Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 164
Xue Pan is definitely Baochai's deathbed before she gave birth to a child.

Over the past year or so, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng have already repaired their relationship with Yingchun.

Even the whole Rongguo Mansion's attitude towards Yingchun has confirmed their marriage again, and after Shi Zhongkui's high school champion became the leader of the six yuan, she has undergone a 180-degree change.

It can be said that Yingchun is not only willing at this time, but also can only regard Jia Lian as her natal family's support.

If Xue Pan and Jia Lian were beaten and punished, the two leading wives would definitely lose face.

Baochai and Yingchun stood up at the same time, "Sir, my concubine will always alert my brother."

Shi Zhongkui smiled and shook his head and said, "You two can't control them, but if they don't listen to persuasion, you will suppress the sales volume of Babao wine from now on."

Baochai and Yingchun were immediately overjoyed. With this right, their status in their natal family would definitely rise in a straight line.

The two nodded happily, "Xie Xianggong."

Then Shi Zhongkui once again confirmed the matter of Yingchun's account management, Baochai and Yingchun looked at each other, and agreed with satisfaction in their hearts.

"Okay, let's prepare breakfast."

Yu Shun hurriedly led the people in the front yard and the middle yard to do things.

And the backyard is not something that servants like them can come in at will, let alone stay longer.

In the future, if something happened, Yu Shun could only wait in the main hall of the middle courtyard, waiting for Baochai and Yingchun to meet him in the main hall after receiving the notice from the maid.

Otherwise, at least they will be kicked out of the house, and at worst, they will be beaten to death without anyone saying anything.

Shi Zhongkui stood up, holding Baochai in one hand and Yingchun in the other.

Regardless of whether the two were shy or not, and the gazes of the maids, big and small, they led them and the four big maids to the warehouse in the middle courtyard.

Looking at the brass padlock, which was clearly different from the common brass locks, Baochai and Yingchun watched Shi Zhongkui untie the two brass keys from his waist in bewilderment.

It wasn't until Shi Zhongkui explained that the two stared at the copper padlock with disbelieving expressions on their faces.

Baochai couldn't wait to ask, "Master, is this copper lock really so delicate?"

Shi Zhongkui didn't answer, and whispered the password of the combination lock on the left to Baochai's ear, and the password on the right to Yingchun.

He signaled them to try it, and soon they were surprised to find that there were really 6 small circles engraved with 12 zodiac patterns on the left and right sides of the copper lock.

Moreover, these small circles also have copper guards to prevent peeking. Unless you hold it upside down and look at it, when the copper lock is hung on the door, the password on the right cannot be seen on the left.

And vice versa.

The two looked at each other, and couldn't help turning the code circle with their fingers.

Then turn the key at the same time, and the brass lock was indeed opened with a 'click'.

Baochai was the most thoughtful, and hurriedly whispered to Yingchun, "Second sister, after opening the warehouse, remember to prepare the zodiac patterns, so as not to be peeped by the servants."

Yingchun was taken aback, and frantically moved the zodiac signs with her hands.

After finishing, he let out a sigh of relief, "My sister is still thoughtful."

Then the two sisters looked warily at the four maids who followed.

Seeing this, Siqi, Hu Po, Ying'er and Xiang Ling hurriedly turned around and dared not look any further.

Seeing all this, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help laughing, it seems that this woman only needs to take care of the money, and immediately guard against everyone like a thief.

Of course, if he was like Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, together with his stewards and dowry maids, he would be the one who has a headache.

After bringing their two wives into the warehouse, Baochai and Yingchun exclaimed without exception.

Yingchun grew up to be 16 years old, and she only had pocket money of two taels a month, let alone 10,000+ taels, probably never even seen 3 taels.

Although Baochai started to manage the Xue family's business at the age of 11 or 2, but thinking about when their family first came to Beijing, they only brought a dozen servants with them, and you know the so-called millionaires of the Xue family.

More are still in shops, real estate and fields.

At the same time, it can also be understood why Aunt Xue insisted on staying in Rongguo Mansion.

Besides, Aunt Xue would at most let Baochai participate in the Xue family's business, or let her take care of the books.

But Xianyin will definitely take care of it.

After all, no matter how close you are to your daughter, after you get married, it is like pouring water, and Aunt Xue will only love Xue Pan.

So to be honest, the silver that Baochai has seen is a few thousand taels.

"Msg, Mr., all this money belongs to our family?"

After Baochai finished speaking, Yingchun hurriedly nodded and stared at Shi Zhongkui in unison.

Shi Zhongkui smiled and said, "All the money is here. You count and make books yourself, and go to the study to practice calligraphy for your husband."

Seeing Shi Zhongkui wanted to leave, but Baochai would not agree.

Shi Zhongkui is obviously making things difficult for himself and Yingchun.

