The restart of wealth-gathering life
Chapter 193 Where Do Customers Come From
When Wang entered Tongtong's room again, she was slightly stunned, the previous aura of wealth and honor was gone.The house is neat, clean and elegant but also sober.The things on the shelf are the same as those made by the clay figurines at the base of the city wall, but they have been painted with some color to make the things made of clay more gorgeous, and are they stones?A few strokes on the stone outline a picture of a beauty, just put it like that, or a plain white porcelain plate, draw a picture on the plate, just lean on it like that.
It's something that can be bought for a few dollars outside of Yishui, but she never knew that these things could be placed like this.
In the main hall, the square table and small round chairs are neatly arranged, but no one is seen.When I heard the sound of "Sister-in-law", I found out that there were narrow kangs near the windows on both sides of the door. The kang was covered with red felt. The round stool is placed casually.A pretty young daughter-in-law just came down from the kang and stood by the side of the kang, wearing a light yellow jacket and a pomegranate skirt on her upper body.Holding the half-finished work in his hand, he stood there with a smile on his face, "Sister-in-law, come and sit down! It's warm on the kang."
A thick curtain was hung on the door to block the cold air outside. Although it is next to the window, the cold air is also severe, but the bed on the kang is thick, and the bed on the kang that covers the legs is definitely not cotton. Yes, it should be excellent wool and warm.The kang is also very hot, and there are several charcoal basins in the main hall alone.At this time, there was a burnt smell in the room, maybe something was buried in the charcoal basin and roasted.
Lin Yutong invited them to sit down, and called Xiaotao, "Don't pour tea, but a bowl of pear soup."
Xiaotao responded, and swiftly lifted the copper pot and poured a cup of pear soup. The pear soup was thick, golden, yet translucent.Braving the billowing heat, it can be seen that it has been hanging like this all along.
Then this girl couldn't sit still, and she was afraid she would eat it with the fire chopsticks.
Lin Yutong said to follow the girl of the eldest grandma, "It's called Xiaoya, go play with Xiaotao, she buried chestnuts in the charcoal basin inside, wishing she could stay by the side. Go and see, pick some good ones Peel it and bring it to your grandma."
The eldest grandma glanced at the little girl and nodded.Xiaoya blessed her body and followed Xiaotao.Lin Yutong said: "With them sticking around, it hinders us from talking. Sister-in-law, don't care about others, you can do whatever you want."
Only then did Wang see what Lin Yutong was up to, and her feelings were to use silk cloth to make bionic flowers.
This silk flower jewelry store has them, and they all bought hairpins.But the real rich and noble people have very few households, except for those who came out of the palace, there are very few top ones.This is also the last time I heard my aunt say it.She likes this. In the past, every New Year, if she could add a few flowers like this, it would be a joy.
But looking at this big flower, it doesn't look like a hairpin head either.
Lin Yutong neatly made one, and then put it in the small flower basket beside him, "Make an ornament for yourself, and put it on display." He laughed, "It's all useless silk cloth, I learned to cut it before." , It was cut by me. It’s useless to think about it, I have nothing to do, and I’m fiddling with it.”
Wang turned over the material, no, it was cut like this.So he laughed, "If you have any tailoring work in the future, just call me, it's not troublesome."
Lin Yutong responded quickly, and discussed the kitchen with Wang, "I am close to my mother's family, so it is convenient to ask for help. I will inevitably ask someone to help the kitchen. Sister-in-law, there are even fewer people. If it is only you and Big Brother, I’m busy coming over here. I’m afraid that the elders who come here every now and then go to eat, but no matter what, they are tight-lipped. Ordinarily, serving the elders should be done by yourself. But if you want to entertain guests, your grandma will always Can’t you stay in the back kitchen all the time? No matter how bad it is, we need a person who washes and rinses under the kitchen. If we want to find such a person, I’m afraid we can’t do it. We have to go out and ask people outside. It’s good to be a talented person.”
Mrs. Wang nodded hurriedly, and said something very sincerely: "Where you should be frugal, you must be frugal, and when you should be decent, you must be decent. This is where Yanjing is not as good as the border..."
Lin Yutong immediately burst out laughing, "Sister-in-law is right! Using the money of an ordinary family to maintain a decent life is to see what a headed grandmother can do."
Wang looked at Lin Yutong again, it didn't sound like a simple child's words at all.People don't know how to behave and speak decently, so be more considerate.She smiled shyly, "I'm new to the world, and if I don't understand anything in the future, I'll have to trouble my siblings."
"You just come here. On weekdays, fourth master is not often at home, and occasionally he has to go out to meet friends, or to do something, and now he can't handle it in the house, so he is in the outer yard. You just come here with your needle and thread. We sisters Wouldn't it be convenient for you to talk with me?"
Mrs. Wang also hurriedly said: "I can't do any fine work, the soles of the fourth brother's shoes, you are delicate and small, this stupid work hurts your hands, if you don't have it later, you tell me, I can't do other things, but accept Sole fast!"
Whose hands don't become more delicate the more they protect them?
Of course, Lin Yutong would not bother him, but since he is so honest, she can deal with people with peace of mind.
Mrs. Wang didn't sit down much, and she wasn't very good at talking, but in this way, Lin Yutong knew that Mrs. Wang was stupid and straight-tempered, but her heart was clear. Mrs. Wang understood what was going on with the money she gave before.
Brothers are for this money, and whoever owes it will be born.Now that I have yours, it is tight.When the hands are loose and the boss, then naturally he wants to return it.But it doesn't matter, that's the love for each other.
The person was about to leave, and Lin Yutong asked the eldest mother to pack a few taels of bird's nest, "It's a mess outside this year, and some good ones are hard to find in the capital. This is from the Duke's mansion, and I still have some here. My sister-in-law will take it first." Use it. If the old lady eats with you, she will add a bowl of bird’s nest at night and eat alone. This will last for a while. Wait until next year, or you will find a good one, or I will meet another good one , let’s discuss buying again.”
"This is too precious..."
"Then those goji berries are all wild, high-grade goods..."
"It's worth nothing."
"It may not be worth anything in the northwest, but it is not easy to find such goods in Yanjing. My sister-in-law writes to her natal family, and she must trouble her in-laws and aunts. Goji berries like this, and red dates in the northwest are all good. Things are rare. If there are any good ones in the future, please keep them for me. I will send them to the duke's mansion and palace after I make wine."
The Wang family can only be happy. For her natal family, it is also difficult to give gifts to herself. The gifts must be expensive, and the family cannot afford them.The delivery is quite satisfactory, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get it out.Nowadays, these things that are not costly to others and are said to be very rare, that is the best.Just mentioning in the letter that the delivery to the Duke's mansion is enough to benefit the mother's family.The old man's prestige in the northwest is extremely high, how can there be anyone in the army who doesn't give the old man face?
When the people left, Xiaotao smiled when she came back, "Third Grandma is probably going to ask what we did when she turned around."
Lin Yutong just laughed, this Chu family is quite interesting.Maybe her way of thinking is like that. She wants to please the elders, and secretly always wants to make something different.When Xiaodao came back earlier, he told Xiaotao that Second Grandma's girl had gone out and said she was at the door to find out where I could buy bird's nest.Know what it means without asking.There is no shortage of bird's nests here, and Dafang should not be able to think of it.Mrs. Liu is not stupid. In the end it was her family's turn. Just by asking around, she found out that the three families prepared something and nothing. Every family made bird's nest, so it was impossible for her not to prepare it.What's more, she lived next to the Chu family's gate, so she could hear every movement.Is there any reason not to prepare?
