After a little thought, Chen understood Xie's thoughts and asked, "Does she think it's too expensive?" ”

Du Jinning nodded; "She didn't say, it should be."

Over the years, Xu Chengyuan often painted some paintings, wrote some scripts and sold them to make a few bucks. But his qualifications for studying are not very good, and it is not easy to keep up with Du Jinning's pace, and it takes much more time and energy than Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan. Under Du Jinning's persuasion, he was able to distinguish priorities and priorities, and he didn't dare to spare too much time for painting and writing scripts. So I don't make much money, so I can only buy some pen, ink, paper and inkstone by myself.

Xie Shi did not rest after arriving in Fucheng, and hired a few people to help make dried tofu and tea eggs, in addition to providing Du Jinning with a few teahouses, but also selling them in various districts of Fucheng, the business was good, and he also made some money.

Du Fangfei used the dowry income to buy a mother-in-law to help with housework and take care of the children, and she made time for embroidery. But the child was too small, which involved part of her energy, and she was pregnant again, Chen and Du Jinning didn't allow her to worry too much, so she didn't make much money on embroidery.

The Xu family's source of expenses is mainly in the Xie family's business.

And their family lives in the dowry house that Du Jinning gave to Du Fangfei, and the money earned by the three of them is not only for food, but also for Xu Chengyuan to study, but there is also some surplus. However, this time to go to the capital, just entangled is a lot of money, and when you go to the capital, you have to rent a house, and Xu Chengyuan has to pay a lot of money to study in the academy in the capital. Xie's business has to start again when it arrives there, and it can't expand its sales channels for a while, so the family can't go in and out, and the money saved in the past two years can't support much time.

Probably thinking about this, Xie hesitated and was reluctant to enter Beijing.

Chen and Du Jinning are both people who have lived a hard life, so they naturally know Xie's concerns and difficulties.

"I said that I can get out of their pestering, and if I don't have enough money over there, I can also rent out the money for the house. But my mother was embarrassed to ask for it, after all, her family was not short of money, but she was just reluctant. Du Jinning said.

To be honest, the life of the Du family is getting better and better, with Zhuang Yue here, plus the income from various tea gardens, Du Jinning is now very rich. Needless to say, Fang Shaohua's family is not short of money; Lu Xiaobei, who was originally poor and white, also became a nouveau riche. Only the Xu family, although life is much better than before, but in the end it is a cut off from everyone.

Although Du Fangfei's dowry Zhuangzi earns every year, the Xu family's life is not unbearable. Under Du Jinning's instructions, Du Fangfei did not take it out for household use, and used her dowry money to support the Xu family, and only made new clothes for the family during the New Year's holidays or bought some gifts for birthdays, which was considered a part of her heart. The mother and son of the Xu family did not covet the money in her hands, so their lives were not so rich. However, food and clothing are not worried, and in the eyes of ordinary people, life can be regarded as a solid life.

Du Jinning sees Xie and Xu Chengyuan's temperament and personality in his eyes, and is willing to think of a way to make money for them. But Du Fangfei is not a business material, Xu Chengyuan lacks skills, Xie is shrewd and capable, first, he is old, and secondly, his knowledge is limited, and it is okay to do some small business. If you want to support another big stall, it is estimated that she will have to be exhausted and stressed. So Du Jinning didn't dare to mention it, for fear that Xie would be so strong that he would be exhausted.

So the situation of the Xu family has been maintained like this.

Chen was a little worried when he heard this: "Then what if she really doesn't want to go?" Your eldest sister will definitely not go either. After all, your eldest brother-in-law is just going to take exams, not to be an official. If she left her mother-in-law and followed her husband into Beijing, it was not good to be said, and your eldest brother-in-law would have thoughts in his heart. But I don't feel at ease if I leave your eldest sister here alone. Let's all leave, there is no man in her family yet, and your eldest sister is good-looking, what if something happens. ”

Du Jinning thought for a while: "The eldest brother-in-law will come over in a while, and I will have a good talk with him." When I went to Beijing, I had to open a teahouse and a restaurant again. When the time comes, I will pay to open a dim sum shop, let my mother-in-law take care of it, and give her dividends, so that the Xu family's income will be more, and my mother-in-law will not be so worried. She can continue to do the business of dried tofu and tea eggs, and the dim sum shop is another income. It's the mother-in-law who has to suffer, after all, she has to take care of two things. ”

"She is willing to be tired." Chen sighed, looking at Du Jinning's gaze was very complicated.

If it weren't for Du Jinning's ability, not only could he read good books, but also had the ability to make a lot of money, he wouldn't know what their mother's life would become, and it would definitely be worse than Xie's. Now she wears gold and silver, makes slaves call maids, and her daughters also marry a good husband and live a good life with Du Jinning's light, all thanks to Du Jinning's blessings.

And Du Jinning himself is walking a more difficult road than anyone else.

"Mrs., young master, eldest aunt is here." There is a mother-in-law to come to the way.

"Let him go and sit in the courtyard where Young Master Zhang lives for a while, and say that I will go over in a while." Du Jinning said. Xu Chengyuan is her own family, so there is no need to be polite, she is not in a hurry to go over to entertain guests.

The mother-in-law took the order and left.

Just now Du Jinning said that Xu Chengyuan would come, but Chen didn't care, so she was a little puzzled at this time: "Didn't you just go to his house?" Why did he come over and not come with you? ”

"After I went to his house, I went to Guan's house and Liang's house again, so naturally I couldn't come with him." Du Jinning explained, "He also had something to do at the time, so he wanted to delay it. ”

"Young Master Guan and Young Master Liang are coming over, are you? Do you want to prepare dinner for your guests? Chan asked.

Guan Jiaze and Liang Xiankuan were classmates with Zhang Hongwen, and since Zhang Hongwen came to Fucheng, they always had to come over to cover up with Zhang Hongwen and stay here to accompany Zhang Hongwen for a meal.

Du Jinning shook his head: "Guan Jiaze is still in Lishui County, I used to ask the teacher if they had any letters." Liang Xiankuan had a lot to deal with due to the changes in Beijing, so he didn't have time to come over. ”

"How is Mr. Kwan? You okay? ”

Du Jinning shook his head: "There is no letter yet, it should be fine." ”

After all, the Guan family is neutral, and the battle for the heir in Beijing did not affect the Guan family. For this, Du Jinning is still quite relieved, at least not as worried about Guan Lehe as he is about Qi Bokun.

Speaking of this, Du Jinning stood up: "Mother, then I'll go over there." ”

"Go ahead."

went to the guest house where Zhang Hongwen lived in the front yard, and Du Jinning saw Xu Chengyuan and Zhang Hongwen sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.

Seeing her coming, Xu Chengyuan poured her a cup of tea, handed it to the table in front of her, and said, "After you left just now, I have persuaded my mother to let her agree to enter Beijing together." ”

"Really? I also said to continue to persuade you to persuade her. Du Jinning was pleasantly surprised.