Chen Wenhui said: "What my mother said is very true, but what is the way, a filial piety hat is pressed down, and my father can only admit it, that is, we are out of the clan this time, and we are still the descendants of our grandfather, and we can't help but respect my grandfather." ”

Chen Caijia nodded and said, "Hey, yes." After all, Mrs. and Master are filial people, and since we are not short of these money, we naturally still have to think of giving some silver to make the old lady more comfortable. However, if this silver is for the old lady, I won't say anything, but most of the 20,000 taels a year are for the eldest master, and the second master spends it, which is really annoying. As soon as I came back, I heard that there were many more concubines in the eldest master's house, and there were not many concubines in the second master's family, but the young masters in the second master's family had a lot of concubines in each room. ”

Chen Wenhui's words were not easy to understand, and Chen Cai's family also thought of it, and he shouldn't have said these things in front of the girl, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Actually, the old lady is still very good to our third room." Back then, when our lord went out of Beijing, he sold all the dowry of his wife and did not have enough silver, we had no way, my lord asked my family to contact a loan shark, ready to borrow money out of Beijing, the old lady quietly sent 5,000 taels of silver, so there was no use to borrow usury. Therefore, now the lord and the lady endure everything for the sake of the old lady. ”

Chen Wenhui didn't know about this matter and asked: "Why is there a special loan shark for Beijing officials?" ”

Chen Caijia said: "No, these people specialize in this business." Many Beijing officials stayed in the capital and did not make any money, so they borrowed usury to spend money to dredge up relations, find a real shortage of foreign officials, and wait until they took office to earn money to pay off their debts. ”

This Chen Wenhui understands, it seems that his father planned to do the same back then. Fortunately, the grandfather still remembered his son and quietly sent silver, which also reminded Wen Hui of the bright appearance of his home when he had just crossed over. In fact, in the case of poverty, even the cloth that my mother taught her to use was only a small piece of fabric, and she could not even find a whole horse.

Maybe Chen Cai's family also remembered the old days, sighed and said, "When we left. How difficult it is, now our family is full of business, there is countless money, the old man is getting bigger and bigger, and the saints are good, everyone is beginning to be envious and jealous, hey. ”

Chen Wenhui reacted: "Who is jealous of us? ”

Chen Caijia said: "Of course, it's a big house and a second room. The big house is okay, and the lady who relied on Wen Yuan to be the prince's good lady before, it was very beautiful, and the eldest lady was suppressed by the eldest lord. The eldest man married a lot of concubines, and the yard was full of smoke and miasma every day. Later, the prince fell and was locked up in the Zongren Mansion, Wen Yuan is Liangdi was naturally locked up, and the eldest lord stopped for a while. But immediately after, the four princes were recalled to the capital, and now it is hot, the concubine of the four princes is the Wenfeng girl from the big house, and the big man trembled again, so the big house is okay for us. It's just that from time to time the eldest lady comes to our lady to cry and be poor. The eldest lady was suppressed ruthlessly before, and now the girl she produced has become a princess, and she may become a queen, so she naturally trembled, and severely suppressed the concubines in the big house, but there are too many people in the big house. This family is not easy to do, and it is true that there is less money. She thinks that our family has a good relationship with the four princes, so she is naturally on her side, and she should help her in silver. However, until now, she still cares about face. didn't directly ask for it, just to cry poor. Our wife has been perfunctory all the time. The second room is different, now the second room has no money, no power, and none of the children have become successful, so they are naturally jealous of our third room. The second lady is now in charge of the house, and often uses excuses to make things difficult for us. There were several times when the angry lady wanted to turn her face with the second lady. ”

Chen Wenhui sneered when she heard this, this big house really didn't offend her family much back then, but the second room was different, the second room poisoned her mother when her mother was pregnant with herself, and almost killed the three of their brothers and sisters without a mother, and they were even more frail and sick when they were killed, this revenge was not avenged, and now their family did not strike first, but the second room jumped out first, it is really not dead if you don't die, this really can't be bypassed.

Chen Caijia continued: "The old lady has always cared about the affairs of the back house. The back house is all run by old ladies. The old lady is also the mother-in-law of our lord, so every time the lady is angry with the second lady, and the trouble of the second lady is stopped by the old lady, how can our lady be disrespectful to the mother-in-law, alas, it is really angry. ”

Wen Hui then remembered that in ancient times, filial piety was greater than the sky, and being a daughter-in-law was born at a loss. Wen Hui said: "Then you can't sit still, you still have to think of Zizhi and the second wife, and wait for me to get home and discuss it with my mother." ”

Chen Cai's family has been convinced for so many years, and he has long been convinced of his little master, although he is only in his teens, but which girl's family can manage the business and housework of an entire family in her teens, and finally manage the finances of Shanghai City, and also went to Yizhou Island to help her brother make contributions? In the mind of Chen Cai's family, the smartest person in the world is his own little master, there is nothing that his own girl can't solve, this second lady thinks that the good days are over, and these people have suffered too much these days, and finally they don't have to be angry anymore.

