Chapter 119: Remorse
Who knows, the old lady's back hand is more than that.
The old lady said: "Our Wang family has become rich because of the bank, and the family's supply for me has also increased. In addition, I have accumulated a lot of good things over the years, but there is not much silver now, most of them are some precious jewelry, gold and silver ingots, etc. Everyone else likes to keep their money in the bank. We run our own bank. But I still like to keep my gold and silver at home. So, in our old house, there is actually a lot of gold and silver that I have deposited. ”
This habit is known to Mrs. Wang. She said: "I heard that this house was taken away by the government, didn't they raid the house? ”
Mrs. Wang said: "Of course I copied it, and when I talk about it, I feel distressed." All the gold and silver jewelry in this house that I have hidden in such a secret place have been stolen by those damned officials. ”
Mrs. Wang knew that these officials were all professional and good hands, and they had heard of it in the capital before. At that time, it was talking about other people's raids. Those noble ladies said that these officials specialized in raiding homes, and they were all good at accumulating years, and they all searched out for them in dark rooms, secret rooms, hidden gold and silver in the ground, buried gold and silver under trees, and built gold and silver in the walls.
In fact, in the old mansion of the Wang family in the past, she knew that there were several underground secret rooms, hiding gold, silver and grain, which may be prepared by every big family. As the head of the house, she also knows where and how to open the underground secret rooms, because every year, the food in them has to be replaced with new ones. Although it has never been used, I have heard the older generation say that once the world is in turmoil, there is gold and silver. A secret room with food can make a big difference.
Later, their Wang family left Ancheng and lived in Deqing and Qingyang City, and they also had houses, and each house also had a secret room. Especially later in the capital, the house was even larger, and there were as many as four secret rooms. One of them is in the rockery of the garden, one is under the master's study, and one is even in the pond of the garden. The other one was under a tree hole. It's a pity to be so secretive. When she was in the capital, she saw with her own eyes those professional officials, who found and opened these secret rooms one by one. Everything inside was shipped out. The gold and silver all over the ground dazzled the eyes. She was distressed.
Therefore, now that the old lady said that the things in the secret room of the old house in Anseong were stolen, she didn't feel it anymore. How many things can be put in the old house in Anseong? Can it be compared to the secret room in the capital?
His husband is the head of the Wang family, and he is still very filial to his mother. Originally, the Wang family was a wealthy family, and the old lady had some good things in her hands, such as those high-quality jadeite, complete sets of jewelry, thumb-sized gemstones, and so on. As a daughter-in-law, how many good things does the mother-in-law have, can it still be unclear? We've lived together for almost a lifetime.
Later, the Wang family opened a bank and became richer, and some people even said that the Wang family was richer than the Xiao Chen family. As the head of the Wang family, Mrs. Wang deeply knows that the Wang family is richer than outsiders think. After being rich, the head of the Wang family is still very filial to his mother. Although the Wang family later moved out of Ancheng and even went to the capital, the Wang family still gave the old lady a lot of offerings, not to mention gold and silver, and those treasures and antiques and precious jewelry that were given to the old lady, I don't know how many.
So, the old lady should have a lot of things in her hands, but can these things compare with her? After all, she is the one in the capital, the current Wang family's housemother is her, and her husband is the head of the Wang family. Therefore, her rare treasures and precious jewelry are much better than the old lady's, and even, Mrs. Wang thinks that the queen in the palace may not have more than hers. But what's the use of all this?
That extravagant life is gone, and those precious jewelry, she saw that it was stolen by those vicious officials, and sent to an unknown place, it could be the palace, it could be the wife of an official in charge of raiding the house, and her daughter was wearing it. I heard that recently, Bai Guifei brought a necklace made of night pearls, which was very precious, and she knew that it was her collection as soon as she heard it. However, I haven't had time to bring it yet.
All her good things are gone. Later, she thought, what is the use of those things? Didn't help her at all. They were all taken away by the officials and became the ornaments of the enemy. At that time, when she was in prison, she couldn't eat a mouthful of food, she was so hungry that she couldn't drink a mouthful of water, and could only drink muddy and dirty water, where did she still think about the extravagant life of the Wang family before?
Mrs. Wang herself had such feelings, and she also understood the old lady's feelings, she persuaded: "Mother, those things, just copy them, right?" After all, we survived, much better than those who didn't. We've also seen a lot of people who raided their homes, and they were really poor and penniless. There are many wives and daughters-in-law who go to needlework together to get by. Fortunately, the Zhuangzi with these 5,000 acres of land is enough for us to live and for us to bring up the children. ”
When Mrs. Wang heard her daughter-in-law's words, she smiled mysteriously and said, "However, these officials can search for the things I have hidden in this house, but there is no way to take away the things I have hidden in other places." ”
Mrs. Wang was taken aback: "Mother, what else are you hiding somewhere else?" ”
Mrs. Wang said: "You are in the capital, as soon as the emperor speaks, you don't have time to prepare, and your house is raided." But I'm in Anseong, so far away, the holy decree doesn't come down for a while, but always has to pass through the post station, one stop at a time. Caiyu had already gotten the news and informed me in advance. So, I was prepared, so I hid the things and put them in the Zhuangzi that I gave to Caiyu. ”
Mrs. Wang thought about it, really, speaking of which, her Wang family owes Lan Caiyu more.
