Yuan Dongliang wanted to guard Ning Nianzhi every day, not to go to the yamen, and not even to go to the study, but unfortunately, he could only think about it, and in less than half a month, the old man couldn't see it, ate breakfast, and personally took his grandson away: "What does a manly husband look like to stay at home all day, like a girl!" If it goes on like this, it will wear out the ambition, haven't you heard the words "Hero Mound" in Beauty Township? ”

Yuan Dongliang muttered: "Nianzhi is not the kind of beauty who doesn't know how to measure." ”

"But you're the hero who doesn't know how to advance or retreat." The old man said angrily: "I'm also old, this Western Xinjiang, sooner or later will be handed over to you, don't you take advantage of this time to quickly take over these things, is it possible, Nianzhi is pregnant in the future, don't you want to be by Nianzhi's side?" ”

Yuan Dongliang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help touching his chin: "This, grandfather is not considered old, when Nianzhi is pregnant, grandfather will definitely be able to help me again......"

The old man slapped Yuan Dongliang on the back of the head angrily: "You kid wants to be beautiful, is it difficult to achieve only you want to guard your daughter-in-law every day?" After a pause, the old man suddenly sighed: "Speaking of which, over the years, I have also been ashamed of your grandmother, when your father was weak, I thought that someone must inherit the original family...... is not only for the original family, but also for your grandmother, which made her endure unhappiness. ”

He had to think about the old lady's afterlife. If he can live longer than the old lady, it would be good, but I am afraid that he will go one step ahead of the old lady. When the time comes, the old lady's nephew may not be able to support the old lady, even if she is willing, but the old lady will live with the concubines after all, and now she will offend people ruthlessly, and she will leave in the future, who can protect her?

It's not that he doesn't know that the old lady is a little aggrieved, but it is better to be aggrieved now than to be tortured by his concubine and daughter-in-law in the future.

Yuan Dongliang pouted: "Grandfather, you have this idea, I can only say that you don't know my grandmother, can't you see her temperament?" I'd rather be angry at this time, than swallow my anger for a lifetime, the reason why I was able to endure it before is not necessarily that I have feelings for my grandfather, this life is just a few decades. My grandmother spent the first twenty years living for herself, just having fun all day long. The middle twenty years are my father's life, and when my father dies, she no longer wants to care about outside affairs, no matter who you want to spoil, it has nothing to do with her. ”

But now it's different, and the old lady has another reason to insist. That is Yuan Dongliang, and the unborn great-grandson.

With the people he wants to protect, he naturally can't swallow his anger as before, and the result of Yuan Kangming is still in the old lady's heart. Taking a step back, it is not necessarily the sea and the sky, on the contrary, it may also be a cliff.

Yuan Dongliang spoke half politely: "Grandfather is just relying on his grandmother and is willing to have some expectations for you, if you wait for one day, grandmother doesn't even want you, I'm afraid I won't even say anything like splitting up." ”

Rare little things from the original family, directly leading the grandchildren and daughters-in-law to build another mansion, anyway, with the support of the imperial court, the old man will die sooner or later, are you afraid that you won't be able to kill them in the second room?

The old man opened his mouth to refute, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them. He wanted to say that what Yuan Dongliang said was all crooked, but crooked reasoning also came with a rational word. He wanted to say that Yuan Dongliang was nonsense, he and the old lady were young couples, and they would definitely be old companions in the future, but the old lady really didn't look like she was when she first got married, and she was tired and crooked with him every day. He thought that it was because they had become husband and wife, they had spent time together, they were used to each other, and they were too familiar. But when I thought that the old lady would completely treat him as a stranger in the future, I couldn't help but panic in my heart.

With his status, there are indeed many women around him, not to mention now, even if it is another ten years, there are still people who are willing to give young and beautiful little ladies. But when he has no money in his hands and no power in his body, will anyone be willing to follow him?

In another twenty years, if he is seriously ill in bed, who else will serve him except the maid and the wife? There is no filial son in front of the bed of a long illness, and it is not unreasonable that this saying can be passed on for so long.