Sure enough, Mrs. Liu sent a girl over at night, and asked Lin Yutong if there was any extra bird's nest here, and let her get it out first.Lin Yutong had asked the eldest mother to get ready. If Mrs. Liu was not ready, she would send it to Mrs. Liu in advance.Who knew that this clever man was so shrewd that he called someone to come to his door without being polite at all.The girl is here to deliver a message, and she told the mother-in-law that it is fine to cook on the stove, but ordinary farm meals and noodles can be made. It seems that this kind of thing has never been made, so she called to ask.The eldest mother said it carefully before sending him away.
The Zhou family has been the family of this family for half his life, and all his sons are held by hand. She knows what happened today.She understands the sons, what the boss has realized this time, only he knows.But this understanding is more useful than how many words I said before.As for the second child, he does not hide big money with his family, but all he saves is small money.It's like the brothers eat together and the boss always pays for it.This is not to say that who cheats whom, the boss thinks he is the boss and has to give in to the brothers.After the money was saved, the second child was compared with the third child, and the second child was more calculating than the third child, and the third child was very generous when he went out with friends, so even if he had money, he still had three melons and two dates Yes, enough for a meal of wine.As for the second child, it is impossible to go out without spending money, but no matter how good the relationship is with the brother, it is impossible to ask him to spend money in the open sky.This is why the third child has no money to buy it, so he went to the back kitchen.The reason why the second child can still make a living.
The second child was born to his aunt Bai, but his temperament really doesn't follow Bai's.Bai's is big and transformed, and he didn't calculate that string at all.The third child was born by the second aunt, Li Shi, who was a little picky, and the third child's extravagant behavior almost didn't make Li Shi die of anger.These two not only took care of the family affairs, but she also bought a small village for them back then, with a hundred acres of land, and the income was tens of taels of silver a year, which was more nourishing than serious wealthy households.All these years, he didn't care about anything, he saved up money.The day is Xiao Yao.When they married their son a daughter-in-law, the two came and said they were willing to take out the money they had saved, because the family was in trouble.She didn't want it, and told them: "You are not allowed to subsidize the second and third children." She used an analogy, saying that the wolf and the dog are actually the same.It's just a dog, which is fed to its full, so it can only be guarded by people.Wolves are not fed, so they learn to eat people and travel thousands of miles without worry.She warned the two, "I have raised my son to be capable of raising wolves, but I haven't stimulated the wildness of wolves. If I don't encounter difficulties, I will never think about going out to find meat!"
Bai was worried, "The main reason is that my daughter-in-law will be spoiled and spoiled, so I will endure hardships!"
"Let's watch, who else can be hungry? There's nothing I can do, can I really watch? When a daughter-in-law enters the house, she is just like a girl. You think that only men need skills, and women don't? Can move around It is also knowledge to let the life of the family go on. If I hold on to the right to run the house and do not let go, then they will be like this for the rest of their lives. With my body, I will live another 20 years, which is nothing to say. At that time, they were all mothers-in-law...how can they live without knowing anything?"
The order to die is given, you are only allowed to watch, and you are not allowed to interfere.
Then the second and third children are good at this, no matter how difficult it is to ask their aunts for it.The second child has some savings, but it is enough for the time being.If I want to live a little better, the second daughter-in-law must subsidize it.The third child is here to make money and the other will make ends meet, and the daughter-in-law can make a living with a few taels of subsidy.In addition to the brickworkers needed, the fourth child directly bought the materials together, and hired the craftsmen together, saving the money for the three families.
It can be said that she has thought of everything including the fact that the fourth child has money to subsidize her brother.The only thing I didn't expect was that this little daughter-in-law was really good at handling things.Ask her to do it, she may not be so decent.Soft and supple, but no disadvantages.
The nanny who followed her laughed, "After all, she has a solid foundation. The dowry is not a nurse, but someone who has served the old concubine and the old princess. I'm afraid it's the nurturing nanny..."
Zhou Shi also nodded, I'm afraid that's the case.With Mammy pointing this way, after a few years, it should be something.
When they came together the next day, Jin Taian asked, "Are you really going to eat at Lao Si's place today?"
Really go!What are you afraid of?
Mrs. Zhou also got up, first went to the yard to punch, and then waited for Jin Taian to finish training and wash up, then picked up the old lady and called the two aunts, let's go!
It is said that the old lady does not need to run when it is cold, but the old lady is not happy.He has quick legs and feet, so he just wants to take advantage of this gap to go out for a walk.Since the new daughter-in-law came in, it was the first time to come here.The couple were already waiting at the door, welcoming them in with smiles on their faces.There was already a meal on the square table in the main hall, and it was the fourth master who accompanied Jin Tai'an to eat.The table on the kang belongs to the old lady and Mrs. Zhou together with Tongtong.A small table was set up for the two aunts, and there were two small round stools sitting under the kang.The dishes and meals are the same.But the division of seats between men and women, the order of superiority and inferiority, can be seen at a glance.
The staple food is sauced meat buns, scallion pancakes, and egg rolls.There are four kinds of side dishes, not marinated, but freshly made, cold choy sum, cold three shredded vegetables, dried onion and tofu, and soy lotus vegetables.Considering that Zhou likes spicy oil and raw garlic, he adjusted the bowl for eating steamed buns.Then there are two kinds of porridge, one eight-treasure porridge, and the same goji berry milk porridge.
This thing is easy to eat when you eat it in your mouth!It's like Jin Tai'an practicing martial arts, and it's boring not to eat meat.I prefer steamed buns with sauced meat. The fourth master took three baskets of small ones, but there were five buns the size of a fist in one basket. Jin Taian killed twelve of them by himself, and the dishes were even wiped out. After drinking two bowls of porridge, he belched indecently.
The old lady is getting old, she likes rice pudding, which has a strong sweet taste, and it tastes good with scallion pancakes dipped in the bowl. After eating two pancakes and a meat bun with sauce, it’s not enough, and I want to eat eggs Roll, Lin Yutong blocked it, that's all.
The two aunts were a little cautious when they ate at Lin Yutong's place.Now the son-in-law is also raising his aunt.Seeing that, Lin Yutong didn't say hello much, only talking to Mrs. Zhou and the old lady.
Talk about using something particularly expensive?No!Only milk is not easy to buy.But does the meal lose its color without milk?
It didn't cost much money, but it was good to eat well.If you have a Zhuangzi and grow some by yourself, then this basic household is not a big burden.
To be honest, eating this kind of food for a year cost less money than the fourth child would pay for picking up a stone and selling it.
Zhou wanted to boast, but wished she could raise the corners of her mouth, but she still had to be reserved, take a look, and then talk.
After eating, the men were busy with their work.Lin Yutong left the Zhou family, the old lady and the two aunts behind.If there is work in hand, ask the girl to take it and do needlework.If I'm not busy, I'll accompany the old lady Lele, play cards, talk and laugh, and come over in a while.
Then the fruit dessert is put on the table. The fruit is Sydney peeled and cut into pieces, and the dessert is sesame oil roll, which is crispy.At noon, according to Zhou's preference, pasta.The noodles are the same, but the ingredients are all on the table, soup, dry mix, hot and sour, spicy, sesame sauce... I tasted half a bowl of various flavors, and I was full!
