Jin Nanxue put down the silver ticket and comforted herself: "It's not bad, I didn't expect to save so much, I thought I couldn't save much silver." ”

Agarwood followed her words and said: "Yes, it is not easy for us to save these, Mrs. does not have much silver at the bottom of the box, but there are a lot of daily expenses on weekdays, not to mention anything else, every year on the birthday of the old lady and the Hou Ye, which time Mrs. is not prepared with all her heart?" There are not many rewards up and down in this house, and it is a lot of money over time, but in fact, there is not much that is really spent on Mrs. ”

Agarwood said and took out an account book and put it in front of Xie Nanxue: "The slave is illiterate, this account book is written by the lady herself, fortunately, we still have the income from the two grocery stores outside at the end of the year, otherwise we wouldn't even be able to save this bit of silver." ”

Hearing the grocery store, Jin Nanxue's eyes lit up, yes, she still has two grocery stores in her memory, which were given to her by the original owner's parents as a dowry.

It's a pity that these two shops are operating in general, I remember that when I was in my mother's hands, the sum of the income in a month was about thirty or forty taels, and after she got into her hands, because she was exhausted all day, she didn't have the heart to ask about the outside shop, and she couldn't go out of the house casually, and the monthly audit became the end of the year by the shopkeeper to hand over the account books and a year's income, and I remember that at the end of last year, the two shops added up to only more than two hundred taels of income.

Now that I think about it, I have to find a chance to go out.

The Hou Mansion is no better than other places, even if you sit in the house and don't go anywhere, the expenses at hand are endless, such as Lian and Jiang Qi's annual birthday gifts need to be carefully prepared, and the rewards of people are indispensable during the New Year's holidays. Jin Nanxue's monthly money is twenty taels per month, and what she can use in addition is the dowry in her hand, but the dowry that her parents poured everything they had for her at the beginning is really beyond her means compared to the daily expenses of the Hou Mansion.

There is another point of agarwood that I didn't say, that is, the silver that the original owner secretly subsidized to his mother's family.

Jin Nanxue's maiden family is a side branch of the Wenxuan Bo Mansion, his father Jin Changqing is currently a low-level petty official in the household department, his mother is a concubine from a large family, and there is a pair of twin brothers who are studying at home, an aunt and a concubine of his father.

The population is not large, but the family's daily income is nothing other than the father's meager income, and the only two grocery stores that come to the money are also given to her as a dowry, so the family's life is not easy, and the original owner will secretly take some silver subsidies to his parents and brothers because he is not happy.

As for the dowry given by the Hou Mansion at the beginning, when he got married, he brought it all over untouched. It's just that she is married high, and because of unspeakable reasons, the dowry given by the Hou Mansion looks fancy, in fact, most of them are some bulky furniture and porcelain, famous calligraphy and painting classics and the like, to put it bluntly, they are all dead things that can be checked and cannot be sold, and there are very few things that are easy to wear and tear such as silver and jewelry, which is also one of the reasons why she is tight.

Thinking of the treasury that he had visited during the day, most of the dowries in the Hou Mansion were registered and could not be moved, and the most of his remaining dowries were a few boxes of medium-grade silk and satin clothes, which could occupy a wing room, and the most valuable were the two grocery stores, and there were no good things to get their hands on.

Thinking of this, Jin Nanxue asked Agarwood to take out the deed of the two shops and take them in his hand to watch carefully.

Agarwood said on the side: "These two dowry shops were originally Mrs. dowry, I was afraid that Mrs. would be looked down upon when I married, so I gave them to Mrs., but Mrs. rarely goes out of the house, and the shop has been operating in the past few years, and now the profit that can be handed over is not as much as your monthly silver." ”

Jin Nanxue sighed, looking at the lot written on the deed, although it is not the most prosperous place in the city in her memory, but this is the capital after all, the so-called inch of land and every inch of gold, no matter how poor the income is, it will not be similar to her monthly silver, if you have the opportunity, you must go out to see, and you must find a way to enrich your small treasury.

"Old lady, Master Hou is back."

Bai Su, the big girl with a yellow waist, lifted the curtain for Jiang Qi and invited him in, and said to Lian Shi who was sitting on the soft couch in the main hall.

After Jiang Qi returned home, he went to greet the Lian family as usual, and accompanied the Lian family to dinner, the mother and son were both uncertain because of Jin Nanxue's affairs during this time, and they barely spoke during the meal, and the room was so quiet that only the sound of the cups and cups could be heard.

After dinner, Lian Shiping retreated and said to Jiang Qi:

In the past few days, the Jin family has been quiet and has not made any more noise, even if she is acquainted, you haven't been to see her for a few days, it is better to go over tonight to coax her, in the end you occupy the position of your wife, and you can't say that you haven't entered her yard all the time, and it is not good if you have suspicion in the eyes of those who have a heart.

Jiang Qi: "Yes, mother. ”

In fact, even if Lian didn't say it, he planned to go to Listening to Xueyuan tonight to see Jin Nanxue, but if he hadn't seen him for a few days, he was actually not steady. has neglected her for a while, and it's time to comfort and comfort.

When I was in the past, I was thinking about what to say when I met later, but as soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard the sound of Jin Nanxue and the girl talking and laughing from the house, Jiang Qi couldn't help but be a little puzzled, it was rare to hear her say and laugh so happily, and it seemed that he hadn't even seen the smile on her face for a long time.

Puzzled, Jiang Qi quickened his pace and entered the house.

"Master Hou is here."

Seeing Jiang Qi coming in, Jin Nanxue got up but didn't step forward.

Jiang Qi walked over and sat opposite her, looking at the woman in front of him, her face was white and ruddy, and she seemed to be more refreshed than before, her watery eyes were cold, and she didn't feel uneasy about seeing him for many days, and her heart was a little blocked.

Agarwood and Shang Lu served tea and retreated, Jiang Qi asked, "As soon as I entered the courtyard just now, I heard your laughter, what are you talking about so lively?" ”

Jin Nanxue played with the handkerchief in her hand and didn't look at him: "It's nothing, just talk casually." ”

Just now she was talking to the two girls about the story in the book, and when it came to the interesting point, she commented on the talented and beautiful woman in the story, and the two girls also expressed their opinions with great interest, feeling that the poor man once succeeded in the imperial examination and became a jinshi, and did not forget to promise his wife in the countryside that his character was reliable, and on the other hand, he felt that the beautiful woman sacrificed too much for him, and even the rich maiden family was put aside, and it would be unfair if it did not end up well.

The three of them were chatting but were interrupted by the person in front of them, and it was strange that Jin Nanxue could have a good face for him.