Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 69

    In the main courtyard of the British Princess Mansion, everyone is sitting and talking.

    Goodbye to your loved ones, you must ask them how they have been over the years.

    Wang first vividly talked about how their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went from setting up a stall to opening a store over the years, and then to escape the turmoil of the abolition of the emperor… How hard it is, I really can’t tell in a few words.

    Wang’s talk was a big one, and she said it all, and Gu Yin was embarrassed.

    In Wang’s description, he has become the most powerful and omnipotent person in the world.

    “Mother is a little exaggerated,” Gu Yin blushed slightly, “Actually, I just learned some cooking skills in my dream, and then I cook and live. Mother herself is also very hard. “

    Wang’s speaking style, Wu Zhong and Wu Qingyi know it better. Although there must be some exaggeration, it must not be made up.

    “Da Ya has worked hard!” Wu Zhong said with difficulty and excitement, “Good boy.”

    When Wu Qingyi looked at Gu Yin, her eyes became softer. Afterwards, he looked at her hands again – these hands were so small, so soft, and boneless, but they supported the family’s livelihood and did things that ordinary men couldn’t do.

    Afterwards, Song Shiliu and Gu Ye came in one after another, and the Wang family immediately pulled Gu Ye to his side, “See you soon, Xiaoye, you are a high official now!”

    “Daddy!”

    “Grandpa!”

    The voices of the two little guys were clear and clear, and Wu Zhong shouted and his eyes were red.

    Wang Shi and Gu Yin both laughed when they saw it, Wu Qingyi laughed too, just watching Gu Ye while laughing.

    This little brat doesn’t know what’s going on. I’ve been with him for so long, and it’s still “uncle”.

    Is it not good enough? Thinking of this, Wu Qingyi frowned slightly again.

    Others didn’t notice, Gu Ye was given a second glance by him, but he knew it.

    It’s not that he wants to be treated differently, it’s that grandpa and grandpa are already in the same place, and grandpa is not in good health, so he must be happy. But my father, I want to be with my mother, and this must be carefully checked.

    Gu Ye looked back casually and smiled at Wu Qingyi.

    Wu Qing also hooked his lips after commenting. He is still a child who is not very sensible, so he cannot compare himself with children. Anyway, the relationship between father and son can be slowly cultivated after being together for a long time.

    It was at this time that the servant came in and reported that Shen Hanchun had passed out.

    “Please take a look at the doctor.” After Wu Zhong finished speaking, he waved his hand and let him go down.

    Because of Wu Zhong’s body, there are not only two doctors in the mansion, the old doctor fairy and Shen Hanchun, but also two former imperial doctors who were awarded by Emperor Zhengyuan.

      The servants saw Shen Hanchun as half the master when they saw people serving dishes. Now that Gu Yin, Wang Shi and others have come, and after a comparison, they realized that they expressed their feelings wrong.

    Pingbai was disturbed by the atmosphere of family reunion, Wu Zhong glanced at the servant not very happy.

    The servant left and went to the small courtyard where Shen Hanchun lived.

    Shen Hanchun was actually awake, but because of excessive fear, he still seemed a little sick.

    Seeing the person who was going to pass the message over, she forced a smile, “What did the grandfather say? But will you come to see me later?”

    The one who had been shouting “Ms. Chun” before coming down, but at this time, he smiled and said without a smile: “My grandfather asked Miss Shen to invite the doctor in the house to see it. Let’s talk a little more, the grandfather of the country is not in good health, and he is not a doctor, so Miss Shen should not rely on the younger ones for such errands in the future.”

    Shen Hanchun had never seen this kind of duplicitous person in his last life, but at this time he was still a little angrily: “Why am I holding you in front of me?”

    The other party took the initiative to help her run errands.

    The servant didn’t answer, and left with his sleeves wrapped around him.

    Only Shen Hanchun clenched his fists in anger.

    People used to call her “Ms. Chun”, that is, they recognized her as a half-master, and now they call her “Ms. Shen”, they all know that the British government’s surname is Wu. to the guest’s place.

    Wu Zhong, what a great Wu Zhong, Zhen and Wu Qingyi are a father and son! The same cold-hearted and cold-hearted, wolf-hearted and dog-lung!

    Shen Hanchun stood up abruptly, but those long and narrow eyes that had no emotion appeared in her mind again, her knees were soft, and she sat down again with a thud.

    In the main courtyard, after the children had finished shouting, Mrs. Wang had finished talking about her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so she naturally asked about the situation of Wu Zhong and his son over the years.

    Wu Qingyi had already explained this on the road before, but their father and son were not in the same daily life, and their circumstances were naturally different.