Besides, if you are not sure that you are a husband, you are testing whether you and Yingchun are greedy for money.

He hurriedly stepped forward and pulled him, "Sister-in-law, you just need to tell me and my second sister directly. Besides, my second sister and I are in some inconvenience, please take care of us, sir?"

Yingchun immediately blushed, but since Baochai had spoken, she couldn't insist that she was fine.

Moreover, the two of them probably understood that they had to work together in this family, so Yingchun also held back her shame.

He stepped forward and grabbed Shi Zhongkui's other arm and shook it a few times.

Shi Zhongkui felt happy. With such a large sum of money, even a shrewd and sensible Xue Baochai lost the restraint he used to have.

Yingchun couldn't even care about those dogmas and rules.

Shi Zhongkui laughed and led the two wives out of the warehouse.

After locking them, take them back to the main house.

When they heard that there were 18 taels of silver and 5000 taels of gold ingots, both of them breathed heavily with excitement.

However, Shi Zhongkui didn't say that Babao wine can sell 36 taels of silver a year.

After thinking about it, he simply put all the saffron matter on himself.

Baochai is so smart, she can understand that she is worried about Yingchun when she hears it.

Fortunately, Yingchun only cares about the accounts of the money in and out, and I don't know how to earn it.

Shi Zhongkui didn't intend to let her know, so he gave Baochai a look.

Baochai knew it was for him to tell Xue Pan, and he winked at Shi Zhongkui with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

And Shi Zhongkui acted like a rascal, his lips moved back into a kissing mouth.

Immediately, Baochai blushed in embarrassment, but let alone angry, her heart was beating wildly.
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The two wives relaxed when they knew that their family was rich.

Xianggong is a fifth-rank official at a young age, handsome and gentle, and even good at making money. He is so perfect that he couldn't be more perfect.

So Baochai and Yingchun treat Shi Zhongkui with tenderness.

When eating at noon, not only sat next to him on one left and one on the right, but also served him vegetables, rice and soup.

It made all the maids and maids who were serving at the side feel that my lady was robbing them of their jobs.

After lunch, seeing that it was still inconvenient for Baochai and Yingchun to walk, Shi Zhongkui took his wife to the side room after thinking about it.

I went to the study for a while, and when I came back, I was holding a porcelain vase in my hand.

After Baochai and Yingchun drank a cup of peach juice mixed with a thousand dollars of spirit peach wine, they soon felt comfortable all over.

As the aura circulated in their bodies, the two couldn't help but feel sleepy.

Yingchun lay on the bed in a daze, and whispered, "Master, this fruit wine has great stamina."

Baochai didn't think much of it because she had drunk it once before.

Instead, with the strength of wine, he hugged Shi Zhongkui's arm and put his head on his shoulder.

Exhaling like blue, he said seductively, "Master, I'm drunk, carry me to the back room."

Shi Zhongkui's heart was agitated, but he thought that the two wives just broke their melons last night, no matter what, they had to delay for a day or two, so as not to hurt them.

Holding Baochai out of the side hall, under the surprised eyes of the maids, he walked through the middle hall and entered the bedroom.

After putting Baochai on his bed, he hugged Yingchun again.

Then he said to the big maidservants, "The two ladies are drunk, so please take care of them. When the lady wakes up, go to the study and let me know."

Ying'er and Hu Po hurriedly replied, "Your servant knows."

Seeing that Shi Zhongkui really left the house, everyone was relieved.

Just now they were really worried that Shi Zhongkui would take advantage of the strength of wine and have a big bed together. If outsiders found out, Baochai and Yingchun would definitely be scolded to death.

It's even possible to be branded a slut.

Shi Zhongkui came out of the backyard, took a few deep breaths, and it took him a while to resist the urge to be provoked by Baochai.

Shaking his head helplessly, when he walked out through the long corridor, he saw several young maidservants carrying buckets into the backyard in groups of two.

Can't help but frown.

These things were originally done by a strong old woman in her 40s and [-]s.

But there is only one main room, hatchback rooms, and four side rooms in the backyard, which is indeed not enough for living.

Although the three-entry house that Xue Pan bought for him was not as good as Ningrong and Rongfu, the specifications were also several grades worse.

But the house covers an area of ​​four mu, which is indeed quite large, but when the previous owner built the house, more than half of the land was used for gardens, ponds, pavilions and rockeries.

Shi Zhongkui never imagined that the Xue family and the Jia family would even fill in the house, with a total of 20 second-class and third-class maids, plus 8 old mothers who cleaned, washed and cooked.

Yu Shun and three servants transferred from Yu's family, six cleaning and cooking maids sent by Xue's family before, and twenty guards from Shan Guogong's mansion.

The number of people reached 58 at once, and with the addition of Shi Zhongkui and his wife, not only the backyard became crowded.

