As soon as May enters Kyoto, the weather becomes cool in the morning and evening, and hot in the afternoon.

Mrs. Cai smiled and sent Mrs. Changxing Houfu into the carriage, then dipped her forehead full of sweat with a handkerchief, and turned around and instructed her daughter-in-law Ding: "Let's go back to the house too!" ”

She smiled, a little tired on her face.

Ding Shi hurriedly stepped forward to help his mother-in-law, and said considerately: "The weather is so hot, Mrs. Hou of Changxing wants to do things for the old Hou Ye who died of illness, but I met you occasionally, and asked you which master of Wanming Temple recited the scriptures well, and you accompanied me - our family has nothing to do with the Hou family of Changxing, why do you have to be so courteous to their family?" As he spoke, he took the fan in the maid's hand and fanned Mrs. Cai vigorously, "Mother, you are also old, Baoshan has told me several times, let me take good care of you, if there is anything, you can just tell me." ”

Baoshan is the eldest son of Cai Bi.

Ding glanced at the maids and mothers-in-law who were clustered around him.

The maids and mothers-in-law scattered with great eyes.

Mrs. Cai then said: "Everything must be prepared for a rainy day." There is no contact now, and you dare to say that there will be no contact in the future? I accompanied Mrs. Tai to Wanming Temple this time, didn't I have a relationship?! Don't be so short-sighted! Then he lowered his voice and said, "Changxinghou is doing nonsense in office, I don't know how many people have impeached, but he can stand still, how can ordinary people do this?" The people who befriend the Shi family only have benefits and no harm. The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, and I am also for your good. He added, "Do you remember Mr. Lin Guanlan, the head of the Hanlin Academy, who had a close relationship with our family in the past?" Lord Lin died of illness three years ago, and his grandson committed an accident in Jiangnan, but a letter from the Lin family was written to Tao Zeyu, the governor of Jiangnan, and the young master of the Lin family was not only fine, but also returned to Kyoto with Cheng Yi, who was carrying a thousand taels of silver tickets sent by Tao Zeyu. Why do you say that? It's just because Tao Zeyu had just been selected as a Shujishi, and Mrs. Tao came to live in Kyoto with her son, speaking Kyoto dialect with a Fujian accent, and was neglected, and Mrs. Lin once came forward to say a few words for her. Then he told Ding, "You have to remember that being convenient with others is convenient with yourself." Even if you can't help people, you must never offend people. I brought you here today because I also want you to have a good relationship with the Changxing Hou family. ”

"I remember my mother's words!" Ding nodded again and again, personally moved the footstool leaning on the wheel, and served Mrs. Cai to get into the carriage.

Only Mrs. Cai had just stepped on the footstool with one foot, and suddenly someone in a carriage parked next to her reached out and opened the curtain, and a woman with beads poked her head out and smiled: "Mrs. Cai? You're Mrs. Chua, right? ”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law turned around.

Ding's face was full of confusion, and he couldn't remember where he had seen this woman, but Mrs. Cai thought for a moment and said with a smile: "It's the seventh wife of the Dou family, right?" I said, how can I not remember what I look like this Peugeot? So saying, he gathered his feet and stood by the carriage.

Sure enough, it's very snobbish.

Wang Yingxue sneered.

If it was Mrs. Fifth who greeted her, she would have already run over, right?

Wang Yingxue put aside the unhappiness in her heart, got out of the carriage with a smile, and went forward to greet Mrs. Cai's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and exchanged a few words of greetings.

Mrs. Cai and the Ding family were a little surprised, and Wang Yingxue said with a smile: "Mrs. Cai, it's better to meet by chance." I was thinking of going to the house for a few days, but I didn't expect to meet you here, so I'm not welcome—there's something I want to ask you for help with......" motioned for her to come and talk.

Ding has seen a lot of this kind of thing, and smiled disapprovingly and retreated to the side with the maids and mothers-in-law.

Wang Yingxue invited Mrs. Cai to sit in her carriage.

Mrs. Cai thought about it, smiled and got into the carriage with Wang Yingxue.

Ding waited outside for about an hour, during which time he faintly heard cries coming from the carriage.

Mrs. Cai's personal grandmother asked Ding with some concern: "There won't be anything, right?" ”

Ding said with a smile: "Even if there is anything, the Dou family still has a fifth wife, how can it not be our turn to come out!" Then he guessed, "Maybe she has been wronged by something, and she wants to ask Mrs. Fifth to help her come forward, but it's not good to tell Mrs. Fifth directly, so I want my mother to help pass on a word!" ”

The grandmother thought about it, felt that Ding's words were very reasonable, and her expression relaxed, and she stood there leisurely and waited.

After about a quarter of an hour, Mrs. Cai got out of Wang Yingxue's carriage, Wang Yingxue wanted to send it, but was stopped by Mrs. Cai, and said, "Mrs. Seventh will go back first, I will carefully consider this matter and then give you an answer." ”

Wang Yingxue hurriedly said: "Thank you Mrs. Cai!" "His eyes were red and swollen, and he looked sad.

Ding thought to himself, "I don't know what Mrs. Seven is looking for her mother-in-law", so he stepped forward and picked up Mrs. Cai.

Mrs. Cai's face was tense and looked a little solemn.

As soon as she got into the carriage, she told the coachman: "Go back quickly!" ”

Ding Shi was startled, and asked hurriedly: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Mrs. Cai looked as if she hadn't heard what she said, and her expression was in a trance, and the handkerchief was crumpled in her hand and unfolded, unfolded and kneaded again.

Ding knew that this was a big problem for his mother-in-law, so he didn't dare to breathe and sat quietly on the side.

