Aunt Zhang hesitated for a while, shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't know, when the slave was about to ask her what she plans to do in the future, the lady of the main family sent someone to take me away." ”

An Ge pondered for a moment, then asked, "Who told you everything you know?" ”

Aunt Zhang was stunned for a moment, as if she felt that this question was a little inexplicable...... "It was my niece who told the slave maid personally, and the slave maid didn't know anyone else in the rich gentry's house." ”

An Ge nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "You went to their house and said that they wanted to see your niece, but no one stopped you, so they took you to meet them?" ”

When she asked this, Aunt Zhang also came back to her senses, her niece was so bitter, she was locked up in the firewood room, and suffered such abuse, it stands to reason that the host's family should not ask outsiders to see her.

Aunt Zhang didn't know anymore, and was afraid that An Ge would think she was lying, so she hurriedly told An Ge that the whole process was not on the ground: "When the slave maid went to the rich gentry's mansion, she said that she wanted to see my niece Xiang'er, and the housekeeper who guarded the door took me without saying anything else. After Xiang'er finished talking to the slave maid, the family outside came in to drive the slave and maid away......

An Ge nodded and comforted: "Aunt Zhang, I know that you are an honest person, I trust you, this matter is probably not as simple as it seems on the surface, so it is not good to ask my father to go directly to the door to ask for ......."

Aunt Zhang waved her hand and shook her head: "No, no, no, the slave doesn't want to embarrass the adult, and I don't want to trouble the adult." ”

An Ge chuckled: "I didn't mean that, I thought it would be better to tell my father after I found out." There is nothing to be embarrassed about, my father, as a parent official, should be the master of the people. It's not much of a hassle. If you are like you, you are obedient to things when you encounter them, swallow your anger, and don't even report the officials, what does the court do with so many officials? ”

Aunt Zhang still felt ashamed, and opened her mouth to refuse, but An Ge directly interrupted her and said: "Your husband and son are farming, although the imperial court has reduced your taxes in recent years, but the rice you grow is scooped up and sold, and the rice merchants sell to others, all of them pay taxes to the imperial court, and the imperial court raises these officials with your tax money, so you don't have to think that you owe it to me if you have something to ask my father for help, you have already paid him." ”

Aunt Zhang opened her mouth but didn't know how to refute it, so she could only nod as if she didn't understand.

Secretly sighed that An Ge was worthy of having read a book, and she had to nod her head and listen to the words one by one.

An Ge continued: "Anyway, I'm bored at home now, the flowers in Yangzhou City haven't bloomed, and there's nothing fun to go out, so I'll go and investigate the matter." By the way, I haven't asked you yet, where is the rich gentleman's house? What is it called? What's the situation? ”

"The rich gentleman's family name is Cui ......"

When Aunt Zhang said this, An Ge's eyes turned cold, and he laughed and said, "It turned out to be the Cui family, and I have to take care of this matter even more." ”

Ning Jiu saw that An Ge's expression was wrong, and asked curiously, "Madam has a grudge against this Cui family?" ”

An Ge chuckled and said, "It's not hatred, it's just disgust." A few years ago, something happened that makes me feel sick when I think about it. ”

Seeing that Ning Jiu, Aunt Zhang, and Xin'er all showed curious looks, An Ge continued: "The Cui family has been in Yangzhou for a long time, and the family has a big business, but no one in the family has entered the official career. The eldest son of his family, as Aunt Zhang said, is a bastard. The second son of his family was sent to the capital by his family to study since he was a child, and the family expected him to be able to take the examination for a half-official position. ”

"Many years ago, my mother was still there, and I didn't plan to go to Beijing, I just wanted to stay in Yangzhou to accompany my parents for the rest of my life, so when I was about to get married, I began to find a husband for me in Yangzhou City, and I heard the matchmaker say that the second son of the Cui family is an upright person, and my mother intends to marry his family."

Aunt Zhang accosted on the side: "The slave also remembers this, the second son is indeed a talent, and he has been studying since he was a child, not like his eldest brother, and the Cui family is rich, and the family has the right to settle down, if it can really succeed, it is also a good story, but why didn't it work out later?" The slave and maid were also puzzled. ”

Aunt Zhang sensed Ning Jiu's unhappy gaze, and quickly changed her words: "But no matter how naturally the Cui family is, it can't compare to the general, no matter how talented the second son of Cui is, in front of the general, then it can't compare with the sole of a shoe." ”

As he spoke, he lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that Jing Lan, who was playing with Er'er outside, would hear it, and added, "The general is the most handsome man the slave has ever seen in his life." ”

Ning Jiu was satisfied, nodded, took Aunt Zhang's hand and said, "Aunt Zhang, you really have vision." ”

An Ge smiled, and then said: "My mother doesn't want me to marry blindly and dumbly, so I have to nod my head in person to accept this family matter, so she took me to meet with the second son of Cui before making a marriage." ”、

"He's really gentle and can't find fault with people. When I first met him, it happened to be almost Qixi Festival, and he asked me to go out to see the lanterns together, but I didn't agree, so he stood outside Anfu all night. It was still raining that night, and he didn't leave, but he was drenched all night, and the next day he contracted a cold. ”

"So infatuated?" Ning Jiu pursed his lips, but after thinking about it, what did not work out, there must be some flip behind it, so he asked, "Then what happened later that caused it to not work out?" ”

An Ge sighed deeply and said: "I also thought he was very affectionate at the beginning, and I almost settled down, but my mother still didn't worry that I was marrying the wrong person, and she couldn't make a conclusion based on this one thing alone, so she looked for people everywhere to investigate his character from all aspects." ”

"In the end, I found out that there was a maid who was serving him personally, and he had already had a relationship with him, and even the child was pregnant, but he never gave the maid a name, so he thought that he could trick someone like me into going back to be the wife of the main room, and then accept the concubine."

