220 Zhou Chu grinned and said, "Jiu Si, how do you know there is silver in this pond?"
Chen Jie laughed and said, "The second brother came to me in a dream and told me that someone had died and he had no money to spend. He felt very sad and asked me to help him spend the money."
"Haha, this second brother is not polite. We are both younger brothers, so why did he appear in your dreams but not in mine?"
Chen Jie said: "The second brother knew that you were afraid of your wife and was afraid that the money would fall into your hands, so he gave it directly to your wife."
"Nonsense! When have I ever been afraid of my wife? I have the final say in this house!"
"Okay, I was wrong. Our hero [Black-Eyed Bear] has the final say in the family and holds a very high position!"
Chen Jie was in a very good mood when he saw the silver.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu rolled his eyes at Chen Jie and said, "I'll leave you alone."
"But Jiusi, now that you have these ten thousand taels, your medicinal materials should be fine."
Chen Jie said, "Then hurry up and buy them, but when you buy them, just mix a few ingredients in. Forget it, give me the list."
Chen Jie thought about it and added twenty inexpensive but confusing medicines to their list.
The recipe for the Hualing Pill is a precious item, how can it be leaked easily?
Adding these herbs into the recipe would probably cost an extra 100 or 200 taels of silver, but it would ensure that the prescription would not be leaked.
After all, if you add one more ingredient or one less ingredient to a prescription, the results may be two extremes.
The twenty herbs directly disrupted the thirty-six herbs.
These medicines are also useful. They can be used to make ointments for bruises and injuries, and can also be used to treat common colds.
Just combine the two and it becomes a common household medicine.
After making the combination, Chen Jie handed the prescription to the two and said, "Buy it."
"Okay."
The two responded and started buying medicinal herbs.
We were busy like this until the evening, when the family had dinner.
Today's meal was very rich, with twelve dishes on the table, and each portion was very large.
This meal alone can cost two taels of silver.
Su Yunjin looked at the menu and felt heartbroken. Two taels of silver a day, sixty taels a month, and more than seven hundred taels of silver a year. It was too expensive.
In fact, Chen Jie knew that it was not expensive.
Because the Chen family provided meals, this table of twelve dishes seemed to be for their family of four (Xiao Hu).
In fact, there are four maids, four servants, domestic servants, and Chen family guards who protect the mansion.
Among these twelve dishes, six are meat dishes. The host can eat as much as he wants of these six dishes.
They certainly couldn't eat so much, so the rest would be shared among the maids and old women. Each person might only get a small piece of meat and a few vegetarian dishes.
In other words, when Chen Jie's family eats, it means they have determined the daily meals for the whole family, including maids and dozens of servants.
If it was just one dish like before, then these maids and servants would have to stare blankly.
After making all this clear, Su Yunjin no longer worried about it.
Although she is used to being frugal, she also knows that she is now the mistress of the family and needs to have a "big picture view".
Ruirui was finally happy. He was enjoying the meal. With one chopstick, he picked up a big meatball and ate it with big mouthfuls.
The soup splashed when eating.
"Mm, it's delicious."
Ruirui said excitedly, and pointed to the roast chicken on the table and said, "Sister, I want to eat chicken legs."
After hearing this, Su Yunjin stood up and looked at Chen Jie first, asking Chen Jie whether he wanted to eat or not. Everything had to come first for the head of the family.
Chen Jie shook his head and looked at Xiaohu again.
Xiaohu also shook his head.
Su Yunjin then tore off a chicken leg and put it in Ruirui's bowl.
Su Yunjin sat down and suddenly saw Yin Hongmei again. She felt sorry for this little girl from the bottom of her heart.
The other maids were all sixteen or seventeen years old, but she was only twelve. She was thin and small, and had been abused for a long time, so her face was a little sallow.
Su Yunjin stood up and said, "Hongmei, come and eat!"
Yin Hongmei shook her head. As a personal maid, her job was to serve her master and add more food and soup to his meals, but she was not allowed to sit at the table. This was an overstep.
Su Yunjin knew that this girl was a person with her own ideas. She sighed and looked at Chen Jie.
Chen Jie said: "You are the mistress, you can make the decision on matters in the mansion."
We continued eating. The fried prawns were very well cooked. The chef here is very skilled.
Su Yunjin stood up again, tore off the other leg of the roast chicken, handed it to Yin Hongmei and said, "Eat it."
"Ma'am, I don't want to eat."
