Chunlu was also injured, and several girls followed her back to Meiyuan first. Qiuxiang followed Fengyu to find Mrs. Feng. As soon as she entered the second door, the maid from Fengyu's courtyard came quickly, with a slightly solemn face, "Girl
, Wang Lizheng from Lingzhuang came here today, and the eldest lady got very angry and sent someone to the Plum Garden to invite you."
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When Feng Yu arrived at the eldest lady's courtyard, Feng Yu was throwing pots with the girls in the courtyard. When she saw Feng Yu, she became very angry and said, "Third sister is here. I heard that you have shown great prestige in Yiling Village."
"The clothes on the fourth sister are so beautiful, they must be the new styles of Ruyizhuang." Feng Yu clasped her hands in front of her, smiling.
Feng Jiao wore a lake blue pink rose double-breasted short coat and a white skirt. The skirt was inlaid with pearls, which were shining brightly. It made her look like she was beating the frost against the snow, and she was unparalleled in beauty. Feng Jiao turned around proudly, and the skirt spread out,
The looming pink roses are hidden in the pleated skirt, and the design is exquisite and beautiful. "This is a unique skirt in Ruyi Village. I spent fifty taels to get it. Isn't it beautiful?"
Feng Yu smiled as brightly as a flower, picked up a wooden arrow, swung it lightly, and threw it into the pot, "Beautiful."
She climbed up the steps. Mother Li at the door opened the curtain and said inside that the third girl was here. Feng Yu entered the inner room. Mrs. Feng was teaching Feng Wan how to manage the house. She looked unhappy when she saw Feng Yu.
Feng Wan said, "Mother, you and the third sister are discussing things. My daughter will go down first."
"Sit down and listen."
Feng Wan glanced at Feng Yu, took the handkerchief and quietly embroidered.
Mrs. Feng held tea to moisten her throat and said, "Third girl, my eldest aunt has also heard about the incident in Lingzhuang. They deceived the superiors and deceived them into underpaying the rent. Of course it was wrong. Since you have discovered the clues, why don't you report it to the elders in the family who make the decision?
If you have to cause trouble alone, the tenants of Lingzhuang were dissatisfied and rioted, even the county magistrate was alerted. If there is any trouble, I can't explain it to your parents."
"I have settled the matter in Yilingzhuang. The tenant farmers are willing to pay back the land rent. Everyone is happy. Why is the eldest aunt angry?" Feng Yu seemed to have just remembered, "Wang Li is your distant relative. I am in trouble with him and make it difficult for the eldest aunt."
Done?"
Mrs. Feng's expression was extremely ugly, and she put down the tea cup. "It's true that Wang Li is a distant relative of mine. Your mother asked him to manage Yiling Village because of his ability. We were demoted from Kyoto for more than ten years, and Wang Li was in charge.
As a tenant farmer, the spring plowing and autumn planting are always done, and the rent is paid truthfully every year, so that Yilingzhuang is in order and becomes more prosperous. Even if he is not a distant relative, I have to say a fair word to him. He has no merit but hard work. You are so aggressive.
Aren't you afraid that others will say you're just going to kill the donkey?"
Mother Li brought tea, Qiuxiang took it and put it in Fengyu's hand. Fengyu's eyes fell on the tea, and the fragrance of the fine Longjing filled her nostrils. Fengyu smiled and said, "I'm not afraid."
"You are really stubborn. Think about your reputation in Beijing. You are stupid, ignorant, brutal and vulgar. After your engagement was broken off, you were even more obsessed with foreign men and shameless. Now that the Lingzhuang incident has caused trouble again, you still want to
One more crime of being a business woman, why would you hurt your friendship and ruin your reputation for a few thousand silver?" Mrs. Feng hates the fact that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
Feng Yu's face instantly turned cold. The reputation of being a merchant girl had made Su Yuejiao unable to hold her head high in the circle of ladies in the capital.