    And Wang’s intention is to let Wu Zhong speak more. Her family, Ono, could not speak before, but now she has practiced her speech very fluently.

    Now Wang Shi can force Wu Zhong to speak more, and in the eyes of the family’s expectation, Wu Zhong opens his mouth.

    “Actually, it doesn’t matter. I started as a small flag, and a year later, it was raised and promoted to the general flag…Three years ago, it was raised to a thousand generals.” In the past, Wu Zhong’s face showed another confident style, but when he said this, he couldn’t help sighing, his eyes darkened: “It’s a pity… It’s a pity that he was seriously injured later.”

    After saying so much in one breath, he coughed again.

    Wang gave him a smooth back, Wu An jumped off the chair and brought him water, Gu Ye took a seedless dried plum from his small purse and fed it to Wu Zhong’s mouth .

    Wu Zhong let out his breath, drank the water brought by his younger son, and ate dried plums fed by his eldest grandson, with a smile on his face, and continued: “After being injured, I heard that Batou Village Flood, hit by wind, and now it’s over. Today’s good days still depend on green intentions.”

    Wu Qingyi immediately said: “Father, this is wrong, you were injured because of His Majesty.”

    The meaning of Emperor Zhengyuan before was to give Wu Qingyi the title of Duke of the country and give Wu Zhong a marquis.

    One family, two fathers and sons, one prince and one marquis, it is really a fire to cook oil, Wu Qingyi then begged him to let him take back his life, and only named the prince to Wu father.

    “Oh, Dalang is right!” Wang Shi said with a smile, “What is said in the play, this is called a rescue! Your injury is not in vain, our family’s credit half of you.”

    Aware of the admiration in the eyes of the children, Wu Zhong’s heart was swept away, and he raised his chin in a rare way, proudly saying: “That’s right, the youth was not as good as me back then.”

    The family was joking for a long time, and Mr. Wang stretched out his hand to Wu Zhong.

    Being embarrassed in front of several children. Wu Zhong’s face turned red, but he still covered his hands.

    Wang shi asked suspiciously what you were doing, then patted his hand off and said, “Take the money!”

    Yes, co-authoring is for that.

    Wu Zhong gave him a look and let someone bring the key to the storeroom at home.

     Mrs Wang picked up the key to the warehouse, pulled up Gu Yin and left.

    On the way being led to the warehouse by the servants, Wang Shi also whispered to Gu Yin: “Da Ya, our family is really developed. You will keep the key from now on. You don’t want to open it. A new store? You can buy it yourself with the money, where you want to buy it!”

    When she was in Hanshan Town, she wanted to buy a shop for Gu Yin.

    Although at that time it was to add property to her daughter-in-law so that she could remarry, and now it is not for remarriage, but Wang is a person who makes great promises and has always kept this matter in mind.

    Not long after the British government opened, Wu Zhong and Wu Qingyi were not very particular about people, and the family’s gold, silver and jewelry were all piled up in a large warehouse.

    Seeing the large boxes as high as the calf piled up the open warehouse, Wang grinned, and held back until she let the next person go down, she laughed out loud, and said with pride : “Mother just said it’s wrong, so many good things, where can you buy one room? Buy everything you like, buy it a street!”

    Gu Yin also laughed. Who doesn’t like money? It’s really a good thing that you don’t have to worry about your livelihood anymore.

    After speaking, Mrs Wang went to open the box. The first box was a variety of jewelry. She grabbed a large gold bracelet and put it on Gu Yin’s hand. The second box was a large antique. If you don’t know how to tell the difference, let Gu Yin see it by herself, and let her pick the one she likes and put it in her room. The third box was a scroll of calligraphy and painting, and Mr. Wang did not move. The fourth box was some books with yellowed paper, and she said that she would go back to the Wu’an house. The fifth box is cloth material, she chose a nice color, and said she would go back and make new clothes for Gu Yin.

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    Of course there are, the last stack of smaller boxes, the top one contains a box of silver ingots.

    Wang shi laughed again, and then opened her head again… Then the smile on her face stopped abruptly.

    The second box contained gold ingots, but it was more than half empty, with less than two floors left.

    Several other chests are even more amazing, they are empty!

    Wang opened the remaining ten or so in one breath, his face was darker than the bottom of the pot, and pulled Gu Yin back to the main courtyard.

    Over there, Wu Zhong knew that both Wu An and Gu Ye had learned their skills. One of them was performing dance boxing, and the other was showing his endorsement to him.

