By Jia Xiuzhen

Besides, Sister Feng stopped gossiping with Ping'er before she started talking about business again. Fang said, "I just wanted to talk to you about Zhuangzi, so I got distracted." Ping'er then asked, "What Zhuangzi?"

This word came to Li Wan, and Sister Feng said: "I think my sister-in-law has sent someone to attend to the dowry Zhuangzi, and she has gained a lot of benefits. A small poor Zhuangzi in the south has been replaced by a big Zhuangzi who believes in the concubine's reward." , but also a little bit of filial piety from time to time. Although the things are not expensive, they can't stand the many times. I think the ancestors also miss her, and even Lan Er is a little more happy. I wonder if we also Get one of the dowry Zhuangzi out and take care of it yourself."

Ping'er thought for a while, and then said: "Grandma doesn't have to worry about the Zhuangzi now, just wait for the rent collection. If there is anything you want, send someone out and say it. Are you afraid that they will not be filial? Grandma There are only a few things in the whole day, and most of the time is either resting or doing some needlework to pass the time. Having a Zhuangzi in charge is also a pastime. Besides, the Zhuangzi who the eldest grandma married as a dowry was originally young. Grandma’s affairs in the whole house here, big and small Can't have hundreds of pieces a day? That's it, and you don't have to take good care of your body. How can you be patient and take care of some troublesome Zhuangzi yourself?

Besides, the grandma who took care of the village for her was her former personal nanny, who combed her own hair and served the grandma. She had no children, so naturally she devoted herself to planning for the grandma.Here we are, hmph, to put it bluntly, who can grandma entrust?I'm afraid they all have the idea of ​​taking a bite. "

After hearing this, Sister Feng bowed her head and said nothing, tapped her fingertips on the table lightly, Ping'er knew it was her wish, so she didn't bother her.After a while, I heard Sister Feng let out a long breath and said: "I was reckless. You are right. I didn't think about it. I only saw the advantages and forgot the difficulties. Let's put this matter aside until I think about it." Let’s talk about it in a proper way.”

He couldn't help sighing and said: "The eldest sister-in-law is really lucky. She has a mother who has a rich family and loves her very much. Everything is arranged for her properly..." Then she lowered her voice and said to Ping'er: "You don't know yet Well, I was chatting with Mrs. Zhang's family earlier. It turns out that Mrs. Zhang's family and He Shengdao were greatly favored by their sister-in-law and mother when they were unhappy. Now her mother is only her blood in this world. It's gone, but it's all repaying to sister-in-law." The master and servant couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

When Jia Lian left the yard, he was still very upset.A while ago, Hu Tian was sent to the south to collect rent with a little bit of manipulation, and it was naturally for his own convenience.Youdao is more fun than stealing, the first few times were very interesting, and when you are in a hurry, you can't care too much.

Now that I am free and go frequently, I feel that the rough cloth quilt and rough mattress of Hu Tian's house are too rough and abrasive, so I simply took a few bolts of silk and satin to send when Sister Feng was not at home, and set up a tent as well. Ling was covered with soft silk pillows, so she didn't want to think about what the Lingluo world would do when Hu Tian came back.

It just so happened that Sister Feng was too busy these days, and she didn't have time to study it carefully. She was proud of herself, but she thought that today she would give birth to a renter in the south, and Ping'er asked about the missing silk and satin. out.After wandering around for a long time, I thought about what to do, but when I returned to the house at night, I didn't hear the two of them mentioning it, so I couldn't help but shouted luck.When I came back to my senses, I felt sorry for myself for marrying a Yasha Xingdong lion. I felt sorry for myself, who obviously inherited the romantic temperament of my master but didn't inherit the good life of enjoying the spring.

Although Sister Feng's head was slightly turned off by Ping'er's words, she didn't give up after all, and was thinking about what happened to Wang'er's family.After finishing a few sentences, Ai Ai didn't move her feet during the period. Sister Feng didn't like this little man's appearance, so she lost her mood. Ping'er looked at Wang'er's house and said: "Sister-in-law, if you have anything else, hurry up and talk about it." , grandma still doesn't have a moment to rest this day."

