Chapter 13: Confession

Duan Ling'er has been shopping on the street for most of the day, wandering around the various shops in Duanfu, and he probably grasps the dirtiness in Duanfu's Yangzhou business in his heart.

She was raised in the capital in her previous life, and everything she used and enjoyed was provided by Duanfu's own business.

Therefore, the silk, the bracelet, the calligraphy and painting, the rouge, and the medicinal herbs should have been like this, and her heart was as clear as the moon in the sky.

Besides, everyone knows that Duan Tianya has never gone off the rails in business, royal procurement, goods are really good things, and money is really earned, which is also the cornerstone of Duan Tianya's business for so many years.

But now the shop in Yangzhou Duanfu sees that the goods are not right everywhere, shoddy, and there are guys who bully others and bully the market.

Now that he has been reborn in a lifetime, he has only found out that his family's rice shop is going to be eaten by moths, and the good reputation of his father Duan Tianya's royal purchase has already made the people of Sufu scourge!

The business of Yangzhou Sufu is carried by Duan Tianya, but now he has raised such things with real money!

Grace will take revenge, the way of beasts.

Duan Ling'er clenched her fists unconsciously.

What a Su Yong, what a little Su, the sixth aunt of Duanfu!

The sunset on the horizon was layered on top of each other, rendering from the setting mountain, and the complex colors of the glow fell in Duan Ling'er's eyes.

An exquisitely decorated carriage passed in front of Duan Ling'er's eyes.

The doors are painted with a dragon and a bird that looks like a phoenix.

Duan Ling'er looked at the bird, and suddenly remembered the life that the old Taoist priest in the capital had given him in his previous life: [Danxue five-colored feather, its name is Phoenix. In the past, there was Shengde, and this bird sang on the hill. 】

"Embroidered Spring Pavilion ......" Duan Ling'er opened her lips.

An Niang said: "Xiuchun Pavilion is the most famous house in Yangzhou fireworks field, and it is said that the price of the girl in it is fifty taels or more. The top brand in it, Yu Linlang, even participated in three Oiran competitions and won the first place, which fascinated the men. Little Master...... Although it's true that you say that they are all poor people, but we are serious people in the end, you are a good girl with good looks and good looks, you can't do that kind of thing, and it's best not to see those people. ”

Duan Ling'er didn't speak, she had always respected the lower nine streams, and knew that everyone had his suffering, and the one who was whipped by others, driven by others, and who sold all his dignity for food was the most pitiful person.

And the so-called "can't do that kind of thing"......

In his previous life, he sold himself to the royal family, and for the power of the Duan Mansion and the eldest lady, he sold himself inside and out.

In the previous life, the king of Liang, in the process of seizing the power of the Great Liang, wantonly eliminated dissidents, attacked political opponents, and killed ministers indiscriminately.

His own son degraded and killed his father's former patriarch and important minister, and he became a queen and a queen mother.

In this way, what else can't be done, and what is there who I haven't met?

Duan Ling'er's eyes caught up with the carriage, only to see that the corner of the carriage, in the golden sunlight, faintly leaked a touch of bright red blood.

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When he returned to the mansion and closed the garden door, Duan Ling'er placed the things he bought one by one.

While wiping his hands with a handkerchief, he pondered what to do next to lift the corner of the lice-infested robe.

Looking at your hands through the candlelight, they will one day become slender and well-proportioned.

They are now a pair of pampered hands, but in this life, they must be more powerful.

was in a trance, only to see his mother-in-law Shen Shi with anger on her face, and walked into the house with a whip in her hand.

Shen said: "Enli has a bad history, so you must look back early when you are happy; After defeat, it may be successful, so don't let it go. My mother told you this, right? ”

Duan Ling'er nodded.

Shen Shi said: "Turn back early when you are proud, don't be discouraged when you fail, the bow is full and broken, the moon is full and lacking, and you should be more cautious when you are proud." And you? What did you do? You used a stratagem to win over your sixth aunt and protect me and your brother, but you immediately did such a wasteful thing! You, you...... You say, "How can you spend all your dowry money at once?" Or do you want to buy these Rausch stuff and come back? ”

Shen's fingers trembled, pointing to the jade porcelain bottles on the table of the Eight Immortals.

"You saved me and your brother last time, so you said that you have the ability to double the income of five hundred taels of silver, although your mother hesitated about your words, but in the end she couldn't stand your grinding, and she still believed it for a while. It seems that the mother is really confused, how can I let you keep your belongings. That's your dowry! How much is left to return to me! ”

Shen said and wiped his tears.

It is already a shame to marry Duan Fu as a concubine as the daughter of the Shen family, and now her daughter is a concubine, and she must not be looked down upon when she marries in the future, so in addition to part of her dowry, the Shen family has also quietly saved moon silver to give her daughter over the years, for fear that her daughter will be looked down upon in her in-law's family in the future.

How about now? The whole three hundred and fifty taels of silver were spent by her daughter!

Shen thought that the savings of many years had been filled, and the five hundred taels of snowflake silver had suddenly decreased by more than half in half a day, and he only felt dizzy, and the more he looked at his daughter, the more angry he became, and he was about to beat her with a whip.

An Niang stepped forward to stop it.