The carriage traveled all the way and soon returned to the paper horse alley where the Cai family lived.

Mrs. Cai sat in the car and did not move.

The mother-in-law outside waited for a long time and didn't see anyone get out of the car, and she opened the curtain and was about to speak, but was stopped outside by Ding's eyes.

The sun gradually turned west, the cool wind blew in the alley, but the carriage was unbearably hot, Ding felt that the vest was about to be soaked with sweat, picked up the fan to help Mrs. Cai fan a few times, and he could also take the opportunity to relieve the heat, but Mrs. Cai suddenly came back to her senses and asked her in a low voice: "You say, if we have a chance to earn 10,000 taels of silver, do we do it, or don't we do it?" ”

Ding Shi was shocked and said, "I'm afraid the risk is not small, right?" ”

Mrs. Cai bowed her head and stopped talking.

Ding didn't care about the stuffiness, moved over and sat down next to Mrs. Cai, and whispered, "Something to do with the Dou family?" ”

Mrs. Cai whispered a few words to Ding.

Ding's face turned pale with fright, and the fan in his hand "snapped" at his feet, causing the mother-in-law who was following the car outside to hurriedly lift the curtain and ask "what's wrong" urgently, but Ding scolded him and retreated.

"Mother, what do you have in mind?" Ding's voice trembled a little, "I'm afraid that there will be a gap with the other side of Huaishu Hutong afterwards!" ”

"I think so too." Mrs. Cai said, "Although I can bluff the past, but if something so big happens, at least I can't escape a perfunctory reputation." If the people in Huaishu Hutong don't say it, they will definitely doubt it in their hearts. What's more, your sister is still at their house...... I've done the math, it's not easy to do! ”

The mother-in-law said "it's not easy to do", not "can't be done".

Ding immediately saw through Mrs. Cai's thoughts.

I thought about the 10,000 taels of silver, but I didn't want to offend the Huaishu Hutong.

She muttered, "Otherwise, we should be fine?" ”

"Confused!" Mrs. Cai scolded, "Since she said it and promised me that the Wang family owes me a favor, she has already made up her mind, we can't go through here, she will definitely think of other ways, and she will never give up." When the time comes, whether it succeeds or not, there will be an uproar. We knew in advance, but we didn't know that there would be a sound on the other side of Huaishu Hutong, you say, what would the people of the Dou family think? ”

"What do you mean?" Ding vaguely understood his mother-in-law's plan.

Mrs. Cai whispered: "I still have to tell the Dou family about this." As for the 10,000 taels of silver tickets, we will also take them. When the time came, he handed the silver ticket to the fifth wife, only saying that it was forced by the form, and there was no way to explain it...... The fifth wife is also a cheerful person, and the seventh wife has paid 10,000 taels of silver, so she can't say nothing at all, right? We have been good people and we have been able to make a lot of money in the name of it. As for Mrs. Seven, since Mrs. Fifth knows about it, there is absolutely no reason to hand us over to confront Mrs. Seven, and Mrs. Fifth cannot let Mrs. Seven act, so we will just listen to Mrs. Five's arrangement at that time. ”

Ding was busy flattering: "Jiang is still old and spicy!" I panicked when I heard this, I didn't expect my mother to have an idea so quickly......"

"Alright, alright," said Mrs. Cai, "let's go to Locust Alley." But a smile involuntarily appeared on his face because of his daughter-in-law's words.

Ding said: "Mother, such a big matter, do you think you should discuss it with your father first?" And it will be Brother Ren'er's birthday in a few days, I think it is better to wait a few days than to go at this time-Mrs. Dou Jiaqi did such a thing, it must not be a simple character. The implication is that he is afraid that Wang Yingxue will send someone to pay attention to the movements of their family.

"You have a point." Mrs. Cai patted her daughter-in-law's hand with relief, "However, it's better not to let your father know about this kind of thing, if there is any change, we can infer that your father doesn't know, there is a way out." Then Ding's attendant got out of the carriage.

The people sent by Wang Yingxue to pay attention to the Cai family came back for a few days to report that there was no movement, and Mrs. Cai sent her daughter-in-law Ding to take away the 10,000 taels of silver tickets.

Dou Shiying was kept in the palace for two days in a row, and he didn't know anything about his family.

When it came to Dou Shishu's eldest grandson Dou Qiren's birthday, Mrs. Cai dressed up and went to Huaicun Hutong.

After eating longevity noodles and rewarding Brother Ren's congratulatory gifts, Mrs. Cai took Mrs. Five to Mrs. Five's inner room to talk.

The fifth lady looked at the 10,000 taels of silver tickets on the table, which were redeemed at the sight of the ticket and had no mark, she was shocked and anxious, and it took a while to come to her senses, and she was so angry that the green tendons on her forehead were rising, and she wanted to scold two sentences, but when the words came to her mouth, she was afraid that Mrs. Cai would see the joke, so she endured it stiffly, and thanked Mrs. Cai gratefully: "...... If it weren't for our in-laws, our Dou family would have become the laughing stock of Kyoto! Even I, who is an aunt, am afraid that I will not escape the responsibility. You've saved our family! ”

Where is the honor of the old lady of the pavilion?

The fifth wife can't wait to spit on Wang Yingxue's face.

Since Mrs. Cai has done good deeds, she naturally has to do it to the end, and others will be truly grateful from the bottom of their hearts.

She hurriedly shook Mrs. Five's hand, and comforted Mrs. Five: "Who hasn't had a pit yet, but fortunately, no one else knows about this matter, and we don't talk to each other as a family, so what can I do to help, just ask me." ”