A few stir-fried dishes at night are not complicated, such as dried beans, dried eggplant, dried fungus and mushrooms, plus some minced pork, some rice and hot soup.This day is all alive.
The old lady went back, and then Lin Yutong asked Xiaotao to give her a bird's nest, which was considered to be the first time to support her.
Mrs. Zhou picked up the abacus beads when she went back, "If this is calculated based on mutton, how can we people not have seven or eight catties of mutton? No!" Except for the bird's nest for the old lady.
She also asked the girl, "Did the Fourth Grandma make it herself?"
yes! "Xiaodao helped fetch water in the morning, saw that it was made, and even made the noodles at noon because he was alive in the morning and was awake all the time."
good good good good!With a noble background but not noble, this daughter-in-law has really married her heart.
The next day, everyone went to dinner, ouch!In the morning, there is a large pancake and side dish tofu nao, and a large pot of roasted rabbit meat at noon, with steamed buns and noodles.At night, white rice, fried rabbit offal, stewed rabbit head, and two vegetarian dishes can be served.
Mrs. Zhou was curious, she didn't even know when she bought the rabbit.As a result, I only found out after inquiring about it. The eldest daughter-in-law helped the little beggar outside the back door, and said, send all the wild game you get, and give money as usual.Not only did she give money, she asked the little girl to change the worn-out padded jackets worn by the young servants in the family, or the clothes worn by the eldest who couldn't go out, and sent them to the little beggar.These people have a lot of ways to get this thing, and they took five rabbits in one day yesterday.I ate one yesterday, and there are still four hanging behind.The rabbit skin said that she could nitrate it herself, and later she would make boots for the beggar and send it back.
Kind-hearted, willing to be flexible, not blindly comparing with the fourth child, and doing his best to take good care of him inside and out.The old lady praised, "This eldest daughter-in-law is not wrong."
But when it comes to the solemnity of the wind, it has to be the second child's family.The chef was specially invited from the restaurant outside, and the fat chicken and duck, such fresh fish in the sky, were all prepared.There are seven dishes and eight bowls, and all dishes have their origins.But just for today, the cost is about seven or eight taels.
Zhou didn't say anything wrong with his daughter-in-law, but only boasted.The Chu family should want to show off their wealth, to prove that she has capital in this family.Then show off, what you spend is your money, you can spend it however you want.
When I arrived at Laosan's house, it was obviously much more simple. Farmhouse meals, pumpkin porridge, pumpkin cakes, small pickles, and dried melons with vermicelli are a dish. When cooking, put some bacon to add flavor.I'm afraid it's boring not to eat meat, but our pigs are just as good if they are cooked well.
Looking around, Mrs. Zhou said to Jin Taian, "How is it?"
Jin Taian chuckled, "It's all thanks to you!"
That is!
Mrs. Zhou doesn't blame Mrs. Chu for showing off, as long as she can show off, it is not a crime.
As a result, the Jin family completed the reorganization of the division of labor in almost three to five days.
Then, as a man of the Jin family, he will soon find out that this is not motivated, it seems really impossible.If you don't make progress, your daughter-in-law will always live on.Especially Uncle Jin, who stood for half the night looking at the frozen hard rabbit meat under the eaves.Although the elders used rabbit meat for their first meal, what about the next time?Does the daughter-in-law have to think of other ways?If he could earn that share of the family business, why would his daughter-in-law live on the word 'province'?
As the eldest son, not to mention taking care of his younger siblings, but he should have the responsibility of supporting his parents.Now that it is like this, although the brothers are fair, but this kind of fairness is ashamed for the eldest brother.What he thinks is, if I have the ability, can I tell my parents to eat at this one and that one?When he returned home, he discussed with Mrs. Wang, "I'm thinking... change an errand."
Mrs. Wang didn't even think about it, "You are in charge of the outside affairs, and you can do whatever you want. You don't have to worry about the family affairs. With the 200 taels of silver, I will take care of it. Now it is the Chinese New Year, and there is nothing to worry about. I can’t do it. When the new year opens, I’ll use my money to set up a small shop in the outer city. The girl is quite spiritual, and she’s good at making snacks in the northwest. Give me some capital, and the shop will be able to support it. The little beggar helped and asked to do odd jobs in the store, and the business started. She has six or four, and she has three or five taels of silver in a month, which is enough for household use!" As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, "It's going to cost money. An errand, but what else do you want to send to Shangguan? I still have some pressed silver in my hand, why don't I use that first..."
Need not!If you want to talk to the fourth child, you can still go to Yi Guogong.It was rumored outside that the city defense battalion was going to be transferred to Yingzhou, but there was always a part of the manpower left. He wanted to transfer there and stay. This was an opportunity.An opportunity to rise to the top if you seize it!
The second child thought differently again, the second child wanted to go to the patrolling camp.Patrolling the Fifth Battalion and only maintaining law and order in the capital, it is necessary to mingle with the three religions and nine streams, but also to talk to the children of the powerful and powerful.
The third child also wants to find another errand, but he has no idea where to go.
The two brothers came to look for the boss by coincidence, met the fourth master, and were taken back to the yard by the fourth master.The boss's house has no two partitions, so the sister-in-law who went to quarrel this time can't rest.The fourth master called the boss to come over in the yard, Lin Yutong called to invite the Wang family, the two sisters-in-law went to the kitchen, cut a pot of pork head meat, and then put good wine on it, on the narrow kang on both sides, the four brothers sat on one side, Sitting on one side are two sisters-in-law.
The jar of wine over there hadn't been opened yet, Mrs. Liu came over, bringing two plates of dried tofu and fried peanuts.Mrs. Chu came late, but she brought a lot of things, seven or eight dishes, Lin Yutong didn't even look at the dishes, she just asked Xiaotao to add a kang table there, and then she didn't care.The four sisters-in-law are sitting on the kang here.Women don't care about men's affairs, and this is the first time that the four sisters-in-law are so complete.
Lin Yutong was holding embroidery work in her hand, and she was making shoes for Sun's newly born brother Genge.The child's shoes are easy to make, and while she was doing it, she chatted with Mrs. Liu.Sitting there, Mrs. Chu took a look around the room, and saw that there were not so many valuable things, but instead, there were some things to display. Look...it's not like neither fish nor fowl.
She sighed in her heart, if someone else played with this, they would laugh poorly.But as soon as this identity changed, it was different immediately.It's as if the cheap things are being manipulated by the nobles, and the value has risen.Looking at this noble girl, there is only a wooden hairpin on her head, which seems to be the handicraft of my uncle.Then there was a thin silver ring on her finger, which was very delicate, and she didn't wear any other jewelry.They are all homely clothes, and they don't seem to be that particular about it.
Just listen to her talking to Mrs. Liu, "It's good to know how to do these embroidery tasks. If you don't know how to do it, you don't need to force it. My mother always said that it is the most unworthy to spend so much effort on these things." Show Liu the vamp that I am working on, "This is the plain one. I will embroider a simple pattern, and it will be done in a few stitches."
Mrs. Liu clicked her tongue, "I used to listen to operas, and the empresses in the operas acted... Let's think stupidly, that is to drink gold and swallow silver, and the clothes on the body should not be full of gold and jade, that's about the same."
