Daming female local tyrant

"Your heart is too kind. If Yuehua hadn't eloped with someone else, I would have thought you still missed her?" Shen Wan poked Jinglan's forehead with her index finger and jokingly laughed.

Jing Lan grabbed her finger, pursed her lips, and said, "I just thought she was just like us. Besides, she dared to run away from marriage and live the life she wanted. It's very brave. At least we were the same before. Friend, I don't want anything to happen to her."

Shen Wan took Jing Lan's hand, led her to sit down, and said slowly: "I just thought about this, we can only help her half."

Jing Lan asked, "Why help half?"

Shen Wan: "I can go to the people in the Suzhou government to help find her. After I find her, let my nursing home protect her in the dark. As for how she will live with her little maid, that's out of our control. If According to what you said, if Uncle Tao and his wife knew about helping her to buy a house and settle down, didn’t I offend them? Or you would say that as long as I can help Yuehua live well, it doesn’t matter to offend her parents. But I feel that since Yuehua If she dares to do this, she must be able to bear the consequences, we can't help her for the rest of her life, she must be able to support her family after she runs out."

I have to say that Shen Wan's words made Jing Lan very admired. She felt that Shen Wan was a few years older than her, and age was not in vain. She had considered all aspects, so basically just follow what she said.

Jing Lan said, "Okay, let's do this."

Shen Wan went to see the magistrate Wang, and asked him to help the Suzhou government office to search for Tao Yuehua. If she knew her whereabouts, she must tell her not to leak it out, just tell herself.

Wang Zhifu generously agreed, and then sent the tolerance of the Suzhou government to secretly search for Tao Yuehua's traces.

At that time, Tao Yuehua had only run out for three days with the little girl named Shan Shan who looked like Jing Lan, so naturally she couldn't run very far.

Five or six days later, the servants of the Suzhou government office searched for Tao Yuehua's whereabouts. She didn't go far, but only ran to Kunshan, where she lived in a nunnery.She told Huikong, the teacher of the nunnery, that she came to look for relatives, but she couldn't find anyone, so she wanted to stay in the nunnery for a while. For this reason, she donated ten taels of sesame oil money to the nunnery.

Ten taels of silver, in Kunshan, if you live in an ordinary inn, you can live for half a year.

Huikong thought, guessing that the master and servant felt that there were only women in the nunnery, so they were willing to stay here temporarily.

Ten taels of silver was not a lot, and besides, there were many vacant rooms in the nunnery, and there were women who came here to burn incense and pay respects to the Buddha, so Huikong agreed to let Tao Yuehua and Shanhu live here.At this time, there are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, Tao Yuehua took out a few taels of silver and asked Shanhu to take it to Huikong, saying that the money was considered as food for staying here temporarily, and she and Shanhu also shared with the nuns in the nunnery. Eat the same meals.

After Huikong collected the money, he asked the nun who was cooking in the kitchen to cook more meals for two people.

Tao Yuehua's plan is, after the Chinese New Year, she will go to the matchmaker Daopo who travels from village to household here to find out where there are fields for sale and houses for sale. If you buy some servants and maids, you can settle down for the time being.

She didn't point out how much money the land she set up could make her. After all, she brought out more than 3000 taels of silver. Even if she didn't do anything, the money would be enough for her to spend decades.

Tao Yuehua never went out after bringing the coral to the nunnery in Kunshan, but even so, he was found by the officials sent by the prefect Wang.In fact, it's not that those tolerances are so strong, but that there are also Jinyiwei spies sent by the imperial court in Kunshan.They are very clear about the local people who have come recently.

As soon as the Tolerance sent by Wang Zhifu arrived in Kunshan, they went to find Jin Yiwei's spies, and after inquiring, they found out the whereabouts of Tao Yuehua and Shan Shan.

After checking in the past, it turned out that it was Tao Yuehua and Shan Shan. These people handed over errands to Wang Zhifu when they returned.

As for the prefect Wang, he sent someone to inform Shen Wan, and Shen Wan went to the government office to thank the prefect Wang for Hu's acupuncture.

After she came back, she called the two nursing homes of the Shen family and asked them to go to Kunshan to secretly guard Tao Yuehua, and to come back every month to report related matters to herself.

The two nursing homes were ordered to leave, it was already the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year would be in a few days.

Shen Wan talked about this matter to Jing Lan, and said that Tao Yuehua seemed very smart, and basically nothing would happen to her if she stayed in the nunnery.

After the Chinese New Year, I will buy some fields and houses, and I will be able to settle down.

Sure enough, when the Chinese New Year was over, near February, the Shen Family Nursing Home sent by Shen Wan to Kunshan to secretly guard Tao Yuehua came back and reported to her that Tao Yuehua entrusted someone to buy [-] mu of land in the suburbs of Kunshan, a small house. In the house, I bought another six or seven maids and servants, and now I live there in peace.

Jing Lan knew about it, so she said that she was relieved and could prepare for their own affairs.

In two more months, it's time to return to Jinling.

This is going back to Jinling, the weaving workshop of Shen Wan's Zhaizi Silk Factory in Suzhou under Shen Wan's name must select some loyal and capable people to help Shen Wan guard and manage it.It took Shen Wan and Jing Lan almost two months to decide on these candidates.

Then there is the accounting, and the accounts are settled, leaving a part of the cash for turnover, and the remaining silver is exchanged for bank notes to take back.

At the beginning Shen Wan was penniless and only brought some clothes that could be pawned to Suzhou. Three years later, besides having several profitable businesses in Suzhou and a private house by the Taihu Lake, she also brought back 2 taels of silver bills.

