Leaving Zhu's house, Cai Zhixian and Master Qu got into a carriage and gathered together to carefully observe the white porcelain Guanyin statue given by Mrs. Zhu by the light through the window screen.

"I always feel that people like Mrs. Zhu will not simply give the old man a Buddha statue."

Master Qu gently flicked the soles of the feet of the Guanyin statue with his fingers.

Cai Zhixian thought about it, turned the statue of Guanyin over, took out a small paper tube into the hole in the bottom of his feet, opened it and saw that it was a deposit certificate with a seal of 1,000 taels of silver from Chang'an Qianzhuang, and a entrusted withdrawal book with the same private seal.

"This old Zhu."

Cai Zhixian shook his head and smiled, put away the deposit receipt and power of attorney, and said to Master Qu: "Look, now even Lao Zhu has expressed his heart, and he has begun to use the deposit receipt of Chang'an Qianzhuang." ”

"Yes, there is no loss of silver in Chang'an Qianzhuang, you can withdraw as much as you put it in, and you can take the money if you save it for a long time, and you can also borrow silver."

"Borrowing?" Cai Zhixian asked curiously: "What is the lending method?" ”

Master Qu said with a smile: "It is to use real estate such as real estate and land as collateral, and after assessing the mortgage value, you can borrow the corresponding money.

"And as long as the silver can be repaid within the agreed period, the mortgaged things are not collected, but only recorded in the account, if the silver is not repaid, it will be collected, and if it is repaid, it is just a low-interest loan."

"It's still very gentlemanly." Cai Zhixian smiled and nodded, "Interesting, this official is a little curious about Chang'an Qianzhuang." ”

Master Qu smiled and nodded, he knew Cai Zhixian too well, this was born in the imperial examination, and there was some sour spirit of a scholar, although he loved money and was greedy for money, he also paid attention to these forms.

"If the master is curious, let's pay attention to it, the big shopkeeper Fang Wenjing still has some friendship with me."

"I'm not in a hurry to investigate anything, he can't stop us anyway. Besides, they are still big taxpayers, when you have nothing to do, you can contact the shopkeeper more to contact the feelings, multiple friends, we also have more roads. Just like Yan Xiaoyou this time, if the official didn't listen to his advice at the beginning, where would our yamen get so much income! ”

"Isn't it because the old man is so admonished that there are such results?"

Master Qu said a word at the right time, and Cai Zhixian smiled.

"The official doesn't want to do anything now, as long as Fuyang is safe and healthy, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, that Wang Xun will not give the official a pool of water to stir up, and the Zhu family will also entertain that group of little ancestors, don't make any trouble, and the official will be satisfied!"

"The master is not missing, so why worry about this?"

Cai Zhixian thought about it, and there was indeed nothing missing, so he stroked his beard and laughed.

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"Hurry up, hurry up, it's good to clean up, this time it's the old lady's honored guest, don't slack off."

"On your side, the weeds in the flower pond have come out, why don't you pull it out quickly, carefully let the nobles look at it as an eyesore, there is no good fruit for you to eat!"

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The servants and maids in each room and courtyard of the Zhu family's house were all called by the masters at this time, and in the guest courtyard where the guests were arranged, the old lady specially went to supervise and sort it out in person.

Because I heard that there were a few daughters in the same company, it was not easy to arrange it in the guest house in the outer courtyard, so the old lady proposed to sort out Wei Ruixuan for these daughters to live in.

The second wife, Wen, brought a pestle and sat at the door of the courtyard of the Hui Rui Xuan, leaning on the armrest of the chair to support her, watching the people in the courtyard busy.

Aunt Jiang stood beside the second wife with a white face, and turned around in a hurry, "Madam, you kicked me out, where can you let me live!" ”

The eldest girl who served beside the second wife, Qicui, saw that the master was silent, so she squinted at Aunt Jiang and said: "Oh, Aunt Jiang is too big, who are you in front of you, me, the eldest lady is too indecent to indulge the people in the courtyard." ”

Aunt Jiang has been the master of Wei Ruixuan for a year, and she made a mistake when she was anxious, and she was robbed of white, and hurriedly slapped herself in the mouth.

"Second wife, you see that the concubine is stupid, the concubine said the wrong thing in a hurry, don't be surprised."

The second wife raised her eyes to look at Aunt Jiang, and said slowly, "Why don't you leave?" ”

"Second wife, after all, this is the courtyard of the eldest lord, you ......"

"Oh? The yard of the big lord? Then you can call the old man to come and talk to me. The second wife took the tea brought by Qi Cui and took a leisurely bite.

If the eldest master can still speak for her, how can she let herself be mixed up like this?

That incapable wreck, can't protect his family, and now the yard is going to be snatched away!

Aunt Jiang was full of resentment, but at this time, she could only laugh, "Second wife, you really know how to laugh, the concubine is just a slave, where can I ask the old lady to open her mouth and let the eldest master come back?" At the beginning, the old lady said to let the eldest lady leave the house, but he didn't say that he would let the eldest lady and Miss Nine go. Miss Nine may come back after a while, this courtyard will still be used by then, and it will be ...... for you to act like this."

The second wife looked at Aunt Jiang with a smile, and swallowed back all the unspoken words that Aunt Jiang had seen.

"How dare you reason with me? I think you are too carefree to be half a master, and you have forgotten your duty. ”

Aunt Jiang fell to her knees with a bluff, kowtowed three times in a row, and knocked out a gray mark on her smooth forehead.

"Second wife, you can kill the concubine, how dare the concubine."

The second lady snorted and waved her hand.

Qi Cui immediately understood, called a few old mothers to come, and dragged Aunt Jiang out, and even her baggage was directly outside the courtyard gate.

Aunt Jiang fell to the ground and whimpered aggrievedly, but the second room was favored, the second master was valued by the old lady, and Zhu Yanfeng was the most likely candidate to win the next patriarch of the Zhu family, she would never dare to anger the second wife.

She could only get up and pat the dust off her skirt.

There are still a few maids and wives standing outside the courtyard gate of Wei Ruixuan, but those who have the ability and the way have already left, and the rest of them have either defected to Aunt Jiang, or there is really no way to leave.

At this time, these people all looked at Aunt Jiang with blank eyes.

Aunt Jiang twisted her eyebrows, carried her burden and went out.

These people hurriedly followed: "Auntie, where are you going?" You can't leave us alone! ”

"You didn't hand over the deed of sale to me, the house naturally has your arrangement, just wait."

"Auntie, where are you going? Take me with you! ”

"Get out of here!"

Aunt Jiang angrily pushed everyone away and strode out of the house.

Seeing that the second wife was in a good mood, she asked with a smile: "Madam, we didn't tell Aunt Jiang that this yard is only for temporary use, will she go to the old lady to make trouble?" ”