Mrs. Li looked at Mrs. Wang's appearance, smiled slightly, and said, "Sister-in-law, you can pick it up first." ”

Mrs. Wang couldn't believe it when she heard it, how could such a good thing be possible, there are any good things in this house, which have always been selected first in the second room, why is Mrs. Li in the second room so generous today?

Not only was Mrs. Wang a little confused, but even Mrs. Li was also a little puzzled.

Mrs. Li said: "The second family, you should choose first." You were originally going to move out, and you have already suffered a loss, so naturally you have to choose first. You still have ancestral property at home, and you still have the sacrifice field. ”

As soon as Mrs. Wang heard this, she pulled down her face. It's like this every time, and the old lady's love for her second son is already deep in the bone marrow.

Even Chen Yuanfeng also said: "Yes, I have already gained more, these things were left by my father to the three of us brothers." The third brother is not divided, so the second brother will choose first. "These properties are divided equally between two people, which is already a advantage, you know, the big house got this big house, and there are some income such as sacrificial fields. These are not available in the second room. What's more, as the branch of the family in the capital, only those who inherit the mansion can get the offerings from the clan every year. That's a lot of money, about 50,000 taels of silver every year. This is something that the second brother won't be able to enjoy in the future. Therefore, in this regard, Chen Yuanfeng is happy to be generous.

Mrs. Wang originally wanted to fight on the basis of reason, but when she heard that her husband had already spoken, she could only hold back, and she sulked in her life.

However, Chen Yuanluan still smiled and did not speak, and Mrs. Li smiled slightly. said very gracefully: "Let's be smaller, let's choose my sister-in-law first." ”

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was immediately overjoyed, for fear that there would be another change, so she hurriedly walked over, and said while starting to choose: "Since the second brother and sister said so, I am not welcome, finish it early, and invite my aunts and grandmothers to dinner early." When has this been? ”

Mrs. Wang took the six manor contracts in her hand, and made a good selection of them in front of the fish scale book. A while. Pick out three.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's appearance so ugly, Chen Yuanru's sisters were not happy, but they didn't say it. Old Madam Li snorted even more angrily.

Mrs. Wang finished choosing, and the rest was naturally Mrs. Li's. Mrs. Li walked over. Picked it up. Didn't even look at it. I handed it over to the people around me.

At this moment, the demeanor of the two people was immediately decisive. Not to mention Chen Yuanru, Old Madam Li, and even Bai Yuying couldn't help frowning.

When the housekeeper saw that they had all been selected, he hurriedly called people, and according to their own selections, he sent the account books belonging to each grange to the big room and the second room respectively.

Then the housekeeper said: "These are some shops purchased by the old lady, including those in Shanghai City, Suzhou City, Xinguang City, overseas, and more in Beijing." There are a total of 48 shops. Ask the two ladies to pick and choose. ”

This time, Mrs. Wang hadn't moved yet, and Mrs. Li said lightly: "It's better for sister-in-law to choose first." ”

Mrs. Wang was smart now, and without waiting for Mrs. Li to speak, she walked over directly and made a selection. Took away the deeds of twenty-four shops.

Mrs. Li still walked over one by one, took the rest lightly, and handed it to the girl behind her without looking at it.

The butler said again, "In the end, what remains is the three trades of our family. There is also a stake in Tongren City. The old lady said many times before her death that the shares of Tongren City can only be left to the one who inherits the mansion, these three trades, the tea shop, the antique shop and the carriage and horse shop to the one that inherits the mansion. Because the house that inherits the mansion also has to maintain the guards. ”

Mrs. Li said: "The family is like this, there is no need to say it, you can hand over the account book to the old family." ”

The steward was busy doing what he was told.

It's so easy to divide the family, and everyone feels very relaxed. The Chen family is worthy of everyone, the family of poetry, a wealthy family, and the quality of the disciples is still guaranteed. It's so easy to separate and there are no quarrels.

Everyone was about to go out, and Bai said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the family is divided." However, Xiaobai's young family may not understand these accounts very well, while the second sister-in-law is here, do you want Xiaobai's to look at the account book and say, don't figure it out, if you can't figure it out, you can also ask for advice on the spot. ”

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this. Didn't the Bai family keep saying that if the Xiao Bai family came forward to manage the family, could this family be managed well? Why do you say now that Xiaobai's family is young, and he may not even be able to read the account book clearly, so he should consult Mrs. Li first?

Mrs. Li didn't think much about it and said: "Anyway, the second family is not busy moving away now, what is the hurry, go and rest first, and then we will have dinner." ”

Chen Yuanru and Chen Yuanfang glanced at each other, knowing in their hearts that Bai's words must be meaningful, and they sat down again with solemn expressions.

