After Taisheng escorted the old lady to leave, Minglan was still immersed in the sadness of separation. Rulan rushed to Mu Cangzhai and saw Minglan lying on the soft couch, holding a big pillow in a daze, so she went up

He went to pat Minglan's face: "Hey, wake up, I'm still sad! Yes, yes, you are the only filial granddaughter, we are all cruel!"

Minglan didn't have the energy to argue with her, so she could only say half-heartedly: "What the hell, my sisters are sad in their hearts, and my sister's cultivation is not enough, so she is sad on her face."

Rulan punched the cotton. She had nothing to say, so she went straight to the topic and said: "Uh, um... Pinlan has sent another letter. Tell me, how is Sun Xiucai doing now?"

Minglan rolled her eyes toward the roof.

There are basically two themes in Pinlan's series of letters. One is 'The unscrupulous and immoral scum who cruelly abandons the chaff and the record of her family's decline', and the second is 'The record of the resurrection of Ms. Hui Zhilan and Xin Sheng Shulan who were brutally treated'.

After Minglan accidentally mentioned it once, Rulan became a loyal listener of this serialized story.

It is said that back then, after Sun Zhigao exchanged a divorce letter for half a dowry, he immediately moved the dancing girl who was born out of mud into the main house, while Shulan was sent by her family to the village where Sister Gui's son was married.

The place is rich and the people are prosperous, and the folk customs are simple. In addition, Sister Gui's father-in-law is an upright person in the place, and no one gossips.

Without the constraint of Shulan, and without the supervision of the steward who went with Shulan to marry him, Sun Zhigao spent his days living and drinking, throwing banquets in restaurants, and inviting a bunch of arty Qingke Xiangong to recite poems and sip prostitutes. He was really unhappy;

This behavior was known to the academic officials, who were furious. Once when a local scholar held a seminar on imperial examination articles, he scorned Sun Zhigao in front of everyone, saying that he had "no conduct and no virtue" and that he was a "genteel scum". Sun Zhigao was greatly punished.

He returned in humiliation and spent more and more wantonly after returning.

Grandma's ears were soft, and she didn't know how to spend a large amount of money. She decided to imitate other people's investment. Sometimes it was a rouge shop, sometimes it was a rice and grain store, and sometimes it was loan sharking. The industries were very different, but the results were the same, and they lost money.

Qian; Minglan seriously suspected that Uncle Sheng Wei had secretly added fuel to the problem.

In this way, after the strange woman from the brothel gave birth to a son, the Sun family was already in a different state than before. However, Sun Zhigao wanted to save face and still put on a lavish appearance. In order to continue to live a comfortable life of calling slaves and maids, he had to continue to live in a comfortable life.

After selling off the family property, Sun's mother also tried to persuade her son to exercise some restraint, but Sun Zhigao always kept saying, "What will happen to me after I am in high school?"

However, the strange woman from the brothel obviously couldn't wait any longer. One day, Sun's mother and her son went out for a banquet and returned home late. After returning home, they drank a bowl of hangover soup. Both mother and son fell asleep. When they woke up, they found a pile of belongings and a banknote box at home.

All are gone, except for a "deeply touching" long letter left by the strange woman from the brothel and her grandma's nephew:

It is said that the two people have known each other for a long time, and the son she gave birth to is also the nephew. The two have been in love for a long time, and their true love can be touched by heaven and earth. However, God is not kind and lovers are not allowed to get together. After struggling for these days, they finally can't

They deceived their own feelings and decided to stay together, asking their "kind and generous" grandma and "so noble and great" Sun Zhigao to understand their feelings; Oh, please understand that they took away their belongings.

the behavior of.

After this incident came out, Sun's mother and son immediately became You Yang's laughing stock. The sincere couple left in a hurry and did not sell the house, but sold a lot of farmland and other valuable furnishings. At this time, Sun Zhigao immediately

As the days got harder, restaurants and restaurants in the town refused to give him credit, and bookstores and paper shops also came to collect debts. Looking at the porridge and pickles on the table, Sun's mother and son finally remembered the benefits of Shulan, and asked about it.

