Ma Jingren himself did not go to receive the two little girls and Chen Wenlin, after all, they are young, and they are Ma Jingren's eldest son Ma Mingsong and Ma Mingsong's wife Ma Mingsong. Wen Lin was taken to the living room by Ma Mingsong to chat, and Wen Hui and Mingzhu were led by Mrs. Ma to the women's living room.

Mingzhu is older, very polite and polite, and took the initiative to ask to meet the old lady of the Ma family. In fact, the emperor's nurse has passed away a long time ago, and now the old lady of the Ma family is Ma Jingren's wife. Mrs. Martha was very happy when she heard that the two little girls had come to see her mother-in-law.

Although their family is a merchant, they are the emperor's confidants, so they are very modest on the outside, but they are actually very proud on the inside. Now because of his identity, I'm embarrassed to take two girls from the eunuch family to meet the elders, but I'm actually very careful in my heart. Now Mingzhu is so interested in asking to meet the elders, this is not to show the general of the girls of the official eunuch family, but to treat their family as a good family, and regard themselves as juniors. Can this not please Mrs. Martha? Wen Hui also brought a gift to the old lady, a birthday cane of Nanmu, and four fine satins, not thin or thick, but full of blessings to the elders.

Mrs. Martha postponed it for a while, and then took the two little girls to see Mrs. Ma. Mrs. Ma is only in her fifties, she is well maintained, she is in good spirits, and her eyes are shining with shrewdness. Mrs. Ma was very happy to accept the visit of the two little girls, Mingzhu and Wen Hui were very beautiful, with sweet mouths, polite and thoughtful rules, which made Mrs. Ma very happy. Mrs. Ma gave the two little girls a meeting gift, each with a pair of jasper bracelets. Mingzhu glanced at Wen Hui, Wen Hui nodded slightly, and Mingzhu pulled Wen Hui to thank Mrs. Ma.

Mingzhu and Wen Hui chatted with the old lady for a while, and the old lady asked Mrs. Martha to take the two of them to visit the garden.

This walk, Wen Hui really opened her eyes, it is much more beautiful and exquisite than the park in later generations, there are pavilions and pavilions everywhere, step by step, Mingzhu smacked her tongue, and secretly said to Wen Hui: "This Ma family's garden is really big and exquisite." I see, it is no worse than the garden of the emperor's house. ”

Wen Hui said, "Have you seen the emperor's garden?" ”

Mingzhu said: "My grandmother once took me to the emperor's garden to have a look, and that time I attended a banquet held in the palace. I think this Ma family is probably richer than the emperor. ”

Wen Hui nodded and said, "The richest person in the world is the salt merchant. This Ma family is the number one salt merchant. However, there must be a reason why his garden is so beautiful and exquisite. ”

Mingzhu said: "What can be the reason for this? ”

Wen Hui didn't speak, but heard Mrs. Martha say while introducing the garden: "In our garden, many literati come to play in the garden every year, so we can't play ourselves." I haven't been shopping for a while, but I'm going to follow the two girls to go shopping today. ”

Wen Hui understood in her heart. This garden was indeed built by the emperor. It should be the Ma family who is surrounded by literati. A tool for spying on literati.

After a big turn, and they were tired, Wen Hui and Mingzhu were entertained by the eldest lady and had a very hearty meal. Then, Wen Hui saw that there was no other arrangement. So he took his leave and went back.

The Ma family stayed for a while, but they didn't insist, so they sent Wen Lin, Wen Hui, and Mingzhu back to the boat. The three of them took a boat back to Qingyang City.

On the way, it was already far away from Yangzhou City, Wen Hui asked about Wen Lin's situation, Wen Lin said: "Ma Mingsong just took me to walk around the garden and eat." I just drank tea, and I didn't say anything at all. ”

Mingzhu frowned: "This is strange, is it really to visit the garden when we rushed over?" ”

Wen Hui pursed her lips and said, "This Ma family is not simple, this time it is just familiar with us." In the future, there will naturally be something, forget it, don't think about it now, and when the time comes, the Ma family will naturally come to us when they want to talk about it. ”

Wen Lin and Mingzhu nodded, and the group quickly headed home. This time I've been out for so long, I've been homesick for a long time.

In the Ma Mansion in Yangzhou City, Ma Mingsong and Mrs. Ma were reporting in Ma Jingren's study that they had played with them.

Ma Jingren asked, "Didn't they say anything?" ”

Ma Mingsong said: "No. ”

Mrs. Martha said, "The two girls gave their mothers a salute, and her mother gave them bracelets. That's it. ”

Ma Jingren nodded.

Ma Mingsong asked, "Father, will we be done with this kind of entertainment?" Why didn't you say anything to them? ”

Ma Jingren said: "Now our Ma family is cooking oil with fire, the icing on the cake, this is because of what, this is because of the emperor." But the emperor is not young now, and if that day comes, the new monarch may not be able to tolerate us. Then our Ma family's family affairs will be over. So, I'm trying to find a way out for us. ”

Ma Mingsong immediately understood, and was very surprised and said: "Is my father not optimistic about the crown prince, but optimistic about the fourth prince?" ”

Ma Jingren said: "The four princes have emerged, I have to observe it again, now let's get a good relationship first." ”

Ma Mingsong understood.

