"Grandma, forgive the old slave for talking too much, there are so many people in this courtyard, the cost is not small, just the body of the Hou Mansion may be relatively tight."

Mother Liu's eyes rolled and she got to the point.

Since the eldest young grandmother wants her to be the steward here, of course she has to plan for the eldest son's house.

Originally, she was just a second-class mother, but after the eldest son went, she was even demoted to a third-class mother, and she completely became a marginal figure.

After she was transferred back, she was suddenly promoted, and of course she wanted to perform well.

Bai Chen pursed his lips and thought about it, this is really the reason, with so many subordinates, how can you do it without money?

Even if they receive money from the house, but as the master, they have to give them some sweetness occasionally.

Every New Year's festival or something, a birthday or something, you have to give some reward.

But now, I don't have any money in my hands, how can I do it?

The Qin family seemed to have forgotten about this stubble, and deliberately arranged a bunch of servants to come over in order to show her virtuous virtue.

Her purpose was clear at a glance.

She won't bother you openly, but she can trouble you in other ways.

"Mom is right, but as you all know, I'm just a country girl.

was fortunate enough to marry into the Hou Mansion, just by chance.

I have almost no dowry of value, and the expenses of this house are indeed a big problem.

I just don't know if my mother-in-law will think of this?

I'm embarrassed to ask my mother-in-law about this. Bai Chen said in embarrassment.

In fact, when the Qin clan sent a wave of people over for the first time, Bai Chen had already thought of it.

The economy of the Hou Mansion was managed by the Qin clan in a unified manner.

Whether the body of the waiting house can be distributed here according to the number is not necessarily.

If the subordinates make some tricks, or give some vague instructions, the Qin clan will turn a blind eye again, of course, it is possible.

If you make trouble for so much money, you may not have a good reputation in the Hou Mansion.

"There are a lot of Zhuangzi shops under the name of the eldest prince." Mother Liu leaned in Bai Chen's direction, and then muttered in a low voice: "Mrs. Xian's dowry is also a lot, but now it is in the hands of Mrs.

If you have to bring all these back, not only will the cost of this house be enough, but it will also be enough to raise a child in the future. ”

As for the matter of the stepchild, the descendants of the Hou Mansion only spread the word within an hour.

That's why Liu's mother said this.

It stands to reason that the eldest son's house has already married a wife, and there will be a stepchild in his name in the future, so the property under his name should also be managed by the eldest and younger grandmothers.

But this kind of thing, she is not qualified to say it.

Bai Chen nodded clearly, as the eldest prince was the son of the former Hou Mansion, of course he would have some properties under his name, but as soon as the eldest prince died, those properties were rightfully accepted by the Qin family.

Now the children living in the Hou Mansion are all born to the Qin family, and she can give the eldest prince's property to whomever she wants.

Moreover, the eldest prince's mother is also not small, once the eldest lady of the Nanguo Mansion, married into the Pingchang Hou Mansion with ten miles of red makeup, and her dowry will certainly not be less.

But now these have all fallen into the hands of the Qin family.

"Today, that's all I know, thank you, Mom, if you have any questions another day, ask Mom for advice." Bai Chen stood up, "Mom, go get busy." ”

"Yes, big and small." Liu's mother hurriedly got up and said goodbye.

After dark, the eldest prince floated out of the ear room again.

Bai Chen sat sullenly at the head of the bed, staring at the eldest son who was writhing and selling cuteness in front of him.

"What kind of dance are you dancing? Writhing around, like cramps. Bai Chen didn't give face at all, and he had something to say.

"Isn't it pretty?" The eldest prince took a break and sat lazily at the end of the bed, "What's wrong with you?" Why not be happy? ”

"By the way, should I be happy?"

"Why not be happy? Didn't Dad promise his stepson?

Do you want me to cast another dream for him tonight? ”

Bai Chen glared at the eldest prince angrily, "Without my permission, you are not allowed to dream on your own!"

If the event is busy, you and I will both die ugly. ”

"How so?" The eldest prince was puzzled for a while, "Even if my father knows that I have lied, he will not do anything to me." ”

"Wrong, very wrong, if your father knew that you had been staying in the mansion, maybe he would have found a Taoist priest to destroy you."

Speaking of this, Bai Chen's mind immediately came up with the plot when the eldest prince and Ji Jiujiu were surrounded by the Taoist priest's spell, and then the picture when the eldest prince flew back to annihilation.

When the Marquis of Qi knew that it was his eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law who were making trouble in the Hou Mansion, he only hesitated for a few seconds before deciding to destroy them.

In his opinion, if these two scourges are not extinguished, the Hou Mansion will have no peace.

Especially when he knew that the eldest son was killed by the Qin clan, and the two ghosts were powerful ghosts who came to take revenge.

He was first on the side of the living.

The living are always more important than the dead.

"He won't!" The eldest prince pouted angrily, and was angry with Bai Chen for the first time, "Even if he knows that I am still in the mansion, he, he will not harm me." ”

"Hey!" Bai Chen took a deep breath, moved over and gently patted the eldest prince's back, giving him a smooth breath, "Maybe it's what you think, he won't hurt you."

But everyone is afraid of ghosts, not everyone is like me, can deal with ghosts, think about it yourself, when you are alive, are you afraid of ghosts?

You have a good memory. ”

The eldest prince pondered for a while, as if when he was alive, he was most afraid of being frightened by others, as long as he said that the monster was coming, the ghost was coming, he would be frightened and shrunk into a ball.

In this way, when I was alive, I was really afraid of ghosts.

Thinking of this, the eldest prince was a little discouraged and said, "It seems to be a little." ”

"That's it, your father is the same, he is also afraid of ghosts, so you can't make your own decisions, do you understand?"

"Well, I listen to the lady." The eldest prince simply fell to Bai Chen's side and rested his head on his own lady's shoulder.

"Lady, it's good to have you, thank you for not being afraid of me, thank you for giving me exercises, and thank you for giving me ideas."

Bai Chen always felt awkward about this kind of sensational plot, so he changed the topic and said, "The Qin clan has sent thirteen subordinates to serve me." ”

"Ahh That's so little! There are more than 20 people who used to serve me, do you want to talk to my father again, and add some manpower? ”

Bai Chen: "..... There are too many people, I don't have any money in my hands, and I can't support so many people.

Do you have any money? Take some out, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice! ”

"Oh! Is that all there is to it? Don't I have several Zhuangzi under my name?

In addition to Zhuangzi, there are more than a dozen stores, which must be tens of thousands of taels a year. ”

Then, the eldest prince sat up straight, looked up at the beam at a 45-degree angle, and then folded his fingers to count his former wealth, "Carefully calculated, there are four large Zhuangzi of thousands of acres and three small Zhuangzi of hundreds of acres."

Among the dozen or so stores, there are three rice and grain stores, three cloth stores, two jewelry stores, four souvenir stores, and four grocery stores.

However, after I died, both the Zhuangzi and the shop had to be dealt with separately. ”