Daming female local tyrant

Yan Kuan stood in front of Shen Wan, and told Shen Wan in detail the letter his father asked him to pass on.

After hearing this, Shen Wan said that she knew it, and asked her maid Ji Jiao to take him out to have dinner at Zhao Siniang's place in front, and after dinner, she went back to Shen's house in Jinling to report her orders.

As soon as Yan Kuan came, he told Shen Wan that he would rush back immediately after he came to deliver the message.

That's why Shen Wan made this arrangement.

After Yan Kuan left, Shen Wan went back to the inner room. Jing Lan had already finished eating at that time, and when she saw Shen Wan coming in, she asked her if she wanted to continue eating.

Shen Wan waved her hand and said no more.

Seeing her frowning, Jing Lan asked Mr. Yan if the steward's son came from Jinling and told her anything bad?

In fact, these words are superfluous, because the fact that Mr. Yan's steward's own son rushed to Suzhou in such a hurry showed that the situation was urgent.

Shen Wan went to sit down on the Arhat couch under the window, Jing Lan saw that she hadn't eaten, so she went over and handed her a cup of tea.

After taking the tea that Jing Lan handed over, Shen Wan took two sips and put it down.

"Lan Er, sit down, I have something to tell you." She beckoned Jing Lan to sit beside her.

Jing Lan sat down on the Luohan couch next to Shen Wan, looked at Shen Wan, and guessed what she would say.

"Just now, Yan Kuan, the son of Mr. Yan, who is in charge, came to send a message. It was my father who said it. My father said that Qi Yunping wrote a letter to my father, accusing me of accepting bribes from him and Liu Zhuangtou totaling 800 taels of silver. He wants My father handles this matter impartially. What my father means is that he will investigate the accounts of Qi Zhuangtou and Liu Zhuangtou, and let them withdraw all the money owed to the Shen family over the years. Naturally, Zhuangtou will not let them do it. ..."

"The filial money that the girl collected from them has to be withdrawn?"

"Yeah. My father asked Yan Kuan to inform me about this, just to make me prepare early."

"Does the girl really want to withdraw the money?"

"Of course I have to retire. My father said that he, the head of the Shen family, cannot be given the reputation of abolishing the public for personal reasons. Do you understand, Lan'er?"

"The patriarch wants to keep himself?"

"If he protects me, he will definitely be caught by people with ulterior motives, and his patriarch's reputation will be damaged. Don't think about it. Is Qi Yunping so stupid? He is willing to give back the money and lose his reputation." You are still against my father's patriarch? It can be seen that someone here is calling the shots for Qi Yunping and instigating him to write a letter to sue me. If he does this, he will make me withdraw 800 taels of silver at most. Life will be difficult, but his family suffers The loss was much greater than mine. He turned a blind eye to so many disadvantages, which is really unlike Qi Yunping who is usually cautious. Therefore, my father speculates that someone is using this to target his position as the patriarch?"

"Isn't it your second uncle who is qualified to be the patriarch of the Shen family? And your second uncle has been targeting you."

"Even you can see it, so my father asked me to take care of the overall situation. I would rather make it difficult for myself, and let his patriarch deal with justice. He is in the position of patriarch, and outsiders will give me more respect. He is from Suzhou. These friends will also take care of me a little bit more.”

Jing Lan nodded: "I understand, girl, then do we have to make up 800 taels of silver to hand it in? If that's the case, we would have spent nearly 100 taels of silver. Where can we find money to make up for it?"

"Hey, I have to make some clothes tomorrow." Shen Wan sighed.

"Why don't we think of another way?"

"What way?"

"I don't know if the deed of the Shen family's old house in Suzhou is still there? If it is, the girl can pawn the house for money, and agree to redeem the deed when she has money in the current period. Now the old house is also being repaired by the girl. It’s new, and you can see it, and you can be a 300 taels. If you have 300 taels, even if you withdraw 800 taels of silver, you can still support it for a while.”

Shen Wan's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this, and she said: "How could I forget, the old lady asked me to come to Suzhou to manage [-] mu of land and live in the old house of the Shen family in Suzhou. The land deed and house deed have been given to me. Put it in a box and lock it."

