Zhou Shaojin was busy changing maids, but Grandma Zheng was sitting in front of the mirror with a tired face.

Hongrui came in with wine-stuffed eggs, and softly persuaded the grandmother: "Brother is only nine months old, if you stay up like this, your body and bones will be unbearable!" What's more, the ancestors and the people of Lao An are looking forward to you being able to spread the branches and leaves for the Cheng family again, you have to take care of your health! ”

Grandma Zhi smiled bitterly.

Looking at the plump and fair-skinned face in the mirror, dressed in a bright red charred cloth but slightly old-fashioned, he said helplessly: "I can't help it." Lao Anren confessed to the matter, if you don't do it, you can't do it! As he spoke, he turned around and saw that there were no other people in the room, so he lowered his voice and said, "According to me, it is really not easy to anger the long house at this time." But Lao Anren's words also make sense, if you don't break one of Changfang's arms while the ancestors are still there, when Cheng Jiashan becomes the climate and Changfang fully supports Cheng Jiashan, where is there a place for our uncle? If our uncle wants to gain a foothold in the Cheng family, he can only help Cheng Jiashan like a green leaf. Think about it, what an arrogant person the uncle is, you let him be a foil to Cheng Jiashan, it makes him more uncomfortable than killing him!

"When the time comes, waiting for our uncle, there is only one way to go, who is depressed and unhappy for the rest of his life.

"So I thought, it's already like this anyway, it can't get any worse than this. Lao An doesn't know how many things she has experienced, listening to her old man's words, maybe she can get out of the way!

"What's more, there is an old ancestor behind him, it's really not good, and the old ancestor comes forward to say 'nonsense' and it's over. I'm scared of ...... now," and at the end of the sentence, she stopped abruptly.

Hongrui said puzzledly: "What are you afraid of?" ”

Zheng is afraid that when the time comes, all these mistakes will be on his back.

Although she and Cheng Zhi are married, if Cheng Zhi is asked to rebel against her parents, she is not sure.

Fortunately, she also has two sons, and she also occupies the position of the eldest son. If her reputation is flawed, the reputation and future of her two sons will also be affected. She only hopes that Lao Anren will be able to pluck her out when the time comes, for the sake of the two children...... Even if she doesn't pick it, she can be saved.

But she couldn't say this to Hongrui.

Grandma Zhi paused and said, "I'm afraid that I will make Changfang anxious and turn against us." ”

Hongrui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "But you can't help but listen to Lao Anren!" ”

"yes!" Grandma Zhi sighed, "It's a pity that I don't know why we have a grudge with Changfang. Otherwise, the land will be ceded and reparated. For the sake of the two brothers, I am willing to admit it. ”

The reason why Sanfang has not been able to fight for the name of Shangjia is because of the joint suppression of Changfang and Erfang.

If the old trick of the long house is repeated. That's a problem.

It's just that these are old grudges, and she can't find out why she wants to check. It may not be clear until the death of the ancestors.

Hongrui naturally didn't dare to ask more.

She said, "Grandma, drink this wine, if it's cold, it won't taste good." ”

Grandma Zhi nodded, picked up the bowl and took a few sips. He put it down absent-mindedly and said, "Did the uncle send a letter?" ”

"Not yet." Hongrui laughed. "Didn't you just receive a letter from your uncle two days ago? I thought it wasn't so fast! ”

Grandma's expression wilted a little more.

Hongrui persuaded: "Didn't the ancestor say it? His old man has entrusted his former friend to take care of the uncle, the uncle will be fine, you don't have to worry. ”

Grandma Zhi frowned and said, "I always feel uneasy in my heart. It stands to reason. We should be staring at Cheng Jiashan, but how do I think the old ancestor cares more about the fourth master of Chi. It seems like...... It seems that the fourth master of Chi has been restrained, and the long room is not afraid at all...... I don't know if that feels right...... I want to discuss with my uncle. I just thought that Lao An would lose the face of the long house. And Hanbi Mountain House has always lifted the second cousin of the fourth room these days, thinking of giving her a faceless face. It's not interesting to let the long room beg, but I never thought that the ancestor knew about it but sent Aunt Liang to ask about the poetry meeting...... If I say that I have done something wrong, although the ancestors will not reprimand me, they will also give me a few words tactfully; If I'm doing it right, I should have hinted a few words. But the old man didn't say anything. Are you still afraid that the news will leak from me? I'm a little confused right now, and I don't know what to do right! ”

Hongrui hesitated: "Or, you can write another letter to the uncle, and see what the uncle says?" ”

Grandma Zhi was silent for a long time.

She tried Lao Anren, but Lao Anren just played Tai Chi with her, but she couldn't ask too quickly. After so many years, no matter how confused her mother-in-law is, she should know more or less about the grievances between the two families, and her husband has always respected Lao Anren, rather than writing to her husband at the risk of alarming Lao An, she might as well find a way to get some words out of her mother-in-law's mouth.

She made up her mind, and her mood became more relaxed, and she instructed Hongrui: "You don't care about this matter, I have my own opinions." ”

Red Stamen was relieved.

She has served her grandmother since she was a child, and her feelings are naturally different, but the less she knows about this kind of family secrets, the better.

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In Jiashutang, Mrs. Guan, Mrs. Chuda and Cheng Wei were relatively speechless, and the atmosphere was depressing.

