A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 655 20 guan? !
Seeing Chunlan nodding, Wang Lidong asked, "Where is the news?"

Chun Lan said, "I heard it from a cook in the Sheng Mansion. We have already warned this person."

Wang Lidong said, "From now on, the affairs of the Sheng Mansion will not involve Xiao Wu, let them go."

Chunlan explained, "If this matter spreads to the outside world, the fifth girl's reputation will be damaged. At that time, the son and the empress"

For this kind of thing, Wang Lidong will not worry at all, as for the cheap old lady
"Sheng Molan and Xiao Wu, they are not the same mother. My mother can complain at most. Who found out about this?"

Chunlan said, "Five days ago, the fourth girl accidentally sprained her foot while participating in the 'Chui Wan' competition. It happened that the old lady of the He family in Baishitan took Mr. He to visit the Sheng family, so I helped to look at it. Mr. He took the pulse At that time, it was found that the fourth girl was in trouble."

I always feel that this matter has nothing to do with Sheng Minglan, otherwise there would be such a coincidence, just like in the TV series, Sheng Molan and Lin Xiaoniang were designed, but it has nothing to do with him, "How is the fifth girl now? Have Magpie looked for it?" You and Fugui?"

Chunlan shook her head and said, "I haven't looked for it. I heard that Miss Wu is in a very bad mood, and her appetite has been halved in the past few days."

I can't eat, and I feel really bad.

However, this reaction is also normal.

There is such a shameless girl in the Sheng family, if it gets out, the four sisters of the Sheng family will be unlucky together, even those who get married will be judged.However, the family style of the Sheng family was already rotten, and now that the girl was pregnant before marriage, it was rotten to the bottom, and even the last pair of underpants to hide her shame were gone.

Wang Lidong thought for a while, asked Chunlan to prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones, opened the small foldable table in the car, and wrote a letter to Rulan, "The few boxes I asked you to bring, the huanghuali wooden box and this letter, wait In a while, someone will send it to Sheng's house for Xiaowu."

Chunlan took the envelope and asked, "Young master, don't you go there by yourself?"

Wang Lidong said, "I'll go another day, the Sheng family is busy putting out the fire now, I want to go there now, not just looking for boredom.

Besides, my mother needs to know that I didn't go home first when I returned to the capital, but went to Sheng's house first, haha"

Chunlan smiled and nodded.

Shing Mansion on Ji Ying Lane

Early in the morning, Mrs. Wang took Liu Kun's family to the Korean government to discuss Sheng Molan's marriage.

Originally, when Lin Xiaoniang got into trouble, even if she was killed, she would not help wipe the pg, and she would stand by the pit and quietly throw a few stones.

But now Rulan's "six rites" have not yet been completed, the marriage between his son Changbai and the girl from Li Shilang's family has been verbally finalized, and he will go to Li's family to propose marriage on the auspicious day seven days later. The marriage of a bad girl and her son will be over.

The angry Wang didn't sleep well for several nights, and she lost weight twice.

After weighing it over and over again, and with the side drums of Sheng Hong and the old lady, Wang gritted his silver teeth and agreed to go to the Korean government.

The South Korean government is in the north of the imperial city, and the Sheng family happens to go south and north, and it takes at least an hour to go back and forth.At a quarter of the afternoon, Mrs. Wang walked into the Shou'an Hall with one foot high and one foot low!

Sheng Hong had asked for leave to stay at home in the past few days, and when he saw Mrs. Wang coming back, he immediately went up to him and asked, "I met the eldest lady of the Korean family, did she agree?"

The old lady Sheng said, "Don't worry, everyone is back. Let the lady sit down and drink tea for a while."

Sheng Hong was a little surprised, and quickly took the chrysanthemum petal jade teacup from the servant girl's hand, and handed it to Wang's hand, "Thank you, lady."

Mrs. Wang took two sips from the teacup, and poured the hot tea into her stomach. She was very energetic. Seeing the eagerness of the two people, she put down the teacup and said angrily, "I have waited for almost two hours at the Korean public house. At Shichen, I saw the eldest lady of his family. I exhausted my tongue and said countless good things, and the eldest lady of the country finally let go. However, the eldest lady of the country also made a condition. If the Sheng family agrees, then his family will come to propose marriage the next day .”

Sheng Hong and Mrs. Sheng were overjoyed, and they breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they confessed, they were afraid of rejecting it. For the sake of the Sheng family's reputation, Sheng Molan had no choice but a white silk.

