Mrs. Kong Liu shook her head and said, "I didn't go to the front, but I interrogated a few of my companions in the backyard. However, they are not really to blame for this. As soon as they found out that the carriage was being pulled out, they immediately stopped it and did not let it go, but they were pulled away by the servants of the family. Later, when I wanted to go out to tell us, I was stopped by the porter and refused to let us out. It's hard to imagine that the minions of our Kong family are really bold! ”

Mrs. Kong lowered her head and couldn't say anything, she said too much, so that people didn't think that she was dissatisfied with the eldest lady's housekeeper. She used to be dissatisfied with the eldest lady, but now she has her own business and makes a lot of money. If you are in a good mood, you can close your eyes to some chronic illnesses at home, and you can also turn a blind eye to some of the slaves who are tired of you and want to die.

Fortunately, her master is a fourth-grade official who is not big or small, and her mother's family is also a powerful person, and those minions don't dare to be too presumptuous in front of her, let alone bully themselves like bullying the sixth brother and daughter-in-law. Otherwise, she doesn't care what the eldest lady has to face, and she will turn her upside down.

Just as Mrs. Kong looked up and was about to say something to divert the topic, Ah Jing came over from her courtyard. She curtsy to her second aunt and her mother, and only began to greet her when she stood up straight: "Hello second aunt!" Why did you come here at this time? ”

Mrs. Kong said with a smile: "The second aunt just came to see, how much money has our family Ah Jing earned?" ”

Ah Jing smiled shyly, but her mother helped her out: "Ah Jing is just waiting to get married, so it stands to reason that she shouldn't help me, but her sister-in-law opened her mouth, so I let her go." I've been there for two or three months, but I haven't touched the door! I know how much turnover I collect in a day, and what other wages and losses, raw materials for seafood, horse feed money, oil and salt, and firewood are the accounts in and out. She still doesn't know anything, what should she do? said that they would get married at the end of the year. But she's leaving in September. There are only two or three months left for her to learn, how can this be in time? I'm dying of sorrow! Why do you think this kid is stupid like this? ”

Mrs. Kong naturally knew that her brother-in-law was a modest statement. didn't follow her words and said that Ah Jing was not stupid. Instead, when he heard that Mrs. Kong Liu had counted the horse feed money, she asked strangely, "Huh! Does anyone in your stall still take a carriage? ”

"That's right! I'm weird too! You and your two nieces have opened two restaurants, it stands to reason that you should go to your restaurant, I don't know why, according to the horse breeder, now there are more people coming by carriage than before! ”

Mrs. Kong frowned, and said, "If you're okay, you'd better go to the horse farm, don't let the horse breeder fool you." That's a lot of money every day! ”

They are all in the inner city, and the forage for the horses is not easy to bring in, so they all use good things such as soaked soybeans and boiled corn to feed the horses. These feeds for horses are counted as consumption in big restaurants like Grandma Qin and Mrs. Kong, and there is no additional charge. But Mrs. Kong Liu can't avoid it, her family's seafood, the fee is already low, and if you don't get the horse feed money away, you won't even be able to get the capital back.

Therefore, she immediately denied Mrs. Kong's statement: "You can't fool it!" My family's horse feed is all counted as money, and I can collect a few taels of silver a day! ”

"Ouch! I really don't see it. Brother and sister, you are a calculating master! ”

"That's it! Hahaha" smug laughter burst out.

Ah Jing came over and wanted to ask her sister about using her carriage, why did she make such a fuss? The slaves and maids in the family almost turned upside down, and even the third and fourth aunts were implicated? ! As a result, the second aunt and her mother only cared about business, and they talked so lively. She didn't even have a chance to speak. I'm not depressed!

Finally, when the second aunt got up and left after laughing, Ah Jing was able to talk to her mother: "Mother! Why is this so hard today? Why are the third and fourth aunts also implicated? ”

Because my aunt finally has no power to press on her head, Mrs. Kong Liu's mentality is very good now. When my daughter talked about it. She didn't have anger and resentment, but explained to her daughter in a good mood: "I didn't poke this thing." I'm still interrogating in my own yard! Listening to what your second aunt said, it seems that your fifth uncle's Xin'er went to the old lady. It was also your sister-in-law who died herself. Usually her aunt bullied me, forget it, she is good, and she squeezes Xin'er across the house, this time Xin'er seized the opportunity, can she not retaliate against her?

Your third and fourth aunts are not specifically targeting you to help them! It was also today that your second aunt talked about it and I only found out, do you remember that day when your fourth aunt's Yun'er wanted to entertain her with those handkerchiefs and let you go over to help?! ”

"Yes! Was there a reason for that day? Ah Jing is not stupid, as soon as she heard her mother's words, she knew that that day would definitely not be a simple little thing for the little girls to get together with handkerchiefs.

"For a reason, of course! That day, it was actually your second aunt who had helped the Wang family pick a few girls and made an appointment to determine one. As a result, I didn't expect your sister-in-law to take a fancy to you alone. Because your second aunt is tight-mouthed, even your fourth aunt and your second aunt don't know about it. Who knew that this matter actually made your sister-in-law's aunt see the spearhead, and she guessed it right. She provoked in front of your fourth aunt: said that the Wang family was originally optimistic about Yun'er, and it was you who used tricks to take away Yun'er's relatives. ”

Ah Jing looked at her mother in surprise, she really didn't know about it. If that's the case, it can really make her fourth aunt angry, and no one who is a mother can stand her daughter's family affairs being robbed.