    Wu Zhong was so happy that he couldn’t close his mouth, he looked at his younger son and his eldest grandson.

    If it weren’t for his poor health now, I really wish I could put both children in my arms.

    He was enjoying the joy of his family, and suddenly, Wang Shi came in like a gust of wind.

    “You are at this age, slow down.” Wu Zhong smiled and saw that his old wife’s face was not worried, he immediately stopped laughing, and asked her carefully: “What is this? Who, who? Provoke you?”

    Wu An and Gu Ye had better eyesight than him, they sensed their unhappiness from the sound of Wang’s footsteps, so they stopped and stood aside.

    Wang put the key on the table heavily, “You messed with me!”

    The quarrel is not good. The husband and wife have been separated for many years. Before they met, they were hurt by money. You Qi Wu Zhong is not easy to speak, and he is afraid that he will not be able to explain clearly if he is in a hurry.

    Gu Yinxian let Wang sit down, and explained: “Mother just went to the warehouse with me, and saw that the gold and silver jewelry and antique calligraphy and paintings at home have not been touched, but there is not much gold and silver left. “

    And persuaded Wang: “Dad and Qingyi, don’t mother know what kind of people? We farmers are the most frugal, mother is not busy and angry, let’s ask clearly. If they really spend money indiscriminately, I’ll be… angry with my mother.”

    Wang couldn’t help but pursed her lips when she heard this, “I’m not angry enough for me alone, I have to be angry with you?”

    Gu Yin smiled and said, “Then what can I do? I can’t beat my father together with my mother. Come on Wu An, recite the law, if this beats the current state Sir, how many years do I have to be locked up?”

    “Don’t listen to your sister-in-law Hu Yan.” Seeing that Wu An was really about to open his mouth and be disciplined, Wang finally laughed, “Listen to you, I’m not angry, let’s ask carefully ask.”

    Wu Zhongfang is really in a hurry. In the past, when there was such a battle at home, it was necessary to quarrel for a long time.

    He just opened his mouth to explain, but in anxiety, his throat was stuffed with cotton as usual, and he couldn’t say a word.

    It’s also a shame that my daughter-in-law, as the old wife said, is not what it used to be, and she really persuaded her in a few words, otherwise I’m afraid it will be a good day for reunion today, because of one Misunderstandings run wild.

    Seeing that Wu Zhong’s face was blushing, Gu Yin picked up the tea cup in front of him, walked down the porch and let someone change it, and then she didn’t let the servants enter the room, she took it herself In front of Wu Zhong, “Father moistens his throat before speaking.”

      Wu Zhong’s impression of her has been completely blurred, and although she has only seen her for a short time now, Gu Yin’s whole person is alive in Wu Zhong’s memory.

    “Good boy.” He patted the back of Gu Yin’s hand, drank the tea, the anxiety in his heart faded, and he was able to say a complete sentence, “We march to fight and do not loot.”

    This is natural, otherwise the Rebels would not have won the hearts of the world in ten years.

    Of course, Mr. Wang could see that the boxes for gold and silver were much less than other boxes. After all, the treasury of the new dynasty took over from the old dynasty. But the emperor must not be able to reward some empty boxes, right?

    “Most of the gold and silver are distributed to the old department.”

    When Emperor Zhengyuan ascended the throne, the first thing is to reward those who have the merits of the dragon. But there are tens of thousands of people who follow him, it is definitely impossible for everyone to remember, and everyone will reward him.

    Especially some of the remnants of soldiers who were wounded and retired from the battlefield, like Wu Zhong in their early years, are unknown.

    Most of them have no names in front of the emperor, can’t enter the palace, and dare not ask to be in front of Emperor Zhengyuan, so they enter the British government to ask Wu Zhong to cry.

    Especially Wu Qingyi was not in Beijing some time ago, and only Wu Zhong was left in the huge British government. He empathized with the situation of his former subordinates, and his heart was also soft, giving dozens of taels of silver each time Or a few taels of gold for the other party to settle down… Unknowingly, they gave a lot of gold and silver.

    He didn’t count, and he was not good at financial management. Although the two servants around him had been serving by his side all the time, their loyalty was as good as the sun and the moon, but they were all poor in the former army. The child was born, illiterate, and naturally unable to understand the general affairs.

    If Wang hadn’t mentioned it today, Wu Zhong would have taken out all the gold and silver in the warehouse.

    “Prodigal thing!” Although Wang was not as angry as before, he still couldn’t help muttering: “They are not respectable in front of Your Majesty, do they exist in front of you? So many people , do you remember it all?”

    Wu Zhong was silent.

