Chapter 001 East Market Shops (1)

In winter, a light snow crept in and fell all night, and the houses, the streets, and the dry branches of the trees were covered with a thick layer of snow.

"Whew, it's so cold"

Dressed in a heavy cotton coat and holding her ears with her hands, Shion ran into the porch of the main house with her shoulders bent, stomping her feet vigorously and trying to knock the snow off her cotton shoes.

"Sister Ziyuan, come in, the second young grandmother is waiting for you."

Zizhu heard the movement, and hurriedly pushed the cotton curtain hanging on the door, revealing a fair and round little face, and said with a smile.

"Well, I knocked the mud on my feet, oops, Zizhu, you didn't go out, the snow outside is more than a foot thick, not to mention that it is inconvenient for people to walk, even the carriage is easy to sink into the mud."

Zi Yuan took a pair of dry cotton shoes handed over by Zi Zhu, changed the soaked shoes on her feet and put them by the fire in the outer room, cleared the snow on her body, and then got up and came to the inner room after the instrument was properly organized.

As soon as she entered the door, Ziyuan was smoked by the warm air in the room, her little face was red, she took a few steps to the big kang near the window, and curtsied, "The slave has seen the second young grandmother, the eldest lady"

"Get up, Zizhu, hurry up and bring you Sister Ziyuan a cup of hot tea to warm up," Wang Qifang was wearing a homely plain cotton dress, her black hair was pulled into a bun at random, pinned with a hairpin with a red gold hollow plum blossom pattern, and a pair of pearl earrings the size of red beans were worn in both ears, and the whole person looked exceptionally refreshing and casual.

"Thank you, Second Young Grandma," Ziyuan took the steaming hot tea, and according to Wang Qifang's instructions, she sat on a small pestle in front of the kang with her body leaning over, and did not cheat, after drinking a large sip of warm tea, she wiped the water stains on the side of her mouth, and replied: "Second Young Grandma Qi, our accounts for this year have been sorted out, except for the New Year's gifts for the eldest uncle, the third uncle and the Zhao Mansion, as well as various personal expenses, there are still three thousand four hundred and thirty-two lines of silver left on the account."

"Oh, there are so many?" Wang Qifang handed a pair of cotton socks to Yuan Niang and asked her to try the size, while she took the account book that Ziyuan had brought up, opened it and looked at it carefully.

"Well, that's not much,"

Zi Yuan drank a big sip of hot tea, quietly smacked her mouth, and spoke in her heart, not to mention Ha, the second young grandmother is well-informed, and even this black tea can be cooked so mellow and sweet.

In fact, this taste is secondary, the key is the curative effect, in the cold winter, you can drink a large cup of warm black tea, the whole person is warm from head to toe.

In a moment's time, Shion drank the red soup in the teacup, wiped the sweat beads on her forehead comfortably, and continued: "In the account book, only the income of the cotton mill and the freight mill is recorded, and the other income has not been recorded in the account. For example, Zhao Da's shopkeeper's shop, Su Banzhu's theater and the off-season fruits and vegetables of the hot spring Zhuangzi have not yet been settled, but according to the previous prosperity, the slave maid feels that the income of these three items may not be less than the income of the cotton cloth workshop. ”

"I'll take ......a look," Wang Qifang looked at the account book page by page, the income and expenses in it were clearly recorded, and the last page clearly recorded the surplus of the year, she pointed to the numbers on it, "This is also our profit in the first year, three thousand taels of silver are temporarily saved, and the silver ticket is handed over to Mama Zhao to manage, and only four hundred and thirty taels of cash can be left in the account room." In addition, when the snow stops, I will send someone to ask Zhao Da Shopkeeper, Su Ban Owner and Zhao Zhuang Master to hand over their respective accounts to the account office, and you must sort out all this year's accounts as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, Second Young Grandma"

Ziyuan hurriedly stood up and bowed down to say yes.

"By the way, how is Amethyst's injury, can you get out of bed?"

Closing the account book, Wang Qifang asked with concern.

"Back to the second young grandmother, Sister Amethyst's injury is no longer serious, she can get out of bed a long time ago, and this account book is also transcribed by Sister Amethyst."

When Ziyuan heard Wang Qifang's question, she was secretly glad that they had really found a good master, and when they encountered difficulties, instead of pushing out their subordinates as scapegoats, they stepped forward to help clear up their grievances.

In fact, when Sister Amethyst had an accident, she thought more than once that if this matter was put on the previous master, or simply on Aunt Su, Sister Amethyst would have died a long time ago, even if she didn't carry the black pot for the master, she would have been unjustly killed.

Fortunately, they met the second young grandmother, who not only tried her best to help Sister Amethyst wash away her grievances, but also found good medicinal materials at any cost, and did her best to help Sister Amethyst heal her injuries, which allowed Sister Amethyst to pick up a life.

"Alas, this amethyst, didn't I let her live and recuperate, how could she ......" Wang Qifang shook her head helplessly, leaned over and took out a red silk package from the kang cabinet on the side, she lifted the red silk, revealing two white and chubby ginsengs, picked one up and handed it to Aster: "Take it, this is the authentic ginseng I asked someone to get from outside the gate, use it to make some soup for amethyst, and make up for it." Oh, I can't give her more of this, and I have to send another one to Mrs. Zhao. ”

"The slave and maid thank the second young grandmother for Sister Amethyst," Ziyuan is also a person who has seen the world, she knows as soon as she looks at the appearance of this ginseng, it is far better than the century-old ginseng sold in the pharmacy, and she sighs again in her heart that she has followed the right master, and she is even more envious of Sister Amethyst, who is favored by the master.