"That! Then the fourth aunt believed it? ”

"How can your fourth aunt believe it so easily, isn't this just a question for your second aunt. Your second aunt had to say everything, but it turned out to make your second aunt's cousin very annoyed. ”

The more Ah Jing listened, the more confused she became: "What does this have to do with the second master's aunt?" Forget it, don't talk about it! I don't want to know what's going on anymore! ”

Mrs. Kong Liu said helplessly: "You better let me finish!" I said keep it simple, okay?! At the beginning, your second aunt picked three: one was her daughter who got along well with her handkerchief when she was a girl at home; One is the daughter of her fifth brother; One is the daughter of your second grandfather's aunt.

Your third aunt and your aunt are cousins, and the relationship is very good. Your cousin is angry, and of course your third aunt will not be happy. Although your fourth aunt no longer blames you for robbing Yun'er's relatives, she begins to blame you for not giving Yun'er some benefits. What she meant was to say: After all, Yun'er invited you there, otherwise you wouldn't be able to get this family business.

Alas! I didn't know there was so much more to it! If only I knew I had it all in the morning. Otherwise, your third and fourth aunts would not have stood by and let their mother and daughter get the carriage out of the door today.

Ming'er, don't worry about business, go to Qilin Pavilion to buy two sets of gold jewelry and give them to Yun'er and your third aunt. What your third aunt does when she gets the jewelry, you don't care. ”

Ah Jing nodded, "Okay!" I'll do it tomorrow! Mother, do you want to call Shangyun Mei to come with me? ”

"You can do it yourself! Look at this mess in our family, and then think about your future in-laws, how to think about it! You're not bad! Ay! I heard that their Wang family is not allowed to take concubines, and I don't know if it's true or a gimmick to find a good relative! "Mrs. Kong Liu has always felt that Mrs. Kong's statement that the Wang family is not allowed to take concubines is unreliable.

In the future in-law's family, Ah Jing has only seen the second sister-in-law, the third sister-in-law, the fourth sister-in-law and her own fourth sister, all of whom are powerful characters, and it is estimated that a few brothers will not dare to take concubines, right? ! Ah Jing secretly laughed in her heart, the smile on her face just rose, and soon remembered that there was a commotion outside, begging for mercy, beating the board, and kneeling and kowtowing, so she couldn't laugh at all.

"Mother! You said, did your grandfather want to cure these house slaves a long time ago with such fanfare today? It's just a matter of wagons today? If that's the case, will people say I'm too ruthless? ”

"Don't think about it, such a big thing is what you can do? Even the dirty water can't hit you! Go back and rest early! When you go to Qilin Pavilion tomorrow, keep your eyes bright, don't let people be sloppy. ”

"Yes! Then I'll go back, and my mother will rest early! ”

Outsiders know that the dowry of the daughter of the Kong family is used before the person gets married, and many people want to joke before they have time, and they heard that the Kong family has sold a large number of slaves and maids. The ins and outs of the aftermath can naturally be inquired clearly, and in a family full of slaves, nothing can be covered. Ah Jing's sister's family, because this matter spread, naturally there was no follow-up.

Ah Jing Shumei hated the old lady for being too cruel to her, but she didn't want to think about how many years of good reputation that the Confucian Mansion had accumulated would be ridiculed and despised by many people in the capital because of her ignorance? !

The folk farce did not affect the court, and the court controversy on this day was particularly hot.

"Holy! Lao Chen opposes the exchange of trade with Western Xinjiang, and how many people have been burned, killed and robbed by the people of Western Xinjiang for so many years. Now they are still opening a market near their mouths, isn't this sending them to the door to ask them to rob it? ”

"Holy! Chen thinks this move is feasible! ”

What they are arguing about is the excerpt played by the prefect of Lanzhou, which is to open two trade markets outside the border cities of Western Xinjiang specifically for the people of Western Xinjiang.

This matter cannot be debated in a day or two to come to a conclusion, but the emperor has already made up his mind about it. The reason why he took it to the court was just to give these ministers a signal: I am going to open an account in the western Xinjiang.

And the prefect of Lanzhou, who fried a pot of hot oil in the court hall of the capital, seems to have forgotten the recital he sent all the way to the capital. He began to plan to use the money obtained from the crackdown on bandits to overhaul water conservancy, transportation, school buildings and other projects.

In fact, Xiaolong did not believe what his sister-in-law said, 'If you want to get rich, build a road first', it is not of great use to build a road here, but it is a waste. However, the official road from Fucheng to Qujiaao needs to be overhauled, because he will focus on both sides of this road as the focus of land reclamation.

Originally, I thought that there would be no water conservancy project here that could make a difference. But I heard from my sister-in-law that you can dig machine wells, build dark rivers, and follow the traces of mudslides or small streams to find reservoirs, mountaintop lakes, dammed lakes, self-gushing springs, snow-capped mountains, icebergs, and other places where there is water. Thinking that there could be so many places and ways to get water, he was hopeful for a place where drought and flash floods coexisted strangely. (To be continued.) )