Wang'er's family just opened their mouths, but they asked about the interest rate.Now Sister Feng has collected all the silver and money at hand, even the dowry at the bottom of the box, and bought shares. Where is the spare money, but I can't say this, so she said: "The name of the account holder is not good. You're telling me this now, don't you want to cast a spell on me?"

Wang'er and his wife usually take on this matter, and they have to enjoy some benefits at both ends. Who would have thought that Sister Feng put them away in a hurry, thinking that she was going to make a big family, but she didn't make a sound. Wouldn't it be a big loss of income? , It's just that she can't say that anymore.I had no choice but to point out another matter: "I don't know what's going on outside now, they are all short of money. Nine times out and thirteen times back, there is no opening. We also thought, if grandma is released at this moment, we will be together Wouldn't it be cheap to earn his usual few years' worth!"

Sister Feng asked, "Oh? Why are you so short of money?" Wang'er's family hurriedly said, "Oh, grandma works all day in the house. How can she know the chaos outside? Now everyone looks like a demon." I want to buy a boat to go out to sea. If you don’t have the ability, you can sell some goods to the south to sell to those shipping companies. After all, you have to ship something to buy and sell, right? Such a sample, who doesn’t want money, and doesn’t have so much in hand, But they can only borrow. There are not a few people who can’t borrow, and sell land and houses.”

Sister Feng showed a smile on her face when she heard this, and said again: "The sea is nothing to do, it's so easy to get rich. I only have this little money, and I don't dare to put it in this kind of place. When the time comes Liangkong, even if you beat people to death and sell them, you can’t get back the money. But you said that you sell houses and land, and you ask Wanger to take a good look at it for me. A place, if there is a shot, please report to me, I want to pick two places."

Wang'er's family saw that Sister Feng really had no intention of lending money, so she couldn't persuade her, so she took her life and left dejectedly.Seeing Sister Feng's expression, Ping'er smiled and said, "Grandma is happy now. Those people have sharpened their heads, but they don't have such luck as grandma." Sister Feng also laughed, and told her, "It's up to you and I Sister-in-law knows, but please keep your mouth shut, and if the news leaks out, be careful with your skin." Ping'er said angrily, "Look at what grandma said, I'm so ignorant!"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "I'm just telling you a word. This matter is all due to the face of my sister-in-law, and she can't put it there. It's good that Jiangzhou officials honored the master's inkstone last time, and the master appreciates it." I paid the second master two yuan. He will need it for a few lifetimes! You can pick a good piece and bring it to Laner tomorrow." Pinger hurriedly agreed and went to do the shopping.

Zhuan Tianping took a box and packed a piece of Woniu Chengni inkstone and sent it to Li Wan, but saw that several girls were there, so he gave the things to Suyun outside first, and said a few words in a low voice, Suyun understood , took it back to her own room first, everyone just thought it was her and they didn't care.Seeing Ping'er coming, Li Wan raised his voice and said, "It's just a coincidence that you came, come and pick some for your grandma, so I won't have to go all the way."

When Ping'er entered the east room, he saw several girls sitting around the table, surrounded by big maidservants standing around, and several boxes were piled on the table.When I got closer to see it, it was full of pearls and gemstones of various colors, which made people's eyes hurt.Sanchun and Daiyu were looking at each other, commenting and laughing from time to time, there are very few girls who don't like these things.Ping'er has been with Sister Feng for so many years, and she is also very knowledgeable. Seeing that everything is out of the ordinary, she said with a smile: "Why did Grandma call me here?"

Li Wan pointed at the table with a smile and said: "These colorful stones are for the girls to choose and inlaid with jewelry to wear. If your grandma's is missing, I'm afraid she will complain again, and then she will come to the old lady with tears and snot I don’t love her if you cry. Pick one for her as soon as possible, and save the old lady’s clothes.”

Everyone laughed, and Ping'er also laughed and said: "Our grandma can't say such things to grandma no matter how ignorant she is, and just now she said that she should honor grandma, but she was afraid that grandma would have nothing to store here, so I had to put it away first. Our grandma has her own treasury." Li Wan laughed loudly, pulled Ping'er and said with a smile: "Let me see how you have such a long tongue, you are even smarter than Feng girl."

