Zhou Shaojin couldn't stop nodding, his smiling face was full of tears, and he choked up: "If you don't tell me, I will live to your age, and I may not know how the road came out!" ”

Her ignorant appearance pleased Mrs. Guo.

Old Madam Guo couldn't help laughing and said, "Let's go down and rest!" I'm going to guess correctly, Ah Xuan will come over tomorrow as a guest, you have to cheer up and entertain her well, don't fall into my reputation. ”

It's not the reputation of the Cheng family, it's not the reputation of the long house, it's the reputation of Mrs. Guo.

Zhou Shaojin jumped up and responded with "yes" vividly.

Old Madam Guo smiled slightly.

Zhou Shaojin went down to meet with Mrs. Wei Er, and told Mrs. Wei Er what she had shown today, and Mrs. Wei Er was busy saying "hard work", and personally sent her out of the Hanging Flower Gate, then she turned around and went to Mrs. Guo's resting Heshou Hall, and talked to Mrs. Guo about Cheng Rang's studies: "...... Don't go to Guozijian, go to Sanming Academy? I heard that Sanming Academy is not as good as Shuanghe Academy? ”

Mrs. Guo patiently explained: "There are many people who want to make achievements in their careers, talk about their background, qualifications, and family situation, and socialize a lot on weekdays, and few people can calm down and study. Shuanghe Academy is a private academy, and the mountain chief is a famous Confucian, not to mention the knowledge, the students' skills are also solid, but there are many people who have the talent to read. Let my brother have a bad body since he was a child, and his energy is correspondingly a little weak, so he went to Shuanghe Academy, but he was afraid that his homework would be difficult to excel, and after a long time, his interest in reading would decrease sharply. It's better to go to Shuangming Academy. It is much inferior to Shuanghe Academy in terms of scale and students, but it is better than Mr. Yu's patience and meticulousness in his lectures, and he likes those children who make up for their clumsiness, which is the most suitable for his brother.

"This academy was recommended by your uncle, and he will never be untargeted, so you can rest assured.

"Erlang, you have to talk to him too. If there is nothing to do in the yamen, he will stay at home more, point out his brother's homework, and open a small stove for him. With Erlang's knowledge, his brother should be among the best in the academy.

"Now that we have separated from Jiuru Lane, this branch of the capital will depend on Jiashan and Brother Rang to shine in the court in the future. Let my brother hide behind Jiashan like before, even if he can't be named on the gold list in the future, he can't stop reading the book. Do you dare to say arbitrarily that let your brother's books read averagely, and his son is the same as him? ”

Mrs. Wei nodded again and again, holding back the excitement in her heart and standing aside with her hands down, respectfully agreeing.

Old Madam Guo nodded with satisfaction.

A little maid came in and said, "The fourth master is here." ”

I'm afraid I heard that Mrs. Liao and Mrs. Fang Er stuffed Fang Xuan to her and came to give Shaojin a head, right?

Old Madam Guo snorted coldly.

Mrs. Wei Er hurriedly stood up and retired.

Although she doesn't have Yuan's shrewdness, she is not stupid.

In the past, my mother-in-law had a smile in her eyes as soon as she heard the name of the fourth uncle, but she was lukewarm to the fourth uncle these days, obviously because there was some contradiction between mother and son. But no matter what conflicts there are between them, the fourth uncle is also his mother-in-law's favorite son. She didn't want to get involved.

Old Madam Guo made a straight face and sat there in silence waiting for Cheng Chi to come in.

Cheng Chi saluted his mother, sat on the kang opposite his mother, and when the little maid served the refreshments, he sent the servants in the house and said to Mrs. Guo: "A few days ago, my eldest brother came to me and asked me how much silver I had at home. Said that Jiashan was about to get married, and after preparing to salute in the capital, let the two of them go back to Jinling City to live for a few days, one is to let them do their filial piety in front of you, and the other is to let them walk around with their relatives, so that the new daughter-in-law will not even know the relatives of the family. So the house on the other side of Xinglin Hutong was casually renovated and some small things were added. Now that we have separated from Jiuru Lane, we will all live in the capital for a long time in the future, and the new house of Jiashan can be arranged casually, and ask me how much money I still have at home...... said that when such a thing happened at home, it must not be sufficient. He originally wanted to discuss with the Min family to make Jiashan's marriage easier. So I wrote a letter to my sister-in-law. But the sister-in-law disagreed. said that she only has Jiashan, a son, and the eldest brother is an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and the family that married is still the Min family in Fujian, so she can't wronged the eldest lady of the Min family in any case. If the public middle school can't come up with this money, the cost of Jiashan's marriage will be paid by her, and the public school won't have to manage it......"

Old Madam Guo's face suddenly became very ugly, and she said, "How did you answer?" ”

The money given to the second room was all in the long house, and the Yuan family's dowry was not touched at all.

Now that Cheng Xu is going to get married, it stands to reason that this money should be taken out by the public of the long house, and there is no reason to use Yuan's makeup.

But the law is not humane.

Now the family has encountered something that has never been encountered before, even if there is extra silver in the public school, there is no business, and there is no land...... didn't buy an estate first and live this life, but he was just thinking about his son's marriage.

And do a lot of things.

I was afraid that the public would not be able to come up with the money, so I got out of my own dowry.

And her soft-eared son listened to it and asked his brother to discuss......

She's really raised a good son!

Mrs. Guo's fingers holding the fan were faintly white.

Cheng Chi sighed secretly.

