Chapter 223: Chewing the Tongue (II)

Peony gently stroked Ann's back. and slowly persuaded her: "Everyone is gone, it's too late to get angry again." Besides, Miss Huo Jiabiao has never promised her brother, and she has a younger brother at home, and this furniture is expected to not reach her wife, but she has been in vain for a few years, earning some fat powder money, and now she sees that the profit is decreasing, and she will return it to the Huo family, even if there is a deficit, it will not be able to lose us. Why should the wife be angry? ”

An Shi vented a little, his anger had calmed down a lot, and after hearing Peony's persuasion, he thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense. I don't know if it's because the market is not good, or the shopkeepers are not useful, those shops, the first two years were fine, but in the last year and a half, the profits on the account have actually decreased by half. Business also gradually declined. She questioned the shopkeepers several times, but she couldn't get the point, and not long ago she was worried that she would lose money in two years. Now that the shop has been returned, she asked someone to settle the accounts, and only said that the market was not good, so she got out of it, and she was also saved from taking the private money to make up for it. It's just that those shops, if they are well run, they can earn a total of two or three thousand taels of silver a year, but now they are gone, which is really distressing.

She slowly smoothed her breath and sighed: "Although what you say is reasonable, I have also done my best for my niece and daughter in the past few years, and I have a thoughtful daily life and diet, almost treating her as if she were my own daughter. ”

Peony's face stiffened, and she quickly regained her smile: "Mrs. doesn't have to think like this. To tell the truth, although Miss Table is the eldest daughter in the family, she has an heir, and she is taken care of by uncles and aunts, so she may not be able to speak about the family's property. The daughter who has not been out of the cabinet. How many would meddle in such mundane matters? Moreover, when those shops fell into the hands of his wife, she never had the intention of shirking, and she had not taken the initiative to ask about the money in recent years. If it hadn't been mentioned by the second young grandmother and Mrs. Qi this time, the matter would not have caused trouble. Yesterday, when Miss Biao was leaving, she also helped her wife to defend herself, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like she deliberately teased her wife, if she hadn't been stabbed by Mrs. Qi, how could this matter be leaked? ”

"Really?" An was skeptical, but the anger in his heart had already gone for the most part. That's right, Huo Yi has never mentioned the matter of the shop to anyone, and she didn't even say a word about deducting the money sent by the store in the past year, if it weren't for the old woman of the Qi family chewing her tongue and the old 2 daughter-in-law sowing discord, how could she be scolded by her mother-in-law and husband? How can this be reasonable, she must find a way to teach the old 2 daughter-in-law a good lesson!

Peony saw the expression on her face change. Secretly relieved, he looked up and saw Man Ru holding a cup of hot tea, so he frowned: "It's almost time to eat, what are you doing making tea again?" ”

"I'm just afraid that my wife's mouth will be dry." Manru smiled, put down the teacup, and got straight to the point, "I heard what my sister said, of course, it is reasonable, but my sister is too inconsiderate of my wife." This matter is so big, the Huo family is silent, others will only say that his family is kind, and he will not spoil his relatives for small profits; The Hou Mansion returned the shop, and others would also say that the old lady and the Hou Ye had good character and were not greedy for money. But my wife's reputation is bad! If Miss Biao has the heart to protect her wife, why don't you say anything about giving those shops to the house? It was taken as a thank you to the old lady, the Hou Ye and the wife for their love in the past few years. But she never said that in front of the old lady! ”

Seeing An's face pulled down again, Peony hurriedly said: "What you said is biased, since Miss Biao is already married, how can she be the master of the Huo family's industry?" Besides, Mrs. is the matriarch of the Hou Mansion, and others praising the Hou Mansion are tantamount to praising the Mrs., how can the wife have a bad reputation? ! ”

Manru smiled and turned to An's: "Madam, think about it carefully, is what the slave said right?" I heard that Mrs. Qi scolded Mrs. at that time, and the second young grandmother also said that everyone in Beijing knew about it. After the Hou Mansion returned the things, people only praised the old lady and the Hou Ye. How can you boast about your wife? In the end, Miss Biao didn't think about it enough, if she had a heart, she should give the property to her wife before she got married, what's so difficult? A smart person like her should have thought that his wife would be laughed at! I think she may have a grudge in her heart and wants to make a fool of her wife! The rumors spread in Beijing, who knows if it has anything to do with her? How did outsiders know about the private requests of the two families? After a pause, he added: "If Miss Biao really has no grievances in her heart, she will not deliberately pretend to be poor, causing Mrs. to think that she is poor, and she will make up for it everywhere." Just her clothes for all seasons, the workmanship of the clothes, can be ten times stronger than the two young ladies in the family! How much money has been spent here! ”