Shen Wan gave Jinglan 1 taels of silver notes, and said that this was what she had promised her when she arrived in Suzhou, and she would give half of the money she made.

Jing Lan didn't want it, thinking that Shen Wan was treating her like an outsider, and besides, why did she need so much money.

Shen Wan said: "You take the 1 taels, it's what you deserve, it's not because we're better than a husband and wife you don't take it, it's not because I think you have some money, you can spend it as you like."

Jing Lan smiled: "I don't have anything to spend money on. You take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation."

"You take it, half of our family's money is with you and half with me. No matter who encounters a problem, you can use the money in your hand for emergency."

"So that's what you thought, okay, then I'll accept the 1 taels."

Jing Lan put away the 1 taels of silver bills, remembering the exchange rate between silver and RMB in later generations, which was equivalent to a huge sum of several million yuan, she felt for the first time that she was also considered a rich person.

At the beginning of April, Shen Wan and Jing Lan, who had arranged everything properly, took a few nurses, two servants, Ping An and Ping Fu, and two maids, Ji Jiao and Bai Ju, back to Jinling by boat.

Compared with the awning boat they took when they came to Suzhou last time, this time they went back on a painting boat they bought themselves.

Last time, they could only huddle together and look at the spring scenery outside the cabin. This time, they can sit in front of the window on the second floor of the painting boat, drinking tea and laughing, while leisurely admiring the spring scenery on both sides of the river.

As the boat got closer and closer to Jinling, Shen Wan also became excited.

Jing Lan knew why Shen Wan was so excited. Apart from seeing her parents and family soon, Jun Pei, who had been away from Shen Wan for more than two years, was the reason why Shen Wan was extremely excited.

To be honest, even Jing Lan is eager to see Xiao Junpei.

At the beginning, she watched Shen Wan's belly gradually grow, and she kept serving Shen Wan until Jun Pei fell to the ground, before Shen Wan's mother, Mrs. Yu, came to take the child away, someday she would not hug Jun Pei Two hours.Jing Lan has a special affection for Xiaojunpei, because she loves Xiaojunpei's mother, she also loves Wujiwu, and also likes Xiaojunpei, and treats Xiaojunpei like a daughter.

When the boat docked, there were already sedan chairs and carriages sent by the Shen family waiting on the pier.

Jing Lan helped Shen Wan get off the boat, Shen Wan sat in the sedan chair, Jing Lan went to ride in the carriage with Ji Jiao and Bai Ju, and the servants Ping An and Ping Fu followed the carriage.

As for what they brought back, there was another carriage.

When they arrived in front of the gatehouse of Wufeng Building of the Shen family, Jing Lan and others got out of the car, followed by Shen Wan who got off the sedan chair and walked in.

Bellflower and Baiju walked and watched, with shock and envy in their eyes, the same as when Jinglan first entered Shen's house.

In Ronghui Hall, Shen Chang and Mrs. Yu were sitting in the main hall, and when they saw Shen Wan walking in, they were secretly excited.

After Shen Wan finished saluting to them, Mrs. Yu couldn't help but stood up and walked over to hold her daughter's hand to look up and down, saying that she was very happy to see her come back well.

She dragged Shen Wan to sit aside and asked her about the situation on the road. As for what happened in Suzhou in the past three years, she naturally asked her daughter to tell her slowly.

"Wan'er, you have made our Shen family look good in Suzhou these three years. Not only did you renovate our old house, but you also got in touch with the prefect of Suzhou and the eunuch of Suzhou weaving. You even built a house in Suzhou from scratch. You have acquired a huge fortune. When people in the clan talk about you, they all give a thumbs up." Shen Chang couldn't help but stroke his beard when his wife was chattering about talking to his daughter, and praised Shen Wan greatly.

Regarding this, Shen Wan was very humble, she said: "It's all because of the child's luck."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yu said: "Wan'er is still capable. After the old lady found out what you did in Suzhou, she said in private that among her grandchildren, you are the only one who has the ability to support the Shen family. It's a pity that you are a woman." , otherwise this family will be handed over to you. Let me tell you, Shisi is seventeen this year, and will get married in August in the second half of the year. When you come back, teach him more in the future, and he must be better than your second uncle's family. You don’t know, your second uncle often said in front of the old lady that although he is not as good as your father, but your brother Shisi is weak, and the Shen family cannot be handed over to him. Otherwise, the Shen family will fall. This is not said once or twice in front of the old lady, but often. You also know that the old lady loves your second uncle more, and your father and I will I'm afraid that the old lady will be tempted by your second uncle, and she will really support Shilian in running the Shen family in the future..."

In the aristocratic family at that time, the head of the family was generally passed down from father to son, but this was not always the case.As long as the descendant of the head of the family gets the approval of the vast majority of the people in the direct line, especially the elders, he will be able to replace those incompetent, incompetent and weak people and become the head of the big family.

Just like the Xiao family, Xiao Yulang was incompetent, so the head of the Xiao family disqualified him from being the head of the house, and chose one of his sons, and another person from the second room who was of the same generation as Xiao Yulang's son, who was also qualified to be the head of the house. See who is more capable and shrewd, pass on the position of patriarch to him.

Shen Wan's younger brother Shen Shisi has an introverted personality, his health has not been very good, and he doesn't like to fight for fame and fortune, so it seems a bit weak to outsiders, so Shen Wan's second uncle Shen Xian said that in front of the old lady.

The author has something to say: I see some relatives are always struggling with how many chapters.In fact, I want to say that whether it is literature or film or television, it is the process that always looks good.The structure of this article is relatively large, and there are many chapters required to write it clearly. You don’t want me to write an outline later, do you?

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