Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 155 Every family has its own sutras that are difficult to recite

"Grandma Pei, I'm not asking the Marquis' Mansion to follow me. I want them to open their own winery. I will be responsible for teaching them. All subsequent issues will need to be controlled by Grandma Pei." Hua Lei also lowered her voice.

Madam Pei's expression became even more shocked, and Nanny Chen behind her also widened her eyes in disbelief.

"But, Lei'er, this rice wine making technique is an absolute secret of the family. If you give it out casually like this, aren't you afraid that Grandpa Hua will break your legs?" Old Madam Pei thought that the rice wine making technique belonged to the Hua family.

"No, Grandma Pei, although the craft of brewing wine is a secret, there are people in our place who know how to do it occasionally. It's just that not many people in the capital know how to do it. If someone really wants to learn this craft, they can find it. So it's not a secret of our Hua family. Grandma Pei, don't worry about it." Hua Lei said.

"But Lei'er, since you have this skill, why don't you keep it to yourself? When Xiaoyuan is older and you have the basics, you can do it yourself? Why do you have to give it to the Marquis' Mansion?" said Old Madam Pei.

"Grandma Pei, ever since Xiaoyuan and I moved into the Marquis' Mansion, Grandma Pei has taken great care of us siblings and loved us as if we were her own grandchildren. It is only right that I teach this craft to the Marquis' Mansion.

Besides, even if I teach the Marquis to make this, when Xiaoyuan grows up and wants to make it, I can still teach him. So I don't have to hide it. If I can help the Marquis to earn money now, that's a good thing."

After a pause, Hua Lei continued, "Grandmother Pei should also know that the government has strict control over winemaking, and it must correspond to the number of acres of land and output under the name.

Even if I keep this skill to myself, I don't have that much land and output. If the mansion does it, I can still make wine based on the land on my own farm next year. It has nothing to do with whether the mansion opens a winery or not, so Grandmother Pei doesn't need to worry about anything.

If Grandmother Pei is interested, and the Marquis' Mansion wants to do this, and if the wine produced has a place to go, I think Grandmother Pei can consider it. Of course, if Grandmother Pei is not interested, just pretend that I never said anything about it."

Madam Pei looked at Hualei. This silly girl, how could she not be interested in such a good thing?

If the Marquis's Mansion really opened a winery, the annual income would not be a small amount. The Marquis's Mansion has thousands of acres of land, and the amount of grain that can be used to make wine is also huge. This is a great thing for the Marquis's Mansion, which can make a lot of money every day.

Others may not know, but Madam Pei herself knows it. In the past few years, the output of the fields and shops of the Marquis' Mansion has been average, and the income has not increased, but the expenditure has been increasing, and more and more people are staying in the Marquis' Mansion.

It's also Jin'er's mother's fault. Not only is she in poor health and unable to take care of the household, she also brings countless troubles to the Marquis' Mansion.

Especially in the clan school, ever since Jin'er's mother put the children of her two brothers from her natal family into the clan school, the subsequent daughters-in-law followed suit and brought their own children.

At first, they only sent children from the legitimate branch, but later, they sent both the legitimate branch and the illegitimate branch. At first, they only sent children who were old enough to start reading, but later, they sent all children who could walk, regardless of whether they were old enough to start reading or not. Some even wanted to send the children over with a wet nurse after they were 100 days old, which was really shameless.

But they didn't care. After all, face can't be eaten, but the mansion gave them food. Then they all stayed in the mansion to study. Since they studied here, they naturally continued to live in the mansion. Their food and clothes were all paid for by the mansion. They were too embarrassed to ask them for food expenses, right?

Not only is it embarrassing to ask for it, but you also have to pay monthly wages. After all, it is your own child who is paying the monthly wages, and it is not right to let other children watch enviously.

In addition, in the Pei family, Lord Pei is the eldest brother, and he has several brothers, but none of them has a promising career.

Moreover, each brother must marry and have children, and the sons must marry and have children. No matter who has sons or daughters, when they are about the same age, they are all sent to the Marquis' Mansion. You can't refuse. After all, your in-laws' children are accepted, but your own children are not accepted. How can it be justified? This place is the Pei family.

In the clan school today, the marquis has very few grandchildren of his own, but there are seventy or eighty children from his own family and in-laws, and the number is increasing.

The Marquis' Mansion has contributed money and effort, provided food and shelter, and paid them monthly wages, but they have not given anything in return. Moreover, they have raised someone like Jin'er's aunt-in-law who repays kindness with enmity. How can I not be angry?

There are also seventeen or eighteen relatives living in the southwest yard, who came about seventy or eighty miles away. When they came, they just said they would stay for a month or two, but once they really moved in, they stayed there.

They were not like Lei'er, who was not yet an adult. They were adults with hands and feet, and they moved in with their families and refused to leave. At first, she was embarrassed to drive them away. Later, after some things happened, she could really make up her mind to drive them away, but for the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion and for Jin'er, she backed off.

Last time, Xie Shiyun followed Han Qingge to embarrass Hua Lei in the girls' school, and in a fit of rage, she drove all thirteen members of her family back to the countryside.

You have to know that they have been living in the Marquis' Mansion for nine years. At first, Xie Shiyun's grandmother brought Xie Shiyun, who was only five years old, to live in the Marquis' Mansion.

A few months later, three of Xie Shiyun's cousins ​​came. Later, the cousins' mother moved into the marquis' mansion again, saying that she was worried about her son and wanted to take care of him.

In this way, within a year, all 13 members of the Xie family moved into the Marquis' Mansion. The problem was that Xie Shiyun's grandmother was just a distant cousin of her mother-in-law. When they moved in, her mother-in-law had been dead for three years.

When I drove them out, they showed no gratitude towards the mansion, and they spoke in a sarcastic tone when they left. After they returned, they spoke ill of the mansion in the village, saying that I, the old lady of the mansion, had treated them harshly, and that I thought the mansion was of a high status and did not take my poor relatives seriously.

When I heard this, I was so angry that I almost fainted. I had lived here for nine years eating and drinking for free, and now several ungrateful people have come out.

There are about 17 or 18 families of such relatives living in the southwest yard.

The eldest daughter-in-law, Feng, is a person without brains and ability. The management of this Marquisate is getting worse and worse, and there are more and more loopholes.