Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 406, joy and precaution
This year, especially after the autumn harvest flooded in the second half of the year, Mrs. Feng went to the Empress Temple very diligently.

The Marquis of Nanyang sat together and calculated the income and expenditure for the new year. This year, the farms in other provinces were still underpaid, but the relationship between the husband and wife suddenly returned to perfection. You understand me, I understand you, and the husband and wife will get through this difficult year together.

After calculating the money spent for the New Year and listing the guests to be invited, the couple smiled and looked at a gift list next to the ledger.

The folded gift list was sent by Yanyan, which contained New Year's gifts, tiger meat, bear meat, venison, dried vegetable fur, and half-flavored cured pork, half-flavored salted pork, and a cured pig's head from Yanyan's small farm. .

Nanyang Hou's Mansion returned the gift, and according to Yanyan sent two carts, returned three carts, and sent three carts, returned four carts.But in terms of value, it is far inferior to Yanyan's annual ceremony.

Mrs. Hou of Nanyang sold two barren fields in other provinces in the summer, barely survived this year, and only waited for the autumn harvest, and the autumn harvest was ruined. Yan, she can no longer afford any extra money.

Some people say that if the family background of the Nanyang Hou Mansion is overturned, there will still be hundreds of thousands.

Just like Linjiang Hou Shizi's wife sold her own dowry to cover up her mother-in-law's wrongdoing, Nanyang Hou's mansion is also like this, it is impossible to sell farms in large quantities, it is impossible to sell shops known to relatives and friends, it is impossible to send valuables to pawnshops, and it is impossible Poor sellers wait to shine in front of others.

The more it goes downhill, the more this kind of mansion needs superficial scenery. This year will be another year when Nanyang Hou and his wife are grateful for the clouds.

The new clothes made by Nanyang Hou, his wife and Luan Jing this year are all from Yanyan's three annual festivals. Yanyan's shop mainly sells all kinds of new and fashionable clothes.

If Nanyanghou's mansion does not use the things Yanyan sent, Mrs. Nanyanghou will have to spend extra money to buy things for the Chinese New Year, which is an extra expense for her.The same is true for Yanyan. The store gave Yuan Yuan ten carts of New Year's gifts, and Yuan Yuan sent back all kinds of specialties in the Northwest, including tiger meat, bear meat, venison, dried bamboo shoots and mushrooms.If Yanyan didn't take these old etiquettes, she would have to spend extra money to buy gifts and visit her husband's house.

Yanyan sent these things, and He Ning Luzhu also agreed, Nanyang Houfu is still poor this year, and it looks a bit sad at the end of the year, but there is no shortage of new clothes.

Some people would say that the furs Yanyan sent were of high value, and they would be worth money if they were sold.

This is what Nanyang Hou said. When he came home from duty and saw the gift, he sighed: "Don't let the child down. No matter how poor you are, save from me. This child gave you good things. It's a pity to sell them. Qi Shi I know, I can laugh too."

Mrs. Nanyanghou said: "That's what I said to Mrs. Linjianghou several times this year, and it can be regarded as a detailed account of her loss of money in the Northwest. The things in the Northwest are good. easy."

The husband and wife reached an agreement on this matter, if they were really poor, they would use the fur as their other clothes and jewelry, and they would not touch the fur sent by Yanyan.

And with the New Year's gift from Yanyan, it won't be a thing this year.

It's just a small amount of money here, a squeeze there, and a small amount of money, so I'll spend this year like this.

The servants of the Nanyang Hou Mansion this year were unable to make new clothes, so the Nanyang Hou couple gave some of their clothes as a reward.

So if they really want to pawn clothes, the couple can't bring out a few boxes to send to the pawn shop.

The year before last, when the income of the Grange store was good, Yanyan's gifts were also considered expensive. Last year and this year, I felt that Yanyan was a good daughter-in-law, and she really played a big role when her husband's family was in trouble.

It is strange that Nanyang Hou and his wife are not grateful to Yun Zhan.

There are some other reasons for Nanyang Hou's good attitude towards his wife. He begged in a low voice: "Tiger meat is not easy to get in a family like ours, even venison. In such a year, Qinghe Hou's mansion may not be willing to buy it." , How about giving some to his family?"

Mrs. Nanyang agreed without thinking about it. She is already the No. 1 wine of the year, and she always attracts people's envy when she is alone, so it's better to share some out.

Mrs. Nanyang Hou has the posture of a woman in the market. Even if she takes Yanyan to heart, she still has the temperament of seeing high praise and depressing. However, people in the market also have heroes who save people in distress. People who come and go often make trouble.

She said generously: "This is one hundred catties of tiger meat, why don't you give twenty catties to the Marquis of Qinghe? It's not that I'm stingy. It's cold, so I keep more for my family to eat, so I don't get sick so I don't need to see a doctor."

When Nanyang Hou heard that it weighed twenty catties, he said happily, "Your Madam."

