Before going to Kefu, Jin Niang relieved herself and went to Linfu again. It was also a coincidence that when I went this time, Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen were sitting in the flower hall and talking to Father Lin and Aunt Shen. And what they said turned out to be a "congratulatory gift" prepared by the two for Qing'er.

Father Lin was resigning at this time, and said vigorously, "It's too much, no, there are still jewels in my uncle's house to marry, and Qiubai has also grown up, and it is also a big expense to study and marry a daughter-in-law, and then there is a daughter-in-law in the city, this is not pregnant again, and there will be more places to spend money in the future." ”

Jin Niang was dumbfounded, Shen Cheng's daughter-in-law is pregnant again? I was pregnant when I was on the road, and now I found out?

Xuanxuan received her sister's eyes and said, "It's been almost three months, and I was pregnant before I left for the capital." ”

In the end, she is an unmarried girl, and Xuanxuan is still a little ashamed to talk about it. But I still tried to pretend to be calm and tell Jinniang the whole story. The mother said that because she was too tired on the road, and Qiuyan was cold and hot, she didn't think much about her cousin-in-law, she just thought that she was very tired. I didn't want to suddenly vomit during breakfast two days ago, so I asked the doctor to check the pulse and found out that the pregnancy was about to be three months old. ”

Jin Niang was a little happy when she heard this, "This child's life is really big." ”

"No, my mother also said that my little nephew is blessed."

If you are blessed or not, anyway, your fate is really big. She knows too well the hard work of traveling, not to mention that it is easy to miscarry in the early stages of pregnancy. The child struggled to stand on her feet when her mother was most tired and tired, and it was evident that her life was hard.

Jin Niang wanted to say something, but suddenly heard Father Lin say in the flower hall, "Five thousand taels is too much, even if my uncle wants to help us, he can't take so much silver." Besides, I have already prepared the dowry for Qing'er's marriage, and I don't want to stand out, but I am sincere. ”

Five thousand taels?

Jin Niang raised her eyebrows, this is really a lot.

Uncle Shen in the house saw Jinniang and beckoned her to enter. Jin Niang saluted several elders, and then sat down with Xuanxuan in the lower position.

Uncle Shen said straightly, "Give Qing'er five thousand taels, plus a shop, this is something I and your aunt have discussed a long time ago." Before Jin Niang got married, I also gave Jin Niang a shop in Pingyang, plus five hundred taels of silver to press the bottom of the box, but at that time, the business was small, and even if my uncle wanted to give more, he was powerless. ”

As Uncle Shen spoke, he didn't notice Jinniang's suddenly dilated pupils and the suspicious look she looked at Aunt Shen.

Five hundred taels? A shop?

She received the shop, but she only received a hundred taels of silver. So the question is, is the uncle old and his memory confused, or is someone filling his pocket?

The answer was obvious, because Aunt Shen avoided her gaze with a weak heart. And Jinniang also noticed that her hands and feet were moving uneasily, as if she wanted to stop talking, and seemed to want to cover Uncle Shen's mouth and ask him to stop talking.

Aunt Shen was greedy for four hundred taels of silver, and Jinniang was not surprised at all. But she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. This is the uncle's care and love for his niece, the uncle knows that her family is thin, and she is afraid that she will have to look at other people's faces when she marries the Xu family, so he tries to give her more dowry to make her more confident. It's a pity that my aunt is not a caring person, and she is even too philistine and arrogant, so she intercepted the silver behind the two of them.

So far, is Jin Niang short of the four hundred taels of silver? There is no shortage of them. Don't say four hundred taels, it's four thousand taels, forty thousand taels, or even four hundred thousand taels, that's right, because everything is as Xu Erlang expected, Emperor Yunwen gave him the silver that he "paid tribute" to, so Jin Niang's waist is very hard now. She took out 400,000 taels of silver, so she naturally didn't care about the 400 taels, but when she thought that the silver was greedy for ink by her aunt, she discounted her uncle's mind and handed it to her, Jinniang's heart was extremely uncomfortable.

Jin Niang felt uncomfortable, and she brought out a few points on her face.

Uncle Shen thought that she was because he gave Qing'er too many "congratulatory gifts", and remembered that the dowry he gave her was too "thin", and he felt uncomfortable, so he brought out a few points on his face.

