The young couple were newly married for a few months, which was an inextricable stage, although the two places were separated overnight, but the exchange of correspondence gradually became commonplace. (District 8)

On this day, the sky was warm. Chen Yun followed Chen's instructions and summoned the steward of the account room to check the distribution of the monthly money of the girls in each house.

After checking and filling in the gaps for a long time, Chen Yun not only felt a little tired, but also saw how complicated the subordinate system in the house was.

That Shen's mother is in a high position, not only enjoying the share of ten taels of moon and silver, but also two big maids and six little maids in the courtyard. The big girl's monthly money is five hangings, and the little girl's monthly money is two hangings. Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Wu, and Chen's three wives are five taels of silver per month, the aunts led by Aunt Lin are two taels of silver per month, Pan Cuilian, An Qichun, and Chen Yun are two taels of silver per month, Shen Xueyuan and Shen Xueru are one tael of silver per month, and the rest of the housekeepers, mothers, and even the stables in the house have their share.

Chen Yun took advantage of his free time to calculate that the cost of the house alone to his subordinates reached twenty or thirty taels every month, not to mention these wives, grandmothers, and young ladies. Fortunately, she is not in charge of the accounts now, otherwise, with her temperament of cherishing money as her life, she will see the copper plates flowing out like water every day, and she should be sad to death just if she is sad.

After doing this errand, Chen Yun stretched his waist, and saw the green shade outside the window, and the birds chirping, he couldn't help but feel the heart of watching the garden, so he ordered Ruicai to come in and clean up the account books on the table, walked out of Tingyuxuan alone, and slowly went towards the lotus pond.

It happened that Pan Cuilian entered the house from outside, and saw her wandering from a distance, so she quietly chased after her from behind, and said with a smile: "Sister, is this a garden?" ”

Chen Yun was taken aback, and when she looked back and saw that it was an acquaintance, she smiled slowly: "After staring at the words for a long time, I felt that my eyes were a little sour, so I thought about coming out to relax, and by the way, I also rested my eyes!" After that, seeing the little girl who was following Pan Cuilian with a medicine bag in her hand, she couldn't help but be concerned: "Sister-in-law, this is just coming home from outside?" ”

Pan Cuilian couldn't hide something in her heart, and said bluntly: "Hey, it's still the root of the disease that fell from Feng Yuan that year, and after recuperating for a few years, it's always not good, so I found a doctor again, grabbed another pair of medicines, and it doesn't matter if it's useful or not, I'll eat it first and see!" ”

Chen Yun nodded, it was not good to interrogate people's privacy, so she only changed her words: "The weather is very good these days, why don't you see your second sister-in-law come out to meet people?" ”

"She, just like not seeing the light, hiding in the house every day, refusing to even go out of the door, I was kind enough to go to her a few times, who knows that she doesn't appreciate it at all, and still guards the yard to plant grass and embroider flowers, what a really elm head, stubborn!" Pan Cuilian said very unpleasantly, and suddenly changed her words again, and said: "Don't talk about her, by the way, have you heard any news recently?" ”

Chen Yun shook her head honestly.

Pan Cuilian looked sorry and said: "This incident has spread all over the city, and you don't know it, it's really incredible!" ”

Chen Yun said with a smile: "I stay in the house every day, I can't even get out of the gate, I just want to hear the news, and someone has to say it to me!" ”

"I'm not going to tell you about this bag now?" Pan Cuilian smiled, "

At the beginning of this month, the Suzhou salt merchant Cao Yuan's family did not know what crime he had committed, and the imperial court copied the mansion, not to men, women and children, and locked up all the men, women and children in the house, and outsiders were not allowed to enter and leave at will! ”

"Cao Yuanwai?"

Chen Yun really didn't know much about this salt merchant Cao Yuanwai.

"Yes, this Cao Yuan is famous, but we are one of the richest people in Suzhou, holding the salt road trade in Suzhou in his hands, and he is doing it well, not inferior to the salt merchants in Huaiyang. People outside are rumored that his family has money over Beidou, rice is rotten Chen Cang, lives in high-rise buildings, wears silk and satin, uses gold and jade coral, and rides a BMW horse. ”

"Things in this world are probably like this, it is easy to succeed, but it is difficult to keep merit; It is easy to accumulate wealth, but it is difficult to keep money. There are also clouds: the difficulty of establishment is like ascending to the sky, and the ease of defeat is like a fire. ”

Chen Yun sighed.

Pan Cuilian echoed: "Yes, Ji Zang Fierce, Fierce Hide, Rich Can You Be Rich and Rich?" It's just that I pity the young son of the Cao family, who is just in his early tens, can't lift his hands and shoulders, and his family has suffered such a flying disaster, how can he make a living in the future? ”

"Listening to what my sister-in-law said just now, this Cao family has a solid family background and many slaves, and there should be a lot of relatives and friends in Nafu, why did they suffer a catastrophe overnight, and those close relatives and friends refused to help Cao Gongzi?" Chen Yun asked out loud.

