Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

The two of them talked lively, and Shen Chenai who was sitting on the side was really confused, but judging from the meaning in their words, it seemed that Niu Da Niu's next girl was not a good person?

As if seeing Shen Chenai's doubts, Mrs. Chen who was sitting on the side said to him: "It's not that easy to be a cow or a horse for others. It's not easy to beat someone who is not good. I don't know when the master is in a bad mood. I don’t know who to reason with when my life is gone. Brother Chen, you have a good life. When you met Luo Ding, you changed your household registration back. There will be good days."

Luo Ding heard the words and said: "It's not a slave. At that time, that boy just asked Brother Chen to write down the deed of sale. He hadn't had time to go to the Yamen to change Brother Chen's household registration. So Brother Chen was just Refugees, not slaves."

Refugees are also of humble status, but the imperial court's management of them is much more relaxed than that of slave status. At least when they redeem their household registration, they don't have to pay the large handling fee to the Yamen.

In fact, it doesn't need them to say, Shen Chenai can also know that her current household registration should be a commoner, because since ancient times, the good and the poor have not intermarried, and it is roughly the same here, so since Luo Ding can marry him back home in a fair manner in the public, the household registration The matter must have been dealt with long ago, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to burn the deed of sale so happily.

Seeing that Shen Chenai seemed to have no intention of continuing the topic of household registration, Luo Ding quickly turned the conversation around and said, "Our Fengcheng is next to two salt lakes, so this has been a gathering place for salt merchants since ancient times. Jiuyan is actually not the name of a person, but because his surname is Yue in the family, ranking ninth, and he is in the salt business, so he has the nickname Yue Jiuyan."

After Luo Ding finished speaking, he looked at Shen Chenai again, and seeing that he listened carefully, he knew that he was interested in this matter, so he continued: "Yue Jiuyan's original name was Yue Chong. The older brothers in front of him didn't take care of them, so although he is the ninth, he is indeed the only child of the Yue family. The Yue family was originally just a commoner's family in the city, and later started the salt transportation business, selling salt. It's a money-making business, so it's only been a few years, and now their family can be regarded as a first-class wealthy family in Fengcheng."

After hearing this, Shen Chenai thought for a while and asked: "Listening to what you said, Yue Jiuyan is at most just a wealthy businessman. Why do you say that Niu Da Niu came into his house just to get into bad luck? Could it be possible? Is he mean and often beats and scolds the servants at home?"

Luo Ding and Mrs. Chen looked at each other when they heard the words, and finally Luo Ding said: "No, Yue Jiuyan is very bold, and he does a lot of charity and money. If people who meet him for the first time don't know his identity , will only treat him as an ordinary rich man, and no one will think that he is a salt merchant."

"Why?" Shen Chenai looked at Luo Ding with question marks in her eyes.

Seeing this, Luo Ding returned with a smile: "Everyone knows that selling salt makes money, so there are not a few people who make money from it. In order to control the sale of salt, the government has given every city a lot of salt. There are too many monks and too few porridge. Now, if you want to get those few salt quotations, you can only rely on your own ability. There are only six salt quotations in Fengcheng, and four of them are in the hands of the government office. Yue Jiuyan got one of the remaining two cards. There are more than a hundred merchants in Fengcheng, and it happened that he got one of the two places. From this, it is not difficult to see his Tricks and scheming. Not only does the Yue family have salt, they also have a salt field next to the salt lake. The salt field was established by the Yue family before the founding of the country. Living in a lucrative salt field, it can be seen that Yue Laojiu has more than just artifice and scheming, the water in it cannot be detected by ordinary people."

Although Luo Ding didn't say anything clearly, Shen Chenai understood it in an instant. To be able to create a world among the salt merchants with such fierce competition, this Yue Jiu must have some extraordinary means of his own.

Maybe the Yue Jiuyan they are talking about is a black and white master. Of course, such a person would not be a good person. With Niu Da Niu's temper, if he enters Yue's house and doesn't know how to change it, then it's really bad. The most important thing is that he has suffered a lot. No wonder others say that he went in to seek death.

"How dare those people from the Niu family send the girl in?" Shen Chenai asked suspiciously.

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she immediately answered: "Why don't they dare? That Yue Jiu's house doesn't have a single confidant, and he's still a bachelor until now. Their old Yue's family has been passed down for generations, and now he's almost three years old. Ten, although no one in their family dared to urge him, but there are many people who secretly inquire about him. I am afraid that the Niu family is making some crooked ideas at the moment. If it really succeeds, with the ability of the Yue family, it is a good Is it cheap or not? It's just a matter of the master's words. It's just that they made the wrong idea this time. I heard the prostitute said that the slaves bought by the Yue family this time were not to serve Yue Jiu himself, but to serve him. His father is Mr. Yue. Mr. Yue is already over 50 years old, presumably Yue Jiu would not want an extra stepmother in the family, so it would be fine if Niu Da Niu was honest this time, thinking Any crooked idea, it will be suspended."

While Shen Chenai was meditating, Xiao Shan, who was sitting beside the kang table and obediently waiting for him to feed him, had to open his mouth when he couldn't find egg custard for a long time, and made an ahhh sound at Shen Chenai, signaling He still wants to eat.

Shen Chenai, who was awakened by Xiao Shan's begging sound, remembered that there were two other children here. The two of them were born to Niu Da Niu. okay?

Thinking of this, Shen Chenai hurriedly went to see the two children, Xiao Shan didn't change much, he was too young to understand, and now he was still persistently opening his mouth wide and waiting for Shen Chenai to feed him.But that child Yuegui is not. She lowered her head so that people can only see the top of her head. The boiled egg in her hand was only half eaten, and now she is holding the other half in her hand, turning around without moving. mouth.

Looking at the child's appearance, the child must have understood what they said just now, and now she must feel very uncomfortable, after all, that is her own mother.

So Shen Chenai began to think of ways to comfort her, but he tried several times but failed to reach the point, that is, some dry universal words like "don't be sad" and "it will be fine".

Compared to Shen Chenai's nervousness, Luo Ding was much calmer. Seeing that Yue Gui just lowered her head and didn't speak, and didn't respond to Shen Chenai's clumsy comfort, Luo Ding said to her: "Sister Gui Although you are only six years old this year, you are not too young in my eyes. I have already learned to distinguish right from wrong when I was your age. Nowadays, we will not avoid you in matters outside our home, just like you Regarding the matter of my mother, she chose to remarry herself. No one forced her. It was her parents who sold her. It has nothing to do with us. Although what we said today is meant to be a joke, if she didn’t do it herself How could you end up where you are today. If you have other thoughts in your mind, you can say them all. We will listen to everything. Let’s make everything clear today, so that you don’t want to keep your dissatisfaction in your heart. Blame us for being unreasonable."

Yue Gui, who had been silent all this time, finally reacted to Luo Ding's words. She stuffed half an egg that had cooled down into her mouth in one gulp, and mumbled, "I'm done eating."

So he got up and climbed down the kang, put on his shoes and ran out.

Seeing this, Shen Chenai hurriedly wanted to get up and chase after him, but was stopped by Luo Ding, who was already prepared, and saw him unhurriedly turn over and get off the kang, put on his shoes, and faced the anxious Shen Chenai Said: "You don't need to move, just feed the little one here, I'll go out and have a look."