Sheng Hong asked with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work. What conditions did the Duke and Madam ask?"

Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, "Don't be too happy, officials. The princess is a lion."

Sheng Hong's heart skipped a beat, and he asked anxiously, "What conditions are you asking?"

Wang gritted her teeth and said, "My lady said that San Lang is the son of the Duke, while Mo Lan is the concubine of a fifth-rank official.

If Sanlang marries Mo Lan, he will inevitably be pointed at by his noble colleagues and children, and he will not be able to hold his head up when he goes out to socialize in the future.Therefore, Mo Lan's dowry must be rich, so that it can also stop other people's mouths. "

Deceiving too much!

unacceptable!

He made his daughter's belly bigger, and he even disliked his own officialdom!

Sheng Hong blushed, and his beard stood up in anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "How much dowry do you want? 1 guan, or [-] guan?!"

Wang said quietly, "20 guan!"

"20 guan?!"

An ear-piercing scream broke through the roof of Shou'an Hall, and the sound waves spread to the entire Sheng family compound. Ru Lan, who was burying her head in eating and drinking, raised her little head, pricked up her ears, and looked towards the door like the voice of a scumbag father, "Magpie, Did you hear anything?"

"It seems to be the voice of the lord. I'll go and have a look, maybe the lord is here." The big magpie trotted out the door, and returned to the house after a while, "I didn't see the lord."

"Oh!" If you didn't come, you didn't come, Rulan continued to bury her head in "hum-chi-hum-chi", she didn't eat much in the past few days, it's a big loss!

Shou An Tang

The old lady Sheng also lost her usual detached calm, and said with a face full of shock, "Miss, do you remember correctly? Are you sure it is 20 guan, not 2 guan?"

Ordinary officials and eunuchs like the capital usually marry their daughters for three or four thousand guan, like princes and dignitaries marrying daughters, most of the dowry will not exceed [-] guan. After all, there is no family planning these days, and no family has four or five girls. If you give too much, no matter how thick the family property is, it will not be able to withstand a few times.

20 guan, all the money of the Sheng family, and the gold and silver in the farm shop may not add up to that much. Of course, if you include the house of Shengfu, it must be enough.

Wang pulled her face and said, "At that time, I also thought I heard it wrong! But the princess repeated it three times, and it was 20 guan!"

"Shameless! This is an obvious robbery!" Sheng Hong stood up and cursed, "20 yuan! What did they say! Even Princess Fukang, the dowry is only [-] yuan (the same as the unit)!! "

The old lady Sheng picked up the teacup, took a few sips, calmed down, and said in a leisurely manner, "The Korean government has given loan sharks for generations, and they are best at seeing the wind and making troubles.

Now it's my family who came to ask for something, so I didn't take the opportunity to take a bite. Putting down the teacup in his hand, he looked at Wang and said, "The Duke and Madam only carry 20 guan, so there is no other way to replace it?" "

After hesitating for a while, Mrs. Wang said, "If you don't want to pay 20 guan, then use the 28 pastry shops and all pastry recipes in 'Xinghua Village' as a dowry."

Sheng Hong was surprised, "This 'Xinghua Village' pastry shop has nothing to do with my family? Could it be that my family bought 'Xinghua Village'?"

The old lady Sheng asked curiously, "It's the 'Xinghuacun' pastries that you often give me here?"

Mrs. Wang nodded and said, "This pastry shop is jointly opened by Ru'er and Brother Heng."

"What? Ru'er's shop?" Sheng Hong frowned, "Why have you never mentioned this to me?"

Mrs. Wang hummed heavily, "You are a nobleman, you forget things! I mentioned it to you more than three years ago! At that time, I was only in the middle of talking, and you interrupted impatiently! Then I went out to find that vixen !"

Sheng Hong laughed awkwardly, tried his best to look through his memory, but he didn't have any impression. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and showed a suddenly realized expression, "I remembered, there was such a thing. No wonder these years, the family eats The cakes are all from 'Xinghualou'. I didn't expect Ru'er to have this ability, it's been three years, why hasn't she mentioned it to me once?"

Wang glanced at Sheng Hong and said, "You have looked down on Ru'er since you were young, if I tell you, maybe you will say a few words.

