"What kind of shop in the capital?"

Lee asked.

Mengbao smiled: "My daughter-in-law used the silver that Zhao's mother helped me keep to set up a shop in the capital, and the business was not bad, and I made some money." The clothes and jewelry that my mother just mentioned, as well as the gifts I brought back this time, were all bought with the money I earned from this shop. ”

Clothes, jewelry, and gifts were bought with money earned from the shop?

Li only felt that his throat was a little tight, and his breathing was a little stagnant.

Shops in the capital......

A shop that can make a lot of money!

In the hands of this Su Mengbao!

Li straightened his body, picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip of tea, and with this kung fu eyeball, his eyes turned a few times, and then put the cup down again.

"Mengbao, you don't have to play such a pretense, the shop is Azhu gave you a plate, and Azhu gave you a plate, even if you say it explicitly, I won't rob you, but the income is ......"

"If Ah Zhu gave me a plate, I would naturally say, but this shop is indeed under my dowry, why does my mother have to say that Ah Zhu gave it to me?"

Li was about to speak, when Shen Yurong beside him hurriedly said: "The dowry was all the right one!" How can you say that it is your dowry if you are not on the list! Could it be that the silver that the eldest brother gave you in private can be regarded as your dowry? ”

Meng Bao sneered and looked at Li.

Although Li frowned, he didn't say anything, which showed that he felt that his daughter was right.

Mengbao said neatly: "Then according to the meaning of the sixth sister, I used your eldest brother's silver to plate this shop?" ”

Shen Yurong pursed her lips. He whispered: "Do you know it in your own heart?" ”

"I naturally know," Mengbao raised his voice, "The shop under my plate is located on Zhuque Street in the capital, and every inch of land is expensive, and it costs nearly 20,000 taels of silver inside and out. Dare to ask your mother, when Ah Zhu left Bei'an, did you ever give him 20,000 taels? ”

Twenty thousand taels!

Li almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, and Shen Yurong almost dropped her jaw in surprise.

Shen Nanzhu had never taken so much silver from the public, and his monthly dedication could not make up this silver, even if he had some other income outside. There will never be twenty thousand taels.

"You...... You are talking nonsense! ”

Shen Yurong pointed at Mengbao and said, "It's just a shop!" Where did I use 20,000 taels of silver? ”

The best place in the Buakan Fortress area. A shop is only about 6,000 taels, even if the capital is prosperous, Shen Yurong can't believe that a shop there will cost 20,000 taels.

"If Mother and Sixth Sister don't believe me, I can show you the documents that I put down the shop at the beginning."

Mengbao said and asked the magpie next to him to fetch the papers.

"No!"

A vicissitudes of life but mellow voice came. The old lady walked in with a steady step.

"Mother...... Mother ......"

Li shivered with fright. Hurriedly stood up.

"Grandmother."

Mengbao and Shen Yurong gave salutes one after another. Just an indifference, a panic.

Old Madam Shen nodded, and asked Mother Xu to help Mengbao up.

"That's your shop. You can keep the paperwork yourself, and you don't need to show it to others. ”

Old Madam Shen sat down in Li's place and said.

Mengbao saluted again: "Yes." ”

Li Shi panicked for a while, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Mother, daughter-in-law are also ......"

"Mengbao's mother left Mengbao 20,000 taels of silver before she died, I know about this matter, you don't need to ask."

Old Madam Shen directly interrupted the Li family.

Li Shi was startled, and raised his head to look at her in disbelief.

"What? Don't you believe what I say? Do I have to prove it too? ”

The old lady's expression was frozen, and Li was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head again: "The daughter-in-law didn't mean that, the daughter-in-law said ......."

"You don't have to say anything, this shop is Mengbao's shop, and anything related to this shop from now on has nothing to do with you, and you must not ask."

It's not about you, don't ask!

It's so straightforward! It's so embarrassing!

Li's face turned red, and he still wanted to defend himself, but he didn't dare to say much because of the old lady's prestige, so he had to lower his head and snort: "The daughter-in-law is also for the good of Azhu and Mengbao, although the shop is Mengbao's, but the money earned should not be so public, which makes people misunderstand that I have a luxurious family style in Nanhou Mansion." ”

Mengbao looked innocent: "Mother, my daughter-in-law really doesn't know where to be extravagant, and I hope that my mother will make it clear." ”

Li Shi was so angry that his face was red and white, and he gritted his teeth secretly: "Aside from your own clothes and jewelry, the gifts you brought back this time are all the craftsmanship of Jiangcheng embroiderers, and many of them are made by Zhuo Niangzi herself." Of course, it is natural for you to have this filial piety and filial piety to your grandmother, but you can't afford to make all the gifts so precious. This time, I sent all the embroidery of Jiangcheng embroidery, is it possible to send it every time in the future? ”

Mengbao frowned slightly: "My daughter-in-law left Beijing in a hurry, so I had to take some things from my shop as gifts, but I didn't want my mother to misunderstand." In this case, the daughter-in-law will remember in the future that the next time she prepares a gift, the daughter-in-law will try to buy it from outside and not take it from the shop. ”

What the?

This time, not only the Li family and Shen Yurong, but even the old lady was a little surprised.

"You invited Zhuo Niangzi?"

The old lady asked.