When Wen Hui saw Chen Caijia's expression, she understood what Chen Caijia was thinking, and said with a smile: "Mom, you have been the housekeeper in our house for so many years, and there are people who flatter you wherever you go, and it is estimated that those who want to slap you can be discharged ten miles, and now you have to go to the mansion to suffer these pickled gases, it is really difficult for you." ”

Chen Caijia also laughed and said, "The girl will make fun of me." I'm a slave, and people look up to me, but I didn't come for the face of the old lady. ”

Wen Hui also laughed and said, "Alas, the affairs of this inner house are so complicated, so I don't like to care about this." Actually, according to me, you should move out and live by yourself as much as possible, and it's okay to be huddled together. By the way, Mother Chen, is this house in the capital easy to buy? Silver is not a problem, let's buy a house as much as possible, right? ”

Chen Caijia said: "The master has long instructed my family head to go to a broker to buy a house." In fact, we ourselves have a house in the capital for a long time, and the second young master lived there when he was still studying in the capital, and it was very close to the national eunuch. But the house was still a little too small. The master is now a second-class master, and he wants to buy a bigger house, and he will be comfortable to live in the future. But this house in the capital is really not easy to buy. Not to mention, this larger mansion has a good geographical location, in the inner city, and it is convenient for the lord to go to court, which is really not much. My family is keeping an eye on it, and it's not easy to meet for a while. ”

Chen Wenhui understands that no matter which dynasty, the capital is not easy to live in. First, it must be the place with the highest housing prices in the country, which is difficult for the Chen family's three-bedroom. Second, the location is good, and the places with large houses are all the residences of people who are either rich or expensive, and how many of them are sold out? The Chen family's three-bedroom is hot now, how can they live in a small house? After all, it's really hard to buy.

Chen Wenhui said: "Since the big house is not easy to buy, I will persuade my father to go back and persuade my mother to move to a small house for a period of time, even if I buy a house immediately, this is not right away, it has to be repaired and decorated, so let's live in a small house." ”

Chen Caijia nodded and said: "Yes, Mrs. said the same, but the master is still a little hesitant, after all, the New Year is coming in two days, and it is really difficult to move out at this time." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "That's easy to do, it's okay to move after the New Year." It's not bad these days. ”

Chen Caijia said: "Yes. In fact, the second room is not very peaceful now, the second room's concubine Wen Jin married the son of Jinxiang Hou, Jinxiang Hou has been very good in the past two years, holding real power, and the second room is also very facely. But Jinxiang Hou Shizi is a greedy and lustful person, there are many aunts in the family, and Miss Wenjin has a big temper, so there are many discords between husband and wife. ”

This Chen Wenhui didn't know. This third girl, cousin Wen Jin, she doesn't pay much attention to. I just vaguely remember that at the beginning, the uncle of the second room wanted to marry Wen Jin to the crown prince as a good di, but he was later stopped, and there was a period of time when he wanted to marry Wen Jin to the third prince, but he was also stopped by the aunt in the palace. Unexpectedly, in the end, he married the prince of Jinxiang. This is also a good family background. It's just that when the uncle and aunt of the second room chose their son-in-law, they just looked at each other's official position, family background, and power, and never thought about the character of their son-in-law.

Chen Caijia continued: "Now there are four girls in the second room, Wenhua, and the fifth girl, Wenjuan, who has not left the cabinet, but they are all concubines, and the second lady is busy with her own daughter's affairs all day long, where can she take care of them?" However, the only young master in the second room, the fourth young master, Wen Hao, is about to get married, this is the top priority in the second room, the old lady attaches great importance to this matter, but the second lady doesn't care very much. ”

Wen Hui pouted and said, "Of course, the fourth brother is a concubine, where does the second lady have the spirit to hold a wedding for him?" But grandmother is different, this is her own grandson, can she not care? Originally, she was more partial to the second uncle, and the fourth brother was the only son of the second uncle. By the way, Mother Chen, when is the second brother's wedding? Which girl is the fourth sister-in-law? ”

Chen Caijia nodded in agreement and said, "The wedding date is set in February, and there are less than two months left." The fourth young grandmother is a girl from the Li family, or is she a descendant, but she is partial. ”

Wen Hui smiled, this second room is really firmly controlled by the Li family, the mother belongs to the Li family, the wife belongs to the Li family, and the daughter-in-law is also from the Li family. Just thinking about it, suddenly a voice came from outside: "Girl, when you arrive at the mansion, you are about to enter the second gate." ”

ps：

On the first day of the month, and it was Monday, I asked for a recommendation ticket.