Mrs. Ren glanced at Mrs. Ren and then at Ren Yaoyin. After thinking about it, she went out first behind Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua.
Ren Yaoyin silently watched the backs of Ren Yaoqi, Ren Yaohua and the eldest wife disappear into the main room, took a few deep breaths before turning around to comfort the old lady Ren, her voice was soft but her eyes were extremely indifferent.
When Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua came out of the old lady's room, they found that there was really no one in the yard. Even the maids and ladies who were guarding the door didn't know where they were going. A pillar stuck his head out, beckoning at them and winking at the same time, Ren Yaoqi understood that Ren Shimin could stand outside for so long without disturbing the people inside, and listened to their conversation clearly and affirmed It has nothing to do with Qi.
Ren Yaoqi was about to walk over, but heard the eldest wife chasing after him: "Two aunts, please stay."
Qi's movements quickly flashed back to the back of the pillar, hiding himself tightly.
Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua stopped for a while, then turned to look at the eldest wife who was chasing quickly.
"Two aunts, the old lady... You still have to take care of yourself, don't take it to heart. My master and I are so grateful that you can come back today, and thank you for your willingness to help the Ren family regardless of the past. " The eldest lady spoke in a sincere and authentic tone.
Ren Yaohua twitched the corners of his mouth: "You are polite, it's a pity that our father is stubborn and doesn't look down on the younger generation who is rushing to be a concubine, so we're afraid we won't be able to help Ren Yaoyin."
The eldest wife's expression was slightly stiff, but she still said: "My uncle and I will not tolerate our daughter to be a concubine. You have never heard of it, forget it."
Ren Yaoqi nodded to the eldest wife, "I will send someone back to tell me after I have negotiated with the Yu family."
While sending them out, the eldest wife repeatedly thanked: "Thank you, Fifth Aunt, this time is really thanks to you."
Compared with the old lady Ren, the eldest lady is a person who is very aware of current affairs. When Ren Yaoqi and the others were still in the Ren family, although she turned a blind eye to the behavior of the other aunt's bullying Li Shi, she did not talk to Li Shi. The mother and daughter were torn apart, and the share that should have been allocated to them was not less, and everything was left behind.
Ren Yaoqi smiled meaningfully and said, "Don't thank the eldest wife too early. I'm not sure if I can help. I'm afraid that I will become a sinner if things don't go together."
The eldest lady hurriedly said: "If you can help, the family must thank the young lady. Don't worry, the young lady, my master and I both remember your affection. As for the old lady... I will persuade more, you Do not worry."
This time the eldest wife even changed the name of Ren Yaoqi.
Compared with the old lady Ren, Ren Yaoqi still likes to deal with smarter people like the eldest lady. Although she doesn't have a good impression of the eldest lady, at least the eldest lady knows what to do when and what to do. matter.
"Speaking of which, the old lady is also getting older. Most families should enjoy happiness when they reach her age. Otherwise, they will spend all day worrying about the marriage of their grandchildren and granddaughters. Hard work... What do you think, eldest madam?" Ren Yao Period laughed.
The eldest lady's eyes flashed when she heard the words, and after being silent for a while, she lowered her head and said, "Young lady is right, it was me who was negligent as a daughter-in-law. Now that the old lady is gone, the old lady is too sad and her health is not good, it is time to let her Take a good rest."
Ren Yaoqi glanced at the eldest wife, smiled and said nothing, she had already said what she should say.
The eldest wife personally sent Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua to the carriage. When the carriage was about to leave, the eldest lady couldn't help but ask, "Young madam, where is the third uncle..."
Ren Yaoqi opened the curtain and said, "My father has already made it clear before, what else does the eldest wife not understand?"
The eldest wife glanced at Ren Yaoqi and sighed in her heart, knowing that it was impossible to save Ren Shimin's house, and she didn't want to make herself disgusting, so she immediately said: "I understand, it's the Ren family who is talking about this. I don't blame the third uncle for being disheartened and unwilling to come back. But the matter of the money should be done, I don't think our master would be willing to accept the third uncle's money."
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "This is my father's decision, I can't refute it, and we really owe the Ren family's upbringing. Since my father wants to give it, the eldest wife should persuade the eldest master to accept it, otherwise he will more unpleasant."
Hearing this, the eldest wife sighed, and then said nothing more, and then turned back after watching the carriage of Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua leave.
She originally wanted to go back to the old lady's yard to have a look, but she bumped into the third young mistress, Mrs. Qi, on the way. The eldest lady stopped and stood where she was, looking at Mrs. Qi as she approached, her brows down and pleasing to the eye. salute her.
