urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 91 Backyard
Even if Mrs. Meng didn't want to see the concubine, she wouldn't show it on the surface.

And it seems very fair, the monthly payment to the big house, second room and third room is 20 taels of silver. Speaking of it, even the monthly payment in the backyard of the ordinary dignitaries and nobles in the capital is not much more than this.

But the boss Meng Yu himself collects medicinal materials, and he can earn tens of thousands of taels every time he sells them. In addition, he is now obedient to Shi Shi, and he has added a lot of money to Shi Shi in private. For the dowry, I am afraid that Yu Shi will not take the 20 two-month silver in his heart.

Bailu Academy was the most famous academy in the Daqing Dynasty, and it attracted countless students.

The second daughter-in-law's natal family, although her father is only a teacher of Bailu Academy, there are also some rich people's children in various prefectures who enter the academy and are his students.

Bailu Academy is very strict in accepting students. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Su has had a few proud students who have been admitted to Jinshi. Among them are students from wealthy businessmen in Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places. After passing the Jinshi, they were really ecstatic.

Moreover, the Meng Mansion gave the Su family a lot of betrothal gifts back then, and most of the Su family's natal family brought back home as a dowry for their daughter, and also added a second yard for their daughter.

In the capital of the Daqing Dynasty, there was also a saying that the east city was rich and the west city was expensive, while the north city was poor and the south city was cheap.

But after all, it is in the capital city, even if the second courtyard is in the north city, the house price has doubled now.

It happens to be facing the street, the front one has been converted into three shops, and the back one can accommodate people, and now it is rented out every year for people to live in, and it can also collect five or six hundred taels of silver every year.

Therefore, Su's hands will not be short of money.

The second child, Meng Rong, is in the Qingshui yamen, and his monthly salary is not enough, and he would not reach out to the Su family if he wants to save face.

Mrs. Meng is his own mother, so naturally she loves her youngest son. He asked for 50 taels, and Mrs. Meng gave 100 taels, so Meng Rong never worried about money.

The remaining eldest son, Mencius Jing, is a concubine, and his wife's Wu family's dowry is not considered generous, and his own salary will not exceed ten taels, so the couple will not spend money lavishly.

Especially their daughter, Miss Meng San, Meng Huiqing, has been weak and sick since she was a child. If she didn't have a medical clinic at home, she might have spent all her monthly money in the medical clinic.

However, children also need to take care of them carefully. They have to pay for ginseng and bird's nests by themselves.

Anyway, if Mrs. Wu didn't say anything, Mrs. Meng would pretend that she didn't know.

But now I want to get some roast mutton that I don't usually eat, and Mrs. Meng doesn't want to leave the third room, lest the father-in-law and husband feel that they are treating the third room coldly.

Su Ye just went out, but was stopped by Qiu Sang: "Sister, let's change errands? You go to the kitchen and tell them to prepare mutton skewers for me. I'll go to the second and third rooms."

"Okay! I'm so happy that I don't have to walk so much." Su Ye agreed with a smile and teased: "If the second grandma and the third grandma give you silver rewards, remember to agree with me?"

Of course, Qiu Sang didn't go there just to reward money. She first went to Qinyaxuan where the second grandmother lived, and then went to the remote Green Bamboo Garden.

Now the third master should have come back from the yamen, if he hadn't been delayed outside, I could still take the opportunity to have a word with him.

But Mr. Meng hasn't come back yet, Qiu Sang felt a sense of loss. When she saw Meng Huiqing, who was thin and frail, and obediently let the maid hold her, she felt moved, reached out to her, and whispered softly: "Miss San, this servant will take you outside. How about playing?"

This is the only heir of the third master. She thinks that the third master must love his daughter very much in his heart.

But Miss Meng was only two years old, and the little girl was also afraid of strangers, and she didn't want to cooperate with her at all, so she turned around and threw herself into the maid's arms without looking at her.

Qiu Sang was taken aback for a moment, and then praised Wu again: "Third Grandma, Third Miss is getting better and better, and she's so smart..."

She now feels in her heart that it is a certainty that she will enter the Green Bamboo Garden. Thinking of the kindness of the third master to her, she feels that Wu's future in the third room can only be a display.

In the future, she will bear children for the third master, so she feels a little sorry for the third grandma who has to stay alone in the vacant house no matter now or in the future.

Wu also felt that Qiu Sang was too enthusiastic. You must know that Qiu Sang usually relied on being the maid next to his wife. When she saw her, she was reserved and left after explaining herself. How can she be so approachable as she is now?
Thinking back to seeing her coming to look for the third master at night before, a thought popped up in my heart: Could it be that she has some private affair with the third master, right?
If this is true, she would like to set off firecrackers to celebrate.

Thinking about it again, Qiu Sang is also eighteen or nineteen years old this year. At first, she thought it was prepared by the wife for the uncle or the second master. If the third master is cheaper in the end, the wife will definitely dislike her even more, right?
It's a pity that she is a mother-in-law and doesn't care about her, and her husband doesn't take her seriously. She really can't see the end of this day.

"Miss Qiusang has won the award." For the sake of her daughter's survival, Wu smiled at her: "Then let's go now?"

Mu Zhaozhao's favorite thing in his heart is the cooking skills of the Meng Mansion. Whether it's snacks or three meals a day, the taste is delicious.

