But Mrs. Pei had a kind of temperament that ordinary old ladies didn't have. At first glance, it seemed that she was not the kind of old lady from a small family. She had a certain kind of bearing. Shen Mingzhu guessed that she must have an extraordinary background.
In addition, the old lady also has an eldest daughter-in-law, Shao, who has a son named Pei Jing.
The second son and second daughter-in-law are gone, but he has a daughter, Pei Shu, and a younger brother, Pei Zhang.
The youngest son Pei Si has been in bed for many years and cannot get out of bed. The youngest daughter-in-law, Feng, is the daughter of Pei Shengnan.
Based on their rankings, Shen Mingzhu deduced that the old lady had a third son, but he didn't know why he wasn't around, or maybe he was gone.
The family lives in poverty, and Shaw earns some odd money by washing and sewing clothes for others.
Pei Jing has not shown up since they arrived. It is said that he was very good at studying before, but later Qiwen went into business for some reason, but he did not have the business acumen and spent all the capital that his family had finally collected.
Don't know what to do now.
Pei Shu, who lives in the second room, is good at needlework and is very popular with the old lady. She can make some money from this on weekdays.
Pei Zhang went to work hard, sometimes helping people transport goods or going to help wealthy families.
Mrs. Feng, who lives in the fourth bedroom, serves her husband at home. She does not go out to do any work on weekdays, but helps the old lady with the housework.
Although it is just a poor family with little money, there are many members, so there are many things to do every day.
There are many people eating, but only a few people are working, and they have to do the washing, so someone must do the housework.
Now that Shen Mingzhu and Xiao Xian are added to the mix, there are two more people to work with.
Ms. Feng, who was in charge of housework, began to complain endlessly, telling the old lady that there were too many things at home and she couldn't handle them all by herself.
Old Mrs. Pei just comforted her and told her not to worry too much. The children were older and would share the burden for her. When the second child got married and married, he could help her take care of the housework.
Feng hesitated and said: "Mom, Mr. Shen and Mr. Xie were invited back by my young man. They didn't live in vain and paid so much money. Do we also have to entertain them well?"
Mrs. Pei nodded, "What you said makes sense, so what kind of reception do you want?"
Mrs. Feng then smiled and said, "Mom, I think the young man got fifty or sixty taels of silver back."
Old Mrs. Pei was still sewing without raising her head. Although she was not in good health, she could still cope sitting on a chair and doing some needlework.
She said: "Well, the little boy is all left to me."
Their family all lived together, and all the family's income had to be handed over to the old lady. Not only the Shao family's earnings, but also Pei Shu and Pei Zhang's.
So Pei Shengnan's family is no exception. Everyone is used to it. Grandma is in charge of the house, distributes the work and takes charge of the money.
In the past, Ms. Feng didn't think anything of it, because her husband was sick and her son was still young and couldn't make much money. She didn't dare to have any objection no matter how the money was divided.
But things are different now. The family earns twenty or thirty taels of silver a year, but now the young man can get two or three times as much in one go. If he pays all this, he will be in trouble for this house.
Now she feels something is wrong, especially that Mr. Shen and Mr. Xie are rich owners and they are still discussing doing business with the young man. If the family is separated, all the money earned will be hers.