Jing Lan clapped her hands and said happily: "This is really a road that never ends. Tomorrow, the girl will take the house deed and go to the pawn shop in person, and exchange the house deed for some money."

Shen Wan added: "Otherwise I'll take the land deed with me and pawn it for silver, and pawn more if I want."

Jing Lan asked Shen Wan how much money he could get for three hundred acres of fertile land.

Shen Wan replied: "Land in the south of the Yangtze River is expensive, especially in the Suzhou area where there are many people and little land. If you pawn 2000 mu of land, even if the price is half, it will cost [-] taels of silver."

Jing Lan: "Then don't be fooled. It's useless for us to take so much money at once. Let's talk about it when we really need to use so much money."

"Alright, then I'll use the deed to pay for it tomorrow."

"Then I'll ask Baiju to boil water for the girl to wash up and rest early. I have to go to the town's pawn shop tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

Jing Lan then went to ask Bai Ju to boil water, then helped Shen Wan to wash up, lay down and rest, she herself went to sleep on the Luohan couch in the banquet room outside.

Waking up early the next morning, Zhao Siniang came in with breakfast, and after Shen Wan had eaten, she called Ping Anpingfu and Cui Zhu to accompany her, and took the house deed and went to the pawn shop in Jinhe Town in a sedan chair, and took the house deed as a pawnshop. Resisted, pawned 240 taels of silver.She made an agreement with the pawn shop to redeem it during the Chinese New Year, and if it was overdue, the house would be taken over.

She had just returned to the old house with a silver ticket of 240 taels, and the steward Wei sent by his father arrived with a servant. Her filial money is 800 taels of silver, and when she returns to the Shen family in Jinling, the old lady will personally ask Qi Yunping about Shen Wan's blackmail of their money.

Shen Wan did not expect that this matter would alarm the old lady.

She asked Guanshi Wei that since the old lady wanted to ask herself about accepting Liu Zhuantou and Qi Zhuantou's filial money, should Liu Zhuangtou and Qi Zhuangtou go to Jinling together to confront the old lady together?

Guanshi Wei said: "Guanbao Bao has brought people to invite Liu Zhuangtou and Qi Zhuangtou, and the farmer who the old lady ordered to rent the Shen family's land also invited a few people."

After hearing this, Shen Wan felt that the old lady was so thoughtful, and she didn't need to worry at all.

"Then steward Wei, wait a moment. I'll go and clean it up, and I'll take the boat back to Jinling with you." After finishing speaking, Shen Wan went back to the inner room and told Jing Lan what steward Wei said, and then she asked Jing Lan to clean it up. A few changes of clothes for the two of them, and brought 800 taels of silver back to Shen's house in Jinling.

"I'm going too? Girl, the mark on my neck is still there." Jing Lan said reluctantly.

"Put on a high-necked shirt and it can be covered. It's okay. It will be dark when we take the boat to Jinling. Let's rest for a night. When we get up the next day, it will be gone." Shen Wan touched the scene. The strawberry marks on Lan's neck had faded and said, "Go and clean up."

Jing Lan had no choice but to obediently find out Shen Wan and her laundry dress to make a burden.

Shen Wan put the 240 taels of silver notes that he had pawned the old Suzhou house today, the 500 taels of silver notes that had not been redeemed last time, and the 60 taels of cash in a small cash box, and then put them into Jing Lan's bag. Let her carry it.

Look at the remaining 140 taels of silver in the bedside box, that is all her belongings, and this is the silver that was pawned with the deed of the old house of the Shen family.

Shen Wan secretly made up her mind that after going to Jinling to deal with the incident caused by Qi Zhuangtou this time, she will find a way to do business and make money when she returns to Suzhou.

After Jing Lan changed into a high-necked shirt, she looked in the mirror and saw that the strawberry prints on her side neck were about to be covered. She was finally relieved, but the weather is already early summer, and this high-necked shirt is only available in autumn and winter. It's a bit weird to wear it now.

But there is no way, Shen Wan wants her to accompany him to Jinling, she can't do it, besides, she is actually not at ease with Shen Wan, thinking that she is pregnant after all, and now she has to deal with what Qi Zhuangtou made Bad thing.Being by her side, even if I can't give her any good ideas, it is always a good thing to give her a small shoulder to lean on and give her comfort.

