But this is not a big deal. For Du Hengshuang, she has never been short of money to spend since she was a child. It can be said that her concept of money is much weaker than the average person. Of course, having a weak concept of money does not mean that she likes to be taken advantage of and is willing to take advantage of.

Let others spend her money and slap her in the face.

Her father, Du Xiancheng, often told her that problems that can be solved with money are not big problems.

She was in charge of all the shops in the outer courtyard, the Xiao family, and the Du family. She didn't check the accounts with her books or use the abacus to calculate the accounts every day. Moreover, she had only taken over for a month, and it didn't take long before she encountered Zhu Susu's incident.

I was running around everywhere, visiting Zhu Susu in Jing Zhaoyin's cell every other day. When I got home, I was so tired that I didn't even want to talk, so I put aside many things for the time being.

Moreover, she has a clear account of the expenses of the Xiao family's inner courtyard, and even if she doesn't allocate money for two months, it won't reach this point.

But with the food on the table laid out in such a shabby way, even if she had a reason, she could not escape the charge of "dereliction of duty". Besides, she really didn't take it to heart. It's not like a newly married bride thinks about it every day.

In order to seize the position and seize power, the position of this wife has not yet been corrected.

While Du Hengshuang was alerting herself not to be so careless again, her mind was racing. She took a step behind and called out Zhihua. She whispered concisely and concisely: "Hurry up to Zhuangyuan Building and book a table for them. Ask for the best and let them have it."

The incense sticks will be delivered within an hour."

Knowing the importance, Zhi Hua hurriedly responded, carrying her skirt and walking out of the courtyard along the corridor, and went up to the second door.

In the flower hall, guests stood in groups of twos and threes, somewhat awkwardly, and no one went in to take a seat.

Fang Wuniang and Long Xiangye were the last to come in. Seeing everyone standing, they were a little surprised and helped to greet them, "Why don't you all sit down?"

Long Shuzhi ran to Long Xiangye and said with some confusion: "Third Aunt, don't you even have longevity noodles for your birthday?"

Long Xiangye was puzzled. He walked into the flower hall with his hands on his sleeves and looked around the room, "No, it must be a face..."

Seeing the dried meat, pickles and porridge on the table, Long Xiangye pursed her lips, and two deep crow's feet appeared on both sides of her nose. Her whole person looked serious and sharp.

Fang Wu Niang shut her mouth and her eyes flew towards Du Hengshuang.

Du Hengshuang nodded slightly to her, walked over casually, smiled at Long Xiangye and said, "Mom, don't be angry, my second brother and sister are joking with you."

Mrs. Guan was waiting for Du Hengshuang's words. Hearing this, she knelt down, wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Mother, it's my daughter-in-law who is unfilial. I can't let you have a good birthday. Please punish me." After saying that, she gave it to Long.

Xiangye kowtowed twice.

Long Xiangye said displeasedly: "Get up quickly. Why are you crying and crying? Do you want to cause trouble for others?" Today is her birthday. This daughter-in-law is really unable to support the wall.

Guan suffocated and quickly stood up. She smiled and said, "How could my daughter-in-law get into trouble with my mother during her good days?" She then glanced around the table again. "It's not that my daughter-in-law doesn't want to make a big deal, it's just a coincidence.

It is difficult for a woman to make a meal without rice..."

"That's enough! Hurry up and tell the kitchen to serve the food! Put these things away. No one at home is joking. It would be too rude in front of the guests." Long Xiangye still wanted to save face, and quickly blocked what Guan wanted to say next.

, warning her not to make too much noise.

Mrs. Guan was not angry. Du Hengshuang had obviously done something wrong, so why did he cover it up for her? Mom was becoming more and more partial...

Aunt Jin and Chen Yuejiao were standing in the corner of the room, hiding away from everyone, standing with the servants, and did not come to join in the fun.

Now listening to Long Xiangye's tone, the Guan family seemed to be at a disadvantage. Seeing that the situation was not good, Aunt Jin hurriedly walked out of the crowd of servants, knelt down in front of Long Xiangye, and begged: "Old madam, it's really not us.

