"Pomegranate, go get the silver."

Pomegranate took it and went into the bedroom.

Song Mingjie didn't expect Su Muling to agree so happily, he secretly regretted that he wanted less.

Originally, he wanted 50,000 taels, but he was afraid that Su Muling would be ruthless all of a sudden, so he refused to give it, so he was merciful.

Pomegranate quickly walked back with five thousand taels of silver tickets.

Su Muling took the silver ticket and handed it to Song Mingjie: "Regardless of whether the eldest master is at fault or not, it is our Song family in the end." Take it and save people. ”

Song Mingjie excitedly picked up the silver ticket, and said while counting: "My cousin is a big lady who has seen the world, a scholar, and a gift." Don't worry, even if I borrowed this silver, I will definitely return it when the eldest master comes back in the future. ”

"The eldest cousin said this, and now we are a family, and we still have nothing to say with the silver."

Hearing that there was no need to pay it back, Song Mingjie was happy and was about to say thank you, but he didn't want Su Muling to continue:

"However, the Song family was originally a high-ranking nobleman, and it was the uncle's mansion that had been out of the imperial concubine. Since the eldest cousin insists on paying it back, let's write an IOU to comfort the eldest cousin's style of the son. ”

"Pomegranate, pen and ink waiting."

Su Muling's words made Song Mingjie want to slap himself. Everyone has given all the money, what are you being polite about? Now it's okay, people are going to write notes.

Song Mingjie was held by Su Muling and had to write down an IOU.

Su Muling took the IOU written by Song Mingjie and stuffed it into his sleeve and didn't forget to comfort him a few words: "Big cousin, don't care too much about this, I'm already a member of the Song family now, and what my big cousin does is what I do." Could it be that in the future, I will ask my husband for an account? ”

When Song Mingjie heard her say this, his heart was depressed. "That's it, we're all family."

Su Muling smiled: "There is one more thing, I want to ask my eldest cousin's opinion." ”

Song Mingjie had just gotten the benefits and was in a happy mood.

"You say."

"Now that the big house has no source of livelihood, our second room can't sit idly by. I want to find a shop in the capital and do a business to supplement the family, what do you think, big cousin? ”

Song Mingjie didn't expect Su Muling to want to show up and do business on the first day he got married, and he was a little hesitant.

Su Muling knew that he was taking care of the face of the Song family, the status of the businessman was low, although the court officials all had land and shops, but almost all of them operated secretly and could not be put on the table.

Seeing him hesitate, Su Muling sighed and got up: "Big cousin, don't be embarrassed, the Song family is the uncle's mansion, I think too much." But in the future, I will have to save money and save money, and I can't sit back and eat empty! After Su Muling finished speaking, he was about to go back to the house.

"Wait." Song Mingjie stopped her.

"My cousin's mind is exactly what I want, so you can do it."

Song Mingjie figured it out, they have to support people with two rooms, and I am afraid that the rent of just pointing to his Yulu and a few shops will not be able to support it for long.

Besides, he also wanted to point to Su Muling to give King Ping a gift and buy an official. The 5,000 taels that he just got in his hand, he said that it was to save the old man. In fact, it is true that I want to give it to King Ping.

Su Muling got Song Mingjie's permission and began to go out frequently.

The second lady, Leng, who had not shown up, heard that Su Muling was going out and called Song Mingjie.

"I heard you agreed to her going out?"

Song Mingjie sat on the chair with no eyelids: "Yes." She said she wanted to buy a shop and start a business. ”

"Buying a shop and doing business? You don't want the face of the Song family? Leng was annoyed.

Song Mingjie sneered: "What kind of face does the Song family have now?" The eldest master is about to be assigned to the frontier when he speaks, and the big house family is waiting for us to feed. Wouldn't it be better if she could go out and earn money to support her family? ”

Leng opened his mouth to refute, but found that what Song Mingjie said was the truth.

"I've shown you an aunt, and I'll bring it in tomorrow. Su is a mourning star, I don't allow you to touch her. Leng warned him.

"Got it." Song Mingjie lazily agreed,

Such a delicate little woman is untouchable. He was displeased. But he had to listen to the words of the Leng family and the old lady.

Song Mingjie does not touch Su Muling's body, which is exactly what Su Muling wants. In the next few days, she ran around every day and bought more than a dozen shops in a row.

Pomegranate is good at kung fu, and her legs were soft and her face was bitter: "Miss, you haven't opened a shop or done business, what are you buying these shops for?" ”

Su Muling sat in the teahouse, drinking tea and eating snacks, and pressed the pomegranate with a bitter face with a smile. Pick up a piece of snack and stuff it into her mouth.

"If you don't understand, you'll understand later."

Of course, Pomegranate didn't understand, Su Muling wanted to turn her dowry into an estate in her name, so as to protect Su Haoran's hard-earned things from falling into Song Mingjie's hands.

Su Muling not only bought a shop, but also bought a three-entry house in Wutong Lane, which is only one street away from Wolong Lane.

This house is not as delicate as the original Baihua Lane, but it is also clean and tidy. She had to leave a way out for herself, and she had to have her own place of refuge, just in case.

As soon as the house was bought, Su Muling received a reply from Liu Baimao. The letter said that he arrived in Beijing on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

The next day was the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and Su Muling went out with Pomegranate and Mama Chen as usual.

