The black-bellied lord, the first wife is mighty!

The first thing Shen Jie did after resigning and returning home was to move to Dingguohou's Mansion with his father and mother.The real masters of the Duke of Zhen's mansion have all left, and Mrs. Shen is still brazen and domineering in the mansion.

However, Shen Jie suddenly moved away from the Duke of Zhen's mansion, catching Old Madam Shen by surprise!Originally, she and the queen had already planned behind the scenes to hold a flower viewing banquet in the Duke's mansion.On that day, Shen Jie was given medicine to make him and Princess Jade "cook raw rice into mature rice".Then, she took people to "catch and annihilate", thus forcing Shen Jie to marry Princess Emerald right away!

Dingguohou's mansion was built in the southern suburb of Sanli, the left neighbor is the mansion of Zuodu Censor Fang, and the right neighbor is the mansion of Lord Baili, the commander of Shenjiying.These three mansions were all built three months ago, and their layouts are similar, except that the mansion of Marquis Dingguo is a little bigger.

The three mansions follow the principle of saving, there are not many houses, but the back garden is very vast.The main courtyard of Dingguohou's mansion is a two-story pavilion named Jinhuatang.The first floor is a reception room, dining room, shower room, and clean room; the second floor is three bedrooms, two study rooms, and one cloakroom.There is also a terrace, on which a glazed tile pergola is built, with several green leafy plants, as well as several peonies and orchids.

In addition, on the east side of the pavilion, there are three small courtyards, namely Huaixiangyuan, Ximoxuan and Cuiyuxuan.In addition, to the west of the palace pavilion, there are two small courtyards specially built for guards, maids, mothers-in-law, servants and servants.One piece away.

Huaixiangyuan is for women, Ximoxuan is for men, and Cuiyuxuan is for children.Each courtyard has five main rooms and six east and west wing rooms.Ximoxuan planted two tall Xifu crabapple trees, and Huaixiang courtyard planted two tall black locust trees.

Shen Jie gave up Jinhua Hall to his parents, and he brought Mu Qingfeng and a few other personal guards to live in Cuiyuxuan.The son is so filial, Zhen Guogong and his wife are very moved and very pleased.After settling in, Mrs. Shen heard that Xing'er's cousin and sister were both opening shops in the capital, so she asked the housekeeper Xiang Bo to post a post in person, inviting Chai Yong and Chai Meier to visit her home.

At the same time, Shen Jie's letter to Xing'er has passed through Shen Han's military channel, and has been quickly and safely delivered to Xing'er.In the letter, Shen Jie reported his current situation to her one by one.He also told her that after he had arranged a major event and dissolved the marriage, he would go to the backing village to propose marriage and offer an engagement.

After receiving the post, Chai Meier panicked: "Brother, Mrs. Zhen Guogong invited us to visit Dingguohou's Mansion, what should we do? Should we go or not?"

Chai Yong couldn't help being terrified, but he couldn't show his timidity in front of his younger sister, so he forced himself to calm down and quickly comforted him: "Don't panic, Lord Zhen is the father of Young Master Shen Jie; Marquis Ding Guo is exactly Young Master Shen! Young Master Shen , is the one who went through fire and water for Xing'er!"

"Oh, brother, I know who Mr. Shen is!" Chai Meier stomped her feet vigorously, and said with a bitter face: "The problem is here, and Mr. Shen is going through fire and water for Xing'er! Now, Mr. Shen's parents are afraid It's time to settle accounts with Xing'er Qiuhou!"

Hearing what she said, Chai Yong couldn't hide his panic, and said anxiously: "Yes, Xing'er is an ugly girl and a rural child, her parents will definitely not like her! What should I do? Tomorrow , shall we go to the banquet or not? Then, that, could it be a Hongmen banquet?"

"Yeah, could it be a Hongmen Banquet?" Chai Meier's face was also bitter, as if she drank Coptis chinensis, bitter and panicked.Both siblings heard Xing'er tell the story of "Hongmen Banquet", and they were very worried, for fear that something would happen to the Shen family.

