Chun Tao hurriedly added: "Mama doesn't know, now our eldest girl can already walk for an hour, and now she has the strength to practice calligraphy because of the cantilevered arm wrapped in an iron sandbag." Before, the slave maid was also as worried as Mama, but later saw that the eldest girl's body and bones were getting better and better, and even Dr. Hong said that the girl's complexion was better than last year's winter, so Chun Tao listened to our girl in these matters. ”

Mama Tong nodded, still rubbing Bai Qingyan's hand to warm her up.

On the way back, Mama Tong was not idle, and also said that the two old men who came to the funeral from Shuoyang's hometown had just gone to see Dong's resignation.

It is not surprising that the people of Shuoyang's hometown resigned from Bai Qingyan, today the momentum of forcing the emperor to kill King Xin in front of Wude Gate is huge, and they are also afraid that if they are angry today, they will bring disaster to themselves.

As soon as he entered the door, he said to Mrs. Shizi that before the grandfather of the country went on the expedition, the hometown of Shuoyang had sent someone to the grandfather's mansion to discuss with the grandfather...... After the New Year, I plan to buy land for the clan, rebuild the ancestral hall, ancestral tomb, and school, and invite Hongru to teach. ”

Bai Qingyan was quite surprised, although his grandfather has always asked for something from Shuoyang's hometown, but why didn't his grandfather explain a few words before he left?

Mama Tong saw that Bai Qingyan seemed to have doubts, and then said: "This master said that this matter was originally agreed to be dealt with when the Guogong Mansion returned to Shuoyang to give New Year's gifts, but now that the Guogong Mansion is in a sudden disaster, the old patriarch means...... The clan didn't dare to trouble the Guogong Mansion, so they asked this master to bring the account book to Mrs. Shizi, and the total amount was 450,000 taels of silver! Regardless of whether it is a silver ticket or cash, it must be prepared before they leave tomorrow, and he specially said that this is what the old patriarch meant. ”

Mama Tong deliberately pressed the word "necessary", just to let Bai Qingyan know that this Shuoyang ancestral person wanted to bully them into opening his mouth when there was no man in the Zhenguo Mansion.

Chun Tao's eyes widened: "Is this robbing the silver or begging for the silver?!" The Bai family has such a big thing now, and they have sent two masters to the funeral, and they will leave before the funeral is finished! Now there is a lord who has come to the door, and he actually came to ask for silver! ”

Chun Tao has always been good-tempered, but she was also angry.

Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and thought about it carefully.

The people from Shuoyang's ancestral home dared to be so arrogant, not only because they bullied the lack of men in the Zhenguo Mansion, but also because their grandfather used to treat them too politely and well-talking, and they were used to it.

There is a saying that Dou Mien is promoted to hatred, and she has long warned her grandfather and father.

Maybe it's because men's minds are always different from women's......

Grandfather said that only the love of blood in this world cannot be measured by money, not to mention that the Bai Family Ancestral Hall is in Shuoyang thanks to the care of the clan, and now the patriarch is also the uncle of my grandfather who has not produced five clothes.

Father said that the most important thing for a military general family like Guogongfu is worldly things, if you can exchange worldly things for the peace of the clan, why not the Bai family should prosper.

Grandfather and father are kind-hearted, but the so-called clansmen in Shuoyang's ancestral home have long been grateful, and only regard the Guogong Mansion as their money bag and give what they want.

There are many gentlemen like Qin Shangzhi in the world, and there are many white-eyed wolves like the Bai family clan.

Bai Qingyan paused and asked, "What did my mother say?" ”

"I don't know yet, now the eldest son of the patriarch in Shuoyang and the two old men are at the Mrs. Shizi, and the lady is settling accounts in detail, complaining about how the silver is not enough......," Mama Tong said.

She stood in the corridor, lowered her eyes and thought for a while, raised her eyes and said, "Go and see ......"

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Bai Qingyan walked to the corridor of the main hall, and saw that the little girl was about to salute, she signaled the little girl not to make a sound, so she stood under the corridor and stared at the lanterns swaying by the wind in the opposite corner of the eaves, and listened to the movement in the hall.

Dong closed the account book casually, threw it aside, and sneered: "Whether it is the ancestral hall, the ancestral tomb, or the school, it stands to reason that everyone should contribute!" But the grandfather of the country and the prince of the world did not explain the matter before leaving, and the cousin entered the door of the mansion, one did not go to incense, and the other did not worship, so he opened his mouth and told me about the silver! Finally, he put on incense, and told me that he must prepare 450,000 taels of silver for the next day. 450,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, is it a silver account when the government of the country opens? ”

Over the years, the father-in-law and her husband have connived at the Shuoyang clan, but they have been so inadmissible that they don't know the height of the sky, and they just want to take and ask for the Guogong Mansion, and it is so natural that the Guogong Mansion really owes them?!

Bai Qiyun, the eldest son of the old patriarch from Shuoyang, was stabbed and his face was ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I came on the orders of the old patriarch, brother and sister...... What do you mean by saying that Grandpa Guo didn't explain? Did you say that the clansmen were talking nonsense about your country's mansion? ”

Seeing that the eldest brother was so tough, the older man wiped his sweat and hurriedly came out to play a round: "Brother and sister, don't blame, my cousin also came with orders, I was too anxious." You see...... Because of the tight war in southern Xinjiang, the price of Kunshan jade has doubled, and the place where the tablet can be repaired can not be reduced, otherwise how can the ancestors be safe? Is this the truth that my brother and sister said? My cousin told me before I came to see my brother and sister just now, and the old patriarch specially told me before he came, and now the scene of the Guogong Mansion is that the Guogong Mansion must not be completely out, as long as the Guogong Mansion has a big head, the rest of our clansmen will make it up by themselves. ”

"Now that the grandfather and the prince have passed away one after another, if you, the master of the princess of the mansion, can't make up your mind, then I will take the account book to see the eldest princess!" Bai Qiyun shook his sleeves and said.

"Okay!" Dong smiled and pressed the corner of his lips with a handkerchief, and picked up the teacup, "Then cousin will go!" Please ...... your own."

Seeing the posture of the Dong family serving tea to send guests, Bai Qiyun's heart was blocked, how could he go to the backyard without the Dong family sending someone to lead the way? !

Dong's heart is the same as Mingjing's, knowing that after the Bai family's funeral, they still have to return to Shuoyang to protect their orphans and orphans, but the more this is the case, the more Dong can't let them step on her head like this today, otherwise they will return to Shuoyang in the future...... They must not be more brazen in exploiting their orphans and widows.

If she forbears it today, the people of the Bai clan will not only not be grateful, but will gain an inch. In the past, they were too good to them, so that they would be resented if they didn't like it a little, but now it's not a living example.

Before he came, Bai Qiyun's father, that is, the patriarch, said to Bai Qiyun that now the men in the Guogong Mansion have all died in southern Xinjiang, and the Bai family has only female dependents, and the one in the belly of the fifth lady does not know whether it is a man or a woman, and the Zhenguo Mansion cannot have a man to support the lintel, otherwise there will be no one to inherit the title, he asked Bai Qishan to discuss with the eldest princess and the main mother Dong to inherit Bai Qiyun's second grandson to the Zhenguo Mansion.