"If the county lord doesn't say it, how do you know that His Highness will definitely not agree?" Qiao'er saw that the county lord did not have a unhappy look, and continued to persuade.

"There are things that can be said and things that cannot be said.

Actually, I've already mentioned it to His Highness, but maybe His Highness doesn't care, so it doesn't make sense for me to say it again. Xue'er made a summary, turned the current page and continued: "Okay, let's not talk about it, you go and sort out the things I prepared for His Highness before, and take away what should be given to him, let me be alone and quiet." ”

She really didn't want to continue the topic, so she sent Qiao'er away.

"No."

Cher was left alone in the study, she put down the book in her hand, went to the window and pushed it open.

The bleak scenery of autumn came into view, and the sun hanging in the sky was also listless, just like her mood at the moment.

A flock of sparrows chirped on the dry branches, as if chatting about gossip, and the cries of the magpies were clearly distinguishable at once, and three or two flew to the dead grass in search of seeds to eat.

It hadn't snowed in days, and in the distance, a group of children were skating on the Huitou River, and the laughter was heard far away.

A steady stream of horse-drawn carriages came towards the winery, and by the end of the year, more and more merchants and wealthy families came to the winery to buy wine.

Recently, she checked the account books sent to her one by one, and the income from several transactions and the family's land was very considerable.

A few sisters in the downstairs room were doing their work and talking about something, and they could faintly hear Shui Yunshuang's voice coming into their ears.

It's almost the New Year, and they're about to go home, and Xue'er is really reluctant to think of this.

After changing the air in the room, Cher closed the window, returned to her desk and picked up the book again, and soon waved away the complicated thoughts in her head and threw herself into the book.

The next day, before Mo Shiyi left, Xue'er gave him a letter, which made him grateful, and hurried back after thanking him.

Xue'er didn't see Wu Ji immediately, but cooled her for a few days.

Aunt Lu said to Xue'er in private: "This Wu Ji looks soft and weak, but she is a stable one, she has been staying in the guest garden, and she doesn't step out of the door, it seems that she can still do it." ”

Aunt Lu is still very poisonous when she looks at people, and the people selected in the house are very serious in their work, and their character is also good, even so, Xue'er doesn't plan to contact that Wu Ji too much.

"I intend to give her to my father as a concubine, but I can't give it directly to my father, and I don't know if Wu Ji is willing to marry someone who can give her a father?" She was a little unsure.

It's not that she is hypocritical, since she had a relationship with Xuanyuan Che at the beginning, she didn't plan to give up this plan, but the emotional matter was reluctant, and she didn't want that Wu Ji to resent herself in the future, but let herself have one more opponent.

"The county lord doesn't have to worry, if I go and talk to Wu Ji and let her think about it, if she wants, she will definitely take the initiative to talk to the county lord."

In Aunt Lu's opinion, there is nothing wrong with the county lord doing this, but it is not good to say.

The little lady in this era is worthless, and the county lord can give Wu Ji a stable life for the rest of her life, which is a great gift for her, what is there to be unwilling?

"It's okay, then I'll bother my aunt." Cher said gratefully.

Since the completion of the county lord's mansion, the affairs of the back houses of the two mansions have been handed over to Aunt Lu to take care of, and she and Steward Zou have a master inside and a master outside, and they have cooperated seamlessly and become her right-hand man.

Although the couple did not change their surname to Dong, the couple had long regarded their family as their own members of the Dong family.

During this time, Aunt Lu helped Xue'er take care of the housework, helped take care of Dong Chengze's two brothers, and took time to help Xue'er train the newly bought maids, and she was busy all day long.

"Don't bother, I'm willing to relieve the county lord's worries." Aunt Lu withdrew, and Steward Zou came to ask to see her.

At the end of the year, there were more things, and Steward Zou didn't feel so abrupt when he came to see Xue'er.

After giving Xue'er a gift, Steward Zou replied: "The small gifts that the county lord needs to send in advance have been sent from house to house, and there are only a few families left that need to be personally presented by the county magistrate." ”

"Well, I'll rest assured that you'll do something."

She knew that Steward Zou would come to ask for a meeting, so she wouldn't just say this, seeing that he was a little stumbling, and didn't know how to speak. Xue'er relieved him and said: "Steward Zou, if you say anything, I won't blame you for what you say." ”

Steward Zou took a deep breath before making up his mind: "That's the case, the county magistrate has spent a bit a lot of money in the account office recently, and the little one privately asked Xiao Zhang who followed the county magistrate out, and he said that the county magistrate has been gambling a lot recently. ”

"How much money will it cost?" Xue'er frowned slightly, and asked very worriedly.

She always knew that Dong Changhe had his own private money, and he didn't dare to gamble blatantly when the Yun family was alive, because as long as the Yun family knew about it, the Yun family would definitely have a trouble with him.

So at that time, Dong Changhe used his own private money to gamble, and she also asked Mo Di privately, and Mo Bi said that Dong Changhe didn't gamble much, and he didn't lose much money overall.

Now that she is in charge of the house, Dong Changhe doesn't even use his private room, and gambles with the money from the account room, which is not a good phenomenon.

"There are also fifteen hundred taels before and after." Steward Zou said cautiously while observing Xue'er's expression.

This is a case of suing the county magistrate, not that the county lord privately told him to pay attention to the county magistrate's affairs, and he didn't dare to kill him!

"Father, who did he gamble with?"

There are casinos and brothels in the county seat of Changhai County, Dong Changhe never goes to the brothel Xue'er knows, and he never goes to the casino because he holds his own identity.

As for the usual gambling, they are all with a few familiar local squires, and they only win or lose a few dozen taels of silver, so Xue'er just turns a blind eye and doesn't care.

Now that she has lost so much all at once, it has been in just a month or two, and there must be some reason for this that she doesn't know.

"I heard Xiao Zhang say that it was a line drawn by the cousin of the Zhang family, and a gambling game set up in Houshuijia Village." Steward Zou also let it go, and Xue'er didn't hide anything he said when he asked.

"Cousin Zhang? When did he learn to gamble, and his aunt and aunt didn't care! Cher asked in surprise.

You must know that Zhang Wenbin is as old as himself, and he has been studying in the school, and at that time, I heard Yun Shi say that he studied well, although he was not admitted to Xiucai, but he was already admitted to Tongsheng!

She thought that it would be a matter of time before Zhang Wenbin was admitted to the show.

Steward Zou shook his head: "I heard Xiao Zhang say that my cousin learned it when he was a teenager, and the people in the family didn't stop it in time, but praised him for being smart and learning everything quickly!"

It's been a few years now, and I heard that my cousin's studies have been delayed. ”