When Aunt Cui heard Pei Jingshu's words, although she felt uncomfortable, she still wanted to be this filler. Although the reputation of filling the house is not good, it is very important to her. After all, it is impossible to be the head mother of the Hou Mansion directly with her background, and if she can be corrected later, it can be regarded as a positive result.

"Mother's biggest problem now is that Daddy is short of money, and the more times like this, the more generous you have to be. Just like I did back then, I gave him back most of the dowry my father gave me, so I got back much more over the years than he gave me. Pei Jingshu said earnestly, "My father has also given my mother a lot of silver over the years, right?" However, the silver is not the most important thing, the important thing is that the shop and Zhuangzi that Dad gave to my mother before, these must be returned to Daddy at this time, so that Daddy will remember your goodness, and if you live a good life in the future, you will definitely return more. ”

Aunt Cui suddenly looked embarrassed when she heard this.

"Why is my mother so complex, is it because the shop and Zhuangzi don't make money? Probably not, I remember that my father bought it later, and I chose a good location in the capital. ”

"The location is really good, and the shop and Zhuangzi are also profitable, but I have already sold those two places back then." Aunt Cui said with a weak heart.

"How can it be sold if it is sold? My mother has been living in the Hou Mansion, and there is nothing to spend money on, so why sell those two good places? Pei Jingshu said angrily, "Lord Taoyang Weng is not stingy, there is a lot of monthly money sent down every month, rouge, gouache, silk and satin, and a seal of jewelry are all rules, where did you spend the money?" ”

Although the lord of Taoyang Weng does not like Aunt Cui, the lord of Taoyang Weng has always spent money lavishly, and the rouge gouache and silk satin bought for the aunts in the Hou Mansion are all good, and there is no need for the aunts to go out to buy other things. Although Aunt Cui is the most competitive for favor, she will buy more things than other aunts, but there is also an additional subsidy from Changping Hou. As long as Aunt Cui doesn't spend money indiscriminately, the private house that she has saved for so many years of 20,000 taels of silver can still be saved.

"Your uncle said ...... before"

"What does it have to do with my uncle? Could it be that the seven-grade petty official that my uncle was a junior official was donated to him by selling those two places? Pei Jingshu asked with a cold face.

Aunt Cui nodded: "Is that your uncle ......?"

"It's only when he asks our family for money, he's my uncle, does he usually have anything to do with our family?" Pei Jingshu sneered, "When the Cui family was in trouble, he almost sold you into the land of fireworks!" If Daddy hadn't happened to save you, you don't know what would have happened now! Later, when you entered the Hou Mansion, they held you with the whole family! But later they found out that Daddy didn't have much real power and couldn't help him, so they used the money cheated from the Hou Mansion to tie up with other dignitaries! The people they were stammering with at that time still had a grudge against their father, and the harmful father snubbed you, have you forgotten? ”

"Isn't that all in the past? He's your uncle, how can you speak so badly? What is deception? Obviously I am willing to give it to him. Aunt Cui said helplessly, "I know that you are not satisfied with your uncle at all, because he has not been able to bring you any help, but that is my mother's family, how can I not save you from death?" ”

"I didn't let you see death and not save you, but you just bought an official, what does it have to do with seeing death and not saving you? Has his seven-rank petty official brought you any benefits? He didn't come to the door much after buying the official, and he didn't remember that you helped him! Pei Jingshu hated that iron could not become steel, "Mother, my mother-in-law, you have always been very smart, why are you so confused about your mother's affairs?" You forgot that in order to win back your father's favor, you deliberately knelt in the rain for a day and a night. My so-called uncle almost killed you, and you actually sold the shop and the Zhuangzi that your father gave you for him? If Daddy knew about it, would he still help you fill the house? ”

"I didn't expect such a day at that time, I just think that your father has always been generous, and he will not check the things he gave me, as long as there is no movement between the shop and the Zhuangzi on the surface, he will never know that I have sold all those things. Your uncle has not been completely unfavorable to me since he became an official, and he has still sent some filial piety over the years......"

"What filial piety, the annual chicken, duck and fish meat? Will those things be lacking? Has he ever given you anything valuable or rare? Pei Jingshu asked coldly.

"Those are enough, how can we all live better than him in the Hou Mansion, where will there be a shortage of things he sent? But your uncle is only a seventh-grade petty official, and his annual income is not high, and he still remembers to send me some food every year, which is already very good. After all, courtesy is light and affection is heavy. ”

Aunt Cui still attaches great importance to her younger brother, no matter how dissatisfied Pei Jingshu is, she always carries Pei Jingshu behind her back and secretly stuffs a lot of money into her brother's family, so after so many years, she still has no private money on hand, and she basically stuffs it all into her mother's family.