Qiuxiang secretly thought, it's over, the eldest lady has stepped on the girl's bottom line.
Feng Wan raised her head from her embroidery and said, "Third sister, my mother is also concerned about your reputation and is afraid that these tenant farmers will tell you right and wrong. If you get the reputation of a businesswoman again, it will be even harder for my sister to say goodbye to you."
"Merchant girl..." Feng Yu picked up the tea cup and gently shook the foam, "Auntie, if there were no merchant girl, our whole family would have been demoted to Ningzhou. You would not have to worry about food and clothing, and you would be able to open a business in Ningzhou.
Socializing? Not to mention, my uncle’s monthly salary is 80 taels of silver, and my fourth sister can buy a dress from Ruyi Village for 50 taels without blinking an eye. Where does the money come from?”
Mrs. Feng's face turned green and red, embarrassed and angry, "Feng Yu, you... you are so presumptuous!"
Feng Yu originally wanted to come in and listen to how her mother reprimanded Feng Yu. As soon as she arrived at the door, she heard Feng Yu talking about buying a dress. She was ashamed and angry, and she was holding on to the hem of her dress.
Feng Wan did not expect that Feng Yu would be so unkind, so she argued, "Third sister, the Feng family has property and does not live on father's salary. My mother also has dowry and property. What you say is too hurtful."
"The Feng family comes from a humble family. Although my grandfather was an official of the second rank, the property he bought was not very rich. When he was demoted, almost all the family property was sold and there was not much left. After returning to Beijing, it was my sister who used my mother's dowry to redeem the property.
She returned to the Feng family's properties and shops, and transferred two profitable cloth shops to her grandmother's name." Feng Yu smiled softly, but ruthlessly, "Although Feng Yu is young, she also understands a simple truth.
After picking up the bowl and eating the meat, put down the chopsticks and don't curse."
Mrs. Feng was so angry that her chest hurt, and she almost fainted. Feng Wan hurriedly went to comfort her, but Feng Jiao rushed in and scolded Feng Yu, "Feng Yu, you are too arrogant, why do you scold us like this?"
Feng Yu looked at her angry red eyes, chuckled and said, "Fourth sister, I'm talking about something you should know, but you pretend not to understand. In the past two years, the Su family sent good leather and good materials.
You stopped, took away all the good ones, and left some defective ones for my sister and me. My sister didn’t care, she could buy better ones for me. This year, the Su family will send leather jewelry again, and I will let
I sent it directly to Meiyuan without giving you a choice. You made trouble for several days, acted in my room, and scolded me outside. You forgot that this book is mine. I am willing to give it to you, and you can take it.
, I don’t want to give it to you, so you can’t move.”
Mrs. Feng waved Feng Wan away to comfort her, and said with hatred, "You are disrespectful and lawless just because the Su family is rich. Even the elders dare to contradict you. What you mean is that our entire Feng family relies on your mother to support us."
With."
"Isn't it?" Feng Yu chuckled, holding up the teacup, "This Longjing was sent by the Su family."
Mrs. Feng was slapped hard by the reality, and her eyes turned red with embarrassment. Feng Yu stopped as she saw fit, stood up calmly and said, "Auntie, take a step back and tell me, Yiling Village is my mother's dowry, and I
How to deal with it is all my business. You should not ask. No one knows how much money Wang Lizheng has spent all these years. You are his distant cousin and the eldest wife of the Feng family. If I were an outsider, I would guess whether you
You should avoid suspicion for accepting his money and leaving it in the melons and plums."
Mrs. Feng was as dumb as a chicken, and Feng Yu was sick and didn't like to walk around in the plum garden. Although she had acted arrogantly, she had never contradicted her elders like this, and even accused her of accepting Wang Lizheng's money. Mrs. Feng wanted to explain, Feng Yu
Having taken Qiuxiang away, Feng Jian saw Mrs. Feng's red eyes and chased her out angrily.