Xu boldly listened from the sidelines, and couldn't help pursing his lips and smiling: "Oh, look at you two, you have been in the capital for several months, are you just this brave? Don't worry, there are only Duke Zhen and his wife in Dingguohou's mansion now. Elders, they are very kind and reasonable people, and they will not do anything to you!"

"That's it, that's great!" Chai Meier jumped up happily, and her smile bloomed on her face like a flower.

Chai Yong was also relieved a lot: "That's good, that old lady is not in the Hou's mansion, so I can rest assured!" Thinking of the situation when Old Lady Shen led someone to kill Tao Ranju, Chai Yong still had lingering fears.

The old lady left an extremely fierce and vicious impression on him, which made him shudder whenever he thought of it.He thought to himself that if his future wife had such a fierce personality, then he might as well be dead!At the same time, I was also very worried about Xing'er, for fear that she would be bullied by that old lady in the future until she lost all bones!

This day passed in entanglement and anxiety.

At the right time the next day, Uncle Xiang came to pick him up in person, and the two of them got into the special carriage of the Hou Mansion with the gifts they had prepared hastily.Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the gate of Dingguohou's Mansion. Chai Yong and Chai Meier got out of the carriage and looked at the tall and majestic lintel, feeling dazed for a while.

"Welcome, welcome!" Mrs. Shen greeted her warmly, her smile was very kind and kind, without the arrogance and contempt of ordinary wealthy ladies.

"I have met Madam, Madam is blessed and healthy!" Both brothers and sisters saluted respectfully, with a respectful attitude, not daring to be casual or disrespectful.

"Good boy, as expected of Xing'er's brother and sister, I like it very much, please come in quickly!" Mrs. Shen took Mei'er's hand affectionately, walked inside with a smile, her voice was gentle and kind.There were also faint friendly smiles on the faces of the maids and women. Chai Yong and Meier finally relaxed a little from their tense and restrained moods.

Mrs. Shen set up a sumptuous lunch, entertained the two of them warmly, and repeatedly asked them to stay: "Go back after dinner, you haven't seen the Duke and Shen Jie yet! Since you're here today, let's get to know each other by the way, and see you later." Even if we don’t meet each other, we won’t know each other!”

The kindness was hard to turn down, so the two had no choice but to agree.After the lunch break, Chai Yong followed Mu Qingfeng to practice martial arts, hoping that his martial arts could be more refined and he would have the ability to protect himself.Before coming to the capital, Xing'er once reminded him very solemnly, saying that the political situation is not stable now, the public security is not very good, maybe there will be thieves at any time, so let him not forget to practice martial arts diligently.

Chai Meier cooks herself, making pastries and tofu for Mrs. Shen.Today, she specially brought gypsum and soybeans here, originally thinking that if she had the opportunity, she would make tofu for the Shen family so that Mrs. Shen could taste the freshly made warm soybean milk.

In the evening, Shen Han and Shen Jie also came back, much earlier than usual in order to meet guests.When the father and son returned home, Mrs. Shen and Mei Er were in the kitchen, and the first pot of soy milk happened to be made at this time.

Mrs. Shen drank a bowl and thought it was very delicious. She smiled happily and said cheerfully: "Shuangxi, save a few bowls of this soy milk for the master and young master, and distribute the rest. One bowl for each person in the house, let everyone taste it." Let’s have a taste of Sister Mei’s handicraft!”

Her attitude became more and more friendly, and she looked at Meier, just like looking at her own niece, with sincere approval and a little smile.Meier's nervousness disappeared immediately, and she regained her usual stable and cheerful personality, chatting and laughing with Mrs. Shen.

"Thank you Ma'am for liking it. Myolie invented the craft of making tofu, and she taught me by herself. The tofu and soy milk made by Myolie are really delicious. They have endless aftertaste. After drinking it, I still want to drink it." Drink. My skills, to be honest, are far behind Xing'er's skills."