The eldest brother obviously knew that his mother had a knot in his heart for the Yuan family, and he said such things, which shows that the matter between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, how to mediate between the husband is the most important.

I hope he won't be stupid in the future and push Shaojin in front of his mother.

He shook his mother's hand and comforted her in a low voice: "Mother, don't misunderstand, eldest brother is also considerate of the family's difficulty." After all, his status is there, and Jiashan's wedding is too shabby and not good. I told my eldest brother at the time that I had to come back and discuss this matter with you. But when I came back, I managed to raise 100,000 taels of silver. I think, when the time comes, I will tell my eldest brother that this silver is your own silver - it is better for you to marry your sister-in-law who took her own silver to Jiashan, it is better for you to ......."

In this way, the Yuan family has nothing to say.

Mrs. Guo held Cheng Chi's hand tightly back, and she didn't make a sound for a while, but as soon as she spoke: "Although we have separated from Jiuru Lane, we are the descendants of the Cheng family, and the rules of the family naturally follow the conventions of Jiuru Lane." ”

The practice of Jiuru Lane is that the marriage of the sister-in-law is 1,000 taels of silver, and the concubine is 500 taels of silver; The marriage of a concubine is seven hundred taels of silver, and the concubine is three hundred taels of silver. It's just that Jiuru Lane has been rich and noble for a long time, and it has long been no longer in accordance with this rule.

Cheng Chi smiled bitterly and persuaded Mrs. Guo: "Our family is not short of that bit of silver, I will transfer another 100,000 taels of silver back in a few days, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing, it's angry, it's not cost-effective!" ”

Old man Guo didn't say anything.

But when he saw Zhou Shaojin the next day, he asked Zhou Shaojin to copy the account books of the inner courtyard of Jiuru Lane, and instructed her: "You have remembered all the expenses clearly." In the future, whatever is going on, it will be spent according to the usual practice. ”

Zhou Shaojin didn't know what happened between Mrs. Guo and Cheng Jing at all, she only agreed and began to copy the account books in the inner courtyard of Jiuru Lane.

In the afternoon, Fang Xuan really came.

She wore a wisteria-colored plain armor, a moon-white skirt with a high line, and embroidered shoes on her feet inlaid with pearls the size of lotus seeds, which were elegant and gorgeous.

Mrs. Guo sat with her in the banquet room and chatted.

Zhou Shaojin copied the account book in the ear room next door.

In the evening, the old lady stayed for dinner, and the two smiled and accompanied the old lady to dinner, and each went home.

Second Mrs. Fang was waiting for her in Fang Xuan's inner room, and when she saw her, she asked what she was doing at the Cheng family today?

Fang Xuan told her mother truthfully.

Second Mrs. Fang frowned when she heard this, and said, "You say, Second Miss Zhou is also there?" And while you were talking to the old lady, she was copying the account book in the ear room? ”

This is clearly telling the second miss of the Zhou family how to govern the family!

But the practice of each family is different, what is it like to let the second miss of the Zhou family copy the account books of the Cheng family?

After all, Mrs. Guo is the mother of Mrs. Guo, Fang Xuan didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Mrs. Guo, she cheered up and accompanied Mrs. Guo for an afternoon, she was already very tired, she yawned when she heard the words and said, "Yes!" Mrs. Wei said that the old lady asked her to copy all the account books, and then put them in the storeroom, saying that some of the account books in the past were gone, and these account books should be stored for future reference. ”

It's also possible!

The long house is separated from Jiuru Lane, and it is common for some things to be lost.

But Mrs. Fang's heart was never steady.

Every time Fang Xuan went to Jiuru Lane, she had to be careful about what she Zhou Shaojin was doing, knowing that Zhou Shaojin had been copying the account books, and also called the big girl Jasper beside the old lady to transcribe together, and Fang Xuan got the guidance of Mrs. Guo and began to learn to write with Mrs. Guo, and her heart was put down.

Soon the summer passed.

The affairs over there in Jinling City have also been arranged.

Things were being transported from Jinling one after another, and Biyu and the others were busy instructing the little maids to put things in their respective yards.

At the beginning of August, the Yuan family rushed back from Jinling to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

There were also more than a dozen servants who were willing to settle in the capital with the Cheng family, and some were unwilling to settle in the capital and did not want to leave the Cheng family.

Xinglin Hutong must not be able to be placed, and most of them are placed in Chaoyangmen.

Yuan's Xinglin Hutong freshened up and rushed to the house on the side of Chaoyangmen.

She looked at the towering ancient trees in the house, the wide corridors, the exquisite pavilions, and the golden lake water and couldn't help but widen her eyes, and asked the grandmother who was left by her in Xinglin Hutong to take care of Cheng Jing: "When did the fourth master buy this house?" ”

It's much bigger than the apricot alley.

Yuan had heard that Mrs. Guo had bought a house for Cheng Chi near Chaoyang Gate with her own money, and she thought that it was a house about the same size as Xinglin Hutong at best, but she didn't think it would ...... So big.

Compared with the ancestral house in Jiuru Lane, it is not inferior.

The grandmother said respectfully: "I heard that the three houses were raised together, and it took a long time to buy them all." I don't know when the renovation began...... When the fourth master came to say, he had already moved in. ”

Yuan let out an absent-minded "um" and saw Mrs. Guo in the upper room of the main courtyard on East Road.

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Dear friends, today's update!

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PS: Tomorrow Monday, it will be very busy, only one shift, arranged at about eight o'clock in the evening, please forgive me for the inconvenience!

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