Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 70

    There are more than 100 servants in the British government and the family, and most of the monthly payments are between half taels and 2 taels. In addition, there are housekeepers and cooks who have high monthly money, and the monthly money adds up to a hundred taels. And to feed so many people, it would cost hundreds of taels a month. Just add one plus one in general, and it will be counted as four hundred taels per month.

    This was recorded by the accountant of the former palace, and it is relatively clear and easy to check.

    What is difficult to check is the new account. After the mansion was opened, there was no account in the mansion. It was written by the housekeeper.

    Although he can read and hyphenate words, his ability to keep accounts is really indescribable.

    In the past six months, Wu Zhongluo has helped more than 500 wounded and disabled generals, usually 50 taels of silver or 50 taels of gold, but there are many. I came to the door several times, and I got a lot more. The average family got two or three hundred taels.

    In total, Wu Zhong gave a total of 30,000 taels.

    “You…” Wang shi’s chest rose and fell violently, and she pointed at Wu Zhong with trembling fingers, and she was speechless for a while.

    Wu Zhong did not dare to lift his head in a guilty conscience.

    30,000 taels, this is an astronomical sum not only for farmers, but also for wealthy businessmen!

    He didn’t give any of them. And he didn’t know that Wang and the others were still alive at the time. He thought that neither he nor his son were people who were particular about food and clothing.

      The total cost of food and clothing was less than one hundred taels.”

    The bulk of it is the soup and medicine money that Wu Zhong eats every day.

    Wang took a sip of hot tea with Gu Yin’s hand, and then he eased his breath, and asked Wu Zhong, “More than 500 people, how did you meet in half a year?”

    Five hundred people spread out evenly for more than half a year, and I have to see two or three people a day.

    Wu Zhong lowered his head and explained slowly: “It’s just a festival, and it will be better at once. A while ago, the Mid-Autumn Festival, hundreds of people came on that day.”

     Mrs Wang laughed angrily, “Hundreds of people come to Mid-Autumn Festival every day, are you holding a temple fair in the house?”

    Wu Zhong didn’t say anything, and he also blamed himself!

    After speaking, Mr. Wang looked at the shopkeeper Zhou and asked him how he was doing inquiries outside today.

     Shopkeeper Zhou finally finished his work. He was drinking tea when he was suddenly asked. He deliberately slowed down and put the tea lid back, and then went to see Gu Yin.

    Gu Yin nodded slightly, and let him say it’s okay, anyway, this can’t be hidden, Wang Shi will definitely know after a little inquiries.

    Treasurer Zhou said it directly.

    I heard that the best restaurants in the capital also have 10,000 to 20,000 taels, and Wang was so anxious that she burst into tears. This bad old man of his own is sent out to one or two big restaurants!

    Seeing that Mrs. Wang couldn’t hold back her scolding, Gu Yin got up and said, “Everyone has worked hard today. It’s not early, so take a rest.”

    The shopkeeper Zhou was led to the front yard by the servants, and Gu Yin and Wu Qingyi took the old doctor out of the yard together.

    The old doctor immortal came excitedly, and before he had time to express his intention, he was arrested along with the shopkeeper Zhou.

    At that time, Gu Yin saw that the old doctor fairy’s hair and beard were turning white, and she couldn’t bear it anymore. It took too much effort and eyesight to settle accounts. Don’t look back and tire him out. Come anyway.

    Wu Qingyi said in her ear at that time: “My master has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his body is tough.”

    With the assurance of his own apprentice, Gu Yin let go.

    Don’t say, although this old doctor is old, his brain is really flexible. If it wasn’t for his help, the more than 500 entries about wounded and disabled generals would still be unclear.

    “Master, rest well.” Wu Qingyi felt a little troubled.

    Gu Yin also said ashamed: “I should have gone to see your old man and greeted you with courtesy. Today, it is really abrupt.”

    The old doctor didn’t want to say anything when he was tired, he waved his hand to tell them not to send it, and went back by himself.

    This family’s joy is really not enjoyable!

    Send others away, leaving only my family in the house.

    As soon as the door closed, Mrs Wang jumped up and filled the room looking for something handy.

    “Mom, take it easy, Dad is not in good health.”