"I don't have much work to do, but that child from the Qi family is really willing to give it." Mrs. Nanyanghou's words went around Yanyan again. There was no way, the husband and wife were discussing about the New Year, and Yanyan's support was still the big one.

Nanyang Hou said: "Yes, she has good things and wants to get her in-laws."

The couple felt a chill down their backs at the same time.

During Feng's years, she lived at home, knowing that her family was in trouble, but she still stood by and watched.The parents-in-law have their own personalities, but they are not so shameless as to rob the daughter-in-law's dowry. At most, Mrs. Nanyang Hou whispered a few words behind her back that Feng always respected her mother.

There is nothing wrong with being filial to your mother, but it also makes your parents-in-law frugal.

Mrs. Nanyang Hou muttered like this at most, and Nanyang Hou pretended not to hear it as usual. This was before Mrs. Linjiang Hou Shizi sold the dowry to make up for the loss caused by her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Linjiang Hou's son sold her dowry to subsidize her in-law's family. Mrs. Nanyang Hou's muttering inevitably added a few words.

Seeing that the Qi family won't want this family, Nanyang Hou pointed out that Yanyan doesn't want this family, and he can't get along with what his parents-in-law should have given to Yanyan in a hundred years.

It means that Yanyan will not come to fight for this family. This family should belong to the Feng family. It is not impossible for the Feng family to take out their private house to supplement the family.

Seeing his wife looking forward to the summer harvest, the summer harvest was unsatisfactory, and the autumn harvest was flooded, she could only rack her brains to find a way to support it, Nanyanghou heard a few words from his wife's complaints, and was already dissatisfied with Feng Shi in his heart.

He and Qinghehou are still in constant intimacy, but his displeasure with Feng Shi is also in his heart.

Feng's good things are unexpected to his in-laws.

When Nanyanghou was boasting about Yanyan, he and Mrs. Nanyanghou thought of Mrs. Feng at the same time, and at the same time became unhappy, so the husband and wife quickly changed the topic.

Mrs. Nanyang Marquis smiled and said: "The tiger meat will be divided into another ten catties to Linjiang Marquis, and some dried venison will be distributed to Hubu Marquis and Longshan Marquis. Chun Jiangbo and Xihe Viscount will send some bacon to the mansion. Qi The bacon sent by Shi is said to come from her farm, so let's eat it ourselves."

Nanyang Hou smiled all over his face: "Ma'am is right."

It was about the same, Mrs. Nanyang Hou's father came in, Nanyang Hou came out with him, and took a car to Yanyan's shop.

The New Year gift has already been exchanged, so there is no need to give it again, what are these two doing here?
The father of Mrs. Nanyang Hou, the boss who came out of the old-fashioned imperial examination, after getting acquainted with He Ning, once went to the shop to talk to He Ning. He was an official and could only be on duty. A scholar's home that is known in a small area of ​​the city.

It is a well-known place for reading all night, candlelight, tea, ink and supper.

The old man had heard about it, and he had nothing to do with him, so he left. When he saw the reading in the shop, he suddenly thought, isn't this the place that others mentioned to him? The shop of two daughters-in-law.

The old man likes to come here, act as an old pedant, and talk about books with scholars.

He accidentally mentioned it to Nanyang Hou last month, only to realize that Nanyang Hou didn't know about it, so he made an appointment to visit Nanyang Hou all the time tonight.

When Nanyang Hou stood in the shop, he was extremely shocked.Surrounded by shelves full of people, tables and chairs full of people, for a person who is looking forward to the success of the imperial examinations for future generations, this is the place where he grows up, and it is a good place that he dare not even dream of.

He didn't win the exam, and no matter how happy he was, he didn't dare to talk nonsense. He sat next to his father-in-law and listened to him talking with scholars.

Yanyan asked him to go in and make another tea, Nanyanghou came in and sat down, said a few words to Zhang's mother, let Yanyan go to bed early, Zhang's mother said to send him a few steps, put something in the shadow for Nanyanghou, Let him bring it to Mrs. Nanyang Hou.

When Nanyang Hou looked at it, it was a tied handkerchief, and he put it in his arms casually.

Tomorrow Muxiu, his father-in-law said happily that it would be three o'clock, and Nanyang Hou sent him home before returning to his own home. Mrs. Nanyang Hou was already asleep, so he put a roll of handkerchief on the bedside.In the middle of the night, Mrs. Nanyang Hou woke up and sat on the bed in a daze.

Inside the handkerchief are 200 taels of silver bills.

This year, I didn't sell a few fields. It's Zhang's mother who has been donating money like last year.

Mrs. Nanyang Hou remembered that two months ago, Zhang’s mother sent Chai Zhi to send 200 taels. It was only two months ago, and she saved another 200 taels.

Cold sweat came out of Mrs. Nanyang Hou's forehead. She couldn't believe what Yanyan would be like this year if she left the house without Zhang's mother.Do you want to show weakness to Feng Shi, discuss with her, let her take out some private houses?
That would be embarrassing.