After all, Ping'er didn't dare to choose such things for Sister Feng. Li Wan said helplessly: "It's just some stones, which are more beautiful and finer than ordinary ones. If you don't dare, I will make the decision." Daiyu and Sanchun selected a few pieces, discussed the style, and when they were all settled, they paid some red gold and silver along with the selected gemstones and pearls, and asked them to find a goldsmith to make the pattern.

Ten days and a half months passed in a blink of an eye. When Jia Lian came back that day, Sister Feng smiled and pulled him to look at her earrings, and said with a smile, "What do you think of my pair of pendants?" With a pair of inlaid pendants hanging down, and a pair of cat eyes the size of the fingertips, he smacked his lips and said, "Tell me about you, I just mentioned a word to you, and you caught up with this gust of wind. It's rare, the ring that Niu Erlian is looking for is a bit rough." It's bigger, and the divine light is not as good as yours." Seeing that he didn't say anything else, Sister Feng smiled and said, "Don't you ask me how I got it?"

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Isn't some desperate kid secretly sending you off?" Sister Feng spat at him, and then said, "Bah! A black-hearted and rotten thing! I've never seen someone who paints on his forehead so desperately." !" Jia Lian hurriedly hugged her and said with a smile: "My good grandma! You look like a fairy, but you have such powerful methods. Now who doesn't know the power of Lian's second grandma as a housekeeper, how can I not worry about it. "Sister Feng's face turned red, she must not spare him, the two of them were so entangled.

Only then did Sister Feng pant and said, "I'm telling you something serious, and I hooked you up to Hu Qin again! I want you to see what kind of market this cat's eye is now. This is what my sister-in-law just sent for me. After hearing this, Jia Lian straightened his face, and asked suspiciously, "Sister-in-law, what do you want us to do?"

Sister Feng sneered and said, "What can she do?" Jia Lian looked at the cat's eyes again for a while, and then said, "It's hard to say how much it's worth, but I think it's not easy for the second child of the Niu family to be like that at that time." Looking for it. He searched all this way, just to please the newcomer he just hired. I heard that it is a stunning beauty, no matter how good the other things are, suet, white jade, lotus seeds and pearls are not in his eyes. A search. Why is the sister-in-law so generous? Didn’t you say earlier that she can only get in and out?”

Sister Feng thought for a while, and finally said that Li Wan has her mother's legacy, and said: "I have also caught up with Fengshui. Although there are only three or two close relatives and friends, they are all in power now, and I am nostalgic for the past." Well, of course, contacts are indispensable. This time I said that I got something, not counting being filial to the old lady, and I also set some jewelry for my sisters and me. This is a pair of pendants, and there are a few other pieces. It's a pity for her, but she can't get such a good thing."

Jia Lian said: "When you mentioned this, I just remembered that when the second master went back a while ago, he happened to meet Liuli, who was filial to his sister-in-law. That's Mengpozhai." Sister Feng thought of Mrs. Wang's expression at that time, and she laughed secretly, because she didn't like her aunt's jokes, so she didn't say anything, and Jia Lian continued, "Not only the pieces of colored glaze, but also some pieces of cloth. It's quite different from the ones in the mansion." Sister Feng gave Ping'er a wink, and Ping'er understood it, so he went outside to get the material that Li Wan had given him earlier to have a look.

Sister Feng showed it to Jia Lian, and she said, "I really don't know what to do with this material. My sister-in-law also brought it." Jia Lian looked at it carefully, and said hesitantly, "I don't know when this material will come out. , but it’s not the same way as us, and it’s the first time I’ve looked at it carefully. I heard from the boss of the Feng family before that the current weaving method is called thousand-needle cloth, and if it’s made of wool, it’s called thousand-needle. Thousand-needle velvet. The most exquisite and delicate one is called silver machine cloth, and he has never seen it before."

Sister Feng said: "That's right. My ancestors said they had never seen this material before. We communicate with Zhen's family every year. There are always a hundred or so new ones, and there is no such thing in them." .It has something to do with the Technician’s Mansion, it’s all about Xin Wang and..." Pointing to the sky, he continued, "It’s from Lizhi. I’ll look at your horse, I’m afraid it’s really a silver machine cloth."