    Of course he can’t remember it completely, but the other party can tell which camp and which team he belongs to. He heard that he knew it, or he or his son led it. When a token that can indicate identity comes, he will also take out the gold and silver.

    “Forget it, they are indeed poor people.” Wang sighed again.

    She came here from poverty, and when she fled to Hanshan Town, she was exhausted. If it wasn’t for Gu Yin to help her take back her mother’s house, I’m afraid that even a small stall would not be able to support it for a while.

    Those people were forced by the previous dynasty to rebel. The original situation must have been difficult. , the day will not be much better.

    “It’s just to accumulate virtue for our family.” Wang Shi endured the heartache and did not dare to think about how much gold and silver to give. Then she saw the gold bracelet on Gu Yin’s hand, He smiled and comforted himself: “There are still a lot of jewelry and antiques, and they are worth a lot of money! It’s enough to buy a new store for our big girl!”

    Although it’s a bit unpleasant, Gu Yin still reminded: “Mother, I’m afraid these things won’t sell well.”

    Seeing that the smile on Wang’s face suddenly collapsed, she then pointed to the inner ring of the bracelet and explained: “Mother look here, there are marks here, I guess it is unique to the palace. Comparing with other jewelry, it should be able to confirm whether my guess is right or not. Ordinary shops will not accept things that have the unique mark of the palace. And it may also bring disaster to our family. “

    The things bestowed by the royal family were registered in the palace before leaving the palace.

    Ordinary people can be rewarded with one or two pieces, and they must be offered at home like their ancestors.

     But this does not mean that the British government can dispose of the things bestowed by the royal family at will.

    Selling the things bestowed by the royal family, as Gu Yin said, the casual shop will not accept the mark when it sees the mark in the palace.

    Thinking deeper, if the people who have the heart keep the things that flow out of their house first, don’t press it, and then take it out later, as a token of the British government, to frame individual crimes, Really can’t figure it out!

    After analyzing, Gu Yin took a sip of hot tea, and Wang was about to cry, and said, “What can you do with those things? Just put them at home?”

    For the time being, I can only provide it, unless Gu Yin’s business grows big one day, she will supervise the entire golden building and silver building personally, and let trusted people melt the gold and silver jewelry directly.

    However, the funds and contacts needed to open the Jinlou and Yinlou are not at all what the British government can think of when the foundation is not stable and the British government has just emerged from the mud.

    “It can still be used,” Gu Yin comforted: “Those head and face jewelry, mother and I wear them together, or when meeting guests or going to banquets, they are very decent.”

    Wang was not comforted at all, she and her daughter-in-law both have the same head and two hands, how much can they wear? That storeroom is enough for their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to wear it differently from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

    They are not the kind of people with good face, but people who like affordable.

    Wang shi asked Wu Zhong again, and said, “You gave money to people and returned money to people, didn’t you give those things that were bestowed by the royal family?”

    Wu Zhong immediately shook his head and said no, not because he thought it was as far-reaching as his daughter-in-law, but because he thought that the jewelry was given to someone, and the other party would definitely sell it again. They are all people from poor backgrounds like him, how do they know the specific value of those jewels, don’t go back and let the pawnshops fool them, just give them cash directly.

    Mr. Wang exhaled a long breath, and soon thought of the person next to her, her eyes lit up, and said: “And the salary, the salary of the state official is definitely not low!”

    “Let’s check the accounts.” Gu Yin said.

    The Duke’s salary is definitely not low, but this huge palace has a lot of people. There were dozens of people who went out to greet people in the morning alone. There are a lot of incoming items and a lot of outgoing items, so you still have to go through the overall account book once to be aware of it.

    After Gu Yin finished speaking, she went to see Wu Zhong, he was the head of the family after all.

    “Should there be an accountant in the house?”

    Wu Zhong shook his head and said no, and explained slowly: “This mansion used to be a royal mansion, and the accountant has escaped.”

    The British government has been open for a short time, and no one is responsible for general affairs, and has not cultivated such a confidant.

    After saying that, Wu Zhong looked at the Wang family. In the past, the family’s major affairs and small affairs were all dominated by the Wang family.

    Wang will look at Gu Yin again, this is the real head of the family now!

    “Hey, let’s come together.” Gu Yin said with a bitter face, fortunately learned to read the ancient single-entry bookkeeping method, and also learned to plan with the shopkeeper Zhou, otherwise, I really want to be thrown off balance.

    Wu Zhong asked the servant to fetch the account books and abacus from the public.

      the daily expenses of the British government.

    Then they went to get the abacus, and there was an old abacus left by the former accountant.

