"Tell me, what's going on?" Ling Qingyu sat on a chair in the main hall and asked a young woman. She had the impression that this person was from Haizhou. She remembered that when they were asked to cook for the first time, she had a child.
"The head of the family, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are indeed capital punishment, but shopkeeper Cai is not allowed." Seeing that no one else dared to speak, the young woman stepped forward, bowed her head and said, "That's shopkeeper Cai's mother and his mother married him. Daughter-in-law, a month ago, she came from Quanzhou to join shopkeeper Cai. She originally lived in shopkeeper Cai's place, but that day, shopkeeper Cai was doing the final renovations in the yard. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ran over and refused to go out. No matter how much shopkeeper Cai tried to persuade, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both rolled and hanged themselves and came out, but they refused to leave, and said that the family had received news that shopkeeper Cai is now well-off in Hangzhou, with dozens of shops in his hands and a big house. To say that shopkeeper Cai refused to let them live is to abandon his mother and wife. Cai shopkeeper had no choice, so he tidied up the smallest courtyard on the west side for them to live in, and bought a few more maids to serve them, and gave us an explicit order not to allow them Walking around, if you walk around, fight them out. It's just that the two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law were quiet for a few days at first, and then they quarreled with shopkeeper Cai every day, and from time to time they went outside to show off when shopkeeper Cai was away. Shopkeeper Cai couldn't do it, he said yesterday , today I have to send the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law away no matter what, so I went to call a car early in the morning."
"That's his mother and daughter-in-law, can you send them away?" Ling Qingyu sneered unknowingly, if he could send them away, he would send them away sooner, and wait until the day she comes back.
"The head of the house, shopkeeper Cai is a scholar, the word filial piety is greater than the sky." Another woman bowed her head and said.
"Sister Jinlan." A maid outside called softly with her head poking her head.
Ling Qingyu glanced over coldly, and the maid was so frightened that she knelt at the door: "Master, please forgive me."
"What do you want from her?" Ling Qingyu asked, with a hint of coldness in his voice. These people didn't regard her as their master at all.
"It's shopkeeper Cai, the old lady and madam refused to leave, shopkeeper Cai hit the wall." The servant girl said tremblingly.
"Hitting the wall?" Ling Qingyu was taken aback for a moment, then stood up and said, "Lead the way, I'll go and have a look."
There is a long distance from the main courtyard to the side courtyard to the west. It is said to be a side courtyard, but in fact it is similar to a utility room. The yard is very small, that is, six rooms, with a patio outside.
Cai Jingfang was still lying on the ground. When Ling Qingyu came, he was really shameless. Thinking about his mighty figure now, with all his flesh, he was afraid that he would bounce back when bumped into him. Big blood, okay, this person hit the corner of the table with his head.
This is, I really want to die.
Looking at the two shrunken women next to him, Ling Qingyu secretly sighed, Cai Jingfang is really unlucky to have such a mother and wife on the stall, and the word filial piety.
Yan San stepped forward to take a look, breathed out his nose, and seeing that he was still alive, he took out a medicine bottle and applied medicine to his wound, and asked Jin Lan to bring a cloth strip to bandage him, and after tidying up, he retreated behind Ling Qingyu.
"You two said, if I report to the imperial court the matter of forcing your son to death and forcing your husband to death, what crime will the imperial court punish you for?" Ling Qingyu squatted in front of the two women and said with a ferocious smile.
"It's not me, it's my mother-in-law. It's my mother-in-law who refuses to leave. We have suffered so much for our husband, why can't we enjoy the blessings? He doesn't know how much delicacies he eats every day. Why doesn't he let us live this kind of life? Everyone Yue only gave us fifty taels of silver, how could he do that!" cried Cai Jingfang's wife.
Fifty taels of silver a month was the salary Ling Qingyu gave him, and Ling Qingyu glanced at Cai Jingfang again unconsciously.
"Raising a son to guard against old age, there is a reason why the son is rich and honored, but the mother is not allowed to enjoy the blessing." The old woman also said bitterly.
"It's a pity, your son is not rich, and I am the one who is rich." Ling Qingyu pointed to himself, and then said: "I am not your son, so there is no need to show you filial piety. Do you want to get out or do you want me to throw it out?"
"Or?" Ling Qingyu touched his chin and said, "I can also support you for Cai Jingfang. Do you want to be rich? Like Cai Jingfang who gained hundreds of catties in ten months? Well, you can have this."
"The head of the family," a weak voice came from the corner of the table, Ling Qingyu turned his head, saw that Cai Jingfang had opened his eyes, and said weakly, "Cai has a small yard in Xishi, please send the mother and wife there, I have already taken care of the accounts, and the latest part is with Mr. Tang, Cai is incompetent and has let down the head of the family, so let’s go, if there is another life, Cai will return to the head of the house as the shopkeeper, and he will not make mistakes again."
Seeing that he looked like he was about to die, and that the mother and wife were only concerned about money, Ling Qingyu sighed softly, and said to Yan San: "Ask someone to send these two away, and then invite a doctor."
"I won't go, do you want to kill my son?" The old woman shouted again when she saw Cai Jingfang woke up, her eyes lit up.
"Well, that's a good idea." Yan San walked a few steps forward from behind Ling Qingyu, slowly unsheathed his long sword, pressed it against the old woman's throat, and said coldly: "I'll kill you and just throw it into the lake. So troublesome."
