Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 548 Mixed Feelings
After hearing similar words again, Zhou Banxia still felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say for a while. Fortunately, Aunt Lan didn't want to reply to her every time.

"The eldest lady said that it is fate. Your character is almost identical to that of an adult. Your childhood experiences have made you see through human nature too early.

But you are not as good as the master. The master is still obsessed with reviving the Zhou family. He does not need her to persuade him. He is willing to marry, have children and expand the family so that he will have a place to rely on in the future.

If you don't want to have children like she does, she won't object. What she is afraid of is that you will fulfill your wish and after a hundred years, she and your father will be left alone with only the dim light and the moon for company.

The eldest lady said that she doesn't have a child like you, and her nephew will not take care of her in her old age. She still has this disciple, but when you get older, who can you rely on?

Fortunately, the eldest lady is still alive, and she has made you meet your son-in-law. Your son-in-law is no less good than the ones chosen for you by your parents.

Although you are not marrying into the family, the characters of your in-laws are impeccable, your brother and sister-in-law are easy to get along with, and your son-in-law respects, protects and cares for you from the bottom of his heart.

My little lady has such a harmonious in-law family, no wonder she has started to come down to earth and enjoy the worldly life compared to the past two years. "

Zhou Banxia couldn't help but chuckle, and shook her right hand, which was held by Zhou Molan, in a naive manner, "But I just came down to earth, how can I handle these mundane matters?"

Zhou Molan couldn't help but pat her little lady's arm and said, "You can ignore other things, but a girl's dowry must be in her own hands.

I'm not asking you to be wary of your son-in-law. Although a wife follows her husband, the bond between husband and wife also lies in being in control. If a wife can control the situation well, she can save herself a lot of unnecessary trouble.

My son-in-law is a handsome man. If you give him a chance, he will have a bright future. The inner house is easy to manage. There are a few ignorant maids who have bad intentions. Just send them away.

But outside the mansion, no matter how much your son-in-law respects, protects and cherishes you, it is a place where you can't see, and there will inevitably be people who are extremely vicious and targeting your son-in-law.

You, as the mistress of the house, have to grasp this balance well. When it is time to reveal your identity, you must not hesitate. If something goes wrong, it must go wrong. If someone wants to pick the peaches, it depends on whether you are willing to do so.

This stance must be taken, and one must not be soft-hearted. It is better to kill someone by mistake than to let them off the hook. The eldest lady of the Zhao family is the best example.

If she had been more ruthless, even if she was caught, she would have been fine with just beating the girl to death, even if Lord Zhao had damaged her reputation.

Saying that he had no choice was just an excuse. His mother's family was of high status, but Lord Zhao still became more and more demanding and took in concubines one after another, and even had several illegitimate sons.

Her brothers from her mother's side clearly told her not to care about what her parents and uncle thought, and that as long as she, the elder sister, did not agree, the two brothers would definitely support her.

The result is so stupid that it is beyond words. The fault is all hers, and she still wants to be a good wife. It is better to divide the property and live separately, at least she can protect the dowry for the legitimate son and daughter. "

Zhou Banxia had heard a lot from Madam Qian about the current situation of the eldest lady of the Zhao family in the past year, so naturally he strongly agreed with Zhou Molan's statement.

"Of course, the son-in-law is not Mr. Zhao. You can imagine it from the family tradition. The master and the eldest son are both serious people. They know how to avoid suspicion and are good at avoiding suspicion.

Like the eldest young master, maybe the women in the village were used to joking about this, and he was a doctor, but when he took the pulse of any woman, he would never forget to have someone present.

These habits are very good. My father-in-law and his wife are very remarkable. Although they did not leave much property for their children, they are very good at educating their children. "

Indeed, Zhou Banxia nodded in agreement, "My father-in-law is a very particular person. He never talks much to his sister-in-law, brother-in-law, or mother-in-law. For example, Xiaotian, his aunt, is also his cousin from his uncle's family. I heard from Brother Liu that before I entered the family, his father would always ask his grandmother to pass on any matters he had.

There was one time when my mother-in-law was severely bullied by Oda, and my father-in-law could no longer bear it, so he waited until Oda came out of the house and into the yard before he slapped her in the face.

Zhou Molan tried her best to hold back her laughter.

Although Mai Huang and other maids were guarding outside and would inform the steward before anyone came in, they still had to be on guard against eavesdropping outside the wall.

Her young lady was not unfilial. She was talking about the elders behind their backs because she was close to her. She mentioned her father-in-law out of the conversation, but it would be unpleasant if outsiders heard it.

In order to avoid inevitably talking about similar topics, and considering that her young lady was going to cheat and not take care of her dowry, Zhou Molan quickly got back to the point.

Here it comes, here it comes, and here it comes again.

Zhou Banxia looked at her Aunt Lan with resentment. After receiving a glare from her Aunt Lan, she stopped making a fuss, otherwise she would have done what her husband said.

——She was so busy that she didn’t even have time for a lunch break.

He asked Mai Huang and Mai Qing to come in first and check the total amount of gold and silver in the wooden boxes placed on the ground. Then Zhou Banxia started to deal with his own business.

Putting aside the lists of various warehouses and private storages, we can wait until Mai Huang and Mai Qing have finished checking them. The gift lists and invitations received recently must be dealt with as soon as possible.

While Zhou Molan was present, Zhou Banxia took out the list of New Year gifts that she and her husband had prepared in advance. There were families whose gifts conflicted with the current list and needed to be added or subtracted based on the circumstances. This was also for Zhou Molan's advice so that they could draw up the New Year gift list on the spot.

It's a good opportunity to prepare the New Year gift list today, and also deal with the invitations, reply to those who have sent them, and prepare the gifts for those who are sending them.

She never thought that her family was wealthy, but when Mai Qing counted the total amount of gold, silver and banknotes so far, even after deducting the two-part dividend from the pancreas workshop given to the eldest young lady of the Gao family, Zhou Banxia had to admit that her wallet was indeed very thick now.

There is so much gold and silver on the surface, not including the ones that she and her husband kept privately. The ones that her parents-in-law knew about and allowed her to keep privately, amounted to more than 80,000 taels of silver.

Doesn't this mean that if she spent money lavishly this year, apart from the approximately 30,000 taels of silver coming from the dowry income, she would still have a steady income of 50,000 taels of silver?

Even though he already had a rough idea of ​​how much money he could earn, when he confirmed that it was this amount, Zhou Banxia couldn't help but feel nervous.

After all, they were feeding two or three hundred people and stockpiling enough food for three years. Even if these expenses had not yet been settled at the end of the year, they would not be a small amount.

"Between the end of last month and the beginning of this month, the pancreas workshop alone sold out six batches of goods, almost emptying out the inventory. How could there not be this number?"

It was already late when Gu Wenxuan came back from the village entrance after dealing with some things. After lunch, he returned to his room and saw that Zhou Banxia was absent-minded. He thought she was worried about something.

"Besides, all the yuba from the tofu shop was shipped out at the beginning of the month. Did Zhao Laosan also send people to take away the toilet paper?

"You can calculate how much income there is here? Even if the expenses are huge, how much is the salary, how much can be spent on food and daily necessities? Only 50,000 taels of income is still too little."