Not to mention the Begonia Courtyard, Aunt Zhou received a thunderbolt from Xingyu early in the morning, and almost bit a mouthful of silver teeth. At this time, the Qiuhua courtyard was a busy scene of joy. Mother Han and Mother Liu checked the items according to Jiang's dowry list, and after each pair of the two was completed, Bai Lan on the side assigned the little maids to either enter the small warehouse of Qiuhua Courtyard or put them in the young lady's room. Everyone has something to do, and the most idle person in Qiuhua Courtyard now is the master's eldest lady. Handing over her mother's marriage is such a heavy matter, Zhihua had to send someone to the boudoir to take leave and sit in Qiuhua Courtyard in person. It's just that all the rough work is done by the maid, and she only needs to check it after the handover. Bored, Zhihua took out the house deed and title deed list of her mother's marriage. Jiang himself is not good at business, and all the shops that accompany the marriage are rented out, and the lease period is very long. Zhuangzi's affairs are all taken care of by the Zhuangtou, and Jiang Zhong is responsible for collecting the rent of the shop and managing the Zhuangtou. Jiang Zhong is capable and loyal, and has never traveled on a business trip for so many years, so his mother's dowry is quite easy to take care of. "Hey, this shop is going to expire next month." Each shop deed is accompanied by a signed lease agreement, which is easy to view. This expiring lease contract caught Zhihua's attention, and she said to herself, "Why is this rent so low?" Taking a closer look at the tenant who signed this agreement, Zhihua suddenly realized: "It turned out to be rented by his family...... No wonder the rent is so low. It turned out that the tenant's signature was "Zhang Yong", and he was the head of the outer courtyard of Zhang Qian's mansion, a doctor in Beijing. Zhang Qian's eldest son, Zhang Xiang, is the fiancé that Jiang set for his daughter before his death. Zhihua continued to check other lease agreements, and found that several shops that the Jiang family married were all rented to the Zhang family at a very low price after Zhihua got married, and the lease period was not short. No wonder such a greedy Aunt Zhou would show mercy and leave these shops as a dowry for herself, no wonder even if her reputation was ruined in her previous life, the Zhang family was still willing to take her over...... Zhihua took notes on these shops, and already had a plan in mind.

Zhang Qian was born in the second year of Pingxi with Jinshi, and in order to take care of his position as a doctor, the Zhang family did their best. Zhang Qian has been an official for many years, has no real power, and has no connections, not only has he not been promoted, but his family situation has not improved much, and he is very poor. In this case, how can Zhihua's hands not make the Zhang family covetous! Not to mention that she just ruined her reputation in her previous life, even if she became a corpse before she got married, the Zhang family would go to great lengths to welcome her tablet into the door for the sake of these shops.

Jiang's decision to give his daughter to the Zhang family was actually painstaking. She thought that Zhang Qian was an honest official, and there would be no disaster in the future; Mrs. Zhang came from a humble background, as long as her daughter married richly in the future, she would definitely not dare to pinch her daughter; Zhang Xiang She has also seen it in person, at a young age, he is gentle and polite, handsome, he is doing his homework in the school, and he will be able to succeed in the future. It's just that what Jiang didn't expect was that the people she had chosen were so unbearable inside. Zhang Qian is an honest official, that is because he has no real power and does nothing, and he can't be greedy if he wants to; Mrs. Zhang came from a humble background, so her eyelids were terrifying, and she was already beating her daughter's dowry before her daughter passed the door; Zhang Xiang is indeed an outstanding person, and he will be successful in the future as she expected, and he was admitted to Tanhua, but it was precisely because he was so good that he attracted the covetousness of his daughter's best friend, causing his daughter to be ruined, demoted from a wife to a concubine, and finally tortured to death!