Mrs. Wang said, "We owe so much to Caiyu. ”
Mrs. Wang said, "You know, you just owe it to others." We'll pay it back slowly. ”
Mrs. Wang nodded and asked casually, "What is the mother hiding?" It must have been entrusted to Chunhong, Xinghong, and Peach to hide. ”
Asking this question is also a curious question for a while. Madame Wang herself did not hold out much hope. After all, in a hurry, there are still so many people watching, how can it be possible to transport gold and silver on a large scale, and it is okay to hide a few silver tickets, but the Wang family has always been the silver ticket of the Wang Bank, which has become waste paper. I know that I got a few silver tickets from Dachu Bank.
Mrs. Wang said, "It's for Chunhong and them to hide." But, you know what? I didn't hide this thing in a day or two. When I gave Caiyu this Zhuangzi, I didn't give it randomly. At the beginning, I just wanted to find a Zhuangzi to subsidize Caiyu. Therefore, I hid 50,000 taels of gold on this village early. ”
Mrs. Wang trembled with fright, God, how could there be so much, 50,000 taels of gold, and the pile was as high as a hill, how could it be hidden?
Mrs. Wang said with a smile on her face: "Our Wang family is doing business, and what we pay attention to is the three holes of the cunning rabbit, so we have land in every province and many houses, of course, these are all in vain now." However, our habit has been preserved. In the past, 50,000 taels of gold was really nothing in our royal family. Therefore, I hid 50,000 taels of gold on that Zhuangzi early in the morning, ready for emergency use in the future. But this property always has to be watched by the faithful. Later, I rescued a few of them who you drove out, and a few of them were saved by me, so they were very loyal, and I pointed out to them a few young and promising descendants on the Zhuangzi to make relatives, and became a few of my housekeepers in the Zhuangzi, guarding things for me. ”
"Later, Zhicheng had to reconcile with Caiyu, I couldn't persuade him, there was no way, I thought that our family was sorry for Caiyu. Moreover, Caiyu also has three children there, one of whom is still my great-grandson and the eldest grandson of the eldest house. This is the precious seed of our royal family. How can you be wronged. Although the Lan family is extremely rich, how can the children of our Wang family let the Lan family feed them. Although Zhicheng gave 300,000 taels of silver to Caiyu. However, when the matter came, 150,000 taels of silver were deducted, and it became a shop for Caiyu to squeeze oil. ”
"Our family's oil extraction shop has been losing money for several years. This is not giving Caiyu money, this is pit Caiyu's money. I was very angry, angry, and distressed about Caiyu, worried about Caiyu's great-grandson in the future. ”
Mrs. Wang's face was full of guilt when she heard this, her mother-in-law knew that she was worried about her great-grandson, why didn't she know that she felt sorry for her eldest grandson? It's really confusing.
Mrs. Wang continued: "I thought about it, and I originally thought, my wife, give her three and a half hundred thousand taels of silver. I'm afraid that Caiyu won't want it. Caiyu, that kid, you know, has a lot of backbone. In the past few years, you have cut off the support of their mother and son, and she lives with me, can I treat her badly? I gave her something, and in the past, she always thanked her, but then declined, and she and her children were all supported by her dowry. ”
Mrs. Wang really wants to have a crack in the ground that she can get into. What happened to me in the past few years? How did such an outrageous thing come about? Why did you cut off the offerings to Caiyu's mother and son? It's like Mrs. Wang said. At that time, the Wang family was extremely rich, and it was a trivial matter to take out three or five hundred thousand taels of silver casually, Caiyu and their mother and son could spend a few dollars, which was not enough for her Mrs. Wang's meal, how could this small money be deducted?
Caiyu is just that, Caiyu's children, but her in-laws' grandchildren, all have her blood.
Ah, by the way, Mrs. Wang suddenly remembered. At that time, it was Yaozhen, the daughter of the palace, who asked the maid to come out and spread the word, saying that she should not supply Caiyu, so that Caiyu would take the initiative to make room for the second lady if she was in difficulty. This is not to offend the Lan family. Anyway, Caiyu took the initiative. Where did you think that Caiyu later persevered, and did not leave because of difficulties. In the end, there is no way, I still have to force and leave on my side.
Mrs. Wang felt guilty. At the same time, I hated my daughter even more. (To be continued......)