"Go to the eldest lady and get two thousand guan." Mrs. Cheng said immediately.
The servant girl responded and left immediately, and came back not long after.
"The eldest lady said there is no money." She lowered her head and said.
Mrs. Cheng's second wife became even more angry.
"No money? Where did the money go?"
"Here is the account book. You can see where the money has gone."
Mrs. Cheng said with a dull expression while handing over an account book from several cases.
Mrs. Cheng Er sneered and refused to answer.
"Sister-in-law, you are in charge, we don't dare to ask."
"You don't dare to ask where the money is spent, but you dare to reach out and ask for it." Mrs. Cheng said blankly, "Do you think I am so willing to take over this family?"
"Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. You should say that you are willing to be a rich family, but you are not willing to be a poor family." Mrs. Cheng Er said with a half-smile.
Look, how eloquent and well-spoken you are.
Mrs. Cheng lowered her head to hide the sadness in her eyes. She had been beaten and quarreled, and now she was tired.
"If you don't have money, do whatever you want." She said numbly.
"No money? If you don't have money, just pawn things! The second master's future is important, how can you ask for help if you don't have money?" Mrs. Cheng said angrily.
There was a cough from inside.
"What are you coughing for? If you are sick, take medicine." Mrs. Cheng Er said angrily.
"You!" Mrs. Cheng said angrily, and stood up hurriedly, "Master..."
Mr. Cheng walked out on crutches.
Mrs. Cheng Er sat down and gave a hasty salute, then reluctantly called "Sir."
"It is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself." Mr. Cheng ignored Mrs. Cheng's rudeness and said slowly, "Go and tell Mr. Cheng that you don't have to look for anyone else and go find his daughter in Jingli."
Mrs. Cheng Er and Mrs. Cheng were both a little surprised.
"Sir, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Cheng Er asked, smiling again, "I know that our Jiaojiao family is rich, but where can I have the money to be a father and spend money on my daughter?"
Mrs. Cheng sneered.
"I spent a lot of money before," she said.
"That's what you occupied!" Mrs. Cheng's second wife immediately raised her eyebrows. This kind of frame-up cannot be recognized.
"Okay, don't you understand what I'm saying?" Mr. Cheng shouted, using his cane, "As long as she has money, she will have people. Without people, how could she have such great ability!"
Mrs. Cheng Er was still frowning a little, and a maid ran in from outside the door.
"Second Madam, there are many people coming from the Second Master's side to say congratulations," she shouted.
congratulate?
Mrs. Cheng Er was surprised, so it happened again? What's going on?
"It was wrong before."
In Mr. Cheng Er's study, there were several smiling men sitting, and one of them said at this moment.
"So it's not Huizhou?" Mr. Cheng Er asked with a bit of confusion.
"No, it's the capital." A man rushed to say.
"Stop teasing me." Mr. Cheng sneered, picking up the tea bowl, "How can I go to the capital to be an official?"
Several men looked at each other.
"Don't hide it from us. Your adopted son is famous all over the capital and has made great achievements. His Majesty will definitely reward you. Although the notice has not arrived yet, it must have been put on the agenda." A smile said.
.
Mr. Cheng Er spurted out a mouthful of tea.
"My adopted son?" He asked in surprise, not caring to wipe away the water stains.
"Seven." A man hurriedly extended his finger to him and smiled.
Seven more? Are you kidding me? Adopted son? He thought he was growing vegetables, but when he dropped a handful, a bunch came out?
Mr. Cheng Er's eyes widened.
The girls coming and going hurriedly brought tea into the hall.
There were two gentlemen and two ladies sitting in the hall. This was a scene that had not been seen in the family for a long time. Moreover, there was no big fuss and they were all quiet and solemn. The girls and servants all wondered if they were
I'm dreaming.
"...The streets were full of people at that time. Even the people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division cleared the way to escort our wife after drinking her wine..."
"...It is estimated that there are thousands of people from the city to the outside of the city..."
"...There were a lot of fireworks set off, more than those set off during the Lantern Festival in Beijing..."
Everyone in the hall was stunned.
"What a nonsense!" Mr. Cheng Er shouted.
"How much does this cost?" Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng were surprised and lost their voices.
After shouting, the two sisters looked at each other. It must have been a long time since they had agreed on such a consensus, and they were both not used to it. They looked at each other and turned around.
"...Isn't he just a few helpers...what kind of sworn brother..." Mrs. Cheng Er muttered, "It would be nice to bury him."
Mr. Cheng actually smiled.
"This is indeed something she can do." He said, looking at the steward who came back from asking for information from the government, "Did it cause a big fuss later?"
The steward nodded hurriedly.
"Yeah, it made a big fuss. First, an official named Lu used this as an excuse to send an impeachment memorial to the emperor. The emperor was furious and sent him to jail. The government office also sent people to seize our wife's property.
Shop, but the people got into chaos, saying that the government and the court were guilty of bullying and injustice, and that our wife's sworn brothers were indeed wronged..." He said urgently, his scalp numbing as he spoke, "Later, Yushitai
So they arrested our wife..."
Yushitai!
