Chapter 68 The Great Change of the Emperor's Tribulation Will Be Coming
Although she knew that Third Master Wang must have something to do when he came to visit, the smile on Wang Ning's face immediately froze when she saw that he knelt down without saying a word.
She glanced at Third Master Wang indifferently and said to Dao Chi: "Help your third uncle to get up. Don't let this old lady lose her life because of your lack of integrity."[]
Dao Chi stepped forward in response, his eyes scrutinizing.
Third Master Wang blushed, pushed away Dao Chi's hand, and did not stand up. He took off a gauze belt from his waist, and said with a face full of shame: "My nephew knows better than to trouble my aunt anymore, but she really has no one to trust.
My nephew told Brother Han today that he wanted to take on an errand outside. Brother Han agreed to my nephew's errand to Guangzhou Mansion, and my nephew will get up and go to Guangzhou Mansion tomorrow morning."
After hearing this, Wang Ning still looked dull.
Mr. Wang covered his face with his sleeves, and a man burst into tears: "Qilang's mother and Qilang are gone, and my nephew only has the flesh and blood of the fifth sister. My aunt is kind-hearted, and these days, my aunt
Well, my nephew has seen my aunt's embarrassment, and he will never ask for embarrassment... Brother Han of the third room said that he wanted to find a girl in the clan to accompany his sister-in-law, and he happened to pick up the fifth sister.
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When Wang Ning saw this, she couldn't help but feel moved, and sighed: "Don't blame me. In our room, the old one is old and the young one is small. When you are here, it is better to take care of the fifth sister's children; if you are not here,
, we really can’t afford to offend him.”
Mr. Wang wiped away his tears, shook his head and said: "Although my nephew is a little confused, he knows what is good and what is good. It's too late to thank my aunt, so how can I say anything to complain about it? Without my aunt to look after me these days, even if the fifth sister saved her
My life has been lost." After saying that, he held up the mantle with both hands and said, "Aunt, this is my nephew's salary for five years in advance, a total of one hundred and twenty taels. I will repay my aunt's medicine with ten taels of silver, ten taels.
I have a hundred taels of silver left for Shun Niang to use for makeup. Please help my nephew to save it. If my nephew is away and has a problem, I would like to ask my aunt to have some mercy on my fifth sister..."
When Wang Ning heard this, her expression changed drastically, and she said angrily: "What are you talking about? How old are you, you just say that there is something like this?"
Third Master Wang choked up and said: "My nephew has already made up his mind... My nephew will not come back until... My aunt has pity on my nephew, please help him, don't let my nephew worry about home while he is away."
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Wang Ning looked at him for a while, then finally sighed and took the bag. Opening it, there were ingots worth ten taels of silver each, a total of twelve pieces.
She said to Dao Chi: "Go and write a note to your third uncle."
Upon hearing this, Third Master Wang hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no, no..."
Wang Ning said: "When it comes to property, we must be clear about it."
Dao Chi responded, returned to the east chamber, and wrote a receipt for one hundred and twenty taels of silver. He hesitated at the end, and then wrote his name.
Returning to the upper room, Dao Chi handed the receipt to Wang Ning. Seeing the amount on it, Wang Ning nodded to Dao Chi and handed it to Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang was stunned for a moment, then he tore the receipt into pieces and said sternly: "It is only natural to pay back debts. My aunt's family is not rich to begin with. These days, I have to pay for medical treatment for my fifth sister and her son. I have no money."
Like running water. If my nephew doesn't have the money to pay back, he can still be shameless and owe it. Now that he has the money and still doesn't pay it back, what has become of his nephew? It's just that the aunt didn't nod today to help the nephew collect the life-saving money.
I won’t be nagging anymore, but I will only take away one hundred taels. Those twenty taels, I won’t take anything with me.”
Honest people become stubborn and become even more stubborn.
Wang Ning shook her head and said helplessly to Dao Chi: "Go and write another receipt for your third uncle."
Mr. Wang did not refuse the receipt of one hundred taels of silver. He took it and put it away. Then he kowtowed three times respectfully and said: "My nephew will leave tomorrow. Today I will say goodbye to my aunt here. I am a good person."
, there will always be good rewards to come.”
Wang Ning sighed and said: "I am so old, what does it matter if I am rich or not? People are humble when they leave their hometown, so you should take more care of yourself when you are outside. When you encounter difficulties, grit your teeth and think more about your fifth sister.
.When the new year passes and you meet the right person, renew your relationship and live a good life."
Third Master Wang said with red eyes: "Yeah, um, I just listen to my aunt."
After talking about the serious business, Mr. Wang said goodbye and left. Dao Chi followed the old lady's instructions and sent him outside the gate.
When he walked out of the gate, Mr. Wang paused and said: "Erlang, please be filial to the old lady. If something important happens at home, spend the money first. Money is dead, but people are alive. People are always human."
most important."
There was no temptation on his face, he really said these words sincerely.
Although it was the first time for Dao Chi to deal with him, he also understood why Wang Qinghan valued him. He was indeed an honest man, and acted in a measured manner. Even though he was poor, he did not have the stinginess of being poor. The ancestral graves of Shifang were really smoking.
The Taoist Chi said: "I can still support myself at home, but this is not the case. Third uncle is out here, so he needs to take more care of himself."
Third Master Wang reached out and patted Dao Chi on the shoulder, nodded, turned around and left, his back looking very desolate...
Returning to the upper room, Wang Ning stared at the robe in a daze.
The Taoist idiot said: "The salary of twenty-four taels a year is not low."
