Hu Shi shook his head and said: "Mother, don't be polite to me, I also know that the situation at home is better now, and there will definitely be more of these things outside the body in the future, but isn't there no for the time being?" Mother, you can also decorate the house with this money, clean up the grange, buy more people, and manage the shop. In fact, many things can't be bought with money alone, such as antique calligraphy and paintings, which can not be bought for a while. Therefore, I took out some of the antique calligraphy and paintings that I married at the beginning, which are about worth 10,000 taels of silver. ”

After speaking, he took out another list from his purse, handed it to his mother and said: "These calligraphy and painting antique lists are here, and the things are still on the boat, because when the second brother came to pick up our mother and daughter today, he just brought a car, and he couldn't move it, so he could only ask his sister-in-law to send his family to the boat tomorrow to move." ”

Cui Shi didn't look at the list, so he handed the list to Hu Minlu, but he asked: "You gave us everything and silver, what should you do?" It's not for yourself, you have to keep it for Mingzhu as a dowry, of course, Mingzhu is now a girl in our house, and when she goes out of the cabinet in the future, I will definitely buy her a good dowry, but you also have to give something to be a mother, you gave it to us, what should Mingzhu do? ”

Hu Minlu looked at the list with a red face of shame, and reached out to hand the list to his sister-in-law Jin. Kim's eyes had already lit up, and he looked at it immediately.

Hu Shi didn't look at his sisters-in-law, but said, "Mother, I left Mingzhu with silver, in addition to the 40,000 taels for you, I also have silver." You forgot it, I just said, I made a lot of money with my sister Bai, and now I just return the dowry that my mother gave me, and in the future, I will still honor my mother. In fact, as long as my father and mother take care of some pearls, it would be good. Her dowry and dowry are all prepared by me, which I have set aside a long time ago, and I don't have to worry about my mother. ”

At this time, Jin asked: "Sister, why are there many other things on this list besides antique calligraphy and paintings?" ”

When Cui's heard this, he hurriedly asked the maid to go to Jin's place to get it and see it for herself.

Hu said: "Sister-in-law, these antique calligraphy and paintings were returned to my parents. Originally, it was the things of the family, and the 40,000 taels of silver were also my dowry. Now the silks and souvenirs listed on the list are what I honor my parents, and I earned from my dowry business. ”

After speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his body and said, "I still have a list here, which is for my father and mother." Gifts from my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and niece, because there are too many things, are all on the ship, and there is only one list here. There are a few things on my ship besides these, which are not lists. You asked someone to help me put it in my yard, which was what Mingzhu and I needed before we returned to Deqing in the capital, and some of them were for my friends, and there were gifts for Yuefang when I was going to go to her house. ”

Jin stared at the list in his hand with wide eyes, and Lin next to him stretched out his head to look at it, and his heart turned upside down. It's all because I can't hold my breath, if I make trouble to my sister-in-law later, I can know that my sister-in-law is rich, and I won't offend my sister-in-law in vain. I won't see evil to my in-laws, and I won't turn against my father-in-law, this is really a loss, I have endured it for more than ten years, and now the life of the Hu family is finally getting better, because I can't bear it, and I lost it all at once. This sister-in-law is too, why didn't she say it earlier if she was so rich. By the way, she doesn't seem to have a chance to say it from the door, besides, it's all her own bad, provoked by others, and suddenly blindfolded by the atmosphere, how can she not use her brain to think about it, although this sister-in-law didn't give everyone a gift, but the mother and daughter are dressed better than themselves, where is the down-and-out look, they are all preconceived by themselves, thinking that the woman is divorced, she will definitely be poor, where can you think that the sister-in-law is so rich, and she has a thick gift for everyone, just because her father-in-law brought too few cars, it is not easy to take, It was put in the cabin. No wonder, she didn't bring a burden from the moment she entered the door, you must know that no matter how poor a person is, there will always be two pieces of clothes, how can there be no baggage? It turned out that she was on the boat, and I thought she was poor and didn't even have a change of clothes, so I was really blind. Will the poor who don't even have a change of clothes have a maid and a housekeeper?

Hu Zhili asked strangely: "Yuefen, what business did you do to make so much money?" ”

Hu said: "I bought some real estate when I was in Anseong, who knew that later, Ancheng built a market, and suddenly there were more merchants from other places, and there were more people doing business, so they had to buy houses and shops, and my real estate rose and made a lot of money at once, so father, mother, don't worry about me." I now have a royal court, and I also opened a medicinal herb shop, and I also accepted eight female apprentices, which are enough for me to support the elderly, in addition to these silver tickets and antiques for the family, I also left 20,000 taels of silver for Mingzhu as a dowry in the future, I think, although it is not as good as me at that time, in the general capital family, it is already considered to be the best, you don't have to worry about Mingzhu's dowry, just worry about finding a good family for Mingzhu. ”

Mingzhu's face turned red when she heard this.

