Chapter 59 The Zhou Family Who Fights the Autumn Wind (Second Watch)
In the last book, it was mentioned that Jiang Xinshan's business in several dowry shops was bleak because of Xiao Han's secret "care". (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)
Jiang Xinshan was so anxious that she jumped to her feet, and she was reluctant to use her own dowry silver, so she started the idea of public money. The wife of a large family, who will pay attention to the hundreds of thousands of silver that she has in her hands every day, and a few of them are buckled from her fingers.
Jiang Xinshan looks very arrogant, casual and free, and even a little pampered and ignorant, and has no words. The inside is thick and fine, and the calculation is quite deep. Otherwise, Jiang Xinyao would not have suffered two big losses at his hands. If Zheng Liang's three aunts hadn't been carefully selected by Xiao Han and had already taken precautions, how could they be her opponents.
So Jiang Xinshan is in the Zheng family, except for her own belly and the three aunts in the man's room who give her a headache, there is nothing bad about it.
Jiang Xinyao thinks that a good hunter must learn to tease the prey in her hand, and she has the patience to play with Jiang Xinshan!
Chunlan looked at the fourth young lady's expression, and was a little unsure whether to tell her about Biruo. When he was hesitating, he heard the fourth lady ask about the matter in the second master's yard. This sound, like the "sound of heaven", dispelled Chunlan's last struggle.
A smile appeared on her face, and she said vaguely: "The second master has been taking care of the shop since he was a child, and his temperament has been a little restrained, and he goes out during the day and comes back after dark." The second grandmother is a capable person, who takes care of the yard smoothly, and often takes Brother Xuan and Sister Lan to the second wife. Even the second wife said that the people in the western courtyard knew the rules better than before. ”
Jiang Xinyao coughed lightly, picked up the teacup, took a sip, put down her side hand, and looked at her with a smile.
Chunlan hurriedly said: "Last time, the fourth lady came back and asked the second wife to send the green moss out, it was the slave who secretly asked her, and the green moss said that she was unwilling to leave the house, and the second wife went with her." A few days later, she fainted in the study. The doctor took the pulse and said that she was three months pregnant, which was really good to hide. ”
"Pregnant?"
Jiang Xinyao was surprised. Second brother of the heart path, second brother, your ability to reproduce is also stronger. How can one or two of them be pregnant.
The old lady was delighted. The master carried his aunt, and now she is raising a baby in the west courtyard! It's strange to say that this green moss didn't know when it got the old lady's blue eyes, and the old lady actually asked Mama Qian to personally send two supplements. Chunlan took a breath and said happily.
Jiang Xinyao thought about it up and down, and quickly understood the deep meaning.
In the house now, although the old lady is still full of words, it can't compare to the situation when the Hou Mansion was in the past. In the years that my mother has been in Beijing, she has been at home steadily. The father often rests in his room, the two younger brothers are sensible and obedient, and they read well, and the position of the housewife is as stable as Mount Tai.
Older people like juniors to be on their knees, and there used to be a Jiang Xinshan flattering the old lady by her side. I don't feel anything yet. At this time, Jiang Xinshan and her are married separately, and the people in the house who can be close to the old lady are except for the father, who is the second brother.
It just so happened that since the second sister-in-law married into this house, she has been closer to her mother. Last time, the old lady was a little dissatisfied with her second sister-in-law, so she made her kneel on the ground with a big belly and a pillar of incense. As a result, the second sister-in-law had fetal gas that night, and gave birth to Sister Mei more than eight months early, which was really a lifetime. After the second sister-in-law came out of confinement, she still took her two children to her mother's side. Although the old lady didn't say anything, how could she feel comfortable in her heart.
It just so happened that Bi Ruo was pregnant at this time, so she naturally became a good chess piece for the old lady to suppress her second sister-in-law. Of course, this chess piece is really used against people. is still a mother, because Bi Moss is her Jiang Xinyao's person in the final analysis.
Thinking of this, Xin Yao laughed coldly. She called Mother Li in and told her to bring the cart of things. Pick some good ones and send them to the second sister-in-law's room.
As soon as Li's mother went out, Gu came in with a smile, but the smile was more or less reluctant.
Xin Yao motioned for Chunlan to go outside to guard, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her forehead for her mother, and handed it to her with warm tea, and said comfortingly: "Mother, you don't need to be angry about this matter, let your father make up his mind for good or bad." ”
Gu Shi drank a cup of warm tea, she was comfortable, she sighed: "The Zhou family is really down, the three mansions have been famine, but there is still a spectrum of the past, I don't know how to be thrifty in food and clothing, the maid is wearing it, and the gold and jade are worn." Just now the third aunt came, dressed more luxuriously than the old lady, and asked to borrow 4,000 taels of silver for a mouth, you didn't see it, the old lady's face suddenly darkened. ”
"Oh, it's good to be in the shade, how much was given later?"
"I gave two thousand taels, and the third uncle's motherly nose was crooked, and he didn't even say thank you, so he took someone away!"