Mrs. Martha said: "I chatted with these two little girls, this pearl girl, the rules and etiquette are very good, and Miss Wenhui is very wise." ”

Ma Jingren said: "If I am not mistaken, this little girl can become a big thing in the future." ”

Ma Mingsong said: "What big can a little girl do? ”

Ma Jingren said: "I have known such a little girl before, and now I look at it, this little girl is even more powerful than the one back then." ”

Ma Mingsong asked, "Did you know before?" What little girl did my father know before? ”

Ma Jingren said: "Chen Yuanqing. ”

Ma Mingsong frowned and said, "I haven't heard of this name, how can it be that it is also from the Chen family?" ”

Ma Jingren said: "Of course you don't know this name, but you always know Chen Guifei?" ”

Ma Mingsong suddenly realized: "It's the concubine Niangniang, this is it, the concubine Niangniang is now presiding over the harem, and even the government can influence it, this Wenhui girl is the niece of the concubine Niangniang." In this way, does my father think that she will be even more powerful than the concubine in the future? Isn't that about being a queen? ”

Ma Jingren said: "It's hard to say, it's hard to say, let's get acquainted with it now, and then we'll see later." ”

Ma Mingsong understood now.

Soon, Wen Hui and the others arrived in Qingyang City. After getting off the boat at the dock, Chen Cai and Chen Cai's family had already picked them up, and Wen Hui naturally didn't have to take care of the luggage, and the Chen family's subordinates were well-trained and quickly got it done. Transported to the house. Wen Hui and Mingzhu sat in their own carriage, admiring the prosperity of Qingyang City while leisurely returning home.

It's August now, and Wen Hui and her sisters have been away from home for almost two months. When I left, I walked from Deqing City, but when I came back, I went back to Qingyang City.

Qingyang City is bigger and more prosperous than Deqing City. The shops on both sides of the road are lined up one after another. Wen Hui and Mingzhu watched with relish. While discussing softly: "Sister, you look at Qingyang City, but it is much better than Deqing City, and there are more people selling things." ”

Wen Hui smiled and said: "Yes, it's just that it's not as prosperous as Suzhou City, and there are fewer people than Suzhou City." The houses are not as good as those in Suzhou City. Exquisite. But it's much better than Deqing City. Chen Cai's family, has my family moved to the Thorn History Mansion? How's it going there? ”

Chen Caijia said with a smile: "Girl, our family has been moving here for more than a month. Now the relationship between the lady and the ladies and girls of some big families in the city is well managed. The Thorn Mansion is very large and beautiful, and the garden is also large. There's also a small lake. The girl can live in the garden or in the yard next to the upper house. In fact, there are few people in our family, and we can't live in this place at all. ”

Wen Hui smiled and then asked, "Then have all my masters moved here?" ”

Chen Caijia said: "Master Wu, you also came along." I heard that she also plans to let her cousin open a wedding shop in Qingyang City. and Master Wu's own brother, Wu Dutou, has also been promoted, and now he is the head of the assassin history, in charge of the entire Huzhou Province. ”

Mingzhu hurriedly asked, "Aunt Chen." What about my mother? ”

Chen Caijia said: "Miss Mingzhu, Mrs. Hu originally didn't want to move in Deqing, but as a result, because Mrs. had a good relationship with the ladies in the city, she told them about the hospital. There are many rich families in Qingyang City, these ladies are kind-hearted, and they will donate enough to build a hospital immediately. Mrs. Hu was very happy to hear this, and she was anxious to come over. It's just that the money is there, but the house can't be built well for a while, so Mrs. Hu still can't come for the time being. ”

Wen Hui snickered in her heart when she heard this: There are many kind people, most of these people are people who have a good relationship with their predecessor, and they are afraid that their father will come and come to a big reckoning, so they are desperately looking for an opportunity to slap their mother, otherwise where can they be so kind to donate money to build a hospital for the poor.

Mingzhu was very happy: "It doesn't matter, my mother is impatient with these construction, building a house and other trivial matters, when my sister and I come to take over, when the time comes, Aunt Chen will help us, we will definitely build the hospital soon, and my mother will definitely come over at that time." When the time comes, we will sell the house in Deqing, buy a house in Qingyang City, and live in it, it will be much more convenient for me to visit my father. ”

Wen Hui heard her say this, glanced at Mingzhu, and thought, this is blood is thicker than water, Mingzhu's sister's father is so bad, Mingzhu still thinks about him so much.

Wen Hui said to Mingzhu: "But what about our pharmaceutical factory? Or, they can also move here, that is, those workers are all familiar with it, if they move here for a while, where can they find such a hand. Otherwise, my sister Deqing's small house will not be sold first, and our pharmacy will be opened first, and in Qingyang City, we will open a new store. ”

Mingzhu said, "Well, my sister has a good idea. In fact, the money on hand is still very abundant, after all, we have sold a lot of pills because of the drought relief before, and it should be enough to buy a small house and build a pharmaceutical factory. Just don't you know that the housing prices in Qingyang City are high? “

Chen Caijia smiled and said, "Taller." ”

Wen Hui said: "It's okay if it's high, it's a big deal that we borrow from Wangjia Bank, I believe that Sister Caiyu won't dare not lend to us." ”

The two girls burst into laughter.

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