As she spoke, she told another joke about the official's wife.

The husband of the official's wife, who is also a new lifter, is old, in his sixties, and his health is not good, so he has no idea of continuing the imperial examination, and just wants to find something to do in peace, so that his children and grandchildren can study hard and inherit his ambition, so he went to the government to make a paperwork. Once, the prefect's wife invited the lady to the banquet, but when the meal was over, the room was full of the sound of the lady who lifted the lady's mouth, so that the other ladies saw the joke, and the clerk was so embarrassed that he was sick the next day and did not dare to come to the yamen to do things.

The old lady wanted to tell a joke during the meal and relieve her relatives, and everyone naturally cheered, and after listening to the story, everyone laughed symbolically. But after laughing, the room fell silent again, and everyone ate quietly without saying a word.

Yu Yue didn't dare to be careless this time, and lightly ate two bites of the dishes that the maid had put into her bowl, and then put down the chopstick, obviously preferring to be hungry than to be as embarrassed as just now.

Zhong Lingyu didn't care so much, calmly ate, and accompanied back to the hall to drink a cup of tea, and then said goodbye and went back to the guest house.

Mrs. He waited for Zhong Lingyu to leave, and after Mrs. Wugu, mother and daughter also said goodbye in an interesting way, then said to Mrs. Sun: "Mother, I'll help you go back to the house, and our mother and daughter will talk." ”

Bai and Guo knew that she had something to tell the old lady in private, but they didn't follow, and left after sending the old lady back to the room.

"What? What's wrong with going to Beijing this time? "Old Madam Sun thought that Mrs. He had encountered something difficult.

"It's not." Mrs. He shook her head and saw that the maids had retreated in a funny manner, and then she lowered her voice and said, "Mother, what kind of person is Miss Zhong?" Tell me about it. ”

Old Madam Sun glanced at her daughter suspiciously: "What's wrong?" Is there anything wrong with her? ”

"Hmph." Mrs. He sneered, "My family's An'er said that she didn't want Miss Guanli in Beijing, but wanted to marry Miss Zhong as his wife." ”

"What?" Old Madam Sun was taken aback, her stomach was full of incredulity, and she widened her eyes and asked, "How come?" The two of them...... Could it be that An'er was seduced by Yu'er when she was in Bacheng? ”

Although Mrs. He didn't look down on Zhong Lingyu and was angry that her son had such a thought, she was not so black-hearted that she asked Zhong Lingyu to bear the charge.

She shook her head and said, "Not really. Then he told his mother in detail what He Daoan told her.

"You mean to say that her recipe for roasting tea is worth a lot of money?" Old Madam Sun was surprised.

"It's okay." As the daughter-in-law of the imperial merchant, Mrs. He really didn't take Zhong Lingyu's belongings seriously, she stretched lazily and said casually.

Mrs. He also knew that her daughter's vision was very high, and she said "okay", which was "quite good" in the eyes of ordinary people.

Her mind suddenly opened.

The situation of the Sun family, others don't know, as the old lady of the Sun family, how can she not know?

The outsiders saw that Mrs. Sun was sentenced in front of her, and the second son also made a county order, so they felt that the Sun family was not a master who lacked money. But only they know that the Sun family is short of money, and it is very short of money.

Although Mrs. Sun is sixty years old, she has a good body and enterprising spirit, and always wants to go further. If his children and grandchildren can't do it, it's good that he can go as far as he can, try to make more benefits in his current position, and save some money for his children and grandchildren. But the second master is a scholar, but at the age of forty, he became a jinshi and became an official. For the sake of his children and grandchildren, and in order to let himself go further and pave the way for his son, Mrs. Chen did not dare to be greedy for ink in office. What can you do with that little money?

But if you want to be promoted, you can't just be honest and capable, you have to have money to flatter the official. Now not only does Mrs. Sun have to spend some money, but the second master also has to spend some money, and there is no silver to count.

For these, the Sun family had to marry the merchants, so that the concubine Sun Chengyue married the merchant girl, and let the daughter marry the He family. The rich dowry accompanied by the merchant and the generous dowry can make the Sun family feel a lot better.

Therefore, hearing that Zhong Lingyu's recipe for roasting tea was valuable, and even the county magistrate of Ba County and the rich and powerful people were tempted, Mrs. Sun couldn't help but use her brains.

Even if they drank Zhong Lingyu's tea, they didn't expect to go here. At that time, I still wanted to let Zhong Lingyu be the concubine of the eldest young master of the long house, but later because she looked too much like her grandmother, Mrs. Sun didn't want to see a girl who looked like her sister as a concubine, and was harshly criticized and oppressed by his wife, so he spoke and let this family business stop. Now that she heard the news, the old lady naturally would not let Zhong Lingyu be a concubine again, but it was okay to be a wife!

"Look, how about letting Wen'er marry her?" Old Madam Sun said in a low voice.

Although Sun Xuewen is a scholar, his father is the son of the Chen family, and his mother is a merchant, and his status is lower than that of the big house and the second house. Although Zhong Lingyu has a valuable roasted tea recipe in her hand, she is just a businesswoman who has lost her father. Mrs. Sun was reluctant to let her own grandson go to her.

Mrs. He's eyes flashed.

She was thinking about the pros and cons, to see if it was better for Zhong Lingyu to marry her nephew Sun Xuewen, or to be a concubine for her son.

"Mother, Wen'er is sixteen years old this year. That Miss Zhong has to keep filial piety for three years, and Wen'er will be nineteen years old after three years. The third brother's family has such a son as Wen'er, aren't you afraid that Brother Yue's daughter-in-law will not be happy? ”

The daughter-in-law of Brother Yue mentioned by Mrs. He is Sun Chengyue's wife, Guo.

"This ......" Old Madam Sun didn't think of this at first, but when Madam He said this, she immediately hesitated.

In this family, the Guo family is silent and has a very low sense of existence, which is actually due to the Guo family's own personality, and Mrs. Sun has no intention of suppressing and treating this concubine and daughter-in-law. You must know that several of the Sun family's industries are all managed by Sun Chengyue. The reason why the second eldest Sun Chengyuan was able to spend a lot of money to get a good position some time ago was because of the money that Sun Chengyuan had earned over the years.

Therefore, even if Sun Xuewen is the son of the concubine, his status in front of the old lady and the old lady is the same as that of his cousins and cousins. As for Sun Xuemiao's bullying of Sun Xuehui, it was also a cousin's private behavior. In front of the old lady and the Guo family, Sun Xuemiao didn't dare to do that. The main reason why Sun Xuehui was bullied was still influenced by his mother, who liked to calm things down in everything and was unwilling to make trouble, giving Sun Xuehui the impression that he was weak and bulliable.