The house that Qi Yu'an bought had been used by the owner's family for rent before, and it had not been repaired well for many years, so the house looked messy and old, and the distribution of the houses and the layout of the yard did not look very reasonable.

If it weren't for that, Qi Yuan wouldn't have been able to buy such a large small house near Guozijian for less than 20,000 taels.

Because the price of the house was relatively cheap, Bai Yunzhen insisted on "lending" the interest of her dowry industry over the years and the silver ticket at the bottom of the box prepared for her by Mrs. Bai to Qi Yu'an for emergencies, so in the end, Qi Yu'an did not borrow 50,000 taels from Su Shen.

He put together the silver tickets that he and Bai Yunzhen could take out, and then asked Su Shen to borrow 10,000 taels of silver.

dared to hollow out most of his family funds like this, leaving only a few hundred taels to deal with daily life, Qi Yuan also thought that he still had a few friends in Beijing.

If he really needed a large amount of money for emergency, he could temporarily go to Su Shen or Shen Feng, Chen Jiabao, or even Li Zhengshan to borrow it.

As for the 10,000 taels of silver he asked Su Shen to borrow when he bought the house, he had already told Su Shen that he would pay it off within three years.

Su Shen didn't care, after all, 10,000 taels was really nothing for him now, but he didn't say to Qi Yu'an, "No need to pay it back", because in the eyes of these ancient scholars who were more respectful, taking advantage of them was a humiliating thing for them.

Su Shen wants face himself, so naturally he won't let his friends lose face.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and when it was time to make an appointment with Shen Weide's wife, Su Shen and Meng Zhen came to visit with their children.

Nominally, of course, the two of them went to meet the two elders, Old Man Shen and Feng.

Old man Shen's name is "Shen Zhengyi", and he is a famous person in the capital who "does not live up to his name".

Since Su Fu sent a post in advance, Shen Weide's wife had already greeted Mr. Shen the day before yesterday and asked him not to go out this morning to "meet friends".

Old man Shen gave his granddaughter-in-law face, and after Shen Weide's wife greeted him, the old man really didn't go out to hang out anymore.

The only thing that is not very good is probably the second old man Shen family from General Shen's stepmother Feng, and they actually came to the Hou Mansion today to greet Old Man Shen and Feng.

After Su Shen and Meng Zhen entered the mansion, they suddenly met all the Shen family members except General Shen's wife and Shen Weide in the Songbai Hall of Old Man Shen.

When the maid spread the news that the two had come, Meng Hao's sharp eyes saw through the bead curtain that Old Man Shen was dancing with his eyebrows and teasing a thrush in the cage.

On another high-backed chair beside him, a woman in gorgeous clothes who looked slightly older than Old Man Shen was suppressing her anger, viciously wringing the poor handkerchief in her hand, which had been unrecognizable.

From the disgusting eyes that she happened to cast at Old Man Shen, Meng Hao accurately captured the source of this old lady's anger.

"Quick, please come in." Meng Zhen was about to continue to look at the people in the room, but suddenly a gentle female voice with a little joy suddenly sounded in her ears.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Hao saw a maid with a beaded curtain, standing at the door and bowing to her and Su Shen.

Meng Hao looked up and soon found a young woman about twenty years old behind the maid.

The woman was holding a handsome boy about four or five years old, and in the arms of a young woman dressed as a subordinate behind her, she was holding a white fat doll of up to half a year old who was staring around with big black eyes.

Although she couldn't tell whether the milk doll was male or female, Meng Zhen still guessed the identity of the other party for the first time.

That four-year-old handsome boy baby, eight times out of ten. Nine is the eldest grandson of her and General Shen, whom Mrs. Shen particularly prefers, and the sturdy milk doll who is only eight months old is eight out of ten. Nine is Mrs. Shen's second male grandson this year.

Although Shen Weide and his wife get together less and leave more, they are still very capable of giving birth.

has only been married for five years, and Shen Weide and his family already have two sons.

The reason why Mrs. Shen took the time to rush back to the Hou Mansion from the border pass was to support her daughter-in-law and press her feet after she became heavy.

When Shen Weide's wife successfully gave birth to her second child, and she sat for two months in accordance with the old rules of the nobles in Beijing, Mrs. Shen returned the housekeeping rights to her daughter-in-law, packed her bags again and went to Guangningwei.

Of course, during this period, Mrs. Shen did not forget to sort out the dowry she wanted to supply Meng Hao.

Because Meng Hao resolutely refused to take over Mrs. Shen's private property, and General Shen praised his daughter for her ability and foresight, Mrs. Shen had no choice but to prepare an ordinary dowry for Meng Zhen that was not very brilliant.

Of course, in the eyes of her, General Shen and Shen Weide, there is no doubt that this dowry is very ordinary, but in the eyes of Meng Zhen and Su Shen, it is also very rich, very amazing.

It is distributed in Liaodong, Tianjin, Jinling, Changzhou, Jiaxing six large Zhuangzi, a total of 3,000 acres of fertile land.

Located in the second prosperous area of the capital, even if it is rented, it can at least charge 15,000 taels of rent a year.

Located in the second and third mansions in the civil and official gathering area of the capital, there are two sets of exquisite yellow rosewood furniture supporting the house.

A total of 66 dowry chests were made of rosewood and filled with gold, silver, pearls, jade, calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jewelry, cloth and other precious things.

Then there are the dozen or so reliable loyal servants who are responsible for helping Meng Hao manage the grange and shop, as well as the family members and relatives of these loyal servants.

Considering that Su Shen was only a newcomer to officialdom, Mrs. Shen took great care to select a group of usable people for Meng Zhen who were not bad, but would not look up to the top and look down on Meng Hao's status as a "petty official wife".

Although these people are also from the Dingbei Hou Mansion, they are not mixed with the first echelon at all in the Dingbei Hou Mansion.

There are those who are really unlucky, and they can't even squeeze into the second echelon.

For them, instead of continuing to stay in the Dingbei Hou Mansion and not being embarrassed to do small stewards with no real power, it is better to try to start again in another place.

These people and Mrs. Shen can be said to take what they need, Mrs. Shen needs a group of subordinates whose vision is not particularly high-end to be loyal to her baby daughter, and these people need a chance to show their strength and win the green eyes of the master's family.

The two parties hit it off, so Meng Zhen had another batch of available people.

Before Meng Hao came to the capital, Mrs. Shen had already taken these people to Ninghai County and arranged them by herself.

Although Meng Hao didn't really want to use these wealthy house slaves, Mrs. Shen was so attentive, Meng Hao couldn't go against her kindness.

So the batch of people sent by Mrs. Shen, Meng Zhen really honestly and unceremoniously measured them directly.