Jiang's dowry items were finally handed over, and Mother Han led Mother Liu into the house and replied: "Miss Qiyu, all the dowry items of the eldest lady have been checked, and ten of them were damaged, and the old lady ordered them to be converted into silver taels, a total of five hundred and forty taels. Last year's shop rent and Zhuangzi's interest was collected at the end of the year, a total of 2,360 taels of silver, the previous rent was taken care of by the eldest lady herself, the eldest lady left 37,000 taels of silver tickets before her death, and all the silver taels totaled 39,900 taels. Liu's mother reported the accounts clearly, took out the silver ticket from her arms and presented it with both hands. Zhihua took the silver ticket, and after counting it, she bowed slightly: "There is Lao Liu's mother." Bai Lan on the side handed over the purse that had been prepared: "Mother Liu has been busy for a long time, and she has worked hard." This is a little bit of the eldest lady's heart. Mother Liu excused herself in fear: "It's the old slave's business, how dare you be so rewarded by the young lady!" Speaking of which, the old slave still has to thank the eldest lady, if it weren't for the eldest lady who punished Wu's mother, how could the old slave have a bright future? Please also ask the young lady to take back this reward, the old slave will not dare to accept it! Zhihua didn't expect Liu's mother to say this, and she was a little surprised: "I didn't expect Liu's mother to be a person who knows how to repay her kindness." But ah, let's go one yard to one yard, you have done a very good job in handing over your mother's dowry today, and you deserve this reward, so you can continue with peace of mind. If you are truly grateful to me for punishing Mother Wu, in the future, the news about the big house from the old lady, you can come to the ward in advance to repay me. When Liu's mother heard this, she kowtowed to receive the reward, which can be regarded as accepting Zhihua's solicitation. Zhihua didn't care about how sincere she was now, she didn't plan to go to the old lady to plan anything, even if Mother Liu just pretended to agree, she was not afraid to turn around and understand what the old lady said. Therefore, after Liu's mother retired, she threw away the matter and stopped caring about it.

After Liu's mother left, Zhihua turned her head and handed Bai Lan the list of shops she had just copied: "You go out of the house now and tell Uncle Sù Zhong that the rent of these shops is too low, and I plan to take them all back and find another tenant." We will compensate for all the liquidated damages in the contract, and let Uncle Zhong inform the tenant that he must return the shop to me within three days! "The liquidated damages in the lease contract are set at five times the rent, and these shops are already rented cheaply, even if they pay five times the liquidated damages, this little Qian Zhihua does not take it to heart.

Bai Lan took the list with both hands, a little curious: "Since the rent is so low, why did the eldest lady rent it to them in the first place?" Zhihua smiled sarcastically: "This tenant is the Zhang family." Bai Lan's eyes widened in surprise: "But...... The Zhang family that Miss married? "Naturally, it's the Zhang family, by the way, you bring a message to Uncle Zhong, if the Zhang family wants to make trouble, tell them that the shop is settled, and if you don't accept it, you will go to court, otherwise you will withdraw from your relatives and draw a line, I will continue!" Zhihua showed a rare hard look, indicating that she had made up her mind about this matter. Seeing this, Bai Lan didn't dare to persuade again, and took the order to go. Han's mother was a little worried: "Miss...... It's not a good thing for you to do that. If the Zhang family quits because of this, it will damage your reputation, and you will not be able to live in another good family; If they don't quit their relatives, you will have a hard time after marrying into the Zhang family in the future......" Mother Han really planned for Miss, so she said so. You must know that no matter what the reason is in Jing'an Kingdom, as long as the young lady who has withdrawn from her marriage, it is very difficult to discuss marriage again, and most of them end up marrying low or filling the house. In the eyes of Han's mother, the Zhang family's family business is still good, whether it is the family or not, it is still personally selected by the eldest lady, she really can't think of how the young lady can act like this.

"Mom doesn't have to worry. This family business, even if the Zhang family doesn't retreat, I will find a way to retreat. Zhihua didn't plan to get married in her heart, but this was too shocking, and she couldn't say it now. Mother Han opened her mouth and wanted to persuade again, but when she saw that the eldest lady's face was full of determination at this time, the words turned around in a circle, and finally swallowed back.

After lunch, Bai Lan came back to her life: "Uncle Zhong and the slave maid advise Miss, after all, this Zhang family is Miss's future husband's family, and it is inappropriate to come to the door to forcibly collect the shop so rashly, I hope Miss will think twice." He will go to inform the Zhang family of this tomorrow, if the young lady changes her mind, it will be too late to let the slave and maid run again in the afternoon. ”

Zhihua didn't blame Uncle Zhong for delaying time, knowing that Uncle Zhong, like Mother Han, was a hard worker only for her own good, she nodded, "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I have made up my mind, I won't let you run this trip again." By the way, you go and tell the porter to prepare the carriage, and I'm going to go out in the afternoon. ”