161 Accounts (2)

Helplessly, it was a large round ball melted with a thousand taels of silver. (Vertex hand-hitting) is to show off wealth, but also to prevent theft. In the past, there were many such silver balls in the Gong family's underground silver cellar, but now, there are only these two left.

Gong Yanbi smiled but didn't smile: "It's helpless and inconvenient to use, and it also attracts criticism, so after the death of my grandparents, my father sent them to the money bank and exchanged them for silver tickets for easy use, and now I have to keep these two as a souvenir." ”

This is in line with the rumor that Ming Fei heard about the Gong family's silver a lot when he was in Beijing, and he was helpless. If there was no Gong Zhongsu to make trouble, the helplessness of the long house would have been kept in the silver cellar and not moving, even if the second lady Gong wanted to maliciously waste the silver, there would not be so many opportunities, so Gong Zhongsu would have to bear a lot of responsibility for this matter.

Gong Jingqi saw that Ming Fei couldn't speak, so she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, do you see if there is anything else that needs to be added?" If they are old, I will let them replace them with new ones. ”

If you change it to a new one. Is this cost also on their heads? Ming Fei hurriedly waved his hand: "No need, no need, isn't the amount of money at home very tight, it's a waste." ”

Gong Jingqi pursed her lips and smiled: "No matter how nervous you are, it's not at this point." These things are not worth a lot of money. ”

Ming Fei opened his eyes wide and lit the gold brocade and calculated: "Isn't it worthless?" Weaving gold brocade, not inch brocade? Digging flower sara, how much silver does it take to get a foot? This room full of food has been enough for our people to eat for a long time. Third sister, if you don't know the price of firewood and rice, if you let people hear this, you will say that you are arrogant. ”

Gong Yanbi smiled, and Gong Jingqi bit her lip: "Yes, my sister-in-law criticized it, my sister has too many things to learn." ”

Ming Fei took her hand affectionately: "Then why don't you accompany me every day to learn to settle accounts?" Presumably my aunt will be very happy. ”

Gong Jingqi opened her mouth, but she couldn't find a reason to refuse, she looked at Gong Yanbi for help, Gong Yanbi coughed lowly, half envious and half resentful: "Sister-in-law, third sister, she wants to embroider a dowry." ”

Before Gong Yanbi's words fell, she saw Ming Fei winking at her, her heart was beating wildly, and then she saw that Ming Fei had already turned her head, looked at Zhu Jinhua outside the window and said: "I don't want the third sister to help me do anything, just be a companion with me." You can bring the dowry over, I'll look at the ledger, you embroider. When I'm tired, I can help you with a hand. ”

Gong Jingqi didn't push it, and looked at Gong Yanbi again. Gong Yanbi refused to help her this time, but smiled and said: "Good idea, if I didn't want to serve Mrs., I would also like to play with you and learn some real skills." ”

Seeing that Gong Jingqi was silent for a long time, Ming Fei said disappointedly: "What, the third sister refuses to accompany me?" ”

Gong Jingqi said: "No, it's the maid next to me who is stubborn, and I'm afraid of affecting my sister-in-law." ”

Ming Fei said quickly: "I'm not afraid, but this house, I'm always afraid of unfamiliar places." ”

Gong Jingqi lowered her eyes and thought about it, and smiled: "Okay, then my sister is better than obeying her fate." Enthusiastically pulled Ming Fei to another room: "These are all the account books of our family's adult years, sister-in-law take a look, is it time to catch up with your family's library?" ”

It's a bit like a modern-day archival room with a myriad of wooden cabinets lined up, with yellowed notes pasted above them stating the age of the books in the cabinets. In addition to the smell of dust, there is also the smell of homemade insecticidal herbs. Standing for a while is not breathing.