Besides, on the surface, Ru'er and Brother Heng opened this shop together, but in fact, Brother Heng sent someone to take care of it, and Ru'er checked the accounts every year. "

The old lady Sheng asked, "How many pastry shops have opened in the capital, and they are worth 20 yuan?"

The Wang family was slightly proud, "There are 32 stores in Kaifeng Prefecture and the capital, and Ru'er's annual dividends are more than 1 yuan."

"so much?!"

Sheng Hong and Mrs. Sheng looked at each other, and after some consideration, Sheng Hong said, "My lady, why don't you discuss it with Ru'er."

"Don't even think about it!!!" Ru Lan jumped up and said angrily, "You want to give my 'Xinghua Village' to Mo Lan, a shameless dowry?!!! Daydreaming!"

In the past two days, she wished she could take up her long sword and rush into the ancestral hall to chop Mo Lan, but now she is shameless and wants her dim sum shop as a dowry.

Although the shop is managed by Qi Heng, she has spent a lot of time improving the recipes of many pastries in the shop. Now the business is so good, and she has a share of the credit. It is her past 15 years. One of the few things you can show off
"Mother, how can you turn your elbows out and help that shameless person." Ru Lan sat on the incense couch angrily, with an unhappy expression on her face.

Sitting next to her daughter, Mrs. Wang sighed helplessly, "When your father mentioned this, I scolded him for half a cup of tea!
For so many years, Lin Xi Pavilion didn't let me interfere. Now that I'm cleaning up the mess, I'm the big lady.

Now he still has the idea of ​​making Ru'er's dowry!

But if Mo Lan's matter is not resolved as soon as possible, I'm afraid it will affect your marriage with Changbai.If Princess Pingning finds out about Mo Lan, your marriage with Brother Heng will definitely be messed up, and the pastry shop may not be able to keep it."

Ru Lan looked up to the sky and gave a 'ha', "Mother, is this what Daddy said to persuade you?"

Wang Shi was surprised, "How do you know?"

Ru Lan snorted, "Where does Mother think about the pastry shop, only Daddy thinks so long-term and meticulously!"

Wang choked.

Ru Lan knew that she had guessed right when she saw the expression on the old lady's face. She got up and came to the dressing table, took a letter, and handed it to the old lady, "This is the letter that Second Brother Heng just gave me. He already knows about Mo Lan. It's over."

Wang's face turned pale and she said in shock, "Brother Heng is going to retire. My poor Ru'er!" She took Ru Lan's hand and began to wipe away her tears. She kept muttering, "My poor Ru'er!" Er Molan, who kills thousands of knives, Lin Xiaoniang, a vixen, will die and so on."

Ru Lan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly persuaded, "Mother, where do you want to go? Brother Heng didn't worry about Mo Lan's matter at all. He said that ten fingers are all long and short. Mo Lan is Mo Lan, and I am Mo Lan. I!"

Um! ?

Mrs. Wang immediately put away her tears, looked carefully, and saw that her daughter's expression was not joking, "Brother Heng really said that?"

Ru Lan slapped the letter in her mother's hand, "He also said that he would help the princess to talk about it. By the way, he brought a gift for mother when he came back this time." Ru Lan jumped to the wall with a yellow In front of the flower pear box, I opened the lid, rummaged around, found a golden Buddha, grabbed it and went back to Wang, "Second brother Heng heard that my mother often burns incense and worships Buddha, this time I went out, passed a shop, and saw a beautiful It is said that the Buddha statue of Tathagata flowed out from the palace of the Japanese kingdom."

Unfolding the letter, the letter was not long, only seven or eight lines. After reading it, Mrs. Wang frowned, her face turned cloudy, and she said happily, "As expected of the number one scholar, it is reasonable, and the princess don't have to worry about it." .Now my mother can finally feel at ease."

Ru Lan shook the golden Buddha in front of the old lady a few more times, and urged, "Mother, take a quick look at the gift Second Brother Heng brought you, it's made of pure gold!"

"Okay, Second Brother Heng really has a heart. He still wants to bring me a gift." When Wang took the Golden Buddha, her palm sank, and she estimated it weighed five or six catties.
Looking carefully, it is a statue of the Tathagata, with a plump face, a high and wide forehead, raised eyebrows, drooping eyes, a small mouth with a raised nose, dignified facial features, solemn Dharma appearance, and a serene and tranquil expression. It is better than the one collected by the old lady. The workmanship of the Buddha statue is even more exquisite. According to the old lady, her Buddha statue was awarded to Mrs. Yongyi Hou by the new queen mother. She was very happy and said happily, "Brother Heng really put his heart into it. When Ru'er wrote back, Remember to tell Brother Heng, I like this Buddha statue very much, thank you for his gift."