Uncle Shen patiently explained to Jinniang, "It's not that Uncle favors one over the other, it's really that when you got married, your uncle's family was really not that rich. Looking at it now, it is also because of the light of Erlang and your father, your uncle's business has started, and there is more money in his hand, so he naturally wants to help some Qing'er. ”

Uncle Shen wanted to explain more, but Jin Niang hurriedly stopped him, "Uncle, don't worry about it, I didn't think much about it." Jin Niang said with a smile, "I will be a younger brother of Qing'er, and I will want Qing'er to support me in the future, the more decent Qing'er is, the more beautiful I am as a sister, and my uncle will give Qing'er more money as a dowry, I will only ask for it." In addition, the Ke family is the home of Zhong Ming Dingshi, and the more dowry we can come up with, the better. Uncle is willing to send charcoal in the snow, I can't be happy for my father and Qing'er, where will I be jealous? ”

As Jin Niang spoke, she glanced at Aunt Shen as if she had nothing. And Aunt Shen's mouth was bitter at this time, and she just hated that she couldn't disappear from her eyes immediately.

If she knew that Jin Niang would go back to her parents' house today, she wouldn't let Uncle Shen tell the "congratulatory gift" at this time.

But this is not a cold war with Uncle Shen for too long, and this man will not give in, her heart is like a mess, and under the persuasion of Mingzhu, she decided to take a step back and seek peace first. She thinks that she has chosen a good topic to give her a step down, that is, to give Qing'er more "congratulatory gifts".

For this reason, Uncle Shen really looked up to her, and his anger at her disappeared. Not only that, but he also reflected on his own mistakes, saying that he was too impulsive before and shouldn't argue with her.

The two are as good as ever, and their relationship is even better than before. As a result, at this good juncture, Jin Niang suddenly appeared from outside.

Aunt Shen's frightened courage was so frightened, she was afraid that if things were disliked by Jinniang, the future of the city would be uncertain. I was worried that Uncle Shen knew that she was one thing in the open and one thing in secret, and felt that she was ashamed of being an elder, so the two quarreled again, and she lost face in front of the children again. It's a pity, I'm afraid of something, Uncle Shen really told Jin Niang in front of him that he had given her five hundred taels of silver to press the bottom of the box......

If time could be turned back, Aunt Shen would never covet the four hundred taels of silver.

Compared with his son's brilliant future, those four hundred taels of silver are bullshit. If she really sins Jinniang because of this, her son has no good future, and she will also break the dream of Mrs. Xuan. Then she will be pressed by her sister-in-law for the rest of her life, and she can really be suffocated to death.

Aunt Shen was full of grief, but she didn't dare to show it. Even when Jin Niang looked at her repeatedly, she avoided it intentionally or unintentionally.

Even Uncle Shen noticed Jin Niang's eyes, but he didn't think much about it, he just thought that the child wanted to see if her aunt had recovered - Uncle Shen didn't think that he and Uncle Shen could hide the eyes and ears of several children from that quarrel with Uncle Shen. The reason why the children didn't ask was because they were afraid of his face. And now that they have recovered, Jin Niang should not worry about taking a look again.

Jin Niang was still talking, but she said to Father Lin, "Uncle wants to help some Qing'er, you just accept it." My uncle is our dearest relative, and there is no shame in helping him. Besides, write more dowry gifts to Ke Ke, how good does it look on Qing'er's face. He is also an official, and people say that they rely on the Yue family to live, but they can't get by with their faces. ”

"If you think that the silver given by your uncle bites your hand, it's a big deal that you can save more money, and when Qiubai gets married, you can also buy more money for your children. There are people who come and go, aren't we closer? ”

Uncle Shen laughed at her when he heard this, "You girl, what kind of evil reasoning are you talking about." ”

Father Lin also nodded at Jin Niang in the air, "Say some nonsense." ”

However, after being persuaded by Jin Niang, she decided to accept the money that Uncle Shen gave to Qing'er.

With the 5,000 taels of Uncle Shen's help, the silver for the dowry can be increased to 10,000 taels, plus the two shops added by Jin Niang, there are three shops in the capital, and a small house that Xu's mother forced over, these are all big heads, and it is very passable with these faces.

After the matter was finished, Uncle Shen gave the silver ticket and the deed to Father Lin, and left with Aunt Shen in style.

Aunt Shen walked one step and turned around three times, as if she wanted to stop talking. Uncle Shen looked at her warily, "Do you regret it?" I'm telling you, it's too late for you to regret it now, the things have already been given, don't want to give me back. ”

Aunt Shen couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Am I that kind of person?" Besides, from the beginning, I suggested giving Qing'er 5,000 taels of silver, a shop. If I don't give it to him sincerely, I'll open that mouth. You are a person who is accustomed to living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. ”

After Aunt Shen finished speaking, she left Uncle Shen angrily and strode away.