Lin Yutong just laughed, "Women still despise being heavy, but in fact, whether it is the Queen of the Palace or the Concubine of the Palace, they are all extremely simple."
The Chu family walked over at once, "Fourth sibling, is this noble concubine more attractive? Or is the queen more attractive?"
Lin Yutong: "..." It's not a compliment in the palace to say who is good-looking.She could only say, "The empress is virtuous, the concubine is dignified, and they are all very kind!"
Chu didn't understand the meaning of this for a while, and she only answered the wrong question because she didn't understand the meaning.
The eldest mother poured sherbet on the side, and interrupted: "Third grandma, if you try this, is it still good?"
Mrs. Chu respected the grandma very much. She took it with both hands, and before she had drunk it, she hurriedly said, "It's useful! It's very useful." Mrs. Liu quickly talked about other things, "...I thought, it's going to be Chinese New Year , shall we line up the days to see which day we have to go out, which day we have to entertain guests, and how many guests we have to welcome. It’s already the twelfth lunar month, and we should also prepare our New Year’s goods. And this New Year’s Eve dinner, What kind of charter should it be?"
This is a big event, and then I took the almanac, paper and pen, and arranged it.
The commotion reached around midnight, and they all went back to rest.
Fourth master had to look around the yard before going to bed, and when he came back, Tongtong was already under the covers.The foot-washing water beside the kang was steaming, fourth master sat over to soak his feet in it, and Lin Yutong asked, "I've been tossing so much, is it necessary when you're in trouble?"
This is what the fourth master said, "I told the three people about the powerful relationship, and told them that it is better to be quiet now. It depends on whether they want to eat a stable meal, or really work hard to earn fame, but the three of them shrank gone."
Lin Yutong: "..." I have to say that the education of the Jin family is very special.
Such people should start unless there is a special opportunity.
"And then?" Lin Yutong asked, isn't seeking a future just to support the family?Now this road is blocked, so don't really mess around.
"It can't be messed up!" The fourth master laughed, "The second child, the Yue family, is able to make money, and he never lets go when he sees an opportunity. Ask the second child to come forward to do business with the Chu family. The Chu family will pay the capital, and the second child will be in the middle , the boss contacted his Yue’s family and his wife’s Zhou’s family. In the northwest, the Zhou’s family is not as powerful as the Wang’s. If they are tied together and go through the east-west trade route, how much money can’t they earn?”
Where is the third child?
"The youngest Yue's family and the second brother-in-law together supply goods to the Northwest. There are so many people hiding in the Northwest. What is the most important thing? Food and cloth. Food is too sensitive, so don't touch it. But grow cotton and linen, spin and weave. The wool was washed and bleached outside the customs... After a procedure, it was shipped to the northwest..."
The whole thing binds the whole family together.With myself and fourth master, all the way to the northwest will be smooth.Who has nothing to do with this trouble?Looking back, there is still the Marquis of Cheng'en's Mansion, which is connected to the Empress and the First Prince.As long as you don't make huge profits from it, this is actually solving the problem for the emperor.With so many people hiding in the northwest, supplies must be in short supply.If the things passed directly through Yi Guogong's hands, then the business was actually done with the emperor.The Jin family just pretended they didn't know anything, and sold it to a 'big buyer', what did they do with the goods, do we care?
In this way, in fact, every family has a share.It's like myself and fourth master, needless to say, but don't they know who they rely on to make a living.
In Si Ye's words, if you don't seize this opportunity, the opportunity to make a fortune may be fleeting.Taking advantage of the chaos to save your life and increase your wealth, you have to keep a low profile and not attract attention, so you need to pay special attention to this matter.
After muttering like this, the brothers thought together that they were able to do this, and then they broke up.
From tomorrow onwards, everyone will be busy one by one, the fourth master will not go anywhere, and if we lose the dividends later, no one can lose ours.
If she knew it, she would be at ease, and she would not ask any more questions.
But the fourth master was not around the next day, so he went out to buy a homecoming gift.Three dynasties did not come back, this time nine dynasties, I have to go back.
What are you bringing to the Lin family?
Lin Yutong was not idle all day at home, and made nine kinds of simple snacks. The bad ones were sent out to each room of the Jin family. The paper was packed.The fourth master did not know who he was looking for. He brought a few baskets of vegetables from the hot spring village, such as spinach, garlic, and water radishes, as well as fish that were fished out from under the ice in advance. I didn't know where they were raised earlier. Well, in today's day, they can only be loaded on the carriage one by one, at least when they arrive, they will still be live fish.
How can Mrs. Zhou not know about such a big movement?In fact, the matter of returning home has to be handled by the elders.She gritted her teeth and took out the wild ginseng that her man had collected from the mountains in the early years, and then asked someone to send it to Lin Yutong.
Chu rummaged through the boxes in the house, and finally found a box of spices at the bottom of the box.In addition, I packed a large piece of bezoar brought from home together with Gou Bao and Ma Bao, packed it up and took it with me.
Spices are common, and some spices are highly sought after by those who like them, but those who don't like them may not love them.Moreover, her spice is not a raw material, it is prepared by a master who is said to be from Tianmiao, and it is now an orphan.Precious is precious here.
Lin Yutong laughed after smelling it, but said nothing.The person who made the spices was none other than Cheng.Since she became a princess, she has not touched these things.But Lin Yutong had smelled this fragrance before.Given Chu's background, I'm afraid I really didn't find out the specific source of this thing, so I sent it to myself.Lin Yutong didn't cry out, but only praised, and asked Xiaotao to accept it.
But the remaining three are really hard to find.Not to mention anything else, just this piece of bezoar, with Lin Yutong's knowledge, he has never seen much better than this one.
To be honest, this ceremony is a bit heavy.
She closed the lid on these three things, and was not in a hurry to take them away. She asked Mrs. Chu first: "Second sister-in-law has something to do, but she just said it. I dare not accept such an expensive gift."
Chu smiled awkwardly, "It's just my junior's wish."
"If it's just a wish, it's not worth anything." Lin Yutong said, "The tea that the second sister-in-law brought last time was excellent. I know that it was produced and fried by your mother's family in the south of the village. Give me that tea." Just take two catties. What the younger generation gives is a piece of paper and a piece of grass, and my parents can only be happy. How can I accept such a valuable thing?"
Mrs. Chu grabbed the handkerchief, gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind, and then smiled wryly, "Sister and brother, I'm not afraid of your jokes. The marriage with the Jin family was also decided after weighing by my father. When I made the decision, I rushed I want my aunt to marry into the Marquis of Cheng'en..." But this aunt is really difficult to deal with, just looking at her temperament, one can tell that she is not liked by the elders in the Hou's mansion.The things that were planned before can only be thought of from other places.She said embarrassingly, "In my family, there are four brothers and sisters. I have an elder brother above me, and a brother and a sister below me... My sister is younger than me, but she has a good birth, so far she has not been engaged..."
Lin Yutong was surprised, "Your family wants to send the girl into the palace?"
Chu's face flushed red.
It's not that Lin Yutong looked down upon her. The Chu family was originally a family of merchants, so they naturally went for the best interests.Cheng Enhou's Mansion was not a small family back then, but what about now?With this successful example ahead, it seems that these calculations are not surprising.
The concubine is selected from the folks, and the Chu family can indeed send it to the election.If someone strikes up a conversation, and there is money to clear it up, it's hard to say that this thing can really be done.
