"Is there such a thing?" Zheng Changduo was taken aback, and soon said hesitantly: "Isn't the ancestral hall just renovated?" ”

Zheng Yuanye said with a wry smile: "Yes, she is the daughter of the Boling Cui clan, and she has seen a lot of big scenes, it is estimated that it is renovated, and in her eyes, it is the same as not being renovated." ”

"That's what I said, we can't compare with the Boling Cui clan" Zheng Changduo was a little discouraged, but he was stubborn and quickly said dissatisfiedly: "The dog is not poor and the son is not ugly, marrying into the Zheng family, you have to follow the rules of our Zheng family, and you can't talk about her." ”

Zheng Yuanye persuaded on the side: "Aya, she is a famous lady who is a serious child, her eldest father is the imperial history, and there are many relatives who are officials in the clan, and then look at her dowry and pomp, is that an ordinary person, good guy, there are three hundred cars for the dowry alone, and there are two hundred slaves, it is said that she is still specially brought, and she was crowned the county monarch as soon as she got married, and she boldly said Aya as a son, and she can't be regarded as an ordinary granddaughter-in-law." ”

"That's... It also makes sense. Zheng Changduo's courage that he had just mustered was frightened by Zheng Yuanye, and he quickly wilted.

People will pinch you to death with a little finger, what is strong?

Seeing that Zheng Changduo was convinced, Zheng Yuanye continued to persuade: "Aya, in my opinion, Feiteng's daughter-in-law didn't look down on the Zheng family, otherwise she wouldn't have given a big gift just after entering, if the child remembers, he gave Aya a jade pendant and a handful of jade Ruyi, right?" ”

Thinking of the generous gift he received, Zheng Changduo's face eased again, nodded and said, "This granddaughter-in-law is still quite filial. ”

A smug look flashed in Zheng Yuanye's eyes, it was too easy for him to influence the old man's thoughts, and now he had no sense of accomplishment.

"That's it, people just think that the ancestral hall is not grand enough, Aya, think about it, Feiteng married Miss Cui as a daughter-in-law, and the people who will interact with our family in the future will be much more noble, if the ancestral hall is not more magnificent, I'm afraid it will make people laugh, if the nobles look down on it, where can they support it?"

Zheng Changduo said with a straight face: "That's right, people live with a face, this face can't be lost, second, what should we do?" ”

"Yes, that's what my son thinks, Feiteng's daughter-in-law's kindness can't be refused, but this money can't be all let out of her, we also take a little from the public account, make it proper and decent, so that Boling Cui's in-laws come, and it doesn't seem rude, and also give Feiteng's daughter-in-law a response, saying that we attach great importance to her and care about her, killing two birds with one stone, how good."

Zheng Changduo just wanted to agree, but soon said suspiciously: "When my in-laws come, they also look at the façade and decorations, and they won't look at our ancestral hall, right?" ”

Zheng Yuanjia paused for a moment, but he didn't expect the old man to be so shrewd and not be deceived all of a sudden, but his head turned quickly, and he quickly said: "Aya, people with status pay attention to the ancestral hall, maybe people want to see it, and besides, this is what your county granddaughter-in-law said, and she didn't mention it in other places, just mentioned the ancestral hall, there must be some meaning in it." ”

"Haha, the old man guessed" Zheng Changduo said happily: "Didn't Feiteng spend a lot of money to build a new house, how magnificent, it is estimated that there is nothing wrong with the house, I am afraid that the ancestral hall is not good, and it will leave a bad impression on the Boling Cui family, yes, it must be so." ”

Zheng Yuanye had already thought of this as an explanation, but he deliberately didn't mention it, but guided Zheng Changduo to say it, which seemed more reasonable, and immediately complimented him when he heard the words: "Yes, such a simple truth, why can't I think of it, it seems that Jiang is still old and spicy." ”

was slapped by his son, Zheng Changduo smiled happily, tapped on the table and said: "Miss Mingjia is different, one mouth is three thousand yuan, it's really generous, second, how much do you think we want to use to expand the ancestral hall?" ”

"At least double the three thousand runs, otherwise the reputation of the Yuancheng Zheng clan will be affected.

Lu Shu takes 10,000 guan, after the expansion of the ancestral hall, the gap can't be too big, you must know that Lu Shu is simple, but those people around her are all difficult characters to deal with, you can't take 10,000 guan and only decorate the effect of two or three thousand guan.

People can see it at a glance.

"So much?" Zheng Changduo gasped.

Zheng Yuanye persuaded: "The ancestral hall can be related to the great plan of Yuancheng, not much. ”

"You also know the situation at home, even if you are thrifty and cut down on food and clothing, I am afraid that I can't squeeze it out, otherwise, find Feiteng to get some."

"Yes, no" Zheng Yuanye immediately stopped: "Dowry, building bridges, welcoming relatives, setting up banquets, don't spend money, these money don't help the family at all, I heard that Feiteng is in debt, and it's not good to trouble him at this time." ”

Lu Shu said that he would take 10,000 yuan, and then look for Zheng Peng to take it, for fear that he would be recognized, where would Zheng Yuanye dare.

"There is a lot to say, but what can be done?"

Zheng Yuanye had already thought about it, and said in a low voice: "Yes, the eldest brother listens to you the most, I heard that Feiteng has been giving money to the eldest brother all these years, and when he comes back, Feiteng's daughter-in-law has brought them a lot of expensive gifts, so it is better to let the eldest brother give some." ”

"Good!"

.......

Huang San usually hangs his children, but once he has a task, he immediately becomes serious and efficient.

The next night, when Lu Shu, Lan Duo, Cardinal and others were playing cards in the hall, Huang San had already reported to Zheng Peng.