Mama Yu, who had not spoken, said with a smile: "There is still a period of time before eating, why don't you take a look at the young grandmother first?" ”

Bai Yuying Bingxue is smart, where can she not understand, there must be a problem. I just don't know how Aunt Bai knows, but people are kind-hearted.

Bai Yuying smiled and opened the account book and said: "The third aunt knows that I am stupid, let me be stupid and fly first, learn more, ask more, I can only take up a little of everyone's time." ”

As soon as Bai Yuying said this, everyone had no choice but to sit down again. At this time, Chen Yuanfeng didn't take it to heart, and besides, these chores have always been managed by the female dependents of the family, and he was impatient to take care of this, so he took advantage of this gap to chat with Chen Yuanheng about Wen Hui's situation in the northwest.

The two of them didn't talk for a few words, Bai Yuying had already found a problem here, and saw Bai Yuying ask with a blue face: "Excuse me, second aunt, what is the matter with this account showing that the Grange not only has no surplus funds, but also owes debts?" ”

As soon as they said this, everyone was taken aback and turned their eyes to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li said calmly: "What's so strange about this. Do you think it's so easy to be in charge? These chores are not easy to take care of. In recent years, because of the increasing grain output in Nanyang. The grain produced on our grange could not be sold at a high price, so we ate all the surplus of previous years and lived in debt. For so many years, I have built the west wall and moved left and right, and I don't know how hard it is to support this family. ”

Mrs. Wang was dumbfounded, and hurriedly said to her eldest daughter-in-law: "Daughter-in-law Qi, you look carefully, is everyone like this?" ”

Bai Yuying quickly turned over all the granges, shops, and even the general ledgers of the three industries, she was not enough for one person, and let a few maids behind her also get started.

After a while, Bai Yuying forcibly suppressed her anger and said, "Second aunt, is the food like this, and our shop is also like this?" Is this also the case with the industry? How can they all be loss-making? ”

Mrs. Li slowly took a sip of tea and said, "This is the case when God is here, why does the old lady ask for 100,000 taels of silver for Sanfang every year, isn't it to subsidize these industries?" With these 100,000 taels of silver, isn't there no change in our lives, and the monthly money hasn't risen by a penny every month? ”

Bai Yuying almost gritted her teeth and said, "Then we always have the savings of the past years in Gongzhong, right?" How is it also in debt? ”

Mrs. Li said slowly: "Gongzhong has some savings. However, in the past few years, our Chen family has looked at the scenery. But do you know what a heavy burden we carry? first supplied the queen mother in the palace, then the two imperial concubines, and now the queen mother. Do you know how much it costs to take care of the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace every year? Is there anything left? ”

"When the old lady was here, there was nothing to do about this deficit. I talked to the clan a few times and asked the clan to bear some burden on us. The clan has been dragging on, and there is no explanation until now, I hope the eldest brother can ask for an explanation from the clan. ”

Mrs. Li said while gloating, thinking, you don't look down on Wen Jin in the clan, but this matter is really in charge of Wen Jin's husband, see what you can get?

Bai Yuying's eyes were dizzy, and she had never seen anything so ugly. No wonder Mrs. Li was so generous before, let Mrs. Wang choose first, it turned out that people had done their jobs a few years earlier.

It was only at this time that Mrs. Wang understood what was going on. Although Mrs. Wang is not smart enough, she is also a daughter of a family and has seen a lot. There are more people in charge of the family, and there are often some people who move out of the family property before moving out. For example, the previous Bai family, the family was originally Mrs. Bai's father's branch, and later passed it to the brother of the husband of Shuyuan County, but when the two brothers had not separated, the Bai family sent another branch, that is, Bai Guifei's branch to the capital, replacing the branch of Shuyuan County Lord's husband.

The county lord Shuyuan is a strong one, and she and her sister-in-law moved everything they could from the mansion before leaving. After Bai Guifei's maiden family came, when she saw this situation, she could only suffer a secret loss, and she paid a sum of money from the clan to make up for everything. Therefore, Madam Bai, Bai Yuying, and Lord Shuyuan are not very harmonious with Bai Guifei in the palace.

Unexpectedly, such a thing happened in her own family, and Mrs. Wang's lungs were about to be angry.

She immediately jumped up and said, "Okay, you got all the money away, you can't be so generous, let me pick first?" ”

Old Madam Li was also shocked and looked at her niece, Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li still looked calm and relaxed, and said, "Sister-in-law, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." Why did you tell me to get all the money. The account books at home are here, the pen is clear, I allow you to check casually, there is a penny wrong, I will admit it, but now everyone has spent this money, and it is empty, but it depends on my head, can I admit it? (To be continued......)