In the next few days, Chonglan took the time to sort out the accounts, and went to a few surrounding granges, and by the way, he sent a few stewards who filled their private pockets.

After accepting He Changle's invitation, after participating in the banquet set by Princess An, she was pulled into the room and dressed up for more than an hour, He Changle finally lived up to her expectations and dressed her up as a green onion full of silk flowers and hairpin rings.

After dressing up, He Changle also praised from the bottom of his heart: "Sister Lan is so good-looking." ”

"......" Chonglan hurriedly changed into his clothes: "It's ridiculous." ”

She wanted to inquire about Chongyan again, and finally couldn't help asking: "Why didn't the big brother of the Chong family come this time, could it be that the last time the subordinates were not well entertained?" ”

Chonglan almost guessed that Chongyan had no intention of He Changle, but naturally he couldn't say anything about it, so he had to say: "He will return to Beijing in a while, and he is preparing now." ”

He Changle looked disappointed and sighed slowly.

Chonglan talked a few words, and went back to the courtyard with Yan He exhaustedly, and saw that Mrs. Yan had sent someone over again, and this time she insisted on inviting the two of them back.

She calculated carefully, Yan Sansi and the county lord of Qinghe are almost married, at this time it is impossible to live outside, when I went to the banquet today, many ladies were curious about how their father was about to marry, but Yan and the two of them were still staying outside the house, and several old and serious ladies were kind to persuade each other, so that they could go back to help at this time, and also save outsiders from gossiping.

Now that the time is almost delayed, Chonglan didn't say anything like going back to him, and turned around to discuss with Yan He: "Count the days, it's almost time for us to go home, and I'm afraid that someone will gossip if it's too late." ”

Yan He groaned: "You want to go back? ”

Chonglan shook his head: "I definitely don't want to, but my father-in-law will get married in a few days, and we've dragged it on long enough, so it's good to go back and make a show." ”

Yan He snorted: "Then it's up to you, let's go back." ”

Although the truth is understood, it is inevitable that you will be reluctant to go back, and you are used to being idle in the other courtyard, and you have to go back to Qi Guofu to do that thing, which is a headache to think about.

She ordered someone to pack up slowly, and set off early the next morning, and rushed back with Yan He at noon, she thought that she would be scolded by Mrs. Yan again after arriving, but she didn't expect Mrs. Yan to be kind, and when she saw her and Yan He returning late, she didn't say a word of harshness, just pulled her and Yan He to greet each other non-stop.

Chonglan looked around carefully, and saw that several uncles and aunts from the Qi State Mansion were all there, all with sad faces, and a few seemed to want to speak, but they looked at Old Madam Yan again and swallowed the words back.

It's the Ning family, although he has lost people in Mrs. Yan's place these days, and he was driven to the last seat by the eldest sister-in-law, but he has taken a real benefit, so a slight smile appeared on his lips, and when he saw Chonglan looking over, he hurriedly lowered his head and made a haggard face.

Old Madam Yan pulled Yan He's hush and asked for warmth for a while, and when she saw that he didn't answer much, she turned to Chonglan with a kind face: "It's been hard with my brother and daughter-in-law all the way, I heard that you personally take care of your brother and live with your brother in the other courtyard, it's really difficult for you to do this, why don't you go down and rest first?" ”

It's not like you're urging people all the way. Chonglan scolded in her heart, and she was not half flattered by her rare and kind expression, she got up and smiled: "I haven't saluted the elders yet, where do I dare to rest without permission?" ”

Old Madam Yan nodded with a smile, as if she was very satisfied with her answer, and specially pointed to the position for the two to sit down.

Chonglan sat down as she said, but she didn't expect that next to the seat was the sixth aunt who had squeezed her on the first day of her marriage with Yan He.

She couldn't see the mean look she had now, so she gave Chonglan a seat affectionately, and pushed the fruit plate and snack plate to her: "I see my nephew and daughter-in-law have been in a hurry to come here because you haven't eaten yet, right?" Eat some of this first. ”

Chonglan moved her hand, leaned back in the chair and said with a smile: "I'm tired of the sixth aunt, I've already eaten it." ”

The sixth aunt opened her mouth and was about to speak, but when she saw that the old lady Yan who was sitting at the top had already begun to speak, she could only shut up stupidly.

Old Madam Yan turned to Yan He, her face full of sorrow: "Mama Wei also told you about the situation in our family, your eldest aunt is not a good housekeeper..."

She glared at Ning, and Ning hurriedly bowed his head guiltily: "Let our family have a lot of deficits, but the marriage with the palace is very big, and our family is now stretched." ”

Yan He said the scene without saltiness: "The eldest aunt has worked hard for many years, it is inevitable that there will be an oversight, the house is full of capable people, and with concerted efforts, this deficit will not be filled in a long time, and grandmother does not have to worry too much." ”

Old Madam Yan hurriedly said: "But your father's relationship with the county lord of Qinghe is right in front of you, where can we fill this shortfall?" ”

Yan He thought about it for a while, and said in a rambling voice: "Why don't you borrow some from someone you know first?" After this period of time, I will return it with interest. He smiled and said, "Isn't the Liu family very close to grandmother, why doesn't grandmother borrow some from their family?" ”

Chonglan smiled secretly, this is narrow.