But in this situation, is it really okay to enter the palace?
Lin Yutong didn't ask that question, but only asked Chu's, "Did you mention this to the second brother?"
Not yet!
Then you are too daring, you dare to come to your door without discussing it with the two of you! ?
It's something that can be bought for a few dollars outside of Yishui, but she never knew that these things could be placed like this.
In the main hall, the square table and small round chairs are neatly arranged, but no one is seen.When I heard the sound of "Sister-in-law", I found out that there were narrow kangs near the windows on both sides of the door. The kang was covered with red felt. The round stool is placed casually.A pretty young daughter-in-law just came down from the kang and stood by the side of the kang, wearing a light yellow jacket and a pomegranate skirt on her upper body.Holding the half-finished work in his hand, he stood there with a smile on his face, "Sister-in-law, come and sit down! It's warm on the kang."
A thick curtain was hung on the door to block the cold air outside. Although it is next to the window, the cold air is also severe, but the bed on the kang is thick, and the bed on the kang that covers the legs is definitely not cotton. Yes, it should be excellent wool and warm.The kang is also very hot, and there are several charcoal basins in the main hall alone.At this time, there was a burnt smell in the room, maybe something was buried in the charcoal basin and roasted.
Lin Yutong invited them to sit down, and called Xiaotao, "Don't pour tea, but a bowl of pear soup."
Xiaotao responded, and swiftly lifted the copper pot and poured a cup of pear soup. The pear soup was thick, golden, yet translucent.Braving the billowing heat, it can be seen that it has been hanging like this all along.
Then this girl couldn't sit still, and she was afraid she would eat it with the fire chopsticks.
Lin Yutong said to follow the girl of the eldest grandma, "It's called Xiaoya, go play with Xiaotao, she buried chestnuts in the charcoal basin inside, wishing she could stay by the side. Go and see, pick some good ones Peel it and bring it to your grandma."
The eldest grandma glanced at the little girl and nodded.Xiaoya blessed her body and followed Xiaotao.Lin Yutong said: "With them sticking around, it hinders us from talking. Sister-in-law, don't care about others, you can do whatever you want."
Only then did Wang see what Lin Yutong was up to, and her feelings were to use silk cloth to make bionic flowers.
This silk flower jewelry store has them, and they all bought hairpins.But the real rich and noble people have very few households, except for those who came out of the palace, there are very few top ones.This is also the last time I heard my aunt say it.She likes this. In the past, every New Year, if she could add a few flowers like this, it would be a joy.
But looking at this big flower, it doesn't look like a hairpin head either.
Lin Yutong neatly made one, and then put it in the small flower basket beside him, "Make an ornament for yourself, and put it on display." He laughed, "It's all useless silk cloth, I learned to cut it before." , It was cut by me. It’s useless to think about it, I have nothing to do, and I’m fiddling with it.”
Wang turned over the material, no, it was cut like this.So he laughed, "If you have any tailoring work in the future, just call me, it's not troublesome."
Lin Yutong responded quickly, and discussed the kitchen with Wang, "I am close to my mother's family, so it is convenient to ask for help. I will inevitably ask someone to help the kitchen. Sister-in-law, there are even fewer people. If it is only you and Big Brother, I’m busy coming over here. I’m afraid that the elders who come here every now and then go to eat, but no matter what, they are tight-lipped. Ordinarily, serving the elders should be done by yourself. But if you want to entertain guests, your grandma will always Can’t you stay in the back kitchen all the time? No matter how bad it is, we need a person who washes and rinses under the kitchen. If we want to find such a person, I’m afraid we can’t do it. We have to go out and ask people outside. It’s good to be a talented person.”
Mrs. Wang nodded hurriedly, and said something very sincerely: "Where you should be frugal, you must be frugal, and when you should be decent, you must be decent. This is where Yanjing is not as good as the border..."
Lin Yutong immediately burst out laughing, "Sister-in-law is right! Using the money of an ordinary family to maintain a decent life is to see what a headed grandmother can do."
Wang looked at Lin Yutong again, it didn't sound like a simple child's words at all.People don't know how to behave and speak decently, so be more considerate.She smiled shyly, "I'm new to the world, and if I don't understand anything in the future, I'll have to trouble my siblings."
"You just come here. On weekdays, fourth master is not often at home, and occasionally he has to go out to meet friends, or to do something, and now he can't handle it in the house, so he is in the outer yard. You just come here with your needle and thread. We sisters Wouldn't it be convenient for you to talk with me?"
Mrs. Wang also hurriedly said: "I can't do any fine work, the soles of the fourth brother's shoes, you are delicate and small, this stupid work hurts your hands, if you don't have it later, you tell me, I can't do other things, but accept Sole fast!"
Whose hands don't become more delicate the more they protect them?
Of course, Lin Yutong would not bother him, but since he is so honest, she can deal with people with peace of mind.
Mrs. Wang didn't sit down much, and she wasn't very good at talking, but in this way, Lin Yutong knew that Mrs. Wang was stupid and straight-tempered, but her heart was clear. Mrs. Wang understood what was going on with the money she gave before.
Brothers are for this money, and whoever owes it will be born.Now that I have yours, it is tight.When the hands are loose and the boss, then naturally he wants to return it.But it doesn't matter, that's the love for each other.
The person was about to leave, and Lin Yutong asked the eldest mother to pack a few taels of bird's nest, "It's a mess outside this year, and some good ones are hard to find in the capital. This is from the Duke's mansion, and I still have some here. My sister-in-law will take it first." Use it. If the old lady eats with you, she will add a bowl of bird’s nest at night and eat alone. This will last for a while. Wait until next year, or you will find a good one, or I will meet another good one , let’s discuss buying again.”
"This is too precious..."
"Then those goji berries are all wild, high-grade goods..."
"It's worth nothing."
"It may not be worth anything in the northwest, but it is not easy to find such goods in Yanjing. My sister-in-law writes to her natal family, and she must trouble her in-laws and aunts. Goji berries like this, and red dates in the northwest are all good. Things are rare. If there are any good ones in the future, please keep them for me. I will send them to the duke's mansion and palace after I make wine."
The Wang family can only be happy. For her natal family, it is also difficult to give gifts to herself. The gifts must be expensive, and the family cannot afford them.The delivery is quite satisfactory, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get it out.Nowadays, these things that are not costly to others and are said to be very rare, that is the best.Just mentioning in the letter that the delivery to the Duke's mansion is enough to benefit the mother's family.The old man's prestige in the northwest is extremely high, how can there be anyone in the army who doesn't give the old man face?
When the people left, Xiaotao smiled when she came back, "Third Grandma is probably going to ask what we did when she turned around."
Lin Yutong just laughed, this Chu family is quite interesting.Maybe her way of thinking is like that. She wants to please the elders, and secretly always wants to make something different.When Xiaodao came back earlier, he told Xiaotao that Second Grandma's girl had gone out and said she was at the door to find out where I could buy bird's nest.Know what it means without asking.There is no shortage of bird's nests here, and Dafang should not be able to think of it.Mrs. Liu is not stupid. In the end it was her family's turn. Just by asking around, she found out that the three families prepared something and nothing. Every family made bird's nest, so it was impossible for her not to prepare it.What's more, she lived next to the Chu family's gate, so she could hear every movement.Is there any reason not to prepare?
