"Mom, please look after it for me. It's also the capital of your business. After buying this house, I don't have any money anymore."
Cao Xiwan complained that Aunt Wu had long given up on making her daughter a concubine. She nodded frequently, and her daughter pointed behind her, "Chen Ming is here and promised to help me make a few bottles of medicine. It can cure my disease. Mother, what are you doing?
Tian will stay here, help him make some tea and rice, and ask him to eat on time. I will go and ask for leave from the Su family's aunt."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Wu quickly agreed, holding her daughter's hand and crying again.
She recently figured it out and thought that her daughter was sick, so the Marquis disliked her and refused to take a concubine.
Cao Xiwan preferred her to think so, so as not to persuade her to be a concubine every day. She did not explain. She only told Aunt Wu not to leave and to keep an eye on this new home.
Her mother promised not to leave the yard. It was too far to go to her mother's house, so there was no rush.
She handed the money to her mother, but her mother didn't want it, so she turned around and packed the boxes to set up a stall diagonally across the street from the door.
"I can earn my own living, Xiaowan, just remember to ask for leave for me. I can also earn Chen Baihu's three meals."
Cao Xiwan sighed.
Her mother is a diligent person, but she is confused.
She gave the key to the back building to her mother and whispered that the people from Baihusuo would come to patrol the streets a few times at night. Don't worry. The watchman in this place is afraid that thieves will come into the husband's house and take the blame for himself, so he can't
More dedicated than other workshops.
Mother and daughter went out together. She helped her mother put up boxes across the street. There were various groceries on the boxes.
Her mother held a small stool and sat next to her, holding a ball of thin thread in her hand.
Cao Xiwan looked at the sky and felt it was still cold, so she went back to the house and took out a hand stove, but her mother was very happy. She made an agreement with her mother that all the money from selling groceries would go to her mother's private room. As long as the package was included
Just three meals with Chen Ming.
Before Cao Xiwan left, a young eunuch passing by stopped to look at the things and bought two things. Her mother was overjoyed.
Her mother was still planning to buy some chickens and chicken cubs to raise, so that she could cook for Chen Baihu and save money.
Thinking that her mother would never have time to go to her uncle's house, Cao Xiwan felt relieved and left home with her donkey.
Mrs. Lei had followed her out early, but she stopped her and insisted on asking how to clear the bet. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she whispered a few words to her quietly.
She hurried to the new shop on Xiejie Street in the south of the city. As soon as she entered the door, she saw the figure of Master Tong in a brown robe behind the cabinet. Master Tong came today and was helping take care of it with Mrs. Sun.
She looked for Master Tong and whispered, "Have you started a gambling game?"
He was here to report the accounts today: "It's open. On December 12th, we grabbed a banker. Assu Baihu."
"Change it quickly."
"Eh-?" Even Master Tong was surprised and lowered his voice: "Why? What news did Madam Qing find out?"
I'm afraid Mrs. Qing wouldn't be able to find out the inside story. Yuan and Su Baihu are good friends.
"Su Jintian also offended people in the palace. The old man in the palace said that people would deal with him and make things difficult for him."
Lady Sun next to her wanted to ask more questions. After all, she had heard many rumors with her own ears. The fight between Lady Qing and Su Baihu was so violent that it was because Su Baihu was too out of tune and liked to fight with people who came from the Duke's mansion.
The ladies are coming and going. Now they offend someone in the palace? Could it be that a relative of the empress in the palace is secretly in love with Su Baihu? Such gossip is incredible!
Cao Xiwan immediately changed his words: "Master's errand has been decided."
Mrs. Sun was immediately overjoyed and looked at her husband, Mr. Tong.
She had discussed it with her husband a long time ago. He was originally a guest of the eldest master. After the eldest master's death, he had no one to rely on. She followed Lady Qing as an errand in the Hou's Mansion, and her purpose remained the same. She wanted to rely on the Hou's Mansion to make a future.
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But both husband and wife felt that they could make a lot of money by opening a temporary gambling bureau for Qing Niangzi and being the banker. They couldn't lose both ends.
"An unworthy civil servant in the Ministry of War will gain rank after two years of service." She discussed with Master Tong, "The day after tomorrow, we will open a private room in Futai Building, Shunyifang, and you can go and socialize. One of them is the king of the Wine and Vinegar Bureau.
The eunuch Tang who is in charge of the old stall is the Sixth Master in our mansion. Thanks to their help, the Sixth Master still remembers you. Also, you will follow the Secretary of the Ministry of War, Shi Xie, the Third Young Master, and the Sixth Mrs.
My in-laws are the young master’s cousin. Remember to toast him a few glasses of wine.”
Master Tong was overjoyed and quickly thanked her. She stopped her and said with a smile: "I know you want to go to the Sixth Department, otherwise, in our yamen, you won't be able to pick and choose the errands?"
This time, she didn't ask the Marquis. She only asked Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Lei and Mrs. Six.
Mrs. Sun also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She was also afraid that the Marquis would make arrangements to send her husband to Yanjing City to become an official.
"I still have something to do, so I'm leaving. Wan Qian changed the gambling plate."
"Don't worry, Qing Niang. I'll keep it in mind."
In the next few days, she went out every day. Liu Ruhai did not see her in the Hou Mansion, nor did she come to discuss the bet at Chengfu Temple. He finally realized that she wanted to go back on her word, and she probably disliked opening a shop with him to make money.
Reliable. It is better to rely on herself than on anyone else.
Fortunately, there was nothing he couldn't find. Not long after, he comforted the second master and left the Hou Mansion alone. He climbed up to Futai Tower and sat in the pavilion. According to the news, almost every day
I saw her riding a donkey across the street.
"Shou Shi——?"
"It's me." He looked at the door of the private room in surprise, and saw a handsome young man, who turned out to be the Sixth Master.
It was rare for Mr. Six to come here to have a drink upstairs. When he met him, he came in and sat down.
After a while, the sixth master stood up with a smile and went to the next door to socialize. He also said: "That master, I heard that he was following my eldest brother. Later, the eldest master disappeared and he had no place to go. In the past few years, he has taken care of the third brother.
My private property has been given to me several times."
The Sixth Master was young at the time, but he still remembered the legitimate son of the eldest son of the Hou Mansion.
What's more, this master is now following Cao Xiwan. Sometimes the sixth master is short-handed and wants to ask the third brother for money. He is too embarrassed to ask Cao Xiwan for money, so he reaches out to Master Tong. The master does not feel sorry for him.
Liu Ruhai smiled knowingly, and the sixth master also scolded: "I'm just asking you for money because I want to be nice to you."
"I, Mr. Daoliu, are so careful about the distinction between men and women. It turned out that he was holding out his hand to ask for money, which made Madam Cao look at it."
After a burst of laughter, Mr. Six went to socialize with himself.
He sat by the window and watched Cao Xiwan walking back and forth on the street. Even Aunt Wu moved over to set up a stall on the street, and even brought a tin charcoal stove.
Liu Ruhai saw Cao Xiwan's plan at a glance. Her mother worked nights in the Hou Mansion and worked shifts. She often had nothing to do during the day. When she had free time, Aunt Wu went to her uncle's house in another neighborhood next door. But now the stall although
She is small and suffers from the cold wind, but it is her mother's own business. The sales are still good. Her mother is guarding Chen Ming during the day, and she should also take care of Chen Ming at night. How can she have time to go out?