They came to Cangxiang. Sun Zhigao wanted to make a show at first, saying that he was willing to marry Shulan back. But when they went there, Shulan was not only married, but also pregnant.

Shulan's family is a big family in the neighboring village. They have a house and fields. The new brother-in-law is a kind and honest man. This time, Sheng Wei and Li carefully checked their character and showed enough airs to marry their daughter happily.

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Sun's mother and son were dumbfounded when they saw Shulan's bulging belly. Sun Zhigao probably said some nasty things when he was angry, but Shulan was no longer Wu Xia's Amen in the past. She sneered and ridiculed them severely. Sister Gui even more

Cruelly, he directly pointed out Sun Zhigao's key issue - 'Maybe you can't give birth, go and see the doctor, don't delay this good girl's pooping or not pooping'.

Sun Zhigao was so ashamed and angry that he almost wanted to die. At this time, tough and honest country men arrived. They did not talk nonsense and directly waved their poles to greet Sun Zhigao. They beat Sun Zhigao hard and drove him out.

The latest news is that Shulan gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and Sun Zhigao became a regular customer of the pawn shop.

Ru Lan left a table full of melon seed shells and was very dissatisfied with the ending. At the same time, she expressed dissatisfaction with Ming Lan's unpassionate way of explanation. Ming Lan was also upset and picked up the account details left by the old lady.

Take a closer look.

Question 1: An acre of medium dry land costs about five taels of silver, paddy fields cost double that, but top-quality paddy fields can be sold for twenty taels. If she has one thousand taels of silver, what should she do with it?

Answer: It depends on the situation and policies.

Question 2: There were originally ten households in the family. After three generations of the master's family, the number of servants multiplied and they relied on seniority to scoop them up. They were no longer usable. The household expenses were getting bigger and bigger. How to reduce them?

Answer: The best policy is family planning and good discipline; the middle policy is to let them go; the worst policy is to sell them.

Question 3: There are a large number of people in the family, the male is not involved in childbirth, and the monthly expenses cannot make ends meet. What should I do?

Answer: Divide the families and each will support his own.

Question 4: The parents-in-law are jealous, they prefer other houses and refuse to separate the family, the sister-in-law is greedy for money and the uncle is lustful, the father-in-law has a huge deficit, the man spoils his concubine and destroys his wife, the mother's family is indifferent and does not care about life and death, there is no way to heaven and no door to earth.

Answer: ...reincarnate again.

What the accounts reflected was not only income and expenditure issues, but also complex interpersonal interactions, close relationships, and finally mixed into a mess. Minglan looked at it all day and felt like she had a splitting headache. The big family was struggling, and each room had its own problems.

Regarding the plans of each house, some problems have no solution at all, so we can only waste them slowly. When the daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, she will pass the baton to the next generation and continue to waste away.

"Girl." Dan Jue opened the curtain and came in, smiling and reporting, "The ladies in my wife's room are here to tell me that they have new spring clothes and hairpin rings. I want some girls to pick them out."

Minglan got down on the bed, and while Danju was arranging her clothes and hair, she asked, "How is the courtyard these days?"

Danjue pondered for a moment and replied in a low voice: "It's better than when the old lady was here; a few little girls made some gossip."

Minglan smiled slightly and ordered: "You don't have to reprimand me deliberately, just watch more." Dan Ju was puzzled, Minglan's mouth curved slightly, "People in the inner courtyard all share the same wealth and hardships;

Let’s take a look.”

In the past, the old lady used to take great care in everything she ate in order to take care of Minglan's body. She took turns to eat snacks during the day, including cream, cheese, and steamed rice flour, as well as snacks at night, such as bird's nest porridge with rock sugar, and so on.

