Seeing that the east wind returns, the struggle for teaching is the most complicated

, and not a lot of money to fill in.What's more, even though our family is separated, the long house is still in Beijing.If people in the clan know about it, I'm afraid even my husband won't be able to explain it. "

Mother He's heart shuddered.Although it is said that the family is separated, the money still belongs to the He family after all, and it was given to the Cao family. If Mrs. He and Mrs. He find out...

Cao Jinxiu cried: "Relying on grandma, you actually watched my parents starve to death?"

Chu Heng said seriously: "Sister Cao is wrong. Your parents are not just you, they have six sons. Sons earn money to buy property and take care of their parents. This is a human relationship. Wherever there are sons, they are idle and prostitutes." Why do you want your nephew to repay the gambling debt instead of protecting you from gambling?"

This truth is irrefutable, the maids and women in the room all nodded slightly, Cao Jinxiu was so blocked that she couldn't speak, so she could only look at He Mu pitifully.

Chu Heng smiled at her mother-in-law: "Husband said, originally this matter should not be handled by the He family. But after all, it is the wife's own sister. If the wife wants to take care of it, then we can't disobey the wife. But there is a difference in how to handle it. The first one is that the old man of the Cao family should naturally be raised by the son of the Cao family. The husband said that among the brothers of the Cao family, only the one who is the third is more reliable. What he meant was to ask his wife to collect 300 taels of silver and give it to him To run the business. Although there is not much money, it is also the foundation of his business. If he is a capable person, he will have a family in a few years. Even though he is a bastard, there is no reason not to respect his father and aunt. The Cao family It's also a family of officials and eunuchs, so if you think about it, the family education must be very good, the mother is kind and the son is filial."

Cao Jinxiu originally wanted to say that the third brother was not born to his mother, but Chu Heng had already said "excellent family education" and "mother is kind and filial to the son". If he refuted it again, he would say that his family education was not good and that his mother had always treated the concubine poorly. .She was angry and tears flowed down her face.Mother He thought it was reasonable, not to mention that only the third son of the Cao family was a little promising, how did Chu Heng know, it must be the son who said it.So he nodded.

Chu Heng ignored Cao Jinxiu, and went on to say, "Secondly, the third young master of the Cao family wants to start a business, so he may not have a lot of money in the first few years before he comes here. What the husband wants is to ask the daughter-in-law to collect another 500 taels of silver, and go to the original place of the Cao family to buy more than 100 taels of silver." Mu of land, within five years, all the production will belong to the Cao family, which is enough for them to live on. But the land deed must write the name of the husband, so it is to buy property for the He family, and the members of the He family will have nothing to say It can be said that the brothers of the Cao family can neither sell the land nor go to gamble again."

Seeing He's mother nodding, she pursed her lips and smiled, "This adds up to 800 taels. Our family doesn't have so much cash now, and it will only be in autumn when the rents are collected everywhere. I said go to my mother's house." Borrow, but my husband refuses. I have asked people to take out some of my gold jewelry as a mortgage, and then calculate the money at home, and put the monthly money later, about 800 taels. I still have it. I have twenty taels of money from my private house, which is a little bit of my heart. Needless to say, sister Cao, the monthly money I save will naturally be given to my parents, maybe there is thirty taels."

Cao Jinxiu was taken aback.She has two or two months of money every month, and food and clothing are all from the officials, so the monthly money is saved dryly. Over the past three years, she has saved more than 30 taels.She originally thought that the He family's family would have a great career, but she never thought about using her own money.But when Chu Heng said it, how could she say that her parents only asked the He family to pay, and she didn't give anything?She blushed immediately, and said with a twitch, "I... I don't have that many, only... a dozen taels."

Mother He frowned and said, "Your monthly money is useless, so where did it go?" Cao Jinxiu hated her aunt for being confused, what's the use of counting this with herself at this time?Chu Heng said: "Why ask, it must be that the maids are not easy to serve, and Sister Cao has taken advantage of them in vain." Before Cao Jinxiu could speak, she got up and said sharply: "You are all so courageous! Listen to me today In the future, whoever dares to accept a penny from Sister Cao, regardless of the reason, will tell the housekeeper if anyone sees it, and they will be kicked out immediately!"

Everyone was dissatisfied with the late payment of the monthly money, but seeing Chu Heng's attack, they all knelt down and said, "The slaves never dare to accept the money from my aunt."

Cao Jinxiu knew that she was going to make everyone angry, so she could only say: "There are still ten taels, I thought that my aunt's birthday is coming..."

Mother He said: "There is a priority, why are you so confused. What is your birthday at this time!"

Chu Heng said: "I have 25 taels here, and sister Cao has 30 taels. With these 55 taels in hand, it is enough to be frugal during the Chinese New Year. Madam, don't be embarrassed, these worry-free sons should also be given to them lessons."

He Mu said: "What you just said makes sense. But... I still have [-] mu of land under my name, or else..."