    But fortunately, there is a servant who has a good memory. I remember that there are a few gold abacuses in the things that were rewarded in the palace.

    Although the golden abacus is small and exquisite, only the size of an adult’s palm, it is for entertainment, but it can be used anyway.

    “Come on!” Gu Yin rolled up her sleeves and put a small abacus in front of Wu An.

    Gu Ye gave Wu An a sympathetic look, then slipped away, and followed his mother to the storeroom to check which items did not bear the palace mark.

    Wu Qingyi can also count, but he is not good at planning, so he helps them read the account book.

    Wu Zhong saw that everyone was busy, and was embarrassed to sit around, so he helped everyone to add tea and water, and let the servant go to the kitchen to pass the word to make snacks and eat.

    The family started busy before lunch, and kept busy until noon in the afternoon. Shopkeeper Zhou came back from outside with a smile.

    He has already inquired clearly, the shops that the imperial court rents and sells are really good, they come late, and the rents are basically not available, but there are still many shops for sale. . A big restaurant like Wangyuelou, a whole room with land, only sells six or seven thousand taels of silver. The location of the city is better, and it looks like 10,000 to 20,000 taels.

    The Mochizuki Building in Hanshan Town can be mortgaged for 1,000 taels. We all know that the black market mortgage prices are severely depressed, so the market price of the Mochizuki property is actually around 2,000 taels. This is also the reason why Wang Dafu had to redeem Wangyuelou back when he was so poor.

    Now that his owner is backed by the British government, of course he doesn’t need to be so snarky anymore. Shopkeeper Zhou has spent the whole day inquiring about those big restaurants.

    There is one room that he thinks is the best. It is located at the corner of Taibai Street not far from the British government. It takes less than half an hour to go back and forth by carriage.

    There are both dignitaries and wealthy people nearby. It is convenient for Gu Yin to take care of the shop, and there is no need to do cheap business with meager profits.

    Entering the mansion, Shopkeeper Zhou couldn’t wait to tell Gu Yin the good news.

    However, as soon as he entered the room, Shopkeeper Zhou saw Mrs. Wang slumped on the Taishi chair, covering her eyes and wanting to cry without tears: “Whatever, everything! There are also gems on the hairpin jewelry, and even the abacus beads of the gold abacus…”

    What? Before shopkeeper Zhou could understand it, he saw his owner, who had always been calm and composed, said excitedly, “The shopkeeper is finally back!”

    The shopkeeper Zhou subconsciously took a half step back, Gu Ye had already jumped behind him, and closed the door with a bang!

    Wu Qingyi also appeared on the side of Shopkeeper Zhou in the blink of an eye, pressing his big hand like iron pliers on Shopkeeper Zhou’s shoulder, “Come, please take a seat.”

    The sound of the abacus that had been ringing in the room for an afternoon sounded again, and there was one more, making it even more lively.

    …

    In the quiet courtyard of the British public mansion, the old doctor was grinding herbs while looking up to the door from time to time.

    When the little Yaotong saw it, he muttered: “Since the master is concerned, why did the father of the country invite you to the main courtyard to be lively and lively, why don’t you go?”

    The old doctor said in a bad mood: “The family is reunited, and now is the time to enjoy the happiness of the family, what am I doing as an outsider?”

    “Uncle Shi didn’t treat you as an outsider.” The little medicine boy said.

    After the old doctor finished grinding the herbs, he took another tortoise shell and started shaking coins.

    Generally, people who know divination are particular about divination, and they only do divination when they encounter major events, or they set a rule for themselves that the number of divinations should not exceed three times a day, in order to improve the accuracy of divination, or to avoid the so-called so-called divination. God’s punishment.

    Old Doctor Immortal doesn’t pay attention to those things, he just has nothing to do.

    Sometimes whether or not to bring an umbrella when going out depends on divination.

      !”

    The banging sound stopped, and the old doctor asked him why he said that.

    The little medicine boy said: “Didn’t Shishu ask for Shizu’s celestial meteorite? Now, after a few months, the magic weapon must have been built. Why don’t you go and see how? Okay?”

    “That’s right!” The old doctor straightened his clothes and stood up, “I’m not going to disturb other people’s happiness, just to see my treasure!”

    Send him away, the little medicine boy exhaled a long breath, and saw the tortoise shell and copper coins that he had thrown away, he spontaneously stepped forward to clean it up.

    Strange, why is this hexagram so fierce? To persuade people not to go!

    It must be that the master always used divination casually, it is not allowed!

    The little medicine boy hummed a song, collected the tortoise shell and copper coins, and then studied medicine.