Even the front yard and the servant's room built along the outer wall in the middle yard are not enough.

From then on, the four people who filled the houses became concubines, at least they could not live in the side houses and the inverted houses.

Once you have a child, you have to have a small yard and maids to serve.

Siheyuan is basically a large courtyard with a small courtyard, so the so-called three-entry, four-entry, and five-entry do not refer to the size, but the specifications of one-entry, two-entry, and five-entry.

Sanjinyuan is equivalent to a house composed of three courtyards surrounded by walls.

As for the size of each courtyard, there is no clear regulation. Generally speaking, as long as it does not exceed the specifications of the Duke's Mansion, basically no one cares about you.

On the contrary, there are very clear requirements for the height, size and decoration of buildings.

According to the practice of the main house, that is, the north house, 3 main rooms and 2 side rooms, the main house where Shi Zhongkui lives is divided into three rooms.

On the left is the bedroom. If the interior space is large, screens, crescent holes and other things will be used as partitions in the bedroom to separate the large and small rooms.

The master sleeps in the big house, and the personal maid sleeps in the small house.

While taking care of the old man and his wife, he should also help his wife share the firepower when necessary.

The middle room is the hall.

If the house is large, it will also be partitioned to separate the dining room from the living room.

On the right is a side room, which will be converted into a rest area or study room for large families.

Shi Zhongkui used to stay in the study next to the main hall of the middle courtyard, so the side room was converted into a leisure area and utility room.

The specifications of the left and right wing rooms are the same as the main room. The big room is divided into three parts, and there are also side rooms for the maids to live in.

In other words, there are a total of 3 big houses and 6 huts in the backyard. Together with Baochai Yingchun, 22 new people live in, which is not enough.

After much deliberation, I decided to change the place and build the yard again.

Or change the garden behind the backyard, or the ponds and waterside pavilions in the middle courtyard.

The third way is to live in the main hall of the middle courtyard by yourself.

Shi Zhongkui got used to it, thought about it, and decided to ask the neighbors on the left and right first, if anyone is willing to sell it.

Shi Zhongkui walked out of the backyard, came to the main hall of the middle courtyard, and asked someone to call Yu Shun.

"Have someone clean up the four rooms in the inverted house in the middle courtyard, and then ask the neighbors left and right if they have any ideas about selling the house, lest you all have to squeeze in the front yard."

After hearing this, Yu Shun shook his head, "Master, the old lady asked the little one to inquire about it before, and the Chen family on the right lived here for generations, and she directly refused.

Besides, if I were to be your neighbor, I wouldn't even exchange a thousand pieces of gold.

The Liu family on the left offered a price, but they want you to accept their three-year-old grandson as a disciple.

After hearing this answer, the old lady directly refused, so she didn't report it to you. "

Shi Zhongkui knew that the old lady in Yu Shun's mouth was Yu Shi's teacher's wife.

It's not good for the Liu family to make any request, so they have to mention this.

The teacher's wife thought that her own grandson and nephew were Shi Zhongkui's apprentices, so of course she didn't want other children to grab Taiji and Huaiji's resources.

Shi Zhongkui said indifferently, "Go and invite the old lady of the Liu family and his little baby over."

Anyway, in addition to Huaiji, Taiji, Jialan, Xue Biao, I also occasionally test and teach a few urchins in this street.

Now adding a three-year-old doll, at most, is to set aside some time for teaching Jialan and Taiji every month.

But after seeing this child, Shi Zhongkui immediately regretted it.

How can I teach myself when I can't speak at the age of three?
Liu Taigong clearly saw Shi Zhongkui's intention to repent, and saluted tremblingly, "Liu Yuangong, this old man is just such a grandson, if you definitely accept him as a disciple, this old man is willing to give up the house he lives in with both hands. "

As soon as Shi Zhongkui heard it, he could tell that the Liu family must be in the capital, or there must be other houses or farms outside the city.

Moreover, Mrs. Liu made it clear that she wanted to find a backer for her grandson, so she was even more unwilling to agree to him.

Besides, maybe after a few years, Liu Taigong passed away, and the Liu family might be willing to sell it.

But when he thinks of an old man growing old at home, Shi Zhongkui inevitably feels a little pimple.

And I am not short of money, if I can buy it directly, I will save some trouble.

Thinking of Xue Pan's own yard, although it cost 3 taels, he bought it from Xia Shouzhong.

But the actual price is [-].

"Old man, why don't you buy your house with 1 taels of silver?"

　At [-]:[-] a.m. last night, my mother died of a serious illness.

　　Grieving and needing to take care of the funeral and help the soul to return home, there will inevitably be many things in the future, and I have no intention of writing.

　　I can only rely on the support of the manuscript, and all book friends will forgive me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)