Chapter 96 Suspicion of Brother and Sister Silver Money
You can start a profitable business with only seven or eight hundred taels. In the eyes of wealthy people, this capital is definitely not that much.
But here in Dao Chi, the dowry for Shun Niang today was raised by selling a lot of things. It was only a hundred and eighty taels, and the money was almost spent.
Sanlang looked at Dao Chi, showing some worry.
Dao Chi also frowned, and after a while he stood up as if he had made up his mind, and then entered the back room.
When he came out, he already had a coarse cloth package in his hand.
He opened the package, revealed the two red sandalwood boxes inside, and said: "These two are gifts from the master. I originally wanted to think about them."
After opening it, one contained an eight-inch-high mutton-fat white jade statue of Guanyin, and the other contained a half-foot-high and half-foot-wide purple-gold Maitreya.
Even if you are not an expert in antiques, you can still see that these two are indeed good things.
Rong Niang finally understood why Dao Chi had no money and dared to open a shop. The two things in front of her were old items.
Seeing Dao's reluctance to give up, Rong Niang smiled and said: "It's hard to ask for a pawn price, and it's hard to say how much money it can be exchanged for. If you find a shop to sell these two things and slowly consign them, the cost will be enough. But since you are
I want to keep it as a souvenir. Whether it is a pawn or a consignment, it is not very appropriate. If you can trust me, just pledge the things to me and I will lend you the money. But siblings also need to settle accounts clearly.
A profit of two points is indispensable."
She doesn't care about making money, she just said this because she was afraid that the Taoist idiot would be embarrassed to lend her money for free.
Dao Chi said with emotion: "That's great, thank you, sister... I'm really worried if these two things are really handed over to outsiders."
These two things were picked out by the Taoist idiot from the old monk's secret collection when he went down the mountain a few days ago. After all, Shun Niang is about to get married, and the dowry is a big deal. Now outsiders don't know why, when Shun Niang gets married and the dowry is placed in front of everyone,
There has to be an explanation.
Even if they took out these things and the other money came from a different source, Rong Niang and Sanlang would think it was the money the old monk gave him in the past.
Sure enough, Rong Niang also thought of this, her eyes softened and she said: "Master is Erlang's nobleman. Even though he has passed away, Erlang must remember this kindness."
Dao Chi nodded, feeling a little sad.
Rong Niang regretted mentioning this and was a little embarrassed to look at Dao Chi. She stood up and said with a smile: "We have been out for half a day and it's time to go home. You don't have to worry about the shop. You can honor your uncle and grandma while you are still on vacation."
Dao Chi agreed and got up to send them out.
Rong Niang and San Lang went to the upper chamber to say goodbye. Shun Niang's eyes were red and there were still tears on her face. The Taoist Chi personally sent the two siblings out.
Dao Chi did not forget about Guanyin and Maitreya. After Rong Niang got into the car, he handed the baggage to him. Rong Niang glanced at Dao Chi, took the baggage, and left with Sanlang in the car. But in her heart, she was looking for
Well, Taoist idiots trust people too easily, so they are not afraid that they may hide their evil intentions and swallow up these two things.
Sanlang stared at the baggage, wishing he could dig a hole in it.
Rong Niang saw that his expression was wrong and said, "What are you thinking about? Are you so lost in thought?"
Sanlang said sadly: "Sister, what's going on with my grandmother and father? Even the old monks who live in the mountains know how to support Erlang. Grandma and my father just go through the motions at the beginning and don't ask a question afterwards? What if we talk about my father?
If you don't know the family's wealth, you can still say that, but what about the grandmother? Is it true that because she passed away through adoption, she doesn't feel like she is a biological grandson?"
He was brought up by his grandmother and was pampered since he was a child. If he wasn't a pure nature and had both Wang Yang and Rong Niang watching him, he would have gotten used to it a long time ago.
Now compared with the difficulty of being a Taoist, thinking about everything he had suffered since childhood, Saburo felt ashamed and uneasy, and he always felt that something was wrong.
"Isn't there a saying, "Love the house as much as the bird"? Even if grandma doesn't think that Erlang is her grandson, for the sake of Aunt Cui, she shouldn't ignore it like this." Sanlang said puzzledly: "For more than a year, my father has
I occasionally mentioned Erlang, but my grandmother never mentioned it. She even got very angry when she knew I came to see Erlang. Later, I never dared to tell the truth to her anymore, which was better."
Perhaps because Aunt Cui died early, the two siblings found out that there was a concubine in the family in the early years, who was the niece of their grandmother.
Because of the adoption incident, people outside were talking about anything. Wang Yang didn't want her children to misunderstand others' words and become separated from her, so she told them everything she had suffered back then.
Even after many years, Wang Yang was still in pain, speechless and choked with tears when recounting this past event.
Rong Niang and San Lang always thought that their parents were compatible with each other, but they didn't expect that there would be an episode of concubinage.
It is said that there are three types of unfilial piety, the worst is not having children, but after hearing this "history of concubinage", the two siblings felt cold in their hearts.
Thinking about the mother at that time, her premature birth was harmful to her body, and she was diagnosed by the doctor as having difficulty conceiving again, or it was because she traveled thousands of miles with her husband to die, and her two legitimate sons died soon after.
For a mother, this is such a cruel thing.
However, no one cared about the fact that she had lost her legitimate son. Instead, they felt that she had lost a son and had delayed the opening of the twelve houses. She did not wait for the due period of filial piety, so she decided to take a concubine. When she was born, the new bride was immediately carried into the house.