"Grandfather, it's not that I don't want to raise my uncle and them, it's just that the more I am willing to raise them, the more they will have no future." Yuan Dongliang patted the old man on the shoulder, the old man was understanding life, he was patted by Yuan Dongliang, he almost didn't pounce forward, turned his head and glared at Yuan Dongliang: "You stinky boy!" ”

"Grandfather, you are for the sake of the second uncle's long-term consideration, and it should be a matter of preparing for the separation of the family earlier." Yuan Dongliang is not afraid that the old man will think too much, he just wants to split up, he just doesn't want to take care of the second uncle and them, and he doesn't mind letting the old man know his attitude now.

What are you waiting for the autumn to settle accounts, he doesn't want to let his daughter-in-law hurt his mind now. Although, even if it is the sum of the ten second aunts, it is not an opponent of Ning Nianzhi, but it can make the daughter-in-law worry less and worry less, live happily, and don't think too much every day to live longer and be younger.

As a good man, you have to clear the road ahead first, so that the daughter-in-law in the back can live more freely.

Yuan Dongliang didn't care what the old man thought at all, anyway, after saying these words, he walked into the yamen with his head held high. What my grandfather said also makes sense, men, you have to have your own things to do. Now that he is married, he has to have his own power and wealth, so that he can afford to raise his daughter-in-law and children in the future.

If you want to save money for your son to marry your daughter-in-law, you have to save a dowry for your daughter, you can't do it if you don't work hard.

The grandfather and son have their own thoughts, the old man was a little absent-minded when he looked at official business, but Yuan Dongliang was in good spirits. Colleagues have to joke when they see it: "This has become a parent, it's really different, look at the face now, the spring breeze is proud, congratulations." ”

is different from the expressionless face in the past, now Yuan Dongliang's lips are slightly raised, and whoever sees it is in a good mood.

The old lady sat in the back, Ning Nianzhi sat on the rattan chair in the front, and further forward, there were servant women standing in four rows, whether it was the steward in the front and back, or the steward in the backyard, none of them fell.

In order, take turns to step forward and introduce yourself. Tingxue and Yingxue sat on the side, and the two of them worked hard to write and take turns to record. Mama Tang was holding the roster, comparing them one by one, Ning Nian didn't say a word, and after listening, she only nodded and signaled for the next one.

This kind of somewhat cold attitude made the servants below even more apprehensive, and no one dared to underestimate this new lady. Although she was young and had just entered the door, behind her was the old lady of the original family. If you don't see it, you just recognize your face, and the old lady is afraid that others will bully her granddaughter-in-law, so she wants to take care of it on the side?

"The old slave is the master of the kitchen, and he is good at soup, whether it is to nourish qi or nourish blood, if the young grandmother wants to drink soup, just let people talk to the old slave." The grandmother in her thirties was dressed plainly, with a round and chubby face, looking very rich, and she had the courage to secretly look at Ning Nianzhi's face, and then bowed and retreated. Behind her, it's still on the stove.

"Everyone is also an old man in the house, and the rules that should be known should also be known, so I won't say more, everything is according to the previous rules." After everyone finished introducing themselves, Ning Nianzhi spoke, slowly glancing at all the people, she has lived two lifetimes, and she knows that the servants of this family have eyes on the top of their heads, sometimes bigger than the shelf of being the master.

Especially the servants in the family are almost all born in the family, from generation to generation, there may be loyalty, but there must be careful thinking, and there are more gangs, and you can get involved in kinship with a turn.