Pan Cuilian shook her head: "Once the horse dies, the relatives are like strangers!" When the Cao family was vigorous, those people were shoulder to shoulder, tending to be inflammatory, and they couldn't suck carbuncles and lick hemorrhoids, but now the Cao family has suffered a great disaster, and they all fell away. Said, another sigh, "Last year, Mrs. Cao feasted on the female relatives in the inner house, I was fortunate to see that Cao Gongzi at a glance, the appearance is good, the face is like a crown of jade, the lips are like painted Zhu, it is that talking, manners, is also extraordinary, and I have been reading private school since I was a child, if the family is not in trouble, how can I be a person in the future, but now it is not good, the lintel is stained with shame, everyone avoids it, this Cao Gongzi is afraid that it will be difficult to make a living!" ”

"'Seeing him rise up Zhu Lou, seeing him feasting guests, seeing his building collapse'" Chen Yun read the lyrics in "Peach Blossom Fan", and couldn't help but sigh: "It's still a wonderful drama, life is like a play, a play is like life, in the end, a dream, just a passing cloud." ”

Pan Cuilian saw that she felt a lot of emotion, and her heart was also full of thoughts.

The two walked silently, and suddenly saw Chunwu, the girl next to Chen, running in a panic, and stepped forward and said, "The two grandmothers are actually together, which saves the slaves and maids from running errands back and forth!" ”

Pan Cuilian saw that she was sweating hotly, and hurriedly said: "Your wife is looking for her, but it is expected, why is it that she is looking for me?" ”

Chunwu licked her dry lips and said, "It's not our wife looking for it, it's my cousin who came from Yangzhou to pick up my aunt and grandmother back there, and the old lady took pity on my cousin and slept all the way, so I discussed with the second and third wives to pick up the wind and wash the dust for my cousin at night!" ”

"My aunt has only lived for less than a month, so I'm going back in a hurry?" Chen Yun asked suspiciously

。

Chunwu said with a smile: "My aunt and grandmother are reluctant to leave, but my cousin said that there is something at home, so I hurriedly asked my aunt and grandmother to go back to cook!" ”

Pan Cuilian listened and said disdainfully: "The sky has fallen, and there is still ground to carry!" My aunt is a woman, and she can't sell her head and feet, what's the big deal that she has to rush back to cook? In my opinion, it's our cousin who is playing tricks! ”

Chen Yun suddenly smiled and said, "Speaking of this cousin, I've never seen it!" ”

"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, after all, my aunt hasn't been back to the old house for several years, and I just heard her say how this cousin is willful, how he loves wine and flowers, just tonight for him to wash the dust, we can meet the real person!"

Pan Cuilian said, walking to avoid the flowers, Chen Yun's eyes and legs were fast, and she also followed behind.

At night, Shen's mother ordered two tables of rich banquets to be set up in Leshoutang, separated by a screen, one for men and one for women.

Chen Yun thought that he was of low rank, and it was not good to point fingers and make random words, so he sat next to An Qichun with peace of mind, ate at one end, and listened to the gossip of the elders on the seat at the other, and only listened to Shen's mother: "I heard that the boss met a few more juniors today, but do you have any favorites?" ”

Aunt Lin knew that she was asking herself, and hurriedly said: "I haven't had time to ask yet, but I deliberately hid behind the screen and took a look, the first one is better, not only is he handsome, he also has knowledge, and he has some assets at home, but the latter ones are becoming more and more unproductive. Yes, if you look like a person or a ghost, not to mention Xue Yuan's high eyes, even I can't look down on it! ”

"Although the water flows to the lower places and the people go to the higher places, the will of heaven is unpredictable, and some people, you look mediocre and inactive on the surface, but the lives of others are behind them. Now, you look down on others, you suspect that this is not good or that is not good, really wait until the day when people fly high and far, I think you can't climb high! ”

Mother Shen smiled and said.

"So, you can't say this full, you can't do it, you have to weigh how many catties and taels you have, you don't have to save the mind of climbing the dragon and the phoenix, you can't do it, you can't do it, you can't do it. You also have to think about it, who will be harmed if you continue to delay like this? ”

When Aunt Lin heard this, she couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Although Shen's mother had a few words that were very unpleasant, secretly mocking her for being above the top and unrealistic, it also hit her sore spot.

She was originally from a lowly background, if she hadn't caught up with Shen Jiajun's shareholder style, she was afraid that she would be in a quagmire in this life, so she usually respected and thanked Shen Jiajun half, but seeing that the people around her were getting worse day by day, she couldn't help but worry.

In her life, she can see the end at a glance, and her only hope is only on Shen Xueyuan, hoping that Shen Xueyuan can marry a wealthy family and let her have something to rely on in her old age, but Shen Xueyuan is a bull-hearted kidnapper, and Shen Jiajun is the same thought, rather her husband's family is poorer, but also pleasing to the eye, otherwise, she would rather never go out for the rest of her life.

Thinking about it,

Aunt Lin sighed silently and began to be silent.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps on the side of the screen, and then I saw the two brothers Shen Heng and Shen Yi leading a white-faced boy forward.

The white-faced little student paced forward, bowed, and said, "Greetings to the ancestors, ladies and sisters-in-law, I have seen it here!" ”

Mother Shen stared at Chang Yuan lovingly, and said, "Have you seen your uncle?" ”

Chang Yuan nodded and said: "I've seen it, but the eldest uncle doesn't seem to be in good spirits, and he didn't say more than a dozen words, and he was so sleepy that he wanted to take a nap, and I didn't want to bother beside me, so I had to say goodbye first and go to the second uncle's courtyard, but I didn't admit it but pounced!" ”

Mrs. Wu heard that he went to her courtyard, and hurriedly explained: "My lord is busy talking about business these days, even I can't see anyone, don't worry about it, if you want to go out for a walk, just look for your two cousins, they are familiar with the way, where you want to play, they can take you to find the way!" ”

(End of chapter)