The second young lady is wrong. The eldest young lady doesn’t allocate money to the inner courtyard. She really has no choice. Recently, she has been using her private house to supplement the expenses of the inner courtyard of the mansion. Old madam, you also know that the second young lady does not have the eldest daughter.

The young mistress is very rich, but she only has so many ideas to save everything from the bottom of the box, and she only survives these days by cheating."

Long Xiangye was stunned when he heard this. Didn't Guan do it on purpose?

"What do you mean? What do you mean by pawning things off? Do we, the second young mistress of the Xiao family, have to pawn things in a pawn shop to make a living?" Long Xiangye didn't believe it and pointed at Mrs. Guan and asked Aunt Jin.

Aunt Jin kowtowed again and murmured: "I didn't pawn much, just some fur sweaters for winter, a gold collar, a few twisted gold wire bracelets..."

Du Hengshuang didn't wait for Aunt Jin to finish her words, and said over and over again: "I have really wronged my brothers and sisters. It is rare for a family to think that it is bankrupt. Stop crying, give me the pawn ticket, and I will replace it for you tomorrow.

Redeemed."

Guan Shi gritted her silver teeth and uttered a sentence from between her teeth, "No need..."

"How can that be done? How can we, the second young master of the Xiao family, have stolen things and be living outside? Second brother and sister, don't be polite. Just give me the pawn ticket and I will redeem it for you. I won't lose a penny to you.

." Du Hengshuang insisted on asking her to pawn tickets.

Guan was angry and anxious and couldn't help but said: "That's my business. Sister-in-law should think about what to do for mother's birthday. I'm no better than sister-in-law. I only have enough money on hand to make these dried meat pickles. No matter how expensive they are, I can't buy them."

rise."

Du Hengshuang sighed: "You don't have any money, just tell me. Even if you borrowed it from me, it's not the first time you've asked me to borrow something. Do you think I've ever asked you to pay it back? - But now.

You are so stubborn that you can't find any money on my mother's birthday. Fortunately, my mother has always treated my second younger brother and sister as her own daughters, and yet she did such a thing, which really breaks my heart."

Guan didn't expect that Du Hengshuang could confuse right and wrong with just one mouth. It was originally Du Hengshuang's fault, but it was reversed and became Guan Yunlian's responsibility. What's going on?

"Sister-in-law, don't pretend that nothing is wrong. You are holding back the money from the inner court without giving it away, and you don't know what to do with it. I just want to say that my poor family can only do this." Mrs. Guan refused to let go.

Pass Du Hengshuang.

Du Hengshuang was just stalling for time, laughing and joking with Guan, then saw Zhihua walking in from the courtyard door with sweat dripping down his face. Followed by a group of eleven or twelve-year-old girls in green clothes and hats, carrying food boxes.

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"Old Madam, the eldest young lady, the second young lady, Zhuangyuanlou is here to bring a banquet." As soon as Zhihua came in, he saluted the dragon scented leaves.

Fang Wu Niang breathed a sigh of relief. Her daughter was still successful. No matter what the facts were, the current famine should be dealt with first.

Zhuangyuan Building is a famous restaurant in the four streets and eight lanes here.

Du Hengshuang paid a large price again, and of course what he delivered was the waiting table.

Soon the dried meat, pickles and porridge on the table were put away, and the dishes carefully prepared by Zhuangyuanlou were put on the table.

All the guests happily sat down and were very interested in the farce they just saw.

Du Hengshuang personally served food to Long Xiangye and Fang Wuniang, then raised his wine glass and said to the female guests in the room: "Today, our Xiao family was not well prepared and made everyone laugh. I will punish you with three drinks first."

, I drank three cups of mannitol with my neck raised.

"Young lady, I have a good capacity for drinking!" everyone roared and raised their glasses to drink together.

