Xiaokang and Xiaoqi were on holiday today. When they saw Peng Zhang coming, they happily ran towards him.
Peng Zhang thought they missed him because they hadn't seen him for a long time, but he just opened his arms to give them a hug.
The three of them walked straight past him and headed towards the good stuff held by the servant behind him.
Peng Zhang: “…”
He touched his nose and adjusted himself to the embarrassment. Then, looking at the three people circling around the fabrics, his occupational disease kicked in. He raised his chin and started bragging to them about how good those things were.
Finally, he said, "If it weren't for my friendship with your sister, I wouldn't take it out so easily."
The three of them believed what he said. After looking at the things, they looked at him with burning eyes: "How much silver do these things cost?"
Peng Zhang looked down at the three half-grown children and said carefully, "How about I send you off?"
The main reason was that he felt that they probably didn't have any silver. Even if they did, it would be good if the three of them could pool a hundred or so taels of silver, although these things were worth far more than that.
But he couldn't take away all the pocket money of a child! Xiaokang and Xiaoqi would be fine, but the little girl would probably cry.
Unexpectedly, the three of them glared at him as soon as he said this. Xiaokang was the first to speak up, "Do you look down on us? You said you'd give me money. My father is an official. If you don't accept the money, it will be considered as bribing an official, and you will go to jail. If we accept it, we will be implicated as well."
Peng Zhang was shocked. How could he have forgotten this? After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then give me one hundred taels!"
Xiaoqi glanced at him and no longer believed him. She turned around and asked Pingsheng to call Chunxi to ask about the price.
Although they didn't know the price of these things, Chun Xi knew for sure. Chen Qiang was in charge of the outer courtyard and she was in charge of the inner courtyard over the years. She had seen a lot of good things and would not be wrong about the approximate value.
Sure enough, when Chunxi arrived, a casual calculation showed that the starting price was one thousand taels.
Xiaokang didn't hesitate and asked the accountant to give him one thousand taels on the spot.
Although one thousand taels is a huge sum of money for them, it is worth spending it on their mother.
Even after Peng Zhang received the banknotes, he was still a little bit in disbelief, "You are so rich! But, but you spend money like this, your father won't blame me when he comes back!" When he thought that he might be punished by General Tian, he subconsciously shuddered.
Xiaokang looked at him with disdain, "Brother Peng Zhang, you are the young master of the Peng family after all, and you don't even have this much knowledge."
In the past, he definitely wouldn't have been able to come up with so much money, but now it's different. His sister gave him the farm and the shop. The income from the vegetables and fruits on the farm during the winter alone is more than this amount.
It was just the first time he spent so much money, so he was still a little nervous.
But who cares! He's willing to spend whatever it takes for his mother.
The things have been bought, and now it depends on Yunxu's arrangements.
She discussed with Chunxi about making clothes and shoes for An Wan according to her preferences and sizes that she had written down yesterday at the Duke of Anguo's Mansion.
She also asked Chunxi to prepare the materials for her. She wanted to personally use rabbit fur to sew a scarf, earmuffs and gloves for her godmother whom she had never met, and of course a velvet hairpin was also indispensable.
After putting clothes and jewelry on the agenda, he went to Tian Mingwu's room and took a look around. After discussing with Xiaokang and others, he decided to replace some of the old furniture.
Especially the wardrobe and bed, all of them were customized to be wider and larger, and a dressing table, shoe cabinet, jewelry box, etc. were also added.
Even the curtains, bed curtains and bedding in the house were all cut and sewn by the sewing room.
It was only at this moment that Zhang Bang found out that Tian An was not in the capital. He had originally wanted to go to their house to apologize to them for not being at their wedding, and to visit Zhao Shuhua at the same time, but now all his plans have been ruined.
If he knew that the person he loved so much, Zhao Shuhua, was lying in bed and unable to get up, wouldn't he be heartbroken!
Ever since Aunt Xu made it clear to Zhao Ningsong that she would defect to Zhao Yiming and Tian An's faction and broke with Zhao Ningsong, the mother and son have been living in dire straits.
Zhao Yiming and Tian An were not at home, and no one could suppress Zhao Ningsong and Wang. In addition, the two of them released Zhao Qianhua, who was originally under house arrest. The three of them were extremely rampant in the mansion.
They had no intention of letting Zhao Yiming and Tian An come back alive this time. On the first day Wang left the courtyard, she blatantly brought people to the two people's Tongxin Courtyard to make trouble, wanting to seize the largest courtyard in the mansion first.
Unfortunately, although Ji Feng and Deng Xue took away a large number of secret guards, the two people who stayed behind were not pushovers either, not to mention the numerous guards.
Xiangtao and Lixiang, with a fierce look on their faces, supported Madam Xiao and stood at the front, followed by Qingning, Xiyou, Qiancheng and Zhiluo. The secret guards and bodyguards stood behind them to support them.
As soon as the two sides met, they started cursing at each other without saying a word.
Zhao Qianhua and her daughter couldn't reason with them, and couldn't scold them. They relied on their status as young ladies to raise their hands and hit them, "They are just a few lowly maids, and you dare to stop me."
Unfortunately, Xiangtao was so hot-tempered that she wouldn't tolerate her. She intercepted her hand and pushed her to the ground. If her status was too low and hitting her was not against etiquette, she would have wanted to give her a slap in the face.
"Young lady, don't you know that even beating a dog requires consideration for the master's face? We are my wife's maids. Even if Xiang Tao did something wrong, it is my wife and master who will come back to punish her. It is not your place to make comments."
"Qianhua, are you okay?" Wang looked at her daughter with concern.
She was still very weak and was carried here by servants.
Seeing her daughter being bullied, she pointed at Xiang Tao and said, "Come here, tear this bitch apart for me, dead or alive."
As soon as she gave the order, seven or eight servants immediately surrounded Xiangtao.
But Xiangtao didn't even move a step. When those people were more than three steps away from her, Chi Yong behind her took action.
All of a sudden, all kinds of wailing sounds were heard at the scene, and it was very lively for a while. After a while, those who were about to tear Xiangtao apart were all thrown into the pond by Chi Yong, or hung on the trees. One of them even fell in front of Wang, almost scaring her to fall off her chair.
In this way, Wang's men were wiped out without even touching the corner of the clothes of a maid in Tongxin Courtyard.
The Wang mother and daughter could only return to their territory in shame with their tails between their legs.
Zhao Ningsong, who went to the third house to ask Zhao Ningyan for money, also did not get any benefits.
Although Zhao Ningyan didn't have any secret guards, he had money! Ever since Zhao Yiming came back, he hadn't asked him to hand over any extra money to the government.
So he saved a lot of money these days. After Aunt Xu came to see him, he spent money to hire a lot of guards.
After Zhao Ningsong came over, he started to try to use his status to control him as he did in the past, and asked him to hand over all the money he had. Unfortunately, in Zhao Ningyan's heart, he only recognized the Zhao family, not Zhao Ningsong.
In the past, when Zhao Yiming was gone and there was only Zhao Ningsong left in the Zhao family, he was willing to listen to Zhao Ningsong's words in order to repay the kindness of Duke Zhao for raising him.
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