"I won't talk about it today, how it was in the past, how it was in the past, it's still how it is, it's just that from tomorrow, before the morning hour, I have to get here." Ning Nianzhi raised his hand and clicked on the pair of cards placed next to him: "What's the matter, and then get the pair of cards." Do you hear them all? ”

"Yes, young grandmother." The voice of the answer was quite neat, Ning Nianzhi waved his hand, everyone saluted together, and then retired. Ning Nianzhi turned his head and looked at the old lady with a smile: "Grandmother, how am I doing today?" Are you okay? ”

The old lady also smiled, nodded, and reached out to rub Ning Nianzhi's hair: "It's very good, everything that should be said has been said, and it also shows the momentum of everyone's daughters-in-law. ”

raised his hand again and patted the account book: "The previous accounts, can they all be sorted out?" ”

Ning Nianzhi nodded: "Because a few years ago, there was a war on the side of Yuncheng, and the accounts in those years were a little messy, and I don't know if I miscalculated or what's going on, there are 100,000 taels of silver, and I don't know where I went." ”

The old lady frowned slightly: "One hundred thousand taels? But the old man's seal was stamped? ”

Ning Nianzhi shook his head: "No, if there is a grandfather's seal, the granddaughter-in-law will not say this." "It's similar to the Ning family, there is an account every year that can't be recorded on the surface, but this is not something that anyone can take away, and it has to have the old man's seal.

The old lady's brows furrowed even tighter, she didn't care about the war in the first two years, and then she was busy preparing for Yuan Dongliang's marriage, and then she got sick later, and she really didn't find that there was a problem in the account book.

"Is the whole sum gone, or is there a cat on the ledger?" The old lady asked, Ning Nianzhi couldn't help laughing, and leaned closer to the old lady: "It's still grandmother who is wise and wise, in a word, this money is in an account, and it disappears little by little." ”

That is, it was not taken away, but embezzled. The old lady sighed, who did this, there is no need to guess. It's either a second bedroom or a third bedroom, or two people join forces.

She was short of energy at that time, for fear that the second room would be the only one, so she let the third room assist from the side, which was a balance. But I didn't expect that even if it was balanced, it couldn't be leveled.

"Grandmother, should we want this money or not?" Ning Nianzhi asked, at the beginning, on the accounts of the Ning family, what disappeared was fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver, although Ning Zhen and Ning Xiao are not not not mothers, but they are also fathers, and the old man Ning has always been impartial, and he never felt that as the eldest son, he should let the second son go, so for the sake of the old man, Ma Xinrong would rather not pursue this matter.

But in the original home, this matter cannot be generalized. The second uncle and the third uncle are not the brothers of their father-in-law, on the contrary, maybe the death of their father-in-law is also the intervention of those two biological mothers. If you don't look at the enemy, even if Yuan Dongliang is generous and kind and can tolerate people, there is no reason to give them 100,000 taels of silver for white flowers.

Therefore, Ning Nianzhi is inclined to give this money out. However, whether she said this matter or not, it depends on what the old lady means.

At this time, Ning Nianzhi looked at the old lady with a blank eye: "In the realm of Cloud City, can you buy a house for 100,000 taels of silver?" ”

The old lady was still frowning, but she couldn't help laughing: "What, you want to buy a house?" ”

"It's not, I just feel that such a big house is gone out of thin air, and I'm a little distressed." Ning Nianzhi didn't hide her thoughts, the old lady saw that she didn't hide it, obviously she regarded herself as a person to rely on, she liked it more and more, nodded and said: "You're right, the huge two or three mansions just disappeared out of thin air, it's really heart-wrenching, you can rest assured, this silver, grandmother will help you come back." ”

Ning Nianyi was surprised that the house in Cloud City seemed to be quite cheap, and on the other hand, he was a little worried: "Grandmother, otherwise, let's sum up this matter?" Otherwise, on my grandfather's side, I'm afraid it's hard to say. ”

"What is this, our evidence is conclusive, catch the thief and take the stolen goods, your grandfather has to endure it even if he is unhappy, otherwise, in this family, anyone can reach out and make a profit, who can take care of the house in the future? I'm afraid that the original family is going to be messed up, and although your grandfather is not a smart person, he didn't come home in a daze. The old lady is very bold, but Ning Nianzhi couldn't help laughing, she can be stationed in Xijiang for decades, except for being sick before, and being taken by Xiliang Cloud City, the old man has hardly suffered too much defeat in his life, so he is still not smart?

