Ruan's previous letter did not mention that Banjuan and Xianglan were redeemed by her brother Ruan Jin before Shen Shui came back. From this point of view, the uncle and his wife did not mention it, so Geng Wen thought that Banjuan and Xianglan are still at Yu Yapo's place.
"Dad, Banjuan has been redeemed by her uncle. Now she and Xianglan are at her uncle's house. After her uncle has settled their deed, Banjuan will go to Mingshang Pavilion to help, while Xianglan is looking after the sixth sister. mean."
Geng Xingshuang told her father how she went to see her uncle yesterday and went to Yu Yapo's house in Liu'er Hutong to redeem someone.
Geng Wen nodded, "That's good."
"They didn't complain to you? They said that my eldest brother only redeemed half a roll and fragrant orchid, but let their granddaughter and second uncle's daughter suffer in Yu Yapo's house? And because half a roll was sold, the money sold was the right amount. The hospital is keeping it. Yesterday, I asked Sister Shuang to go to the main courtyard and tell her that starting from next month, we will not pay any money for chewing, and the period will be one year."
Mrs. Ruan brought the matter of being exempted from paying the chewing money for one year to herself, not because she was afraid that Geng Wen would blame her daughter, but because this kind of thing was what she, the mistress of Qingcui Courtyard, should do. Since her daughter helped her If she did it, the bad reputation and subsequent problems caused by this incident would have to be borne by her as a mother.
Even in front of her husband, she is still burdened.
Ruan still didn't look good. Geng Wen knew that he had really offended his wife this time, and he didn't care about her weird temper. He smiled and said: "What's the use of them complaining to me? Don't say they don't care at all, even if they are reasonable. , I am also facing you and my daughter."
"Not only our room, but also the third room are exempted. Sister Chen and Sister Shuang went to the main courtyard together to talk about this matter."
Ruan said again.
Geng Xingshuang understood her mother's intention to protect herself and naturally would not contradict her mother.
But this matter is not too important now, she has other doubts.
"Dad, according to what my grandfather said, not only did Mama Tan have no fault, but she also made meritorious deeds?"
As soon as this story was compiled, Tan Feixu secretly hid the uncle's flesh and blood, and even let him become a slave and become a servant of his own family. The mastermind of such a ridiculous thing became secretly responsible for the safety of the lady of the uncle's house. A loyal servant who takes good care of everything but doesn't take any credit.
"Although I have merit, when I learned that Shen Shui was taken away by Yu Yapo yesterday, I did not go to the main courtyard to report it in time. Not only did Shen Shui suffer and be frightened, but it also made Madam Uncle feel guilty and uneasy. I heard that last night till today Mrs. Zao Bo didn't get any help, and later she secretly dragged Sister Bing in, which made her mistakes worse, so Tan Feixu was sent to the village to marry her second sister-in-law."
Geng Xingshuang did not expect this punishment. She thought that no matter what, neither her second uncle nor her second aunt would be able to tolerate Tan Feixu. Now that her second wife seemed to be particularly short of money, she should sell her. It is very likely that it will be handed over directly to Yu Yapo.
It's just that the Yao family is also the second aunt's natal family after all. Maybe Tan's mother's final result will not change, but there will be an additional transfer procedure.
"Whose decision was it to send Mother Tan back to the Yao family? Does Dad know?"
Geng Wen shook his head, "Your grandfather didn't mention her originally, but I asked. What I thought was that based on the personalities of the second brother and his wife, if the information in the letter was true, they would definitely not let Tan go.
After all, Mrs. Tan is the dowry of the second sister-in-law. If something happens that kills her daughter-in-law, and the imperial envoy takes a copy of the dowry, our family will not be able to get the Sacred Heart. The plaque of the Anping Mansion might still be there when my father still has it. It was about to be removed while alive, so I couldn't help but ask. Only then did my father tell me about his decision about Tan. I didn't ask in detail who came up with this idea. "
After talking about the second room, Geng Xingshuang also said that the money sold by the three maids yesterday was far less than the silver that the third room spent in a year, and the purpose of doing this to the uncle and the second room was Suspect.
"Of course, the ultimate goal of my grandmother and my second uncle is to get the position of a fifth-rank military doctor. The only question is how to get it? What does it have to do with selling half a volume?"
"How about I go test my second brother?"
Geng Wen and Geng Cheng, one is the eldest son of the first wife, and the other is the second son of the stepmother. Geng Cheng has the only favor. It stands to reason that the relationship between the two brothers is relatively, if not at odds with each other. Speechless.
But it may be that Madam Bo came forward to fight for many of the interests of the second wife. Therefore, although the two half-brothers, Geng Wen and Gengcheng, were not very close, they still managed to maintain a superficial friendship and gathered together during the New Year. We can also have two drinks together.
On the contrary, Geng Cheng and Geng Yan, two brothers with the same father and mother, really have no brotherhood. When the two met, Geng Yan was sarcastic, while Geng Cheng pretended to be generous and showed restraint. In this case, Geng Yan was even more so. He couldn't stand it, so he spoke more and more unpleasantly, while Geng Cheng just smiled and said nothing, making Geng Yan look like an unreasonable child. Such a vicious cycle made the relationship worse every year.
"You go to test him? Just don't let him test you out anything?"
Geng Wen choked and opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
"Dad, there is no need to trouble you to find your second uncle. Isn't Zhuangzi busy with spring plowing? Just leave Cao Tian for me to use?"
Cao Tian was originally the grandson of Cao Shun, a tenant farmer in Mishan Village. Two years ago, when there was no separation of the family in Anping's uncle's house, and the third and third bedrooms did not receive any property from the father-in-law, the uncle's wife began to give her three sons monthly income. Twenty taels of chewing silver were paid. If there were more servants left in the yard, additional silver would need to be paid. The additional silver was only for the extra servants to chew, excluding monthly money. At that time, Geng Wen and Ruan They felt that the money they had saved over the years was no longer safe.
So I spent almost all the money I could and bought a 500-acre farm in Mishan in the name of the Ruan family. The deed of the farm was placed with Ruan Jin, telling the uncle that the Ruan family was divided. Later, Ruan Jin, the eldest son of the concubine, divided some of the family property and added a dowry to his sister Ruan.
Although Mrs. Bo had previously had the idea of dowry for her two daughters-in-law, after the big quarrel between the Ruan family and her third aunt Jiang, Geng Cheng needed to maintain a good reputation as an official. After that, Mrs. Bo did not dare to fight again. The idea of a dowry for the daughter-in-law, at least not on the surface.
Cao Tian was found by Geng Wen when he went to Zhuangzi. More than ten members of their family lived together. The head of the family was his grandfather Cao Shun. Cao Tian's father died of illness a few years ago, and he himself was just fifteen this year. , his mother was not in good health, and he had a sister who was three years younger than him. The life of mother and son in Cao's family was not very good. I heard that Zhuangzi's boss wanted to recruit a servant, so he took the initiative to find him and recommended himself.
He is really a smart and measured person, which is very suitable for what Geng Xingshuang will do next.
Of course, Jin Bao, who has a pair of sensitive ears and good martial arts, is also suitable, but she is from a girl's family, so some places are not suitable. Besides, she has been staying in the uncle's house, and everyone in the house is familiar with her. If she is allowed to go out, she will be easily ignored. Cheng recognized it.
Naturally, Geng Wen would not refuse his daughter. He immediately said: "Okay, I will ask Zheng Gu to go to Zhuangzi to call Cao Tian over and ride on horseback. He will be there soon."
"Don't enter the mansion, just...just place it in Mingshang Pavilion." Geng Xingshuang said.
