Zhou Ma was shocked to hear the secrets of his family, and when he returned to the courtyard, his brain was still buzzing.

Obviously, Mrs. Ma did something wrong and dug up the foot of the border army, why did it become that the border army owes the Zhou family three rooms money, so it is natural that the three rooms of the Zhou family want to take advantage of the border army now?

Obviously, Mrs. Ma was unreasonable and wanted to forcibly take away her daughter-in-law Zhou Ma's dowry, but now she has become the third daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, so she should pay money for her husband's family?

She has been wronged for more than 30 years, but she has taken advantage? How can there be such a reason!

Zhou Ma's heart was so confused that he didn't sleep well that night, and when he woke up the next day, he felt a splitting headache. Turning his head to look at his husband Zhou Shigong, there were also two big dark circles on his face, he was in a state of malaise, and he was sending someone to say outside, saying that his stepmother was sick, his wife was going to serve the sick, and the house was closed to thank guests, whether it was a foreigner or a relative, friend or clansman, he would not let in the door.

He himself has to go to the yamen to take leave.

Unexpectedly, when the family member who was sent to take leave came back, he brought back a message from his cousin Zhen Guogong, asking him to be sick at home for two months, and to deal with the affairs of the family, and it would not be too late to go on a business trip after the year. If he couldn't properly handle the matter of digging people and building a private glass workshop to calm the anger of the public, he would not have to go to the army in the future. I love money so much, why don't you stay at home and think about making money? What else are you doing!

Zhou Shigong suddenly had a headache. Unexpectedly, this incident alarmed the lobby brother of the long house, and threatened him with his official position.

He was originally a member of the imperial examination, but because he only took the same jinshi examination, he was always despised in the officialdom. He couldn't stand that anger, so he simply resigned and went home, relying on the relationship of the Zhou family in the Northwest Frontier Army, and found an idle position in the army, but it was just decent, but in fact, there was no official business to do. But if he even loses this idle position, it will be difficult to think about it again in the future. He is also the eldest son of the general, how can he be willing to be idle at home? Or is it an official who was lost because he made a mistake?!

Regarding the glass workshop, he had the same thoughts as his stepmother in his heart, and he didn't think that it was a big rebellion for his family to get a piece of the good business of the border army. But there are some things that I think are okay in my heart, but it is difficult to say them, and when I say them, I ignore them.

My father subsidized military expenses, fed veterans, and wounded soldiers, and emptied all the family funds, but outsiders didn't know about it at all. If his stepmother hadn't shown him the account book, he would have thought that his family would still be rich! Unexpectedly, the ancestral business of Sanfang was only an empty shell, and it completely relied on the stepmother to support the pomp with the dowry. He does have a dowry left by his biological mother, but it has been consumed over the decades, and there are some conspicuous grange properties left, which are not easy to sell, and have to be kept to live slowly.

The stepmother's proposal to build a glass workshop was also a good thing. Today, the glass business is very profitable. The glassware produced by the Chang'an workshop has made a reputation, attracting many wealthy merchants from the capital, Jiangnan and Shuzhong to come to buy, but the glassware produced by the workshop is not so much at all, and even the glassware produced in Suzhou and Ganzhou is still in short supply. If Sanfang builds a glass workshop, as long as the glassware can be burned, it can be sold to merchants directly in Chang'an, and you don't even have to worry about delivery, which is a good deal that makes sure you don't lose money.

If the Zhenguo Mansion is really not allowed, when the glassware burned by the small workshop is sold for a sum of money, it can make up for the deficit of the three rooms, and then some surplus can be used to buy another property to maintain the expenses of the family, and it is best to have some surplus to make up for Zhou Jinpu, then it doesn't matter if the small workshop is closed.

In Zhou Shigong's heart, he actually knew that this kind of thing was easy to taboo, as long as the family situation was okay, he didn't want to make too much trouble with the Zhenguo Mansion. Even if he felt that the border army owed his family, he was embarrassed to openly take advantage of the border army too much. After all, only his family knows about the good things that his deceased father did during his lifetime, and it would be against his deceased father's intention to say it.

can't tell the deeds of the deceased father before his death, and the Zhou family's three rooms dig the foot of the border army. Money is just a trivial matter, after all, he and his brothers and grandchildren still have to mix in the army, Zhou Jinpu wants to live well in Chang'an in the future, and he can't help but take care of his clansmen and border troops......