"How dare you!" The old woman just yelled, and felt a pain in her throat, blood oozing out, and seeing Yan San's eyes without any warmth, a chill came from behind, and instinctively knew that the person in front of her was not Son, it's not the woman who can't be cruel when she says cruel words, this person, this person will really kill her.
"It's my fault, it's my fault, the head of the family, you don't remember the faults of villains, let me go, I don't have much to do with their family, we haven't even paid homage." The young woman crawled to Ling Qingyu's feet , crying and begging.
Cai Jingfang closed his eyes, and two more tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes. With such a family member, he only wanted to die at this moment.
"Small dishes." Ling Qingyu called out, but Cai Jingfang's tears flowed down his face.
Sighing, Ling Qingyu said to Yan San: "Abandon their voices. Since this is not Xiaocai's official wife, she should be Xiaocai's mother's maid. If her voice is crippled, the old man's health is not good, so just be good." Let's stay at home and enjoy yourself. How about Xiaocai?"
Cai Jingfang forced himself to sit up, and said: "Cai does not dare to be so kind to the head of the family."
"Don't worry, wait for me to read the account book. If I am satisfied with the money I earn, I don't care about helping you support your handicapped mother and mother's maid. But if I am not satisfied..." Ling Qingyu gritted his teeth, looked at the He smiles.
The point of Yan San's sword touched the old woman's throat, and the vibration of her inner strength disabled the old woman's vocal cords, and then did the same to the young woman, calling in the sailors who brought them in, and asked Jin Lan to accompany them to Cai Jingfang At the same time, he ordered the sailors to temporarily guard them and not allow them to leave the house when there was no one to take over.
After a while of fuss, Cai Jingfang braced himself and arranged for someone to call a few persons in charge, and asked someone to bring over the account books, and lay down on the bed to reconcile the accounts with Ling Qingyu.
"Don't be so anxious." Looking at Cai Jingfang's pale and fat face, Ling Qingyu said unconsciously.
"Cai is fine, since the head of the family is still willing to use Cai, Cai is fine..."
"Okay, okay, I'll cripple your mother's vocal cords, and maybe even her legs. If you say you don't hold grudges, I really can't believe it." Ling Qingyu laughed.
"The head of the family, that one is not my own mother, but my stepmother." Cai Jingfang took a breath and said, "I told the head of the family before that my family has been asking me to be a scholar for my studies. In fact, I lied to you. When my father was around, he always wanted me to be a scholar. I studied while working as a handyman. Later, after my father passed away, my stepmother didn’t allow me to go to school and asked me to earn money to support the family. I went to the exam, and it took me a few years to pass the exam. My stepmother saw that I was admitted as a scholar, and she coveted the dowry of that woman's family, and made a marriage for me. After I came back, I took the money you sent home, bought her a house, and promised to give her a monthly supply, and then I came out. Unexpectedly..., the head of the house, tell me, did I do something wrong?"
Ling Qingyu was speechless for a long time, he was really the best every day, and said: "I have always been you respecting me one foot, and I will pay you back one foot, if you treat me well, I will naturally treat you well, if you are not good, so what if you are filial piety, you Giving her food and shelter, and having someone to take care of her, isn't that filial piety?"
Cai Jingfang thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the master, then, please ask the master to let the third master take action, so that the two people can't move."
Seeing Yan San dodging out, Cai Jing said solemnly: "Cai doesn't say much, the master will see what Cai does in the future."
Seeing Ling Qingyu smiling but not answering, Cai Jing conveniently pointed to the account book and said, "Master, besides the spice shop, we have opened a gold shop at the end of last year. The things in the gold shop are all processed by our own materials. Now there are two The profit of 100,000 taels of silver, the spice shop also has a profit of 100,000 taels of silver, but because the goods have been sold out long ago, the shop is still vacant, and the other shops, including the rent and income, total 50,000 taels of silver. In addition to our original group of people, the workshop has recruited some skilled workers. Now there are 150 looms, and one person can weave a piece of silk in three days. So far, there are 10,000 pieces of silk. The situation is normal, just to save money, I bought some warehouses at the pier, bought some cheap items, and piled them in the warehouse." After speaking in one breath, Cai Jingfang was a little weak, panting, Continued: "The wine shop, because the liquor tax in Hangzhou is too heavy recently, it has not been opened for the time being. The matter of the restaurant was settled a while ago, and the full payment has been paid for the purchase. It will reopen next month. Lin'an and Anji I bought three farms each. The ones in Lin’an are all small farms, one with hundreds of acres, and the one in Anji’s side is small and two large. The big farm also has two hilltops. The total cost... "
"Okay, okay, I basically understand, you take a rest first, wait for the next doctor to come and have a look, I said, why are you so overwhelmed, just bumping heads because of this superb stepmother? If it wasn't for Yan San, you You're going to die right away." Ling Qingyu interrupted him.
Cai Jingfang smiled wryly, but remained silent. Why did he die for his stepmother? Although he was forced by the word of filial piety and couldn't be cruel to his stepmother, he couldn't say that there was nothing he could do. He just didn't want those two people to go out and talk nonsense and ruin the reputation of the head of the family. It was only because of Ling Qingyu's determination at the time that he would die for his confidant, but if his confidant no longer trusted him, that kind of despair made him desperate.
"Also, you have become so fat in such a short period of time, did you see a doctor?" Ling Qingyu looked him up and down again, and said. I remember that she was also a fat person at the beginning. When she was young, her mother was worried and forced her to stay in the hospital for a month for physical examination. It seemed that she had a disease. There was a problem with the pituitary gland and changes in hormones, which could make people fat like blowing up a balloon. .