"Old lady, these are children's business, they are young and vigorous, they always like to make trouble, don't keep staring at other people's girls, our three girls, but they are almost at the age of saying goodbye. You should write a letter back to your wife, and ask her to go to Dingwuhou's Mansion to discuss with Dingwuhou's wife, and the marriage of the two children is engaged. ”

There was already a little maid in the house who lit the oil lamp, and Mama Liang personally made tea and sent it to the Lin family.

Lin took the teacup and found that it was Tieguanyin, so he drank half a sip before saying: "The water in the Dingwu Marquis Mansion is deep, our sister Tang is so simple-minded, if she marries like this, won't she be bullied by others." Not to mention the side, it is the wife of the Marquis of Dingwu, Tao, her father is Tao Qian, the governor of Yunnan, and her mother is from Jinping's family, but I am afraid that it is not a good match. ”

Mama Liang disagreed, and said, "How does the old lady know that the third girl in our family is a simple-minded person?" I don't think so, but from the first few things, the old slave can see that the third girl is smart in her heart, but she just hides it. The third girl has her own set of rules for doing things, and I look at it much more secure than the first lady and the second girl. ”

Hearing Mama Liang mention the first lady, it reminded some of the past events in Lin's heart, "The first lady, but the smartest girl in our Gu family, when she first married her husband's family, her mother-in-law always looked down on our Gu family, and always thought that we were born in businessmen and were uneducated, so she changed her ways to find anger." ”

Lin said, her face had become pale, and Mama Liang took Lin's words and continued.

"The first lady is empathetic, and the uncle also respects her, and when she goes to her mother-in-law's house, she has a good relationship with the little uncles and sisters-in-law, that is, her mother-in-law no longer looks down on the first lady, but with the help of those little uncles and sisters-in-law, the first lady is still very good. gave birth to two children a year ago, and her mother-in-law and husband were very nervous about her. ”

Lin sighed and said: "The first lady is blessed, my aunt respects her, and since she entered the mansion, her mother-in-law wants to insert people in, but she has asked her aunt to block it." The eldest aunt's family is not high, not as good as the Dingwu Hou Mansion, and Sister Tang is not as smart as the first lady, and she married into a tiger wolf family like the Jiang family, so she may have to be arranged by the Tao family! ”

Lin said, already whimpering, although Gu Yutang is not a girl who grows up to her, but with the company of these days, she has regarded her as a girl raised by her side.

Gu Yutang is filial, and every once in a while she asks someone to find something delicious to send over, and she will come over to accompany her to say a few words every three or five times, so she is already very satisfied.

If she marries into the Dingwu Marquis Mansion in the future and gets angry, even if she lets out this old face, she will go to ask for justice and come back.

"The marriage between the third girl and the son of the Jiang family is still early, don't worry about it first, the old lady. But these days, the back cover room is not quiet! Mrs. Cai is seriously ill, and the sixth master has already bought a feng shui treasure and a good coffin in private, so he waited for Mrs. Cai to breathe and carried the red aunt to be the housekeeper's wife! Mama Liang spoke extremely cautiously, and when she spoke, she also looked inside the room.

"Did the sixth take the wrong medicine? Do such a bastard thing? The wife who treated him harshly like this spread the word, but he was going to suffer a lawsuit! Lin didn't want to take care of the second room anymore, so he directly asked Feng Lao'anren what he meant, "What does the back room mean?" My second brother and sister are angry?"

"Old lady, Feng Lao'an was already angry, so he summoned the little guy who was waiting beside the sixth master and reprimanded him. He also told the little servant to tie up the sixth master to the ancestral hall, kneel in front of the ancestor's tablet for three hours, and then write a confession to Mrs. Cai. When she said these words, Mama Liang was worried that the people listening to the corner would listen, so she ordered the maid to close the door of the house and stay outside.

"The sixth is not better than the seventh, he has a bad temperament, and he may not be willing to do these things. After he accepted Hongmei from Cai's house as his aunt, I felt that this matter was not so simple, and there must be a follow-up. Cai's illness died, and the sixth child helped Hongmei to be the housekeeper's wife, he was really anxious! ”

Lin was tired of the trivial matters in the second room, and this time she planned to stay out of the matter and not go to this troubled water.

"Old lady, since the second room has its own private affairs, it is inconvenient for us to interfere, since Feng Lao'an has already ordered people to go down to do it, let them go. It's just that early in the morning, Mrs. Feng ordered the little maid to report, saying that she had stopped the porridge shed in front of the mansion and asked the little maid to ask the old lady what she meant. Mama Liang said as she poured a cup of tea into Lin's teacup.

The porridge shed in front of the mansion was definitely set up after repeated discussions between Feng Lao'an and the Lin family, and the two old ladies both gave out the silver, but the silver from Feng Lao'an accounted for the majority.

It was inconvenient for the Lin family to intervene in it. The Lin family has also heard about it these days, saying that the surplus grain in the house is not enough, so they can only focus on the daily consumption of each house and courtyard first, and the stewards are waiting for the grain village in the south of the city to send grain.