Ru Lan said happily, "As long as mother likes it, with this golden Buddha, next time you burn incense and worship Buddha, the gods will definitely look at mother highly."

Hearing burning incense and praying to Buddha, Mrs. Wang thought of her son Changbai, and couldn't help but frowned again, "You are fine here, but your second brother's marriage."

Ru Lan snorted coldly, "Does mother know what Second Brother has been up to these two days?"

Mrs. Wang was stunned. She was busy with Mo Lan's affairs these days, so she really didn't pay much attention to her second son. She only knew that his son seemed to be busy too, so she asked, "What is your second brother doing recently? Is he also working for Mo Lan?" Do you want to find a way about Lan?"

Ru Lan curled her lips and said, "Mom, you're thinking too much, Second Brother is busy comforting Second Uncle Gu recently."

Wang couldn't believe it, "What? He was with Gu Tingye recently? Who did you listen to?" After the incident of Gu Erlang's anger at Gu Hou broke out, she and Sheng Hong specially told her son not to be with such a big treason. The bastard things come and go again.

Ru Land said, "The magpie heard it from Shuxu. There has been such a big incident at home. My mother has been thin for a few laps recently and hasn't slept well for several days. Did the second brother care?"

Mrs. Wang was silent. In the past few days, at most, her son would report to her, and then there was no sign of him all day long.
Ru Lan became more and more angry as she thought about it, she clenched her fist and said, "I have met my second brother twice in the past few days, and he never cared a word. In his eyes, my sister's life is not as important as an outsider. "

Mrs. Wang quickly explained, "Your second brother is a boring gourd, you are his own sister, why don't you worry, he just doesn't say anything."

Ru Lan snorted, knowing that no matter how much she said, her mother would not listen to her, so she just waited for the future to suffer.She has long seen that the men in the Sheng family are all white-eyed wolves. The grandfather relied on the grandmother to save up the big family business, but spoiled his concubine and killed his wife.When my grandfather was there, I heard that my life with my old lady was like honey. As soon as my grandfather passed away, he showed his true face and began to dote on Lin Xiaoniang.

As for the second brother, although he is not a womanizer, he will never be absent when there are good things in the family, but when something bad happens, hehe.
"Does mother know what daddy values ​​most?"

After thinking for a while, Wang said, "Of course it's you guys, and the entire Sheng family."

Ru Lan took her mother's arm and said, "Lin Xige caused this matter, but I can't blame my mother. For the face of the Sheng family, and for the career of the eldest son of the Sheng family, Dad will definitely find a way to solve the matter of Mo Lan. Two Brother also knows this, so he seems to be fine these days, so what should he do. Mother, what are you worried about. "

Mrs. Wang hesitated, "20 yuan, your father can't raise that much money, unless he sells the yard."

Ru Lan said, "Mother forgot, in the past ten years, Mo Lan and Chang Feng's food and food are no worse than my second brother and me.

Daddy has given Lin Xige many shops and farms over the years. I think Daddy's private house is very rich, plus the uncle in his hometown and colleagues in the capital, it's not 200 million yuan, just make up whatever you want."

Mrs. Wang thought of how Sheng Hong had treated her private house to death all these years, and she didn't take a penny of money, so her nostrils almost smoked with anger.

Ru Lan said, "What's more, the deed of the pastry shop and all the recipes are with Second Brother Heng. If Dad asks about it, Mother will answer like this. He will really shame him and ask him to go to Second Brother Heng."

Wang was still worried, "Your father really got 20 guan?"

Ru Lan patted Xiao Xiong's chest, "Mother, don't worry. Even if Dad can't get it all together, there is Second Uncle Gu. He is a rich man with at least a few million pennies in his hands. Second Brother and him have such a good relationship." , 20 guan is not a matter of one sentence."

Wang asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

Ru Landao, "One time when I was chatting with Second Brother Heng, Second Brother Heng had no intention of talking about it when he abducted Second Uncle Gu."

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, the Gu family and Duke Qi's family are relatives, so it must be right, she felt relieved, and her stomach growled and cried out 'hungry'.
(End of this chapter)