"This is sent by Dou Xingzu's wife, a total of two hundred taels, and a pearl hairpin, looking at the color, it is also worth more than twenty taels." When Xiao Xiantang came back, Mu Chonglan took out the silver and beads he received.

Xiao Xiantang glanced at the silver and pearl flowers, two hundred taels of silver, for Xiao Xiantang, or for Mu Chonglan, it is actually not much, but if he didn't have that dark force under his hands, Mu Chonglan didn't run the Peerless Shop and Drunken Sky Tower, and only relied on his little money to live, these two hundred taels of silver should be regarded as a huge amount of money.

As for the bead flower, more than 20 taels of bead flowers, although it was completely easy to give away, Xiao Xiantang was not happy to Mu Chonglan to wear it, so he picked up the bead flower and threw it aside. "This pearl flower is not good-looking, you can reward it to your subordinates."

"Mo'er is not here, there is not even a maid in the house, who should I reward it to?" Mu Chonglan was a little helpless, up and down the Xiao Mansion, there were all big men with five big and three thick, let them wear beaded flowers, just like the big black donkey wearing beaded flowers.

Xiao Xiantang thought for a while: "Isn't there a cook in the stove room?" Give it to her. ”

"Cook?" Mu Chonglan thought for a while, and thought that the cook seemed to have said that there was a daughter who had not yet come out of the cabinet at home, so she nodded: "It's okay, I'll ask someone to give it to her later." ”

Xiao Xiantang said "um" with satisfaction, and secretly thought that she would have to find some pearl hairpin jewelry for Mu Chonglan later, although she doesn't wear it much now, but whether she wears it or not, and whether she has it or not, are two different things.

"Then Dou Xingzu's wife, did you say anything else?" Xiao Xiantang asked again.

Mu Chonglan thought for a while: "She said, this is what others respect. ”

"Filial piety?"

"Well, it seems to be some kind of cellar respect." Mu Chonglan rubbed her chin, her face was dazed, she followed her father, in fact, she had also seen these similar "filial piety", such as what "Bing Jing", "Tan Jing" or something, like this kind of "filial piety", it will cost several sums of silver to go back and forth in a year, but it is the first time I have heard of any "cellar respect".

When Xiao Xiantang heard "Jiao Jing", he was also a little puzzled, but he immediately reacted and understood that the so-called "Jiao Jing" referred to the passage under the county government of Longtong County, which is the so-called "cellar fee".

Think about it, "Bing Jing" and "Tan Jing", there must always be a reason for the hot weather and cold weather, such as "Jiao Jing", I think there will be a lot of them every year.

Xiao Xiantang told Mu Chonglan about this, and Mu Chonglan listened to Xiao Xiantang's words, and was stunned: "If you use it once, you will give two hundred taels of silver, then let's sit and count the silver from now on." ”

"What do you think, it's only more this time, and it is estimated that there will be no more in the future." Xiao Xiantang angrily broke Mu Chonglan's wishful thinking: "Below this Longtong County, the whole is empty, they want to avoid this side, walk over directly, and absolutely avoid it, so the kind of good thing you think is absolutely impossible to happen, and, if I guess correctly, this time the silver should be Dou Xingzu and Zuo Hong are throwing stones to ask for directions, to see what kind of attitude my side has." ”

"And the attitude?" Mu Chonglan's eyes widened in confusion.

"yes." Xiao Xiantang nodded: "You accept the money, and they know it." ”

Dou Xingzu asked his wife to come to Mu Chonglan, apparently to send "Jiao Jing" silver, but in fact, he came to test his attitude, if they didn't accept it, Dou Xingzu would know that they were just pretending to be in the same boat as them, but in fact, it was to find evidence of their smuggling.

However, Mu Chonglan accepted it, and it was accepted after asking for his opinion, so Dou Xingzu should have understood his attitude.

Of course, this kind of temptation is actually very clumsy, after all, even if he wants to collect evidence of their smuggling and accepts the money, as long as he does not move at all, he can make it clear when he goes back in the future, but they really have no other way to test him, so they can only test it so simply.

After listening to Xiao Xiantang's explanation, Mu Chonglan pursed her lips: "These people are really bad water." ”

Xiao Xiantang smiled and said, "Maybe, but compared to the group of old foxes in the state capital, even if Dou Xingzu and Zuo Hong are a little cautious, they don't have much deep water, and their background is not enough, so they are not afraid." ”

"So what should I do? Will I accept all the money they give in the future? Mu Chonglan opened her big eyes, looked at Xiao Xiantang, and asked very seriously.

Xiao Xiantang thought about it for a while, generally speaking, those people take the lady route, and Mu Chonglan should take the lead and make friends with the wives of Dou Xingzu and Zuo Hong, but Mu Chonglan's personality is really not suitable for doing these things, so it is really inappropriate to hand over this kind of thing to Mu Chonglan.

"If they give it to you, you will take it, and when you have taken it, you will set it aside, and do not touch it, and when you can, I will tell you." Xiao Xiantang said.

Mu Chonglan nodded and said, "Okay." ”

She has a stunning shop and a drunken sky, although she is not rich in hand, but it is not tight, she will not take it to heart, she will not take it to heart, so Xiao Xiantang said not to let her touch the silver, she didn't feel anything wrong, if she is really the kind of little woman who comes out of a small household and does not have her own small treasury, she can only look at the silver when she hears it, but cannot move, at this time, I am afraid that she will already scratch her heart.

Early the next morning, Xiao Xiantang called Dou Xingzu over, first thanked Dou Xingzu's wife for the pearl flowers, but did not mention the matter of "cellar respect" silver, and then began to inquire openly and secretly about what kind of "borrowing" method this "borrowing" was.

When Dou Xingzu heard Xiao Xiantang's words, he showed a frightened expression, and said that although he knew something, in fact, he didn't interfere at all, just made it convenient, and he really didn't dare to think about it.

Dou Xingzu's words, whether they are true or false, everyone knows it, but Xiao Xiantang did not debunk it, but had a sad face, and vaguely said that he was the son of a merchant, although he had some financial resources, but in fact, the Yue family did not look down on him very much, so at home, he had to let his wife do everything, even if it was a piece of charcoal burned in the house in winter, he had to pick the leftover before he used it, which made his husband unhappy.

Dou Xingzu listened to Xiao Xiantang's words, and when he thought of the uncle of the state official in his family, he suddenly felt a feeling of sympathy.

Although Dou Xingzu did not explicitly express his dissatisfaction with his wife, but because he had a common "encounter" with Xiao Xiantang, his attitude towards Xiao Xiantang became better.