Mrs. Hou of Nanyang knew for a long time that the nobles in Yanyan's shop went in and out to make money, so she was too embarrassed to ask too clearly, how did the money come from.

The thing is like this, King Su's Mansion got a Young Highness, and the King's Mansion of Jinguo County got a Young Master after that.

Princess Jing'an's younger brother has completed the full moon, and will work for a hundred days in this month. The princess's joy is full of enthusiasm, and there is only one description: arrogant.

It's not true if the princess spends money indiscriminately.She is only good to Princess Guogong and his wife, Yunzhan Yuanxiu and his wife, Yuanhui and Yanyan's shop.

The princess and the duke don't want her money, they give her clothes and jewelry every year, and they give each other gifts from Yuanxiu and Yuanhui. Only in Yanyan shop, Princess Jing'an counts as spending money, but with just a few people, spending Not many.Compared with the profit of Yanyan's store buying goods for her, the difference is too far.

Zhang's mother once again enjoyed the princess's feedback-style rewards. Of course, this time, she added her brother's joy of being a hundred days.

In Zhang's mother's heart, there are only girls with her big breasts.

In the second half of the night, Mrs. Nanyang Hou couldn't sleep peacefully. The two daughters-in-laws were very different when they got married. Although Mrs. Feng didn't like her, she still put her heart into getting married.

On New Year's Eve, Feng has it.

The news didn't reach the shop, Nanyang Hou's mansion said that the second grandma was forced out of the mansion by the eldest grandma, and Nanyang Hou, his wife, father and son, actually acquiesced to this statement. Feng's here is somewhat wronged here, but overall it is not wronged.

The Nanyang Marquis's Mansion was in a hurry, invited the imperial physician, and boiled anti-fetal medicine, Feng's elated.

No matter how many grievances she has suffered in the relationship between husband and wife, she finally has it, and it is worth it.

Her dowry no longer helped her, and the next morning, Mrs. Feng asked for a temporary leave of absence due to pregnancy and was too busy at home, so she thought of asking, "Did you tell Second Mistress?"

The dowry said in a low voice: "I was urging soup last night, and I heard a few words from the back of the kitchen, saying that the family is not as good as a family in a year, but Lord Hou insists on sticking to the old rules, and on New Year's Eve, he still opens a table to entertain irrelevant people. But my own daughter-in-law was left outside the door, if Second Mistress wanted to be strong, she might have to walk into the kitchen when she came home to have New Year's wine."

Feng Shi held his belly in shock: "What kind of words are these!"

"The mothers in the kitchen also said, everyone cheer up. Although the second grandma came back from the New Year, she ate when she came in and left after eating, and she didn't come into the kitchen, but the eldest grandma has it. Maybe she is thinking about how to relieve her anger now. Well, everyone, be alert."

Feng's face turned purple, and it took him a long time before he said angrily: "Who said that?"

"Grandma's pregnancy, why bother to be so idle. If you want me to say, it's a good thing that the second grandma doesn't know. Will she come or not?"

Mrs. Feng nodded when she heard this, and Nanyang Hou and his wife came out of the palace. Mrs. Feng's dowry immediately replied, saying that the eldest grandma had not slept peacefully since she was pregnant, and she went to the empress temple early in the morning to offer incense and ask for a lottery, saying that this child should be quiet , the family is about to eat New Year's wine, and there are some things that are not good to say to idlers.

Mrs. Nanyang Hou sneered: "You can still think of this, no matter what, just follow her."

Don't stop, He Ning sent Yanyan to the door, but Madam Nanyanghou didn't say anything, and when Yanyan was sitting in the hall to drink with relatives again, she paid attention to the disaster situation in Nanyanghou's mansion in the past two years. Enthusiastically, Yanyan saw that her status had risen again.

If you want to say that my brother got an official, he already has one.If sister Xiu took care of her, she already had it.The parties can appreciate the different respects of parents-in-law, Yanyan can only find other reasons.

On the way back after eating New Year's wine, Zaohua said: "Did you guess, Grandma didn't have a table today, but she has."

Yanyan was taken aback: "No one told me, not even the relatives who sat at the same table with me."

Zaohua said: "I spent money in this mansion that year, and there are still people thinking about our love. No, I have broken money. I was eating in the side hall with the waiter, and my ear was bitten. Several times. Just before getting in the car, Chai Zhi also knew about it, and I think Zhang’s mother knows about it now.”

The car went back to the store, and sure enough, Zhang's mother told Yanyan: "It's good that grandma doesn't let you publicize, we don't know, so we don't need to give anything."

As far as Zhang's mother saw it, it was quite worry-free. The second grandmother had been out of the house for so long, and she hadn't seen Feng's delivery. Now that she has something to guard against, the second grandmother is happy to save money.

After a year or two of talking in the shop, sending money to the Empress Temple for Feng, she finally got it. Zhang's mother looked at Yanyan with self-evident eyes, becoming expectant and eager.

　The war between boy and quilt.Aberdeen wins again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)