    Wang said: “I know, if it wasn’t for his poor health, wouldn’t I just take a knife? As for the whole room looking for someone?”

    “The money has been spent, and it will not help you to be angry now.”

    Gu Yin is still persuading her, but helplessly Wang Shi is really angry, if she doesn’t let her breath out, she will be suffocated to death!

    “Don’t worry about it.” In the end, the Wang family saved Wu Zhong some face, and brought him back into the room to let him go.

    Wu Zhong said to Gu Yin before he left: “What do you want, tell the servant directly.”

    Gu Yin responded, and heard Wang sneer in a low voice: “Do you still care about others when you are dying?”

    Wu Zhong:…

    In the sympathetic eyes of the younger generation, the old couple left, and Gu Yin and others were also ready to rest.

    If Wu Qingyi lives in the front yard, he will return to the front yard.

    Gu Yin was placed in the courtyard next to the main courtyard. Although Gu Ye didn’t fall asleep, he was too sleepy to open his eyes.

    The mother and son have no separate house, and sleep together in the main house in this courtyard.

    The maid at the back brought hot water, Gu Ye went to the clean room to take a bath, climbed onto the bed after taking a bath, and fell asleep.

    I slept until the next morning when Wu An came over and Gu Yincai got up.

    It was still early outside, Gu Yin asked him, “Why didn’t you sleep more?”

    Wu An will still go to Wen’s house for classes in the future, so she can take a rest in the past two days.

    Wu An explained in a low voice: “Big brother got up early and punched in front. I woke up when I heard the movement.”

    The child felt shallow, Gu Yin nodded and said, “Then you should live in the backyard in the future.”

    Wu An nodded and said yes, just when he said this, Gu Ye straightened up with a carp, rubbed his eyes and asked, “Fist? What kind of boxing?”

    Wu An repeated what he just said, and Gu Ye immediately began to dress himself.

    His uncle’s martial arts is beyond doubt, he has long wanted to learn.

    After getting dressed, he jumped out of bed, the maid heard the movement and brought things to wash, and he didn’t need anyone to serve, so he packed up himself, grabbed Wu An and went to the front.

    After Gu Yin packed up, she got up and went to the main courtyard.

    She is still worried about the follow-up development of yesterday, for fear that the Wang family will really play Wu Dad out.

    Wang Shi and Wu Zhong were already getting up. After Gu Yin entered the room, she called someone first, and then began to look at Wu Dad.

      vegetable.

      , can I really beat your father for the money I spent?”

    Gu Yin sat down next to Wang Shi, took her arm affectionately, and said, “Where is it? My mother is the most reasonable.”

    Wang smiled and coughed deliberately.

    Wu Zhong immediately took the public chopsticks to help pick up a snack, and put it in the small plate in front of Wang Shi.

    Wang raised her chin proudly, and said, “This dessert is not as delicious as yours, but I tasted it very special, you can try it.”

    The British government used to be a royal residence, and the cooks were also original, and their craftsmanship was not inferior to that of royal chefs.

    On the table are cream light crisps, milk ling powder cakes, two-color water chestnut cakes, and a red bean porridge. All are delicious.

    After Gu Yin tasted it, she inevitably remembered that when she checked the accounts yesterday, she saw that the cook’s monthly payment was thirty taels per month. With his craftsmanship, it was not too much. Go back and talk to him.

      But the Duke is really a big official, and the annual salary is 4,000 shi, which is more than 4,000 taels when converted into silver.”

    After she finished speaking, she paused for a while, then smiled again: “In addition, there is our Qingyi, who is also a high-ranking official of the first rank, and has a thousand stone a year’s salary. Those rice and silver have not been issued yet. , so by the end of the year, our family can still have more than 5,000 taels of income.”

    Yesterday I knew that Wu Zhong spent nearly 30,000 taels in half a year, and Wang really felt that the sky was falling!

    Then she knew that there was a lot of money, so she felt better.

    And Wu Zhong also told him that the salary was just a one-off, their father and son were both registered figures in front of Emperor Zhengyuan, and there would be rewards on New Years and festivals.

    Besides, Mrs. Wang, as the lady of the country, must have an imperial appointment, and the super-quality Mrs. imperial appointment is another big salary.