Xin Yao said with a smile: "Those who dare to borrow money these years are all masters." According to the old lady's personality, why did she give this bit of silver this time? ”
Gu Shi hugged his daughter in his arms and said softly: "My son, five fingers are still long, let alone an outsider." The old lady has always been kind to the boss, so she naturally has to be generous. Besides, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, there is still a concubine in the palace, and the old lady can't do too much. The other two coins will naturally have to be calculated. ”
Xin Yao sneered and said: "Since there is such a big Buddha town in the big house, why bother to go to our house to fight the autumn breeze, I remember that the Zhou family has an eldest daughter who married the nephew of the first queen mother, and the Su family is very rich." ”
Gu couldn't help but smile and said: "Silly boy, do you think that the big house asked our family to borrow silver for, not for Concubine Han to have silver in the palace, so that the Zhou family has a chance to recover." As for the one who married the Su family, I heard that life was not very easy. ”
Since the Marquis of Annan was cut from military power, seized the title, and was divided into three, it was already the end of the crossbow, and the trend of decline suddenly appeared. Fortunately, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and compared to the flat-headed people, life is still very good.
In the past, the honor and luxury of the Hou Mansion, the famous family, once the family was defeated, although it did not fall into a tree, but it could only open source and reduce expenditure, and live on food and clothing. There is a way from simple to luxury, from luxury to simple difficult, people who are used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and then let her eat porridge and side dishes, one day or two is acceptable, every day, then it will be fatal.
But the three-bedroom family of Zhoufu has always been accustomed to pomp, the house should live in a big house, the furniture should be made of pear blossom wood, and everywhere you go you have to sit in a sedan chair, and you have to beat your legs and back when you rest. As a result, the three-bedroom family, which originally had little income, was even less able to take advantage of the money. As the days go by, there will be a famine.
Zhou Chengkai, the big house, lost his title and lost his son, and he was sick and depressed. Although there is a daughter in the palace, it is not as beautiful as when the real power was in the past. And it is the abandoned chess piece of the eldest prince, and it is not easy to make a comeback with the wind on his daughter's pillow, only to keep handing silver to the palace. So the big house asked the old lady to borrow the most money.
The second and third rooms have been attached to the big house for decades, and they have separated the family, and the idea is enough for them to spend. And the children and grandchildren are all eating, drinking, and having fun, spending all day and wine, but in just one year, they have been unable to make ends meet, so they have to come to the Jiang family to borrow money with a shy face.
Jiang Xinyao knew everything about the Han concubine who was resting at Concubine Han on a certain day of the previous month, not to mention the Zhou family in the waning mountains. The Zhou family's three-room family is declining day by day, and she also plays a role in fueling the troubles. Grandfather lost his life because of the false news released by the Zhou family, and she kept this account firmly in her heart.
Xin Yao said in a deep voice: "Mother, if the Zhou family wants to recover, I'm afraid it will be difficult. I heard that I can't go to Concubine Han once in two months when I go to Concubine Han today. I'm afraid that the money has been lost! ”
Gu shook his head and said, "The old lady doesn't think so. Fortunately, your father saw it and always persuaded him, otherwise he would have borrowed more! ”
Xin Yao listened to Gu's words, and said with a slight smile: "I'm afraid it's also the reason why my mother often blows the pillow breeze in my father's ear." ”
When Gu Shi heard this, he raised his hand, making a gesture to fight, raised his head with his hand, and finally only landed on Xin Yao's face, and gently pinched two handfuls.
She said angrily: "It's not big or small, how can you talk like this to your daughter?" ”
In fact, Xin Yao's words were not wrong at all.
Although Gu didn't understand the major affairs of the imperial court, she had always kept in mind the things her daughter had confessed, and secretly often took the opportunity to tell Jiang Hongsheng what her daughter had analyzed with her.
Jiang Hongsheng, a person who mixes like a fish in water in officialdom, can't he not understand the truth.
Xin Yao didn't care at all, and drilled into Gu's arms, becoming more and more sticky. Gu thought that he would only see his daughter once in a few months, so he was willing to pinch it, but he stroked it gently. (http://.)。
Xin Yao snickered: "Just now Chunlan said that Bi Ruo lifted her aunt, what is my mother going to do?" ”
Gu Shi smiled and said: "Your second sister-in-law is a smart person, and the old lady has also become a fine person, Bi Ruo is in the hands of these two people, I just look at it coldly from the side." As for whether she is dead or alive, and let her life, don't pity her, it's not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her heart is big! ”
Bi Moss was treated as a rough maid by the old lady and sent to Jiang Yuanhang's study, how could she be willing? After a few days of errands, he hooked up with the second master again.
Jiang Yuanhang had just tasted it, and he was happy to send it to the door, and the two hit it off, and they did the husband and wife in the study right now.
Xu is merciful to God, but in just a few months, Na Biruo became pregnant. After three months of hard work, Bi Ruo not only announced her pregnancy, but also took the opportunity to cling to the old lady. The depth of scheming is enough to see.
Gu Shi pursed his lips and smiled, touched his daughter's hair, and sighed: "Yao'er, don't worry, it's not the same as in the past!" Mother is worried about you right now."
Gu's eyes fell on Xin Yao's stomach. (..)
( Miss Jiang Si )