The golden red jujube soup, whatever was good, made Minglan eat it until the skin was smooth, the flesh was smooth, white and the inside was red, and even the little girl was stained with it. Now she has to treat it as a middle-aged dish.

Danju understood, and looked solemn: "In the past, girls were so kind to them. If they get resentful when there is any difference, they will be damned! Girl, I will watch."

Xiaotao helped Minglan to Wang's room, and saw Wang leaning on Concubine Xiang's couch, smiling and talking to Liu Kun's family. Two square tables were put together in the middle, with neatly folded new-color satin coats placed on them.

, the brocade weavings and paintings were very eye-catching. Mo Lan and Ru Lan were standing at the table, squinting their eyes to look at these things. When they saw Ming Lan coming, they both glared at her.

Mrs. Wang knew that Minglan would be slow to do anything, kowtow to say goodbye, and come late every time to share things. She would only scoop out the leftovers. In this way, everyone would be speechless. Mrs. Wang put down the tea bowl, scooped out

He picked up a small box of black lacquered wood and mother-of-pearl on the small table, asked Liu Kun's family to hand it over, and said with a smile: "The new appearance of Cuibao Zhai, your eldest sister ordered it years ago. She saw it bright and delivered it.

, you sisters can make your own choice."

Liu Kun's family had opened the box and placed it next to the silk on the table. Inside the box, she saw a piece of radiant pearls and emerald green. Minglan looked up and saw three headdresses placed side by side in the box, including a mandarin duck flower tassel hairpin inlaid with glass.

, a bat pattern inlaid with southern beads and trembling branches, a golden walking wave, and a honey flower crystal hairpin, which are indeed novel in style, transparent and bright.

The three Lans looked at each other, and Ru Lan flatly said: "Fourth sister, let's choose first. My father always said that there should be order between elders and younger ones."

Mo Lan smiled faintly, walked forward and looked around, and finally scooped up the most dazzling golden pearl Bu Yao. Ru Lan suddenly chuckled, turned to Ming Lan and said: "Sixth sister, what do you mean, Kong Rong lets

In pear, does the elder brother give way to the younger brother, or does the younger brother give way to the older brother?"

Minglan didn't answer, so she could only smile bitterly and said: "Fourth sister, don't you know how much ink is in my sister's belly? Don't embarrass my sister."

Ru Lan rolled her eyes at her, turned to Mo Lan and said, "Father often praises the fourth sister as the most knowledgeable among our sisters. What does the fourth sister say?"

Mo Lanqiao's face turned red and she looked embarrassed. She forced a smile and said, "If my sister likes this one, just say so. Why bother with allusions? Is it possible that my sister will still argue with her sister?"

Ru Lan said slowly and calmly: "It doesn't matter which hairpin you have, but I just want to learn from my sister."

"Then you choose first!" Mo Lan put down the golden hairpin, her lowered eyes filled with lust.

Ru Lan said scornfully: "My sister has already been chosen. How can my sister win people's love so easily? Daddy will punish me again later."

Minglan frowned slightly when she saw Rulan being so reluctant, and raised her eyes to look at Wang. She saw that she was only talking to Liu Kun's family and didn't look here. As if she didn't know, Minglan lowered her head, she understood.

This time the old emperor opened Enke, and many of Sheng Hong's colleagues and classmates had their children take the exam. Chang Feng didn't even pass the exam, so he could only watch the rare opportunity fly away. Recently, Sheng Hong looked into Chang Feng's eyes.

It's not the eyes, it's not the nose. When the exam started the day before yesterday, half of the staff in the Metropolitan Procuratorate were talking about the children in each other's families who were taking the exam. Sheng Hong felt very uncomfortable. After returning home with a dark face, he went straight to Changfeng's study.

, I plan to educate my son well and make sure to pass the exam next autumn and the next spring.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the sound of men and women laughing inside. Sheng Hong kicked the door open and went in. He saw his son with a smile on his lips, holding up a jade pen in a suave manner. Next to him was a graceful and beautiful girl. Girl, she lifted up her sleeves, and Chang Feng wrote a rich poem on her two snow-white and pink inner arms.