Shen Wan left Cuizhu to look after the house in the old house, taking care of the two maids at home and the two servants outside, Cuizhu happily agreed.

At first she knew that Shen Wan was going back to the Shen family in Jinling, and she was quite depressed if she was not taken with her.

Later, when Shen Wan said that she was asked to take care of the house, she became happy again, after all, she had never taken care of anyone.

Jing Lan followed Shen Wan to Jinling, so she took Jing Lan's place and started to take care of the housekeeper. In her opinion, this was also a sign of being valued, and she was very respectable in front of the new maids and servants.

Shen Wan and Jing Lan followed Guanshi Wei on a ship sent by the Shen family, and soon they saw Qi Zhuangtou and Liu Zhuangtou, and several farm laborers who rented the Shen family's fields boarded another ship. ship.

From a distance, Shen Wan couldn't see the faces of Qi Zhuangtou and Liu Zhuangtou clearly, Shen Wan didn't care, but just responded with a sneer.

Thinking that Qi Zhuangtou and Liu Zhuangtou's actions were shooting themselves in the foot, remembering that a few days ago Qi Yunping's daughter-in-law Zhou Shi came to him to flatter her, only a few days ago, she switched to her second uncle's side, What kind of disclosure letter should I write to sue myself?

To be honest, Shen Wan didn't feel that she had done something wrong, her approach was a reasonable approach recognized by most people, taking into account the interests of both parties and the Shen family's prestige to the greatest extent.Besides, since the old lady asked her to manage the Shen family's [-] mu of land in Suzhou, she has the right to use the method she thinks is correct to manage it.Or some people would say that since she found out about Liu Zhuangtou and Qi Zhuangtou's appropriation of the Shen family's land, she should let Liu Zhuangtou and Qi Zhuangtou withdraw all the money instead of using part of it to fill their own pockets.

If someone said that, Shen Wan would ask him, if Liu Qi and the two villains did not retreat, would they take this matter to court, see the officials, and take back the money, but what about the reputation of the Shen family.After all, Liu Qi and the two heads of the village have managed the [-] mu of land for the Shen family for so many years, and they have worked hard without credit.Whenever a large family in the south of the Yangtze River hires someone to be the head of the farm to manage the fields, they will let the head of the farm they hire take advantage of it. This is called being considerate to the servants.It's just that Liu Qi and the two heads of the village took a little more advantage. Generally speaking, it is appropriate for them to take advantage of the Shen family's [-]% to [-]% of the farm output, but they actually accounted for more than half. Too greedy.

For more than 2000 taels of silver, they have to go to court, and the Shen family will bear the reputation of treating the servants harshly.

Although this is not called harsh treatment, in the eyes of others, it is considered harsh treatment for such a big family as the Shen family, with billions of dollars, to meet an official for such a small amount of money.

In short, the governance of a big family has the same effect as a famous saying, that is, governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

What matters is that a major matter should be turned into a big one, and a small matter should be turned into nothing. At all times, the family's reputation and interests must be taken into account, and don't make a big disturbance just because of a small matter and small money.

Therefore, Shen Wan would think that accepting the 800 taels of silver from Liu Qi's two village heads was really beneficial to both others and herself, and at the same time, it also took into account the interests of the Shen family.

In this matter, the interest of the Shen family is not money, but reputation.

Shen Wan felt that even if the old lady was allowed to stand in her position, she would do the same.

"Lan'er, let's go into the cabin and rest." Shen Wan coldly looked at Liu Zhuangtou and Qi Zhuangtou on the boat not far away, then put her hand in Jing Lan's, smiled gracefully, and said softly. soundtrack.

Now she clearly remembers what Jing Lan said last night. Jing Lan doesn't like her being so strong, but likes her being gentle.

Then, just be gentle with Jing Lan, she is a woman, isn't it easy to be gentle?

I'm afraid that Jing Lan won't be able to stand her tenderness.

Sure enough, Jing Lan really couldn't stand it anymore.

Her little heart thumped wildly because of her smile, she just loves this kind of gentle and charming character.

"Well, good." She said dryly.

Seeing this, Shen Wan smiled even more charmingly, and blinked at Jing Lan when her eyes rolled.

Such a young lady...