Meier did not forget to raise impression points for her cousin Xinger, she smiled and praised Xinger in a timely manner, but she didn't say much, for fear that talking too much would backfire.After a few months in the capital, she felt more and more that the person she was a year ago was just a frog in a well.Fortunately, Myolie gave her great help, insisted that she also read and write, and often encouraged her, opened a window for her, and let her know many wonderful things about the outside world.

Not only that, but also gave her such a good opportunity to come to the capital, see the prosperity of the capital, and greatly broaden her horizons.It can be said that without Xing'er's help, she would have married a farmer who also could not read a single word at this time, and lived a poor life.It might even be tricked by Chai Rong, and she might be sold to someone else as a concubine!

That despicable and shameless villain Chai Rong, even his own daughter is willing to let her be a concubine (that bastard actually thinks that being a concubine is also very good, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy food, it is much better than marrying a poor man as a wife The most important thing is to bring him money and wealth), let alone her niece?Fortunately, after Xing'er escaped from the ghost gate, she miraculously changed drastically, which brought good news to the Chai family.

Otherwise, if Chai Rong climbed up to the governor, who in the Chai family could suppress him?At that time, wouldn't the daughters of the Chai family have to be cut off by Chai Rong?Although my father is knowledgeable and insightful, he is not a cowardly person, but there are too many top-notch people in the Chai family compound. With the help of grandma, Liu, Qian and others, my father is no match for four hands. It's really not that difficult for Rong to plot against their sisters!

Fortunately, Xing'er has had amazing changes and encounters since she went to the gate of hell (that's what everyone thinks, Xing'er met an expert in the world, learned the skills of hunting wild animals, and planted crops to make moon cakes, etc. ability), saved another Lord Hou, helped many people, and suppressed the wicked Chai Rong family.In this way, everyone will have a good time.Meier cherishes Xinger's kindness and never dares to forget it.

"Ma'am, my younger sister Xing'er is a good girl! Although her family background and background are indeed not worthy of Lord Hou, she is intelligent, wise, kind and pure, strong and courageous, and she is a girl who is one in a million! In terms of character and talent On the one hand, Meier has the guts to boast that she is definitely worthy of Lord Hou, and will not insult the family style of the Shen family!"

Chai Meier walked with Mrs. Shen on the tree-lined road in the back garden, boldly looking at Mrs. Shen with clear and sincere eyes.What he said was sincere and touching.After hearing her words, Mrs. Shen couldn't help but have more expectations and curiosity about Xing'er who was thousands of miles away.

Facing Chai Meier's sincere and slightly anxious eyes, Mrs. Shen stretched out her hand and patted the back of her hand, and said with a gentle smile: "I believe you, the person my son likes will definitely be good! Moreover, regarding Xing To tell you the truth, I also sent someone to investigate, and she is indeed a good girl!"

Ten days later, Myolie received a letter from Chai Yong and Mei Er, and learned of Madam Shen's attitude towards her, as well as the behavior of Madam Shen and Duke Zhen, she felt a lot easier.Well, very good, it seems that Shen Jie didn't lie to her, so being Mrs. Ding Guohou might be a very good choice!

There are happy events every year, especially this year!

Master Qin's caravan brought her corn seeds and sweet potatoes from the south.Xing'er's heart was filled with joy, she was smiling all day long, as if she had found a priceless treasure.

Both Li'er and Chai Wuniang were frightened by her.

"A Niang, is Second Sister crazy?" Little girl Li'er was very worried, she was on the verge of crying, she tugged at the hem of A Niang's clothes, tears dripping down.

Chai Wuniang was also full of panic: "Myolie, good boy, what's wrong with you? Don't scare Mommy?" As she spoke, tears rolled down her face.

Xing'er smiled lightly, and said helplessly: "Mother, Li'er, I'm not crazy, okay? Don't think about it, I'm happy!"

The mother and daughter asked at the same time: "Really? Are you really not crazy?"