"Young master, I have inquired clearly, the people in the old mansion are restless." Huang San said with a serious face.

Zheng Peng lay on the leisure chair, closed his eyes and said, "What a restless method, tell me." ”

"The main thing is to take advantage of the friendliness of the young lady and change tricks to get benefits."

Seeing that Zheng Peng didn't speak, Huang San continued: "Actually, it is Zheng Cheng and Zheng Yuanye's father and son, first Zheng Yuanye's wife, that is, the young master's second aunt, saw that the silk used by Miss to make clothes was good-looking, and asked where to buy it, Miss directly sent someone to give her two horses, and they felt that Miss was easy to talk, so they became restless." ”

Zheng Yuanye excused himself to practice calligraphy, and saw that there was a set of four treasures in the scholar's room in the congratulatory gift, and he wanted to buy it, so the young lady gave it to him directly; Zheng Cheng said that his jade pendant was broken, but he was in a hurry to participate in the poetry meeting, so he didn't have time to buy it, so he asked the young lady to borrow one, and the small loan also generously gave him a jade pendant. ”

"The family of three refused to stop after tasting the sweetness, saying that the old man didn't sleep well at night and cheated away a jade pillow, that is, yesterday, that is, the young master saw Cheng Xiaolangjun, he was not entrusted to send things to the young lady, but on the pretext that the old lady was not in good health to ask for ginseng supplements, under the pretext that Yuancheng is a small place, there is no good ginseng, and the young lady took the money to buy it, but the young lady levied five guan money, and gave him the good old ginseng worth more than 600 guan, Cheng Xiaolangjun transferred to the raw pharmacy to sell the ginseng, and bought a ginseng of more than 70 guan to the old lady."

Zheng Peng said with a cold face: "Checked out?" Make no mistake, right? ”

"I found it out, I went to the pawnshop and the crude medicine shop to verify" Huang San said proudly: "I know that they are a little restless, the last time I came to Yuancheng with the young master, the little one looked for eyeliner in the old house, the eyeliner is Cheng Xiaolangjun's former personal maid Qiuying, she was broken by Cheng Xiaolangjun early, and promised to take her as a concubine at that time, but after he married Shi Jinmei, Qiuying was driven to do miscellaneous labor, and was beaten and scolded by Shi Jinmei from time to time, holding a grudge, often eavesdropping on what the two of them said, but Cheng Xiaolangjun was very afraid of his mother Shi Jinmei, I report everything, so I overheard a lot of secrets. ”

"That Qiuying hated Cheng Xiaolangjun very much, the little one didn't work hard, she just poured beans into the bamboo tube and said, by the way, young master, do you know how Cheng Xiaolangjun came out of the attic?"

"How did you get out?"

"Qiu Ying said that it was heard when Shi Jinmei taught Cheng Xiaolangjun a lesson, that is, his father-in-law sent someone to set a fire in the courtyard where the old man lived late at night, Cheng Xiaolangjun heroically rescued the old man, and was injured a little, and his father interceded for him again, mainly because Lang Jun was also soft-hearted and spoke for him, so the old man was relieved."

Okay, you can also inquire about this kind of hidden matter.

Zheng Cheng was not interested in how to make the old man loosen, but was interested in Huang San's layout in advance.

"Huang San, why did you think of looking for eyeliner next to my second uncle?"

Seeing that Zheng Peng was not angry, Huang San said cautiously: "Young master, those two fathers and sons are obviously not of the same mind as the young master, they used to treat the young master like that, and they didn't hide it from the young master, and the little ones couldn't do anything else, but the tricks were not bad, and there were some words, I don't know whether to say them or not." ”

"It's okay, just say whatever you want, Young Master Ben promises not to be angry."

Huang San plucked up the courage and said, "That... The little ones just go straight in? ”

"Say."

"The old man has four sons, Lang Jun doesn't care about anything, he only has poetry and songs in his head; Erlang Jun is too cunning, knows how to do what the old man likes, and his ability to do things is also good, so he is most liked by the old man; San Langjun is too shrewd, knowing that his status is not as good as Lang Jun, and his means are not as high as Erlang Jun, so he chooses to protect himself; Shiro-kun is too honest, he is obedient to everything, and Erlang-kun is the most restless in the family, and he is not friendly to the young master, so he specially left a careful eye, but he didn't expect it to come in handy. ”

Zheng Peng didn't speak, but looked Huang San up and down.

"Young Master, you... Whatever is there, just command. Huang San made Zheng Peng stare a little hairy, and said in a bit of a panic.

After staring at it for a while, Zheng Peng suddenly spoke: "Huang San, you don't have to follow me in the future." ”

In an instant, Huang San's face turned pale, and the whole person was agitated, and immediately knelt on the ground, while slapping his face hard, he cried bitterly and said: "Young master, young master, it was the little one who did something wrong, and he didn't get the young master's consent to make an assertion, how the young master punished the little one, as long as he can follow the young master, young master, please." ”

Hearing that he didn't want himself, Huang San was frightened on the spot, such a good master, it is difficult to find it with a lantern, if he changes the owner, I don't know what kind of treatment it will become.

It's not right to think about it, Zheng Cheng's father and son say that they are also masters, how can there be a reason for subordinates to monitor their masters, and they didn't get Zheng Peng's consent to do this, and they didn't inform Zheng Peng, for slaves, the following crimes are the least worthy of forgiveness.

Zheng Peng was taken aback by Huang San's reaction, and hurriedly grabbed him and said, "What are you doing, who said I don't want you anymore?" ”

"Young Master, you... Didn't I say I wouldn't follow you just now, this..."Huang San said a little confused.

Zheng Peng pulled him up and said angrily: "With your ability, just being a small follower is too wasteful, I am ready to give you a more important task." ”