Entering the house, the old lady and Mrs. Qu sat next to each other, Ling Xiaorou sat next to the old lady, the young lady sat next to Mrs. Qu, Ling Xiaomin sat down next to Ling Xiaorou, the two sisters hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they couldn't understand a lot of words in the letter, Ling Xiaomin had asked Mrs. Qu's consent before she came, and she planned to live in the Ningyuan palace for a few days.

Qu Hanming hid behind the eldest young lady, her eyes kept sweeping to Ling Xiaorou's side, but because her crying appearance was seen by the beauty before, she was a little embarrassed, whenever Ling Xiaorou looked at him, she would twist her head awkwardly to the side, not daring to look at Ling Xiaorou.

Ling Xiaorou just smiled, her relationship with the eldest young lady was not very deep, and there was a Qu Hongan in the middle, the eldest young lady had also tested her because of Qu Hongan's affairs before, although she did not blush and have a thick neck, there was always a little pimple in her heart.

It's even more incomparable to the deep sisterhood between her and Ling Xiaomin, there are some things that she doesn't have to say to Ling Xiaomin, and it's better to say less if she is joking with the young lady, she is originally a thoughtful person, who knows which sentence will make people unhappy.

Accompanying the old lady to talk to Mrs. Qu for a while, the old lady said to Ling Xiaoju: "You sisters haven't seen each other for a while, so go out for a walk, you don't need to accompany the two of us here, go back and let people clean up, and leave Min'er in the house to talk to you in the next few days." ”

Ling Xiaorou responded and asked the young lady if she wanted to go out together, the young lady smiled and only said that she wanted to stay with her mother-in-law and wait, Ling Xiaorou didn't ask again, and pulled Ling Xiaomin out of the door.

Qu Hongze treats Ling Xiaomin sincerely, and she has her sister, and she will not be wronged in the Qu family, since the young lady wants to show the posture of a virtuous daughter-in-law, she is not good enough to let the family not be filial piety in front of her mother-in-law.

After all, it is not easy for the young lady, a husband like Qu Hongan may still have some face outside, and he has also been restrained over the years, but the concubines who married back before were mostly good concubines, and the young lady is a person who doesn't want to say anything, and I'm afraid it won't go well at home, even if she gives birth to a son-in-law, the future days will not be as comfortable as Ling Xiaomin.

Ling Xiaomin's letter naturally did not mention this concubine, although she sympathized with her for being greedy for such a husband, but she was also dissatisfied with her in her words, and she didn't say anything if she didn't say anything, and she really couldn't get along with the character of saying half and leaving half and leaving half always asking people to guess.

Moreover, the young lady did not follow, and it was convenient for the sisters to say something if they had anything to say.

Returning to Ling Xiaorou's yard, let the nurse and the maids take a few small ones to play, the sisters sat in their arms and talked, and told everything since the separation, listening to Ling Xiaorou's experience, Ling Xiaomin was stunned, she really didn't dare to imagine what to do if she encountered that kind of thing, but fortunately Ling Xiaorou did not forget her good cooking skills.

Ling Xiaomin said again about her affairs in the Qu family, her mother-in-law is good, and there is no concubine room in the house to block her, compared to the young lady's life, the affairs in the house are all managed by the young lady, and when she is fine, she goes out to do business with Qu Hongze.

When the young lady was still complacent in order to be able to manage the use of the house, Ling Xiaomin opened more than a dozen shops by herself, because she used her dowry to buy a shop, and others couldn't say anything when she held it in her hand, the young lady was very red for a while, she had some dowry, and she was also tight, but she didn't have the ability to make the dowry money, and she was really afraid of losing the dowry.

Don't look at Qu Hongan as an official, the monthly income is counted, the food and clothing in the house must be from the Qu family's shop, and some are also to be entered into the public account, whether there is a place to use money in the house, or the children will grow up and marry in the future, these silver are used by everyone.

Those Ling Xiaomin don't care, as long as she holds enough shops in her hands, who can still ask for her dowry? Although the young lady was a little dissatisfied with her having her own shop, she also said a few times in front of Mrs. Qu, but Qu Hongze said lukewarmly: "Sister-in-law is looking at your brother and sister's dowry, and I can't do anything to take away my daughter-in-law's dowry, if my sister-in-law thinks that my second room occupies the silver of the big house, it is better to divide the family, our second room will go out of the house, I only take the daughter-in-law's dowry, and the rest will be taken care of by the sister-in-law. ”

Although Qu Hongze didn't have much anger when he said it, the young lady didn't dare to come down, her own family is not the material for business, and Qu Hongan is an official, how can she have time to take care of business? It's that Qu Hongan really went to do business, and she was afraid that Qu Hongan would ruin this family like her father-in-law.

Moreover, she is in charge of the accounts in the house, and she has no time to take care of the accounts outside, if she responds, not only will she have to bear the reputation of forcing her uncle away, but she will also have to lose the accounts in the house.

In the end, I don't know about it, but from then on, Qu Hongze made the accounts more detailed, where to enter the public account, where to take the second room, and the dividends that should be shared by the big house every month are also clearly written, he takes what should be taken, and he doesn't take a copper plate that shouldn't be taken.

