Mei Zhiyuan sat in the chair and sighed long, "I can't close the door for a few days, and if I open the door again, there will still be no money for them." He said.

"As long as I can close the door for five days, it's enough." Ruoxue said.

"Five days?"

"After five days, what can you do to get them to stop coming to exchange money?" Mei Zhiyuan asked.

"...... in five days"

Ruoxue didn't say what would happen in five days, she walked to the table, sat down on an embroidery pier, and Lianxin poured the cold tea, replaced it with hot tea and handed it to her.

Ruoxue took the tea cup and scraped the tea foam twice, and she asked another thing, "What does the eldest brother think of the Yang family's cousin's family affair, do you like her?" She said.

Mei Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment by her question, coughed dryly, and said: "The life of my parents, how can I talk about liking it or not......

Ruohong heard Ruoxue ask about Mei Zhiyuan's family, and only then did she remember about it, she followed her here in the past two days to watch a group of people come, and watched them go, and the silver was also taken away, so she forgot about it in a hurry.

After listening to what Mei Zhiyuan said, Ruohong was full of dislike, "If you like people, you don't have a mustard in your heart, and it's okay to marry, if you don't like people, marry each other and look at each other, it's better not to marry, not only to hurt other people's girls but also to bring yourself, why bother!" Marriage is a major event in life, and you still have to think about it before you do it. She said.

I didn't even call my eldest brother anymore.

Mei Zhiyuan pondered when he heard this, he didn't notice Ruohong's tone of pretending to be an elder, he was just savoring the meaning of her words, and for a moment he felt that he was in a whirlpool, and he couldn't reach the edge of the front and back.

Ruoxue raised her eyes and looked at Ruohong, although what she said was reasonable, it was not suitable for the customs here, and here, many times she couldn't act according to her wishes.

"The cousin of the Yang family is also beautiful, kind, and a good girl. It's just that the Yang family lacks some scholarly background after all, and being the eldest brother's daughter-in-law is still a little insufficient. Ruoxue said.

Ruohong just listened to what Ruoxue said, and felt that she was in favor of this family affair, but after hearing it, she realized that her sister was powerful, and she actually directly vetoed this family matter, which was much more polite than her.

Mei Zhiyuan looked at Ruoxue in astonishment, she was not optimistic about this family business, but she was still so decisive that she didn't even bend the slightest.

People's hearts are so complicated, a moment ago he was still thinking about the meaning of Ruohong's words, thinking about whether he and his cousin were suitable to be husband and wife. The next moment, he thought that his sisters didn't like his cousin to be their sister-in-law, and his heart went to his cousin's side.

Mei Zhiyuan asked directly: "Don't your sisters like her to be your sister-in-law?" ”

"Not ......"

"Yes."

It was Ruoxue who said "no", and Ruohong was naturally the one who said "yes", one was more tactful, and the other was a little decisive.

"Why? Is it because she doesn't have enough knowledge? Or is it because she's a cousin? Mei Zhiyuan's heart leaned a little towards Yang Wanqing's side again.

Ruohong wants to say that most of the offspring born from the marriage of close relatives will be stupid and disabled, but she can't say it, and no one believes it as completely as Ruoxue, and if she says it, she is suspected of provoking.

She opened her mouth and said nothing.

"The eldest brother is the eldest grandson of the Mei family, even if he doesn't marry a young lady from a big family, he must be a girl from a scholarly family.

The eldest brother wants to marry the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, at the very least, it is indispensable to run the family, be filial to the elders, and educate the children and grandchildren.

The eldest brother thinks that the cousin of the Yang family married into the Mei family as a relative, how much respect can he have for the second uncle and aunt? A good daughter-in-law, three generations of good descendants! Big brother, think about it. Ruoxue said solemnly, her tone was flat but there was a different kind of majesty.

Mei Zhiyuan's mind was confused by this words, like a mess entangled together, and he couldn't tell the beginning and the end. He picked up the teacup and slowly ate two sips of tea, calmed down for a while, and then said: "My aunt has already asked for a matchmaker to go to my uncle's house to propose marriage, so how to refuse, and the rumors that came out at home a few days ago have made my cousin ashamed, and it is not good to postpone the marriage like this." ”

"Those rumors will be diluted by time, the eldest brother can have a good talk with the second uncle, I don't think the second uncle will destroy the Great Wall." Ruohong said.

Ruoxue nodded, those things will dilute it in time, Mei Zhiyuan's family affairs are related to the development and future of the fifth generation of the Mei family, I believe Mei Jishan will also consider it.