Later, when her father revolted, the old lady took advantage of her filial piety and planned to arrange for Aunt Cui to take office, leaving her daughter-in-law to fulfill her filial piety in her hometown.
As a result, just before departure, my wife and concubine both found out they were pregnant at the same time, so they both stayed in their hometown to wait for the birth.
Listening to these past events, the two siblings originally had some objections to Erlang's succession, but they couldn't bear to mention it in front of Wang Yang.
Regardless of whether Erlang is innocent or not, his biological mother has indeed made his own mother sad.
Both siblings knew in their hearts that the tragedy of that year was all caused by their grandmother's paranoia.
Even if the old man is worried about the family's heirs, if there is some human touch and pity for the poor daughter-in-law, if the matter of taking concubines is mentioned a year or two later, Wang Yang's legitimate sons will be born, so naturally there will be no such thing.
"Concubine" comes out.
Nowadays, the old lady is paranoid again. Although they, as juniors, can't say anything, they don't agree with it in their hearts.
Because the old lady is an elder, even if they don't agree with the old lady's actions, they don't have the right to persuade her.
Today, Sanlang mentioned his confusion, and Rong Niang also started to wonder: "What happened back then? Why was my grandmother so intolerant of Erlang? If it was just because of abandoning Erlang back then, I felt uncomfortable, and Detsutsu had already left.
Afterwards, I should have started to feel guilty after feeling uncomfortable. From what my mother told me, my grandmother loved Aunt Cui very much back then. Even though she gave Erlang a divorce, she still insisted on punishing him as a relative, as if to avenge her niece. But when she returned home,
I have never heard my grandmother mention Aunt Cui before, what is the reason for this?"
Having said this, the two siblings looked at each other with some surprise and uncertainty in their eyes.
If it's not "love the house and the crow", it's "hate the house and the crow".
Could it be that there was something careless about Aunt Cui back then that made the old lady disgusted and even the child she gave birth to was not welcomed.
Could it be that Erlang was not a flesh-and-blood member of the Twelfth House, which made the old lady intolerable to him?
However, Dao Chi's appearance, which is only 50% similar to Saburo, denies this possibility.
What happened back then?
Rong Niang frowned and said: "The most important thing to my grandmother is the heir. If Aunt Cui really did something that disgusted her, it would probably be the heir. What happened back then?"
It's okay if you don't think about these things, but if you really think about them, you can't help but feel a little disconnected.
If Aunt Cui was just an innocent and harmless woman who died during childbirth, but if she was really a vicious woman with a heart of snakes and scorpions, then Erlang was her son, would he be like a mother?
Rong Niang does not hate this concubine, and is willing to allow Sanlang to get close to him, provided that the concubine is grateful and harmless, and does not intend to keep a poisonous snake around.
Sanlang didn't think as much as Rong Niang thought. He just said: "I heard that some families, when they see their concubine and grandson are smart, they will suppress them and not let them cross the direct line. Grandma does not care about favors, does she know that Erlang is smart?
You’re capable, but you’re afraid that you’ll get past me, so you’re tired of Erlang?”
Rong Niang was stunned when she heard this, thinking about it, this is really possible.
What Grandma loved most was not her son, but her grandson Sanlang, and she was obviously partial to him. Her granddaughter and Wulang combined could not hold as much weight in front of her as Sanlang.
But is the answer so simple?
Last year when Dao Chi just came down the mountain, how could a dusty young monk show his intelligence? Even after he became a successor, they never thought that Erlang would study so diligently and pass the county and government examinations smoothly.
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Last year's Saburo was a well-known young talent in the family.
Just for precaution, I don't want a grandson. I always feel that something is wrong.
Rong Niang squinted her eyes. After finishing her work at the pawn shop, she could explore the past and what happened back then.
It makes no sense that there was any big movement, and my mother didn't know about it, but judging from her story, it seemed that it was peaceful and calm at that time, and it didn't look like something big had happened...
After Shun Niang was enlightened by Wang Ning, she no longer said any unwanted words, but just looked at the Taoist idiot, full of emotion and emotion.
The days were peaceful and uneventful, and they flew by in the blink of an eye.
Wang Ning and Shun Niang began to clasp their fingers, waiting for news about the provincial examination.
Dao Chi felt that the life was too pure and he was a little uncomfortable with it. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that there had been no noise from Wang Qi for several days.
This is so unusual. In the past, during three-day holidays, Wang Qi would go to the ninth house once or twice. This time, there was no movement after ten days.
Even the Wang Ning family started talking about Wang Qi. Dao Chi had not been out for a few days and wanted to go out for some fresh air, so he took Jingzhe and strolled to the clan house.
When they arrived at the clan house, Dao Chi realized that Wang Qi had followed Wang Zhen to Wuchang Mansion as early as August 16th.
Dao Chi couldn't help but regret after hearing this. He had heard Wang Qi say before that Wang Zhen went to Wuchang Mansion after the Mid-Autumn Festival, mainly to pick up two candidates from the second room.
At that time, he was feeling sad about the death of the old monk. He didn't want to think about anything else, so he just listened to it.
If you had paid more attention at that time and asked Wang Zhen to travel together, you would have been able to see the world.
It's a pity that in the past few years since he came to Ming Dynasty, he has been wandering around Anlu City. The farthest place is the tomb of King Liang. It's too late to say anything now. Counting the days, tomorrow is the day when the results will be released... (To be continued!