Sure enough, Mrs. Liu sent a girl over at night, and asked Lin Yutong if there was any extra bird's nest here, and let her get it out first.Lin Yutong had asked the eldest mother to get ready. If Mrs. Liu was not ready, she would send it to Mrs. Liu in advance.Who knew that this clever man was so shrewd that he called someone to come to his door without being polite at all.The girl is here to deliver a message, and she told the mother-in-law that it is fine to cook on the stove, but ordinary farm meals and noodles can be made. It seems that this kind of thing has never been made, so she called to ask.The eldest mother said it carefully before sending him away.
The Zhou family has been the family of this family for half his life, and all his sons are held by hand. She knows what happened today.She understands the sons, what the boss has realized this time, only he knows.But this understanding is more useful than how many words I said before.As for the second child, he does not hide big money with his family, but all he saves is small money.It's like the brothers eat together and the boss always pays for it.This is not to say that who cheats whom, the boss thinks he is the boss and has to give in to the brothers.After the money was saved, the second child was compared with the third child, and the second child was more calculating than the third child, and the third child was very generous when he went out with friends, so even if he had money, he still had three melons and two dates Yes, enough for a meal of wine.As for the second child, it is impossible to go out without spending money, but no matter how good the relationship is with the brother, it is impossible to ask him to spend money in the open sky.This is why the third child has no money to buy it, so he went to the back kitchen.The reason why the second child can still make a living.
The second child was born to his aunt Bai, but his temperament really doesn't follow Bai's.Bai's is big and transformed, and he didn't calculate that string at all.The third child was born by the second aunt, Li Shi, who was a little picky, and the third child's extravagant behavior almost didn't make Li Shi die of anger.These two not only took care of the family affairs, but she also bought a small village for them back then, with a hundred acres of land, and the income was tens of taels of silver a year, which was more nourishing than serious wealthy households.All these years, he didn't care about anything, he saved up money.The day is Xiao Yao.When they married their son a daughter-in-law, the two came and said they were willing to take out the money they had saved, because the family was in trouble.She didn't want it, and told them: "You are not allowed to subsidize the second and third children." She used an analogy, saying that the wolf and the dog are actually the same.It's just a dog, which is fed to its full, so it can only be guarded by people.Wolves are not fed, so they learn to eat people and travel thousands of miles without worry.She warned the two, "I have raised my son to be capable of raising wolves, but I haven't stimulated the wildness of wolves. If I don't encounter difficulties, I will never think about going out to find meat!"
Bai was worried, "The main reason is that my daughter-in-law will be spoiled and spoiled, so I will endure hardships!"
"Let's watch, who else can be hungry? There's nothing I can do, can I really watch? When a daughter-in-law enters the house, she is just like a girl. You think that only men need skills, and women don't? Can move around It is also knowledge to let the life of the family go on. If I hold on to the right to run the house and do not let go, then they will be like this for the rest of their lives. With my body, I will live another 20 years, which is nothing to say. At that time, they were all mothers-in-law...how can they live without knowing anything?"
The order to die is given, you are only allowed to watch, and you are not allowed to interfere.
Then the second and third children are good at this, no matter how difficult it is to ask their aunts for it.The second child has some savings, but it is enough for the time being.If I want to live a little better, the second daughter-in-law must subsidize it.The third child is here to make money and the other will make ends meet, and the daughter-in-law can make a living with a few taels of subsidy.In addition to the brickworkers needed, the fourth child directly bought the materials together, and hired the craftsmen together, saving the money for the three families.
It can be said that she has thought of everything including the fact that the fourth child has money to subsidize her brother.The only thing I didn't expect was that this little daughter-in-law was really good at handling things.Ask her to do it, she may not be so decent.Soft and supple, but no disadvantages.
The nanny who followed her laughed, "After all, she has a solid foundation. The dowry is not a nurse, but someone who has served the old concubine and the old princess. I'm afraid it's the nurturing nanny..."
Zhou Shi also nodded, I'm afraid that's the case.With Mammy pointing this way, after a few years, it should be something.
When they came together the next day, Jin Taian asked, "Are you really going to eat at Lao Si's place today?"
Really go!What are you afraid of?
Mrs. Zhou also got up, first went to the yard to punch, and then waited for Jin Taian to finish training and wash up, then picked up the old lady and called the two aunts, let's go!
It is said that the old lady does not need to run when it is cold, but the old lady is not happy.He has quick legs and feet, so he just wants to take advantage of this gap to go out for a walk.Since the new daughter-in-law came in, it was the first time to come here.The couple were already waiting at the door, welcoming them in with smiles on their faces.There was already a meal on the square table in the main hall, and it was the fourth master who accompanied Jin Tai'an to eat.The table on the kang belongs to the old lady and Mrs. Zhou together with Tongtong.A small table was set up for the two aunts, and there were two small round stools sitting under the kang.The dishes and meals are the same.But the division of seats between men and women, the order of superiority and inferiority, can be seen at a glance.
The staple food is sauced meat buns, scallion pancakes, and egg rolls.There are four kinds of side dishes, not marinated, but freshly made, cold choy sum, cold three shredded vegetables, dried onion and tofu, and soy lotus vegetables.Considering that Zhou likes spicy oil and raw garlic, he adjusted the bowl for eating steamed buns.Then there are two kinds of porridge, one eight-treasure porridge, and the same goji berry milk porridge.
This thing is easy to eat when you eat it in your mouth!It's like Jin Tai'an practicing martial arts, and it's boring not to eat meat.I prefer steamed buns with sauced meat. The fourth master took three baskets of small ones, but there were five buns the size of a fist in one basket. Jin Taian killed twelve of them by himself, and the dishes were even wiped out. After drinking two bowls of porridge, he belched indecently.
The old lady is getting old, she likes rice pudding, which has a strong sweet taste, and it tastes good with scallion pancakes dipped in the bowl. After eating two pancakes and a meat bun with sauce, it’s not enough, and I want to eat eggs Roll, Lin Yutong blocked it, that's all.
The two aunts were a little cautious when they ate at Lin Yutong's place.Now the son-in-law is also raising his aunt.Seeing that, Lin Yutong didn't say hello much, only talking to Mrs. Zhou and the old lady.
Talk about using something particularly expensive?No!Only milk is not easy to buy.But does the meal lose its color without milk?
It didn't cost much money, but it was good to eat well.If you have a Zhuangzi and grow some by yourself, then this basic household is not a big burden.
To be honest, eating this kind of food for a year cost less money than the fourth child would pay for picking up a stone and selling it.
Zhou wanted to boast, but wished she could raise the corners of her mouth, but she still had to be reserved, take a look, and then talk.
After eating, the men were busy with their work.Lin Yutong left the Zhou family, the old lady and the two aunts behind.If there is work in hand, ask the girl to take it and do needlework.If I'm not busy, I'll accompany the old lady Lele, play cards, talk and laugh, and come over in a while.
Then the fruit dessert is put on the table. The fruit is Sydney peeled and cut into pieces, and the dessert is sesame oil roll, which is crispy.At noon, according to Zhou's preference, pasta.The noodles are the same, but the ingredients are all on the table, soup, dry mix, hot and sour, spicy, sesame sauce... I tasted half a bowl of various flavors, and I was full!
A few stir-fried dishes at night are not complicated, such as dried beans, dried eggplant, dried fungus and mushrooms, plus some minced pork, some rice and hot soup.This day is all alive.