In particular, the color of the mutton skewers was burnt and buttery, and the taste was slightly spicy with a savory aroma. It was not greasy or smelly, and the meat was tender and delicious.

Mrs. Meng had been keeping an eye on them, so she smiled and said, "Zhao Zhao, Xiao Yi, this barbecue is hot, you all taste it and it's almost the same, let's eat it after a while."

Mu Zhaozhao replied with a little embarrassment: "Grandma, it's not because I'm greedy, it's because the kebabs are so delicious that I can't bear to stop."

"My sister is absolutely right, and I think so too." Meng Yi also regretted a bit. He shouldn't be sitting at the table of female relatives. If he knew that he would sit with his grandfather, second uncle, and cousin, he would definitely not Control how much you eat.

Meng Yu, who was sitting at the other table, saw it, and remembered that there were several roast lamb and venison shops in the capital, thinking about taking her there to eat next time.

Su was worried that eating too much would make her gain weight, so she only ate two skewers and watched her daughter Meng Huiyi feed egg custard to Meng Huiqing from the third room.

The main reason is that Meng Huiyi is only nine years old this year, and her mother doesn't allow her to eat too much, for fear that she won't be able to digest it.

Her older brother was already sitting at the man's table with her father, and her younger brother was naughty, he was already full and ran out to play, so the younger sister couldn't eat it, and she didn't like spicy lamb skewers.

She thought it would be amusing to feed her little sister, so she took the third aunt's job,
But now Su's heart is a little dissatisfied when she hears that her mother-in-law is telling the big family's siblings.

She has nothing to say about the mother-in-law's partiality to kissing her grandson. Now it's a bit too much to pay so much attention to the oil bottle brought in by the sister-in-law.

She smiled jokingly and said, "Zhao Zhao, look at you, it's not the first time you've eaten mutton skewers, is it?"

Mu Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, wondering why the second aunt didn't like her again, and her ex-boyfriend was still smiling and told him to go to her if he had something to do?
Well, she finally understood what a woman's heart needle is, and she couldn't afford to offend her, so she simply admitted openly: "The mutton skewers I ate before were not so delicious, so I got greedy for a while, and my second aunt laughed."

Mrs. Meng was deeply afraid that Su's words would be heard by her husband, and her son would be punished, so she gave Su's a warning look.

When Su's words came out, she also felt that something was wrong, so she could only lower her head in embarrassment.

On the other hand, although Meng Huiyi was only nine years old, she was smart. Hearing this, she hurriedly returned the bowl to the third aunt, came to Mu Zhaozhao's side and smiled and said, "The incense that my sister gave me last time smells very good. Coincidentally, my cousin also likes to make it." Xiang, after hearing about it, let me invite you to play, I don’t have to go to school tomorrow, let’s go together?”

There is also a women's school in the capital, which was set up by the Queen Mother when she was young. The princesses went to the school for a few years, which made many girls from high-ranking officials and noble families go crazy.

This is a good opportunity to make friends with noble people and contacts. Unfortunately, the threshold for accepting female students is high. You can't get in if you have money, but you have to take an exam and a letter of recommendation for admission, and most people can't get in.

But if you can wait for six years to complete your studies, you will become the object of marriage proposals.

Meng Huiyi was able to go in, in addition to her own good foundation, and the recommendation letter obtained by Su's father.

Mu Zhaozhao was a little interested when he heard it, but he was also worried that Xiao Gu, the young lady of the Su family, would be a little entangled if he thought about it if he had the temperament of the second aunt.

On the contrary, Mrs. Meng looked at her granddaughter approvingly, and said gently: "Then Zhaozhao will accompany your sister to visit Su's house? Miss Su is also a good-natured person!"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Meng suddenly thought that Ms. Su is indeed very good, as if she had successfully completed her studies last year.

She had a good impression of Miss Su, so she looked at Qin Mu and said, "Didn't you say that your son is also Muxiu? Then send the two younger sisters to the Su family."

She will definitely not bully her grandson. Miss Su treats people with dignity and generosity. Compared with Mrs. Su, she is really a heaven and a hell.

Qin Mu originally wanted to go out with Mu Zhaozhao and let her see the shop he bought for her, so he agreed straight away: "Okay!"

Mu Zhaozhao just wanted to refuse, but he couldn't refuse now.

After eating and drinking, everyone chatted for a while, and then went back to each courtyard.

Meng Huiqing even took advantage of the opportunity of walking with Mu Zhaozhao, and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, sister, my mother has no bad intentions, and she didn't realize she was wrong until she finished speaking. Don't be angry?"

Mu Zhaozhao also smiled: "Sister, don't worry, we are all one family, this is just gossip, how could I be angry?"

She really admired this little girl. When she was nine years old, she got into trouble everywhere, and it was her mother who took care of her aftermath, but at such a young age, she already knew how to take care of her mother.

This is really a comparison of people's popularity, and it's worth throwing away when comparing goods.

"My sister is so nice. I have been looking forward to having a sister since I was a child, and now I finally got my wish."

Meng Huiqing also felt that according to her mother's temperament, she would definitely be unable to control her mouth in the future to run on her sister who came halfway. Naturally, she wanted to have a good relationship with her. First, she poured a lot of ecstasy soup, and made an appointment to go out tomorrow. It's time, so I said goodbye and went back.

(End of this chapter)