That own father, when he was captured by the people of Northern Xinjiang, is it considered that his father is too stupid?

"The inner house is unstable, but the housekeeper is taboo, your grandfather will understand." The old lady patted her hands and got up: "I've been sitting for so long, I'm afraid that the two of them won't be able to come back to eat today, so just let the two of us eat whatever we want to eat." ”

While speaking, he pulled Ning Nianzhi out of the door, and talked to Ning Nianzhi in a rambling manner: "The in the kitchen is the old man of our family, her mother, her grandmother, are all the ladies in charge of the stove." At the beginning, her mother was because she followed her grandmother to learn to cook, so she married her father, and then this craft was passed down, and when it came to the, the cooking skills were already no one could match, not that I boasted, in Cloud City, I wanted to find a better skill, it was impossible. ”

As he spoke, he lowered his voice: "The good chef who does it outside wants this amount a month!" The old lady stretched out her hand and gestured a number, and Ning Nianzhi looked surprised: "So many? ”

"Yes, so, our family can't miss the monthly salary for." The old lady nodded, seemingly casually talking about some idle things in the house, but in fact, it was also full of some pointers: "And her mother, although she is old and doesn't do it in our house, but she also wants to give some rewards for the New Year's holidays." ”

Merit must be rewarded, and the three generations of' ancestors and grandchildren are loyal, and the main family naturally can't chill their hearts. At the same time, the old lady's meaning is also that the are credible, and the things in the kitchen can be entrusted to the.

Ning Nianzhi nodded hurriedly: "That's great, my granddaughter-in-law doesn't have any other preferences, except for occasionally riding horses to practice martial arts, I also like to eat something delicious......

As soon as the words fell, the old lady couldn't help laughing: "I still remember your cousin, who is not big, but I don't know where to get such a big appetite, and I can't see my stomach support up no matter how much I eat, if I am not afraid of hurting her body, I really want to make a big banquet, so that I can see how much your cousin can eat." Speaking of which, your cousin is also married, right? ”

"My grandmother has a good memory, and my cousin went out a few months before me." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile: "She has a good temperament, cheerful and lively, and she doesn't have any worries in her heart, when I went out, it happened that my cousin's grandmother came home to deliver a letter, saying that my cousin has a body, counting the days, and she will be born around April next year." ”

At this age, the old lady also likes to listen to other people's happy events, and she couldn't close her mouth with a smile: "That's great, you remember to remind me when you look back, I also like that little girl very much, and when the time comes, I will definitely send a congratulatory gift." ”

"Don't worry, grandmother, I'll remind you when the time comes." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, when he arrived at the main courtyard, not long after he sat down, Yuan Jingjing in the third room came over with Yuan Min, Yuan Jingjing is a concubine, and her temperament is more lively and cheerful, Yuan Xiu is a concubine, but she seems a little timid, and she doesn't dare to raise her head after Yuan Jingjing.

"Why did you two get here?" The old lady is very rare, Yuan Jingjing came over with crooked eyebrows and hugged the old lady's arm and coquettishly: "Grandmother really forgets the old person when she has a new person, since the eldest sister-in-law entered the door, our sisters and sisters have become the grass on the side of the road, and we can no longer get the pity of our grandmother." I can't help it, my sister and I miss our grandmother too much, so we can only be cheeky to see my grandmother, if my grandmother has any delicious lunch here, we have to give some to our sisters. ”

Originally, this sounded like accusing the old lady of being eccentric, but Yuan Jingjing looked sweet, spoke with a little coquettish and innocent, and her voice seemed to be a little sweet, but it was more like she was coquettish, which made people not annoyed.

