Qin Hui left, and Pearl called Mama Liu to inquire about what was missing from Yue's side, how much bird's nest she ate, and what she ate on weekdays to replenish her body. Mama Liu had already figured out the personnel situation in the house, but she couldn't answer the questions asked by Pearl, so she could only ask the people below.

Pearl didn't blame her, this is normal, although there was such a thing this time, but she really didn't ask about what the Yue family lacked, not to mention, she was also given some medicinal materials at the beginning, and now she asks what is missing, so she naturally has to ask the people around the Yue family.

It didn't take long for Mama Liu to come back, she directly asked the housekeeper Mama beside Yue's side, and Mama Liu was not short when she went, and she did inquire about a lot of news. "Yue's dowry was still a lot, but because the old lady was too greedy and eager to please the Wang family, so Yue's over the years, there was no good clothing at all. It stands to reason that this gift is naturally a public account, but some people, the old lady doesn't want to move around, and the inventory is strict, so the Yue family can only pay for it themselves.

Now although the old lady's power has been hollowed out, the Qin family only left 20,000 taels of silver in Beijing, and the expenses on weekdays are basically from the Zhuangzi and the income from the shop. This year, if the year is good, you can get six or seven thousand taels of silver, every year Qin Hui and his three brothers will also send silver and some gifts and local products back, I remember that this year Qin Hui gave the family 10,000 taels of silver. Sixty pieces of cloth, jewelry, gold, silver, and jade were added. There are also two carts of medicinal herbs and furs in the north. That's quite a lot.

The second master, Qin Ming, was in the south, and he was rich there, so he sent back 15,000 taels of silver and some seafood. There are also a hundred pieces of cloth and silk. The third master, Qin Wang, was in the army, he didn't have so much money, and he didn't fight, but he followed his family to ask for five thousand taels of silver to spend, and he also had to take away a hundred silk fabrics.

The old lady herself said that the remaining 20,000 taels were left for the Yue family's 10,000 taels of housekeepers, and the rest was deducted, and the cloth was only given to the Yue family for ten horses. Yue didn't have anything to say. Who asked the lord of the family to ask the house for money! The old lady eats bird's nest every day. I often buy it from outside. Although the quality is not the best, the price is too high and it is not often eaten. As for the Yue family, they gave birth to two sons. There are always some women's minor ailments in the body. Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad. It is said that eating bird's nest is good for women, but unfortunately it is not often eaten. The slave and maid are honest, everyone in this house can eat good things. It is these three ladies, because of the housekeeper, because they are the housekeepers of the concubine's daughter-in-law, and because there is such an old lady who wants to save face and does not want to be insiders, the most aggrieved person in this Qin family is the third lady. Don't look at the fact that you can make a little money on the books, it is estimated that it will not be enough to make up for the shortfall in her dowry! ”

Hearing this, Pearl also felt that if she didn't help at this time and show her attitude, she would do something about Yue's favor, and when this matter came out, it was estimated that Yue's couldn't help it. Now I heard that the concubine followed her husband to eat and drink spicy food, but she just got a little bit from her sister-in-law, and they asked for it with confidence, and what made Yue's heart hurt even more was that her husband didn't know anything about all this.

Pearl has always been resolute, let a few big girls and little girls take the servants in the yard, light lanterns, and open the warehouse. She didn't have anything bad here, Yue knew that she understood her hardships, if she just let her husband mediate, and only gave a generous gift because she asked her, then how could there be any friendship?

The warehouses in the main courtyard are now full, and they are all ready to give gifts to each family, but there are things on the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, even if it is not enough, immediately send a telegram to the Zhuangzi in Zhuozhou, and it will be delivered immediately, and it will arrive in two days. Make a list of medicinal herbs and supplements, all of which are good for women and gynecological diseases, including 50 red ginseng, 50 codonopsis ginseng, and 80 American ginseng. Two ginseng for 200 years and one ginseng for 500 years. Cordyceps, deer antler, fish gelatin, and frog oil are two catties each. There are six types of Ganoderma lucidum, namely Ganoderma lucidum, black Zhizhi, Qingzhi, Baizhi, Huangzhi and Zizhi, and each of them sends 20 flowers. Twenty catties of sea cucumbers were sent, and five catties of a jar of royal jelly were delivered. Ten catties of deer placenta paste were sent, and twenty small jars were packed respectively. There is also bird's nest, pearls have always been as long as white swallows, that is, tribute swallows, this time, as soon as they were sent, they were given twenty catties, and they were packed in two boxes. There was also a jasper box, wrapped in cotton cloth on the outside, with ice under the box and ten snow lotus plants on top. There are also Chinese patent medicines, especially Yangjing Dan, and some daily medicines, which have been given a lot.

Others gave them, the best lake silk, Hangzhou silk, cloud brocade, Shu brocade, streamer brocade, silk, woven gold makeup satin, Qushui plum blossom purple brocade, etc., as well as a small curly crane silk, a small curly green wool brocade and so on a total of 200 horses, their own factory production of five-color satin, seven-color satin, flash forging and silk heavy crepe and other forty-eight horses. A total of 32 pieces of Suzhou embroidery and Cantonese embroidery brocade were added. The crane silk is colorful, dazzling, emerald brocade is just blue-green, like peacock feathers, blue, green, yellow, pink, colorful, shining. Of these two kinds of fabrics, there are a total of ten pearls outside, one is given to Qin Min, one is the same here in the Yue family, and in the warehouse, there are only nine crane silk and eight kingfisher brocade. There are also twenty horses in each space, this kind of cloth is very precious and rare, with gold and silver threads on it, as well as rare peacock feathers and kingfisher feathers, which are really precious, and they have only gotten these in two lifetimes, and they are cherished very much. She is now asking the factory to weave it, but the materials still have to be collected slowly.

