Chapter 142 Open Source and Reduce Expenditure
Yang Ning's scalp was itchy, and he asked rhetorically: "Sanniang, tell me, where did you see that I like her?" ”
"Are you a sanniang or a child?" Gu Qinghan smiled and said, "If it is a meeting in Pingshui, why should the girl come to the capital and wait for you in the Hou Mansion?" He said with confidence: "She didn't say anything, which just means that there is something in the middle." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Ning'er, don't be afraid, even if you really like Miss Tang, Sanniang won't say anything, this is a great thing. ”
"A great thing?" Yang Ning asked seriously: "Where does this start? ”
Gu Qinghan pursed her lips and smiled, delicate and gorgeous, and said softly: "Sanniang knows that you have grown up, if it weren't for Su Yu's side to regret the marriage contract, Sanniang would have been ready to marry you." You are the son of brocade, if nothing else, when the new monarch ascends the throne, your title will come down, and you are not too young, when you should get married. Mrs. Tai doesn't ask about foreign affairs, and now that our Hou Mansion has broken off the door with the Qi family, your marriage can only be worried about by Sanniang. ”
"Sanniang, are you in such a hurry to marry me a daughter-in-law?" Yang Ning sighed, of course he didn't have much interest in this topic, after all, he didn't even know when he was pretending to be the prince of Jinyi, and he might suddenly disappear one day.
Gu Qinghan's eyebrows tightened, he became serious, and said, "Why are you in a hurry to marry your daughter-in-law?" You are the son of Jinyi, and it is your responsibility to pass on the incense to the Qi family, not what you want. Ning'er, I can take care of other things by you, even this matter, you have to listen to me. ”
"Okay, Sanniang, if you let me marry, it won't be for me to marry Miss Tang, right?" Yang Ning said helplessly: "You didn't even understand the situation, so you just messed around with your family?" ”
Gu Qinghan thought for a moment before saying, "Actually, you really want to marry Miss Tang, her background is not very good, Mrs. Tai may not agree, but ..... But if you really like it, I will persuade Mrs. Tai to let Miss Tang make you a concubine first, what do you think? ”
Yang Ning thought that the minds of people in this era were really different from those of later generations, Gu Qinghan said this, obviously he also felt very common for men with three wives and four concubines.
"Sanniang, let's not say whether I like Miss Tang or not, let me ask you, if Miss Tang doesn't want to be a concubine, or even don't want to marry into the Hou Mansion at all, so what?" Yang Ning smiled: "You can't tie her up and marry me, right?" ”
"I knew you liked it, now admit it, right?" Gu Qinghan smiled: "Aren't you just worried that Miss Tang is unwilling to marry?" Sanniang thinks that this should not be, my family Ning'er is good-looking, smart, and good-natured, and she is still a son of a brocade dress, no matter how many girls want to enter the door, Miss Tang will not be unwilling. ”
"Good looks, smart people, good temperament...... Sanniang, it seems that you have a high opinion of me." Yang Ning laughed and said, "Do you think all women like me like me?" ”
Gu Qinghan immediately said: "Of course, who wouldn't like my family Ning'er, then she must have no vision?" ”
Yang Ning looked at Gu Qinghan's delicate and jade-like face, his watery eyes turned slightly, charming but not vulgar, and blurted out: "Sanniang, then you also like me like this?" ”
Gu Qinghan was still quite excited, but when he heard Yang Ning say this, he was stunned at first, and then raised his eyebrows and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, and then talking nonsense, Sanniang will have to serve the family law." Picked up a chopstick, raised his hand and hit Yang Ning's arm, the strength was not great, and blamed: "I'll talk to you about serious things, don't mess around." ”
Yang Ning knew that it didn't hurt to touch some words, but he couldn't say too much, so he could only say: "Sanniang, when it's time to get married, I will naturally let you prepare." Miss Tang, you better forget it, I'll say it again, I am friends with her at most, and she doesn't even necessarily regard me as a friend, ..... you say you want to talk about serious things, I really have serious things to ask you. ”
"What?" Gu Qinghan saw that Yang Ning was serious and asked, "What serious things do you want to say?" ”
"Silver!" Yang Ning said: "The tax money brought back is enough for the expenses of the house?" We burned down so many stores, and the compensation is a lot. ”
Gu Qinghan frowned and said, "Speaking of this, I almost forgot to tell you." After a pause, he said, "Ning'er, do you remember that last time you said that oil stains were found in the burned pawnshop?" ”
Yang Ning nodded and said, "That's right, so there must be ghosts in the pawnshop." Originally, I was going to find out the inner ghost, but then I was delayed after a series of events. ”
"Don't look for it, the inner ghost has been found out." Gu Qinghan's delicate face was covered with frost, "After you reminded me that time, I felt that there was something wrong just like you, so Zhao Wuxian has been investigating this matter." ”
"Got a result?"
"The pawnshop and the people all investigated carefully, and there was nothing wrong, only on the day the pawnshop caught fire, Qiu Yi went to the pawnshop and entered the pawnshop." Gu Qinghan sneered: "Zhao Wuxian finally locked the target on Qiu Yi, and went to interrogate him again, he didn't admit it at first, and was frightened by Zhao Wuxian, so he told the truth." ”
Yang Ning frowned and said, "Could it be the idea of the third old man?" Shaking his head, he said, "No, this matter is involved in Dou Lianzhong, and it should have nothing to do with Dou Lianzhong." ”
Gu Qinghan said: "Yes, the pawnshop was burned, and it has nothing to do with the third old lady, it is Dou Lianzhong's ghost behind his back." ”
Yang Ning clenched his fists and said, "Sure enough, it's that dog thing, Lao Tzu can't spare him." ”
"Do you know what Dou Lianzhong's purpose is?" Gu Qinghan asked.
