grandfather married

Chapter 176
Ordinary people's homes are just enough to eat, how can they have enough money to support a concubine?

To support one more person, one year's rations may cost an extra one or two taels of silver.

Don't underestimate this one or two taels of silver, it is likely to be an average three-month expense for a family of three.

That's why Ji Sibo was so surprised when he learned that the warehouse official's annual salary was only 15 taels of silver, so he raised a concubine.

What's more, the salary of officials is not pure silver, but there are lumi, moon miscellaneous and so on.The silver that warehouse officials can get in a year is definitely not as much as 15 taels of silver.

"This warehouse official, where does he get the money to support his concubine?" Ji Sibo thought about it.

Ji Fushou's eyes flickered, "I'll let Uncle Su see if I can buy that concubine."

Sometimes if the person next to the pillow is not sensible, he can find out some unexpected things.

Ji Sibo nodded slightly, it's fine since my aunt has made up her mind.

Thinking of the substituted food, a slight guilt showed on his face, "Auntie, I asked you to put all the [-] shi of food in."

Ji Fushou waved his hand and interrupted him, "This matter concerns the safety of our Ji family. Let alone 90 shi of grain, even [-] shi, my aunt will find a way to get it out. What's more, those grains were originally from I got it from Yamada Shinobu, and the things I got for nothing can be used to save lives, and my aunt thinks it's a good deal."

After a pause, her voice was slightly cold, "It's just this dumb fault, my aunt can't bear it, and I have to figure out who is doing the trick here."

Anger also appeared on Ji Sibo's face, "The person behind the scenes is really hateful. Auntie, should we tell the Fourth Prince about this?"

Ji Fushou shook his head and rejected his proposal, "Don't say it! How can you explain to him that the relief food is intact? Besides, the moldy rice was burned by the aunt. If there is no evidence, the fourth prince will not offend Hu department."

In fact, even if there is evidence, the fourth prince may not offend Gan Qiwen, so why offend the Minister of the Household just because of Ji Sibo?
Ji Sibo raised his eyebrows slightly, "Auntie said yes, so forget it."

Ji Fushou bent his lips and smiled, "According to the itinerary, you were supposed to arrive at Yong'an Mansion four days in advance, but the road was delayed by four days due to food replacement. If Ji Cheng hadn't found the moldy rice, there must be a big trouble in Yong'an Mansion right now.

The matter is so big that it must not be hidden, Xu Wenbin's memorial will be sent back to the capital immediately, and if it is eight hundred miles to rush, it should be within two days.

The people behind the scenes had been waiting for Xu Wenbin's memorial. If they found that there was no memorial in Yong'an Mansion, would they have missed the trace? "

Ji Sibo's heart moved, "Auntie, what do you mean, you want to take the opportunity to see who did it in the court?"

Ji Fushou gave a soft "hmm", "I've asked Uncle Su to keep an eye on Gan Qiwen. The matter of moldy rice can't get around the household department. Gan Qiwen must know about it. Is there anyone else who doesn't know about this matter? I hope Gan Qiwen can understand it." Show off your feet."

It was dark at night, Ji Sibo bid farewell to Ji Fushou, returned to his room, and had a dreamless night.

Capital, Ganfu.

In the past two days, Gan Qiwen's mood has been fluctuating, and sometimes he even loses his temper with his servants.

After the end of the day, Gan Qiwen returned home, took a sip of a cup of tea, spit it out with a "poof", angrily threw the teacup to the ground, and cursed: "You want to burn me to death, my lord!" , how do you do things, you can't even make tea?"

With a "plop", the servants were so frightened that they knelt down and trembled, not daring to say a word.

Mrs. Gan walked in from outside the door, and seeing Gan Qiwen's angry face, she persuaded: "Master, calm down, this person probably didn't do it on purpose."

He turned down and said: "Go and make another cup of tea, it should not be too hot."

When the servant left in a hurry, Mrs. Gan asked tentatively, "My concubine has seen that the master has been very angry these two days, but something is not going his way? I wonder if I can tell the concubine so that I can share some of the worries for the master."

Gan Qiwen glanced at her impatiently, "You don't understand anything, what can you worry about for me? You can't even manage a servant. If you have time, go to Aunt Li for advice on how to discipline a servant. I don't care about other things. Don't count on you, if you can take good care of this acre of land at home, it will be considered a great help to me."

The ruthless words made Mrs. Gan's breathing stagnate, her fingers clenched tightly, and she felt embarrassed in her heart. Outsiders all said that Gan Qiwen had a deep affection for her, but who knew that at home, she had a lot of dislike for her?It may not be possible to step into her room half a step in a month, otherwise why so many sons and daughters were born?

But she didn't dare to reveal her grievances. The aunts in the family were from official families, and there were also charming ones. She was already old and beautiful, and she wanted to keep her original wife's position just for her son.

As usual for more than ten years, swallowing the grievances, Mrs. Gan remembered the letter from her cousin, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I am looking for you. I have something to do. The letter from my cousin said that the family is in trouble, and the children have to study and take scientific exams." , I want to ask our family to borrow some money."

Gan Qiwen was about to laugh angrily, "His family is in trouble? It's difficult and he married a [-]-year-old girl?"

Mrs. Gan was taken aback, "Cousin married a concubine?"

Seeing her bewildered face, Gan Qiwen felt agitated in his heart. She really came from a village girl and didn't understand anything. Fortunately, she didn't tell her about those things, otherwise he wouldn't be hurt?
It's just that her cousin is too greedy, he obviously made a lot of money with him, but he just told him that he would never resell grain in the future, yet he dared to write to him asking for money.

Thinking about not giving it, Gan Qiwen thought about what the man had done, fearing that he would die if he didn't get the money, so he said irritably, "Go to the accountant and pay ten taels of silver, and have someone bring it to him."

Mrs. Gan answered blankly, not wanting to understand why the master in front was so angry, and agreed to give money to her cousin in a blink of an eye.

Gan Qiwen looked up and saw Mrs. Gan's loose skin, yellowish complexion, wrinkles around the eyes, and deep nasolabial folds. Disgust flashed in his eyes, and he said angrily, "You're deaf, didn't you hear me?"

Mrs. Gan trembled in fright, and shrank, said: "I heard that, I will go to the cashier to pay ten taels of silver."

Blessed, Mrs. Gan left as if fleeing.

Gan Qiwen rubbed the center of his brows, remembering that the court had not received Xu Wenbin's performance until now, and his mood fluctuated.

He gritted his teeth and thought, wait a few more days, it may be delayed on the road.

After five days like this, Gan Qiwen finally couldn't sit still, and went to the palace to look for Wang Yu in a deceptive manner.

"My lord, Xu Wenbin's memorabilia is still missing, do you think there is something wrong?"

(End of this chapter)