but because the two of them made a fuss about the same poem in the Cheng'en Mansion and were suspected of plagiarism, Mrs. Li heard that the two wanted to go, so she lowered her face and said, "It's embarrassing to go out when you're embarrassed, and you're not at home to reflect honestly?"
Master Li also felt that the two of them should not go, so although he had recently spoiled Aunt Liu, because Li Shu's reputation was getting worse and worse, he still didn't have any good feelings towards her, so he naturally didn't want her to go out and embarrass him again.
Li Shu couldn't help it, although he was angry, he could only forget it, but Li Lan over there saw that Mrs. Li no longer took her to those parties, and she lost a good opportunity to look at her husband, so she couldn't help but be angry, and immediately said to her mother, Mrs. Li, "Let my father go to the account to pay the money again, didn't he copy the horse into thousands of taels of silver?
Yes, the reason why Ma Cheng's silver was copied just came out, and it was supported by someone for a few hundred taels, mainly because the people in the second room paid a lot, although it was difficult for the second lady Li to get the money in the hands of the second master Li, but in their minds, let the second master Li use it, and it was better than the third room in the big house, so at this time, Li Lan was angry, and wanted to use the money from the defeated public middle school to take revenge on the big house.
Some people are like this, even if it is not good for themselves, but as long as they can harm others, they are willing to do it, but they have never thought about it, not only do they not take advantage of the time to divide the family, encourage Li Erye to learn to be thrifty, but also encourage Li Erye to lose, one day he broke up, there is no money for Li Erye to lose, and he was developed by them into the habit of being a loser, and it is difficult to control it if he wants to be thrifty, but they will not be able to live a good life at that time, and it will be too late to regret it, but they don't think about it so long-term, just thinking about the money in front of them, it is very relieving.
Second Mrs. Li smiled: "How can I not know this, I have already asked your father to pay it, but the old lady said that everyone can't pay more than two hundred taels a month, and your father has passed two hundred taels this month, and he can't go again." ”
Originally, Mrs. Li didn't want to set this rule, in the past, it was more than a certain amount and needed to report to him, and he agreed to pay it, but he couldn't stand his son and grandchildren often came to apply, and the old lady who felt annoyed stipulated it like this, so that it was more than two hundred taels a month, even if he wanted to pay it, he didn't have to apply to him, because he definitely couldn't apply.
Li Lan could only give up when she heard this.
Not to mention that Li Lan gritted her teeth with hatred at home, Mu Hibiscus and his party had already arrived at the Earl's Mansion in Qing'an.
The Earl's Mansion of Qing'an is indeed poorer than the Earl's Mansion of Zhongyong.
This is the first impression of Hibiscus when he came to the Earl's Mansion in Qing'an.
As a mansion given by the official family, the scale of the Earl's Mansion is naturally the same size, which is nothing to compare, but from some details, it can still be seen that the Qing'an Earl's Mansion is more down-and-out than the Earl's Mansion of Zhongyong - the most intuitive point is that the dress of the maid-in-law in the mansion is not as decent as the Earl's Mansion of Zhongyong.
Generally speaking, the dress of a person in the house is the face, the average person, but as long as there is a little money in hand, they will maintain their face, just like the Earl's Mansion of Zhongyong, although it is also poor, but from the master to the subordinate, the dress is decent, and the Earl's Mansion of Qing'an can't even maintain the face, which shows how the situation in this mansion is, the lady in the palace is also a concubine, and the concubine's maiden family is actually down like this, it seems that this week's concubine is really favored to the average degree, so that the family is often blackmailed by the eunuchs, resulting in a can't make ends meet。
Although Mrs. Zhou was not satisfied with her husband's promise of her daughter to the Li family, but the wood was already in the boat, and she was not good at putting on a bad face, so as not to have a stiff relationship with the Li family, and her daughter was tortured by the unhappy Mrs. Li in the past, so when she saw Mrs. Li coming, she greeted her in person and said with a smile: "The wife of the in-laws is here." ”