Mingzhu said, "What's the matter?" ”

Bai said: "I asked someone to buy you a house in Qingyang City, it was sold at that time, it was the outer residence of a criminal official, he put an outer house in the provincial capital near the Thorn Shi Mansion, and installed an outer room there. If you don't dislike it, buy this. This one is very cheap, and I asked someone to keep it at that time. ”

As soon as Mingzhu heard this, she was happy and asked, "Where is it?" How big and how much does it cost? ”

Bai Shi said the address, Mingzhu is also familiar with Qingyang City in the past few days, and when he heard it, he knew that it was only one street away from the Thorn Mansion, which was very convenient. Bai Shi said: "Although it is a small house, it is larger than your previous houses in Ancheng and Deqing, with three halls long and twelve rooms wide, and a small garden, which is very exquisite. However, the price is very cheap, I heard that the official spent more than 10,000 taels to buy this house, and later spent more than 30,000 taels on furnishings in order to buy furniture. All the valuable ornaments were sold separately, and I kept a house, and the furniture was also kept, and the government counted three thousand taels of silver for us. ”

Mingzhu was very happy when she heard it and said, "So cheap?" Isn't it only half of the house price? What's more, it's still with furniture? ”

Wen Hui smiled and said, "Have you forgotten the shop we bought in Suzhou?" ”

A word reminds the pearl. Wen Hui said again: "I heard from the housekeeper, usually this house is more than 10,000 when it is bought, but it is not worth more than 10,000 when it is sold." ”

Mingzhu was surprised: "Why? ”

Wen Hui said: "Because the former owner of this house committed an accident and beheaded his house, there is nothing more unfortunate than this, so even if the price is reduced, it may not be sold." If it weren't for the government's unified sale, it would only be sold for about six or seven thousand taels, and I don't know when and when I could meet the buyer. And the government sells it uniformly, and only takes half of the price, so three thousand taels, we bought it very fairly, and my father did not use the power in his hand to give us cheap. Although the things in his house cost a lot of money when he first purchased them. But after taking so long, it's long gone for the price. For example, when the curtain is bought, it is silk embroidery, which must be expensive, but after a few years of use, it is really worthless, and even many times are torn up when they are copied at home, and they are not as good as fast rags. And so on, that's why it's not money. ”

As soon as he saw this, he said, "Then, after we buy it, we will spend money to repair it." ”

Wen Hui smiled and said, "Yes." Although there is no need for major refurbishment. But like a curtain. Chairs, furnishings, and the like must be re-arranged. Fortunately, your family has a small population, and there are so many of these houses, and there are fifty or sixty main houses and side rooms. Where to use up, just follow my family's example, pick up the ones you like and seal the rest. It doesn't cost anything. About a few hundred taels of silver will be enough. ”

Mingzhu lowered his head and counted for a while and said, "Stepmother, it's only more than three thousand taels of silver, but it's very good." I'm afraid I won't be able to take it out now. If you sell the house in Deqing, because the house price in Deqing has risen a little, you can probably still do it, but you want to keep the house in Deqing. That's not enough, but if you don't buy it now, if you miss this opportunity, where can you find such a suitable one? ”

Bai laughed and said, "Little monkey, come with me like this." I will not count your money enough. You don't have to pay for the hospital yourself, I count that I can't use up the money I raised with those ladies last time, but with the nature of your mother and daughter, I will never embezzle that money. The rest of your family's income is those shops and fields, and there is a pharmacy. The fields and pavements are all counted, and you still have to spend money at home, but there must be the rest, even if you take out more than 3,000 taels, there is no problem. And then there's the pharmacy. This time for disaster relief, in fact, the pharmacy is making money, but I estimate the temperament of your mother and daughter, and you must use all the money you earn to buy medicinal materials, even the remaining money from your family's land is estimated to be used to buy medicinal materials, right? ”

Mingzhu grinned and said, "Stepmother, you are really wise, I can't hide anything from you." In fact, this time the pharmacy made a lot of money, but because many of the medicinal materials sold in those two states were rare and precious medicinal materials, it was usually difficult to buy, such as hundreds of years of ginseng, even thousands of years of ginseng, and a hundred years of Ganoderma lucidum, as well as snow lotus and other precious medicinal materials. Not only have we spent all our savings for many years, but also the money earned by the pharmacy has been spent, and the little money saved by the hospital has also been spent. In this way, not only did we not embezzle the hospital's money, but the hospital also misappropriated our money. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to take out the three thousand taels. ”

Bai asked: "Then you are now running a new pharmacy in Qingyang City, which will cost a lot of money, right?" Why didn't you tell me I could lend it to you? ”