The old lady went back, and then Lin Yutong asked Xiaotao to give her a bird's nest, which was considered to be the first time to support her.
Mrs. Zhou picked up the abacus beads when she went back, "If this is calculated based on mutton, how can we people not have seven or eight catties of mutton? No!" Except for the bird's nest for the old lady.
She also asked the girl, "Did the Fourth Grandma make it herself?"
yes! "Xiaodao helped fetch water in the morning, saw that it was made, and even made the noodles at noon because he was alive in the morning and was awake all the time."
good good good good!With a noble background but not noble, this daughter-in-law has really married her heart.
The next day, everyone went to dinner, ouch!In the morning, there is a large pancake and side dish tofu nao, and a large pot of roasted rabbit meat at noon, with steamed buns and noodles.At night, white rice, fried rabbit offal, stewed rabbit head, and two vegetarian dishes can be served.
Mrs. Zhou was curious, she didn't even know when she bought the rabbit.As a result, I only found out after inquiring about it. The eldest daughter-in-law helped the little beggar outside the back door, and said, send all the wild game you get, and give money as usual.Not only did she give money, she asked the little girl to change the worn-out padded jackets worn by the young servants in the family, or the clothes worn by the eldest who couldn't go out, and sent them to the little beggar.These people have a lot of ways to get this thing, and they took five rabbits in one day yesterday.I ate one yesterday, and there are still four hanging behind.The rabbit skin said that she could nitrate it herself, and later she would make boots for the beggar and send it back.
Kind-hearted, willing to be flexible, not blindly comparing with the fourth child, and doing his best to take good care of him inside and out.The old lady praised, "This eldest daughter-in-law is not wrong."
But when it comes to the solemnity of the wind, it has to be the second child's family.The chef was specially invited from the restaurant outside, and the fat chicken and duck, such fresh fish in the sky, were all prepared.There are seven dishes and eight bowls, and all dishes have their origins.But just for today, the cost is about seven or eight taels.
Zhou didn't say anything wrong with his daughter-in-law, but only boasted.The Chu family should want to show off their wealth, to prove that she has capital in this family.Then show off, what you spend is your money, you can spend it however you want.
When I arrived at Laosan's house, it was obviously much more simple. Farmhouse meals, pumpkin porridge, pumpkin cakes, small pickles, and dried melons with vermicelli are a dish. When cooking, put some bacon to add flavor.I'm afraid it's boring not to eat meat, but our pigs are just as good if they are cooked well.
Looking around, Mrs. Zhou said to Jin Taian, "How is it?"
Jin Taian chuckled, "It's all thanks to you!"
That is!
Mrs. Zhou doesn't blame Mrs. Chu for showing off, as long as she can show off, it is not a crime.
As a result, the Jin family completed the reorganization of the division of labor in almost three to five days.
Then, as a man of the Jin family, he will soon find out that this is not motivated, it seems really impossible.If you don't make progress, your daughter-in-law will always live on.Especially Uncle Jin, who stood for half the night looking at the frozen hard rabbit meat under the eaves.Although the elders used rabbit meat for their first meal, what about the next time?Does the daughter-in-law have to think of other ways?If he could earn that share of the family business, why would his daughter-in-law live on the word 'province'?
As the eldest son, not to mention taking care of his younger siblings, but he should have the responsibility of supporting his parents.Now that it is like this, although the brothers are fair, but this kind of fairness is ashamed for the eldest brother.What he thinks is, if I have the ability, can I tell my parents to eat at this one and that one?When he returned home, he discussed with Mrs. Wang, "I'm thinking... change an errand."
Mrs. Wang didn't even think about it, "You are in charge of the outside affairs, and you can do whatever you want. You don't have to worry about the family affairs. With the 200 taels of silver, I will take care of it. Now it is the Chinese New Year, and there is nothing to worry about. I can’t do it. When the new year opens, I’ll use my money to set up a small shop in the outer city. The girl is quite spiritual, and she’s good at making snacks in the northwest. Give me some capital, and the shop will be able to support it. The little beggar helped and asked to do odd jobs in the store, and the business started. She has six or four, and she has three or five taels of silver in a month, which is enough for household use!" As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, "It's going to cost money. An errand, but what else do you want to send to Shangguan? I still have some pressed silver in my hand, why don't I use that first..."
Need not!If you want to talk to the fourth child, you can still go to Yi Guogong.It was rumored outside that the city defense battalion was going to be transferred to Yingzhou, but there was always a part of the manpower left. He wanted to transfer there and stay. This was an opportunity.An opportunity to rise to the top if you seize it!
The second child thought differently again, the second child wanted to go to the patrolling camp.Patrolling the Fifth Battalion and only maintaining law and order in the capital, it is necessary to mingle with the three religions and nine streams, but also to talk to the children of the powerful and powerful.
The third child also wants to find another errand, but he has no idea where to go.
The two brothers came to look for the boss by coincidence, met the fourth master, and were taken back to the yard by the fourth master.The boss's house has no two partitions, so the sister-in-law who went to quarrel this time can't rest.The fourth master called the boss to come over in the yard, Lin Yutong called to invite the Wang family, the two sisters-in-law went to the kitchen, cut a pot of pork head meat, and then put good wine on it, on the narrow kang on both sides, the four brothers sat on one side, Sitting on one side are two sisters-in-law.
The jar of wine over there hadn't been opened yet, Mrs. Liu came over, bringing two plates of dried tofu and fried peanuts.Mrs. Chu came late, but she brought a lot of things, seven or eight dishes, Lin Yutong didn't even look at the dishes, she just asked Xiaotao to add a kang table there, and then she didn't care.The four sisters-in-law are sitting on the kang here.Women don't care about men's affairs, and this is the first time that the four sisters-in-law are so complete.
Lin Yutong was holding embroidery work in her hand, and she was making shoes for Sun's newly born brother Genge.The child's shoes are easy to make, and while she was doing it, she chatted with Mrs. Liu.Sitting there, Mrs. Chu took a look around the room, and saw that there were not so many valuable things, but instead, there were some things to display. Look...it's not like neither fish nor fowl.
She sighed in her heart, if someone else played with this, they would laugh poorly.But as soon as this identity changed, it was different immediately.It's as if the cheap things are being manipulated by the nobles, and the value has risen.Looking at this noble girl, there is only a wooden hairpin on her head, which seems to be the handicraft of my uncle.Then there was a thin silver ring on her finger, which was very delicate, and she didn't wear any other jewelry.They are all homely clothes, and they don't seem to be that particular about it.
Just listen to her talking to Mrs. Liu, "It's good to know how to do these embroidery tasks. If you don't know how to do it, you don't need to force it. My mother always said that it is the most unworthy to spend so much effort on these things." Show Liu the vamp that I am working on, "This is the plain one. I will embroider a simple pattern, and it will be done in a few stitches."
Mrs. Liu clicked her tongue, "I used to listen to operas, and the empresses in the operas acted... Let's think stupidly, that is to drink gold and swallow silver, and the clothes on the body should not be full of gold and jade, that's about the same."
Lin Yutong just laughed, "Women still despise being heavy, but in fact, whether it is the Queen of the Palace or the Concubine of the Palace, they are all extremely simple."
The Chu family walked over at once, "Fourth sibling, is this noble concubine more attractive? Or is the queen more attractive?"
