food color and fragrance

Chapter 210 Silver
Tian went to the Zuo Shilang's residence of the Ministry of Punishment for an appointment early in the morning, and before leaving, she specially ordered the maid who stayed at home not to tell others where she was going.If anyone asks, just say that she was with friends.

Tian's temperament is fierce, but she also has some delicate thoughts. In fact, Mrs. Zuo Shilang and her were also best friends before they got married, but after so many years, except for the occasional meeting at the party in other houses, they have never met each other. Have deep friendship again.

Now that her identity is no longer that simple, Tian has to make more plans in mind.

When Mrs. Zuo Shilang heard that Tian was coming, Mrs. Qian went to the door to greet her personally. Although Mrs. Tian smiled at the meeting, she blocked Qian's mouth with the first sentence, "...please come and I'll come, but It was agreed in advance, don't ask or mention about the Zhong family, or I can turn around and leave."

"Yoyo, I can't see it. I've been married for more than ten years, why are you still so stubborn?" Mrs. Qian took her hand and walked towards the main room, "I won't say anything, even if you ask me to say it, I won't say anything." , so as not to seem uneasy and well-intentioned, let’s go, go into the house, and serve Grandma Zhong San some tea!”

The expression on Tian's face relaxed, and with a smile, he told Madam Qian about an interesting story when they were girls.

After chatting for a long time, the two became closer. After lunch and tea, Tian wanted to go back.

Madam Qian sent her to the door, pulled her aside and said: "You don't want me to say anything about the Zhong family, but I still want to say it, and it's for your own good."

Tian's complexion immediately sank, Madam Qian grabbed her arm, and complained: "Don't think about what disgusting thoughts I have, I still need to do such things with my current status? I want to tell you that the emperor attaches great importance to Xixia this time. You, let your man fight, don't let that kid Zhong Xingyan get the limelight."

"In the final analysis, don't you want me to torment the fourth child?" Mrs. Tian was very guarded, pouted and squinted, and didn't want to talk to Mrs. Qian at all.

Madam Qian pushed her lightly, "Isn't your man from Zhong's family? Isn't he surnamed Zhong? Apart from being a concubine, how is he worse than Zhong Xingyan? If you don't want to grab merit, when will you grab it? You're not in your early twenties, you're already in your thirties, if you don't make some achievements and come back to be a down-to-earth official, what will you do in the future?"

"I don't care about men's affairs." Tian got into the carriage with an expression of displeasure, Madam Qian pointed at her and scolded: "I don't know good people!"

"From childhood to adulthood, how can I not know what's on your mind? Come on, don't talk about it, I'm leaving!" Tian Shi said and ordered the women to close the curtains.

Madam Qian shook her head helplessly, and only looked at the intersection where Tian's carriage disappeared, before she sneered a few times and turned back to the mansion.

"This third mistress is really hot-tempered, to contradict you so blatantly." The mother-in-law interjected, and Madam Qian shook her head, "She is right, I just have a wrong mind, but she understands me, we I also understand her, don't look at her so tough, I'm afraid she doesn't think so."

"You mean, she will still let Mr. Zhong fight? Or Madam is powerful, you can figure it out!" The mother-in-law's flattery satisfied Madam Qian, "Go and reply to your niece and son-in-law. I have said this, how the Zhong family makes troubles is their own business."

"You called your son-in-law before you got married!" The mother-in-law's teasing made Madam Qian sigh deeply, "Yu Wenxin is not a cheap lamp, let's see, he may be the closest person to His Highness King Yue in the future, we In fact, what he did was nothing more than saying a few words and entertaining a meal, if he can accept this kind of favor, what's wrong?"

"It's all Madam's thoughtful thinking." The mother-in-law helped Madam Qian back to the mansion, and Tian was muttering in his heart all the way.

Although Madam Qian could understand what she was thinking, at most she wanted Zhong Xingqi and Zhong Xingyan to compete, what else could she have?
Yu Wenxin's most taboo is Zhong Xingyan. Although he and the third master also hate the people in Yuwenhou's mansion, maybe this is also an opportunity for his man?

The emperor attaches so much importance to the battle of Xixia, if Zhong Xingqi wins the first victory in this battle, not to mention the current fourth-rank generals, even the second-rank generals may be promoted!

Zhong Xingyan is the son of a legitimate son, and even the old officials of General Huaiyuan regard him as the most important thing. Although Zhong Xinglian is also a general, but now he is not young, it is no longer suitable for him to go to war. For the two brothers, there is no competition at all.

Then as long as Zhong Xingyan is compared, isn't it all right?
The more Tian thought about it, the more elated she became, she just wanted to go home and discuss with the third master to see what should be done about this matter.

Fanyin is sitting with Feng's mother and Cuiqiao to settle accounts.

"Nowadays, 40 taels of silver per month is definitely not enough. I also discussed it with the fourth master, and he also agreed that I should run some small businesses to make a living. When my father and I didn't come to the capital, we used to run a small shop that only sold soup noodles. Although the business is good, it is a county town, and there is really no way to compare it with the capital. Today, I will ask Mother Feng to help me out. The Zhao family is also a wealthy family, and the money in the monthly mansion is like running water. Mrs. Zhao's hands There must be such a business, right?"