Chu Heng waved his hand and said: "Don't mention it, madam. My husband lost his temper last night, saying that if my wife wants to sell even the dowry field, it is clear that I will not give my son a place to set up a cone. I coaxed him and said, I will come to ask my wife today, and my wife will give it to me." I have such a face, don't mention the matter of selling the dowry. I beg my wife to have pity on me. With this money, although the Cao family cannot become rich, they can still last for a few years. Besides, if the third young master is promising, the Cao family will not be able to Wouldn't the wife be happier if she was sitting and eating? Even Sister Cao, she can't watch her sell off as a dowry, can she?" Cao Jinxiu had no choice but to turn her head away from her.

Mother He thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of a better way.She also knew that her nephew was worthless. The 2000 taels were lost in less than three years.What the son and daughter-in-law said was not unreasonable. Although the concubine was not born to his sister, he still had to support his father and aunt.If the nephew of the first-line relative has a good life, it will be enough to help him when the money comes together in a few years...

Cao Jinxiu had another idea in mind.It seems that there can be no more money, and even my own private house has been raided, but the 300 taels of silver must be given to my mother, not to the third brother...

But when it comes to handling affairs, she will never be Chu Heng's opponent.In the afternoon of that day, Chu Heng took 800 taels of silver notes and a letter written by He Hongwen, plus her and Cao Jinxiu's 55 taels of cash, and He's mother added another 45 taels, making up an integer of one hundred taels.Cao Jinxiu originally wrote a letter to his mother, but the person Chu Heng sent to deliver the bank note was the second steward of the mansion. This person was the son of Mother He's companion Huang Nanny, but Chu Heng said that he had a big A sum of property went to a desolate place, and one person was not safe, so another person was sent, but it was Chu Heng's own companion.Mother He didn't care about these things, but felt that Chu Heng was thoughtful.Cao Jinxiu knew that this person was going to supervise the whereabouts of the money, and it was useless to write a letter by himself, so he had to give up.

Although the cost was reduced from 3000 taels to 400 taels, Chu Heng was not happy.If Cao Jinxiu is not eliminated, such blunt knives will still be in the way.

15

When He Hongwen heard that the affairs of the Cao family had been settled, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.This time I sent him away, so I can always buy a few days of cleanliness, so I won't come to Luo Zhao again soon, right?

It's not that he doesn't regret that things have become like this.He originally thought that as long as Cao Jinxiu came in, Xiaoyi would have both. He didn't have enough hearts, but he didn't think about these four words at all.Ever since Cao Jinxiu was accepted, Ming Lan did not marry, Cao Jinxiu cried and wanted to die again and again, her mother persuaded her to consummate the house again and again, Chu Heng was so angry that she almost had a miscarriage, in order to seduce him, Cao Jinxiu even threw herself into her arms, and now Cao Jinxiu After all, the family broke the contract and asked for money... One by one, they were all mocking and trampling on the happiness in his dream.Suddenly remembering the words she said when she saw Minglan for the last time, she heard them, could she just smile bitterly and sigh that she was too stupid?And he added fuel to the fire by saying that I believe she will take good care of Jin'er!

Thinking about these things now, it really seems like a lifetime ago.I don't know since when, the pure and lovely cousin Jin'er in my memory has changed in my eyes. Although she still has the familiar delicate appearance, every frown and smile is fake and scheming, making him avoid her. I'm afraid it's too late.

From when Ming Lan Xu married the Gu family?From when she didn't want to consummate the house and she cried and hanged herself?From the time she told Chu Heng about herself and Ming Lan with malicious intent?From when her two white arms wrapped around her body? ... The soft part of her heart was filled with all kinds of hardening, squeezing out little by little her weight, and there was nothing left.

He knew she liked him, but he couldn't give her what she wanted, and he didn't want to give it.He owed Minglan a promise and owed Chu Heng a complete heart, but he owed nothing to Cao Jinxiu.For Cao Jinxiu, he neither loves nor hates him. Apart from being bored, he just feels relieved: he has done everything he can, and even if her life is no longer threatened, he can't give her more.

He asked himself, how could he be so stupid and say those things to Minglan back then?She heard it, and naturally understood that she was just a young man who didn't know much about the world, and she couldn't give her any protection.Therefore, she cut off her affection for him without hesitation.

The ridiculous thing is that it took him four years to realize how wrong he was.And the price is his life.

"My mother said, it's probably a boy this time." Chu Heng removed his makeup in front of the mirror, and gently stroked the brown spots that were gradually emerging on his face.She never had these spots in the past. When she was pregnant with brother Qi, she found that she had spots, and she was very annoyed. Mrs. He told her that this is often the case when she is pregnant with boys, and it will be fine after delivery.As a result, it was only half a year after giving birth to brother Qi, and she was pregnant with the second one. Now the spots on her cheeks became more and more obvious, so she often had to carefully cover them with powder.She is not yet 19 years old, which is the age of Aimi.The more I looked at it, the more startled I became, and I couldn't help but slammed the mirror, which shocked He Hongwen.

"What's wrong?" He Hongwen was still thinking about Minglan, and didn't hear Chu Heng's words.look