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The eldest lady Wang brought her own daughter Xu Cuitao and two concubines to greet the old lady, and as soon as she entered the door, she found that her younger sister Liu had arrived, and she felt very uncomfortable when she looked at Liu's face with a smug spring breeze.

The room full of people got up to salute, and Liu also nodded with a smile and said hello.

In front of the old lady, Wang naturally stepped forward affectionately and said, "Say hello to my mother, and also say congratulations to my sister." I heard that his third uncle was selected by the imperial court to be the governor of the north to do the county, the north is cold, it snows for half a year a year, it is worrying to think about, it just so happens that I still have a few pieces of haode fur in the house, which was originally intended for the children, and now it is counted as a send-off gift to the third uncle, and I will order someone to send it to my sister when I turn around. ”

"Thank you sister-in-law, I'll keep the things." Liu sighed with a smile, "It's also a matter of no choice, this is the secret strength of the four uncles in the mansion over there, no matter how you say it, you are an official under the nose of the Yan Wangfu, and the family also has a care, this is all thanks to the blessing of the old lady, the eldest sister Princess Yan personally wrote to her mother, and promised to help take care of it." ”

The old lady smiled and said, "It's hard for the princess to still think about her old body." Alas, among the children of our Xu family, your eldest sister is knowledgeable, intelligent and sensible, and handsome, and she has been praised by her elders the most since she was a child. At that time, the second brother was out on the expedition, and the sister-in-law was not in good health, inside and out, she relied on the young princess to take care of it, and it was she who lost it, and the house was in order, who didn't boast? Alas, it's a pity that she is far away in the north with His Royal Highness King Yan, and she can't see each other from time to time, you go back and tell the third child a few more words, and the first thing to do when you arrive at the post is to visit his eldest sister in the Yan Wang's Mansion, and move around more if you have nothing to do. ”

"Yes." Liu Shi stood and said with a smile: "Mother doesn't have to be sad, every year the eldest sister has to return to Beijing with King Yan for reunion, this is already August, and we will see each other again in a few months." ”

"Hmm." The old lady smiled and said: "I don't have a daughter, your second grandfather's three girls were originally like my own, at first I was always with your second grandfather and two grandmothers, but gradually I lost that mind, this is better than seeing each other." ”

The Liu family and the Wang family both laughed understandingly when they heard this, and Xu Cuitao asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”

Wang replied with a smile: "What else?" Your three aunts are all princesses, and when they go home to save their relatives, even your second grandfather and your grandmother have to go through the big gift before they can talk about family affection again, and the royal rules are as many as cow hairs, and the whole family who tosses every time works hard. ”

"Oh, I said that several aunts have not been home in the past few years, it turned out to be for this." Xu Cuitao and her sisters suddenly realized.

The old lady nodded and said: "That's because your three aunts feel sorry for the elders, and it is inconvenient to explain to your children's families because of the side, in short, An Ansheng lives her own life." ”

"That's what Mother said." Liu Shi looked up and glanced outside, "Why hasn't the second sister-in-law come over yet, she must be worried about trivial matters." ”

Wang took the opportunity to smile and said: "It's all a family, why bother if she wants to be strong or unconvinced." ”

The old lady smiled and said nothing, but her henchman Xu Pozi suddenly said: "I'm afraid the two wives guessed wrong, last night the second wife came over to inform the Taijun of a good news, the second master and the third master of the house opened a silk shop together, and there can be two thousand taels a year." ”

"What, that's the case?" The eldest lady Wang's heart tightened, and her face became uncomfortable.

In addition to secretly purchasing 100 acres of fertile land over the years, the husband and wife have to spend a lot of money, and the population of the long house is large, and the rest are spent on the ushering of relatives to send them to the top, and there is not much savings in their hands.

Besides, in recent years, the imperial court has no war to fight, Xu Yaozu does not want to be a hereditary military general in the border area, in addition to being a member of the Wei family's military general, receiving a salary, which is equivalent to being idle at home for many years.

