Ruoxue stayed in Jiutong Fortune until the evening, closed the door, calculated the day's flow, and then returned to Mei's house with Mei Zhiyuan and other brothers and sisters.

As soon as they got off the carriage at the door, there was Mother Wu beside Mrs. Cao, waiting for them there, "Oh, my eldest lady, you are back, the old slave has been waiting for you here for more than an hour, you can count it back." As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed in front of Lianxin, and helped Ruoxue get out of the carriage.

"Is there something wrong with Grandma?" Ruoxue walked down with lotus steps and stood on the ground, and the orange pomegranate behind helped Ruohong to get out of the carriage.

Mei Zhiyuan and Mei Zhigao, who got off the carriage first, stood on the steps, waiting for Ruoxue Ruohong and the two to get off the carriage and go to the house together.

"But no, the old lady heard that something happened in the money village, and she was so anxious that she asked the old slave to wait for you to come back here, so I asked you to talk." Mother Wu still wanted to mix Ruoxue, but was blocked by the two of them, Gong Yue, Mi Pearl, and without a trace.

"Big brother, let's go to Grandma's place and sit down." Ruoxue said.

"Okay, let's go." Mei Zhiyuan answered, took a step towards the inner courtyard, and Ruoxue Ruohong followed behind and walked into the courtyard gate.

Mei Zhigao stood up and hesitated, and said, "I won't go, I'll go back to see my aunt first......"

Before he could finish speaking, Mother Wu said, "The third lady is also with the old lady, and the second young master should also go with him." There are also the third young master, the fourth young master, and a few young ladies, who are also at the old lady's place,"

Mei Zhigao paused, looked at the night sky, he hadn't slept so late, he was all worried!

Mei Zhigao followed with a few steps, and walked a few steps to catch up with Ruoxue, "Sister, Grandma must be asking you about Qian Zhuang, what will you say when the time comes?" ”

He thought about whether to make the right tone, so as not to have different words and tear each other down.

"How else can I say it, tell the truth." Ruoxue said.

In the hall of Songheyuan, there was a room of people sitting but no one spoke, and the room was filled with a gloomy depression, as if there was a storm in the next moment, and it was about to fall.

Seven or eight maids stood on the side, looking down at the tiles under their feet, trying to make themselves invisible, they didn't want to stay in such a depressing room, but they couldn't find a reason to leave, so they could only use the pestle there as wood.

When Ruoxue and they arrived, the maids who were holding the curtains outside didn't get through, and when they saw them, they didn't call out to the eldest young master or the eldest lady as before, but they just opened the curtains and let them into the house.

Ruoxue entered the house behind Mei Zhiyuan, behind her were Ruohong and Mei Zhigao, and when she entered the house, the people in the house looked at her as if she was a magnet.

Mrs. Cao sat on the big kang under the north window, leaning on two large pillows, covered with a brocade quilt of Wufu Tuanhua, a pair of slightly wrinkled hands on the quilt, and holding the string of sandalwood Buddhist beads between her hands.

The second wife, Yang, and the third wife, Tao Shi, were sitting on the chair at the foot of the kang, holding a tea cup in their hands but they didn't mean to drink it, they should have drunk a lot, and they really couldn't drink it at this time.

Several young masters and ladies of the Mei family sat around the round table, with fried peanuts and melon seeds on the table, and two plates of small snacks placed there for the children to eat as snacks.

Ruoxian looked down at the handkerchief spread on her knees, as if she was studying the flowers on it, and what stitches were used to embroider it to look better.

Ruolan sat next to her sister Ruofeng, playing with the wishful knot tassel on Ruofeng's waist with both hands, Ruofeng pulled the tassel back from her hand, and after a while, she couldn't see it and was held by Ruolan again, and finally Ruofeng simply played with her.

Ruofei leaned back on the round table, leaning against the light of the candle flame on the small table by the window, holding two colored ropes to weave a concentric knot.

Mei Zhifang grabbed a handful of fried peanuts, peeled out the peanut kernels one by one, accumulated a pile on the table, and pulled Mei Zhishu to guess the fist under the table, and whoever won would eat a peanut kernel.

"Grandma, we're back."

Ruoxue Ruohong and Mei Zhiyuan Mei Zhigao stood in a row, gave a salute to Mrs. Cao, and then turned around to give Yang and Tao blessings.

Several young masters and young ladies sitting on the side all stood up, and the big brothers and sisters shouted nonsense, which can be regarded as saying hello.

"Why did you come back so late? I didn't send anyone back to say a word. Old Madam Cao's tone was reproachful and dissatisfied, looking at the four grandchildren standing in front of her.

"Makes Grandma worried." Ruoxue said.