Peony sneered, Huo Yi's new clothes in all seasons were all spent on his own silver, and the Hou Mansion didn't pay a penny! But the old lady feels sorry for her granddaughter, and from time to time she takes her body out, and the wife has never liked Miss Table, if there is no old lady to speak, she will forget to make new clothes for Miss Table! This Manru is open-mouthed, what idea do you want to fight this time?!

How do you know that An has another thought in his heart: if Huo Yi really has the heart to be close to him. I won't hide the amount of my possessions. If she knew that the Huo family still had such a thick foundation, she would not have procrastinated and refused to propose marriage for her son! Huo Yi's dowry must be very rich, right? It's a pity that it's cheaper than that Gu boy!

The more An thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, and he slapped the table: "What about people?!" Didn't I call someone to ask me?! Where did they go?! ”

Peony was shocked, and heard Manru adding fuel to the fire there: "Mrs. should have asked clearly, especially the people who were originally waiting in front of Miss Biao, I don't believe it, they didn't see any traces at all!" is obviously a person from the Hou Mansion, but he helps outsiders hide from his master, and he really deserves to be punished! ”

Peony stared angrily at Manru, who avoided her gaze with a flickering gaze. After a while, a daughter-in-law came in and said, "Master Hou sent someone to ask his wife, have you found out what you said yesterday?" Hou Ye is waiting for a witness to confront the Liang family. ”

An Shi waved his hand impatiently: "I have already called someone to ask!" There will be news in two days, you go down! Peony also scolded: "Don't look at what time it is?!" Don't go down yet! The daughter-in-law realized that the atmosphere in the house was not right, and hurriedly withdrew. Peony glanced at Manru, noticing that her face was pale, and her heart moved.

Chunying heard the mother-in-law come to call herself, saying that when the wife was invited, she didn't know what was going on, so she smiled and asked the mother-in-law, who couldn't tell clearly, so she had to hurriedly change her uniform, comb her hair, and follow the mother-in-law to the house, still thinking in her heart: I hope my mother will come back sooner, so as not to have to eat behind closed doors when Hu Fei comes.

Soon after entering the mansion, they came across the silver ring, and halfway through, they met Shi'er and another mother-in-law, who said that they were going to his wife. Chunying had some bad premonitions in her heart, and when she followed behind her mother-in-law, she quietly pulled Shi'er by her hand and asked in a low voice, "Why do I sound something wrong?" What the hell is going on? Want to make a special trip to pass us on? ”

Shi'er frowned: "I can't say it either...... The third young master is not at home today, and I feel a little bottomless ......"

Chunying's heart was worried, and she kept thinking about what had happened in the past few days, feeling that she was at home almost every day, and she hadn't made any mistakes, they were all people who were about to leave the house, and her wife specially summoned herself and others to go, what did she want to ask? Or is it that the wife is actually just planning to officially announce the arrangements for herself and others? But that's too much!

Chun Ying was so cranky, followed her mother-in-law all the way to the main courtyard of her wife, and as soon as she entered the door, her eyes widened - all the people standing in the courtyard were acquaintances! It's all the girls next to Miss Huo Yi! What the hell is going on here?

Peony lifted the curtain and came out, glanced at everyone, and sighed in her heart. He stayed on Chun Ying for another two seconds, and then said lightly: "Among the people who waited for Miss Huo Jiabiao before, is there a big girl?" Chunying and Shi'er glanced at each other, then stepped forward and said, "The slave maid is a second-class girl, doing some chores in Miss Cousin's house." Peony stared at her for a moment before asking, "Is there a second person?" Shi'er also stood up: "The slave and maid are also second-class." There is a first-class Sister Nuanyu, who is a maid in the old lady's house. ”

An Shi's voice came from the house: "That's it, bring them in!" Peony motioned for Chunying and Shi'er to follow, and before entering the door, while no one was paying attention, she whispered: "Be careful to reply, Man Rucai chews her tongue!" ”

Chunying's heart froze, and she nodded to show that she understood, and Shi'er's eyes were almost bursting with fire.

