On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Xiao Xiao was not going to hide it from them, and smiled: "Isn't it a coincidence? Li Yan saw my two brothers-in-law go to the fireworks place one after another."

"If I didn't know this, I would have thought that you brothers-in-law had already made an appointment?"

Jiang Yu liked to travel a lot when he was young, so he certainly had a thick skin and could still flatter himself calmly: "That's them, don't take me with you."

"As long as I can have Xiu'er by my side in this life, I have nothing else to ask for."

Xiao Xiu was thin-skinned and his face turned red instantly.

Xiao Xiao couldn't bear to look at it and didn't want to admit that such a shy woman was her elder sister.

"It's so sour." Xiao Xiao walked out: "You can sell vinegar in the future, it's a very profitable business."

"Wait." Seeing his sister was about to leave, Xiao Xiu quickly stood up and said, "Why don't you go to my second sister's place? I'll go with you."

The second sister has a bad temper and the third sister is opinionated, and she is worried that the two of them will beat up the second brother-in-law together.

If she goes with them, she can also help to persuade them.

Even if you want to beat someone up, you have to put the sack on him after dark.

Jiang Yu also stood up and followed: "I'll take you there."

"I don't want you to send me off." Xiao Xiu quickly stopped him: "We didn't send a visiting card before. We're not going to fight, nor are we going to call for revenge. Too many people is not appropriate."

Jiang Yu could only stop and watch them leave with regret.

Mrs. Chen was also a little surprised when she heard that her second daughter-in-law's elder sister and younger sister had come, and she immediately said, "Please come in."

Then he ordered the maid: "Go and invite the second madam over."

After the maids left, she asked the maid beside her in confusion: "You haven't received any invitations from the Jiang Family and Li Mansion in the past two days, right?"

The woman next to him was very sure: "Absolutely not."

Now Mr. Chen is the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture.

Although he was only a fifth-rank official, this was the imperial city, and the Tongpan was in charge of military and civilian affairs, money, grain, household registration, taxes and labor, and judicial proceedings. Compared to the seventh-rank magistrate in the past, Mr. Chen was now very satisfied.

Furthermore, Chen Dalang is now a sixth-rank deputy minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Chen Erlang is now a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Justice.

Chen Sanlang also got a job as a clerk in the Ministry of Rites. Although he had no rank, he was still able to receive public funding.

Mrs. Chen certainly also knew that officials in the imperial city were all assigned their own positions.

Once there is a change in officials, I don’t know how many people are watching these positions.

My master has the best job and can enter the Shuntian Prefecture government office. Not only did he defend the city gates and protect the people in the city, but he also got the help of Minister Li to get this good job.

The three sons were given the task because they were not all show and no substance, and also because of Li Yan's secret help.

Therefore, Mrs. Chen became more friendly towards the Xiao family.

She had no children to begin with, and she raised her two illegitimate sons as her own, and married them off.

The eldest daughter-in-law is her niece from her mother's side and now has two sons.

The second daughter-in-law, Xiao Lian, also gave birth to a son and a daughter.

The third daughter-in-law also gave birth to a son.

What’s even more rare is that the three daughters-in-law get along well with each other.

Mrs. Chen is very satisfied with her current life and treats Xiao Xiu even better.

But she also knew that she had to treat everyone equally, so she simply took Xiao Lian's daughter-in-law and brought her to raise her by her side, using the excuse that her daughters-in-law all had grandsons and that she should love her granddaughter more.

There is one kind of adoption, where you use the child to punish the mother. There is another kind of adoption, where you raise the child with great care.

Not only did he have no worries about food and clothing, he also raised his child carefully since childhood, and of course he did not forbid Xiao Lian from taking her daughter home to sleep.

Xiao Lian also knows her own shortcomings and knows that some habits must be developed from an early age.

Just like herself, although she has learned to read and calculate over the years, she is only half-baked in poetry and songs, and knows nothing about music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

She also wanted her daughter to be better than herself in the future, and she understood her mother-in-law's good intentions, so she was naturally more grateful to her mother-in-law.

Besides, she and her elder sister-in-law jointly opened a rouge shop, and she also ran a pastry shop on her own, so she was also busy.

The main reason was that she also liked to make money, so even though both shops had managers, she would still do the accounting again herself.

Her son caught a cold yesterday, so she stayed at home today. She watched her son take medicine. When she heard her sisters coming, she thought they were visiting him: "How did you know Li'er was sick?"

"Li'er is sick?" Xiao Xiu was very surprised and asked worriedly, "Is he feeling better now?"

When the Chen family originally lived in the county town, the mansion also hired a palace doctor.

After arriving at the imperial city, he did not invite a palace doctor.

One reason is that there are many medical clinics here, and the other is that my home is not even half the size of the county town, so it is not suitable to hire a man from outside.

However, Xiao Xiu could not directly ask the doctor from Huichuntang to come, as it would seem that he did not trust other people's medical skills.

"The fever has gone away." When Xiao Lian heard her elder sister's words, she knew that they didn't know their son was sick, so she asked nervously, "Did something happen at home?"

Otherwise, the eldest sister and the younger sister would not have come here so rashly.

Thinking of this, she became even more panicked.

"No, no, don't think about it." Xiao Xiu glanced at Mrs. Chen sitting next to him, not knowing what to say.

Mrs. Chen had exchanged a few pleasantries with them earlier. Seeing Xiao Xiu's expression, she thought that there was something inappropriate for outsiders to hear, so she smiled and said, "It's good that you are fine. You can go sit in Lian'er's yard."

Xiao Xiao also knew that her second cheap sister wanted to save face, so she followed her to her courtyard and told the truth after the maids and servants left: "Li Yan saw my second brother-in-law go to a brothel earlier. Do you feel that he is not right recently?"

Xiao Lian's eyebrows were raised, and her eyes widened in disbelief: "What did you say?"

"Don't be angry, and don't panic." Xiao Xiu hurriedly advised her: "It's possible that his colleagues invited him to drink and listen to music."

"Big sister is right." Xiao Xiao saw that her face was red with anger, so she didn't dare to add fuel to the fire. She just asked her: "Did you take his salary? He shouldn't know where you put the money, right?"

The cost of going to Qinlou and Chuguan is not cheap.

Good wine and food are nearly twice as expensive as those in restaurants outside.

They don't like ordinary prostitutes, but if they like the oiran or prostitutes, it will definitely cost them a lot of money.

With Chen Erlang's salary, he couldn't afford to go there often.

Xiao Lian didn't care about her manners and ran into the inner room like the wind.

She likes silver more, and she is the only one who has the key to the box where the silver and banknotes are hidden.

After a long while, Xiao Lian finally came out and breathed a sigh of relief: "My money is all there, and my precious jewelry is also there."

Then he became puzzled: "He only has about ten taels of silver a month, isn't that enough for him to go out and have a good time?"

"That's even more worrying." Xiao Xiao reminded her: "It's also possible that someone else wants something from him."

After all, Chen Erlang was in the Ministry of Justice, but in just five or six years, he was promoted from the seventh rank to the fifth rank, which was not slow.

The people detained by the Ministry of Justice are either notorious thieves, those who betray their teachers and ancestors, or those who are corrupt and pervert the law. (End of this chapter)