Gong Jingqi was unprecedentedly generous and cooperative, and pulled Ming Fei inside: "Sister-in-law, look, you started watching it from this time, and you were there even before, but it's not interesting, if you want to see it, you can watch it." ”

Ming Fei stopped and gently knocked on one of the cabinets: "This is last year's and this year's, right?" Why don't I just look at these two years? It's also good to compare the prices and see if the things in our house are expensive? ”

There was silence for a while, and Gong Jingqi's voice sounded after a long pause: "Sister-in-law, I don't have the key, let's do it tomorrow." You see, it's getting dark, and it's going to rain soon, so why don't you go home first? ”

As if to confirm her words, a few muffled thunders sounded in the sky, Ming Fei retracted his hand and smiled indifferently: "Okay, I'm not busy in these days." ”

The three of them walked out of the courtyard together, and a little maid hurriedly walked over: "Third Miss, Madame asked you, where did she put her cloud crane pattern makeup veil?" Aunt Zhu couldn't find it. ”

At that end of the makeup yarn, Second Mrs. Gong once mentioned to her that she wanted to take it to make a robe for Mrs. Shao, so that she could wear it on the day when Shao Wu became married. Gong Jingqi thought that she had already found it and sent it over, but who thought that this day was coming, but she hadn't sent it over yet. It seems that Second Mrs. Gong's memory is much worse than before. Alas...... It was all about returning the big house industry, Gong Jingqi gave Ming Fei a slight salute and said, "Sister-in-law." I'm sorry, my sister can't send you out, so I'll bother my second sister to send you. ”

Gong Yanbi couldn't ask for it, and her face was still faint: "Sister-in-law, please." ”

The two walked unhurriedly, first pulled down the maids and ladies who followed behind them, Ming Feifang repeated Chen's original words, and regretted: "Our wife said that you are such a good talent, if you are not in a hurry, you can always visit the good slowly, but it is not easy to be in such a hurry." ”

Gong Yanbi bit her lip lightly: "It's all fate." She raised her eyes and looked at Ming Fei hopefully, full of pleading: "Ming Fei, you also know that our women marry for a lifetime, and in the future, even if you regret it in the future, there is no turning back." Please help me to maneuver a little more, my aunt and my third brother will never forget your and my brother's great kindness for the rest of our lives. ”

Ming Fei was naturally full of promises, and brought the topic to today's initiative of Second Mrs. Gong's mother and daughter to ask her to move to the account room: "I thought that I would never have the opportunity to step into this account room in my life, but who knew that my aunt was so understanding." ”

Gong Yanbi didn't care: "The account books here have long been flattened, so she is naturally not afraid of you." It can also appear that she is open. ”

Ming Fei observed her words and deeds. guessed that she shouldn't know what the second Mrs. Gong's mother and daughter were going to do, so she didn't mention it anymore, the two broke up at the door of the hanging flowers, and Ming Fei didn't mention it when she went back to her yard.

As soon as she entered the house with her front feet, a bright light pierced the sky with her back feet, and then there was a loud "card rub" sound, which shook the house and seemed to tremble, and the dog in the yard suddenly barked wildly, and then a gust of wind blew up, rolling the bamboo curtain of Xiangfei and smashing it to the ceiling, and Bai Lu said "ah". Hurriedly pulling the door curtain, Ming Fei turned around, only to see that the sky was like splashing ink, and the raindrops the size of soybeans had smashed into the dust, stirring up a fishy smell.

Ming Fei asked Mrs. Hua: "Mom, what time is it?" ”

Hua Pozi lit the candle first, and then went to look at the copper kettle on the table: "Shen Zheng." He complained, "It's really strange today, it's black like this." ”

Then Gong Yuanhe should be about to get home, Ming Fei hurriedly asked Danxia to put on her robe, put on a green cloth umbrella, and hurriedly went to the big kitchen to urge. She quickly changed her homely skirt, stripped away her steps and other things, inserted only a butterfly hairpin and two beaded flowers, and went down the corridor to the small kitchen.

It was dark, there was no light in the kitchen, it was dark and quiet. Ming Fei stood at the door, and by the warm red light emitted from the hearth, she could vaguely see Meizi and Ziluo each guarding the two stoves in the small kitchen, their eyes staring at the pot in front of them, obviously not far apart, as if there was a mountain between the two people.

Jin Hairpin coughed: "Why don't you light the lamp?" ”

Meizi was the first to react, fumbling for a few headlights in the kitchen. [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］