The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 242

After being busy for a long time, Shi Chuying took Erfei for a stroll around the mansion, seeing a lot of servants gathered in the incident office, busy with something, she and Erfei also went to join in the fun, but It turned out that the 'Fire Tree' made by Chu Xu was delivered.

The boys were busy putting suet candles in each small lamp, and lighting them up to test the lamps. Shi Chuying also looked at them for a while, only to realize that these small lamps were still equipped with mechanisms. Turn and shake, the place where the candle is pressed inside is always vertical.When the lights are on, even though it is broad daylight, it is still very beautiful.

The steward in the lamp shop kowtowed quickly when he saw the general's wife, got up and said courteously: "Before Chinese New Year in the coming year, people from our shop will come to check, if there is something that doesn't need to be repaired, it will be repaired in advance. Lighting is also available if needed.”

Shi Chuying nodded, the service is really considerate.

After all, the fire tree is made of iron branches, in order to stand firmly in the windy weather, and the bottom is a thick iron base, which cannot be blown down by ordinary winds, which is very important for the fire tree.So this fire tree costs more than a dozen or 20 taels of silver, and the more lamps are more expensive, it usually takes several years to replace them, and they should be coated with oil to prevent rust if they are not in use.Some families are even passed down from generation to generation, and the division of the family can be divided as an important property.

After watching the excitement, Shi Chuying was about to take Er Fei back, when someone shouted at the door: "The general returns to the mansion!"

Shi Chuying pursed her lips and smiled, and took Erfei directly to meet Chu Xu.

"Why did you come out?" Chu Xu completely ignored a certain little one, only watched his daughter-in-law talking, and threw the horsewhip to the waiter, and took a few steps to grab his daughter-in-law's waist and put it inside.

"It's so early today?" Shi Chuying looked up at him, then wiped his chin and mouth with her hand.

Chu Xu was helpless, his wife looked at his beard so badly that even a little stubble was not allowed to exist, no, he was not actually wiping his mouth, but was actually trying to see if there were any drops of water. , That is to bring stubble.I don't know who I learned this trick from.

"It's been fine for the past two days. If you don't come back and stay there, it will attract people's attention!" Chu Xu asked again, "Are you busy today?"

"Busy, let's go to 'Hua Ranju' first, and we haven't finished tossing in the main room. By the way, the 'Fire Tree' you ordered has arrived, and I think it looks good."

"As long as you like it, let's hang up a few more lights next year!" The two of them strolled back home chatting homely.

"Cough," Chu Xu coughed lightly and waved his hands. The servants were all standing far away, so he lowered his head and listened to his ears: "I heard that the latest news is that the prefect of Qingyuan has deposited five carts of gold and silver back this time. Beijing!"

"Five carts?!" Shi Chuying exclaimed a little, "How much?" This girl actually cared about the amount of money.

Chu Xu looked around, hugged Shi Chuying a little tighter, and blew hot air on her ear, "I used the escort box, 1000 taels of boxes, at least sixteen boxes per car, and there are Twenty boxes.

According to gossip, on the surface it was an annual gift to the emperor, but in fact it was the income from the emperor's private property.However, not many people know about it. "

Shi Chuying grabbed Chu Xu's lapel in surprise and said, "That is to say, at least 10 taels of silver or at most 10 taels of gold?!"

Chu Xu nodded slightly: "Almost!"

Shi Chuying rolled her eyes, tilted her head and said, "Do you think it's some idiot who stabbed this matter to the underworld and wanted to blackmail it, but in the end, I didn't expect these things belonged to the person above. In the end, You can only kill people and silence them, is that the end?"

"Hey, it's still too stupid and naive!" Chu Xu patted Shi Chuying's head exaggeratedly, and sighed: "Fool, you have to think about it this way. Look, first of all, this New Year's gift is for the emperor. The gift list usually arrives in Beijing before the things, as long as the thing is on the list, it already belongs to the emperor, right?

Since it already belongs to the emperor, how can you say something unexpected after all this has been robbed?Also, the usual income of these out-of-town industries is just accounts, and this batch of real money should be the income from these years... Hey, I'm afraid someone made a wrong idea. "

"You mean, the emperor actually earned these real money?!" Shi Chuying asked with a raised face, holding Chu Xu's arm.

(End of this chapter)