Lin Yutong: "..." It's not a compliment in the palace to say who is good-looking.She could only say, "The empress is virtuous, the concubine is dignified, and they are all very kind!"
Chu didn't understand the meaning of this for a while, and she only answered the wrong question because she didn't understand the meaning.
The eldest mother poured sherbet on the side, and interrupted: "Third grandma, if you try this, is it still good?"
Mrs. Chu respected the grandma very much. She took it with both hands, and before she had drunk it, she hurriedly said, "It's useful! It's very useful." Mrs. Liu quickly talked about other things, "...I thought, it's going to be Chinese New Year , shall we line up the days to see which day we have to go out, which day we have to entertain guests, and how many guests we have to welcome. It’s already the twelfth lunar month, and we should also prepare our New Year’s goods. And this New Year’s Eve dinner, What kind of charter should it be?"
This is a big event, and then I took the almanac, paper and pen, and arranged it.
The commotion reached around midnight, and they all went back to rest.
Fourth master had to look around the yard before going to bed, and when he came back, Tongtong was already under the covers.The foot-washing water beside the kang was steaming, fourth master sat over to soak his feet in it, and Lin Yutong asked, "I've been tossing so much, is it necessary when you're in trouble?"
This is what the fourth master said, "I told the three people about the powerful relationship, and told them that it is better to be quiet now. It depends on whether they want to eat a stable meal, or really work hard to earn fame, but the three of them shrank gone."
Lin Yutong: "..." I have to say that the education of the Jin family is very special.
Such people should start unless there is a special opportunity.
"And then?" Lin Yutong asked, isn't seeking a future just to support the family?Now this road is blocked, so don't really mess around.
"It can't be messed up!" The fourth master laughed, "The second child, the Yue family, is able to make money, and he never lets go when he sees an opportunity. Ask the second child to come forward to do business with the Chu family. The Chu family will pay the capital, and the second child will be in the middle , the boss contacted his Yue’s family and his wife’s Zhou’s family. In the northwest, the Zhou’s family is not as powerful as the Wang’s. If they are tied together and go through the east-west trade route, how much money can’t they earn?”
Where is the third child?
"The youngest Yue's family and the second brother-in-law together supply goods to the Northwest. There are so many people hiding in the Northwest. What is the most important thing? Food and cloth. Food is too sensitive, so don't touch it. But grow cotton and linen, spin and weave. The wool was washed and bleached outside the customs... After a procedure, it was shipped to the northwest..."
The whole thing binds the whole family together.With myself and fourth master, all the way to the northwest will be smooth.Who has nothing to do with this trouble?Looking back, there is still the Marquis of Cheng'en's Mansion, which is connected to the Empress and the First Prince.As long as you don't make huge profits from it, this is actually solving the problem for the emperor.With so many people hiding in the northwest, supplies must be in short supply.If the things passed directly through Yi Guogong's hands, then the business was actually done with the emperor.The Jin family just pretended they didn't know anything, and sold it to a 'big buyer', what did they do with the goods, do we care?
In this way, in fact, every family has a share.It's like myself and fourth master, needless to say, but don't they know who they rely on to make a living.
In Si Ye's words, if you don't seize this opportunity, the opportunity to make a fortune may be fleeting.Taking advantage of the chaos to save your life and increase your wealth, you have to keep a low profile and not attract attention, so you need to pay special attention to this matter.
After muttering like this, the brothers thought together that they were able to do this, and then they broke up.
From tomorrow onwards, everyone will be busy one by one, the fourth master will not go anywhere, and if we lose the dividends later, no one can lose ours.
If she knew it, she would be at ease, and she would not ask any more questions.
But the fourth master was not around the next day, so he went out to buy a homecoming gift.Three dynasties did not come back, this time nine dynasties, I have to go back.
What are you bringing to the Lin family?
Lin Yutong was not idle all day at home, and made nine kinds of simple snacks. The bad ones were sent out to each room of the Jin family. The paper was packed.The fourth master did not know who he was looking for. He brought a few baskets of vegetables from the hot spring village, such as spinach, garlic, and water radishes, as well as fish that were fished out from under the ice in advance. I didn't know where they were raised earlier. Well, in today's day, they can only be loaded on the carriage one by one, at least when they arrive, they will still be live fish.
How can Mrs. Zhou not know about such a big movement?In fact, the matter of returning home has to be handled by the elders.She gritted her teeth and took out the wild ginseng that her man had collected from the mountains in the early years, and then asked someone to send it to Lin Yutong.
Chu rummaged through the boxes in the house, and finally found a box of spices at the bottom of the box.In addition, I packed a large piece of bezoar brought from home together with Gou Bao and Ma Bao, packed it up and took it with me.
Spices are common, and some spices are highly sought after by those who like them, but those who don't like them may not love them.Moreover, her spice is not a raw material, it is prepared by a master who is said to be from Tianmiao, and it is now an orphan.Precious is precious here.
Lin Yutong laughed after smelling it, but said nothing.The person who made the spices was none other than Cheng.Since she became a princess, she has not touched these things.But Lin Yutong had smelled this fragrance before.Given Chu's background, I'm afraid I really didn't find out the specific source of this thing, so I sent it to myself.Lin Yutong didn't cry out, but only praised, and asked Xiaotao to accept it.
But the remaining three are really hard to find.Not to mention anything else, just this piece of bezoar, with Lin Yutong's knowledge, he has never seen much better than this one.
To be honest, this ceremony is a bit heavy.
She closed the lid on these three things, and was not in a hurry to take them away. She asked Mrs. Chu first: "Second sister-in-law has something to do, but she just said it. I dare not accept such an expensive gift."
Chu smiled awkwardly, "It's just my junior's wish."
"If it's just a wish, it's not worth anything." Lin Yutong said, "The tea that the second sister-in-law brought last time was excellent. I know that it was produced and fried by your mother's family in the south of the village. Give me that tea." Just take two catties. What the younger generation gives is a piece of paper and a piece of grass, and my parents can only be happy. How can I accept such a valuable thing?"
Mrs. Chu grabbed the handkerchief, gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind, and then smiled wryly, "Sister and brother, I'm not afraid of your jokes. The marriage with the Jin family was also decided after weighing by my father. When I made the decision, I rushed I want my aunt to marry into the Marquis of Cheng'en..." But this aunt is really difficult to deal with, just looking at her temperament, one can tell that she is not liked by the elders in the Hou's mansion.The things that were planned before can only be thought of from other places.She said embarrassingly, "In my family, there are four brothers and sisters. I have an elder brother above me, and a brother and a sister below me... My sister is younger than me, but she has a good birth, so far she has not been engaged..."
Lin Yutong was surprised, "Your family wants to send the girl into the palace?"
Chu's face flushed red.
It's not that Lin Yutong looked down upon her. The Chu family was originally a family of merchants, so they naturally went for the best interests.Cheng Enhou's Mansion was not a small family back then, but what about now?With this successful example ahead, it seems that these calculations are not surprising.
The concubine is selected from the folks, and the Chu family can indeed send it to the election.If someone strikes up a conversation, and there is money to clear it up, it's hard to say that this thing can really be done.
But in this situation, is it really okay to enter the palace?
Lin Yutong didn't ask that question, but only asked Chu's, "Did you mention this to the second brother?"
Not yet!
Then you are too daring, you dare to come to your door without discussing it with the two of you! ?
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