"Okay, I'll go talk to Daddy in the evening and see what he has to say." Mei Zhiyuan felt that it was right to talk to his father, after all, marriage is a major event in life, and it is good to think about it.

The door to Jiutong wealth was temporarily closed by the government to investigate the fraud case. Outside the gate, there were many people waiting to exchange money, and the noise was endless, attracting many passers-by to watch.

It was only at dusk that the mood of the people had dispersed, and the streets were quiet.

Mei Zhiyuan returned home, lay down in his room for a while, and then went to the courtyard where the Yang family lived, and had dinner with his parents and siblings.

At the dinner table, Yang asked Mei Zhiyuan about the money bank, she wanted to see Ruoxue manage the family business and make jokes, so she could find an opportunity to push Ruoxue off that position and let her father-in-law or son sit on that chair.

"I didn't ...... Nothing happened. ”

Mei Zhiyuan stuffed steamed duck meat into his mouth, and disguised the question, yesterday, Ruoxue didn't let them come back to talk about the matter in the money village, not wanting to worry the family, so as not to cause unnecessary disputes.

It's just that he came back late yesterday, and Yang didn't find a chance to ask him.

Mei Jishan glanced at his son without a trace, obviously something happened, but it was not good to say it in front of the Yang family, and he didn't know what happened?

He suppressed his desire to question, slowly ate the bamboo fragrant rice in the bowl, and checked his son's expression, and only relieved when he saw that he was not carefree.

"Ruoxue, what kind of ecstasy soup did that girl pour you, so that you can't even talk about your father?" Yang also saw that his son was deliberately covering up, and his unhappy tone was also three points colder.

"It's all a family that can't say anything, it's not good for the eldest brother to be like this!" Ruoxian said.

Mei Zhiyuan put down the blue glazed lotus bowl in his hand, looked at his sister, and then looked at Yang's and said, "It's really nothing, A-Niang don't be careful." ”

"Huh! If I don't have a little more heart, you can have the glory you have now, you can grow so big,......" Yang sneered, probably feeling that he had said a little too much, so he hurriedly intercepted the conversation and stopped talking.

Reaching out to take the tea cup from the little girl's hand, she lifted the lid and took a sip, and handed it to her to hold, Yang picked up the bamboo chopsticks covered with silver again, put a little shredded asparagus and chicken in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Mei Zhifang picked up the purple rice porridge in front of her and took a sip, "I heard Xiao Si next to the second brother say that there is no silver in the money village anymore, but there are still many people waiting to exchange the silver, and I don't know what the eldest sister will give them." He said.

"What?" Yang raised his head suddenly when he heard this, looked at his youngest son in astonishment, and quickly turned his head to look at Mei Jishan, "Isn't it just a matter of asking, master?" Could it be that she is waiting for her to ruin the Mei family? She said.

"You come with me."

Mei Jishan put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at Mei Zhiyuan, Mei Zhiyuan quickly put down the chopsticks, stood up and followed Mei Jishan outside.

Ruofei, who had been eating and didn't speak, said behind their backs: "Go to the eldest sister's side to play, seeing that the eldest sister is not in a hurry, it should be fine." ”

Mei Jishan's footsteps paused and walked out.

Mei Zhiyuan followed Mei Jishan into the small hall, and the maid Hongye then brought tea, turned around and retreated.

"Sit down." Mei Jishan pointed to the chair of Huanghuali next to him.

Mei Zhiyuan responded with a "hmm", picked up the hem of his clothes and sat down, he was thinking about it in his head for a while, how to answer his father's questions, and how to talk to his father about his family affairs, I don't know what his father thinks about the Yang family's family affairs.

Mei Jishan didn't rush to ask him about the things in the money village, first asked him about his recent studies, listened to him talk about the recent articles that his husband said, and then listened to him talk about his experience, "You still don't think deeply enough, and you have to experience the deep meaning with your heart." He said.

"My son wrote it down."

Mei Zhiyuan bowed down to receive his father's teachings, and he also wanted to listen to Mei Jishan's lectures, but he had not yet been admitted to the Tongsheng School and could not go to school.

Mei Jishan came back from the school every day, and asked about the schoolwork of his two sons, but he rarely taught them at home, not for anything else, just because he worked hard to study at the house, and when he returned home, he wanted to be clean and pure.

"What's going on in the money bank, can you tell me?" Mei Jishan put down the tea that he had taken three sips of, looked at him and asked.

Mei Zhiyuan swallowed his saliva for a while, and then slowly told what had happened in the money village in the past two days, he said it very calmly, without adding his own opinions, and without exaggerating the seriousness of the situation.