Xing'er looked at the sky speechlessly: "I'm really not crazy! Come and see, this is the corn I told you about, this is the sweet potato, they are all good things! Uncle Qin really found them! These two things , but it has been passed down from overseas, and it is hard to buy for thousands of dollars! With this corn and sweet potato, you don’t have to worry about a severe drought!”

Only then did Chai Wuniang and Li'er feel relieved, and Tao'er just came back from picking vegetables in the vegetable field. After hearing a few words, she couldn't help grinning.

Xing'er quickly changed the subject: "Ah Niang, how much money do we have now?"

Chai Wuniang opened her mouth and came: "There are eleven thousand five hundred and sixty one taels!" During this time, the dividends from various shops were sent over like flowing water.

In Tao Ranju's secret room, there were several wooden boxes with locks, three of which were large and filled with white silver, and two smaller ones were filled with bright yellow gold.If all of them were converted into silver, there would be exactly 1000 taels of silver!In addition, there is a cash box in Chai Wuniang's bedroom, which contains two 500 taels of silver notes, one hundred five taels of silver ingots, and more than 60 taels of scattered silver.

With so much money, Chai Wuniang's eyes were dazzled. This would have been unthinkable a year ago!It's just that having too much money is also a burden, causing her to hardly go out of the house, even to the vegetable field.She was worried that as soon as she left Taoranju, thieves would sneak in and steal the money.

In fact, the cash boxes are all locked.And the locks were all specially made by skilled craftsmen, and they were specially sent by Shen Jie's confidants.It is a bit similar to the combination lock in modern society. Unless it is a thief with special skills, the lock is difficult to open.

Xing'er persuaded and persuaded A Niang not to be so nervous, but A Niang didn't listen to anything.The money was not easy to come by, Myolie's life was almost lost, Chai Wuniang was naturally nervous!Xing'er couldn't bear to let A Niang suffer like this, and it's not that she didn't think about sending it to a bank for deposit.However, according to her memory, the riots started happening from time to time just this year.

The first to bear the brunt are those banks, from the banks in the capital to the banks in small towns, they are all the targets of robbery and looting.What's more, after the war broke out, the banknotes depreciated rapidly, devalued again and again, and finally even almost became waste paper!

After thinking and thinking, Myolie searched for a day and held a family meeting.The topic of the meeting was: I have a lot of idle money in my hand, what should I do with it?

Chai Wuniang was the first to propose: "I think it's better to buy some fields, it is best to buy more good paddy fields, so that we can grow some rice!"

Tao'er smiled and said, "I really like the mountains on the opposite side, why don't we buy one? In that case, we don't have to travel so far to cut firewood and cut thatch! Well, after buying it, we can plant a large piece of bamboo. To open a shop at home requires a lot of bamboo. In the future, the materials for weaving baskets will not be restricted by anyone!"

The small hills on the other side are all owned by the owner, and outsiders are not allowed to pick up firewood casually.Moreover, Second Uncle Li undertook the gift boxes of Myolie's shop, and after a long time, it was inevitable that some people would be jealous.Just a while ago, the bamboos in the mountains near Lishutun were cut down in half, piled up, and burned down!I believe that if those people were not worried about attracting mountain fires and harming the nearby mountains and even the villages, they would have set fire to the mountains and completely wiped out the bamboo species!

Li'er tilted her little head, thought hard, clapped her hands and smiled, "Grandma's field is not very far from Tao Ran's house, and she can't grow it herself, why don't we just buy it!"

Chai Da suggested: "It's better to go to the county town and the prefectural city, and buy two stores each, and each buy a house! In the future, no matter whether we go to the county town or the prefectural city, we will have a place to stay!"

"Oh, you guys have finished what I want to say!" Chai An jumped up, pouted his little mouth high, frowned his cute little brows and thought for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and smiled at Mimi. : "How about digging a few hidden holes in various places and hiding a dozen taels of silver in each, in case of emergencies?"