Sister Feng shook her head and said, "It's not that I don't know the materials in the big board cabinets upstairs and downstairs in the mansion. It's just some materials, and I'm afraid it won't be new in two years." She added, "If you If you like it, ask someone to make it for you to wear. I don't like this, and it takes a lot of effort to embroider the upper body, it's not annoying enough." Jia Lian thought to himself that it's a woman's opinion, but it's so deep that even she doesn't like it. I couldn't understand, so I nodded and said, "Our men wear this upside down. You can figure it out." Sister Feng asked Ping'er to write it down and not mention it.

Li Wan had been a money-spreading boy for a few days, and came to him with serious expenses.It was originally a matter of the village. There are several mountains in the northwest of Caotianzhuang. The closest ones are two ones, one big and one small connected.That family is also in the lineage of the Wangfu, but now it has been passed down for several generations and it is not a direct branch, and it has lost the splendor of the past.

Among the people in front of me, there is someone who can stand up for the family and become the master of the family. He believes that this meeting is a time of turmoil, and the only way to ride the wind and waves to take advantage of the situation is the right way.I made friends with some people and wanted to do some business, but I didn't have so much capital.After hesitating again and again, I put my mind on this Zhuangzi, and now it is listed for sale.The Caotian Zhuangshang also got a letter. When the Zhuangshang was gossiping, Dr. Su, who came from Hesheng Dao, said that the two mountains were very beautiful.I don't know if it was a joke, but Yan Jun took it seriously.

He thought that although this Caotianzhuang could not be said to be small, it was just that the fields were not abundant and the prospects were limited.Seeing that the master doesn't care about serious tenants, it's better to produce all kinds of fancy things on weekdays.If the two mountains can also be included, aside from other things, more mountain goods, the master must be happy to see it.After making up his mind, he asked Nanny Xu to discuss it. After hearing this, Nanny Xu felt that it made sense, so she sent someone to ask for details.Only then did I come to discuss ideas with Li Wan.

Madam Xu said: "Those two mountains are quite high, and it is difficult to enter if they are halfway up the mountain. There are more strange rocks and cliffs on the top, and it takes less than half an hour for the short one to climb to the top of the mountain. Raising cattle and planting trees is difficult." People from nearby villages usually go to the mountains to cut trees and burn charcoal, but the short mountain is managed by someone, and the high one is connected to the deep mountain behind, so no one comes to ask. The mountain is worthless, and the owner is even The land is sold as an extra. The land next to the mountain has many slopes and dry land, while the flat land has few paddy fields, so the price is fair..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Wan nodded there and said: "Then buy it, Mammy see if you have enough money, and take it from me." Mammy Xu choked and asked her: "Grandma doesn't ask carefully how much money?" How much paddy land is there?" Li Wan shook his head and said, "Mama, that place is not good near our side, further north or east is the land of Huangzhuang nobles, and there is no chance to buy more land on weekdays. If no one is competing to buy it, let's buy it."

Seeing that she had thought about something anyway, Mother Xu felt comforted, and said, "I think even if we want to buy it, let's just buy a few yuan that are connected to the mountain. That village is also quite good, so forget it." Li Wan nodded and said: "That's the reason. It's not a good thing to build a big village in such a place." Madam Xu had the bottom line in her heart, so she didn't say any more. Li Wan talked about the silver again. Mama sighed and said, "Grandma, how much money did you earn in the village this year? You don't know how much money you have earned in the farm. Today's fields, the best fields are almost 20 taels per mu. There is no such land in our neighborhood. Dry land and slopes, but Five or seven taels, how much can it cost to buy dozens of acres around that mountain?"

This time it was Mammy Xu who wanted to go wrong, that family was also from an aristocratic family, so they couldn't bear to trade dozens of acres of land with others.When we arrived, the good fields on the north side of the village were taken away by the neighbors, and the remaining two hectares of miscellaneous land separated by water and connected to the two mountains were not easy to take care of. Yan Ming went to inquire, but it didn't take much effort. So I signed the business contract and spent 500 taels.It was inevitable to increase the manpower, because the land was too fragmented, and it was not easy to recruit tenants, so Aunt Xu decided to buy a few more families.After being busy for more than a month, Li Wan just nodded his head from beginning to end.