In the face of Geng's questioning, the steward took out the account book, one by one and pointed out to Geng's family, Geng's made three sets of clothes this month, and added a few bodies to Gongzi, using all the good materials of twenty-one horses, this one cost one hundred and fifty taels, and used four hundred taels to play two sets of gold head noodles in the stable treasure gold shop, and a piece of jade pendant bought for Gongzi was two hundred taels.

In addition, the son came to the account room to pay a few times of silver, each time about forty or fifty taels, adding up to more than three hundred taels, and the other is some trivial chewing, one by one is also remembered clearly, a total of more than seven hundred taels, now the kitchen still owes more than a hundred taels of rice shop butcher shop and so on, people have come to urge a few times, and there are some small snacks a few taels at a time, anyway, they are all well documented, and they add up to this number.

Geng remembered that he had indeed made clothes and bought jewelry, and Zhe'er said that he wanted to buy pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and tea with his classmates, etc., and he did ask for a few times of silver, and the account office also came to return, and each time it was only a few dozen taels, and she didn't take it seriously, so she ordered it to be given, and these are undeniable.

Geng's mind was a mess, and she couldn't react, her nurse Yin's mother shouted: "Don't mention the large amount of expenses in front, the expenses in the house on weekdays are only four hundred taels, why do you still owe people money after spending seven or eight hundred taels this month? ”

The steward replied respectfully: "Madam, how dare the little ones, Mrs. Tai is still there, if the little ones dare to deceive like this, even if Mrs. doesn't check for a while, Mrs. Tai will definitely not spare the little ones when she comes back." There are detailed accounts of all expenses, what vegetables are bought, what meat, how many catties of rice, all remember clearly, there is not much more than usual, that is, Mrs. eats more finely than usual, such as Mrs. Favorite Eight-Treasure Crispy Duck, which is complex in workmanship and consumes extremely materials, and costs three taels of silver a piece, and the bird's nest ginseng eaten by the son is also extremely expensive. ”

How much is the duck, Yin's mother knows it, and immediately shouted: "The lady has only eaten the duck a few times and the bird's nest ginseng of the child, can she get four or five hundred taels more than usual?"

The steward flipped through the accounts and said, "The lady and the son have eaten seventy or eighty taels of silver more than before, and the other ...... It's all because the price of rice and vegetables have risen. ”

"The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, when did the price of rice and vegetables rise, and did the bullying lady not go to the vegetable market?" Yin's mother scolded again, "If you don't make it clear, I'll sell your whole family to fill in this amount." ”

The steward was frightened, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Madame, it's really not a small swallowing, it's just a small one to say directly, a lot of chewing in the house on weekdays, such as grain, fruits and vegetables, and even chickens, ducks, fish, etc., are all sent from Zhuangzi, and it doesn't cost money, but now I want to buy another one, so naturally it costs more." ”

There is another housekeeper who didn't dare to say it, the people at the bottom bullied the Geng family and was confused, the rice and grain were the most expensive, and the treacherous ones were all stealing wine and vegetables, stealing a little here, moving a little there, don't underestimate the small amount of a few pennies, it adds up to a lot.

Geng Shi frowned and shouted, "Since it is delivered on weekdays, why do you want to buy another now?"

The steward replied: "The little one went to ask, because Mrs. Tai went to live in the nunnery, and the head of the village sent all the grain, vegetables, fruits and the like to the nunnery, and as for the chicken, duck and fish, the little one didn't know...... In addition, those Zhuangzi are Mrs. Tai's marriage. ”

Geng Shi hurriedly said: "You have no right to ask about the things in the Zhuangzi that Mrs. Tai marries, but as far as I know, there are also a few fields and two big Zhuangzi under the name of the Hou Mansion, and those are not Mrs. Tai's marriage, what about the things there?"

The steward shook his head and replied: "I don't know much about this little one, but the little one only knows that the chewing materials in the house over the years have been sent by Mrs. Zhuangzi." ”

"You don't know, who knows?" Geng's eyebrows raised and he shouted.

The steward shuddered. Said: "This lady can send the head of the village in those places to ask, and the head of the village must know where to send the things to whom." ”

"Then don't go quickly. Geng was so angry that he threw a teacup over.

"Yes, ma'am," said the steward, who hurriedly withdrew with tea on his shoulder.

Geng's chest rose and fell for a while, and he was almost out of breath.

Yin's mother hurriedly helped Geng rub her chest, and after a while, Geng felt better, so she reminded: "Madam, it's not a way to go on like this, there is no silver on the account, and the monthly money is good to say, one or two months late, those slaves must not dare to make a fuss, only the account of the rice shop butcher shop can't be owed, otherwise there will be no rice in the pot in two days, and the whole family will be hungry, and those mud legs will come to the door to ask for the account is even more ugly." ”

Geng's thinking about it makes sense, she has some private money, but if she wants to use the private money to fill in the public account, she really doesn't want to, it is what she has saved hard, and it is only more than a thousand taels, and it won't take a few months.

Mother Yin came up with another idea and said: "Otherwise, Madame should invite Mrs. Tai back, right?" The huge Hou Mansion can't only have a few thousand taels of silver, you can be soft, so you can wait for the Hou Ye to come back first. ”

There is a sentence that Yin's mother didn't dare to say, if it wasn't for Mrs. giving her mother's brother 1,500 taels, the house would not have been able to pay the monthly money and still owed money to the rice shop butcher shop, if it really made a mess, it would be Mrs.'s fault, Mrs. Tai has always disliked Mrs. to supplement her mother's family, Mrs. Tai's maiden Zhou family is also in difficulty, and Mrs. Tai herself has not helped much.

Geng could only let out a long sigh, but he hated Mrs. Zhou half to death in his heart.

thinks that it is all this dead old woman, and it must be this dead old woman who took away the silver of the Hou Mansion, otherwise the Hou Mansion would not have only more than 4,000 taels of silver left.

However, she has been suppressed by Mrs. Cen for many years, and it is not bad to think about it this time, and when the Hou Ye comes back, it is true to find a way to force the old woman to hand over all the silver.

Geng went to the nunnery twice, but he didn't even see Mrs. Zhou's face. It is said that Mrs. Tai meditates and worships the Buddha, and she can't be disturbed, and Geng's can't break in.

can only wait, wait and wait, Mrs. Zhou did not wait, but waited for Yongxiang Hou Xu Jiachang, that is, the eldest master of the Xu family.

As soon as Master Xu came home, the steward informed him of the matter, and he was so angry that his face turned pale, this loser's mother-in-law actually gave her mother's family 1,500 taels of silver, and more than 1,000 taels of food with her son, you must know that he only used 200 taels of silver when he went out.

If it weren't for the fact that he had been a marquis for so many years, his temper had been restrained, and he really wanted to rush over and give the mother-in-law an old punch like a country man, to see if she dared to do so.