Old Madam Yan frowned, and forcibly suppressed the displeasure in her heart: "Rongchangbo's mansion is not well managed, and he has lost a lot over the years, and several other mansions that are familiar with us are also in a similar situation, and they are all mud bodhisattvas who have crossed the river, where can they free up their hands to help us?" ”

Yan He couldn't help but sigh: "I saw Mrs. Liu taking her children to Hefu for a banquet a few days ago, and she was dressed in a very noble and luxurious manner, but I really couldn't see that there was a deficit in the family. ”

Chonglan couldn't help but laugh, and the old lady Yan's face was even more ugly, and her loose skin was tightly wrinkled, as if it was about to overflow from her face.

She knew that Yan He would pull it off like this, but she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to get to the point when it was dark, so she hurriedly said: "Don't talk about those who don't have it, Rongchang Bofu doesn't do our business no matter how rich it is, and you have to rely on yourself for the shortfall." ”

Yan He said indifferently: "Since grandmother said so, you must have a way to make money?" ”

Mrs. Yan learned this time, no longer answered his words, and said in a deep voice: "This time it is your father who got married, and your father marrying the county lord of Qinghe will also help you in your future career, shouldn't you help with it?" ”

Chonglan sneered in her heart, this is Old Madam Yan's 'relying on herself'? And besides, how can there be a reason in this world for a father to marry a relative and let his son pay for it?

Yan He exhaled slowly, turned the ring on his hand, and said indifferently: "What grandmother said is that when my father got married, we should make up for it." ”

He added an accent to the word father, and when he saw that Mrs. Yan was embarrassed, he said unhurriedly: "It's a pity that my annual salary is only a few dozen quintals of old rice, even if I add Bing Jing and Tan Jing, it is far behind, and I can't take care of it, even if I have the heart and power." ”

Old Madam Yan squeezed the hand holding the Buddha beads tightly: "It is said that you are poor and rich in martial arts, you have been fighting abroad for many years, so you always have some savings left." ”

Chonglan didn't even bother to make a disdainful expression at this time, when Yan He came and went in the wind and rain on the battlefield and fell into many traps, how could any of these people ever feel distressed? Now I'm embarrassed to ask for money.

Yan He didn't see anger on his face, and still said calmly: "At the beginning, I had some savings left, but it's a pity that I spent all the money when I married my mother, and now I only rely on the reward of Yulu and the emperor to take the lady to barely make ends meet." ”

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Chonglan with a smile in his eyes, saw that her face was red, and he lowered her head with a disgusted look.

Old Mrs. Yan didn't believe that he didn't have any savings in hand, but when she thought that Yan He didn't have a single child in the house when she got married, she was a little speechless for a while, so she could only murmur: "Then what should I do..."

Chonglan lowered her head and drank tea, and the six aunts beside Leng Buding laughed a few times, and said with a friendly smile: "Where is the eldest nephew, you have no money, but your daughter-in-law has it, and you are not a loss if you marry her into the door, where can you say 'barely making ends meet'?" ”

Old Madam Yan pretended to remember, hurriedly turned to Chonglan, and said with a kind smile: "Brother and daughter-in-law, you are also our family now, and Qi Guofu is both prosperous and lossy, let's work together to overcome this difficult situation in front of us first, what do you think?" ”

Chonglan sneered in her heart, it turned out that Old Madam Yan had the idea of calculating her marriage. The sixth aunt sang with her and smiled: "My nephew and daughter-in-law are the most virtuous, where is there any reason not to allow it." Anyway, you are the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, a righteous clan wife, you have to take the family to support the beams, and the entire stewardship will be handed over to you at that time. ”

Now it is Mrs. Yan who is the official of Qi Guofu, and when she heard this, a trace of unhappiness flashed on her face, but she quickly held back.

This is a typical coercion and temptation, Chonglan thought about it, and sighed: "Grandmother should know that our family is doing the business of the imperial merchants, looking at the scenery, in fact, it is just for the emperor's housekeeper, my dowry looks at a lot, but many of them are family properties, without the consent of the above, I can't even touch a cent of the money on the account." ”

This is naturally an exaggeration, but no one here has seen her account book, and it is not arranged by her. She turned to the sixth aunt with a solemn expression, and said with a straight face: "Auntie is cautious, the so-called young and old are orderly, and now that my grandmother and aunt are still alive, where can I take my turn to beak in family affairs?" ”

Chonglan is a typical businessman, most of the time she only cares about gains and losses, and the sixth aunt wants to exchange her housekeeping rights for money, which sounds like she has taken a big advantage, but if you think about it carefully, the gains outweigh the losses.

As soon as the elders of Qi Guofu are here, even if she has the right to be a housekeeper, she has to be constrained everywhere, and she also knows how many catties there are in the house, and this housekeeper will definitely not be able to exchange for the silver she wants to pay.

The sixth aunt's eyes flashed, as if she was unwilling, but she couldn't refute it.

Old Madam Yan heard her carry out the emperor, there was a hidden anger on her face, and she was about to speak, so she heard Yan He say indifferently on the side: "Only those people who are soft or can't get along are calculating the marriage of the lady everywhere, I told myself before marrying her and entering the door, even if she eats bran in the future, she will never touch a penny." ”