Yang Ning said: "I heard that Dou Kui, the head of the household department, has a feud with our Jinyi Hou Mansion, Dou Lianzhong wants to take the opportunity to avenge his old son?" ”
Gu Qinghan said: "This is one of the reasons, his purpose is for our family's pharmacy." ”
"Pharmacy?" Yang Ningqi said: "Sanniang, the Dou family should not be short of silver, why do you want to plan our pharmacy?" ”
Gu Qinghan sighed lightly and said: "You don't know, the Hou Mansion was short of silver for a while, I asked Qiu Yi to borrow silver from Qianzhuang, and the tax silver was withdrawn two days ago, and I sent someone to repay the borrowed silver. ”
Yang Ning instantly understood: "I understand, Qiu Yi and Dou Lianzhong conspired to borrow silver from the Dou family's bank, they had already planned it, knowing that we could not repay the borrowed silver on time, and then they could force us to use the medicine shop to pay off the debt." ”
"That's it." Gu Qinghan thought about it now, and he also felt afraid for a while, and raised his hand to pat his chest, "They have made repeated moves, just to put our Hou Mansion in a desperate situation and let others slaughter them." He said hatefully: "Qiu Yi, that wolf-hearted thing, not only collaborated with the third old lady to harm us, but also became a lackey of the Dou family in private, plotting against us behind his back." ”
Yang Ning also felt a chill down his spine at this time.
If it weren't for the handle of Dou Lianzhong and holding him down with a glass horse, the situation facing the Hou Mansion would be even more difficult.
Gu Qinghan really said: "Ning'er, if you don't think of a way, even if you get the tax money back, I'm afraid it won't help." Fortunately, you caught Dou Lianzhong's handle, and Qian Zhuang knew it, but he didn't come to ask for it later, because he was afraid of annoying us, but he made them uncomfortable. ”
"yes, what's going on now?"
"The loss of the pawnshop is not small, and many goods have been destroyed, and the compensation must be doubled." Gu Qinghan said: "Although the money village has not been found, we can't miss the silver that should be repaid." ”
"How long can we last with the rest of the silver?" Yang Ning knew that even if it didn't cost money, it would cost a lot of silver to eat and drink Lazar every day.
Not to mention anything else, as far as Qijing's funeral and the compensation after the pawnshop was burned, no matter which one is to cost a lot of silver, and without the pawnshop, the Hou Mansion will have one less entry, although the current difficulties have passed, but the next days of the Hou Mansion are only afraid that there will be a situation where they will be stretched.
"I have also washed and liquidated it in the past two days, and the money I saved, according to the weekday expenses, if nothing else, will last less than two months." Gu Qinghan smiled bitterly: "Originally, these tax silver were supposed to last for half a year, but now there is a deficit for several months. Shaking his head, he said, "I can only think of other ways." ”
"What else can I think of?"
Gu Qinghan hesitated for a moment before he said, "It's really not possible, send someone to Jiangling to find the Gu family's ......!" ”
Yang Ning immediately said: "Sanniang is going to borrow money from your mother's family?" ”
"For the sake of now, this is the only way." Gu Qinghan said helplessly: "There is still food and drink in the house, and there may be other things, without silver, nothing can be accomplished." ”
Yang Ning said solemnly: "This will never be possible." Sanniang, looking for the Gu family to borrow silver, this is easy to say, but it is not good, if outsiders know, what will they think of the Hou Mansion? And what does the Gu family think of you? Besides, the Hou Mansion can't do it just by borrowing money, and it must find a way to open source. ”
"There's no way to do that." Gu Qinghan smiled bitterly: "I also know that open source and reduce expenditure, and it is okay to reduce expenditure, but if you want to open source, it is not easy to talk about it." ”
Yang Ning said: "I'll figure out a way to deal with the silver, since grandma handed over the Hou Mansion to me to ensure that the mansion is well fed, it is my responsibility." In his heart, he was thinking, one of the next important tasks was to start to play to his strengths and get money, "By the way, how did Qiu Yi deal with it?" Still locked up in the Hou Mansion? ”
"Canghai They want to send Qiu Yi to the yamen, but I think his father and son have been in the Hou Mansion for many years, if they really hand him over to the Kyoto Mansion, he is afraid that he will live in prison for the rest of his life." Gu Qinghan was a little apprehensive, and looked at Yang Ning with beautiful eyes, "I wanted to wait for you to come back, but I also know your temper, if I really want to wait for you to come back, maybe I will throw him in prison, so ..... So I decided and drove him out of the house, but ..... However, he took the initiative to hand over the several mansions he bought in the Hou Mansion in order to save his life, Ning'er, you ..... You can't blame me, do you? ”
Yang Ning sighed: "Sanniang has a good heart, how can I blame you." Since he has been expelled, I will spare him once, and as long as he does not provoke us in the future, he will be treated as if there is no such person. ”
Gu Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I know that you don't care." "The whole person is just like a bright peach smiling in the spring breeze, very delicate.
At this moment, I heard a voice outside: "Third lady, Miss Tang has arrived!" ”
Gu Qinghan agreed, Yang Ning got up, the door was pushed open, and I saw a person wearing a rose-red gold silk cloud brocade jacket, embroidered with a blooming ice lotus at the neckline, wearing a rose-purple long skirt, lined with a peacock blue floral satin inner skirt under the skirt, and the slender hands were naturally overlapped in front of the abdomen, and the steps were very light into the house.
Yang Ning was stunned for a moment, looked at it carefully, and then recognized that it was Tang Nuo, but the dress was very different from the last time they met, and he couldn't recognize it coldly.