"Mother-in-law?" Old Madam Shi turned to Jinshu and said, "Do you know that even the child you gave birth to wouldn't call you mother?
Madam Zhao, please select two mature and prudent people tomorrow and go to Concubine Jin's courtyard to teach her the rules.
If you do something wrong again, it won't be because you're ignorant, but because you're deliberately looking for trouble."
Then he said, "Go get the housekeeper. Is there such a troublesome girl in the mansion who steals people's things and beats them up?"
Sun Yannan hurriedly said, "The daughter-in-law has been dealt with. She was brought here from the outer courtyard by my aunt. Because my aunt is pregnant, I have two of them left to take care of her."
Old Madam Shi said, "You're being too soft-hearted. Madam Zhao, pick two people to replace them later. Servants like them shouldn't stay overnight in the mansion. Check their indentures. If they're slaves, send them back to the farm and make them serfs. If they're living indentures, kick them out immediately."
Aunt Zhao went to do it immediately.
Old Madam Shi said to Sun Yannan happily, "This is a surprise. I didn't prepare anything at the time." She reached out and took off a pair of bracelets from her wrists. "These are top-quality jade. They can ward off evil. Wear them first. A happy event should have an auspicious beginning."
Sun Yannan thanked him, and the pair of jade bracelets as light as water were put on her wrists.
Peng Jing also took out a box and said with a smile, "Of course my things can't compare to my mother's, but it's also a good omen."
When the box was opened, there was a set of twelve hairpins, four gold hairpins, four pearl hairpins, four ruby hairpins, and four sapphire hairpins.
When Mrs. Shi saw it, she smiled and said, "Your set of hairpins is almost done. Each one is a fine piece."
Sun Yannan thanked her mother-in-law and looked at Shi Yue deeply. How would this matter end?
Jinshu suddenly stood up and said, "Mother, why are you being so partial? I'm pregnant too. I'm not trying to get a lucky gift from you. I'm just pregnant and wanted to eat something. How can this be considered such a big sin?"
Madam Shi said, "You want to eat something and you steal it from others? You steal things and don't return them, and you still have the nerve to hit people? After beating someone up, you also sell off all the maids in the yard?
He had already done something unreasonable, but he acted more arrogant than the legitimate master of the mansion.
Are you short of food and drink in the mansion? Chongwen dotes on you, there's nothing you can't eat? From now on, you will recuperate in your own courtyard. You don't have to go out for three months. Be kind to the baby in your belly."
The old lady glanced at her son Shi Zhongwen again and said, "You and Jinshu should go back first. Come to my yard later."
Wei Liao then said to Shi Yue, "Take good care of your wife and ask the court physician to come and see her. A female doctor and a matchmaker should also be appointed as soon as possible. Forget it, you are young and don't understand. I will help you."
Sun Yannan, who was always calm, was a little panicked now. Shi Yue held her hand and said to her grandmother calmly, "Grandson knows. I will ask the doctor to come soon.
Mother arranged for us to hire a female doctor and a midwife in advance."
The old lady said, "That's fine too. We can hire a gynecologist from outside to come and see her regularly.
Have the court doctor check Ping'an's pulse every three days."
Then she said to Sun Yannan happily, "Grandma still has quite a few good things, including gold locks, gold necklaces, gold and jade bell rings, Qilin pendants, tiger-head blessing plaques, and various small gold and jade toys for little kids—at least a hundred of them. When you get back later, the maids in my room will find them all for you and bring them to the courtyard."
Shi Yue said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, grandma is so biased, why doesn't your grandson have it?"
The old lady said, "How could you not have it? You wore it around your neck when you were five or six years old."
Peng Jing smiled and said, "Your grandmother gave me quite a few of these when you were born. Linglan and Bingju will also pack them up and send them to your wife later. Many of these were worn by you as a child, so they are quite interesting."
Then she said to her grandmother, "Mother, I think we should open a small kitchen in Yannan's yard. The food in the big kitchen will be cooked and delivered as usual, and the small kitchen will be convenient for Yannan to cook when she wants to. People who are pregnant sometimes don't feel hungry at mealtime."
Grandma said, "Open! Maybe one day I can go to her yard and get a free meal."
Mrs. Shi was delighted and hurried the young couple back to her courtyard. "Your mother and I have something to say. You two should go back first. The first few months are the most important. Shi Yue, you must not act recklessly, and you must not make your wife angry."
After giving numerous instructions, the young couple returned to their own yard.
Sun Yannan asked, "What should we do now?"
Shi Yue said, "What else can we do? We'll consummate our marriage tonight. I'll try my best to get pregnant soon."
Sun Yannan rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm going to visit those shops in the four counties below, and I also want to go and take a look at the 1,000 acres of land. There are so many things to do..."
Shi Yue pulled her into his arms and asked, "When are we leaving?"
Sun Yannan said, "I want to leave tomorrow, and this time I'll take the four older girls and Shun'er with me."
Shi Yue asked, "Which four counties?"
Sun Yannan said: "Nan Kun, Yuning, Ze'an, Qiu Li."
Shi Yue smiled and said, "Then I'll go with you tomorrow. Lord Shang has assigned me a mission to the next six counties, two of which are the same as yours. I was originally going to leave a few days later, but since you want to leave early, I might as well take a leave and go with you."
That night, Shi Yue slept with Sun Yannan in his arms. Soon, his hands began to move in a dishonest manner. Sun Yannan said, "You lied. You have to figure it out yourself."
Shi Yue pointed to the two small boxes that had been delivered, which contained a dazzling array of gold, silver, and jade items belonging to children, and then pointed to the bracelets and hairpins on the dressing table and said, "If you take the benefits, you'll be an accomplice."
The next day, the young couple went out together. After they left, the old lady found out about it. She was so angry that she scolded her grandson at home: "Your wife is pregnant!" She was worried at home.
On the third day after Sun Yannan left, the tax order was issued. All the rice merchants caught in the price war had never felt so relaxed.
This tax order sets minimum and maximum prices for rice.
At the same time, price difference collection is implemented, because the actual selling prices of different grades of rice are different, some people also call it collection according to different grades of rice.
The implementation of the tax order limited the maximum profit margins of all rice merchants, but also curbed the vicious competition of low prices. Although a portion of the profits had to be taxed, it basically guaranteed that rice merchants would have a reasonable profit margin. Rice prices also returned to normal.
The Rong family was struck by lightning when they heard the news. If they could hold on until today, they would have made a 10% profit on the aged rice they bought, after deducting the tax.
Because the amount of rice his family purchased this time was huge, the total income from a 10% profit would be an astonishing figure. And now, all this profit went to the master's family.
Sun Yannan asked someone to take a letter to Madam Shi. Two days later, the 93rd rice shop of the Shi family opened. She returned to the county capital for two days and invited the old lady and the wife to attend the opening ceremony. She would then take a look at the situation after the opening.
Then she would go to the next four counties and continue her journey. The old lady had already made up her mind to arrest her as soon as she returned. How could she afford to run around like this for the first few months?
She hired a gynecologist who was an expert in gynecology to take care of her granddaughter-in-law's pregnancy until she gave birth.
Sun Yanan didn't know yet that this lie could no longer be concealed.
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