Mrs. Guan thought for a moment, and said to her son and daughter-in-law: "I think, I have to talk to Shaojin about this matter, this child is careful." If it weren't for her words to remind us, we wouldn't have known that things had come to this point. ”

Cheng Wei hurriedly got up and said, "Then I'll go back to the study first." ”

He is the head of the family, and his mother talks to Zhou Shaojin, so he has a different meaning here.

Mrs. Guan nodded.

Mrs. Chu sent her husband out, and immediately told the little maid to call the Zhou sisters over.

Mrs. Guan closed her eyes and recuperated, one by one twisting the agarwood Buddha beads of the eighteen sons in her hand, until Zhou Shaojin and her sister came over, Mrs. Guan opened her eyes, signaled Mrs. Chu to close the door, and said bluntly: "Shaojin, I asked the housekeeper of the family to check the income of the Changfang Gongzhong, and a steward of the accounting room said that the income of the Jiuru Lane Gongzhong is two thousand taels of silver per year, and the sacrificial field is only five hundred taels, and the rest of the income comes from a lacquer shop in the big market street outside the gate of the Tianjie Temple. The second and third rooms were divided when they were separated. After the fourth master took charge of the general affairs, Changfang became the major shareholder of Yutai Ticket. He began to get involved in salt and shipping again, and his life was getting better day by day. ”

Zhou Shaojin looked confused.

Old Mrs. Guan now attaches great importance to Zhou Shaojin's words, and said, "There are no outsiders here, so you don't have anything to say." ”

Zhou Shaojin said: "Then do you know what the annual dividend of Yutai ticket number is?" ”

"Your uncle went to check." Mrs. Guan said, "Our head house is 5,000 taels per year, and the long house is 10,000 taels per year." ”

"It can't be!" Zhou Shaojin thought of the furnishings of the Hanbi Mountain House, "The Guo family was also robbed at that time. When Mrs. Guo came out of the cabinet. It is impossible for the Guo family to buy a large dowry for Mrs. Guo, and it is impossible for Uncle Chi to use Mrs. Yuan's dowry. Even if the annual income of the long house is 12,000 taels of silver, you can look at the food and clothing of the long house. It doesn't look like you've been rich in the past few years...... If nothing else, let's just say that the few pieces of jewelry that Mrs. Guo rewarded me with are all high-quality products, and ordinary people can already use them as heirlooms. Even if you have money, you can't buy it at any time. It is evident that it was left over from the early years or purchased. ”

Mrs. Chu couldn't help nodding again and again, looking at Zhou Shaojin's gaze with a little more appreciation. said: "Your eldest uncle is also like you, and he suspects that Changfang has another income. It's just that this income can't be found out. If it is something that the old lady of the long house bought after entering the office, how much silver does the old lady of the long house have to be greedy for to buy this family business? But the old lady of the long house is notoriously incorruptible, which is recognized by all the officials who have worked with the old lady of the long house. If a person wants to be greedy for ink. There has to be a provenance, right? If you can hide it from one person, you can't hide it from everyone, right?

"So your uncle went to check the properties of the second and third rooms again.

"In addition to the grange and shop when the second room was divided, there was no other property over the years. But it is the largest silver building in the capital Yongfusheng big customer, Yongfusheng will send a big shopkeeper every year to the ancestors to say goodbye. The second room is a steward who has something to do to go to the capital. Yongfusheng will send a treasurer-level person to accompany him.

"Sanfang is the opposite, not only operating the pharmacy at the time of the separation into a large pharmacy with 13 branches, but also a restaurant, a pawnshop, an oil mill, and a dim sum shop...... It's very miscellaneous, and almost all the industries that make money are involved.

"What your uncle means, if there is really this income, then this income must be shared between the long house and the second room, and there is no share of the third room. And eight or nine out of ten of this income is in the hands of the fourth master Chi, who manages the general affairs.

"Now the second room is declining, but the long room is like flowers, Youyi and Jiashan are about to use silver to smash the time, the second room is mostly afraid that the long room will swallow this income alone, so there will be a conflict with the long house.

"Because this income is nowhere to be checked, we don't know if the long house did something that caused the misunderstanding of the second room, or if the second room is worrying and speculating......"

The big lady's mouth opened one by one, but Zhou Shaojin and Zhou Chujin were already dumbfounded, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time. Especially Zhou Shaojin, his heart fluctuated and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

What secrets does the Cheng family have?

Does the Cheng family's raid have anything to do with these secrets?

The five families in Jiuru Lane are in the same voice, why should the long room and the second room hide from the other three rooms?

Zhou Shaojin suddenly became dissatisfied.

When they are happy, the long room and the second room are only themselves, and when they are in trouble, the fourth room suffers with them, how can there be such a cheap thing!

This time, she must take out the fourth room.

Otherwise, everyone will be unlucky!

And it is much easier to save only four rooms than to save the entire Jiuru Lane.

She said, "Grandmother, in that case, we might as well move out, right?" Jiuru Lane is too complicated, I'm afraid that our four rooms will suffer! ”

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Sisters, today's gag.

ps: Today is going to work, and my colleagues in the unit asked me if I had boiled Laba porridge, and I found out that it had already passed the Laba Festival...... The days of writing are like cave people on the top of the mountain, and the festivals are spent with the characters in the book...... o(n_n)o

※(To be continued) R655