Thinking like this, Zhou Shigong told his stepmother Mrs. Ma the message of Zhou Shiding, the prince of Zhenguo, and said: "This time my mother has been wronged, but the lobby brother has already spoken, and our family is really not good to anger him again." My mother pretended to be sick at home for a few months, and then waited for the next year when things changed. The son cleaned up a Buddhist hall for his mother in the backyard, and his mother went over every day to recite a sutra and pray for a blessing, just as a relaxation. In a few days, I will tell the elder brother that you already know that you are wrong, please ask him to stop worrying with you for his father's sake......"

Old Madam Ma sneered: "Are you going to put all the sins on me?" Why?! I didn't come up with this idea in the first place, it was Apu's idea. He told us, and it was you who personally nodded, so I helped me come up with the idea, find a place to build a workshop, and dig craftsmen from the border army...... Why is it that if something happens now, you and Ah Pu can get out of the way, but I am guilty?! Is this your filial piety?! ”

Zhou Shigong said in a low voice: "Mother, the son is the head of the three-room family, if the child is charged, the owner of the three-room family will not be able to raise his head in the clan in the future!" And Jinpu ...... He was too light, and asked him to come forward and confess the crime, how could he convince the people? You have always loved Er and Jinpu, and you must not bear to see our future ruined because of this matter, right? You think it's for the sake of your second brother and younger sister. If the third room is despised by others, they will not look good on their faces......"

"If their biological mother is saddled with a crime, will they look good?!" Old Madam Ma raised her chin, "Don't think I'll take the blame for you!" It's nothing to pretend to be sick for a few months, but I will never admit my mistake! I wasn't wrong! The border army spent so much money on our family, so what's wrong with me asking for some interest?! ”

Mrs. Ma insisted on her point of view strongly. She cooperated and pretended to be sick, but refused to go to the Buddhist hall to cultivate, and even refused to allocate money to repair the Buddhist hall.

Zhou Shigong had no choice but to let his wife Zhou Ma temporarily do housework, and by the way, clean up the Buddhist hall. It doesn't matter if Mrs. Ma is willing to go or not, the key is to let the Zhenguo couple in the long house see that their three rooms are indeed sincerely reflective and admit their mistakes.

Zhou Ma's first palm feed, when he got the right cards, he was quite surprised, and felt that he could finally exhale and raise his eyebrows.

Who knew that after only one day, she regretted it.

What stewardship power? It's a pit!

She had a pair of cards, but she didn't get the key to the storehouse at home, even if she sent someone out to buy vegetables and rice to be used that day, and took the pair of cards to the account room to pay the silver, the account room refused to give money, and she had to ask Mrs. Ma what she meant. Mrs. Ma would only nod her head at the daily purchase expenses, and she rejected all the other expenses, whether it was the cost of materials used to build the Buddhist hall or the expenses of giving gifts to the Zhenguo Mansion to make amends. If Zhou Ma has to spend money, he will have to pay out of his own pocket.

Zhou Ma was so angry that he went to find Zhou Shigong, but Zhou Shigong said: "What are you looking for me to do with such a trivial matter?" When did I take care of the general affairs? Just let the money be allocated to the account. If your mother doesn't allow you to give money to the bookkeeper, you should take care of it yourself, and then your mother will give you the money when she is angry. ”

Zhou Ma has long passed the age when it is easy to be fooled, and sneered: "When did the Ah family give too much silver?" The old man can only coax a three-year-old child, so he won't be fooled! When will the master come out with the silver, and when will he do things for you, don't fool people with empty words! ”

Zhou Shigong had to go through the private money, but he could only take out a hundred taels of silver, which was not even enough to build a Buddhist hall, let alone prepare a generous gift to make amends. Seeing this, Zhou Ma simply didn't even take the silver, stuffed the pair of cards into Zhou Shigong's hand, went back to the house by himself, and pretended to be sick.

Subsequently, she sent a message to the Hai family, inviting her sister to visit the patient.

She can't go out well, what to do next, she has to ask her sister to help with the details.

(End of chapter)