Jing Lan was a bit overwhelmed, wasn't she flirting with her in broad daylight.

She quickly lowered her head, not daring to look into Shen Wan's eyes anymore, but reminded her to pay attention to her feet in a low voice.

When she got to the cabin and sat down, Shen Wan insisted on letting Jing Lan sit beside her, then leaned her head on her little shoulder, saying that she was a little tired and wanted to sleep on Jing Lan's shoulder.

Jing Lan had no choice but to lend her her shoulder to lean on, Shen Wan closed her eyes, not sure if she really fell asleep.

Fortunately, on this boat where Shen Wan and Jing Lan were sitting, only Shen Wan and Jing Lan were in the cabin, while Guanshi Wei and others were sitting outside the cabin, otherwise people would feel weird seeing them so close.

Shen Wan suddenly changed her style of painting, instead of taking the cold and cold route of an iceberg beauty, she became a gentle woman as soft as a willow branch with no bones, Jing Lan thinks so.

Cough cough, she likes it and feels a little uneasy at the same time, she always feels that something is not right.

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At this time, Qi Zhuangtou and Liu Zhuangtou who were on the other boat were crying and looking extremely disturbed.

Before Guanshi Bao sent by Shen Chang, the current patriarch of the Shen family, found Qizhuangtou and Liuzhuangtou, Guanshi Dong, a confidant sent by Shen Shilian to Suzhou, arrived first.

He went to find Qi Zhuangtou first, and then asked Qi Zhuangtou to send someone to notify Liu Zhuangtou.

When the three of them were in the house with the door behind closed doors, Guanshi Dong explained his intentions. He took out 3000 taels of silver bills and asked Liu Zhuangtou and Qi Zhuangtou to come to the old lady of the Shen family in Jinling, and admitted that the two letters were addressed to the old lady. The letter between the master and the second master was written by Qi Yunping after they discussed it.

After listening to Guanshi Dong's words, Qi Yunping learned that the second master and his son Shen Shilian had someone forge two letters according to their own handwriting, accusing the eldest lady Shen Wan of taking filial money from him and Liu Zhuangtou, and said it was blackmail.

In this way, not to mention his position as head of the village, his reputation will be damaged, and he will not be able to gain a foothold in Jinling and Suzhou in the future.

Even if he didn't accept the money brought by Dong Guanshi from the second master to bribe him, he would go bankrupt, but the bankruptcy was not enough, and he would also offend the second master.

He also thought, if he was determined not to be bought by the second master, and went to old lady Li to expose the second master's forged letter and exposed the fact that Miss Shen's collection of filial piety money, what would old lady Li do with the second master?What would the second master say to excuse himself?

I'm afraid that in the end, it will still be pushed to him, the head of the village, saying that he was too timid to expose Shen Wan, so he wrote it as a ghostwriter.

He did this only to protect the interests of the Shen family, and also to punish the eldest lady who killed the old patriarch.

At most, old lady Li would scold the second master for his improper methods, but in the end the second master would still be fine.

If the second master is okay, the Qi family will be fine.

So he gave up his previous idea of ​​relying on the old man. What's more, it was not easy for him to accumulate this furniture over the years. Director Dong was willing to offer 1000 taels to buy him. After the Shen family embezzled the money privately, the family business was preserved.

Losing his reputation and leaving his hometown, having this family business can guarantee the basic life of the family. As for what will happen in the future, let's take a step at a time.

Qi Yunping felt that he had a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that the second master was so bold that he dared to forge a letter to report on the eldest lady and drag his family into trouble. The wife lied to her.

But doing so, he really felt so unwilling!

As for Liu Zhuangtou, he is even less far-sighted than Qi Yunping. Seeing that Butler Dong was willing to give out 2000 taels of silver to make up for the shortfall that he had withdrawn from embezzling the Shen family's silver over the years, he agreed to cooperate with the second master in front of Mrs. Li. Acting.

The two ships left Suzhou at the end of the morning ([-]:[-] am), and arrived in Jinling at the end of the afternoon ([-]:[-] pm).

There were Shen family's sedan chair and carriage sent by Shen Chang on the pier, and then Shen Wan and others went to the Shen family's mansion.

The author has something to say: The Riwan event is finally coming to an end. T^T