I fought back after reselling my engagement

Su Jingzhai felt that his granddaughter had grown up suddenly after suffering in the capital for several years. Children who have suffered will be more stable and sensible than their peers. He couldn't help feeling sad and distressed. "The emperor confiscated 10 million taels of silver from the Wan family for the sake of Wan Cairen and the fourth prince. I heard that the Wan family has been selling tea and flower mountains in the past month and is trying to raise money.

The Bai family was very reserved. Before the incident, all the shops of the Bai family were dowries for the women in the family. The family only had tea shops, flower shops, farms, and medicine shops, all of which grew tea, flowers, grain, and medicinal herbs.

"The Bai family has become a farming and reading family?"

"It is a family of farmers and scholars." The Bai family is obviously a merchant family, and all the shops are dowry shops left by old ladies, wives, grandmothers, and even grandmothers and mothers to their daughters. The Bai family itself does not have a shop, but only a few farms. Merchants and scholars are all from aristocratic families, which also means that the sons of the Bai family can pass the imperial examinations and enter the officialdom.

Zhen Su thought of Lu Yan's inexplicable affection for the Bai family, and encouraged her to make friends with the Third Miss Bai. She was planning to open a rouge and powder shop in Yueyang Prefecture, and it was a good opportunity to contact the Third Miss Bai, so that she could at least guarantee the supply channel.

Zhen Su said, "Grandfather, do you have anyone you can use? I don't know how long my family will live in Yueyang Prefecture. I want to open a few shops to do small business and earn some money for rouge and powder."

Su Shao hesitated for a moment, "Don't mention opening a shop. Your aunt-in-law opened a grocery store and a cloth store. The cloth store can earn several hundred taels of silver a year, but the two grocery stores only make 20 to 30 taels of income a month..."

Compared with her first and second aunts, Cui did not have the talent to open a shop and do business. Although her family was a scholarly family, it was far less powerful than those two aunts, whose families were at least fifth-rank and fourth-rank officials. But when Cui got married, her father was only a county magistrate, and he had been a county magistrate for nearly twenty years. After Cui married Su Shao, her father was promoted to county magistrate because of her marriage to a wealthy family.

Cui's grandfather was a juren in his early years, and her great-grandfather was a scholar. The Cui family rose from a peasant family, starting with Cui's grandfather, but the family was not a well-off family. Later, because she got a good marriage, the Cui family spent most of their family property on their daughter's dowry. But this little dowry, in the eyes of Su's eldest and second aunts, was really too meager.

Zhen Su smiled and said, "After my grandfather and my uncle left Beijing, they gave me the dowry left by my mother. I have managed it for the past two years and have gained some experience. I will take a look at the market here. If my aunt trusts me, I will manage a few shops in the future."

Cui was delighted and said, "I... am really not cut out to run a shop. If I fail to manage it well, your cousins ​​will really have nothing to give in the future. Three little monkeys are better, but your cousin will be eleven years old soon, and she will have to arrange marriage in two years."

My aunt's eldest son is Su Wulang, and the second son Su Qilang and the legitimate daughter Su Qiniang are twins. Twins are common in my maternal grandparents' family, and my eldest and second uncles are twins. Qilang and Qiniang are the seventh among the sons and daughters of the same generation in the Su family in the capital, and the brother and sister were born on the same day.

After talking for a while, Cui called a maid to take Zhen Su to the bedroom.

After entering the courtyard, she saw a plaque with the words "Tingyu Xuan" hanging above it. "Tingyu" was the name she gave to her own dormitory when she was six years old. When she lived in the Su Mansion, it was called "Tingyu Pavilion", and when she moved to the Zhen Family, it was called "Tingyu Pavilion". Now, the dormitory that her aunt-in-law had prepared for her was named "Tingyu Xuan".

Zhen Su's heart warmed up. As soon as she entered the courtyard, two young maids dressed identically came to greet her, "Your servant greets the princess!"

Zhen Su glanced at the two girls and saw that they looked unfamiliar. Perhaps they were the maids that her aunt bought after her grandfather arrived in Yueyang Prefecture. She walked into the small courtyard. There were a few lotus plants planted in the small pond inside. It was summer, and the flowers were either white or red, which was quite elegant.

"Please give us a name, Princess!" The two girls knelt down and begged in unison.

Zhen Su said: "The spring river is full of waves, and there is no place without a bright moon. It is called the Spring River and the Spring Moon."

"Thank you, Princess."

The two of them were picked over and over by the Madam from among all the maids. Previously, one of them was serving in the embroidery room and the other was serving in the study.

The maid said, "Madam said that tomorrow morning, she will send a trafficker to the mansion and ask the princess to pick four more maids. If these two don't suit her, they can be second-class or third-class maids."

"Very good, I'll use it."

The maid said, "Chunjiang, Chunyue, serve the princess well."

"Yes."

Zhen Su looked at the courtyard of Tingyuxuan and walked into the room. The boudoir was elegantly decorated and had all the necessary study items. In the closet were hung the clothes she wore on the boat. Her aunt-in-law also made her several summer and autumn clothes according to her measurements, and she even had two sets of winter clothes for emergency.

After her mother passed away, her grandmother took care of her at first. Later, her grandmother's health deteriorated day by day, so her aunt raised her like her own daughter.

My mother is the eldest and my uncle is the youngest. When my grandmother gave birth to my uncle, her belly was too big and it was difficult to deliver. There were originally two uncles, but the other one was in the belly for too long and died after being born.

My grandmother was injured and could no longer have children. My grandfather loved my grandmother very much, but even so, he didn't even have a concubine by his side, and he only took care of my grandmother. Because of this, the Su family had some complaints.

My uncle was weak when he was young, so my grandparents took great care of him, fearing that he would not grow up. Therefore, my grandfather took care of him since he was a child. This made my uncle stubborn and obstinate. For example, when my uncle fell in love with my aunt Cui and wanted to marry her, he made a scene. My grandparents had no choice but to let him do what he wanted and sent someone to propose marriage for him.

After my uncle got married, he followed my grandfather's example. He did not marry wives or concubines like my elder and second uncles, and had several illegitimate children. My uncle only had my aunt by his side. My grandfather would not give his son a concubine. My grandmother once said, "Do not impose on others what you do not want for yourself." She never gave anyone to my uncle.

My aunt-in-law treated her parents-in-law as her own parents, and even Zhen Su was treated as her own daughter. She would prepare a portion for Zhen Su as long as her cousin had something.

At noon, since they had just arrived, Chunjiang went to the kitchen to get some food and ate it in the room. Zhen Su took a bath and had a good sleep. In her daze, she heard a delicate voice saying, "Chunyue, cousin hasn't woken up yet?"

"Seventh Miss, I have checked and she is really not awake. The princess has been on the boat for several days and must be very tired."

"When I heard that my cousin was coming this afternoon, I asked for leave from the teacher of the girls' school and came back. Otherwise, I would wake up and play shuttlecock with my cousin. I told my classmates in the girls' school that my cousin was the best at playing shuttlecock, but they didn't believe me."

Zhen Su heard the voice and opened his eyes. Just as he sat up, he heard Chun Jiang call softly, "The princess is awake. Miss Seven has been waiting for half an hour."

Su Qiniang came in from outside, her eyes sparkling, "My cousin has become more beautiful!"

"I haven't seen my cousin for a few years. She has turned from a jade girl into a fairy."

Su Qiniang giggled, "Speaking of good-looking, I am ranked in the top three fairies in our girls' school."