When Mrs. Meng heard Teng Yuanniang say that her monthly money was one hundred taels of silver, she was shocked, and the teacup in her hand fell down, wetting the crimson dress with golden begonias.

She loved the dress so much that she screamed and stood up, the corners of her lips twitching a little.

"Are you alright?" Teng Yuanniang pretended to be concerned, but in fact she was very happy, and she just had to laugh out loud.

Teng Yuanniang bit her lip lightly and tried her best to hold back.

Second Mrs. Meng's maids heard the movement and rushed in.

Yizhu stood in front of these maids, and said unhappily: "Go out, there are no rules!" ”

The maids really didn't dare to move, they all stopped at the door, and didn't dare to continue to go inside.

Mrs. Meng ignored the broken porcelain on the ground and wiped her skirt with a handkerchief.

Her skirt was soaked, falling from her crotch, as if urinating on her body, very embarrassed. The tea stains are obvious, and I don't know if they can be washed off.

"I don't have a dress for you at home, so what can I do?" Teng Yuanniang is embarrassed.

She didn't want to take her mother's or grandmother's clothes to Mrs. Meng Er.

Her mother and grandmother's skirts had patches, and only one or two good ones were pressed to the bottom of the box, and they were worn only during the New Year's holidays.

Once it is changed, Mrs. Meng is afraid that she will throw away those clothes as tatters when she turns back, and it is estimated that she will not send them back.

Where does Mrs. Meng know the hardships of the poor?

Teng Yuanniang's mother and grandmother went back and forth with just a few skirts, Teng Yuanniang made money, let them buy it, they refused to live or die, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were used to being simple, and they had to save money to buy a family business.

At the same time, Teng Yuanniang is also a bit of a girl's prank. wanted to trick Mrs. Meng and deliberately make things difficult for her.

"It doesn't matter." Second Mrs. Meng's crying face slowly turned around, trying her best to show her calm and elegant.

It's just that she didn't behave very well, and her expression seemed to be crying instead of laughing, which was very funny.

She wore a long crimson dress, which was made of the finest silk cloth in Suzhou this year, and a piece of cloth was worth eighty taels of silver.

Moreover, her skirt, with begonias embroidered with gold thread, is very particular about workmanship. I'm afraid that the finished product will be worth three or four hundred taels of silver.

Rich people. Skirts of three or four hundred and twenty-one are also luxuries. It's not much to wear usually, and you can afford to wear it, but if you break it, it hurts.

I don't know if this tea stain can be washed away.

Mrs. Meng has only worn this dress for the second time, and she likes it for the second time. Now that's it. She gasped. All the internal organs were faintly twitching pain.

It's too much to lose!

She didn't have time to vent, the dress was soiled by herself.

Mrs. Meng called out to her maid, and said to the maid in a steady voice: "Go back and get a skirt for me." ”

She tried to be as steady as she could. Lu Luo still heard a little trill.

How to explain that you have to go home to pick up your clothes and change them when you come to someone's house? The maid hesitated, touched the eyes of Second Mrs. Meng, and turned around.

The maid went to get the clothes, and Mrs. Meng Er was not easy to leave, although she had nothing to talk about.

"One hundred taels a month?" Second Mrs. Meng didn't want to look at her skirt anymore, otherwise her heart hurt even more, she shifted her attention and remembered Teng Yuanniang's monthly money, still shocked, "Is it true?" ”

If it is true, then the Meng family will not be able to pry Teng Yuanniang if they give fifty taels.

I have to think again!

While feeling sorry for her skirt, Mrs. Meng was thinking about Teng Yuanniang's price, and her thoughts turned a thousand times.

When her mind was turning, Lu Luo was also chatting with Teng Yuanniang.

What they talked about, Mrs. Meng didn't listen to a word.

"In another four or five days, this batch of cloth will be all dyed, and then the summer cloth will be completed." Teng Yuanniang said to Lu Luo.

Mrs. Meng suddenly heard this.

"This batch of cloth?" Mrs. Meng asked in astonishment, "What cloth?" ”

"It's white grey cloth." Teng Yuanniang smiled, "The one we use in the dyeing workshop is naturally white grey cloth." ”

"You" Second Mrs. Meng's face turned pale, and she just stood up and exclaimed, "Where did you get the white grey cloth?" ”

"Chang from the family." Teng Yuanniang smiled and said, "We are now entering white grey cloth from the Chang family. ”

Mrs. Meng was struck by lightning.

When the maid came with her dress, she changed her clothes and went home.

Her self-confidence was shattered.

Along the way, she hung her head.

In the evening, her husband returned, and as soon as he entered the door, he waited for the idlers, and the couple talked privately.

Seeing that Mrs. Meng was like a frosted eggplant, Mr. Meng asked, "How are things going?" asked you to invite Teng Yuanniang to go on a cruise, did she agree? ”

Mrs. Meng bought Teng Yuanniang, and today she came to the door to invite Teng Yuanniang as a guest.

In this way, Second Master Meng can see her.

After meeting, you can promise any heavy profits, and invite Teng Yuanniang over first.

"Promise what?" Second Mrs. Meng's chest was stuffy, and she couldn't catch her breath when she spoke, "I didn't say it at all!" ”

"Why don't you say it?" Second Master Meng's face sank slightly.

This little thing can't be done, it's really not a virtuous helper!

"I was treated as a monkey show, and after watching the excitement, what else did I say?" Mrs. Meng was also angry, and her temper came up, without any elegance outside, and her words were violent.

The two of them, the west wind overwhelms the east wind, and whoever has a hard temper will have the upper hand.

Today, Mrs. Meng's temper is very hard.

"You said you had everything done! You agreed with the Wang family and cut off the supply of Qiansizhai; You also found out that the Lu family treats Teng Yuanniang badly, and the Teng family is so poor that they drink gruel! Second Mrs. Meng was very angry, "As a result, it's not like what you said!" ”

Second Master Meng was also slightly stunned.

The second master Meng and the eldest master are brothers, their father is still alive, but he has been bedridden for five years, and the doctor said that he can't last this year.

Second Master Meng has long wanted to split up and go out alone, and the second wife also has this intention.

The two of them waited for the old lady to breathe, and then they divided their due property and reopened the cloth.

Second Master Meng was far-sighted.

He heard about Qiansizhai, and he also wanted to take the road of Luluo and use the high price to win attention and public opinion.

Therefore, he also needs the most powerful dyeing master, so he thought of Teng Yuanniang.

Second Master Meng is not an uncle who is not afraid of Lu Luo, but he doesn't want to come forward himself.

He wanted Teng Yuanniang to take the initiative to leave Lu Luo and come to Meng's house.

Even if Lu Luo hates, he can only hate Teng Yuanniang. Besides, Second Master Meng has been currying favor with a Beijing official recently, often giving silver, and he hopes that someone will help him speak and win the imperial merchant when the time comes.

So, he has nothing to fear.

Second Mrs. Meng was angry and told Second Master Meng about Teng Yuanniang.

The white grey cloth of the dyeing workshop was broken, and people purchased it from Chang's house in a blink of an eye; Teng Yuanniang's monthly example is already ridiculously high, and it is impossible for the Meng family to give it higher.

"If you find a way to meet Teng Yuanniang, you will say that we are willing to give five hundred taels of monthly money!" Second Master Meng gritted his teeth and said.

"Are you crazy?" Second Mrs. Meng was furious, "How much money can you make a year, and you want to lose like this?" ”

"I have my own ideas, you listen to me" Second Master Meng smiled, comforted his wife, and told the second wife his plan.

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(To be continued.) )