Wang Ning said: "Is it easy to go to Guangzhou? There is a lot of money, but you have to have money to spend it. The imperial court has banned the sea, and all those overseas businesses in Guangzhou are not making a living. If your third uncle has any chance of survival, he will not do it.
Forced to do this. Poor fifth sister, she is only four years old and has lost her biological mother and now her biological father."
Dao Chi comforted him and said: "Since the third brother-in-law has to pick up someone, he will definitely take good care of her. It's no better than in that house. The third uncle has made great efforts and stopped being foolish and filial. Grandma should rest assured."
Wang Ning nodded and said: "It's exactly what Erlang said. This is always a good thing..."
Wang Qinghan's life has not been easy this year. In the past, he mainly relied on the clan, but last year he did stupid things to establish an heir, offending both the clan and the twelfth clan.
The clan house and the twelfth house just sent a few letters, and his business in Wuchang Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture was in trouble. Wang Qinghan reacted quickly and sent several popular shops in Wuchang Prefecture to Wang Zhen, and invited Wang Qinghan to
Wang Zhen acted as the matchmaker and gave two villages outside Anlu City to the Wang Yang family as an apology, thus extinguishing the second wife's unhappiness.
Now that he wants to increase the business share of Guangzhou Prefecture, he has the idea of getting rid of the clan system.
Dao Chi heard Wang Qi mention the third room and roughly guessed this. He was also very interested in the foreign goods trade in Guangzhou. However, thinking that the gold and silver mountains were not as good as the crown prince, he suppressed the urge in his heart and proposed to Wang Ning.
And the matter of buying maidservants.
Wang Ning shook her head and said: "Where is the place at home now? Sun Wang's family on the front street knew that your sister was getting married. She came here a few days ago and wanted to ask for a job. I said I would discuss it with you before replying. I'm thinking of Grandma Yan.
Now that she's old enough, it would be a good idea to let someone from Sun Wang's family work as a part-time worker. Her family is nearby, so she doesn't have to live at home. Her son is nine years old and can help Yan Bo. If you don't object, I'll call her tomorrow.
Come and show it to you."
Before Shun Niang got married, her home was indeed not spacious. Hiring a well-informed part-time worker was a way to have both ends of the world. Dao Chi naturally had nothing to say and said, "The two of you are here to serve your grandmother. Grandma just agrees, and the grandson doesn't see what's going on."
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There is no need to go out of the city to Xishan. In the eyes of Taoist idiots, these three days of vacation seem a bit long.
Although he had told Wang Ning that there was no need to see the Sun family and their son, Wang Ning still sent a message to the Sun family the next day, asking mother and son to come to their door.
Widow Sun is thirty-five or six years old. Although she wears old clothes made of coarse cloth, they can be washed clean. Her son Sun Erzhu is also a quiet and honest child.
In addition to Sun Erzhu, Widow Sun also had a daughter who was already married. In the past few years after Sun Wang's death, the Sun family's orphans and widowed mother could only survive because of their care.
It's just that after all, a daughter is married, so there is no reason to always be supported by her daughter. In the past few years of Shouxiao, Widow Sun has not been idle, doing embroidery behind closed doors. The reason why she interacts with Waijiufang is also because she and Shun Niang had been together in their early years.
They all do embroidery work for a shop.
But how easy is it to support a mother and her son through embroidery work alone?
I just happened to hear the news about Waijiufang and knew that their family's life was getting better. Not only did Shun Niang no longer take on the embroidery work, she also called on the servants and maids and appointed the Zhang family scholar as her uncle.
Widow Sun came to express her congratulations. She found that the outer ninth house was short of manpower, so she shamelessly recommended herself and wanted to bring her son over to work as a part-time worker.
Since most of the work at home was done on the stove, Widow Sun tried to make a few dishes. Except for adding less oil, the other flavors were acceptable and neither Tao Chi nor Shun Niang had anything to say.
Wang Ning then agreed with Widow Sun that they would sign a short contract first and ask her to come over for a trial period of three months and pay three hundred dollars a month to provide three meals and drinks for their mother and son.
Four hundred dollars, two sets of clothes inside and outside a year.
For urban workers, this salary is indeed not high, but it cannot be said to be low when including the food for the mother and son. After all, the mother and son eat and drink for more than a few hundred dollars a month.
The matter of adding more people to the family was decided like this.
Dao Chi had nothing to do, so he returned to the east chamber, feeling a little restless. While everyone was reading, others began to run errands, but due to his age, he could only stand behind the prince. Apart from reading, he seemed to have nothing to do.
You can do it. But if you are a minister who is lucky enough to advance, fame is not that important.
Immediately, Dao Chi shook his head. Even if he wanted to be a minister of Xingjin, he had already waited for the "childhood ceremony". Even if the prince promoted people around him, there was no reason to appoint a half-year-old child as an official.
If he failed to achieve fame, he would have no reason to abandon his family and career and follow the prince to Beijing all the way at a young age.
Studying is still a hurdle, and I must pass the college exam next June.
He patted his forehead. Since his rebirth, no one has forced him to do anything, but why does he always feel that there is not enough time?
The Taoist Chi sighed, picked up a copy of "Collected Notes on Shi Wen" and read it.
Shun Niang just happened to send Widow Sun back, and she smiled when she saw how hard he worked.
The comfortable day passed just one day later. On May 29th, Wang Sanlang came and told Dao Chi a message. He received a handwritten letter from the teacher and knew that the teacher was ill. He planned to visit the teacher in Nanchang Mansion...