"The eldest sister said that as long as the government closes the door for five days, she will have a way to solve the situation of the run on the bank." He said.

"Five days? Did she say how to solve this problem? Mei Jishan stared at his son's expression, wanting to see something on his face.

"Nope."

"How much silver is there now?"

Mei Zhiyuan thought for a while and said, "500,000 taels." ”

"Why are there so many!?"

"The Huang family of Jiqing Silk Village, there are still more than 400,000 taels of silver that have not been exchanged, and the others are small amounts, not too big a problem." Mei Zhiyuan replied.

"How are there so many!" Mei Jishan was about to take a sip of tea with the teacup, but the hand holding the teacup paused, he felt a little bad, could this be the last straw that overwhelmed the camel!

"It's a bit much, Ruoxue said that after a few days, everything can pass." Mei Zhiyuan was also worried about how the Huang family's money would be repaid, and looking at Ruoxue's calm expression, his heart was not so panicked.

Mei Jishan glanced at his son twice, looking at his appearance, he couldn't tell what method Ruoxue was going to use to solve such a problem, he took the tea cup to his mouth and took a sip, "You have been watching in Qianzhuang for the past two days, if it were your housekeeper, what method would you use to deal with such a thing?" He said.

Mei Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment when asked, he never thought that if he came to manage it, what would he do when he encountered such a thing, he looked down slightly at the floor tiles in front of his feet and pondered.

Mei Jishan was not in a hurry to ask him to say anything, and when he saw him bowing his head and thinking, he did not disturb him, and slowly drank the tea in his hand.

He also felt that his son was thinking less, such as when he thought that when he was not admitted to the lifting of people, his eldest brother Mei Jiye intended to divide half of the family business for him to take care of, but he only thought that he could be admitted to the lifting of people, where was he in the mood to manage what tea and cloth and other things outside his body.

When the eldest brother left and he wanted to take over the family business, he found that he had no way to start.

Mei Jishan took another sip of tea, looked at his son who bowed his head and pondered, his current age, it would be good if he was willing to learn to manage the family business, he knew that this son was not very fond of his studies, and he was not necessarily as good as him in the end, if he was interested in business, it would be good to take care of the family business in the future.

Mei Zhiyuan raised his head, his face was apologetic and helpless, he looked at his father and said, "I don't know how to deal with this situation,......"

This kind of run has happened for the first time, there is no precedent to be found, and how to solve it will not be known what to do for a while.

"It's okay, if you experience more in the future, you will naturally be." He said.

Mei Jishan also knew that these things were not done overnight, so he didn't say anything, and was about to get up and go to the cubicle to lie down, but he heard Mei Zhiyuan speak again.

"What does Daddy think of my relationship with my cousin?"

Mei Jishan raised his butt and sat back in the chair, looked at Mei Zhiyuan and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't think my cousin is suitable to be the eldest daughter-in-law of the Mei family." He said.

Mei Jishan's eyebrows raised, he was surprised that his son could say "eldest daughter-in-law", he didn't remember that his daughter-in-law was "eldest daughter-in-law", which also made his son's status much higher in his heart.

"Then what kind of daughter-in-law do you want to find?" He said.

Mei Zhiyuan didn't expect him to ask so directly, shouldn't he ask his cousin why he is not suitable to be the eldest daughter-in-law? This directly made him not know what to say.

Mei Zhiyuan thought for a while before saying: "It's good to find a scholarly family with a background." ”

"A scholarly family?" Mei Jishan put down the tea bowl in his hand and asked, "How did you remember this, who said what?" ”

"Yes."

Mei Zhiyuan told his father the reason why Ruoxue said, "I think what the eldest sister said makes sense, and I want to talk to Daddy, what does Daddy think?" He said.

Mei Jishan pressed one hand on the tea lid, and his fingers tapped the tea bowl, although there was no sound, there was a different feeling in people's hearts.

If Mei Zhiyuan lives at home, then the girl of the Yang family is a little inappropriate.

On the other hand, if you find a daughter-in-law with a high family for Mei Zhiyuan, you can also elevate his status in the family.

"What Ruoxue said makes sense, because my father knows, you can go back first." After a while, Mei Jishan said.

Mei Zhiyuan stood up and hesitated, and said, "Ah Niang, where ...... there"

Mei Jishan looked at Mei Zhiyuan with deep eyes, "It makes sense to be a father, you can go." ”

"That'...... The son retired. Mei Zhiyuan got up, bowed slightly to Mei Jishan, turned around and retreated.

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