Chapter 232
Aunt Cui didn't dare to let Changping Hou know what happened at the beginning, so the only way to do this was to take out 10,000 taels of silver first. At the beginning, the shop and Zhuangzi together only sold for a total of more than 7,000 taels of silver, but after so many years of operation, the price of those two places has long been increased, and now it can be sold for more than 12,000 taels if one is sold. Aunt Cui can't take out the shop and Zhuangzi now, so at least she has to take out the more than 10,000 taels of silver, and then tell the Marquis of Changping that she has sold these two places, just to prepare more shadows for the Marquis of Changping. Aunt Cui understands very well that now she can only get through the trick by taking out more than 10,000 taels of silver.
But it's one thing to know in your heart, and it's another thing to be able to take it out. Aunt Cui obviously can't take it out now.
"How much money can my mother make up now?" Pei Jingshu asked.
"I still have more than 1,500 taels in my private room, and as for those jewelry, I may be able to make up more than 3,000 taels. But all of these may not add up to 5,000 taels. β
Speaking of which, Aunt Cui was a little desperate. According to this account, it was useless for her to get back 5,000 taels of silver from her brother, at least 7,000 taels. But as far as she knew about her brother, let alone seven thousand taels of silver, seven hundred taels of silver might not be able to come back!
For the first time, Aunt Cui regretted why she had given her brother so much silver in the first place. If she hadn't given her brother so much silver, at least she wouldn't have been so embarrassed. Encountering this golden opportunity for the Marquis of Changping to reconcile with the lord of Taoyang, she can also hand over the shop and Zhuangzi in time to win the favor of the Marquis of Changping, so that she was corrected by the Marquis of Changping and became the justifiable Mrs. of the Marquis of Changping.
If she hadn't sold those two places to raise money for her brother, she wouldn't even have to be her own jewelry, and she would have saved her own money.
But now? Even if she goes bankrupt now, she may not be able to fill that hole. I knew that today, she should have learned to save money.
"My good daughter, can you see your mother first, and borrow two or four or five thousand taels without needing more, you can always take out this silver, right?" Aunt Cui knows her daughter well, and she knows that this daughter is very good at saving money.
Aunt Cui gave all the means to this daughter, but she never taught her how to save money, because Aunt Cui herself would not know. But Pei Jingshu is a blue and better than the blue, she not only learned all the skills, but also learned one more skill to save money, all because of Pei Jingyu's relationship.
Although Pei Jingyu has never regarded Pei Jingshu as an opponent, Pei Jingshu has always been a thorn in Pei Jingyu's side. She has to compare with Pei Jingyu everywhere, seeing that Pei Jingyu has such a rich dowry, but she has nothing, so she has to save money by herself. Even if what she saved was just a drop in the bucket, the distance between her and Pei Jingyu shrank little by little, making her feel more comfortable looking at herself.
Of course, what Pei Jingshu didn't know was that the dowry she saw Pei Jingyu was just a drop in the dowry list. Although Pei Jingyu has not received the dowry over the years, the amount of the dowry has been rising every year, Pei Jingshu has worked hard for so many years, not only has it not narrowed, but the distance between the two has widened more and more. If Pei Jingshu knew all this, she was afraid that she would collapse, but fortunately, Lord Taoyang Weng would not have let her know how much dowry Pei Jingyu had.
"Mother, how much silver do you think I have? How much money does Guangping kimono give me every month? The Marquis of Guangping Mansion is not me as a housekeeper, where do I go to get oil and water? β
On the surface, the Marquis of Guangping Mansion is the housekeeper of Pei Jingshu, who is the wife of the Marquis of Guangping, but the real person in charge is always the old lady. Therefore, Pei Jingshu has very few hands and feet, and her main source of money over the years has been the shop given to her by the Marquis of Changping. In order to be able to save more silver, she used the profits sent by the shop every month to put away the profits. Because its profit is relatively small, Pei Jingshu's profit is also relatively small, so there has been no accident for so many years, but it has not made much money.
When Pei Jingshu thought about it, she felt that she had been very sad all these years, but her father and mother couldn't help him anything, but she became a dragger. The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, but she couldn't do anything about it. Even if she began to feel that Changping Hou was a little useless, she still had to rely on Changping Hou to survive.
Pei Jingshu even regretted a little, why did she rob this family business back then. Although she hated Pei Jingyu very much and wanted to snatch everything from Pei Jingyu, it turned out that snatching Pei Jingyu's husband would not get help from her husband's family, but would drag her husband's family down.
Pei Jingshu was very envious of her understanding back then, she could marry a future Hou Ye with such a good family, and she also wanted to be a Mrs. Hou, because she felt that the Mrs. Hou of Taoyang Weng was extraordinarily beautiful.
