Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 72 Mother and Daughter
Mrs. Zheng said that she wanted to eat some fresh vegetarian dishes, so Mrs. Fang Zheng went to the kitchen to see in person. Fang Baochan found an excuse and followed her mother out of Anhetang.

Seeing her daughter coming out, Fang Zheng expected to have some personal words with her, so she kept the servants away, and the mother and daughter walked slowly on the gallery.

Fang Baochan grumbled: "Mother, isn't Xia Yiqing too powerful? You have taken away a lot of power in just a few days, and you can't even open a warehouse and withdraw a few taels of silver! Cousin Ah Yan's Hanjin Courtyard With Ruyi and Mama Zhong guarding, you can’t just enter the room to see it!”

Mrs. Fang Zheng snorted coldly: "It's just a country girl from other provinces. She really thinks she's in heaven if she needs to be flattered! Your cousin Yan doesn't like her at all. The one he wants to marry is Wang Yaozhen! Only your old lady The confused grandmother regarded her as a treasure, saying that she was lucky enough to be able to bear children, hum! Look, she can't give birth to anything!"

Fang Baochan exclaimed in a low voice: "Mother, what did you do? Don't let anyone catch you!"

Fang Zheng glared at her: "Don't yell! I'm just a borrower back to my mother's house, how can I do anything? You also know that your grandmother wants a great-grandson wholeheartedly. If there are some demon moths in this family, her old man I can't forgive you first! Although your cousin Yan doesn't like Xia Yiqing, he has suffered from being plotted against in his mother's womb, so he can't allow others to harm his heirs. Is it?"

"That?"

"I went to see Wang Yaozhen the other day, and she said that your cousin Yan promised her that she would never let Xia Yiqing become pregnant! That is to say, Yan'er picked up that bitch without anyone else! Think about it! , who can catch up with your cousin Yan's medication?"

Fang Baochan heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "This is the best! It saves us from making plans for him, and worrying about him! Then Xia Yiqing is really unlikable, with sharp teeth, small arms, and a few taels of silver. Sister Wenhui wanted to pick out some bolts of satin to embroider the dowry, and she found three or four people to get the keys to the storeroom. She followed her in with a few wives and stared at her, as if we were all thieves... Where can such a petty woman be? Is it suitable to be the young wife of the Hou family? If she is allowed to give birth to the Zheng family's heir and secure the position of Mrs. Hou, it will be even more terrible. I'm afraid she won't recognize our relatives! Even Yunti said: Seeing that my brother married such a sister-in-law , I don’t even want to go back to my mother’s house!”

"Isn't it? If I don't send someone to invite you, your cousin Yunti might come back!"

"But, mother, how long will Xia Yiqing be allowed to go crazy? She has gradually controlled the entire Hou Mansion, so where will you have a foothold? No matter how much grandma loves you, she will grow old, Yan My cousin doesn’t care about internal affairs, and my aunt is a taciturn person...it’s impossible to go on like this! In the future, we will have to rely on the Marquis Mansion to establish ourselves in the capital, Baozhang’s future...and me, me...mother, my daughter is so sad ah!"

Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, looked at her daughter and said, "Baochan, what's the matter with you? In the past, when you came to live with your grandmother, you would bring your children and son-in-law with you. This time you stayed for so long, but let their father and son go back first. What's the matter?"

With tears in her eyes, Fang Baochan took Fang Zhengshi's hand and said, "Mother, I see that you can't get any money these days, so I dare not say that I, my friend, caused trouble, and I need 5000 taels of silver to make things right!"

Fang Zheng was stunned, and then comforted him: "What is it for? Do you want so much money? Don't be afraid, take it easy, the worst thing is to ask your cousin Yan, he is with the prince, maybe he doesn't need money... "

Fang Baochan hurriedly said: "We have to do this in secret, we can't tell Cousin Yan!"

"But why?"

"Mother, listen to me speak slowly, don't be angry!"

Fang Baochan wiped away his tears, and stammered, "Your son-in-law, Gong Zijie, gambled with others during the Chinese New Year, secretly gambled away two farms at home, and still owes 5000 taels of silver... The debt collectors come to the door every day to shout and kill, father-in-law and The mother-in-law was frightened and angry, and fell ill, mother, you have to help us!"

"Sinister! Prodigal bastard!"

Fang Zheng was so angry that she almost fainted, pointed to Fang Baochan and said: "I saw him that day, he didn't look like a person who can live a good life. I didn't want to accept this marriage, but you like it! He is handsome and romantic, and he can talk sweet words , how is it now? If you will listen to me, you will marry your cousin Yan. How good is your life today? He is as dead as you said? Look how good he looks recently! That summer She married him, she is as delicate and beautiful as a rose, and she has only been in the house for more than a month, and she met the princess and was rewarded by the emperor, all kinds of wealth and honor have passed... You, you!"

Fang Baochan covered her face with a silk handkerchief, sobbing and dared not respond.

Fang Zheng took a breath, and his face sank: "Tell me, which gambling house is it? We didn't give him the money. I'll go to your cousin Yan and ask him to help you with this matter!"

"No, mother, I told you not to let Cousin Yan know!"

Fang Baochan held Fang Zheng's hand: "Cousin Yan promised us: When the officials change in spring and summer, I will find an official position for my husband. Cousin knew that my husband likes to gamble, and he also said that if my husband enters again Take one step at the casino, let this matter go, and never ask about his future in the future! My husband and I just want to settle the matter quickly, and we must not let Cousin Yan know anything about it!"

Fang Zheng could only feel the qi and blood in her chest churning, her breathing was difficult and her ribs were hurting, she gave Fang Baochan a hard look: "It's all a crime of begging for life! Why don't you go back and ask your father for money? He should have a lot of money, With five or six concubines and seven or eight young children, you are capable!"

Fang Baochan lowered his head: "Mother, you also know that when Baozhang and I came out with you, Daddy would treat us as if we were not there, and he would ignore me when I went back! Besides, the Fang family has a large population, grandparents are still alive, and there are five under Daddy. An uncle, and an unmarried one, each house has a lot of expenses, how can the little money every year be enough? That is to rely on the large mountain farms and forests left by the ancestors to feed this person, pretending to be a big family! "

Mrs. Fang Zheng snorted: "It's ridiculous that your father is self-righteous. He is very arrogant. If he doesn't take my Rongpinghou's mansion seriously, then his Fang family will go down forever! Your eldest brother is also a lump of elm. If he is willing to follow us, if he returns to Beijing with me early, I will have the ability to turn around and trample on the Fang family... Sigh! I am so mad!"

Fang Baochan didn't want to talk about Fang's family because her own affairs were not over yet, so she said wearily, "Mother, what about the money?"

Fang Zheng's eyes darkened: "5000 taels is not a small amount. In the past, it would have taken me two months to get it together! Now your aunt has handed over the warehouse and the silver treasury to Xia Yiqing, a lowly girl. Everything has to be accounted for, and it will be even more difficult! You wait a few more days, and I will think about it if there is any other way. If it doesn’t work, I can only borrow it from your aunt in private. If I beg her to keep silent, she will Don’t talk too much! Your aunt has a lot of money in her private house, and there is no place to spend it, even if it’s been a long time and we haven’t come, I guess she won’t mention it!”

(End of this chapter)