Entering the house to meet An's family, Chunying secretly glanced at her and found that she had anger on her face, and she was a little more vigilant in her heart.

An Shi glanced at Chunying and Shi'er a few times, and recognized that they were the girls who helped their son refute the old second daughter-in-law in the old lady's house last time, her face softened slightly, and she said expressionlessly: "I have something to ask you!" When you were waiting for Miss Huo Jiabiao before, did you know that her family ...... "paused, and suddenly felt a little unspeakable, how can you say this kind of thing?" Do you want to admit that you have intentions for your relatives' property?!

Chunying heard half of it, and then she didn't say anything, and she was a little puzzled. It seems that the matter is related to Huo Yi, but what is it, my wife has to finish her words?!

An Shi gritted his teeth and glanced at Peony, Peony smiled back, glanced at the figure behind the curtain out of the corner of his eye, sneered in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Do you know what the housekeeper in Miss Cousin's house usually comes to the house to say?" How much of Miss Biao's daily use is from Hou Fugong? How many are the old lady's self? How much is the Huo family's own spending? ”

An Shi was quite satisfied with what he heard, so he glared at Chunying and Shi'er: "Answer quickly!" ”

Chunying felt strange, and after a little hesitation, Shi'er opened her mouth first: "When the head of the Huo family Cai came, he was waiting outside, and he ordered someone to send the account book and letter to Aunt Qing and Miss Biao to pass the purpose, and the letter said that they were all about the big and small affairs in their Huo family's mansion, how specifically, because the slaves and maids had not waited in front of them, so I don't know." ”

"I don't know?! Why don't you wait?! ”

Chun Ying hurriedly said: "Mrs. Rongyu, when Miss Biao saw Mr. Cai, except for Aunt Qing, she only left two girls brought from the Huo family, and a few of us who do chores have always been not allowed to come to us." The slaves and maids knew that they were discussing housework, and it was only because Miss Biao and Aunt Qing talked about it by chance when they were chatting afterwards. As for Miss Table's use, it has always been worshiped by the Huo family, only the old lady and the eldest young grandmother ...... "looked up at An's family," and Mrs. You are here, you will send some things from time to time. ”

An Shi hurriedly straightened up: "Grandma?!" What did she send?! ”

Chun Ying replied cautiously: "It's mostly fresh fruits, or flowers of the four seasons, sometimes a book, or an embroidery, and it doesn't matter......"

How could Ann believe it? She suddenly remembered that Li Jing and his wife went out separately, and her husband actually gave 10,000 taels of silver for settling in! There is also a large grange! She's dying of distress! When she went to eat housewarming wine that day, she found that the house was furnished with a lot of Nanyang scenery, which was very fashionable, but these were only available in the fleet! She clearly remembered that her fleet didn't bring anything like that, how did Li Jing get it?! Could it be ...... She remembered that the Huo family had also had a fleet, and when Li Jing was in the south, he had stayed for several months!

She gritted her teeth, when Li Jing was at home, she had been restricting the use of his family of three, but the two of them didn't have any money at all, God knows where they earned the money? ! If they didn't collude with the Huo family, she would never believe it! Damn it! As a concubine, he actually united with his relatives to deceive his mother-in-law?!

Chunying looked at An's face black and red, red and blue, and couldn't understand if she had said something wrong, and when she was struggling, a daughter-in-law came in and replied: "Madam, Master Hou is urging ...... again"

"Got it, got it!" An Shi responded impatiently, snorted twice, and dropped a sentence: "Wait! I'll come back and ask! So he got up and went out. When they reached the door, the curtain moved, and Manru quickly followed.

Chunying frowned and watched them leave, turned around and asked Peony, "Sister Peony, what happened?!" ”

Peony shook her head: "I don't know, Manru talks today, it seems that she always talks to you, I don't know what to calculate, you have to be more careful when you look back, no matter what Mrs. says, follow her will, she scolds, don't talk back, just get through it." I still have to go over and wait, so as not to let Manru take advantage of the loophole, you can kneel here in peace, don't run around! "I went out of the house.

Chunying turned around and glanced at Shi'er, both a little worried...