But since the account has been made carefully, the young lady feels that the silver in the public account is getting less and less, and told Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Qu asked Qu Hongze in front of everyone, Qu Hongze replied very reasonably, "At the beginning, I thought that the family's accounts don't have to be too detailed, and then go to the public account to mention the land where the money is used left and right, and a lot of the silver that should be obtained in our second room will also be put into the public account. ”

In a word, the young lady has nothing to say, after all, what people say is reasonable, and it doesn't make sense to just let the cows work but not let the cows eat grass.

And because of this matter, she didn't get well in front of her mother-in-law, and offended the second room, and was reprimanded by Qu Hongan, who knew about it, and she didn't come to her room for several days, and since then, she has given Ling Xiaomin some eye medicine in front of Mrs. Qu.

After listening to what Ling Xiaomin said, Ling Xiaorou was even more respectful of this young lady, and she felt that she was snubbed by her own man, but she felt that her heart and eyes had been lost by her, and Ling Xiaorou couldn't agree with the idea that everyone else was a fool.

But when I think about it, the man in her family is like that, and there is a child by her side, so she naturally wants to plan more for the child, and her approach is understandable, but she can understand and not agree.

Since ancient times, the relationship between concubines and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been difficult to get along with, she and Ling Xiaomin were lucky to meet a good mother-in-law who cherished them, but the relationship between concubines is not easy to say, now He Louyu has not yet married, if she marries someone who gets along well, she should also have a headache if she really marries a troublemaker.

Otherwise, she is also concerned about this matter, He Louyu still respects her very much, and she can also speak in this matter, it is better to marry someone who can get along with her than to marry someone who calculates everywhere.

Ling Xiaomin said what happened at the palace banquet yesterday, Qu Hongan is now an official of the third grade, and he is the cousin of King Ningyuan, no matter how he counts, he should attend, so the young lady naturally went.

It's just that her status is not high, her age and qualifications are not enough, and it is not enough to show her face too much in front of the Queen Mother, that is, the concubine specially let her go in to ask the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and soon she went out to drink tea with those ladies who were not qualified enough, after all, the people who could stay in the house and talk to Ling Xiaorou were all relatives of the emperor, or the family members of the first-class officials, and the concubine and Ling Xiaorou were not good at taking care of her too much, and Ling Xiaorou was entangled in front of a group of old ladies, let alone taking care of her.

But because she was the cousin-in-law of King Ning Yuan, there were still many people who expressed kindness to the young lady, especially those young ladies and young ladies.

Before I came, the family was a thousand reminders and ten thousand instructions, if I could talk to the princess and the princess, it would be the best, but it was really not good, and the wife of the Qu family must not be offended, after all, she is also a cousin of the palace, and now she is doing business with the palace, the Qu family is definitely a person who can speak in the Ningyuan palace, if you can talk, you will be invited to the palace to meet, maybe you will have a chance.

After the young lady came back, she found an opportunity to talk to Ling Xiaomin, and many ladies invited them to come to the house for a banquet when they were fine.

This kind of thing is usually done by the young lady, she just knows how to read and write, Qu Hongze taught her hand after she got married, and she really has nothing to say to the young ladies who talk about acid poems all day long.

Those are all official wives, what is she going to do with a businesswoman? Moreover, the eldest young lady never thought of taking her to those banquets with her, so she suddenly asked, and when King Ning Yuan returned to Beijing, Ling Xiaomin was not stupid, where did she not know the purpose of these people, and of course she had to ask Ling Xiaorou what she meant.

Ling Xiaorou was silent for a moment after hearing this, it is said that she doesn't like that kind of occasion either, but she followed He Lou back to Beijing, naturally banquets of various names are indispensable, if she pushes them all, it won't be like that, since people have hit Ling Xiaomin's head, she might as well take the opportunity to earn more money for Ling Xiaomin, as long as those people know that Ling Xiaomin is her favorite sister, even if they disdain Ling Xiaomin and her background, but the superficial respect still has to be there, whether she is in the capital or not in the future, No one dared to embarrass Ling Xiaomin.

Otherwise, the young lady's way of speaking in half a sentence and leaving half a sentence, others are not sure how to pass on the second young lady of the Qu family to be rude, disrespectful to the eldest sister-in-law, and not to worry about the in-laws, it is better to sit together, gong in front of each other, and see who is what kind of person is on the other side, and save herself from waiting for her to leave the capital, Ling Xiaomin is entangled by the eldest young lady, and when she goes to those banquets, she is faced with the scrutiny and unkindness of others, and it will be difficult to speak alone at that time.

Ling Xiaomin was naturally happy to hear that Ling Xiaorou promised to accompany her to the banquet, although she didn't like that kind of occasion, but as the second young lady of the Qu family and the cousin of Princess Ningyuan, she always couldn't avoid it, she was afraid that someone would embarrass her and lose face if she went, and Ling Xiaorou was really not afraid that someone would dare to embarrass her.

As long as people know that Princess Ningyuan values her sister, it will be much smoother to do business in the capital in the future, as for those ladies and ladies, that is, face to face, don't look at people from the corner of your eyes when you meet.