Yang Yu and the others didn't say go back, and Master Chen and the others couldn't blatantly drive people away, so they could only say hello tacitly.

Master Chen thought: What we did was impeccable, and they couldn't find out anything.

Yang Yu thought: I'm just putting on a show, but there are other people who are really making secret visits.

The two looked at each other and smiled when they met, and they didn't say anything to each other.

The eldest lady was very nervous yesterday, and when she got up this morning, she was a little sick and relapsed, and she was drinking medicine after breakfast. Chen Chun has been taking care of him carefully on the side, without any complaints.

The eldest lady asked the maid to go down and said to her daughter: "Chun'er, the only thing my mother can't worry about is you." But you're still young, and you're bound to have to follow your father for a few more years......"

Chen Chun said: "Mother, don't say frustrating words. Didn't the doctor come to see you a few days ago and say that you are feeling better? You don't have to worry about it on weekdays, just let your father and second lady deal with it. ”

The eldest lady smiled and touched her daughter's hair: "That being said, I can't do it without your father." The second lady is a brainless person, and your father knows it. When this time is over, I will be able to rest for a while. ”

Chen Chun pursed his lips and said hesitantly: "Mother, it is reasonable for that Brother Yang to take the things left for him, why are you ......?"

The eldest lady shook her head and said weakly: "Chun'er, you don't know our difficulties. You have taken care of me for so long, do you know how much money I spend on medical appointments and medicines? ”

Chen Chun didn't calculate it seriously, and shook his head slowly.

The eldest lady smiled faintly, "No less than five thousand taels a year." Do you know how much you spend on food and clothing for a year? ”

Chen Chun was only eleven or twelve years old, and he was a little vague about these, and said, "About a thousand taels? ”

The eldest lady patted her daughter's little hand lightly and said gently, "Where do you need to spend so much?" What you eat now is all supplied from the Zhuangzi, and the clothes you wear are all things produced by our family, and it is only more than 100 taels of silver every year. Mother asks you again, do you know how much our silk village has earned every year in recent years? ”

This Chen Chun heard about it, and thought for a while and said: "In previous years, there were more accounts, about twenty or thirty thousand taels per year, but in recent years, it has begun to decrease, and it is only about half of the previous one. ”

The eldest lady nodded and said, "Good boy." According to the previous statement, we only need to keep these properties for the Chen family, and we can use the extra silver ourselves. ”

Chen Chun thought, isn't that good? Even if it is more than 10,000 taels, except for her mother's medical treatment and medicine, there is still more than half, and she can always save some.

"You think that's a lot of money, don't you?" The eldest lady smiled, "Your father and I are only inseparable, although we are still a family on the surface, but in fact we have separated." Now our income is fifty-fifty percent, and if he hadn't asked for me, I wouldn't have come to this fifty-fifty percent. ”

Chen Chun nodded silently. What her father's attitude towards her mother and the second lady is, they all can see. According to her mother, there was really not much left except for the cost of the decoction.

"My mother also had a little savings, and she has slowly saved some things in the past few years, and it is always enough for you to make a dowry. Mother is worried about something else—"

As she said this, she coughed violently several times. Chen Chun hurriedly patted her mother on the back and handed her water to drink.

The eldest lady slowed down, raised her eyes again and said, "What my mother is worried about is that my mother's disease is only getting worse day by day, and it is impossible to get better, and the expenses in the future will only be more than now......

She hooked her waist and coughed for a while, "Mother sometimes wants to let go, so as not to drag you down-"

When Chen Chun heard her say such things, he hurriedly cried: "Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? What would I do without you? ”

The eldest lady smiled weakly and said: "Mother knows your difficulties, my mother failed to leave you a brother and sister to take care of each other, but there are so many children in the second room, I also know who your father is looking for." So my mother must fight to the last breath, otherwise she will not leave no matter what. ”

Chen Chun was speechless, so she could only lie in her mother's arms and cry.

The eldest lady gently stroked her daughter's hair and sighed: "My mother was originally the daughter of a scholarly family, how could she ever be willing to calculate others in these matters?" However, this is fate, I have no choice, I only have this way to go. ”

If Yang Yu gives up some, or even doesn't want Chen Yuan's family property at all, then she will be able to put down her snacks a little, and she will not worry about it for at least three or five years.

Although the means are disgraceful, she has nothing else to do for her daughter. If she is alive, her daughter will not have to be bullied for a day, and when she is fifteen or sixteen years old, she will beg her husband to find a reliable and good family for Chun'er, so that her daughter will finally have something to rely on for the rest of her life. If she loses her yin virtue, suffers retribution, and dies early, then it is okay, at least leave a large sum of money for her daughter, so that no one dares to underestimate her.

The eldest lady said: "Everything shipped out over the years has been recorded in the account book, when, how much, and to whom it is handed over. Half of the things in that booklet are yours, Chun'er, do you remember them? ”

Chen Chun choked and nodded.

The eldest lady said, "Don't cry, it's not time yet." Let's go out for a walk with my mother. I heard that the fragrant flower girl is a little smart, let's go talk to her, you can also learn a little, that is a girl who has seen strong winds and waves. ”

Chen Chun wiped away his tears and nodded.

For two days in a row, the rats found nothing. On the contrary, Yang Yu found that Master Chen had a close relationship with those doctors who often went in and out of Chen's mansion, but this was just a clue, and it didn't mean that there was something strange in it.

Xianghua asked, "The others really can't see anything?" ”

Yang Yu said: "Maybe there are other strange things, but I am in the dark, and I am not familiar with life, so we will naturally be slower to investigate." ”

Xianghua rubbed her shoulders: "Why don't we find a reason to move out and find another place to live?" The second lady has not come over in the past few days, and the eldest lady is afraid that I will be bored, so she comes to talk to me every day, and she is about to ask about my family's wealth experience. ”

Yang Yu couldn't cry or laugh: "This is what you know about your good name, and the eldest lady knows." They can't steal it, so it doesn't hurt if you talk about it. ”

Xianghua said: "It's not because of this, it's just that the more I talk about it, the more it feels like I'm showing off." In fact, our family is nothing special, but we are lucky and the people we meet are good, so we can become bigger and stronger, if there are a few more villains in the middle, I don't know what the scene is now. ”

"Yes, that's where they can't learn." Yang Yu said, "But if you can't get used to it, then let's say tomorrow that we want to go out for a walk, and if we walk a little distance, we won't come back here to live." ”