Sheng Hong's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the erotic words written on it, "The ice muscle and jade bones are full of fragrance, take off your clothes and wait for you to taste", he became angry and became furious. Without saying a word, he attacked Chang Feng. After being tied tightly, he was then served by the family and beaten with a stick. The beating made the handsome young man cry for his father and mother. Aunt Lin came to plead for mercy and knelt on the ground begging bitterly.

Sheng Hong was so angry that in front of the Manchu people, he pointed at the mother and son and yelled, "Mud can't hold up a wall."

Aunt Lin is also very aggrieved. She doesn't want to take good care of her son, but she is her aunt after all, and her reputation is not justified. Her son is not very disciplined, and she is afraid that being strict will hurt the relationship between mother and son. She will have to rely on him for the rest of his life. What about him?

Sheng Hong didn't stop doing anything, and simply searched Chang Feng's study. After a search, he turned out more than a dozen books of "?***" and pornographic poems, and the paper was old and worn, obviously it was often used. The result of reviewing the past and learning something new.

Sheng Hong became angry and beat Chang Feng again with a stick, then restrained him. Then he went to the outside accounting office and strictly ordered Chang Feng not to receive any more money at will, and any money exceeding five taels would be reported to the police. .

Aunt Lin's rise to power was due to two reasons: she herself was favored, and her son was valued by Sheng Hong. Now her favor was no longer as good as before, and her son was despised. The servants in the house were all sweethearts, so the limelight suddenly fell to the Wang family.

"What do you think, sister?" Mo Lan sneered. She had never been ridiculed like this before.

"I don't want to do anything." Ru Lan scornfully turned over the clothes on the side and said deliberately, "But since my sister asked me to pick first, wouldn't it be against my father's wishes? I just have to have an explanation. Is it possible for my sisters to compare with each other? Who is more noble?"

She lengthened the end of her words and looked at Mo Lan provocatively.

Mo Lan bit her lip. She knew that Ru Lan wanted to force her to say the words "the difference between concubine and concubine". In the early years, when Aunt Lin was favored by the same family, she often scooped up "concubine" to make a fuss about it. Hong received so much pity and love.

Although today is different from the past, she still refused to put down her face. She caught a glimpse of Minglan standing next to her with her head bowed. Her thoughts changed and she said with a smile: "Fifth sister is right. Kong Rong's pear is also a big one for small ones." Yes, in that case, let Sixth Sister pick first."

Minglan glanced at Mo Lan, "Okay, the little pity that had just arisen immediately disappeared. When she saw Mo Lan coming over to pull her over, Ming Lan turned around lightly and dodged Mo Lan's hand. She had already thought of her words. , just as he was about to say it, someone suddenly announced from outside: "The master is back."

Mrs. Wang, who was watching the show with sideways eyes, was stunned for a moment and looked at the clepsydra on the side. It was only the beginning of Shen Shichu and it was not the time to go to the Yamen yet?

Liu Kun's family was more alert and immediately helped Mr. Wang up to greet Sheng Hong. Sheng Hong walked in wearing an official uniform and a winged hat. His face seemed worried and his beard was a little scattered. He walked straight to the Grand Master's chair where he was sitting and did his homework. Mrs. Wang quickly ordered tea to be served, walked over and said with a smile: "Master is back, why is it so early today?"

Sheng Hong carefully took off his official hat and said casually: "Enke is finishing up today. Even Zuodu Yushi left first, leaving me to wait for a few, and then I came back." Being an official is not too different. As long as it doesn't involve serious issues of principle, it's better to just go with the flow.

The three orchids stood up properly and bowed respectfully to Sheng Hong.

Seeing that the three girls were there, Sheng Hong nodded slightly, and then saw a table of clothes and hairpins, so he frowned and said, "Didn't Hua'er bring these to you yesterday? Why did you just give them to them today?"
To be continued...