"Our family stopped the porridge shed in front of the house, what do the other houses in the alley mean?" Lin lifted the lid of the tea, and the fragrance of tea in the teacup suddenly dispersed. After two rushes, the tea fragrance of Tieguanyin is still so strong.

Mama Liang thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "Old lady, after our family stopped the porridge shed in front of the house, the county at the end of the street also stopped his porridge shed, and the eldest wife of the Li family in Cuizhu Lane also asked the subordinates to stop the porridge shed, and the Li Tiehu family on the street handed over the news, and also said that there was not much surplus food at home, and the porridge shed should be stopped. ”

Since the porridge shed was set up by the Gu family, now the Gu family has stopped their own porridge shed, and those who only look forward to the Gu family have already followed the wind and stopped their own porridge shed.

Besides, the rice shops in the city are closed, and the surplus grain stored by each family is not much, and they are not enough to eat, so where can they get any porridge sheds?

Two days ago, the yamen also handed over the news, saying that there were mountain bandits gathering on the Tiger Wolf Mountain north of Pengpu, and they were afraid that they might go down the mountain to loot. There are a lot of merchants in Pengpu, the most in ten miles and eight towns, and those mountain bandits may come to the rich families in the city.

The Gu family is the richest family in Pengpu, but I am afraid that he has already been targeted by the mountain bandits, there are so many families living in Wutong Lane, and the Lingzuo family of Pengpu County lives at the end of the street, where is he willing to transfer out the catch in the yamen?

Fortunately, two days ago, Dingwu Hou invited a father-in-law to come down to pick up Jiang Zhiming and bring some people down, otherwise with those wine bags and rice bags at home, the little guy who only knows how to brag and drink on weekdays can stop the murderous mountain bandits?

"It's good to stop the porridge shed, there are fewer people who come to beg in front of the house, and the surplus grain in the south of the city can be transported back to the house as soon as possible, and we can also make some arrangements in front of the house. I see that the momentum of Pengpu is not quite right now, Chunping, you asked Dr. Qin to bring a letter back to Zhengding, invited the eldest lady, and brought a group of people down. Lin said, his face gradually showing a look of worry.

"The old lady is worried about those mountain bandits gathered on Tiger Wolf Mountain? Now that the times are peaceful and prosperous, Pengpu's county government is set up in the township, and the county next door has set up a guard station, I think those mountain bandits should not be so bold and take the risk to go down the mountain to plunder?" Mama Liang finished the last sentence, and said the next sentence.

"There are so many rich and powerful families living in Punpu, we can't tell the intentions of those mountain bandits, so we have to guard against them earlier. Early this morning, Old Madam Feng instructed Zijuan to invite craftsmen to come in and strengthen the gate and the doors of each house and courtyard. This side of the hall is a wide place, if a thief breaks in, it will inevitably run here, should the old lady go to the backyard to take refuge?"

Lin glanced at the house next door, Gu Yutang was sleeping in it now, and said softly: "Chunping, you go and talk to Feng Lao'an, let's take Sister Tang and move to the backyard together, the backyard is small, and the rockery outside is built with Taihu Lake stones, and others don't know where it is." Just one point, don't tell Sister Tang about the gathering of bandits on Tiger Wolf Mountain, she is still young, and she may be scared when she hears it. ”

Mama Liang answered, waited for Lin to fall asleep, and then went out of the house with the candlestick.

In the Qiuyue Courtyard, the Liang family rested on the couch, and Xinghuang and Qin's mother, who went to Yanyu Villa to help Liang's Ancha check things, had come back, and the two of them rushed back in the heavy rain, and they were still wearing a coat, and the water vapor on the top of the coat fell on the green brick floor little by little, wetting a large area of the green bricks.

Mother Qin said first: "Madam, that boat lady is indeed suspicious, when the old slave went to her house for the second time, she didn't open the door to the old slave, and called her husband to drive us away." Later, we found out to the steward of Yanyu Villa, and used the silver to get the booklet recording the boat from the steward, and the boat lady who supported the boat for Cai's that day was her, and the steward also said that Cai's knew that his son had been lifted and wanted to be admitted to the Jinshi, so he recommended to go to the Cai family's clan school to study. ”

"Did you bring back the boatlady?" Liang tilted his head and asked.

"Madam, the old slave has been tied up and brought back, but the boat lady will not say anything, and we dare not torture her, and now she is locked up in the cellar. If you want the old slave to find a few experienced mothers-in-law, you will definitely be able to tell the truth to the boat lady! Mother Qin said, and was about to tell Xinghuang to find her mother-in-law, but was stopped by the Liang family.

"Let's ask her in a bad way, but she won't say, if she uses Xing, do you think she will speak? It is already great that the peasant family can produce one or two scholars, it must be a treasure, you go to Cai's house, borrow Cai's name, and bring him back. With her son, are you still afraid that she won't say anything? ”

Liang knew that this move was inappropriate, and dragged the boat lady's family into the water, but she wanted to put Cai's family to death, and there was no way to do it.

Xinghuang seemed to remember something, and suddenly said: "Madam, when we came back, we heard that there were mountain bandits gathered on Tiger Wolf Mountain, I am afraid that there is a tendency to enter the city, does Mrs. want to go out of the city to live for a few days?"