Chapter 81: Muddy Waters

"Since you still have to go to Yunyang City for follow-up visits every month, wouldn't it be inconvenient for you to go back to the mine again?" Ren Yaochi asked with a smile.

Zhu Ruomei scratched her head, and then suddenly realized that this action was a little indecent, and immediately put her hand down again: "I can intercede with the steward of the mine, and I will do more work on weekdays......"

Ren Yaochi shook his head: "You still have to concentrate on serving your mother, although your sister is a capable person, she is only ten years old, I'm afraid she won't be able to take care of it." And last time, my father had already instructed the steward to return the deed of sale to you, and it would not be difficult for you to find a better job in Yunyang City with your ability. Why don't you take your mother and sister to live in Yunyang City, so that the consultation will be smoother. ”

Ren Yaoqi knew that the people who took the initiative to sell themselves in the coal mines were either outsiders who fled or people whose families were very poor and needed money. Zhu Ruomei will work in the Ren family's coal kiln because she urgently needs silver to treat her mother's illness. A sturdy young man like Zhu Ruomei would give a one-time payment of twenty to thirty taels of silver as buying out his labor.

If given the choice, few people would actually want to work in the mines. There were also several incidents of evasion in the Ren family's coal mine, which made the masters of the Ren family feel good.

Zhu Ruomei was silent for a moment, then raised her head and said, "The little one will pay back the thirty taels of silver that the Ren family gave me at the beginning." ”

Ren Yaochi tilted his head and thought for a while: "It's better like this." I'm looking for someone to help me with something important, and I can't give it to anyone else. If you feel that you don't want to go, then help me with this matter, and how about paying back the thirty taels of silver? ”

Zhu Ruomei immediately said when she heard this: "Fifth Miss has something to do, and the little one instructs the little one, where can the little one ask you for silver, this matter cannot be mixed up." ”

Ren Yaoqi looked disappointed: "If that's the case, then I won't let you help me do anything, I'd better find someone else." It's just that this matter is a little urgent, and I don't know if Lu Dao can find a suitable and reliable person. ”

Zhu Ruomei thought for a moment, but still compromised: "Then ask the fifth lady to give instructions, the little one will definitely help you get things done." and will be tight-lipped. ”

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw him respond.

At this time, she and Zhu Ruomei were in the pavilion, and Apple Mulberry and a few maids were standing outside the pavilion.

Although there are occasional mothers-in-law and maids passing by, but when they saw that there was a master resting here, they didn't dare to look more, so they hurriedly saluted and passed.

Ren Yao and Zhu Ruomei spoke. If the voice is lowered, it will not be clear from the outside.

Ren Yaoqi explained to Zhu Ruomei in detail, afraid that he would not be able to remember, and retold several important names, place names and events.

"Do you remember?" Ren Yaochi asked uneasily.

Zhu Ruomei frowned slightly and silently recited what Ren Yaoqi said in her heart twice, and then nodded: "Fifth Miss, don't worry." The little ones are all memorized. The place you said is detailed, and the people have names and surnames, so it is not difficult to find. When the small one is disguised, it is guaranteed that the little mother will not recognize it. ”

It's just that he was a little puzzled about the reason why Ren Yaochi asked him to do such a thing. However, he also knew that there were many things in the big families that could not be said to outsiders, and he didn't want to ask too much, so he just thought that he must help Ren Yaoqi handle this matter well.

Ren Yaoqi saw that he really remembered, so he was relieved.

If this Zhu Ruomei is really the Zhu Ruomei she heard of in her previous life, then she must have some real skills, otherwise Xiao Jingxi, who is known as "the last resort", will not hand over his back road to him.

It's just that I don't know if Lu Dao has intervened so sideways in this life, can Zhu Ruomei still have the same future as he did in his previous life? Many things pay attention to fate, if it is because of her interference, he will do nothing all his life. That's a real pity.

Thinking so in his heart, Ren Yaoqi nodded with a smile and said, "In this case, you can go back first." It's just that it takes about a day or two to do this. Can your mother's side arrange it? ”

"The little one will rush back to Yunyang City to explain to his family, Miss Five, please rest assured."

"If there is something I can help with at home, let Sister-in-law Yuan come and talk to me." Ren Yaochi instructed.

Zhu Ruomei thanked her solemnly again. Then he took his leave of the house.

Ren Yaoqi sat alone in the Yiran Pavilion for a while, as if she was thinking about something and seemed to be in a daze, and the maids outside the pavilion wanted to come in but didn't dare to come in.

Until Ren Yaochi gently stroked her skirt, stood up, and said gently: "It's windy, go back." ”

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In the afternoon of this day, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua were both in Li's house to listen to Mama Zhou talk to them about the way to govern the family, and Li sat on the kang next to him to make soft boots for Ren Shimin.

Xi'er suddenly ran in from outside.