Ning Jiu twisted his eyebrows and said, "This kind of thing is actually hidden, it is really disgusting!" ”

An Ge nodded and said: "Yes, if he accepts that concubine in a dignified manner and treats others honestly, he can meet the main house that doesn't care, and then he can make a success." ”

"How can there be such a thing to hide from relatives, if you really trick me home when you turn around, I don't accept my husband as a concubine, I desperately don't let that maid enter the house, wouldn't it ruin my life or ruin that maid's life? And I'm not the one who can swallow my anger, if I really marry into the Cui family, and I know that he cheated me like this, I will definitely disturb his family. I really don't understand what these people are trying to tell such a lie that hurts others and is not beneficial to themselves. ”

"Fortunately, Madame didn't go the wrong way in the first place." Ning Jiu sighed lightly, and asked indignantly, "What about later?" This Cui Er deceived Mrs. so much, didn't Mrs. teach them to be angry at that time? ”

An Ge's gaze suddenly fell, and he was silent for a while, and said: "Later, my mother fell ill, and my father and I looked around for a way to cure my mother, but we didn't take out our hands to teach him a lesson. Although I didn't know what to do, I still feel scared when I think about it. It was really just a little bit of ...... Luckily, my mother was careful. ”

Xin'er also interjected: "It seems that the two brothers of the Cui family are not good things, Cui Da is obviously bad, and Cui Er is bad." ”

An Ge looked at Aunt Zhang again: "So saving your niece is not just for you, I also have to settle accounts with the Cui family a few years ago." ”

Aunt Zhang nodded and said gratefully, "Thank you, girl." ”

As soon as her voice fell, the nurse's cheers suddenly came from outside: "Ouch, the little boy will go!" The little boy will be gone! ”

Everyone in the hall hurriedly got up and went out to look, and saw Er'er following the little pig as a toddler, and the little pig stopped and looked back at Er'er after taking two steps.

The nurse held him with both hands to prevent him from falling.

Jinglan walked up to An Ge and said, "This little pig is very spiritual and can walk with Er'er, so let's not eat it, right?" ”

An Ge glanced at him helplessly: "Okay, raise it first, and it's okay to raise it." In case the price of pork rises one day, we can't afford to eat it, so we can still slaughter it and eat it. ”

Ning Jiu was amused by An Ge and said, "Madam, if the General's Mansion can't eat pork, then I'm afraid that no one in Dali can eat it." ”

An Ge smiled and looked at Ning Jiu and said, "The General's Mansion is very rich? ”

Ning Jiu was stunned, and then smiled helplessly: "When Madame goes back with the general this time, she must take over the assets of the General's Mansion from Uncle Wu." Those deed shops and silver, the general doesn't ask, every year at the end of the year, the general only goes to get some silver for some entertainment that can't be avoided, it is estimated that the general and his wife don't know how much property the general's mansion has, right? ”

An Ge really doesn't know how much property the General's Mansion has, she doesn't have any other hobbies, she doesn't have particularly large expenses, and "Beijing Daily" also makes a lot of money, so she doesn't need to take money from the mansion at all.

Jing Lan was also confused, scratched his head and said, "Didn't I give half of my net worth when I married Xiao Ge'er before, and now there are many more?" ”

Ning Jiu was really speechless for the two of them...... "The general's fields and shops outside have a harvest every year, so what he gives out also earns a lot of ......."

Is it the tradition of the General's Mansion that the owner is not concerned about his own property? When the old general and his wife were still alive before, the two of them didn't care much about it, so the money borrowed by the second uncle Jing and the third uncle Jing from here every year was never counted, and they never said that they would pay it back. Fortunately, although the two families are a little greedy for money, they have no other bad intentions in the end, and they have always been peaceful.

Now the general and his wife are like this...... But after thinking about it, the general has been fighting outside since he was a child, and in the first year of the Chinese New Year, the general was busy preparing for the marriage with his wife, and in the second year, in northern Xinjiang, and in the third year, he went to Yangzhou again.

Ning Jiu persuaded bitterly: "When I go back this time, Mrs. will have to learn a good thing about housekeeping from Uncle Wu, Uncle Wu is also old." ”

Hearing this, An Ge and Jing Lan glanced at each other, Jing Lan smiled and said gently: "We have to go back to Beijing for a few years outside, I will write a letter back and ask Zhu'er to learn to manage." ”

An Ge nodded with satisfaction: "Okay." ”

Ning Jiu was really speechless......