But now is indeed the time when she needs to take out the money, Aunt Cui feels that this matter can no longer be hidden from Pei Jingshu, so she simply comes out of the tray.

Pei Jingshu was so angry that she was trembling all over: "Money money money is money again, my father asked me for money, you also asked me for money, where did I get so much money, I still have three children to raise." The interpersonal relationship in the Marquis of Guangping Mansion is so complicated, I also have to use silver to maintain it! Mother, if you can't help me, forget it, how can you still make trouble for me? ”

"Didn't I think of it? If I had known the day when your father and Lord Taoyang Weng reconciled, I would definitely have saved up my private money! ”

Aunt Cui felt that she was also very innocent, if the Marquis of Changping and the Lord of Taoyang Weng were unreasonable for the rest of their lives, why did she need to come up with such a large sum of money? Although the relationship between Lord Taoyang Weng and the Marquis of Changping broke down, they came over peacefully for more than 20 years, who would have thought that the two of them would be reconciled?

"Even if they don't get along, won't you have any money to use in the future? If they don't get along, won't the younger brother's future depend on his mother to fight for it? My mother didn't have a penny in her hand, so what did she have to fight for? Although Lord Taoyang Weng is usually generous, will she use her own money to find a job for her younger brother? ”

"Although Lord Taoyang Weng can't, your father will!"

"Isn't Daddy's money from Lord Taoyang? When the master of Tao Yang Weng doesn't know, he may still give it to him, but if the master of Tao Yang Weng knows and refuses to give it, will the mother have to look at his younger brother and achieve nothing? Do you still have shops and Zhuangzi to sell at that time? Pei Jingshu was angry and tired, "Mother, my brother and I are your flesh and blood, and my brother and I are the ones who will provide for you in the future." You gave all the good things to your good brother, will he give you a pension in the future? ”

Aunt Cui felt that Pei Jingshu was wrong to say this, but she didn't know how to refute it for a while, thought for a while, and asked in a low voice: "But now that the sale has been sold, what are we going to do?" ”

"Although my uncle is only a seven-rank sesame official, he has also made a lot of money over the years. How much silver did you sell for in those two places? Pei Jingshu asked.

"Those two places together sold a total of more than 7,000 taels of silver, and I sold some jewelry that I don't often wear, and scraped together more than 10,000 taels of silver to send him over."

Pei Jingshu was even more furious when she heard this, and she actually scraped together 10,000 taels.

"My mother sold all the jewelry that she didn't wear often, so what should you sell now?" Pei Jingshu asked, "I just gave my father three thousand taels of silver today, and it is impossible for me to get back these three thousand taels of silver, and now I don't have much money on hand to help my mother, so my mother should think about what to do." ”

Aunt Cui's first reaction when she heard this was that raising her daughter was unreliable, because when she needed money, her daughter couldn't give her money. Just thinking about it, her son has no money in his hands, and he is much poorer than her daughter, so although Aunt Cui is dissatisfied in her heart, she doesn't dare to be angry at Pei Jingshu.

"Shu'er, don't be like this, my mother also knows that she is not angry, but they are my mother's relatives, and my mother has no choice. But since that time, I haven't given them much more money. ”

Pei Jingshu sneered: "When my uncle borrowed money from my mother, he must have said that he borrowed it, did he say that he would return it to you when he had the money in the future?" ”

Aunt Cui nodded hurriedly: "That's what they did." ”

Pei Jingshu's smile was even colder: "So after that, they don't dare to come to borrow money from you again, for fear that you will ask them to return the money first." ”

Aunt Cui was stunned and felt that what Pei Jingshu said was very likely to be the truth, but she was reluctant to admit it. She already felt that she was inferior to Taoyang Weng in every way, but Tao Yang Weng had a bad relationship with her brother, and Aunt Cui felt that she could only win over Taoyang Weng in this regard, so she kept holding on to this unequal family relationship and refused to let go.

"Don't say that, your uncle is not as unbearable as you think."

"Since he is not as unbearable as I thought, then he borrowed so much money at the beginning, and he should pay it back now, right? I know that it is not realistic to ask him to pay back 10,000 taels of silver in one go, how about my mother let her pay back 5,000 taels of silver first? ”

"This ......" Aunt Cui felt that it was unrealistic to let her brother pay back five thousand taels of silver in one go.

She hasn't seen her brother's family much over the years, but every time they meet, they cry poor first, which makes Aunt Cui embarrassed to say a word about debt collection.

"Mother, be sober, the buyer is an urgent matter for him, but it doesn't matter his name. You don't have any money, and if Daddy is curious to find out where your money went, it's a matter of your life. ”

Aunt Cui couldn't help but tremble, remembering Changping Hou's dislike for her younger brother, if Changping Hou knew all this, then all this she had now would not be able to be kept.