Knelt down and stretched out her arms to try to block: "Madam, it's all the slave maid who didn't persuade the little master, it's the slave's fault, madam, you smoke the slave!" ”

When Duan Ling'er came back, she knew that An Niang must have told her mother what she had done today.

Although An Niang is her nurse, she is also her mother's loyal servant.

She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, she had angered the eldest lady because of a vase, and at that time she knelt at the feet of the eldest lady like a fish out of water, and at that time she fell on the ground and looked up at the eldest lady, praying for forgiveness and mercy.

Now, facing her mother, she no longer has to wag her tail and beg for mercy from anyone for family affection.

Duan Ling'er stepped forward, closed the door, and made sure that no one was eavesdropping outside the house before kneeling steadily and raised his head: "Mother, Ling'er is not lying, this silver will be doubled in the near future." ”

"You're still fooling your mother! You have already spent your money on these things, how can you double it? Although it's all our Duanfu business, after all, it's your sixth aunt who is in charge of the family now! It seems that now I am the only one who begs your sixth aunt to ask someone to return these things, but they have to be discounted...... Confused, Ling'er, you are really ......! ”

Shen cried as she spoke, she had never begged Xiao Su for so many years, but today for the sake of her daughter, she had to bow to the sixth room.

Duan Ling'er said in a deep voice: "Mother, we are women from Shenfu, what are we asking for silver for?" ”

Shen was stunned for a moment and replied, "Make a dowry for you." ”

"What about the others?" Duan Ling'er looked at Shen's eyes: "What about my brother?" ”

"Your brother ......" Shen slowly opened his mouth, yes, his son is older, and there are more places to use money, although Duan Yu is a son, but Duan Tianya is not very concerned about these concubines and concubines, and two taels of silver per month is not enough at all.

Duan Tianya was also his lover before the vows, but now he and his pair of children are just shadows that his husband has long forgotten.

Shen's heart has long been like shallow water in late autumn, like frost grass withered in deep winter, she feels that her life is broken, and she doesn't have any expectations for Duan Tianya, but her own children ......

"Your brother will follow your father into business in a few years." Shen finally moved his lips slowly.

Duan Linger has always been far-sighted, prepared for battle, and needs to grasp the initiative in life.

For Duan Yu, doing business is definitely not a good choice for him.

How can a person who is mediocre in arithmetic and interpersonal terms, a person who is not sensitive to prices, be a good businessman?

What's more, Duan Yu is clearly a good reader at reading.

Duan Ling'er clenched his fists: "My brother is honest and reliable, and he is not good at calculation, he is not a good business player at all, fortunately, he is very willing to moan bitterly, with his qualifications, there is also hope for Jiazi Dengke, mother, how can we, as relatives, not help him?" ”

"But ......"

Without waiting for Shen to speak, Duan Ling'er continued: "But my father is now far away in the capital, and most of the time he walks around Kyushu, and he will only return to Yangzhou for a few months to live. Isn't this delaying my brother? ”

Shen listened in a daze for a long time.

Duan Yu's love of reading is naturally a good thing, but his dowry is not much left, if it is used to ask Mr. to teach, it is far from enough, if he goes to ask Xiao Su, I am afraid that it will be in vain.

What's more, his son is a concubine, and the concubine of Duan Mansion is not allowed to take the road of the imperial examination!

"Your father won't agree." The words at the corners of Shen's mouth became cold, and before this coldness could be transmitted to Duan Ling'er, it had already frozen and shattered her own heart:

"Your brother is a concubine...... We don't have to think about the fact that the imperial examination requires manpower and material resources, and we don't have to think about it. ”

"What if we have our own silver in the ninth room? What if we could afford it ourselves? ”

Shen Shi woke up in shock when he heard this: "What do you mean ......?"

"Not bad! Since someone has to earn money in the first room of the house, then I can also earn money. Although I am a daughter's family, I am also my father's blood, and if I can earn money, my brother will have the energy and support to study with peace of mind. ”

Shen nodded lightly: "Now Liufang is in charge of Yangzhou Duanfu Zhongfang, and Liufang covers the sky with one hand, I don't know how much I have filled my pockets." Our mother and mother are just starving to death, not to mention for my brother to study, even if I want to cook some rare food in my small kitchen in the future, I can't. But you know how difficult it is for a girl to start her own business? ”

"Father did it, why can't I? My brother can do it, why can't I? Now the business in Yangzhou is now controlled by the eldest brother of Xiao Su's mother's family, but with me, Duan Ling'er, I will pull his Su family down! ”

Shen is not a dull person after all, she thought about it carefully, stood up and helped her daughter: "What are you going to do?" For your mother and your brother, what can I help you? ”

That's what Duan Ling'er wants!

She walked over and leaned against Shen, pointed to those fake antiques, and slowly narrated her plan.

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The heavy rain fell for three days in a row, and Duan Ling'er also closed her door for these three days.

Where the rain passed, new sprouts continued to sprout, and she sat at the table for a long time, drawing a drawing based on the memories of her past life, and the thin lines connected many names and events.

Capture hidden opportunities and key points.

On the fourth day, the weather was fine, Duan Ling'er called An Niang, and just as she was about to leave the gate of Duanfu, she saw someone who was going up the steps.

Acknowledgments.