After convincing Hu Nanxi, Meng Yutang led Hua Shiyu and took a few ingots of gold and silver to the westmost wing.
Hua Junnian and Cai Baiwei had just returned from washing their daughter's bedding and tidying up the room. They led two little cubs to change Cai Baiwei's dressing in front of the bed. When they saw Meng Yutang and her daughter coming over with shining gold in their hands, they felt so excited.
It was a surprise.
"Second sister-in-law, what is this?"
Although Hua Junnian was still jealous of what they had done to their daughter before, his anger had almost subsided by now, and he could no longer ignore her.
"I heard that you, sixth brother, are going to separate your family, and you want to bring Rujin back."
Meng Yutang walked to a few people and sat down at the table, pretending to sigh: "As for Rujin, what your second sister-in-law and I did was indeed inappropriate, but I really heard that the young master of the Ye family was in the house.
I won’t mention the misbehavior in school and his bitch mother, I did it all for you and Rujin’s good, well, who knows he passed the exam after all.”
As he said that, he put the gold and silver in his hand on the table: "No, last night I got too angry and hurt my younger siblings. I also learned that Erlang of the Dou family was such a virtuous man. I felt really sorry, so I rushed back to my parents' house that night to break it.
I finally asked my stingy father for twenty-five taels of gold. Firstly, I will repay my mother the money she has acquired over the years, and secondly, I will help you collect some money to fight Rujin's lawsuit."
After hearing this, Hua Shiyu secretly gave her mother a thumbs up.
Hua Junnian felt warm in her heart when she heard this: I didn't expect that the second sister-in-law was still thinking about the six-bedroom family at this time.
No wonder there was no one there so early in the morning. It turned out that he was going to his parents' house to help ask for money.
When I looked at my second sister-in-law again, she seemed not as ugly as before.
Cai Baiwei was also filled with gratitude at this time. She was about to kneel down in excitement when Meng Yutang helped her up.
"Second sister-in-law, my sister-in-law will definitely remember your kindness."
After saying that, Cai Baiwei quickly joined Hua Youen, and Hua Muyang signaled: "Thank you second aunt quickly."
But the two little guys always felt that the second aunt, who usually had all kinds of tricks, was a weasel paying New Year greetings to the chicken, and they had no good intentions.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Thank your second aunt quickly."
Hua Junnian also urged.
Although she felt in her heart that the second sister-in-law was trying to distance herself from her family, at this juncture she was willing to use her own money to take out the money, which finally solved her urgent need.
"Ahem, why are you embarrassing the child?"
Meng Yutang did not expect the two little losers to say thank you, and deliberately handed the two ingots of silver to Hua Junnian: "These ten taels of silver are the settlement expenses that mother gave you. If you still lack money, you can sell the two acres of thin land."
As for the house, my mother said that she would give your family the two rooms on the east side to live in, which is my father's pension money..."
At this point, she pretended to be helpless and sighed.
Hua Junnian felt uncomfortable.
At that time, my father had an annual salary of more than 40 taels of silver from the county government. After he died in the line of duty, his parents and his first wife could receive half of the pension every year.
Her grandparents had long since died, so the money naturally fell on her.
Later, the imperial court restructured and increased the pension, and the amount of pension funds also increased. In order to please the second wife, my mother gave up the additional money and asked her second brother to go to the county to take care of the job.
Not to mention that I have not reaped any benefit in these years. Apart from Rujin's expenses every year, I still frugally send her five taels of silver as filial piety money.
Unexpectedly, when her family was facing a disaster, she not only refused to take out the money that Rujin had squandered from her over the years for food, clothing, and clothing, but she was also unwilling to pay back the money that her daughter sold herself to the Dou family, so she gave her ten taels of silver. settlement fee.
As for the two acres of thin farmland at home, he just sneered.
The fields in the village were not worth much money, and even if they were sold, they would not be worth my father's one-year pension. The whole family was so lazy that they would rather not farm in a hurry, fearing that this would be the biggest advantage they got.
