The fragrance of tea in Chengxin Hall is lingering.

The servant divided the tea and bowed down.

"This is the Wuzhou Juyan sent by your third aunt, try it."

Song Yu took a sip and savored it: "The taste is sweet and mellow, and it seems to have the fragrance of flowers." ”

"I still prefer the second uncle's Longtuan Shengxue." Wu Niang took a sip and put it down.

Song Yao glanced at her with disgust: "Count your mouth, Longtuan Shengxue is rich and may not be able to buy it." ”

Wu Niang went straight to the point and questioned: "Mother, why did you hand over the power of the family to Jiang Wanning?" Can her sick body be in charge? ”

Song Yao's Shi Shiran said: "How do you know that she can't afford it? As long as there is money, anyone can afford it. ”

She also regretted that she didn't let Jiang Wanning be in charge earlier!

The Song family looked at the scenery, but in fact, they were just an empty shell, and a large family asked her for money when they opened their eyes.

Her dowry was hollowed out little by little.

Since Jiang Wanning wanted to organize the birthday banquet for her, she gave the power of the family to take it back, and then took it back.

In this way, she doesn't have to worry about the silver on the master's side, she doesn't have to worry about the winter clothes up and down the house, and the ladies in Jiangcheng are the most frequent in late autumn, and she doesn't have to worry about human contacts......

Feel at ease.

"Mother, what do you mean...... She is in charge of the house and only pays for it? Wu Niang came back to her senses.

"She said she was going to help me organize my birthday party."

"Huh? Isn't our house going to be lively? Mother, can I invite my best friend to come? Wu Niang was excited.

Before, she was invited to any banquet held by other people's families, but she couldn't invite others to a banquet, the Song Mansion has not held a decent banquet for a long time, and even when the brother got married, because he felt ashamed to marry the daughter of a businessman, he never held a wedding banquet in a big way. So much so that now her best friends don't invite her, and they say behind her back that she is slamming the door.

Now there's finally a chance to get back face.

"Don't ask me, talk to your sister-in-law."

"I'll go." Wu Niang ran away happily.

Song Yao shook his head and smiled, and turned to Song Yu and said, "When the time comes, you can also invite some classmates and friends, Jiangcheng celebrities to come." ”

Song Yu nodded yes.

"Mother, there is ...... with her"

"What's the hurry? Wait until the birthday banquet is over. ”

Flower Hall of the West Courtyard.

Jiang Wanning was listening to a few stewards.

Steward Zhong: "The master has a letter, let me send a thousand taels of silver, there is an emergency." ”

Mrs. Wang: "As a rule, the winter clothes of the people in the house are changed every three years, and this year is exactly three years, and the slave maid asks the eldest lady to show that if you want to make winter clothes, it is time to order materials." ”

Mama Liu: "Li Mansion Erlang held a wedding banquet, the old man of Zhang Mansion celebrated his 60th birthday, and the eldest grandson of Feng Mansion was full moon......"

Jiang Wanning waited for them to finish speaking one by one before she said, "Didn't I say before that I should still find Mrs. for things that have nothing to do with the birthday banquet?" ”

Mama Wang smiled and couldn't see her eyebrows: "The slave maid has looked for Mrs., and Mrs. said that in the future, the eldest lady will be in charge of the house, and all affairs will be arranged by the eldest lady." ”

The most crucial sentence...... As long as silver is involved, find the eldest lady.

Mama Liu echoed: "That's what Madame said. ”

Jiang Wanning smiled and asked the bookkeeper: "How much silver is left in the account?" ”

Mr. Zhou presented the account book: "Back to the eldest lady, now there are three hundred and twelve taels left in the account, and the rent of the field will not be collected until the end of the year. ”

Jiang Wanning looked through the account books.

I don't know if I don't see it, it turns out that the biggest expense of the Song family is actually the lord of Xuancheng, as a fellow of Xuancheng, he didn't give a penny to the family, but this year he asked the family for three sums of money, one thousand three hundred taels, one eight hundred taels, one seven hundred taels, and now one thousand taels.

"Do you often come to Xuancheng to ask for silver?"

Mr. Zhou said: "Every year, I used to ask for less, almost a thousand taels a year, and I started to ask for more last year." ”

Because the eldest lady got married last year.

Steward Zhong explained: "The old man's officialdom has a lot of money to deal with people. ”

Jiang Wanning sneered in her heart: Which official is not in office to make a lot of money, others know to take it home, I have never seen such a hard time digging out of one's own family.

When the old man was in Ningchuan, his father gave him a lot of silver.

By the way, the lord took Aunt Zheng to be an official outside, and there are also the two children born to Aunt Zheng over there, Erlang Song Jing and Sixth Mother Song Xuan.

Therefore, it is difficult to say whether the lord wants this money or Aunt Zheng.

Jiang Wanning closed the account book and returned it to Mr.: "These things you said, wait for Ming'er and I to go to the Jiang family's silk village to find the shopkeeper to get the money, Mama Wang, you go with me and choose the materials for winter clothes." ”

"Hey!" Mama Wang responded happily.

As he spoke, a sound as crisp as a bell came from outside.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law......"

Jiang Wanning: "Wu Niang is here, you go down first." ”

Wu Niang smiled like a flower, and said when she entered the door: "Sister-in-law, I heard that you are going to organize a birthday banquet for your mother?" ”

"Hmm!"

Qing'e came to serve tea.

"It's so good, our family can finally have a lively time, sister-in-law, can I invite my girlfriend?"

Jiang Wanning slightly: "You can invite whoever you want." ”

"Really? Does it matter how many people please? ”

"Of course, I heard that my mother-in-law hasn't had a good birthday since she married my lord, so this time I will definitely have a more lively one."

"Sister-in-law, I really like you so much."

"Wu Niang, you go to the silk village with me tomorrow, pick out a few good materials for your mother-in-law and your brother, and you yourself, and wear them more beautifully at the birthday banquet."

"Okay, good, but I don't have a new pearl hairpin, the last time I saw Sanniang of the Li family, the pearl hairpin on her head looks good."

"Buy, buy what you lack."

Qing'e sighed silently on the side.

The lady is too easy to coax.

"Qing'e, go to the kitchen and see what pastries there are."

Jiang Wanning sent Qing'e out, and then said, "Wu Niang, you're going to get married next year, right?" ”

Wu Niang pouted, with a wistful expression: "The wedding date is set for March next spring, I don't want to marry at all, the capital is so far away." ”

"How can a woman not marry, but ...... I don't know if I'll be able to marry you then. ”

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Why can't you give me a marriage? ”

Could it be that Jiang Wanning really plans to reconcile and leave?

Jiang Wanning smiled bitterly: "I can't send you to get married, but I can't add makeup, I plan to sell eight shops and exchange them for money, so that you can take them to the capital to buy a house over there. ”

Wu Niang was stunned, as if a big pie fell from the sky, which happened to hit her head and knocked her unconscious.

Eight shops, how much does that cost?

I heard my mother say that the 36 shops that the Jiang family married were all Dawang shops, and according to the market price of Jiangcheng, it cost 3,000 taels to say the least.

Eight rooms are more than 20,000 taels.

She never imagined that she would one day have so much money.

"Sister-in-law, are you telling the truth?" Wu Niang couldn't believe it.

"Lang Jun loves your sister the most, and you are also the closest to me on weekdays, so I naturally have to think more about you, what is the rest...... I want to give it to your brother, but I still have to discuss this matter with my mother-in-law, and I think my mother-in-law will agree. ”

"You don't make a noise about this matter first, so as not to cause trouble."

Wu Niang nodded hurriedly: "I know." ”