At the time of the autumn harvest, due to a heavy rain, all the fields in Jixian County and the surrounding counties were not harvested. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Even because of this natural disaster, the business of shops in the city has been greatly affected. The eldest old man was in a hurry, and he couldn't afford to get sick. The eldest lady was busy and it was easy to get the medicine ready. Seeing that the eldest master's illness had improved, he didn't want to cause the price of grain in the city to skyrocket because of this natural disaster, and even cut off the supply of goods for a while.

Due to the lack of funds in the past, the shogunate was unable to purchase winter grain in time. We had to wait for grain prices to stabilize a little and buy winter grain at a price twice as high as in previous years. For this reason, the eldest lady cut the degree of use in the house. The eldest man just saw the improvement of his body, and because of this incident, his condition was aggravated.

But fortunately, the medication was timely, and the illness for more than ten days slowly began to improve. On this day, the eldest man felt a little weaker, and as soon as he sat up, he saw the second sister returning to her parents' house with red and swollen eyes.

"The father is seriously ill, and the daughter can't do her filial piety before bed, and I feel ashamed!" The second sister hasn't seen her father these days, but she doesn't want to hear that her father is sick as soon as she comes back. knelt in front of the old man's bed, and wept with self-blame.

"It's just a little more impatient, but it's not a big deal. What happened when you came back? "For this daughter, the eldest man can't say what feelings he has, that is, he is not as loving as the fourth sister, nor is he as cold as the fifth sister.

"Yes, my daughter shouldn't have bothered her father at this time, but my father-in-law asked my daughter to come back and ask you, what decrees does the court have to benefit the people in this natural disaster?" Seeing that her father did not blame, the second sister got up.

"The hardest hit this time is only Jixian County and several surrounding counties, which are nothing at all in the eyes of the imperial court. And this is the fief of King Qing, even if there is any decree, it depends on the meaning of King Qing's mansion. I've been at home these days because of illness, but I haven't received any news, you go back first, if there is any news, I will order someone to send a letter to my in-laws. It's not easy to live in any of these families, don't cry at every turn, even your luck will be worse if you cry too much! Although he didn't have any feelings for this daughter, after all, as a father, he still sent the person back after one more admonition.

When Aunt Xu learned that her daughter was back, she wanted to find an excuse to talk to her daughter. But she didn't want her daughter to just see the eldest man, so she went back to Cheng's house. Standing in front of the mansion and looking at the carriage in the distance, my heart was very empty.

When the second sister came back, the eldest lady naturally wanted to complain in front of the master, "Master, you are so sick, these second sisters don't say that they came back to see you, but they are for the Cheng Mansion to find out the news, this concubine is a daughter who has no relatives!" ”

"Okay, the water spilled by the married daughter is like this for every family. In the future, when the fourth sister gets married, she will also focus on her husband's family! "The eldest lady went home to ask for help, and in the end, she only asked for a hundred catties of rice noodles, so the eldest lady didn't pay attention to the eldest lady's complaints.

"How can the fourth sister be the same, that is the daughter of our in-laws, and I will definitely find a solid and kind family for her at that time!" In the eyes of the eldest lady, Na Cheng Mansion cannot be compared with her daughter's future husband's family at all. When I chose Cheng Fu, I took a fancy to Cheng Fu's family wealth, thinking that I could become an arm of my eldest son in the future. After all, their family is not good at business.

For the selfishness of the eldest lady, Mu Qian had long been accustomed to it, and as soon as he waved his hand, he lay back again, and after sitting for a while, he felt very tired. The eldest lady didn't say more, got up and went out to serve medicine for the eldest lady.

When the eldest lord's body healed and it was winter, the mansions began to be busy preparing for the New Year's goods again. Because Cao Yangming won the fame this year, after entering the winter, Fang took his son back to his parents' house, planning to spend this year at his parents' house. The absence of the two Fang clans is just the absence of two people to eat, which does not help the shogunate's shortage of silver.

The eldest lady frowned, looked at the account book in her hand, since Tian Ma left, Jincui has become more and more popular with the eldest lady, and now she has replaced Tian Ma and become the eldest lady's confidant, "Madam, you have been watching for almost an hour, let's have a cup of tea and eat some snacks to rest!" ”

"I also want to rest, but if you look at this account, it is all a loss, and the Grange is damaged due to natural disasters, but there is not even a profit-making family on this shop, how can you tell me not to worry. Over the years, in order to help the master raise a house, there is not much cash left in my hand. This year, they all used it to buy winter food. Seeing that I want to prepare New Year's gifts for the provinces, what do you want me to give as gifts? "The eldest lady was so anxious that her hair turned white, and when it came to this time in previous years, although she was also very tight on hand, she had not yet run out of money. But this year is not just tight, but not at all.

"There should be a lot of things in the treasury in the house, Madame might as well use those things as New Year's gifts first, and then buy a new one when you have a lot of money!" Jin Cui knew that those things were to be left for the eldest young master to marry, but there was no other good way at the moment.

"Peng'er's things there, you can't move anything, these days there are a lot of mansions who have handed over the message, and they are very satisfied with Peng'er, and I still want to settle Peng'er's family affairs at the beginning of spring next year. These things should be used as a dowry, and none of them will work! "The eldest lady has no choice, the eldest son's things can't be moved, and the only thing that can be moved is the dowry prepared for the fourth sister, "You go and bring the account of my private treasury, the fourth sister's family affairs are still early, so I have to take the things in the private treasury first!" ”

"Yes!" Jincui answered the call to find the account book, and the eldest lady glanced in the direction of the backyard through the back window. Over the years, Aunt Cheng has sold everything in her hands. Although the old man has sent things to the backyard for more than a year, they are not anything valuable. So the backyard can't be counted on, but the aunts in the inner courtyard still have some good things in their hands.

Jincui took out the account book, and when she turned around, she saw the calculating eyes of the eldest lady, and even her eyes were shining, which made her heart tense inexplicably. Tian's mother died because of the eldest lady's calculations, and now she has become the lady's confidant, and she has to do anything else. Could it be that she will follow in the footsteps of Tian Ma?

The eldest lady calculated again and again, and still wanted to scavenge some from the aunts first, and if it was really not enough, she would come out of her own private vault. If you have an idea, you naturally have to discuss it with the eldest master first. After all, even if she is the head of the house, she can't touch the private treasury of her aunts, but it's different when the eldest master comes forward. Even if the aunts don't want to, they will take some out of it. When the time comes, she will light a fire again, even if she can't defraud her aunt of all the good things in her hand, she will be able to make up 1,800 taels of silver.

Before dinner, all the houses came to greet him, and the eldest lord and the eldest lady were already sitting on the upper seats and waiting. When Mu Chenxue helped Aunt Cheng into the house, she felt a tense atmosphere in the air, and reminded her mother in a suppressed voice not to talk too much, everything has her. (To be continued.) )