Mengbao nodded: "Mother Zhao beside her granddaughter-in-law has some friendship with a friend of Zhuo Niangzi, please ask that friend to come forward and invite Zhuo Niangzi, otherwise where would granddaughter-in-law have such good luck." ”

The old lady nodded suddenly, with a smile on her face: "This is indeed good luck, no wonder Ah Zhu said that your shop is making money every day." With Zhuo Niangzi in charge, I am afraid that the things in your shop are in short supply. ”

Li was listening to the words of the two of them, and he only felt that the world was spinning and he didn't know where he was.

Su Mengbao set up a shop in the capital, and invited Zhuo Niangzi to the shop.

No, no, no, looking at the things she brought back this time, it must not only be Zhuo Niangzi! She also invited a lot of Jiangcheng embroidery girls!

Sky......

How could there be such good luck, how could she have such good luck!

There was a pain in the arm. Li Shi exclaimed in surprise, turned around and glared at Liu's mother fiercely: "Pinch me and do something!" ”

Mother Liu looked embarrassed, raised her eyes to look in the direction of the old lady, and then looked at her, indicating that the old lady was talking to her just now.

Li came back to his senses and hurriedly looked at the old lady, looking a little embarrassed.

The old lady frowned, and did not hide the impatience on her face at all: "Mengbao was unwell at the beginning, so her dowry was kept by you. Now that she is in good health, there is no reason for you to hold it anymore, so you will let people count the list in the past two days. Return them all to Mengbao. ”

Li's body trembled. I almost fell over.

Calculated and calculated, but the dowry of Su Mengbao in his hand was counted!

Although she knew that these things were originally Su Mengbao's, and she would have to return them to her sooner or later, she never expected that it would be in such a situation.

"Yes. The daughter-in-law got it. ”

She replied palely.

"And." The old lady's gaze looked at Shen Yurong who was standing beside her. "The six girls are now in time, but there are no rules for their behavior, and they often beak their sister-in-law. Doing so. It violates the family rules of Nanhou Mansion. After returning to his yard later, he was confined for three months, and copied the house rules, the female precepts, and the female precepts thirty times. It is not allowed to find someone else to write on your behalf, and if you find a modern pen, you should be confined for half a year and copy it 60 times until you concentrate on copying it. ”

"Grandmother!"

Shen Yurong was startled, and knelt down directly with a pop.

The Li family was also taken aback by such a severe punishment, and hurriedly said: "Mother, Rong'er is just talking about kissing, how can you let her be grounded in the mansion at this time, won't it ruin her reputation if it spreads!" ”

The old lady glanced at Li coldly: "If you say that you marry someone before you learn to manage your words and deeds, it will not only be her own reputation, but also the reputation of my Dingnanhou Mansion!" ”

"Mother's ......"

Li's heart almost sank to the bottom: "Mother, seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, this time it will be ......"

"I set the family rules of Nanhou Mansion not to be abandoned because of the Chinese New Year! She is your daughter, she has been raised by your side since she was a child, and you are also responsible for her misdeeds, and you have also copied the house rules ten times and sent them to me within three days! ”

After the old lady finished speaking, she stood up and walked out, and did not forget to take Mengbao with her before leaving.

"Mother!"

Shen Yurong hugged Li's legs with a cry: "Rong'er, don't ground!" Rong'er can't be grounded, mother! ”

She has already made an appointment with the fifth lady of the Liu Mansion and the fourth miss of the Dong Mansion to go to enjoy the lanterns together, if she can't go at that time, how should she tell them?

What should these ladies think of her if they all know that they are locked up at home for the Chinese New Year? Her reputation is still gone!

Li slumped down in her chair, and it took a while for her to come back to her senses at the sound of her crying.

"I can see it, as long as Su Mengbao comes back, I won't be able to be the master in this family!" She gritted her teeth.

Shen Yurong cried and shook her knees: "Mother, you go and beg grandmother again, you beg her, don't let me ground!" ”

"What to ask for! If it worked, how could she not have agreed just now! ”

Li roared angrily.

Shen Yurong rarely heard her mother shouting at herself so loudly, and she couldn't help but be stunned, and then cried even louder......

…………………………

Shen Yujing carefully embroidered the handkerchief in her hand with a stitch and a thread, and asked without raising her head: "Sister-in-law really said that?" ”

"Yes, Miss, the young lady said that since Madame thinks that this gift is too extravagant, then she will buy things from other people's shops in the future and bring them back to everyone, and no longer take them from her own shop."

Shen Yujing's lips hooked up a light smile, and he reached out and flipped through the five-colored silk threads in the embroidery basket: "In this way, I am afraid that some people in the East Mansion and the West Mansion will be jealous of Mrs. ......"

"But no, Zhuo Niangzi's embroidery is hard to find, although the craftsmanship of other Jiangcheng embroiderers is not necessarily better than Zhuo Niangzi, but it is also much better than ordinary embroidery girls, even if you can't get Zhuo Niangzi's, it is good to get other embroidery girls. Who knew that if Mrs. made such a stir, no one would be able to get it! ”

Shen Yujing smiled and looked up at the window: "It's not quite the same." ”

"Jiangcheng embroidery's craftsmanship is naturally different." Cui Ping said.

Shen Yujing shook her head, sister-in-law came back this time, it was not the same as before. (To be continued......)