The eldest lady was stunned for a moment, and then she smiled bitterly. Apparently, she was also thinking about her marriage.

But after smiling bitterly, she looked at Zhao Ruxi like an ignorant child.

"How can there be a marriage in the world where everything goes well? You also said that the British prince swore an alliance to the lord of Qingyang County. But now it's like this. It can be seen that people's hearts change. What kind of friendship, respect, how long can this ethereal thing last? It is the right thing to grasp the real thing. ”

She took Zhao Ruxi's hand and said softly: "At your age, you regard friendship as more important than anything else. But when you get married, you will find out that friendship is just sweet words on a man's lips. Only status, money, and family background are the most important. ”

Seeing that Zhao Ruxi still didn't think so, she said: "For example, you and the four sisters Ruxin, Rurui, and Ruyu. Because you are the most noble in the family. But if you only listen to the sweet words of men and marry someone, and do not pick the family status, and wait for you to go to the banquet, or go home to Ningning, you will find that in the past you were not as good as your sisters in gold and silver, and their status was noble, and they were flattered everywhere; And you are disgraced, it is difficult to put on a new dress, and you are looked down upon everywhere. And then, what about you? In this world, it is to respect Luo Shang first and then respect people. ”

Zhao Ruxi was dumbfounded.

"So I picked up relatives for your eldest sister and second sister, not only for the inside, but also for the face. At least the status should not be too low, the family style should be positive, and the son-in-law should also be neat and reasonable. ”

"It's hard to have such a four-cornered family affair, right? There are so many noble women in the capital, who doesn't want to have such a good relationship? Zhao Ruxi muttered.

"It's hard. So when I was eleven or twelve, I started to look around with my eyes open. I am a woman myself, how can I not know the difficulties of women in marriage? Naturally, I have to think carefully about my own daughter, what kind of family affairs are most suitable for you. ”

Zhao Ruxi originally wanted to convince her mother, but when Zhu said this, she was persuaded by her mother.

She's not really a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, she's a soul that's almost thirty years old. In her previous life, she not only read a lot of posts complaining about marriage in the forum, but also saw the married life of her own classmates, friends, and girlfriends.

She had to admit that what Zhu said made a lot of sense.

She sighed heavily: "If that's the case, then why get married? Is it bad to live alone? ”

"Alone?" Zhu couldn't help but laugh.

She stood up, not wanting to pay attention to her innocent little daughter: "What you said is child's talk. Okay, in the future, your marriage mother will listen to your opinions, and will not make decisions for you without authorization; As for you, don't make your own decisions. Anyway, you just need to know one thing: my mother won't hurt you. Hurry up and go to sleep, don't think so much. ”

was treated as a child again, and Zhao Ruxi was helpless.

"Mother, you wait. I have something to tell you. Zhao Ruxi stopped Zhu and took out the box that Kang Shilin gave her from the closet.

"What is this?" Zhu turned back, sat down on a chair, and opened the box.

Seeing the contents of the box clearly, she suddenly gasped.

I took out the silver ticket and looked at it, and found that it was real. And when they were counted, they were thirty-six thousand taels of silver.

"Where did you come from?" She looked up and asked her daughter, looking a little nervous.

Zhao Ruxi couldn't help laughing: "Mother, you were also present when Mr. Kang and Mrs. Cui talked about this yesterday, did you forget?" This is the bundle that Master helped me collect today, 3,000 taels per person. ”

She took out nine thousand taels of silver tickets from it: "This is my master and two senior brothers." Master insisted on giving it to me, but I couldn't refuse, so I took it. I can't ask for this money, I have to return it, or buy a corresponding gift in return. ”

She pushed the rest of the silver ticket: "This is the money I earned this time." ”

The eldest lady was stunned, as if she had touched something hot, and pushed the silver ticket back to Zhao Ruxi: "What are you doing for me?" Take it yourself. ”

She said solemnly: "Child, because of your mother's negligence, you have suffered a lot over the years. As she spoke, her nose was a little sour, "Daddy doesn't know how to make up for it, how can she still ask you for your hard-earned money?" Supporting the family is your father's business, and you take your own money. ”

After Zhao Yuanxun led Zhao Ruxi back last night, because he was too emotional, he did not stay in the outer courtyard, but went back to the backyard directly, stayed in the eldest lady's room, and pulled the eldest lady to say for half the night.

Zhao Ruxi perfunctory Wu Zong at that time, saying that because her family was poor, she did not have pen, ink, paper and inkstone, so she used charcoal strips to paint. Zhao Yuanxun told his wife these words.

Saying this, his eyes were red as a big man, not to mention the motherly Zhu family.

The couple shed tears and discussed that they would treat Zhao Ruxi well in the future and never let her suffer the slightest grievance. Later, when she got married, the family also gave her a dowry as much as possible. As for the money she makes, she naturally won't ask for a penny.

They are ashamed of her, the child's own hard-earned money, how can they be cheeky?

In other words, children in wealthy families, such as Zhao Jingli and Zhao Jing'an, such as Zhao Ruxin and Zhao Ruyu, no matter whether they are concubines or adopted daughters, they will not think about making money. Because they don't have food and clothing, they don't have that need at all.

But what about Zhao Ruxi? First, I went to paint jewelry pictures for the lord of Qingyang County to make money. Even if she knew that her background was strange, she was likely to be the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and she still worked tirelessly to return late every day, just to earn some silver taels.

This time, regardless of fame and fame, when teaching painting, he also wanted to collect three thousand taels of shackles, and this kid also wanted to make some money.

Why make money? Because she was poor and afraid.

She has no money in her hands, and she has no sense of security in her heart. It's all poor.

In the face of such children, they are too late to feel guilty as parents, where will they ask for their children's hard-earned money?

"Mother, if the family can't make ends meet, it is very hard for you to take care of the family. It's better to take some money to buy some shops and fields. If I can't make money, forget it, since I can make money, I naturally can't watch you work hard. Zhao Ruxi said.

She is not a virgin. She's actually pretty selfish. If she were in modern times, she would definitely buy a house or shop by herself, or make an investment, occasionally give some money, and buy something to honor the elderly.

But in ancient times, women had no property rights. Even if she gets married, the dowry list will be filed in the yamen for later and when she leaves.

If she hides these tens of thousands of taels of silver now, these silvers will not be able to cross the clear road before or after marriage. And because the number is too large, it is difficult for her to take it out and use it.