Taking the ginseng with both hands, Ziyuan secretly decided in her heart that she also wanted to be like Sister Amethyst and be loyal to her master, so that the second young grandmother would care for her like Sister Amethyst, right?

"Qi Niang, are you in a hurry to use the money, or I'll ask Erlang to hurry up and sort out the accounts in the shop and send the profits over as soon as possible?"

After Mama Zhao sent Ziyuan out, she returned to the inner room, and saw Wang Qifang holding an account book and calculating it, as if she was thinking about how to raise money, she hurriedly said.

"Oh, don't worry, the silver is no different from being put in the shop," Wang Qifang shook her head, pointed to the small pestle on the side of the kang, and motioned for Mama Zhao to sit down, "I'm just calculating how much silver I still have in my hand, after all, when the New Year passes, I still have to let people buy a house, we can't live in Zhao's house all the time...... It doesn't make sense."

It is said that since half a month ago, Wang Qifang put forward a request to invite herself to the court in front of the three princesses, and Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao have strongly objected.

Mrs. Li insisted that Wang Qifang had no fault, of course, she couldn't ask to go to court with grievances, either she would leave or break up, anyway, their Li family didn't want an in-law like the Zhao family; As for Mrs. Zhao, after seeing a lot of evidence that proved that Mama Sun and Aunt Su framed Wang Qifang, she felt that she had lost face in front of the three princesses, and she didn't dare to agree to Wang Qifang's request at all.

Just kidding, if Mrs. Zhao agrees to let Wang Qifang invite herself to the court, you can watch it, it won't take half a day, their Zhao family will become the laughing stock of the capital, and they will become the decisive contacts of the aristocratic and wealthy families.

And away? No, Wang Qifang has three children from the Zhao family by her side, although the identity of the little new brother is questionable, but the shrewd Mrs. Zhao will never ask questions at such a sensitive time now, otherwise, not only will the doubts not be confirmed, but the three princesses will laugh at the Zhao family for being embarrassed and angry because of the public scandal and framing the daughter-in-law.

Righteousness? What's more, if Erlang and Qi Niang reconcile and leave, the world just thinks that the two of them can't get together, it's just a personal problem, and the marriage of men and women will not be affected in the future; If the righteousness is exterminated, then the world will definitely think that their Zhao family is mean and despicable to the extreme, forcing the Qi Niang to give up their reputation and family interests, and they will also be righteous with Erlang, at that time, not to mention that Erlang will marry another noble wife, even their Zhao family will not be able to raise their heads in the capital, and even affect San Lang's relatives.

Harmony is not good, righteousness is not good, but looking at Wang Qifang's resolute appearance, it is estimated that reconciliation is even more impossible, Mrs. Zhao thought about it, the best way is to divide the property and live separately, let the little couple separate for a period of time, and when the matter subsides, the anger in Qi Niang's heart subsided, and the two will reconcile again.

And the three princesses, whether they are helping Aunt Su or standing up for Wang Qifang, they all nodded yes to Mrs. Zhao's decision - alas, as the saying goes, persuade peace or not, whether you are a princess or a commoner, it is better to be a peacemaker than a wicked person who beats mandarin ducks, right?

Seeing that the three princesses also agreed, Mrs. Li was not good at insisting, at this time, the little girl outside the door ran in and replied, saying that Master Li and Master Zhao in the outer courtyard had also reached an agreement, agreeing to let Zhao Tianqing and Wang Qifang share their property and live separately, just to put forward one point, it is now less than two months before the Chinese New Year, for the sake of the face of the Zhao family and the Li family, and in order to wait for the reply of the Wang family (compared to the foreign Li family, the Wang family is Wang Qifang's mother's family), Master Zhao asked Wang Qifang and the three children to move out of the Zhao Mansion after the year.

At that time, the Zhao family will take stock of Wang Qifang's dowry, return the coefficient, and also pay a certain amount of land and shops for the daily use of their mother and son.

The matter has been negotiated so far, basically all parties are satisfied, Wang Qifang finally achieved the goal of leaving the Zhao family with the child, and naturally agreed very much, so far, her marriage with Zhao Tianqing has finally settled.

"Well, what Qi Niang said is reasonable," Mama Zhao nodded, they are still living in the peony garden, although Mrs. Zhao is polite to Qi Niang on the surface, but there is always a yin and yang weird drop in the words, which makes people respond when they listen to it, "The government has issued a document of 'dividing property and living separately', and it is indeed not suitable for us to live in the Zhao family." It's just that buying real estate is not a matter of a while, and we take it in the inner house all day long, and we don't know anything about the street, so it's better to wait for the eldest young master to enter Beijing next year, and then dispose of it? ”

"Big brother?" Wang Qifang was stunned, if Mama Zhao didn't mention it, she almost forgot the cheap big brother who was said to be going to Beijing, "Well, it's okay." However, no matter who will help you, you still have to have the money to buy the property. By the way, my mother also left me a shop, and I haven't been available since I came back, so I haven't been there to see it in person...... Now more than 20 years have passed, and the annual profit savings are also a lot of money. ”

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