"Then you can't let...borrow," old Zhou Tou said solemnly: "It's not such a big deal as curing a disease and marrying a wife. You have to borrow money to buy some things. People who spend money like this can't count on them." If you have money exchanges, just like your fourth brother, who knows when you will do something wrong?"
He said: "For someone like your fourth brother, you shouldn't have too much cash in hand, so you can spend as much as you have, and you can feel at ease if you don't have it. You are not allowed to learn from the second young master of the Bai family, do you know?"
Man Bao nodded.
"You mention it to Bai Shan, and don't let him learn it." Old Zhou said worryingly, "Actually, I want to talk to Master Bai, but Master Bai thinks that the second young master is very smart, so I don't want to mention it again." gone."
Man Bao nodded again and again, no matter what her father said, she would answer first and then speak.
Then Lao Zhoutou said the main purpose of his coming to find his daughter this time, "Where did you hide the money? Do you want Dad to take it back to your hometown and hide it? When you get married, it will be your dowry."
Man Bao immediately shook his head, "Father, I'm in the capital, and I can only withdraw the money when I need it."
Old Zhou said: "If you are short of money, ask your fourth brother for it, and your elder brother and sister-in-law, they all have money."
Old Zhou thought about it for a while, and whispered to her: "Father told you, your fourth sister-in-law and fifth sister-in-law all have money, and your money is saved..."
Man Bao: ...
Seeing that he couldn't convince his daughter, old Zhou could only sigh, "Okay, you can keep it yourself, but you have to save some flowers, do you know that you don't have to pay for the flowers at home?"
He said very schemingly: "You live in the palace, you don't have to worry about food and drink, clothes and other courts are arranged for you, and Mrs. Liu also makes clothes for you from time to time, so the vegetables and meat at home are given to your brother and sister-in-law. We pay."
He stretched out his hand to touch her head and said: "You are still young, I think your temper is not as good as before, if you don't want to work in the palace in the future, you have to buy some fields and shops when you come out, you are so good Medical skills, you need to open a pharmacy? It all costs money, where did the money come from?"
earned! Man Bao secretly thought.
Old Zhou Tou said firmly: "Save it! I told your elder brother and sister-in-law that once we leave, they will take care of the family's expenses and ask your brothers and sisters-in-law to pay the monthly money. The rice used is your Lumi, and any surplus is yours.”
Man Bao: "Father, this is not good..."
"What's wrong, this is my brother's clear settlement," the old Zhou said sadly, "I didn't know until I came to the capital that Baishan's family is so rich. If your dowry is too little, you can ask for it when you go to Longzhou in the future." To be looked down upon."
In the past, old Zhou knew that the Bai family was rich. After all, where is the family fortune of Master Bai? He was the biggest landlord in their ten miles and eight villages.
His family's relatives came to join him, so it shouldn't be much different.
It can be seen that Bai Shan called his slaves and maidservants since he was a child. Mrs. Liu and the others are so well dressed, I heard that there are several fields in his hometown.
But when they arrived in the capital, the two lived under the same roof, and Zhou Zhoulang connected with people from the Bai family in Longzhou to start a business, and they all knew the family background of the Bai family.
Bai Shan's family has more than a few pieces of land in Longzhou. I heard that there are lands from Longzhou to the three southern states. Besides the land, there are also shops and other courtyards...
The land in the capital is so expensive. Old Zhou Tou, who once took a sack full of copper coins and wanted to buy her a piece of land for private property, immediately gave up his idea when he inquired about the price of an acre of land.
But the Bai family has a Zhuangzi on the boundary between the capital and Yongzhou, and it's not small.
Unlike Man Bao's job field that may be taken back at any time, Zhuangzi belongs to Bai Shan and will always be his.
In addition, the Bai family also has two houses and two shops in the capital.
Old Zhou turned his head to look at Man Bao, just in time to see a string of beads on her head, which Mrs. Liu found out for her two days ago. Because Zhou Zhoulang did the pearl business this time, Mrs. Liu suddenly remembered her I used to have several sets of pearl jewelry.
They were all too old to wear, so they found a set and gave it to Man Bao.
Old Zhou looked happy, but he was a little worried, "Bai Shan's family is good in everything, but they are too rich."
Man Bao said: "Isn't it good to have money?"
"It's good, but our family has too little money."
Only then did Man Bao understand, "Are you talking about Qi Dafei from the Bai family?"
"What lotus root?"
Man Bao smiled and said: "Father, Grandmother Liu, Aunt Zheng and Bai Shan are not people who pay attention to family status. Bai Shan and I are just a good match, and I don't think our family's family status is not worthy of their family."
Old Zhou Tou said: "It means that your father and mother are kind to their family, so I can rest assured, otherwise I am really afraid that you will be wronged in the past. But you also have to be careful about the people in their clan. I heard from your fourth brother that before They are orphans and widows who are bullied in Longzhou."
"Otherwise, their family wouldn't have moved to Qili Village to join Master Bai," Lao Zhou shook his head and sighed, "If I say that the people in their clan are the same, they don't lack food and drink, so why should they drive them out? ?”
Man Bao didn't speak.
Old Zhou Tou also sighed, seeing that Man Bao didn't want him to hide the money back to his hometown, he could only go back to his old wife with regret.
Qian Shi didn't agree with him to meddle in Man Bao's money, but when he came back shaking his head with his hands behind his back, he knew it was unsuccessful.
She smiled and said, "How about it, Man Bao has his own ideas from time to time?"
Old Zhou hummed and said nothing.
Mrs. Qian said: "She has already made a fortune in Zhuangzi by herself when she was seven or eight years old. Now that she is so old, she naturally has more ideas. Why do you need to worry about it?"
"Aren't I afraid that she won't save money if she spends too much?"
Qian said calmly: "Don't worry, her ability to save money is inherited from our old Zhou's family, and it is as good as her medical skills."
Old Zhou Tou thought of Man Bao clutching his money bag, and realized that it was true, so he became happy again.
He walked around the house and asked, "How's our stuff going?"
"It's almost there. I've brought everything I can bring, and I can leave the ones I can't bring here. I will need it when I come to the capital again in the future."
Old Zhou went to touch the bottom of the bed, but found nothing when he stretched out his hand. He was startled, and immediately got down on his head to look, "Damn it, where's the money from Manbao?"
Qian looked back, and said helplessly: "I asked the fourth brother to exchange it for silver. How do you transport such a big sack of copper coins back?"
After a pause, she said, "Otherwise, I'd still leave it to Man Bao to keep it for himself."
"No," said old Zhou Tou righteously, "She spends money lavishly, I have to save some for her."
Qian Shi stopped talking and let him go.
Old Zhou Tou didn't want to stay in the house anymore, "I'll go and ask Old Four if I can get the money back."