Chapter 173: Big Stone Landing?

Chunying poured a warm cup of tea. personally held it in his father's hand and said slowly: "I also had a sudden idea." You know, Mr. Wang's granddaughter is on an errand with me, and the situation in her family in the past few years seems to be worse than before. ”

Lu Yougui sat up, took a sip of tea, nodded and said: "Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the Wang family has been prosperous for so many years, and it is already a great creation. The old man's behavior, let's not comment, but he is a lot older, and it is time to give up his position to others. ”

This is probably the common idea of most of the stewards in the house who were born with children, right? Chunying has heard a lot of people talk about it in the past few years, and she is close to Nanqi and Shi'er, so she still knows something about the Wang family. Since the old marquis was young, the Wang family has been in the position of chief steward for more than 50 years, and he has the power of personnel, and his power in the Hou Mansion is deep-rooted. Being a servant to do this is already the pinnacle.

But because of that. The new owner of the Hou Mansion is very jealous of them, coupled with the huge Wang family, there are many black sheep, and the descendants are always calculating for their own interests, and even meddle in the selection of the heir of the Hou Mansion. It's just that the old lady still trusts the Wang family, and there has been a master-servant friendship for many years, so the Hou Ye is not good at clearly deprecating, so he will signal his wife to slowly promote the newcomer and change the housekeeper, so as to weaken the influence of the Wang family on the Hou family. The Wang family probably understands in their hearts, so they have been very well-behaved in the past few years, and it has reached the point that no matter what the Hou Ye and his wife tell them to do, they will do it. Unfortunately, it still failed to change the minds of the owners.

Chunying said in a low voice: "Dad is right. In fact, the Wang family has been prosperous for so many years, and they have bought a house outside, and there are fields and shops at home, except for slavery, it is no different from the solid people outside. is so rich, but they still cling to the position of chief steward and refuse to give way, how can people not mutter in their hearts? They can redeem themselves, with the old lady and Mama Wang's master-servant friendship, they will never refuse, when the time comes, the Wang family will live a comfortable life, and there will be a new manager in the house. Isn't everyone happy? Why is his family so stubborn? ”

Lu Yougui smiled: "You are young, how do you know the doorway here?" It is true that the Wang family has a house and land, but it was all bought in the name of the house, otherwise the tax alone would make his family earn a lot less every year! If he redeems himself, most of these inheritances will go back to the house, where will his family give it? Besides, with the name of the head of the Hou Mansion, no one outside dared to bully their family, how could such a benefit be given up in vain? ”

"Don't you want to give up when disaster strikes?" Chunying squatted on the bench and said, "Dad, I think his family is reluctant to redeem himself because he is reluctant to leave the Hou Mansion with nothing." Otherwise, even if his family is redeemed, the old lady will not turn against them, and there is still a backer? So I want to say that if the Wang family is not reluctant to pay that little tax money, they have to put the property in the name of the Hou Mansion. It wouldn't be so passive today! ”

"What's moving?" Lu Yougui didn't hear clearly, "Although there is some truth in your words, they are not all right, how can things be so simple?" ”

Chunying coughed lightly and said with a smile: "No matter whether it's that simple or not, our family has to learn this lesson!" Dad, even a family like the Wang family is in such a difficult situation now, not to mention that our Lu family has suffered a big loss in the past. In the past few years, you have been running a silk shop, and you have become more and more handy, I am afraid that others will stumble on you, when the time comes, if you are lucky, your father has lost the position of steward, and you can still find an errand in the house, our family will continue to live a hard life like before, if you are unlucky......" She deliberately dragged out her tone, and then put on a look of horror: "Will we have a worse life than when you were a child?!" ”

Lu Yougui raised his hand and knocked on her head heavily, and said angrily: "After all, you just want to persuade me to leave the country, right?!" Why are you so dead-eyed? I'm embarrassed to say that Mr. Wang?! No matter how old and confused Mr. Wang is, he hasn't let go of a good life, but he has to go out of the house to suffer?! ”

"Daddy!" Chunying grabbed his arm and said coquettishly, "Which one wants you to get out of the country?" Am I a fool that you are doing a good job and your family is much richer? Will you be told to give away the benefits to others for nothing? ”

This made Lu Yougui confused: "Then what do you want to say?" What does that mean? ”

"I mean......" Chun Ying leaned closer to his ear, "let's buy some land and real estate in private, so that no one knows, and if something happens in the future, we won't be empty-handed." If you are really forced to be in a hurry, you will want to redeem yourself and get out, and you will not be able to live without worry. ”

Lu Yougui pondered for a moment when he heard this, and sighed: "I know that you are for the good of the family, but this method will not work." We are slaves, and every plant and tree in our house is owned by our master, and even if we hide it from others and hide the contract documents of our property in our house, we will not be able to keep it from being found. Back then, your grandmother hid her dowry and private room in a secret room, and she was also searched. If there really is a day, it will still be empty. ”

Chunying snorted: "Dad is really confused! Have you forgotten that your sister is no longer a slave of the Hou Mansion?! ”

Lu Yougui stood up abruptly and looked at his little daughter in surprise: "That's right!" How did I forget about her?! ”

Chunying smiled: "Dad is used to it, right?" I always thought that my sister had waited in the old lady's house, but I forgot that she was no longer from the house. She helped her father sit down again, and said softly: "Dad, needless to say, my sister's filial piety, brother-in-law's character is a person, we have also seen it in the past few years, if you hide the contract documents or something in his house, the people of the Hou Mansion want to search it, and they can't search there!" If we put a sum of money in the past, something will happen, and they will have the money to redeem us. You say, don't you? ”