Mama Zhou frowned, and reprimanded with a straight face: "What are you doing in such a hurry?" Where did you learn the rules? ”

Xi hurriedly said: "The slave maid just heard the mother-in-law of the porter talk about the Han family, and the Han family quarreled. ”

As soon as the Li family heard that it was the Han family's matter, he immediately raised his head and asked in surprise, "What?" The Han family? Why did the Han family quarrel? ”

Mama Zhou knew that the Li family was very satisfied with the Han family's family business, and she didn't care about teaching the maid rules, so she also looked at Xi'er and waited for her to say the following.

"At noon today, more than a dozen or twenty people came from Jizhou, and they went straight to the Han family's house. The Han family has been in our town for a year, and they have always been low-key, and they have not had any guests, so everyone is a little strange, and those people are still noisy along the way, and some good people follow to see the excitement. ”

"Those twenty or so people were invited into the Han Mansion by the housekeeper of the Han family, and said to the outside world that they were relatives in Jizhou. I don't want these relatives to go in for a while, and there is a noise inside, and the movement is quite loud. Later, even the old lady of the Han family and Han Gongzi, who were out, were hurriedly called back. ”

Because the Li family didn't let Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua go out, the two of them also sat there and listened.

Ren Yaohua frowned when he heard this and asked, "Since it is someone from Jizhou's hometown and was invited in by the housekeeper of the Han family, it must be really a relative." Why did the Han family make such a big fuss with their relatives in their hometown? ”

Xi'er said: "Some people say that the meaning of the words shouted by the previous Jizhou people seems to be that the old man Han secretly sold some of the Han family's property, and the Han family's clansmen were all kept in the dark before. At this time, he knew that he would come over to make trouble. ”

Li Shi put half of the soles in his hands into the embroidered basket on the side, and said with some surprise: "How can this be? ”

"How much property is there in the Han family, don't the people of the Han family know what to do? Someone was sold before he stood up and said? "Mama Zhou is also a little strange.

"It seems to say that many years ago, there was an aunt and grandmother in the Han family who married a maritime merchant in her early years, because her husband and son died in a shipwreck, so she returned to the Han family to join her family. It is said that this aunt saved a lot of valuable treasures, because she had no children, and later after her death, she gave her property to the clansmen who supported her, which was regarded as the public property of the Han family. It's just that soon after the Liao people invaded our Yanbei, those valuable treasures were looted by the Liao people, so no one in the Han family really saw those treasures after that, only some old people in the Han clan occasionally told the juniors how this aunt was rich in the first place, and there were some valuable treasures around her. The big guys originally listened to the story and didn't take it seriously. ”

Mama Zhou shook her head and smiled: "This can't be taken seriously. I once heard of a dilapidated settlement boasting that their ancestors used gold bricks to pave the road, and even the toilet used to make red gold, but unfortunately the Liao people robbed the most of them. No one believed this, but the juniors in the family loved to hear it, and the more it became more and more evil after it became the most popular. ”

Xi'er shook her head: "The Han family originally listened to it as a joke and didn't take it seriously, but a few days ago, someone in the Han family learned that a treasure that originally only appeared in legends was secretly sold by Old Man Han to a foreigner not long ago. The Han family made a fuss, saying that the legend was true, but the aunt's property was not taken away by the Liao, but was hidden by the patriarch of the Han family for his own use, and was passed on to his daughter and son-in-law by the previous patriarch Han Jianping. ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and Li said, "This, this is unlikely, right?" ”

"Oh, they also talked on the road that it was no wonder that Old Man Han had accumulated so much family property in just a few decades, they originally thought that Old Man Han had enough ability to work hard, but now it seems that it should be stained with the light of the ancestors of the Han family. They came this time to ask Old Man Han for an explanation. Xi'er lowered her voice a little.

"What do you think?" Ren Yaohua was silent for a moment, and suddenly turned his head and asked Ren Yaoqi, who was sitting on the side and listened with relish and did not express an opinion.

Ren Yaoqi smiled back at Ren Yaohua, shook his head and said, "After all these years, whether it's like this or not, I can't say clearly." After all, no one had really seen that aunt's belongings...... Well, except maybe for a few?"

Ren Yaohua couldn't help frowning slightly when she heard this: "You also believe it?" ”

Of course Ren Yaochi didn't believe it, it would be strange if she believed it.

Still, she replied: "I believe it or not, it doesn't matter if we believe it or not." The important thing is that some people in the Han family believed it. ”

Maybe some people don't all believe it, but believing it will give them a lot of benefits, so they all believe it.

"Moreover, I don't know if my grandfather and grandmother believe it or not." Ren Yaoqi tilted his head and added.

"Grandfather and grandmother, believe it or not, what does it have to do with those people in the Han family?" Ren Yaohua was puzzled.

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It seems immoral to stop here......

So the scum continues to code words, but the speed is a little slow, everyone still don't wait, let's see it tomorrow morning.