When Yang saw Mei Zhiyuan, he wanted to ask about Qianzhuang, this is not the courtyard where she lives, Mrs. Cao has not yet opened her mouth to ask, she does not dare to speak in the head, and now she saw that they have all saluted the old lady, so she asked: "Zhiyuan, what's wrong with Qianzhuang, didn't let people take all the money away, right?" ”

"It's okay in the bank, there's a lot of silver in the bank." Mei Zhigao said.

Tao glanced at his son and warned him not to talk much, before looking at Ruoxue and saying, "Zhiyuan, you have been running around outside for a day, sit down and drink some tea before talking." ”

Tao is very skillful in speaking, if she says that Ruoxue sits down, it will inevitably cause the Yang family to be dissatisfied, and Mrs. Cao will also feel that Tao has passed her as an elder and is dissatisfied with the release of concern for the children.

She said this not only to please the Yang family, but also not to upset Mrs. Cao, because Mrs. Cao cared more about Mei Zhiyuan than Ruoxue.

Mei Zhigao saw Dow's warning eyes, pulled the corners of his mouth and smirked, sat down next to Mei Zhifang, turned his head to look at a handful of peanuts and beans on the table, and reached out and grabbed them.

Throw them into your mouth one by one.

Mei Zhifang wanted to jump up and snatch back the peanut kernels he peeled, but when she saw the serious grandmother out of the corner of her eye, she honestly grabbed a few peanuts, peeled them and ate them herself.

I don't guess with Mei Zhishu anymore.

Mei Zhishu saw that the third brother was no longer playing with him, so he grabbed a handful of peanuts and set up a long queue on the table, entertaining himself and forgetting himself.

When Ruoxue and they all sat down, the maid served tea.

Ruolan jumped down from the embroidery pier, circled around the table, and when she came to Ruohong's side, she leaned on her, looked up at her face, and whispered aggrievedly: "I went to your house many times, but I didn't see the third sister, I cried!" ”

"That's it! My sister went out on something. ”

Ruohong smiled and pinched her little face, Ruolan smiled sweetly and rubbed into her arms, relying on it comfortably.

Mrs. Cao spoke again: "Tell me, what is happening to Qianzhuang now?" ”

Ruoxue drank slowly with the teacup, she didn't want to speak at this time, this time she would inevitably attract criticism when she spoke, and it would also cause the anger of Grandma and the second aunt, which would inevitably be another unhappy breakup.

She didn't want to get into trouble now.

Mei Zhiyuan drank two sips of tea, and seeing that Ruoxue had no intention of speaking, he couldn't stop talking, so he put down the tea bowl in his hand and talked carefully about what happened in Jiutong's wealth.

It's just that the 500,000 deficit was hidden, and he didn't say anything.

The Yang family originally wanted to grasp Ruoxue's mistake about the run on the bank, and instigated Mrs. Cao to add fuel to the fire, and brought up the topic of the selection of the head of the house again, forcing Ruoxue to hand over the token of the head of the house.

She wanted to bring the second master Mei Jishan with her, but Mei Jishan felt that the situation was unclear, and he didn't want to make the house uneasy at this time, so he pushed his friend to invite him and hid out.

Now it is her son who is talking, and the Yang family doesn't want to fight with her son, and wants to reprimand Ruoxue, but they didn't say a word, so she didn't even have a place to talk.

"So if the money bank is run on, it won't affect the family's silver income?" Yang asked.

"They take the money away, and they have to pay for our family! How can it affect revenue. Mei Zhigao said.

"That's good!" Old Madam Cao exhaled a long breath as if she had put down a boulder.

Second Miss Mei Ruoxian picked up the handkerchief on her lap and folded it twice, "Didn't you say that the person who borrowed 500,000 silver from our family was robbed on the boat he went to sea to shop!?" That...... Isn't it a loss, and our family's money will be returned? ”

"That's right!"

Yang's voice suddenly rose, she couldn't find the words to blame Ruoxue, Ruoxian's question, and opened up her words to find fault, just like when her heart was on fire, she immediately ate a mouthful of ice, which made her feel refreshed and comfortable.

"If you don't come back, won't you have to pay 500,000 taels of silver?" Yang glanced at his daughter appreciatively, this daughter is so caring! What a little padded jacket for her!

Mrs. Cao's already stretched forehead lines were repiled into mountains and rivers, and she had a kind of annoyance at being played by her grandson.

No, it's not the grandson's fault.

