"I don't need to explain to you whether I have money or not. I've already arranged your marriage and found a job for you. Why, you still have to let me, an old woman, support you for the rest of your life?
"You can marry a chicken or a dog, and you will have to live your life according to how much your man earns. Stop worrying about my things!
"As for redeeming oneself to study, haha, I don't even want to see if parents like you two can give birth to good children who can study!"
After finishing her scolding, Grandma Guo lowered her head to see her two grandsons looking at her helplessly. She felt that it was not good to make such an assertion. She raised her hand and rubbed the heads of her two grandsons and said, "Okay, you two don't do it either." Listen to your mother's nonsense. Your father can't read a single word because he doesn't live up to his expectations and refuses to learn.
"If you want to learn, we can also study and make progress. If anyone has the ability to study well, I will personally go to Madam to intercede for him. Deportation is just a matter of Madam's word."
Grandma Guo has been with Mr. Xu for so many years, and it is absolutely impossible to say that she has not saved any money.
In the past, she was highly regarded in front of the Xu family, and her children's errands were all for the poor. There was no shortage of money in the family, and there was no need for her to fill it.
Later, she was kicked out of Shen's mansion. The situation of her children in the mansion was not as good as before, and her family's life was not as prosperous as before, but she did not dare to take the money out of her hands.
This kind of thing happens twice, three times...hundreds of times once in a while. Once you start, you can't stop without being squeezed dry.
Now that she is no longer with Mrs. Xu, it means she has no income. The little money she has on hand is really a waste.
The money in her pocket has been saved little by little over the past few years, and it is not a mountain of gold or silver.
Besides, even if it is a mountain of gold or silver, it will come to nothing one day.
Judging from her daughter-in-law's performance in the past few months, she has to keep the money firmly in her hands. Otherwise, when she is too old to work anymore, her daughter-in-law will be kicked out of the house?
In addition to the money issue, what made Grandma Guo even more angry was actually her daughter-in-law's short-sightedness.
First of all, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have different backgrounds.
Aunt Guo's family has been full of children for several lifetimes. Since she was a child, her family has relied on serving her master, and her master has rewarded her for living a good life.
The daughter-in-law was from a rural farm family. Because the family had too many children, her parents sold her into the Shen Mansion as a maid.
Later, it was decided by the Xu family and assigned to Grandma Guo's eldest son.
Grandma Guo couldn't understand it. Didn't she suffer enough as a commoner in the countryside since she was a child?
These days, with no relatives or support at home, how can a commoner have a big tree to rest against?
Although she was kicked out of the house now, it was not Xu's fault, but Shen Tianshu's fault.
She privately thought that after Shen Tianshu got married, Mrs. Xu might still call her back to the house.
Now that Mrs. Xu has come to her for business again, isn't this the best proof!
Besides, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shen Zhonglei is aiming to be promoted next year, and a fool would redeem himself at this time!
The daughter-in-law just now kept using the child as an excuse, saying that she should get rid of her slave status and study and make progress.
Aunt Guo just gave her face, so she didn't spit in her face in front of her children and grandchildren.
For a family like theirs, let alone their children's qualifications, even if they study hard at home and pass the exam, how can they make a name for themselves without any human connections in the officialdom?
Not to mention vision and knowledge, are they something that ordinary people can develop?
At least I can see more of the world with my masters in the Shen Mansion.
If she really gets rid of her slave status and returns to her hometown to farm, do you still expect her to be able to raise her children to become kings and prime ministers?
The more Grandma Guo thought about it, the more unhappy she felt. When Mrs. Xu arranged her son's marriage, she was still the one she liked best. Why did she become more and more stupid after giving birth to the child?
At this moment, she was not even in the mood to eat meat anymore. She put down the bowls and chopsticks and said, "No one is allowed to mention this matter from now on. Anyone who mentions it again will separate the family and get out. Will you redeem yourself or sell yourself? It has nothing to do with me."
After Grandma Guo finished speaking, she didn't care about her daughter-in-law's pale face after being scolded. She turned around and went back to her room, closing the door with a bang.
For the past few months, her daughter-in-law has been leaving her two grandsons to her at night, having to put her to sleep and urinate, which makes her exhausted every day and has to get up several times during the night.
Finally having the big bed to herself, Grandma Guo's mood improved a lot.
She slept well for the first time in a long time, and early the next morning, she put on the decent clothes she had worn in the mansion before.
After putting on the clothes, she realized that she had lost so much weight in just half a year.
The clothes that were made perfectly in the Shen Mansion last year are now a little baggy and look out of place.
Grandma Guo didn't want to go out to do errands like this, so she hurriedly took off her clothes, used stitching to make her waist slimmer, and then put it back on again.
Although her needlework is not as fine as that of the embroiderer, you can't tell anything without sticking it up for a closer look, which is better than going out wearing a dress that obviously doesn't fit.
The guy in the yamen is the best at looking at the food and dishes. If he sees that you are not wearing appropriate clothes, he will definitely be a lot more negligent.
After everything was packed up, Grandma Guo found a curtain hat and put it on before taking the house deed and land deed to the government office.
The house Xu took out was not located in Yongzhou Prefecture, and the head of the household was not named after her.
Along with the property deed, there is also a document stating that the property was used to pay off debts and a household registration.
Officials working in the government dare not say that they can see someone like Aunt Guo who comes with a stack of documents to transfer the property every day, but they can see a few copies every month.
The person on duty today took the things, flipped them through, and then asked very skillfully: "Are you the debtor?"
"Yes!" Grandma Guo said quickly, "Someone owed money to my family and has been delaying it for several years. Later, I finally found someone and asked him to use his home in his hometown to pay off the debt. I thought I would go through the formalities quickly to avoid unnecessary trouble. The nights are long and the dreams are many.”
As Grandma Guo spoke, a small piece of silver came out of her sleeve and was pressed between the house deed and the land deed. "
The clerk on duty had very sharp eyes and could see clearly. He immediately brought the thing in front of him and unknowingly took away the silver tael sandwiched in the middle. He weighed it and weighed it, weighing two taels. He couldn't help but feel elated. , and also said: "Isn't it? Once you find this kind of old scoundrel, you will never let him go, otherwise it will be even more difficult to catch him next time."
As he spoke, he looked through the things that Aunt Guo handed over and found that everything he needed was present. It seemed that this was not the first time he had done something like this.
The clerk couldn't help but look up at Aunt Guo, and saw that her clothes were of good quality, and there was a hint of gold on her wrist. He thought to himself that she was probably a loan shark.
But since the other party is sensible and the money is readily given, he is not the kind of evil person who would make things difficult for others after receiving money.
So he didn't even ask a question, and quickly transferred the title deed of the house to Zhao Jun's name.
Grandma Guo checked it carefully and found no omissions, then thanked her profusely and left.
Seeing Aunt Guo leaving, the clerk couldn't help but scratch his head, feeling as if he had seen it somewhere before...