Myolie listened carefully, nodded frequently, and responded from time to time: "Well, this idea is good, very good!" She fully affirmed every suggestion and accepted it with a smile.

In the end, Xing'er made a final decision: "According to everyone's proposals, let me summarize, first: buy ten acres of high-quality paddy fields and five acres of dry land under the name of Grandma; second: buy another hundred acres of paddy fields, dozens of Acres of dry land, preferably medium-sized paddy fields; third, buy the three low hills opposite Tao Ranju, one for bamboo and shrubs, one for fruit trees, and one for wolfberry , yam, and kudzu; fourth, in the county and the prefecture, buy a small house with two entrances each, and buy a big house with three entrances in the capital!"

Speaking of this, Xing'er couldn't help smiling: "An'er's proposal is also very good! Tomorrow, we will each find a place and dig a secret cave to hide money! It doesn't need much, each cave Let’s hide 30 taels! Six people and six holes, that’s 180 taels!” If one day, all property is burned, with the 180 taels of silver, you can start anew! .

Everyone agrees with Myolie's words, unanimously approved.

The next day, Xing'er went to the Chai family compound, and Mrs. Jiang was very happy to see her.No more bitterness and indifference than before, showing the kindness and kindness that a grandmother should have for her granddaughter: "Myolie is here, please sit next to Grandma and let Grandma take a good look at you!" Loudly called the woman to bring out the fruit plate, which contained melon seeds, peanuts and persimmons.

"Thank you, grandma." Jiang tried her best to persuade her to eat, Xing'er thanked her, peeled a peanut, and said with a smile: "Grandma, I want to buy more land, and I just think that grandma will also buy more land." Since I can’t cultivate the fields, why don’t I just sell them to Xing’er! Myolie is willing to buy those fields at a price that is [-]% higher than the market price, what does Grandma think?”

After hearing this, Mrs. Jiang hesitated: "Selling the land is a prodigal act, isn't it very good? Besides, after selling the land, I will have to buy food everywhere in the future."

Xing'er smiled and said, "Grandma, I plan to write An'er's name on the land deed of ten acres of paddy fields; I plan to write Da'er's name on the land deed of five acres of dry land. An'er and Da'er are both The grandson of your old relative's direct relative is a child of the Chai family, in fact, this is not considered selling land, they are all from our own family, no outsiders will talk about it!"

What she said made sense, and Jiang shi relaxed a little, but still hesitated a little.Xing'er quickly said: "How about this, grandma, just tell me how much grain you want to buy in the future, and I'll have someone bring it to you regularly, how about it?"

Originally, Xing'er actually wanted to say that Tao Ranju would provide Jiang's food for free in the future.However, after thinking about it, I felt that I couldn't say that.Who knows what will happen in the future?If the first room and the fourth room get close to the old lady again, there will be countless troubles, so let's wait and see.At most, take care of the old lady more on weekdays, and give a generous New Year's gift.

It's come to this point, how can the old lady refuse to agree?So he nodded: "In that case, let's sell it. You go and invite Li Zheng, the patriarch, and your grandfather over! Tomorrow, go to the county government to deliver it!"

Xing'er readily agreed, and completed the delivery on the same day, putting ten acres of paddy fields under Chai An's name, and five acres of dry land under Chai Da's name.In addition, they bought [-] mu of high-quality paddy fields, [-] acres of medium-grade water, and [-] acres of dry land in the village. In a neighboring village called Huluwan, they bought [-] acres of high-quality paddy fields and [-] acres of medium-grade paddy fields.

Among them, Chai An owns [-] mu of high-grade paddy field, [-] mu of medium paddy field, and [-] mu of dry land; Chai Da owns [-] mu of high-grade paddy field and [-] mu of medium paddy field; There are five acres of medium paddy fields and ten acres of dry land.Chai Wuniang has [-] acres of dry land and [-] acres of high-quality paddy fields under her quiet name. In addition, Xing'er plans to write Aniang's name on the title deed of the house in the capital.