Lu Yougui nodded again and again: "That's right." Your sister just got married. There was a madman near their house, who took a kitchen knife and ran to the market to cut people indiscriminately, and it happened that your sister and brother-in-law were there, and your brother-in-law blocked a knife for your sister without saying a word, although it was only a small injury, which shows his sincerity. Besides, in the past few years, he has nothing to say to our family. Just rushing to this, I dare to rest assured that I will hand over all my net worth to him for safekeeping! ”

Chun Ying secretly put down the big stone in her heart and said with a smile: "Dad, in fact, this is the worst plan, and most things will not come to this point." It's just a matter of planning ahead. In addition to repainting the house, changing a few new furniture, making a few more clothes and buying a few pieces of jewelry every year, we don't have much to spend. My mother wanted to buy people, horses, and cars, but my father was afraid of others' eyes and refused to agree. The silver is also put away, it is better to quietly buy the property, and you can still produce some silver every year. If you don't have time to take care of it, you can entrust it to your brother-in-law to take care of it, and at most you will give you a lot of money every year. In the future, you and your mother will be old, and you will be able to enjoy Qingfu after unloading your errands, if Xiaohu doesn't have a good errand, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, don't you say? ”

When she said a word, Lu Yougui nodded once, and after hearing it, she felt more and more that her little daughter's abacus was fine: "This is a good idea." From now on, when your brother has a fortune and redeems himself, and has a family and a business, your mother and I will have nothing to worry about. After that, he looked up at Chunying again, and smiled lovingly: "When you get married, there will be more dowry, and your in-laws will not dare to underestimate you." ”

Chun Ying never expected him to talk about himself, and he couldn't make himself blush, so he had to laugh dryly: "Dad, don't interrupt, we're talking about business!" He cleared his throat and said, "Speaking of Xiaohu, I think of one thing." He is six years old this year, and he has learned two words at home, and he can do simple arithmetic and memorize a three-character scripture or something, which doesn't seem to be enough. Didn't the family hired by my sister's family send their two children to the school? Why don't you send Xiaohu over with you? Several of them took care of each other. Xiaohu can learn more things, and if he wants to be promising, he still has to start from elementary school. ”

Lu Yougui frowned: "That's it, it's just that your second uncle came here before, and he mentioned that Young Master Sun is four years old this year, and Master Hou intends to ask him to go to school, and he is about to pick someone to wait, so he asks me to send your younger brother over." Although your younger brother is young, he is quite smart, and he follows Young Master Sun, and the gentleman he invites must be better than the one outside. ”

Chunying's heart was full of alarm bells: "No, Dad!" If you send it in, Xiaohu will not be able to leave Young Master Sun in the future! ”

"That's what I thought too." Lu Yougui agreed with his daughter's statement, but what he thought seemed to be something else, "The eldest young master will have to split up sooner or later, and with Young Master Sun, it is better to stay in the mansion and have a future." Therefore, I was still hesitating, and I didn't promise your second uncle. ”

"That's not what I meant." Chunying thought for a while, and then said, "Follow the young master as a little girl, even if it is a companion, no matter how well you learn, Mr. will not teach him with his heart, if the young master makes a mistake, maybe Mr. will use the little master as a stand-in and beat him up!" In the future, the young master will be older, and the little guy will become a long-term follower, and I don't know how many years it will take to become a steward. In this way, it is better to let Xiaohu go to the store to help his father when he is a few years older! Isn't it better to take over the shop in the future than to be scolded and beaten at every turn? He lowered his voice again, "Moreover, didn't we say that we would let Xiaohu get ahead in the future?" ”

Lu Yougui pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll go back to your second uncle." He said that he would come again tonight, he has always loved you, remember to help Dad say two more good words, so as not to make him angry. ”

Chunying hurriedly agreed, and added: "I heard someone inside that the second young master is coming back, and it is very likely that he is going to have a happy event, and he is married to that Miss Liang." I'm afraid that this time the second young master will be proud again, and my father thinks I should remind the second uncle and tell him to let the eldest young master be careful? ”

"Then let's talk about it." Lu Yougui frowned and said, "Why haven't I heard anyone say it?" Not only the eldest young master, but also Xiao Chen has to be reminded. Alas, why didn't this young master dare to stop?! ”

Chunying smiled and agreed, leading him to gossip in the store, and when his mother came out after bathing his younger brother and changing into clean clothes, he asked about his sister's recent situation and investigated what Xiaohu had recently learned. While chatting happily with her family, she let go of the big stone in her heart, and only felt that the recent days were really smooth.

At the same time, in the Hou Mansion, the third young master Li You felt that the recent days had been really unsmooth, obviously the situation outside was very good, but the family was not at all peaceful. He couldn't figure out what his mother was thinking. Isn't she supposed to put her father's interests and his interests first? He hated Manru so much, why couldn't he get rid of her?

Li You stared at his mother's loving smiling face, his heart was entangled, and after answering her a series of questions about his daily life, diet, and health, he finally made up his mind and asked, "Mother...... The silver-encrusted sandalwood box in my house...... Is it with you? ”

"A sandalwood box inlaid with silver?" An Shi was a little puzzled, "Which one are you talking about?" ”

"That's it...... The one that contains the slave paperwork of the girl in my house. Li You glanced outside the house, "It was Manru who took it, right?" Where did she get the guts? Took my stuff and didn't say a word to me?! ”。.。