    “I’ll give you the whole thing when I look back.”

    At that time, everyone in the family will have a salary, and she and Wu Zhong’s salary will naturally be placed in the public to deal with the family’s food and clothing expenses. For the sons and daughters-in-law, let them keep the husband and wife by themselves.

     “By the way, there are servants in the house, do you think we should release some?”

    This is natural, one emperor and one courtier. The palace has changed its sect and has become the palace of the prince, and the servants will definitely have to change a group of their own people.

    In addition, even if you count the old medical fairy, there are less than ten masters in the family, and there is really no need for hundreds of servants to serve.

    But I can’t move for the time being, at least I have to observe it for a while, and leave a batch of useful ones to use first.

    The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed it for a while, and decided to wait until a few years ago to get this, then pay a little severance pay and let people go out to reunite with their families.

    Finally, Mr. Wang mentioned another matter.

    “Yesterday when we came, the young girl who greeted us at the door. I only heard from your father that she was the doctor who took care of him wholeheartedly. She is not too young now. Now, your father is preparing to let her marry her from the mansion, and the dowry will also be a lot of money.”

    If I used to be in the country, the dowry could be given ten taels of silver, which would be very generous.

    Now it’s definitely not up to that standard, especially if the other party saved Wu Zhong’s life.

    Wang asked her maid this morning to find out, and I heard that the dowry used to be tens of thousands of taels for the princess of the palace, and other high-ranking ladies in Beijing usually have a few thousand taels of silver at the bottom of the box.

    Wang is not a person who is scrambling for major events. If Wu Zhong did not give the 30,000 taels, she would give 10,000 taels without anyone in return. Grace.

    If you get it, you will walk around as a relative.

    But at the moment, there are only 10,000 taels of cash in the family, and people are biased. This money must not be moved any more. It must be left to my daughter-in-law to buy a restaurant.

    “I didn’t know that girl had such a deep relationship with our family yesterday.” Gu Yin thought about it and said, “It’s not convenient for my father to tell the girl’s family, but luckily I have a mother now. Why don’t you come forward and ask. If this girl Shen has something to do with it, we will promote good things, and the restaurant business will be put on hold for the time being. If not…”

    “If not, of course, wait a little longer. When our family turns around, you will also have your restaurant and her dowry!”

    The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were ready to go to see Shen Hanchun together.

    If you ask again, she is wearing shabby clothes again and is asking for money.

    “Why are there still people asking for it?!” Mrs Wang was anxious, her voice raised involuntarily, “Hurry up and stop people and say that there are no visitors today!”

    No matter how much money you make in the future, you won’t be able to withstand this stream of people coming to your door to beat the autumn wind!

    “Mom don’t be in a hurry,” Gu Yin gave her comfort, “You can avoid the first day of the new year, but you can’t avoid the fifteenth. Today, I will deal with this matter first, you just go to see Miss Shen .”

    If you want to ask who the Wang family believes most, it is naturally Gu Yin. Seeing that she has her own way, Wang will not ask any more.

    Gu Yin first asked her servants to take the other party to the hall where the guests were entertained, and then asked Wu Qingyi to come over. The two met head-to-head and discussed a few words.

    More than a quarter of an hour later, Gu Yin changed clothes to meet the guests and went.

    Two women came, both of them were poor dressed in jingchai cloth skirts, one was in her early twenties and was very nervous, and the other was in her forties, watching with Wang About the same age, but very indifferent.

    When Gu Yin passed by, the maid served tea, the young woman immediately got up to take it, and quickly thanked.

    The middle-aged woman was sitting with the old god, letting the maid serve.

    Just seeing the two very different styles, Gu Yin already had some points in her heart.

    She smiled and entered the room, took a seat in the main seat, introduced herself first, and then asked: “I only entered Beijing yesterday, and many things in the house have not been settled clearly, so I neglected the two of you. I don’t know why the two of you came today, why?”

    The young woman hurriedly stood up and saluted, “The woman has seen the general’s wife.”

    Gu Yin has no rank yet, but ordinary people don’t understand this, they only know that she is the daughter-in-law of the founder of the country, and the wife of the rumored general of the evil ghost, naturally she is in awe heart of.