Qi saluted, but she didn't see the eldest wife making a sound for a long time, so she could not help but glance at her secretly, but she happened to meet the eldest lady's evaluation eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.
"Mother? Is there something on the daughter-in-law's face?" Qi shi smiled and touched her face.
The eldest lady still looked at her without speaking.
Mrs Qi thought that she might not be so lucky to escape the eldest wife's accusation this time, and was thinking about whether she should simply admit Xin Yiheng's mistake, but the eldest wife sighed.
"Do you think you can hide your little actions from everyone? Come and tell me how the old lady fell so hard that day? Why did your third uncle and third aunt enter today without disturbing the old lady? courtyard?"
Qi shi smiled embarrassingly, lowered his head and tugged at the corner of his clothes, ready to bear the anger of his mother-in-law with a positive attitude.
The eldest wife looked at Qi's complexion, then shook her head a little tiredly and said, "Forget it, I've understood it after so long. Those who look smart are not necessarily the ones who understand, those who look stupid are so stupid. Maybe it's really smart. Everyone has their own blessings and fate, you... just do it yourself."
Qi shi blinked, looking confused.
The eldest lady gave her a sideways glance, and said, "If you don't want to understand, don't understand, just treat you as a fool and be a fool!" and walked away.
Mrs Qi watched the back of the eldest wife disappear into the corner door next to her, blinked her eyes and revealed a somewhat sly smile, and then hummed an out-of-tune song and jumped away. After walking five or six steps, she remembered the old man. The bones were still cold, so he quickly coughed and smiled, and put on a sad face, but the footsteps were a little brisk.
After Mr. Ren's funeral, Mr. Ren and Mr. Li returned to Yunyang City.
Ren Shimin said he wanted to repay the Ren family's money, not just for fun. At some point, he was actually a very sincere person. After returning home, he began to calculate the money he had on hand. I was worried, but I didn't have a lot of spare money on hand. Let the accountant calculate all the cash that can be used, and at most it is less than 20,000 taels of silver. Naturally, these silvers are not enough to pay back what he owes the Ren family.
But for Ren Shimin, there is no reason to take back what he said. In the end, he hesitantly turned his attention to the famous calligraphy copybooks he collected. Mr. Ren has a very good eye. No matter what the price is, what he buys back is a treasure. and genuine.
But these are the lifeblood of Master Ren, and moving them makes him more uncomfortable than moving Master Ren himself, so these days he almost stays in his study and takes out those treasures from time to time, look at this and then look at that, The appearance of parting from life and death was even more sad than when his own father, Mrs. Ren, died.
Then when Master Ren was sitting at the dinner table again that day, Mrs. Li asked Mammy Zhou to take out a small camphor wood box and hand it over to Ren Shimin.
Ren Shimin was stunned when he opened it, because there was a whole box of silver bills in the box, the large denominations were 300,000 to 50,000, and the small denominations were also 3000 to 5000, and the total of zero and zero added up to a dozen or twenty. Ten thousand.
Mr. Ren, who was never short of money, was also taken aback, and asked Li stunnedly, "Where did these come from?"
Li pursed his lips and said warmly: "Some of these silvers were given to the concubine by the master over the years and saved by the concubine. When I took it out, there is still a lot of money. There are also several tens of thousands of taels from my brother a while ago. When I handed it over to me, it was said that I had paid the debt back then. I knew that you never liked seeing him, so I kept it from you. But now that the family uses money, I will take it out with my concubine. already."
Ren Shimin couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the words: "You have collected all the money I gave you over the years? I thought..."
Ren Shimin paused for a while, but still swallowed the words. He wanted to say that he thought that all the money that Li had given him over the years was subsidized to Xian Wangfu. He doesn't value money himself, so he keeps turning a blind eye, as if he were buying rouge gouache head and face jewelry for his wife and daughter. Unexpectedly, Mr. Li didn't take out the money
After thinking about it, Ren Shimin realized something was wrong, and frowned, "Wait, when did Li Tianyou owe me money?"
Li Shi lightly coughed: "Master, did you forget that he tricked you into selling your paintings for money? He wanted to apologize to you last time, but he was afraid that you would still dislike him for being tacky and would not be willing to pay attention to him."
Ren Shimin glanced at the box of silver notes and muttered, "I'm not going anywhere with elegance now."
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It's late, I lie down and be beaten... 〒_〒