This time they went straight to the new house in Sycamore Lane. The house had been properly arranged inside and out before, and Su Muling also bought a few people to watch the yard.

put Su Muling down, and Pomegranate rushed to the dock to pick up people. Mama Chen went to a nearby restaurant to order a table of wine and food.

An hour later, Pomegranate returned with a hired carriage.

Su Muling heard the voice and greeted the second door. I saw Liu Baimao's hand striding in.

"Cousin." Su Muling greeted him with a smile.

"Miss." Xichun, who was closely behind Liu Baimao, ran forward and hugged Su Muling, with joy in his eyes.

"Cherish the spring." Su Muling was overjoyed.

Xichun in the previous life was left in the Su family when she got married, and was later killed by Su Wanqing's design, which is Su Muling's lifelong regret.

Although it was a little late this time, Su Muling took advantage of Su Wanqing's failure to make a move, and first took Xichun to her side to protect her.

"The slave maid knew that the young lady was worried about the slave maid and was reluctant to let the slave maid come, so she asked the eldest young master to bring the slave maid."

At this time, Xichun, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, was coquettish with Su Muling like a child.

Su Muling looked at her lovingly: "Yes, how can I be willing to let you leave?" ”

"Miss, and slaves." At this time, another girl ran out of the crowd, thin and small, Su Muling looked at it, it turned out to be Sifeng.

Su Muling was pleasantly surprised: "Four phoenixes? Why are you here too? ”

Sifeng replied shyly: "Mother Liu is afraid that Miss will not be used to eating the Song family's food, so she asked the slave maid to serve Miss." ”

"Sister Mu Ling, look."

After the girls all showed up, Liu Baimao flashed, revealing the timid Ru Ping behind him.

"Miss."

Ru Ping hadn't seen Su Muling, but before she came, Liu Baimao said that he would take her to serve the eldest lady of the Su family. When he saw that all the people called her, he knew that this was her future master.

Su Muling stepped forward to help him up: "I know that you have suffered a lot before, follow me in the future, I will let you live a good life." ”

Where does Ru Ping dare to hope for a good life, being able to eat and dress warmly, and being beaten less is a good life for her.

"Mama Chen, you take them to your room. My cousin and I have something to say, call us when the meal is ready. ”

"Yes." When her mother's family came, Mama Chen was also happy, and she hurriedly took a few girls to their room.

Su Muling took Liu Baimao into his bedroom and closed the door.

"My cousin has worked hard all the way. Things are going well, right? ”

Su Muling brought him tea and handed it to him. Liu Baimao took the goo dong and drank it clean, and then spoke:

"After receiving your letter, I asked your stepmother's cousin Li Xiuyi out, lying that Ru Ping was a cousin of my family and wanted to redeem her back. Li Xiuyi refused at first, but then I said that I could pay five hundred taels, and he relented. ”

"Here, this is Ru Ping's deed of sale."

Liu Baimao took out the deed of betrayal from his arms and handed it to Su Muling.

Su Muling took it and took a look, and then tore it to pieces.

"Sister Mu Ling, who is this Ru Ping? Let you go to great lengths to redeem yourself from Songjiang? ”

Su Muling refilled him with tea and looked out the window leisurely: "She looks like my mother, your aunt." I also met her by accident, so I bothered you to find her back. ”

"Auntie?" Liu Baimao was surprised.

"Is it that like?"

Liu Baimao had seen Su Muling's mother, but he was only a few years old. My impression of my aunt is just a beautiful and smiling woman.

"It's very similar, almost identical." Su Muling said very seriously.

"That'...... Why don't you let me take her back to the Liu family? ”

Whenever the grandfathers and grandmothers of the Liu family mentioned their deceased aunts, they would not think about tea and dinner for a few days, and they were grieved.

"It's not time yet."

"By the way, does anyone else know what I told you but you?"

Su Muling had already revealed the fall of the Song family and the Song family's peeping into her dowry to Liu Baimao in the letter. She needed someone in Songjiang to exchange information with. Liu Baimao is undoubtedly the most reliable.

Liu Baimao patted his chest: "How can you let others know." Feel relieved. ”

Su Muling smiled.

"Also, I told my uncle that you need someone to manage the store, and my uncle has already sent someone out, and it is estimated that it will be there in the afternoon."

"Who is it?"

"I heard that it's a shopkeeper named Zhang Yan, and a few guys."

Su Muling smiled.

She knew that as soon as she opened her mouth, her father would give her the best.

After lunch, everyone rested for a while. Su Muling sent Pomegranate to the dock to pick up Zhang Yan and a few people, she took Liu Baimao and Xichun, and Mama Chen went directly to the shop.

Of the dozen or so shops that Su Muling bought, only five were kept by himself, and all the others were leased out. She plans to use the six places she left behind: a silk cloth village, a rouge jewelry shop, a porcelain shop, a tea shop, and a bookstore.

There is also a place where Su Muling is used alone to sell the dowry that Su Haoran gave her.

Among the dowries that Su Haoran gave to Su Muling, the jewelry was all rare items. Silk and silk are all foreign tributes that cannot be bought in the capital. Porcelain was also transported from Higashikojima. As for tea and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, they are also rare and rare things in the world.

Su Muling wanted to borrow the shop and put the dowry that Su Haoran had exchanged for her life in the shop and sell it, she couldn't let these things flow into the bottomless pit of the Song family.