At night, Xie Pu and Wen sat at one end of each end on the wide Luohan bed, the former looking down to read the latest issue of the newspaper, and the latter carefully calculating several account books, always frowning.

After reading the newspaper, Xie Pu raised his eyes and saw his wife's sad face, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "What's wrong?" Look at your worried look? ”

Wen sighed: "It's not for the marriage of a few children. She told what happened during the day, and said, "After eating, Sister Zhen came here and told me Sister Hui'er's thoughts, saying that her own dowry is nothing, anyway, the Huang family's background is mediocre, if she marries too richly, it is easy to make Mrs. Huang too much, but Sister Rong must not give more, so as not to fuel her arrogance, and I am afraid that the amount of money spent for Sister Rong will affect the amount of the real sister's dowry." If she loses the face of the Xie family in front of the Queen Mother, she is worried that it will affect the marriage between Xianzhi and the Ma family. ”

Knowing Xie Yinghui's thoughts, Wen really didn't know what to say: "This child just loves a lot, everything comes first to her brother, and she also cares about Sister Zhen'er, and I don't know what's going on, I just don't like Sister Rong." ”

Xie Pu folded the newspaper and put it on the side of the kang table: "Then you are taking account tonight?" Want to know how much silver our family can come up with? ”

Wen smiled bitterly: "Originally, I was also preparing for this year and next year, and there will be a few happy events at home, and the cost must be not small, so Tete withheld a sum of silver, and there were seventy or eighty thousand taels before and after, thinking that it would be enough." Although our family used to have a reputation for being rich, after all, it hurt its vitality four years ago, and although it has improved greatly over the years, it is impossible to compare with before. The lord's official position has risen to the current level, and there is no need to pay attention to any false pomp, but to focus on the children's marriage harmony in the future. Therefore, in addition to preparing more silver for a few girls to press the bottom of the box, it doesn't need to cost too much, and it is still necessary to be affordable.

"I never thought that Chonglin's life experience was revealed, but he was the prince of Yanwangfu! If the dowry of the real sister is too thin, it will seem that our Xie family is frivolous, and it is easier for people to find fault with the family background of the real sister. But if you add a dowry to Sister Zhen'er, there is no reason not to add it to Sister Hui'er, and now that Bandung has won the appreciation of the prince, even Sister Rong'er's dowry can't be prepared according to the original idea. And the four of them, each of them has a good pair of marriages, how can we make Sister Fen suffer? Wouldn't that slap my mother-in-law in the face? As a result, the cost has more than doubled what I originally thought......"

150,000 or 60,000 taels of silver, for the current Xie family, it is not that they can't take it out, but if they really want to take it out, it will definitely affect the normal operation of the family's business. The Xie family business has gradually recovered now, but the speed of accumulation is too slow just by relying on the north-south grocery business. Now that the power of the Cao family is declining, the shopkeepers of the Xie family are trying to take the opportunity to return to Jiangnan Shopping Mall, make a comeback, and pick up the best and most profitable transactions in the past. This kind of thing can't be done without spending money, if it is because the family spends a lot of money and misses the current good opportunity, I am afraid that when the Xie family raises enough funds again, the vacated position in the Jiangnan area due to the decline of the Cao family has already been occupied by other businesses, it will be a pity! Nine peaches

Wen had already gone through the recent account books a few times, and felt that this matter was very difficult, and was thinking of finding a day to invite a few shopkeepers who had temporarily stayed in Beiping into the mansion to talk, to see where another sum of money could be saved, or where the accounts could be delayed a little bit and then repaid. After all, the Xie family now not only has a business name, a fleet, but also has a weaving yard and a workshop, which can be said to be a daily income, just need to wait a little longer, and the money will slowly accumulate again, and there is no need to worry about not paying it back.

Xie Pu listened to Wen's explanation, and said: "You don't have to withdraw funds from the firm, I know the cost of the marriage of several children, and I won't let you have no money to spend." “

Wen's eyes widened: "The master has already saved a sum of silver?" How did I not know?! ”

"It's not the money you used to save." Xie Pu said lightly, "I borrowed someone else's money two years ago, and now I have paid it back, and I haven't paid it back yet." I thought at the time that this money could be taken out first to get the dowry of my real sister. Her marriage was much better than we originally expected, and the dowry certainly could not be prepared according to the original idea, and the extra three or fifty thousand taels could barely cope with it. As for the side, it doesn't matter. There should be pomp, but you don't have to spend all your money on pomp.

"The pomp is a little worse, at most it is to ask people to say a few words of gossip, but the prince and princess don't care about this, why bother too much? The Queen Mother will not only value these fancy shows. Who can compare to wealth, but to be royal?! Since she is going to marry her granddaughter, the Queen Mother naturally attaches more importance to the man's style, conduct and talent. There is nothing bad about it, and it is also appreciated by the eldest princess and the horse. These two are the biological parents of the Ma family girl, they all nodded, and the Queen Mother had no reason to disallow it. If it is not allowed, there will be no movement so far, and I plan to go to Peking with the eldest princess's family to relax. ”

Wen felt reasonable: "That's right! The eldest princess's family is so hard-working, and Tete came to Peking to see our family, so she naturally has the intention to promote this marriage! Even if the dowry of the real sister is not so rich, the queen mother will not care too much. Anyway, our family is not poor, and the eldest princess's family will not treat their baby daughter badly, do you have to worry that Miss Ma will be wronged after marrying in? ”

Xie Pu smiled slightly and didn't say much. In fact, he would come to this conclusion, mainly because he got the news from the Yan Wangfu and learned that the Cao family's current situation was okay, and the emperor had dispelled the idea of completely eliminating them, thanks to a few words from the eldest princess of Yongning.

It is said that the eldest princess of Yongning persuaded the emperor that as long as the Cao family really had the heart to retreat and did not want to carry it with the royal family and the imperial court, the emperor would still send them lightly, just for the sake of their reputation in the history books. As long as the emperor does not issue a clear decree to deal with the Cao family, which member of the Cao family has a heart of disobedience, which makes it really intolerable to the emperor, he can deal with it privately later, and only say that he died of a violent illness to the outside world. The emperor can also reward the Cao family from time to time to show favors, and if the Cao family has children who want to become officials, they can also arrange a small official position with little real power for them. As long as the Cao family is not allowed to really grasp the power, and their upward channels are blocked, no matter how much tolerance is given, the supporters of the Cao family will not feel that his family has suffered any grievances, but will only feel that the emperor's grace is vast, so the Cao family will no longer have the right to complain. After thirty or fifty years, the Cao family, who has always been just a petty official, has disappeared from everyone. But the world will only think that his descendants are incompetent, have a holy grace, and cannot live up to their ancestors, how can they say that it is the responsibility of the royal family?