"I have been an official for almost 20 years, and I haven't even walked to the Yushitai yet. I didn't expect that my daughter went in before me." Mr. Cheng Er murmured, and then he was enlightened and slapped his knee heavily.
, making a crisp sound.
"It turns out it's because of her!"
Master Cheng Er shouted.
"The superiors! If something like this happened, the superiors didn't tie me to the Yushitai and let me go to Haizhou. This is already a blessing!"
While talking, I had a cold war all over my body.
It's all because of her! It's all because of this broom star! Even if she's not in front of her, she will still harm him!
There was a muffled bang, followed by Mr. Cheng Er's cry of pain.
"Brother, what are you doing?" He covered his forehead with his hands and shouted angrily.
Mrs. Cheng Er also came to her senses and hurriedly shouted and rushed towards him. She pulled away his hand and saw that Master Cheng Er's forehead was smashed with a lump. She immediately started crying and shouting.
The servant girl standing outside looked like she had known this would happen and finally became normal.
"Can you please be smarter?" Mr. Cheng shouted, "I have suffered losses many times, and it is good and bad! Because of her, you were not promoted? If it was really because of this, how could you still be standing here well now?
You didn't get promoted because of her, so why are a group of people coming to flatter you now?"
Mr. Cheng Er was stunned when he was called.
yes….
Why?
"In the end, my wife won. Your Majesty gave me a gift, right?" Mr. Cheng ignored Mr. Cheng and looked at the steward and asked.
The steward nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, those officials were posthumously banished, and the impeached official was also released. Jiang Wenyuan, a high-ranking official in the northwest, was also transferred." He said, "Later, the sworn brother also presented a crossbow to the emperor.
, the emperor personally gave him his name, extended his arm and bow, and sent him to the northwest to fight, and made great achievements..."
Mr. Cheng Er was stunned again when he heard this.
"Sure enough, sure enough." Mr. Cheng murmured and sighed. Although he had already guessed the result, he was still shocked when he heard it.
Those are the generals in the northwest, those are the senior officials in the capital, those are the emperor and the heavenly family.
I remember that when she was fighting for a dowry in Jiangzhou, she never came forward from the beginning to the end. She was either a steward or a girl who was dealing with it. They thought it was because she was a girl and her family was ashamed to show her face, so she hid from people.
Now that I think about it, whether it is because of shame or not, it is clearly not worth it. In the eyes of others, they are not even a person.
Mr. Cheng shook his head and smiled, with a look of self-deprecation on his face.
Others in the hall finally understood what was going on.
"The officials who have been granted the title of those few people have made great contributions to the northwest..." Mr. Cheng Er said.
I also remembered what those colleagues said just now.
Go to the capital to be an official...
"Ha." He couldn't help but jump up, "My gift is coming too!"
Mrs. Cheng Er also reacted and stood up with excitement on her face.
"Master, you've managed to survive." She shouted, turning around in a panic, "I'm about to go to the capital. Oh, there's so much to deal with..."
"What else are you packing? She's there. Do you and I still have no place to live?" Mr. Cheng Er said with a snort, "Finally, it's not like I raised her in vain."
There are three shops in the capital, and they are still making huge amounts of money every day.
In Jiangzhou, the property of the dowry shop is controlled by Manager Cao. With Cheng Jiaoniang not controlling the situation, things will be different if they go to the capital.
Watching her every day, and being a family, she had to help no matter what.
People from the Cheng family cannot use it. Everyone here belongs to the boss and his wife.
A few days ago, my mother-in-law's sister-in-law asked me to help her several times, so I brought some of her nephews over to help in the shop, which would kill two birds with one stone.
Who to take?
It’s Chinese New Year again…
You have to make new clothes when you go to the capital, but you don’t have to. It’s better to make them in the capital.
Oh my, I'm so busy.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Cheng Er couldn't sit still for a moment, and angrily pulled Mr. Cheng Er away.
The hall became quiet, and only Mr. Cheng and Mrs. Cheng were left sitting. A tea bowl rolled on the floor, proving that something really happened here just now.
"Master, is this true?" Mrs. Cheng asked with a look of disbelief, "Is that fool really even meeting the emperor?"
Mr. Cheng shook his head.
"I don't think something is right," he said.
Mrs. Cheng suddenly became nervous.
"Is it fake? It's simply impossible." She said repeatedly.
Mr. Cheng came back to his senses and glared at her.
"How can it be false? One or two is just a rumor, three or four, everyone in the government says it is true, how can it still be false?" He said, exhaling, "I mean, I think Erlang will go there
There is something wrong with the promotion in the capital."
"What's wrong? Since she did something like that, His Majesty also recognized her merit. If she is an unmarried woman, her family cannot reward her, so she can only reward her parents." Mrs. Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
He sighed again, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Maybe Ge Niang can also be granted the posthumous title."
Mr. Cheng still shook his head.
"Having said that, what we have heard is enough of the ups and downs of danger. She did win this time, but she must have caused a lot of trouble." He said, "I always feel uneasy.
"
"Sir, you are overthinking it. There is still the Zhou family in the capital," Mrs. Cheng said.
Mr. Cheng pondered for a moment.
"Come here, call Shiro." He raised his voice and said. (To be continued)