Aunt Jin took Chen Yuejiao and sat at the farthest table. Only half of the people were seated there, and the other half could be used by the maids to take turns eating at the table.

Guan Shi stared at Du Hengshuang bitterly, and saw that she had just drank three glasses of wine, and her face glowed even more. She was more delicate than a flower, so she spat in a low voice and stood not far behind Long Xiangye.

Long Xiangye hated Guan so much that she simply left her alone until she figured it out before training her properly. - Alas, neither daughter-in-law is easy to worry about.

When Long Shuzhi saw that the leaves of Long Xiang were as heavy as water, she thought of a way to make her happy. She rolled her eyes and said, "Third aunt, do you know what kind of happy event has happened to my grandmother's Cui family in Qinghe?

"

Long Xiangye softened her face and said lovingly: "Where did this kid learn to hide his head and show his tail? - Tell me the truth quickly. It's serious."

Long Shuzhi raised her chin slightly, with a proud look on her face. "My maternal ancestral home is the Cui family of Qinghe, and Cui Zhenzhen, the eldest daughter of the Chang family, was chosen as the crown princess. She will get married at the end of the year."

"She is actually the little lady of the Cui family in Qinghe. No wonder, no wonder, her mother is the only one who has the destiny of the world."

"More than that, it is said that since she was born, eminent monks have commented on her life, saying that her life is indescribable and that she is the first choice among people. Because of this, the last emperor of the previous dynasty beat her when he came to the throne.

Cui Zhenzhen wanted to marry her as the queen. Cui Zhenzhen refused and voluntarily became a nun. Her family could not bear to let her go to the nunnery to suffer, so they built a Diancui nunnery for her at home and let her practice at home. "I know.

There were quite a few people around Cui Zhenzhen, and even Du Hengshuang, who knew the details, listened.

"What happened next?" The person next to me asked very responsibly.

Long Shuzhi smiled and said: "Later, when the dynasty was newly established, it is said that Miss Cui had a dream in the nunnery, saying that from now on the sea and the river would be feasted and it would be a good world, so she returned to the secular world. - As soon as she returned to the secular world, people came from all over to beg her.

There was an endless stream of people wanting to marry her, but she refused to get married, so she wasted her time at home. She is already twenty-three years old. Fortunately, His Majesty chose a concubine for the prince. When he heard about Cui Zhenzhen, he hired her to the prince.

.You think, is this a step to the sky?" Long Shuzhi said it as if she was going to marry the prince.

Zhu Susu was particularly silent today, lost in the crowd, and said nothing. Only when he heard Mrs. Cui of Qinghe did he feel a little moved.

Some people in the room went to worship Long Shuzhi, but most people stayed on the Diaoyutai and were not fooled by Long Shuzhi. The Long family's wealth was there, and Long Shuzhi could only say nothing more than that.

Du Hengshuang also knew that Long Shuzhi was really putting money on the face of the Long family by saying this.

Long Xiangye's younger brother married a concubine from a branch of the Cui family in Qinghe. This branch had almost been married for five years, and was not related to the Cui family in Qinghe except for one surname.

However, given the family background of the Long family, the concubine who was able to marry a concubine from a branch of the Cui family in Qinghe at that time was also because of Xiao Xiangsheng. He had a wide range of contacts and generous means, so he was able to arrange such a good match for Long Xiangye's younger brother.

But when it comes to Long Shuzhi's words, it's as if her maternal grandfather's family is the direct branch of the Cui family. It's up to two people to recognize her maternal grandfather's family.

Taking advantage of this news, everyone happily finished a birthday feast and did not leave until the afternoon and went home.

Longxiang Ye left Longshuzhi bitter behind, saying that she hadn’t seen her for two years and wanted to kiss her deeply.

Long Shuzhi got what she wanted and lived with Long Xiangye. She was washing up in the back room when she heard Long Xiangye talking outside the carved floor covering, "Let the uncle and the second master come in."

As soon as she heard that her two cousins ​​were coming, Long Shuzhi ran out in a hurry.

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