Uncle Shen snorted, a little angry.

He is accustomed to spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? Is she a gentleman? The shrew is pretty much the same.

In the past, this woman was reluctant to show a penny of the silver that she had clutched to death. He could guess the reason for giving Qing'er so many congratulatory gifts this time, Zuo just wanted to sell Jinniang through Qing'er and gain a future for Cheng'er.

He felt that Cheng'er was not the material to be an official, and he was afraid that he would be killed by someone and lose his life. In his opinion, his son inherited his family business and did some business honestly.

There are Erlang and Qing'er to take care of him, as long as he doesn't go out of line in this business, no one will deliberately find him unlucky. On the contrary, in the officialdom, if you are not careful, you can get in.

And the son is obviously not the kind of person who is sleek, he is a little clever, but not very wise. Maybe someone will sell it and help people count the money, then it's not very beautiful.

Uncle Shen didn't approve of Shen Cheng being an official, but he didn't say anything from beginning to end. Because he knows his son's energy, he also knows that Jiro is not a reckless person. If he has the heart to promote Cheng'er, he will definitely talk to him at that time, and it is not too late to refuse. By the way, because Aunt Shen wanted to curry favor with Jinniang, he planned to take some benefits for Qing'er, just to give Qing'er more congratulatory gifts from this matter. So the woman had no excuse to refuse, and it was done.

These two couples have their own abacus, and they both feel that they have calculated very well and have been very successful. For this reason, both of them are very beautiful and comfortable.

On the other hand, Father Lin couldn't help but sigh at this time, "There are more and more people who owe my uncle at home." ”、

When Jin Niang heard this, she said, "Why do you owe it to your uncle?" Uncle makes money in business, which is also due to his father. "This is not false, after all, Father Lin, a jinshi, has some weight in the entire Shuozhou.

There are only a few jinshi in the whole Shuozhou, and two slaps are not enough. Not to mention Pingyang and Zhuyang, which are small places in the poor countryside, Jinshi is even more famous than the county lord.

Uncle Shen's business is big, and he was taken care of by Xu Erlang in the later period, but it was Father Lin who had a great influence on his business when he got up early.

Because Xu Erlang was only a sixth-grade official in the morning, his energy was limited, and he couldn't benefit Zhu Yang's Uncle Shen at all. On the contrary, it was Father Lin, who was in Pingyang County, next door to Zhuyang County, and his influence was greater, so that outsiders sought Uncle Shen to do business in order to please him.

Li is such a reason, but Father Lin doesn't want to listen to this. only said Jin Niang, "According to what you mean, Dad's 'pay' needs to be 'reciprocated', what kind of person has Dad become?" ”

Father Lin was a little depressed, and when Jinniang saw that the situation was not good, she hurriedly said, "Dad, you are definitely not a person who wants to repay for your efforts, otherwise you would not give porridge to the students in the private school at every turn, and let them read books in the private school for free." ”

Father Lin glared at Jinniang again when he heard this, "You are wrong again, Dad did this precisely in the hope of getting a return." Dad hopes that they will be successful, and that they can help more children when they are able to read and reason. Dad is such a vulgar person, and Dad has a lot of things to worry about. Hum. ”

Father Lin got up and left, leaving Jinniang and Aunt Shen, as well as Xuanxuan, and the three of them looked at his distant back with tears and laughter, and they really didn't know what to say.

Jin Niang was also quite helpless, "My father's temper now, why is it so incomprehensible." ”

Aunt Shen was quite impressed, and nodded several times in succession, "Not really." He is not happy at every turn, laughs at every turn, and I don't know what he thinks about you all day. ”

Xuanxuan also said, "I'm afraid my father is too excited." After all, a new person will enter our family soon, maybe I will have a little nephew soon, and my father is very happy to think that our family is going to add people. ”

The three of them talked and laughed, and in the end, they didn't know what they had said.

However, Xuanxuan was shrewd, and after Aunt Shen left, she came to Jinniang's side and asked her, "Sister, I see that your face was wrong just now, and you kept looking at your aunt, what happened?" ”

Can Jin Niang tell Xuanxuan that their good aunt deducted the silver at the bottom of the box that her uncle gave her? This thing is depressing enough to say, and Jin Niang didn't want to block Xuanxuan and said, "It's nothing." I just looked at my aunt's eyes. After all, the eyes are bloodshot, which is a big deal, and if you don't rest well, you are afraid that your vision will be damaged later. ”

Xuanxuan nodded suspiciously, does my sister think so? It doesn't look like it. She thinks her sister is fooling her, but she has no proof.