Jewelry is even better, others sent and chose four sets, all of which are red gold inlaid with treasures, or red gold and emerald trap jewelry, all of which are more than 30 pieces. I made two sets of trap jewelry on my Zhuangzi and planned to give gifts. Scattered hairpins, gold inlaid with jade, gold inlaid with gemstones, golden silk hairpins, hostas, agate, crystal silver hairpins, and various tassel hairpins were packed into a small box.

Various materials of gold hairpin, gold day, bead flower, comb grate, tassel hairpin, tassel hairpin, and a small box, the rest of the bracelet, bracelet, necklace, hairpin bait, earrings, rings, etc. is another box, of which there is a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets. Two pairs of carved white Hetian jade bracelets, and other materials are also superb. For whatever goes into the hands of pearls must be good.

A jade pendant, a jade pendant, a jade jue, a jade belt hook, a man's hairpin, a jade tiara, and a gold inlaid jade tiara. In addition, two sets of cosmetics, three fur coats, and four fox fur shawls were also prepared, all of which were carried to Yue's place. Then there are antiques, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, books, etc., packed in two boxes. The four treasures of the study room and the jade pen holder, Yunzi Go. Jade Go. Jade chess. Not only that, but also sent four gilt glass lamps to Yue's family, one with a mercury mirror and the other with glass. After clicking on it. It's very bright. There is also the tent of Zhangduan. The embroidery on it is very delicate, and the pearl was originally intended to keep for himself, and it is the goose yellow base that pearl likes most. It is embroidered with a large blue butterfly. He also gave one hundred gold and silver nudes, five hundred gold and silver nudes of two taels, and one hundred of five taels each. There is also a stack of silver tickets, a total of 20,000 taels of silver, these silver are pearls, and they are the dowry that the Yue family has added over the years.

Liu Zi asked Pearl, "Madam, but what do you want to say to the third lady?" ”

"Don't say anything."

"Yes, the slaves know."

Pearl thought for a moment, and then said, "Go to the kitchen and send two portions of japonica rice, rouge rice, venison, and bear's paw." Fresh fruits, melons and vegetables, and refined white noodles were sent to a bag, as well as dried fruits such as jujubes, longan, and walnuts, and half of the newly brought snacks were also sent today. ”

"Yes, ma'am."

When Pearl and the others left, they wrote a list, and wrote the numbers of the things they needed on the list, and with these numbers, the people on the Zhuangzi in Zhuozhou could find the things according to the numbers. Starting from tomorrow, the pearl will begin to officially send gifts, the road is far away and has already set off, for example, the New Year's gift to Qin Ming's family, the gift is the latest popular carriage and rubber tires in the capital, diluted carriages, and flat glass, here in the capital, the south of the new good silk brocade, but because they have been in the state of summer, so they are sent are plain yarn, Suluo, Hualuo, a horse of crane silk, a horse of cuimao brocade, a horse of Qushui plum blossom purple brocade, dragon silk, silk silk, cloud and mist silk, cloud brocade, Song Jin, Shu brocade, as well as the flash forging, woven gold makeup brocade produced in their own factory, taffeta silk, printed chiffon, flash forging and silk crepe, seven-color satin, five-color satin and streamer brocade also sent some, and some lake silk and Hangzhou silk, there are also fragrant cloud yarn.

In terms of jewelry, two sets of pearls were also sent, plus two sets of jewelry for the second lady Qin Mei. There are two sets of collars and bracelets. Knowing that things from the West were not uncommon over there, Pearl gave them some calligraphy and paintings, some four treasures of the study, jade ornaments and jade flower arrangements. prepared a small set of jewelry for the second brother and sister Han, one set of mutton fat jade and one set of jadeite. I gave the second lady a model of the same house and a model of a big ship. The same rhinestone clip with feathers and a tassel crown were also prepared for the little girl. Of course, medicinal herbs and supplements also have to be sent, so you don't have to send so much.

When Qin Hui came back, he saw that the pearl was sending a telegram! She's been posting for a long time, because there are a lot of things she wants this time. That's why it hasn't been sent out yet. When it was over, Pearl saw that Qin Hui had already freshened up, so she asked with a smile, "Have you finished teaching your brother a lesson?" ”

"Hmmm! That's a fool. He also saw the things you sent, Yue's saw it, and burst into tears, and the second child also said thank you to me vigorously, and I said it again. After thinking about it, Qin Hui said again, "I didn't expect that Madame would be so generous, and such a gift, even if it was sent to the palace, it would be enough." ”

"I'm also selfish." After Pearl finished sending the telegram, he thought to himself, this time fortunately, new jewelry had already been delivered, but because he was worried that there would be duplication and omission, he asked Zhuozhou and the caravan to pay more attention to special things. The jewelry on Zhuangzi must bring forth the new, and the jade must also pay close attention to the high-quality products, as long as the best. There's nothing new, I'm sorry for the salary given by Pearl, and this year's salary will be paid soon.

"Selfishness? What selfishness? I'd like to hear about it. ”

"Although the lord is in charge of the four provinces, only the third brother is in the army, once the lord is in trouble, he can rush up desperately, that is, the lord's brother."

Qin Hui was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "What Madam said makes sense. He also sighed in his heart, his wife has always taken one step and looked at ten steps, even if this chess piece is useless now, but it also takes a lot of effort to envelop it. (To be continued.) )