Sanskrit's question kept Mama Feng silent for a while, it was Mrs. Zhao's private matter, if she told all about it, wouldn't she be betraying her former master?

Seeing Mother Feng's question, Fanyin smiled and said, "You don't have to tell me what Mrs. Zhao does, just tell me how she manages it. I'm afraid that if I go out and set up a shop, someone will say that I'm a businessman later. Trouble fourth master."

"Co-author, you are afraid of this!" Mother Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and said seriously: "Actually, everyone is tacitly aware of this kind of thing. Usually, they find a shopkeeper who can manage things to take care of the whole thing. Really I will come to you again when there is something that cannot be solved, but most of the time before the store opens, you will post some invitations on your behalf, and each store will know from the bottom of their hearts that this store is related to you, and the yamen will no longer come to find fault gone."

"But the current county magistrate is Fang County Magistrate, and his relationship with my father..." Fanyin only felt that this was a difficult matter, "Will fire and water be incompatible, will you come here to make trouble from time to time?"

"That's not necessarily true. If you follow the old slave's idea, you might as well find a few ladies and ladies, and also take some shares in your shop business. It's just a matter of making less money, but don't worry, don't look at it. The size of the business only depends on how many officials are involved, and they will have to weigh their weight when they want to move!"

Fanyin was overjoyed by Feng's mother's idea, "It's still your idea, I can drag Yue'e and Lin Hongyu, after all, Lin Hongyu is also the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, and I will definitely not refuse to start a small business first, Yue'e is also old When choosing a relative, she was always thinking, and Mrs. Zhao also felt sorry for this girl who couldn't stand her hardship, so Mrs. Zhao would not object if Miss Lin and I took her a share."

"Mrs. Zhao will definitely not object, not to mention Ms. Yue'e, that is the treasure of Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Lin. If you bring Ms. Lin with you, it will be stuffing money into Zhao's mansion. No wonder you can object!"

Mother Feng was also happy that Sanskrit had more contact with the Zhao family, after all, she was a mother from the Zhao family.

Sanskrit nodded, with a certainty in mind, brought the account book and dowry list, looked at Cuiqiao and said, "How much money is there, do you have it now?"

"The cash silver in your dowry is 380 taels in total. There are three boxes of pearl and hairpin jewelry, eighteen silver hairpins, fifteen gold-plated hairpins, and twenty-four pure gold hairpins. There are a total of 24 bolts of hairpins, including brocade, gauze and linen, but the servants have not been able to distinguish them clearly, and the other ornaments cannot be valued."

What Cuiqiao said was very clear. Fanyin rubbed his forehead and asked Feng's mother, "380 taels of cash, what kind of shop can I rent in Beijing? I intend to build a vegetarian restaurant. Is this enough money?"

"If it's a small restaurant, it must be enough. Suzhai building must be at least beautifully trimmed, and 380 taels may not be enough." Mother Feng was a little anxious when she saw that Sanskrit wanted to take out all the dowry money, "Fourth grandma, what about this?" Speaking of which, it's about the fourth house of the Zhong family, if you take out all the dowry money, the fourth master might not look good, right?"

Feng's mother said it implicitly, so what's not good-looking?Are you clearly saying that Zhong Xingyan is just so stingy?

Sanskrit smiled wryly, "It's not that you haven't heard of his reputation before. The next day, he was alone. I asked him if there were 40 taels of silver per courtyard per month in his mansion. Guess what he said?"

After Sanskrit asked, he put on the indifferent look that Zhong Xingyan had when he answered, "He said, how do I know?"

Mother Feng rolled her eyes to the sky, "Then where does the money he spends come from?"

"He said that if he ran out of money, he would go to the treasury in the mansion to get it, and then leave." Cuiqiao couldn't help laughing at Fanyin's answer, and Mother Feng didn't have the heart to complain anymore. Pu, "Aren't you going to discuss it with Mrs. Uncle?"

"We need to discuss this matter, but I also plan to use my dowry money for this matter, lest the two sister-in-laws find out and start to make mistakes on me again. The shop I opened with my own dowry money, they don't want to take care of it." Never mind!"

Feng's mother agreed with Sanskrit's plan, "It's still the fourth grandma's plan, and those two grandmas are not fuel-efficient lamps."

"Let's figure out what kind of Suzhai building we want to build, and find out how much money it will cost with the help of two knowledgeable people, and then I will ask Yue'e and Lin Hongyu for money!"

Sanskrit's expression was very innocent, "Everyone says that life gets better and better, but since I came out with my father, I have never cut off my money. I married such an incomprehensible person, what fate!"

"What's the matter? Are you short of money? I'll go to the library to get some for my wife?"

Zhong Xingyan's voice came in from outside the door, and Fanyin, Feng's mother and others were startled, and they waited for a long time before seeing Zhong Xingyan enter the door.

Sanskrit held his ear and looked up and down for a while, "You can hear us clearly from such a distance? Do you have good ears? Be careful next time you speak ill of you!"

(End of this chapter)