Cai Baiwei knew her mother-in-law's temperament. At this time, she would not trouble the whole family anymore. She was already grateful. How could she expect her to help the whole family? She looked at Hua Junnian with warm eyes and comforted her: "That's it. It's important to take care of the children."
Anyway, the second sister-in-law has already filled in this money.
Hua Junnian nodded frustratedly.
"Okay, that's all my second sister-in-law can help you with. You have to rely on your own for the rest of the way."
Meng Yutang sat upright: "But the sixth brother, I have asked Cheng'an to invite the clan leader and elders to come over. When the time comes, you will have to sign and affix the document on the division of the family."
"good."
Hua Junnian nodded solemnly again.
Meng Yutang felt a sense of joy in her heart. She looked at the glittering gold in front of her. Although she was a little reluctant to give up, she suddenly felt less uncomfortable when she thought that the couple was about to go bankrupt and lose their daughter.
After she gets married to the Shu family again, no one in the entire Hua family will be allowed to point fingers at her.
Thinking of this, Meng Yutang looked at Hua Shiyu with evil eyes, slowly stood up and left the room with a proud face.
Looking at a few ingots of gold and silver, Hua Junnian and Cai Baiwei lowered their heads sadly, silently thinking about how to raise enough money to fight their daughter's lawsuit.
If the young master of the Tao family is really hired to fight this lawsuit, the money will be a drop in the bucket.
...
At Ningyuan Books in the south of the city, two carriages stopped at the stables one after another.
Hua Rujin leisurely walked into the most prestigious bookstore in Jiangling City, and was immediately shocked when she looked at the rows of antique bookcases displayed in Nuo Da's room.
This size is no worse than the library she had in college.
Wandering in front of the rows of bookshelves, looking at Linliang's numerous ancient books, the refreshing fragrance of ink gradually calmed down her impetuous heart.
But after looking at the wooden signs hanging next to the bookshelf, she couldn't help but frown again.
Although papermaking and printing technology were available in this era, the price of books was still not cheap. A printed book on ordinary paper would cost one or two hundred cents. Most of the books that are rarely used among the people, such as the Classics on Legal Studies, were handwritten copies. Any book costs two to three taels of silver.
It’s no wonder that scholars are so expensive these days. Many people even go to work at a rich man’s house and borrow his books to read.
With a thoughtful look on his face, he found the library of legal studies and took a look at the books placed in the library. There were more than thirty volumes in total.
Hua Rujin secretly estimated the money and had to narrow her eyes to one of the volumes, "The Law of the Great Industry - Household Marriage".
Shu Jinxuan quietly held pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Seeing her hesitant eyes, he guessed that this girl must be worried about money again. He was about to speak, but recalling that she kept rejecting his kindness, he had to temporarily give up the idea of buying books for her. idea.
Hua Rujin stared at the marriage law book blankly, and just reached out to take it out, but found that the book seemed to have roots and could not be taken out no matter how hard it was pulled.
When her eyes were hesitant and confused, she saw that the solitary books beside her, such as "The Law of Salt and Iron", "The Law of Breaking", "The Law of Fighting", and "The Law of War", began to become loose. In a short time, half of the bookstore was taken away, and not a single copy was left.
, a pair of breathtaking peach eyes and apricot eyes were immediately reflected in the empty bookcase, looking at each other in disbelief.
"What a coincidence, Lord Magistrate."
Hua Rujin smiled lightly and quickly hid the "Household Marriage" behind her back.
It was the first time that I faced him face to face at such a close distance. His sparkling black eyes and his face as delicate as a knife were very pleasing to the eye even though his expression was expressionless.
I have to say that when this person is serious and serious, he is much more pleasing to the eye than a puddle of mud lying on the Taishi chair.
"Master Ye also comes to the bookstore to buy books?"
Shu Jinxuan was also surprised and hesitated to ask.
Ye Chengguan's eyes were fixed on the book that Hua Rujin had hidden behind him, and then he looked at the other single copies that had not been taken down, and spread his long knuckles in a gesture of greeting.
"The magistrate is a guest from afar. Please invite me, magistrate. No need to be polite."
The flowers bloom like brocade and smile.
If it weren't for the lack of money, I would definitely be on an equal footing with him.