Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 22

Shen Ruyi went out and called Nanny Chen: "Is it okay to clean up the east wing and let my father live in it?"

Nanny Chen shook her head, definitely not.The Zhuangzi itself is not very big, and the front and back are two courtyards. The front is lived by a group of nuns and maids, and the bottom is lived by Mrs. Shen and Shen Ruyi.In the back yard, there are seven main rooms in the middle, five wing rooms in the east, and five wing rooms in the west.Mrs. Shen lives in the main room, Shen Ruyi lives in the west wing, and there is an east wing, where grain and groceries are piled up on weekdays.

It is really...

Shen Ruyi also knew it was impossible, so she just asked casually.Hearing Nanny Chen say no, she was still a little melancholy: "Hey, I want to arrange it in the main house. Do I want to live with my mother? Forget it, or I will clean up the room on the east side of the main house?"

Mrs. Shen lives in the three rooms on the west side, the innermost one is the bedroom, the second is the study, and the outermost is the place where she usually does embroidery work.There are three rooms on the east side of the main house, one is for bathing, the other is for the red silk maids, and the rest is full of Mrs. Shen's clothes and jewelry.

Nanny Chen looked at Shen Ruyi speechlessly, and Shen Ruyi sighed: "If you arrange it directly in mother's room, maybe mother will be too afraid to sleep well at night."

"They are husband and wife..." Compared to Shen Ruyi, Mother Chen hoped that Mrs. Shen would have another child.Shen Ruyi has always said that she can take good care of Mrs. Shen after she gets married.But Mother Chen felt that when a girl got married, her husband's family was the most important thing. In this life, Mrs. Shen had to have a son to be safe for the rest of her life.

So even if she knew that Marquis Shen was not a good bird, she had to persuade Mrs. Shen to have a baby with Marquis Shen as soon as possible.Besides, how much hatred can the couple have?Now that Shen Ruyi has grown up so much, Mrs. Shen doesn't like Lord Shen anymore, can she reconcile?Anyway, about the little thing on the bed, turn off the lights, close your eyes, that's all.After having a child, if my wife no longer wants to get close to Lord Shen, then she can buy a few skinny horses and come back.

If the skinny horse is too expensive, then don't the Hou Mansion have so many maids who are willing to climb into bed?It won't let Marquis Shen lose a woman.

You can't go to bed if you don't have love, that's the idea of ​​a child.Madam is not young, she must be able to figure out what is the most important.There is still a possibility of conceiving a child now, but in a few years, that may not be the case.

Besides, if you give birth to a boy, your daughter will also have someone to rely on in the future.No matter how well raised a bastard is, it doesn't come out of one belly.

"Girl, Master Hou only brought a young man here, not even a package, where can we live if we don't live in the main house?" Mother Chen asked, and Shen Ruyi continued to sigh: "Okay, then I will arrange it with my mother." That room, it's just that my mother is still keeping her filial piety at this moment..."

Glancing at Nanny Chen, Nanny Chen suddenly remembered this matter, hesitated for a moment and then regretted: "Then make the east wing room free?" Anyway, I can't have a child, so it's better to let my wife clean up .

"Don't tidy up the east wing room, tidy up the study room, and let someone carry a bed in." Shen Ruyi thought for a while and said, there are not many books in the study room, just a bookshelf, a desk, and a bed. Chairs, and a few paintings, now just lift the desk too far.

"Put the desk in the flower hall, bedding, etc., shall we have it now?" Shen Ruyi waved her small hand, and directly decided: "Move the soft couch in the flower hall to the mother's bedroom. Sister Hongsi will sleep in the mother's bedroom for the time being." bedroom."

The maids on duty at night used to sleep in the flower hall, the study room, the bedroom and the flower hall, these three rooms are directly connected, the bedroom has no doors but windows, the study room and the flower hall have their own doors and windows.

"For today's lunch, ask Aunt Zhao in the kitchen to add more food. Besides, I don't know how long my father will stay in Zhuangzi. I'll ask the boy who came with my father if he brought any clothes when he came over. If not, I asked for the size and went to the town to make another one, and if I brought it with me, I put it away first.”

Shen Ruyi took a look at the banknotes in her hand, hey, this father is generous enough, a stack of banknotes, a total of 6000 taels, if she remembers correctly, the monthly allowance for the wife of the Hou Mansion is 20 taels a month. Young masters and girls are ten taels, while concubines are five taels.

Do the math, in ten years, my mother deserved 400 taels, and I deserved 200 taels, adding up to 600 taels.This time, it almost doubled, 6000 taels, which is unimaginable.

A few days ago, she and her mother couldn't sleep at night because they were still distressed by the 300 taels.Last month, she was still grinning from ear to ear at the monthly income of five taels of silver from Rouge Shop, but now, she suddenly has 6000 taels of silver in her hand!
How much can 6000 taels of silver buy?Now the Zhuangzi where they live can buy seven or eight!

Why did Lord Shen give them so much money?If it was said that it was out of guilt, then Shen Ruyi would not believe it at all. This man is very cold-blooded, and he only loves himself among the people in the world.So, Lord Shen has a lot of money?