    Gu Yin asked her not to be too polite, and then asked their intentions with her eyes.

    The young woman twisted the hem of her clothes, looking like she didn’t know where to start.

    The middle-aged woman said directly: “The first time my wife came to the capital, I didn’t know that the men in our family were injured on the battlefield and didn’t earn any future prospects. Winter is coming in another month, you see…”

    “Ah, it was for this.” Gu Yin suddenly took a sip, picked up the tea cup again, took a sip, and said, “Although I first came to Beijing, I knew about this. of.”

    Now that you know, you should give the money directly. The middle-aged woman looked at her slightly anxiously.

    Gu Yin was about to open her mouth, but Wu Qingyi came over with a sullen face.

      Especially when he had a sullen face, his aura was even more astonishing, like a beast that was about to break free at any time.

    His mask is a symbol of his identity. It is rumored that the half of his face under the mask is covered with red scars and is beyond recognition. With the title of the devil general.

    The two women hurriedly stood up to greet each other, and all of a sudden they let their breathing light up, and the room was very quiet all of a sudden.

    He walked to Gu Yin’s side in a sullen voice, and sat down.

    Gu Yin smiled apologetically at the two women, then turned her head and asked in a low voice, “Who made you unhappy?”

    Wu Qingyi squinted slightly and said nothing.

    However, the more silent he is, the more one can’t help but wonder how terrifying he is.

    There were guests present, so Gu Yin didn’t ask any more questions, and asked the maid to bring tea and snacks and put them aside.

    “I’m so sorry, you two, for being negligent. The general’s temper…”

    The two women did not dare to speak.

    Just kidding, sitting in front of me is the most powerful general in the founding of the country, and it is rumored that he can take the head of an enemy general with his bare hands.

    Who dares to say that he is not good?

    Gu Yin asked again: “Just now, half of what I said, do you two need money from our government?”

      I don’t know, life at home really can’t go on…”

    With a “click”, Wu Qingyi picked up a walnut and kneaded it into powder.

    Although the voice was soft, the middle-aged woman was so frightened that she didn’t dare to continue speaking.

    “I don’t know who the wounded in your family is?” Gu Yinzhuang asked casually.

    The middle-aged woman twitched her lips and reported her son’s identity.

    Yesterday’s account was just settled, Gu Yin still remembered it fresh, and immediately said: “Spring Equinox, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, your family has been here three times, and took away one hundred and fifty taels of silver in half a year. , but what difficulties did you encounter?”

     Her tone was still gentle and gentle, and she did not despise the meaning of ridicule at all.

    But the middle-aged woman turned into a pig liver color.

    Her family used to be really difficult, but since I made a trip to get the money back, my life has gotten better day by day. First, she bought land in the outskirts of Beijing, and her son, who had a broken leg, also adopted a beautiful and demure daughter-in-law.

    My daughter-in-law just got pregnant and wants to move to the capital.

    An inch of land in the capital is worth a lot of money, and some of the better dwellings often cost hundreds of taels.

    It was only then that she found the British mansion again, thinking that she had been here three times before, and the sick British man did not remember her, so she will definitely succeed this time.

    The middle-aged woman was fighting with each other, and immediately said, “I remember that there is something at home, so I’m bothering you.”

    After she finished speaking, she ran out without waiting for Gu Yin to call someone to see off.

    Gu Yin shouted “Pomegranate”, Song Shiliu immediately followed, and followed all the way to the outside of the gate, Song Shiliu said loudly, “Why are you running away, Madam? You didn’t come to ask for relief, Are you saying you can’t live on? Our wife didn’t ask why you asked for one hundred and fifty taels of silver for half a year and it wasn’t enough… I just asked if your family is encountering any difficulties now, why are you running away?”

    The woman didn’t dare to turn her head back, so what was she running for? If you don’t run, are you waiting for your head to be smashed by the evil general?

    I’m really blinded by lard, I only think about the British public’s sickness and soft heart, very easy to bully, forget how their family started, the evil ghost who dares to climb out of the underworld If you are a ghost in front of you, you have no money to spend!

    Song Shiliu’s loud voice immediately attracted the attention of the people nearby.

    Someone laughed: “You little girl is so ignorant, no matter how difficult it is, people can live a smooth life with a hundred and fifty taels. What about you? It’s not ashamed!”