At that time, Pei Jingshu was still too naΓ―ve, and the reason why the owner of Taoyang was able to be so beautiful was because she was a master, not because she was a Mrs. Hou. But at that time, Pei Jingshu didn't understand this, thinking that if she could marry a good night, she might be more beautiful than Lord Taoyang Weng in the future, so she snatched this family business desperately.
But in the end, not to mention the scenery of Taoyang Weng, the other Mrs. Hou in the capital of Dalian can't compare.
Because he snatched the relationship, the eldest princess was angry with the Marquis of Guangping, so the Marquis of Guangping has not been as good as a day over the years, and she, Mrs. Hou, has not even bare on her face. At that time, what she could really rely on was Changping Hou. After all, the Marquis of Changping is the husband of the lord of Taoyang, and the lord of Taoyang always has to give the Marquis of Changping a few thin noodles.
But now that the lord of Taoyang Weng has made peace with the Marquis of Changping, he should not give the Marquis of Changping face in the future. Thinking of this, Pei Jingshu began to feel that the road ahead was bleak, and she suddenly didn't know how to go.
If there is a regret medicine in this world, she will definitely not blatantly rob her sister of her husband again. He will first take advantage of his sister's kindness to her, let his sister personally pick a wishful husband for her, and then get rid of his sister unconsciously, so that he can be worry-free for the rest of his life.
It's a pity that the world didn't regret asking for this kind of thing, and what he had already done couldn't make up for it, and now it's getting into this situation......
Pei Jingshu thought about it more and more uncomfortable, looking at Aunt Cui who was about to fall into tears, and finally could only sigh softly: "Who made you my mother, I can't ignore you regardless of anyone." But mother, I really can't take out that much silver, I can only give you three thousand taels of silver at most, and you have to figure out the rest by yourself, you better go to your uncle and ask first. β
"Okay, three thousand taels of silver is three thousand taels of silver, you were born to me, I know best what kind of character you are, you will definitely not fool me at this time."
Pei Jingshu wanted to laugh when she heard this, thinking that if Aunt Cui really trusted herself like that, she wouldn't say such things now, she said such things more like she wanted to arouse her guilt, so that even if she didn't want to borrow her money just now, she had to borrow her money now.
How can you treat your daughter with so many hearts? If Aunt Cui knew how to deal with her mother's family, she wouldn't have caused such a big trouble now.
"Don't I have a brother besides me? We are both your children, and we should all help you at times like these. Pei Jingshu loves her younger brother, but in the face of such a time, she couldn't help but feel cold, so she brought her younger brother out, "Daddy has always loved his younger brother, and he has also given his younger brother a lot of silver over the years, how much can my younger brother help make up some silver?" β
Aunt Cui's eyes dodged: "What kind of person is your brother, don't you know, where can he save so much silver?" Not to mention making up four or five thousand taels, it would be good if he could give me two or three hundred taels of silver. β
Pei Jingshu couldn't help but shake her head: "It's not okay for my brother to go on like this, my mother should take care of him." Mother, don't forget, Brother Luo Xin has left the Hou Mansion and took the initiative to resign as the son of the deceased, since the eldest brother is not the son of the world, then who should inherit the oath of our Hou Mansion, is the mother willing to cheapen other concubines? β
"Of course not, your father's favorite child is your younger brother, since your eldest brother is not willing to be the prince of the world, then this prince should be your younger brother, how can others pick up the leaks?" Aunt Cui immediately shouted, "Don't worry, I will definitely supervise your brother well, and I won't let him continue to do nonsense." β
"Let's talk about urging my brother later, it's better to prepare the silver first." Pei Jingshu reminded again.
"Of course I know this, but your brother certainly won't be able to get much money from him." Aunt Cui said, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Although your brother doesn't have much silver, your brother and sister still have some dowry." I see that your brother and sister took a lot of dowry back then, so it should be okay to take it out for emergency response at this time, right? β
Pei Jingshu was a little stimulated when she heard the word "collision" now, because her dowry was pitiful. Pei Jingshu thought at first that her dowry was just pitiful compared to Pei Jingyu, but Pei Jingyu was a county lord after all, and it was normal for her to have more dowry than her. It wasn't until her younger sibling entered the door that she knew that her dowry was really pitiful, and even his younger sibling couldn't compare to it.
But her brother and sister are just concubines, why!
If she can get her younger siblings to take out the dowry this time, then her younger siblings will have as little dowry in their hands as she does in the future! Pei Jingshu was happy when she thought of this, she felt that this should be the case.