Fang Wu Niang loved banknotes the most in her life. Du Xiancheng used to like to use banknotes to coax Du Hengshuang, which was also the reason why Fang Wu Niang was there - because he was used to coaxing him.

Fang Wu Niang took out a handful of banknotes from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Abo, "Take it. If you can't use it all, it will be considered a meritorious deed to give it to the poor." After saying this, she looked at it coldly.

The eighth mother-in-law who spread rumors and deliberately blackmailed Xiao Xiangsheng.

The woman's face turned red and white, and the fat on her face kept shaking, and the thick powder almost fell off.

Everyone present was stunned. These people were from well-off families like Fang Liniang's husband's family. They were not considered rich and had no real experience with real wealthy families. They had always known that the Du family and the Xiao family were rich, but Wan

I never thought that I would be so rich!

Some people looked at Fang Wuniang with something wrong.

Cuiqin, Fang Wu Niang's eldest maid, was extremely anxious at the side.

Before leaving the house, Ouyangniang gave her many instructions, asking her to keep an eye on the madam and not to let her cause trouble for the master. Now that the wind is blowing, the emperor has opened the palace gates and recruited a lot of concubines and concubines into the palace.

, it is said that the palace began to make ends meet, and began to increase taxes on various merchants on the market. There were even rumors that the government would tighten the salt and iron monopoly and reduce the number of salt merchants listed with the government.

The Xiao family and the Du family, because they had official status, did not have to worry about tax issues, but the court's tightening of the salt and iron monopoly was a real blow to the Xiao and Du families.

Fang Wu Niang heard Du Xiancheng mention these things twice, but she didn't understand them at all, and she didn't take them to heart. Ou Yangniang, on the other hand, came from an extraordinary background and heard the importance of it, so she asked Cuiqin to keep an eye on his wife, especially not

Let the wife show off her wealth outside, and if word reaches certain people's ears, who knows how much trouble will be caused.

But she is just a maid. There are all high-status official wives in the hall here. Even a seventh-grade sesame official is still an official. How can she, a maid, have the right to speak?!

While he was anxious, Du Hengshuang got tired from running outside and ran in with a smile. Seeing Cuiqin's anxious look, Du Hengshuang was very surprised. He tugged on Cuiqin's skirt and asked in a low voice: "Sister Cuiqin, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Really? Does your stomach hurt?"

When we were at Du's house, one time, Fang Wu Niang's other maid, Cui Xin, was having her menstrual period. She had a stomachache, and she had this uncomfortable look on her face. Du Hengshuang asked about it at that time, and Cui Xin said it was "stomach pain."

Du Hengshuang remembered it, and from then on when any maid looked uncomfortable, she would ask if she had a stomachache.

Seeing Du Hengshuang's curious look, Cuiqin had an idea, picked up Du Hengshuang, pointed at a group of dumbfounded adults in the room, and Master Abo, who was holding a handful of banknotes and his mouth wide open, and said to Du Hengshuang

: "Miss, Madam just gave away the banknote for the eldest lady. Can eldest lady go and get it back?"

Du Hengshuang frowned and said unhappily: "The bank note belongs to my father and my mother. I can give it to whomever I want. Why does Sister Cuiqin want Shuang'er to take it back?"

Cuiqin was stunned. She didn't expect that Du Hengshuang, who was only a little over two and a half years old, was already so articulate.

"Okay, the eldest lady is right. However, if Madam takes out the banknotes like this and lets others know that our family has so much money, the master will be unhappy." Cuiqin had to rack her brains and say something that Du Hengshuang could understand.

, and if it works, quietly tell Du Hengshuang about the ten thousand taels of silver notes.

Compared with Fang Wu Niang, Du Hengshuang actually prefers her father Du Xiancheng.

As soon as he heard that his father would be unhappy, Du Hengshuang immediately turned around, with his bright pupils spinning around in a circle, he broke away from Cuiqin and ran towards Fang Wu Niang.

"Mom, Mom, dad asked Butler Du to bring in a banknote of 10,000 taels yesterday. He said it was for next year's household expenses. Why did you give it all to your cousin? What will Shuang'er do? Will our family have no food next year?

Eat?" Du Hengshuang hugged Fang Wu Niang's arm and shook her, then burst into tears.

She was young and articulate, and she spoke with great emotion and tears. Everyone present believed her words at once.

As the saying goes, "Children speak without restraint", so many adults have the illusion that children cannot lie...

Abo was the first to react. He quickly handed the banknote in his hand to Du Hengshuang, picked her up and coaxed her: "Sister Shuang'er, don't cry. My cousin will return the banknote to you. Sister Shuang'er will not lose it."

Food.”

Du Hengshuang hugged the banknote tightly to her chest and smiled through her tears, "Thank you, cousin Abo!"

Fang Wuniang stared at Du Hengshuang dumbfounded, trembling with anger, and just about to speak angrily, Cuiqin had already winked at Fang Liniang several times.

Fang Liniang hurriedly came around, took Fang Wuniang's hand and said, "I have something to say, come in with me."