Originally, most of the entire family business of the Wang family was brought down by her husband, and her in-laws were meritorious and noble, and they had a high sense of superiority among the concubines.

It's good now, all of a sudden, the third child became the magistrate, and seeing that the third room was developed, Liu swept away the previous welcome in front of him and began to sit up on an equal footing, which was annoying enough.

Who knew that the second room, which has always been low-key, quietly made a silk shop, although she didn't understand much, but she also knew that opening a silk shop required a large amount of principal, and it was by no means comparable to opening an oil and salt sauce shop casually.

Is it possible that even the second room will be ridden on my head in the future? Wang only felt that the eyes around her were no longer in awe of the previous ones, but were full of ridicule and sarcasm.

The second wife, Liu, reacted differently, and immediately asked suspiciously: "Where did you get so many silver taels from the old second-hand?" I didn't hear any wind beforehand. ”

Mrs. Xu shook her head and said, "I don't know." ”

Wang exclaimed: "Could it be that the second couple is full of private pockets? ”

Liu sneered in his heart, glanced at his sister-in-law with disdain, and said in his heart that if this is the case, the second sister-in-law lost her heart and ran to tell the old lady, she was really confused.

"No nonsense." The old lady glanced at the two daughters-in-law, and said slowly: "The second daughter-in-law is shrewd, she has saved 1,800 taels of silver over the years, I don't believe you think about it, there is only one girl next to Brother Hao Qinglian Hongye, she is very strict, the three children and the second child never dare to spend money indiscriminately, and who of you is not a group of people to serve?" Race the flowers one by one? The second daughter-in-law borrowed 1,000 taels from the family, and took the dowry to pawn, so that she had enough to make up the principal of 5,000 taels. Alas, if you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are at home, one day when I stretch my legs, you will have to take care of this family business in the future, don't make a fuss in the middle of the family. ”

"Yes." Wang and Liu hurriedly got up and admitted their mistakes, Wang only felt that his face was hot, as if the object of the old lady's words was himself. And the spring breeze in front of Liu's eyes was proud, and she didn't care about the old lady's golden and jade words, but just thought that a gust of wind was blowing in her ears.

Suddenly, I heard a movement outside, "The second wife is here." ”

The room was full of people looking intently, and they saw Xiao Shi, who was dressed in plain clothes, and came in with a smile: "What are you talking about?" Poor to see, on this hot day, the yard is full of little girls, old lady, please be gracious, hurry up and elect people, otherwise you will faint a few times. ”

Wang snorted and lowered his gaze. Liu said with a smile: "Oh, the second sister-in-law can't make a big deal, and we can't make decisions on our own, who doesn't know that the second sister-in-law is the rich man of the whole family now." ”

"What are these words, it seems that I came late, can't I admit my mistake?" Xiao Shi smiled and walked up to the old lady and said a blessing.

The old lady said angrily: "You are the wicked person who sued first, not to wait for you, those poor girls will stand for a long time?" Alright, let the stewards in charge of this come in. ”

At that moment, four elderly mothers-in-law walked in from outside, standing with their hands down. Xu Hao, who came in with his mother, saw this kind of battle for the first time, and mixed among the brothers, his face was full of curiosity.

I don't want the old lady to have old eyes, but I am so good, I raised my hand and pointed to the grandchildren who were licking their faces and waiting to see the woman, and frowned: "The affairs of this woman's family, what are you guys doing here?" All out. ”

Xu Wen and the others immediately ran out in a gloomy manner, causing most of the women in the room to laugh, who knew that only Xu Hao was not embarrassed, but said: "If you don't go through anything, you won't be wise, unless you have to take off your clothes and check in public, why let me get out?" ”

"Huh!" It was the first time for the old lady to see Xu Hao dare to refute in front of him, and said with interest: "Aren't you shy in front of such a group of girls in front of you?" ”

Xu Hao raised his chest and raised his head, and said loudly: "I am a gentleman, and I am still afraid of them?" ”