Thinking of this, Shen Ruyi smiled. Although this father is very bad, it is better to have a generous father than a stingy father.

"Mommy, you don't need to make lunch!" When she was happy, Shen Ruyi drew a bank note and gave it to Nanny Chen: "Go to the town to book a banquet, the best thing is to book a table, and let them prepare it right away." send over."

Nanny Chen was also happy, she responded and hurriedly turned around to find someone to handle the matter.

Lord Shen was sitting in the main hall, vaguely heard the voices outside, turned to look at Mrs. Shen: "Why did you remember to go back to Beijing? Living in Zhuangzi is not good?"

If Shen Ruyi is here, he can cover Lord Shen Hou's face with a plate of dim sum—as the wife of the Hou Mansion, she actually lives in Zhuangzi, how can this be stopped?So what is bad?Do you want to live in the mountains, and then cultivate and weave and grow by yourself?
But Mrs. Shen is different. The Four Books of Commandments for Women are all engraved in her bones. Although Shen Ruyi has taught her during this period of time, she has made many changes in order to protect her daughter, but subconsciously, she shook her head: "No, live here. It's pretty good."

After answering, I realized that I should be tougher: "Well, Ruyi is not young anymore, she can't always live in Zhuangzi. She is the eldest daughter of the Hou family, not a wild girl who grew up in the countryside."

Lord Shen raised his eyebrows slightly, Mrs. Shen paused and asked again: "How long will Lord Hou live here?"

"I can't tell. If things in the capital are not urgent, we should be able to live for about half a month." Lord Shen stood up and said, "Take me for a walk on Zhuangzi. Some time ago, Master Huixin once came to Qingshan Town's Fuyuan Temple?"

Mrs. Shen nodded: "Yes, it's just that Master Huixin only stayed in Fuyuan Temple for two days and left soon."

Lord Shen looked around casually, and asked, "Master Huixin gave Ruyi orders?"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Shen smiled all over her face: "Yes, Master Huixin said that Ruyi is a life of wealth and happiness for a lifetime." Taking a peek at Lord Shen, Mrs. Shen increased the bet for Shen Ruyi: "Ruyi is smart and smart. She is beautiful, and she will be prosperous and rich for a lifetime in the future."

Lord Shen raised the corner of his mouth: "Master Huixin only talked about being rich and enjoying happiness? Didn't he say how expensive it can be?"

Mrs. Shen was stunned for a moment, and then her face turned pale. When she was in the magistrate's mansion, Mrs. Chen said that the emperor planned to draft next year.But then Mrs. Shen calmed down. Next year, Ruyi will only be 15 years old, and the minimum age for this draft must be 16. Even if Lord Hou wants to send Ruyi to the draft, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be willing to ask for it.

"I didn't say it, I just said that it's my life to be happy, my children and grandchildren are filial, and it's my life to be an old lord." Pursing her lips, Mrs. Shen half-truthfully said: "Ruyi herself is the eldest daughter of the Hou family, so she must be able to marry her." Isn’t it the fate of the old Fengjun to belong to a well-matched family?”

Shen Houye's expression didn't change much, even his walking steps were the same as before, not too much, not too much, he just nodded with unclear meaning: "Really?"

Mrs. Shen nodded vigorously: "Yes, that's what Master Huixin said." If she hadn't lost the guts, she would have walked around in front of Lord Shen and let him see the sincere eyes on her sincere face.

"In Qingshan Town, do you have a lot of contacts?" Lord Shen changed the subject, and Mrs. Shen replied unsuspectingly: "I used to have some contacts with Yuanwai Huang and the Fang family in the town. Regarding the matter of Jingbiao, I have more contacts with Lord Lin's family and Lord Chen's family."

I haven't heard of Huang Yuanwai's family or anything. Lord Shen just thought about Lord Lin and Lord Chen, the magistrate of Qinghe County, and the magistrate of Daming Prefecture.Mr. Lin’s mentor is Xueshi He, and Mr. Chen’s tutor is... well, he has passed away. Mr. Chen is from the prince’s line.

Don't worry, now is not the time to stand in line. Although the emperor is old, he is in good health. We still have to wait and see for a while.

"They helped you a lot this time. If you have time, you can spend more time with the Lin family and the Chen family." Lord Shen's tone was still slow: "However, you also have a sense of proportion, after all, you are keeping your filial piety, so you can't go out too much. "

Mrs. Shen nodded in confusion. Is it more contact or less contact?

"I prepared a gift for you, here is the gift list." Lord Shen took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Mrs. Shen: "The things are delivered from the Hou's mansion, don't let them mention it, you don't know a word. In addition, What do you lack here, tell me these two days, and I'll get someone to bring it to you later."

Mrs. Shen was overwhelmed with flattery, and hurriedly reached out to take the gift list, and hurriedly saluted Lord Shen: "Thank you, Lord Hou. I was worrying about thanking you before. Master Hou, this is really timely."

Lord Shen looked at Mrs. Shen with the eyes of an idiot, thinking that this woman had improved, but in the end, she was still so stupid!If she is allowed to do this thank you gift, will the Shen family's reputation be ruined?Also, your words of gratitude to the Marquis are really not ironic?

(End of this chapter)