Cui Shi deliberately looked at the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law at this time and said: "Okay, now I am relieved, or the girl of our Hu family has the ability, not only can she get the reward of the imperial court and win glory for the Hu family, but also learn the way of management, and return the dowry of marriage." Okay, eldest daughter-in-law, you put this list away, and send some more people to the ship tomorrow to carry things. Looks like your sister has brought a lot of things. Anyway, we are short of things in our house, and we are short of silver, so we will use it cheekily. Some people in the province are shallow-eyed, and then let your sister be wronged. ”

Kim's eyelids jumped when he heard this, but he still agreed.

Lin's face turned red.

Cui Shi said again: "Yuefen, I think you are better now than when you were at home before, you used to just be able to recite poems and do things right, and I hate these silver money and chores the most, but now you have a good way to do things, and do things in an orderly manner, I see that you have a list of high-quality satin, as well as general satin, why?" ”

Hu Shi smiled and said: "Mother, this high-quality silk is reserved for the people in the house to make clothes to wear, are the most new patterns this year, I think nephews, nieces, sisters-in-law should have no previous clothes, this time they are all new, and the general silk is kept for chairs, curtains, windows, walls, door curtains, tablecloths and the like." ”

Cui Shi laughed: "You kid, you are really thoughtful." It's really a lot better than before. ”

Hu said: "Mother knows me best, where do I know this, Mingzhu helped me cook, but I didn't write this list, I just have to pay." ”

At this moment, Cui Shi was surprised, and said: "Mingzhu has such a talent, such a young child, it is really difficult, it is better to do this, I see that you are also tired of Lin's family, just rest for a few days, and your affairs will be handed over to Mingzhu." ”

Hu Shi was anxious: "That's not good, mother, first, Mingzhu is so small, it's okay to manage my small family, there are thousands of things in this house, how can I manage it well, and second, we will go back to Deqing after the New Year." ”

When Cui Shi heard this, he was about to ask, but Hu Zhili couldn't help but ask: "What are you going back to do?" You don't have any relatives there, and when you return home, you will live for a long time, anyway, you don't spend your mother's money, and you're afraid that people will snub you? ”

As soon as Hu Minlu heard his father say this, he knew that his father was angry and anxious: "Sister, don't be like your second sister-in-law, what are you going back for?" ”

The eldest brother Hu Minfan also said: "Yes, sister, you are a woman's family, and you still have a niece, even if you don't have to worry about food and clothing, it's not good to stay in Jiangnan alone, isn't it good for our family to be together affectionately?" ”

The family kept it gossiping, Hu smiled and said: "Father, our mother and son are here to be guests, but not permanent residents, I still have real estate in Deqing, the grange, all have to Mingzhu go back to take care of me, and I also have a medicinal herb shop in Deqing, which specializes in treating the poor, if it is a rich family, I will accept the medical fee, if it is a poor person, I will not charge a penny, and I will also send medicinal materials for free." The poor people of Deqing are still waiting for me. ”

Hu Zhili was moved when he heard this: "I said a long time ago that when the husband is alive, if he is poor, he will hang the world, and if he is good, he will help the world." It's a pity that I became an official but did nothing, but my daughter did things for the people. That's better, better than me and your brothers, so you can go back in the future. But come back often to visit me and your mother. “

Cui Shi wanted to say something, but Hu Shi had already agreed with a happy smile. Cui Shi looked at his daughter mentioning the treatment of the poor, and smiled, thinking that her daughter had already divorced, and there was no hope in the fate of husband and wife in this life, why couldn't she do something happy, so she swallowed back the words that came to her mouth.

Hu Minfan and Hu Minlu, as well as the third Hu Minhan were moved by his sister's words, in fact, they are not the same as before, they don't know the price of firewood and rice as before, in the northwest for so many years, they have seen too many joys and sorrows, and then the war in the northwest, they have seen too much life and death, and now although they have returned to the capital safely and returned to the official, but they are not happy, I think of it is still a better life in the northwest, and I drink with those northwest men every day. The life of eating meat in large chunks is much better than listening to dramas and drinking tea with those sons and brothers every day. My sister has found the direction of life, but I'm ashamed that they didn't find it as an elder brother.