Old Madam Cao's old eyes looked at Ruoxue, and said in a heavy tone with accusations: "You are too bold, you can lend out 500,000 taels at a time, and you don't discuss such a big matter with your family, now it's okay, right?" lost 500,000 taels at once, how do you explain to your family? ”

Yang looked at Ruoxue for a moment, then looked at Old Madam Cao and said endlessly: "I have long said that she is young and it is not suitable to manage the family business, her second and third uncles are used to it, and she is not good at upbringing. ”

Old Mrs. Cao was even more annoyed by the Yang family, as if she had to let Ruoxue take care of the house, the token of the head of the family was given to Ruoxue by her son, and she didn't give it out, so how can she take care of it, she can't steal it and rob it, right? She couldn't do it.

Without waiting for Old Madam Cao to speak again, Ruoxue said, "Second aunt thinks that the prince of Jin Zhang can't afford to pay back the silver?" She slowly turned the white jade bracelet on her left hand, lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes to look at anyone, "If the prince of Jin Zhang wants to borrow silver, can he not borrow it......"

"That's it! You can not borrow it, why should you lend it to him? Yang reprimanded.

"He takes dozens of guards and stays in Jiutong Wealth every day, do you borrow it or not? If you don't borrow it? That, Jiutong Fortune is only closed. Ruoxue looked at Mrs. Cao and said, "Our family is a family of merchants, and if we offend the royal family, how will we do business in the future?" Who would dare to do business with someone who offended the royal family? ”

Tao, who had never spoken, said with a smile at this time: "Ruoxue said the same, after all, the arms can't reach the thighs, the ants can't shake the tree, we can't afford to offend people!" ”

"Say it again! The prince of Jin Zhang did not say that he would not return the silver. Ruohong said.

If Hong hugs Ruolan and sits on her lap, the child feels like he is going to sleep at this time, the upper eyelids and the lower eyelids are already fighting, and they will open it again after closing it for a while.

Tao smiled and comforted Mrs. Cao, and said: "A-Niang, don't be anxious, what Ruohong said is also reasonable, no one said that they would not pay back the silver, so we will mess up first,......

Yang opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Mrs. Cao's wave, "It's not early, I'm tired, let's go back." She said.

Old Madam Cao leaned back, her eyes were closed, and only the sandalwood Buddha beads in her hand were still slowly turning.

Mei Zhiyuan stood up and bowed to Mrs. Cao, and the Mei Zhigao brothers also got up, some saluted and some did not, and walked outside one after another.

Ruoxue got up and blessed for a while, turned around and saw her sister holding the sleeping sixth sister, Ruolan's little head, leaning on Ruohong's shoulder, was already asleep.

She stepped forward to take Ruolan over, but Tao took a few steps to her, "Give it to me." She reached out and hugged Ruolan over, and Ruohong took her cloak from Dantang's hand and unfolded it to cover her head.

The corners of Yang's mouth twitched, muttered a few words in a low voice, turned around and walked outside, followed by her two maids.

Everyone came out of Songhe Courtyard one after another and went back to their rooms to rest.

Back at Guanfang Courtyard, Peony welcomed the two young ladies into the Little Flower Hall, and was busy directing the little maids to serve Ruoxue and them to wash their faces and hands, and then asked someone to go to the kitchen to ask someone to bring the meal.

"Miss is hungry, the meal will be fine soon." Peony took the pancreas from the little girl's hand, rubbed it in the palm of her hand, kneaded it and applied it to Ruoxue's hand.

"I'm not so hungry, you three young ladies were still hungry just now!" Ruoxue smiled as she spoke.

"Are you just hungry? It's been seven or eight hours since the afternoon, can you not be hungry? Ruohong rolled her eyes, "I'm not you, I don't care about work, I can forget about hunger." She said.

Dan Tangerine Pomegranate cleaned her hands and came to serve Ruohong to wash.

Ruohong saw Pomegranate coming over, subconsciously looked at the wound on her face, smeared the ointment and applied a light layer of powder, and it didn't look as obvious as before.

Ruohong whispered, "Didn't you let you rest?" How to ......"

"The slave's face is hurt, but her hand is not hurt." Pomegranate said.

Peony looked at Ruohong and said puzzledly: "Seven or eight hours, what is the work?" ”

Ruohong just took a sip of the tea bowl in Dantang's hand, and before she could swallow it, she was choked and spit out by the words of peony, and then coughed.

Dan Tang hurriedly handed the tea bowl in his hand to Pomegranate, turned around and patted Ruohong's back, turned his head and glared at Peony.

Ruoxue also glared at Peony with disgust, "Take a sip of tea and press it." She said.

"That hour ......" Ruohong coughed twice, took a sip of the tea handed over by the pomegranate, and then said: "It's the hour, half an hour, half an hour, half an hour, half an hour is an hour." ”

Finally got the word out.

Peony let out an "oh", "It seems like this." That...... What is the job? She said.

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