The old lady was not annoyed, but said with a smile: "You monkey, you are going to say kiss in the blink of an eye, but you still like to be jealous like children!" And rest assured, grandmother, there will be no shortage of food for your sisters, and no matter when you come, you will be fed. ”

Yuan Jingjing's eyes narrowed when he smiled: "That's great, I just want to eat the money cloud legs made by, grandmother, you can let make this at noon." As he spoke, his eyes rolled and fell on Ning Nianzhi, and he smiled again: "My sister-in-law is from the capital, I'm afraid I haven't eaten this authentic money cloud leg, and I just happened to taste it today." ”

Ning Nianzhi nodded with a smile and glanced at the old lady, neither of them hiding the smile in their eyes. With Yuan Dongliang's temperament, he couldn't wait to send any good things to Ning Nianzhi before, and naturally there were delicious specialties here in Cloud City.

Yuan Jingjing only thought that her grandmother liked herself, and felt that what she said was right, so she laughed, leaned next to Ning Nianzhi and asked curiously, blinking her eyes, "Is there anything delicious over there in the capital?" Will my sister-in-law cook special dishes from the capital? My mother is planning to teach me how to cook these days, if only my sister-in-law could guide me. ”

Without waiting for Ning Nianzhi to speak, the old lady said: "Your sister-in-law is busy, there are a lot of things in this house waiting for your sister-in-law to decide, and she doesn't have time to guide you in cooking." In the first two years, I didn't have time to look at the account books in our house, so it's just right, let your sister-in-law help you look at it during this time. ”

The old lady turned her head and looked at Ning Nianzhi with a smile, Ning Nianzhi's reaction was not slow, and she hurriedly said: "Grandmother, don't worry, I don't dare to say anything else, I will never have a problem with this account book, I was in Taixue back then, but for two whole years, I was a housekeeper who studied to read the account book, and besides, my grandmother will definitely guide me, you just look at it, this matter, I promise to do it properly." ”

Yuan Jingjing looked surprised: "Really? Taixue also learns this? I really envy my sister-in-law, I can still go to Taixue to study, but it's a pity that we don't have a female school in Cloud City, and it's too far away from the capital, and my father and mother are reluctant to send me to such a far place, hey, in fact, I also really want to have a chance, even if it's just to go to Taixue to see it twice. ”

It doesn't look like a thing that knows the accounts. Although it was a bit of a coincidence, when Ning Nianzhi and the old lady were talking, they were followed by reliable people, and they would not pass on the news, besides, how long has it been, and if you want to send the news, you have to wait for an hour or two, right?

If the two of them are suitable, they are not only testing Yuan Jingjing, but also planning to bring news to the third lady. If the second lady and the third lady join forces, it will be easiest to disintegrate from the inside. If it was just the second lady's hand, then maybe the third lady would have some evidence or something. If it was just the third lady's hand, if the person panicked, he would be able to catch the horse's feet.

At noon, the old lady really asked the to make money ham, and I have to say that even if it is the same thing, people from different places make it, and it is really different tastes. The Ning family's chef is also the best, and the one made is salty, but the one made by the is slightly sweet.

As soon as she said this, the old lady couldn't help laughing: "If you want to eat salty, you can also make it with, but this taste is probably not as good as your cook, after all, how can you say that?" Only in a way that you are familiar with can you give full play to your strengths? ”

Yuan Jingjing smiled and said, "Grandmother, do you have a specialization in the art industry?" ”

The old lady clapped her hands: "Yes, it's still quiet and knowledgeable, that's it, the taste of the capital is different from here, naturally it has its own taste, if it is a different person, it will not be authentic." ”

Yuan Xiu finally mustered up his courage: "Grandmother is right, orange is born in Huainan, orange is born in Huainan, orange is born in Huaibei......"

didn't say anything, and looked at Uehara's quiet gaze, and slowly silenced. Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, Yuan Jingjing was so terrifying? It seems that this little girl is not as sweet as it seems on the surface. If not, it won't scare my sister so much that she doesn't even dare to speak.

Of course, it is also possible that the sister here is hiding too deeply.

However, the matter of the third room has nothing to do with himself. So, Ning Nianzhi lowered his head indifferently and continued to eat his own food, although the taste is different from that in the capital, but it is indeed very delicious, grandmother is really not exaggerating, this, good craftsmanship.