The fat woman who was hit by Fang Wu Niang with the banknote just now came to her senses, slapped the table and laughed wildly, "Oh, this is killing me! Showing off your wealth in front of me turns out to be a bluff to make you look fat! Let you

Are you bragging and being exposed by your own children? - If it were me, I would be so embarrassed that I wouldn’t have the nerve to sit at the table!"

Everyone burst into laughter, feeling indescribably comfortable in their hearts.

Although these people may not have a net worth of 10,000 taels in their lifetime, but compared with the 10,000 taels of household expenses of a salt merchant's family a year, compared with the 10,000 taels of personal income of a salt merchant's wife, everyone generally thinks that it is still a fortune.

A household income of 10,000 taels per year is more reliable and more acceptable to the working people.

When you talk about your own private house with ten thousand taels of silver a month, do you think their house is a government silver factory? - No, you will be punished for bragging!

Everyone's laughter spread to the back room.

Fang Wu Niang became more and more angry, "Listen to what that bitch said? Sister, don't hold me back, let me teach her a lesson! - And Hengshuang! Don't run, come here! In public, how can you still

If you dare to lie and bring shame on your mother, I will look at you

Is your skin itchy? Go back and see how Ou Yangniang will deal with you!" Although she was furious, she couldn't bear to touch Du Hengshuang's hair. Fang Wuniang raised her hand to bluff twice, and finally put it back dejectedly, turned around and wiped away tears.

.

Fang Liniang hurriedly comforted her in a soft voice.

After Fang Wu Niang calmed down, Fang Liniang whispered: "I don't blame these people for gossiping. It's a bad debt. Who can tell clearly? You should be more careful. It is better to offend a gentleman than a villain."

After saying that, he walked closer to Fang Wu Niang and whispered in her ear: "Do you know who Long Qiuye is following?"

It didn't say "marry", but used the word "to follow", which has some background.

Fang Wu Niang felt so uncomfortable that she didn't notice this subtle difference. She stopped crying, pressed a handkerchief to the corners of her eyes, and asked, "Isn't it possible that no one is willing to marry her if I haven't given her a dowry of 10,000 taels of silver?"

The folk customs in Dazhou are relatively open. For things like Long Qiuye, as long as she marries far away from the capital, no one will know about it. A man who is willing to marry her will definitely not go around shouting to let others know that he is married.

An unfaithful woman returns.

Fang Liniang sneered, "If there is really a dowry of 10,000 silver, those who are willing to marry her can line up from Danfeng Gate in the north to Chengtian Gate in the south. But the problem is, they must really have money!"

"Brother Xiao is a man who sticks to his word. If he says he wants to give ten thousand taels, he will definitely give it." Fang Wu Niang was influenced by Du Xiancheng and was particularly convinced of Xiao Xiangsheng.

Fang Liniang shook her head mysteriously, "Of course Uncle Xiao gave the money, but the Long family... took the money and sold Long Qiuye to a man in our Jingzhao Yin family who was over sixty years old and whose wife had just died.

Master..."

"Are you filling in a house?!" Fang Wuniang was very shocked. Filling in a house for an old man in his sixties is an evil act!

"Bah! How could someone marry a woman who has never been with a matchmaker and has no dowry? She was sold as a concubine!" Fang Liniang laughed, "Can't you guess? Long?

The scholar's family is really ruthless and treats concubine girls as human beings. Long Qiuye's sister is really lucky. She can get such a good marriage from a family like that. This is fate, don't believe it."

…

After coming out of the eldest sister's house, Fang Wuniang was in a state of shock.

They are all women, and Fang Wuniang has always had some sympathy for Long Qiuye. Although she shouldn't think about her brother-in-law, she just thought about it in her heart. The leader of all evil deeds, originally does not care about his actions. She

It shouldn't have such a tragic ending.

The worst thing is that bastard Xiao Ruisheng actually pretended to be his elder brother to deceive an ignorant girl. In the end, his elder brother personally helped him deal with the aftermath. Nothing happened to him. He can still continue to talk about marriage and marry someone like a dog in the future.

A girl from a good family comes back to be the first wife.

In the whole incident, Fang Wuniang sympathized most with her sister Long Xiangye, but she also felt a little more pity for Long Qiuye who had met such a miserable end.

This incident shocked her so much that she temporarily forgot about Du Hengshuang lying in public. When she saw Du Xiancheng, she grabbed him and talked about Long Qiuye's fate.

Du Xiancheng was also shocked and asked hurriedly: "Does Brother Xiao know that the Long family is doing this?"

Fang Wu Niang shook her head, "How could I know this? I just came back from a banquet at my sister's house... Oh, by the way, your precious daughter Shuang'er did something wrong today. You must teach her a lesson and stop overindulging her.

Already."

Du Xiancheng was still thinking about Long Qiuye. He always felt that something was wrong, and murmured: "I have to tell Brother Xiao about this." After that, he complained to the Long family, "Keep Long Qiuye away from you."

Isn’t it enough to marry a farmer and become a wife?

Okay? You have to sell her again, to an old man as a concubine. Forget it to an ordinary old man, you have to sell her to Jing Zhaoyin’s master. If Long Qiuye gets favored in the future, what will happen to the Xiao family and the Long family?

I can’t even eat anymore, so I walked away!”
Chapter completed!