Mingzhu said: "Thank you for your kindness, you don't need to borrow money for this." Speaking of which, thanks to disaster relief, the pills in our pharmacy have become famous in three states at once, and now many pharmacies in these three states have come to our pharmacy to buy them, and they want to buy the pills we made. Now not only have the pills for disaster relief been sold, but even those pills that are not used for disaster relief and are used for daily use have also been sold. This is not enough, many pharmacies that have not bought pills have booked the pills in our pharmacy, and they have left a deposit, which is also a lot of money, enough for me to open a new pharmacy. ”

Bai Shi was very happy to hear this: "Well, you are considered a teacher, and this medicine shop is very well managed." It's not easy. In this way, I don't have to worry about your new medicine shop, I will give you 4,000 taels of silver for you to buy the house, let the housekeeper Chen take you to complete the formalities, and then let your housekeeper clean up for you, so that your mother can move over and live in quickly. I miss her so much. ”

Mingzhu hurriedly said: "I don't need four thousand taels so much, two thousand taels is enough, and I still have more than a thousand taels in my hand." This pharmaceutical workshop in Deqing dispenses medicine every day, and money comes in, which is enough to cope with pocket expenses. ”

Bai said, "Okay, so be it." Give you a pair of cards and you can get them. By the way, there's one more thing to tell you. Originally, I was going to discuss it with your mother, but I think your mother is not as good as you in things like business, money, and so on. I'll just tell you. At the beginning, when you went to the capital, I bought you a property next to the market in Deqing, and I have collected a lot of rent in recent years. This part was originally meant to be kept for you as a dowry. It is a total of 20,000 taels of silver, and now that the market is so prosperous, if it is sold, many people must buy it. It is estimated that it will not be a problem to sell for 50,000 taels. Do you want to sell it now so that you can buy a dowry? ”

In the previous paragraph, Mingzhu listened to it while secretly calculating, and when she heard the latter sentence, her face turned red, and she said: "Mother-in-law, why do you old man joke with children, I ignore you." I'm going to get some money. ”

After saying that, he picked up the pair of cards and ran out.

Bai laughed. Wen Hui said: "Mother, it seems that my sister has identified the elder brother of the Liu family." Even her father disagreed, and also told her about the danger of following Brother Liu, but she was still indifferent. This is the power of love. ”

Bai Shi glanced at his daughter strangely and said, "You little monkey actually knows the word love." You can't be someone you like, right? This is not going to work. You're too young to think about it yet. Besides, the most taboo thing for people like us is to give and receive privately, which is a matter of honor for a lifetime, although your father and I love you, but we can't let you mess around in this kind of thing. ”

Wen Hui looked at her mother as if she was facing a great enemy and said, "Okay, I know." At my age, where do I think about this? Besides, I don't even like these people. Actually, let me tell you, Zhao Chongyi and the Four Princes are interested in me. ”

After speaking, he told Zhao Chongyi about his confession before leaving and how she refused, and then said the second brother's analysis of the fact that the fourth prince also liked her.

Strangely, Bai is not surprised by any of this. Wen Hui understood after thinking about it, it was estimated that her mother had already known about it, and it turned out that it was hers who realized it later.

Bai Shi said sternly: "Then what do you think of the two of them?" ”

Wen Hui said: "The four princes don't even think about it, I won't even think about it." ”

When she finished saying this, she found that her mother was visibly relieved. Then he said: "Because he is a royal man and has a concubine in the family, I don't want to share a man with other women." Also, if he succeeds in the future, there will be countless women, and I will vomit if I want to drink countless women to share a man. Of course, he is too beautiful, if he is not a prince, I will definitely think of marrying him despite all difficulties, but he is not, he is not only a prince, but also has the ambition to compete for the prince. ”

Bai smiled with satisfaction: "I knew that my daughter was a smart person. What about the little brother of the Zhao family? ”

Wen Hui laughed when she thought of Zhao Chongyi's appearance: "Actually, Zhao Chongyi is very good, he has a good life, he has a cheerful and generous personality, and he is very lively, but he can't do it at home." His home is too complicated. If I marry him, I will have to deal with a bunch of his father's women, and I will vomit blood just thinking about it, and I will definitely not be able to do it. ”

Bai happily hugged his daughter in his arms and said, "She really deserves to be my good daughter, so smart." Looks like I don't have to worry about you anymore. ”

Wen Hui sweetly lay in her mother's arms and said, "Of course." I don't want to find a husband in the future, I want to marry a man and come back. ”

In a word, Bai Shilei's limbs were numb, and his hair was up.

ps：

The white bone spirits are like this, independent and self-reliant.