Su Yunjin looked at her and said, "Girl, why are you trying to compete with me? Remember, although you call me Madam, you can treat me as your sister."
As she said that, she stuffed the chicken leg into Yin Hongmei's hand.
Yin Hongmei looked at the chicken leg and said nothing.
"eat."
Su Yunjin said.
Yin Hongmei lowered her head and said, "I'll go back and eat in a moment."
After hearing this, Su Yunjin said, "Okay."
She knew that forcing the girl wouldn't work.
Ruirui was eating a chicken leg and said, "Sister Hongmei, the chicken leg is so delicious, why don't you eat it?"
Yin Hongmei said, "I'll go back and eat slowly."
As she said this, she found a handkerchief and wrapped it up.
Su Yunjin ignored her and just ate his meal.
After eating and drinking, Chen Jie left the table, and Su Yunjin took Ruirui away. At this time, the maids and old women came over to clean the table.
The leftovers on the table today will be their dinner.
The maids and old women in the inner hall ate what the master's family had left over, which was full of oil and water. However, the workers in the outer courtyard were not treated so well. They ate what came out of the kitchen, which had very few meat dishes.
There is no rule in wealthy families that maids and servants should cook separately.
Su Yunjin was kind-hearted. After knowing that the remaining dishes were the dinner for the maids and old women, she deliberately ate more vegetarian dishes and left a few more meat dishes.
Let the maids eat more meat, they are all miserable people.
Chen Jie didn't care about what happened in the backyard. He brought Xiaohu to the backyard and asked Xiaohu what he had learned from Uncle Fu.
Xiaohu said: "I learned the Five Tigers Door-Breaking Sword."
Chen Jie nodded and said, "Hu Zi, for this weapon, the Five Tigers Breaking Door Knife is enough. Today I will teach you a set of palm techniques."
"[Water Control Palm]!"
Chen Jie said slowly that as a martial art that transforms energy, the Water Control Palm can be learned by Xiaohu now.
Xiaohu is loyal to me. If I train him as my confidant, how could I not give him some good skills?
Originally, Chen Jie wanted to teach the [Brick-Opening Hand], the attack power of this martial art is much stronger than the Water-Controlling Palm.
After he mastered the [Eighteen Dragon Capturing Palms], the [Brick-Opening Hand] was no longer his most secret skill, so he could teach it, but the meaning of this skill was different.
Can't be transmitted.
Because according to the rules, only those who inherit the White Tiger Hall can learn the [Brick Opening Hand].
Therefore, Chen Jie could only teach Xiaohu [Water Control Palm]
[Water Control Palm]has a total of twenty-four moves, which Chen Jie taught to Xiaohu without reservation. Xiaohu learned it very quickly, and his talent in martial arts was better than Chen Jie's.
Of course, what makes Chen Jie so great is not his talent in martial arts.
In this way, Chen Jie taught Xiaohu to learn the [Water Control Palm], while Su Yunjin in the room was teaching Su Yunrui to write.
The little guy had a lot of fun today. When he came back in the evening, he naturally had to make up for the lessons he had missed during the day.
Yin Hongmei was always there as her personal maid.
Su Yunjin taught Su Yunrui for a while, and then saw Yin Hongmei watching from the side, so he asked, "Hongmei, can you read?"
Yin Hongmei shook her head.
Su Yunjin thought for a moment and said, "Please sit down and I will teach you."
"Ma'am, I..."
"sit down."
Su Yunjin smiled, asked Yin Hongmei to sit down, and then said: "From today on, you and Ruirui will learn to read and write with me."
"Come, I'll teach you the strokes first."
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"Yes, look, these three words are your name, Yin Hongmei!"
Su Yunjin held Yin Hongmei's hand and taught her how to write step by step, but she was completely stiff. For some reason, tears flashed in her eyes, but she did not show it, nor did she cry. It was just a flash and passed away.
Just like that, it was time to go to bed.
Four maids slept in one room, and the other three were chirping.
Especially the pretty maid Cui Ju said, "Did you see that? The master is really majestic. I saw him practicing martial arts today. He lifted a huge stone pillar with one hand."
"Of course. Don't you know who our master is? He is the Fifth Master of the Fishing Gang and the Young Master of the White Tiger Hall. In the future, the White Tiger Hall will belong to our master."
"Wow, the young master of the White Tiger Hall is so impressive."
Aster: "Yes, how come such a majestic master only has one wife?"