    Common people come and go in and out of the British public house on a daily basis. People in the vicinity have long known that the British public has often helped the wounded.

    This has been discussed for a long time.

    The middle-aged woman was teased for a while by the people watching the fun, so she covered her face and ran wild.

    And in the flower hall where guests were entertained, the young woman’s lips turned white.

    She wanted to run too, but she was too frightened to follow her orders, and secondly, she was a big family like the first time back. I don’t know where the door is.

    “The woman is wrong, the woman will never dare!” The young woman trembled and was about to kneel.

    Gu Yin glanced at Wu Qingyi, and Wu Qingyi went out immediately.

    Gu Yin picked up the person and said warmly, “Don’t be afraid, I know that you are different from the person just now. What kind of situation are you in, you can tell me slowly.”

    Gu Yin’s appearance is non-aggressive beauty, when she laughs, her smile is warm and reaches the heart.

    The young woman was soothed by her, and when she thought about the situation at home, she took a deep breath and said boldly: “The husband of the people’s wife followed the general, but his luck was not good. Injured, the family is really… It’s really hard. The husband of the woman didn’t know about it. It was the woman who heard the aunt several times saying that the grandfather of the country was kind and helpful and helped a lot of wounded soldiers. Came here together.”

    After she said that, her face flushed, “The women only want five taels… No, no, two taels of silver to buy medicine.”

    Gu Yin asked her husband’s identity again, and went out to talk to Wu Qingyi.

    I didn’t expect Wu Qingyi to really have an impression of her husband, and sighed: “That’s a good soldier. He was only fourteen years old when he went to the battlefield. He had his legs chopped off to save lives.”

    Even in modern times, it is difficult for a person without legs to live. In ancient times, it was a miracle that that person could survive until now.

    Afterwards, Wu Qingyi asked people to pack up some medicinal materials, invited a royal doctor in the house, brought a few servants, and then had a carriage set up to send the young woman home.

    Seeing Wu Qingyi suddenly, he immediately got up and said to his wife in disbelief: “You really went? Did you go?”

    He struggled to salute Wu Qingyi.

    Wu Qingyi held him down, “Your wife is all for you, a dignified man, do you talk to your wife like this?”

    The young woman burst into tears and pleaded, “My husband has never been like this before, I violated his wishes.”

    The man also had red eyes.

      Wan Xiezhong left their home.

    People in the village at the back were talking about this matter, the middle-aged woman was going to take the opportunity to chew a few words, but the villagers had long disliked her going to the autumn wind several times, and she had no bones. To be a pie, this time, I saw with my own eyes that the great general came to give medicine and medicine in person, and no one paid any attention to her.

    On Gu Yin’s side, today’s affairs have come to an end.

    As soon as she returned to the backyard, she saw that Wang was already waiting for her.

    I heard that the matter was settled, helped people who really needed help, and drove away those who were fishing in troubled waters, Wang’s face relaxed and said, “I still have a way.”

    Gu Yin also smiled and asked how the Wang family was.

    Wang patted his chest and said with a smile: “Isn’t it just to ask people’s opinions on marriage, what’s so difficult about it? Just ask in a few words, that girl Shen It’s very good, knowing that our family is in some difficulties right now, and we can’t afford her dowry, so there’s no resentment at all!”

    Gu Yin nodded, she didn’t think about it anymore, she only thought about the wounded soldiers.

    It’s easy to deal with people coming in once or twice, and you don’t need to dispatch Wu Qingyi to scare people again and again, and you can use other methods next time.

    However, like today’s young women’s family, they really need help and contribute to the country.

    In modern times, Gu Yin had seen some bleak reports of veterans at night, and she felt very uncomfortable. However, at that time she was just a commoner, and all she could do was donate money and materials.

    Now that she has a different status, can she do more?

    Of course, it’s not enough to do it by yourself, and it’s not enough to empty your family. What she was thinking about was how to get others to help, or let the court come forward directly.

    She waits for Wu Qingyi to come back and discuss together.

    I didn’t realize it, Wu Qingyi hadn’t come back, and the servants suddenly came to report that Shen Hanchun vomited blood and passed out!