"Eldest sister, since last year, you told Grandpa Medal that after your family was saving money to donate to the Ministry of Industry to repair roads, Grandpa Medal had to take out 30% of the silver from the public middle school every year and donate it to the Ministry of Industry to repair roads, so that the family was about to make ends meet."

"In previous years, when I had a birthday, Gongzhong would allocate 1,000 taels of silver to me, but this year, do you know, Gongzhong only allocated 300 taels of silver to me!"

Speaking of this, she pointed to the six tables prepared in front of her, and said, "Look at these six tables, they are just ordinary tables with guests, and they cost me 1,200 taels of silver!" ”

"It's equivalent to saying that I have to make up nine hundred taels of silver myself."

"This day is really going to be unbearable. You can help me, or persuade Grandpa Medal not to take out thirty percent of the silver from the public school and donate it to the Ministry of Industry to repair the road; Or, you will make up my nine hundred taels of silver! Zhao Miaozhu finished complaining in one breath, and looked at Chen Lingfeng with tears in her eyes, as if if Chen Lingfeng rejected her, she would cry the next moment.

Chen Lingfeng's heart softened for a while, thought about it, and said: "My father has made up his mind, no one can change it, I still have to make up for your nine hundred taels of silver myself." ”

"You wait here for me first, and I'll go and get the money right away." After speaking, Chen Lingfeng took the big girl Yin Zi and came out of the back room.

She found Xiao Qiongzhi, who was playing dice with Chen Yingchun and Chen Xunchun, pulled Xiao Qiongzhi aside, euphemistically explained what Zhao Miaozhu had just complained, and asked Xiao Qiongzhi to lend her nine hundred taels of silver first, so as to fulfill Zhao Miaozhu's wishes, and then deduct the money from her monthly routine when she turned around.

Xiao Qiongzhi couldn't help crying and laughing.

She gritted her teeth to hold back the anger in her heart, and reminded Chen Lingfeng warmly: "Mother, I remember that my eldest aunt had a birthday at the beginning of the year, and it was a five-table table, although it was one less table than the second aunt's birthday, but her table was no worse than the second aunt's table, and she didn't mention it to you at all, asking you to make up for the silver on the table." ”

"If you didn't subsidize the silver for the eldest aunt at the beginning, but now you come to subsidize the silver for the second aunt, it is very unfair to the eldest aunt."

"It's okay, your aunt has a good temper, so she doesn't care about so much. Besides, as long as we don't talk about it, she won't know about it. Chen Lingfeng smiled and waved his hand, disapproving.

Xiao Qiongzhi felt a headache, frowned and said: "Mother, the eldest aunt and the second aunt are your younger siblings, you can't favor the second aunt because the eldest aunt has a good temper, favoring one over the other, this is unfair to the eldest aunt." ”

"Also, over the years, the second aunt has borrowed a total of more than 37,000 taels of silver from you."

"She hasn't repaid our old debts yet, where is the qualification, ask you for money again?"

"You didn't plan to give her the more than 37,000 taels of silver that should have been left to me, did you?"

Chen Lingfeng's eyes widened and he shook his head: "No, when I got married, your grandfather and grandmother mainly married some calligraphy, paintings and jewelry, plus two shops, two Zhuangzi, as for the silver, there were originally eight thousand taels, but I thought that there were still younger brothers who wanted to start a family, and when I returned to the door, I secretly stuffed it to your grandmother." ”

"Therefore, the silver I lent to your second aunt was handed over to me by your father, and in the future, they will all belong to you, and your second aunt can borrow it, but it must not be repaid."

"This time, I want to post money to your second aunt, mainly to see how she wants to cry, it's really pitiful, today is her birthday, you can't let her cry, right?"

Xiao Qiongzhi shook her head with a wry smile helplessly: "Mother, let me tell you the truth, the second aunt is not short of money, I have checked, she and the second uncle are in Xingzhou, in addition to the second uncle's money, they can earn at least 20,000 taels of silver every year." ”

"When the second uncle was a magistrate in Nanyang County, Xingzhou, he could earn at least 10,000 taels of silver every year, which is equivalent to saying that the second uncle has saved at least 140,000 taels of silver in the past nine years!"

"Huh? So much! Chen Lingfeng was shocked.

In the Prince's Mansion, Xiao Zhen's family has a rule that Xiao Zhengzhen and Xiao Zhengguang make their own money and spend it themselves, and they don't need to hand it over to the public school, because Xiao Zhen's family has accumulated a lot of industries for decades, and they get more income every year, and he does not participate in any public welfare undertakings such as donating money, and all the proceeds are placed in the public middle school and shared with everyone, which is completely sufficient.

Before Xiao Xuanliang ascended the throne, he had to guard against Xiao Han, not only to keep spending money secretly to recruit troops and horses, but also to keep the wealth in vain, and what was handed over to her every year was mainly land, real estate, shops, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and there was not much silver.

It can be said that at that time, Xiao Zhengzhen never handed over more than 5,000 taels of silver to Chen Lingfeng in a year.

After Xiao Xuanliang ascended the throne, Xiao Zhengzhen had to take out the money to form a hidden army, as well as the education subsidy plan set up by Xiao Qiongzhi, the rural poverty alleviation plan for economic development, the public infrastructure construction plan, etc., which cost a lot of money.

Therefore, in the past eight years, in the first seven years of Chen Lingfeng's management of money, the silver that Xiao Zhengzhen could hand over to her every year was basically about three thousand taels.

She really couldn't figure it out: "Zhi'er, it turns out that your second uncle and your second aunt are so rich!" Do you know why your second aunt always comes to me to borrow money? ”

Because you like to do a lot of wrongs for her!

Xiao Qiongzhi complained in her heart.

On the surface, she still said patiently: "Mother, because the second aunt is a greedy person, and greed has no end." ”

"I believe that not only you, but anyone who can arouse the greed of people like the second aunt and give the convenience of greed to people like the second aunt will be like you, and people like the second aunt will use all kinds of excuses and means to cheat or take away money."

"You have a point. Your second aunt is a greedy person who has no end to it, she has saved at least 140,000 taels of silver, and she always asks me to borrow money, ask for money, and don't pay it back, she is basically treating me as a big wrong! ”

"Let's go, let's go and make it clear to her face to face, lest she always think that I don't know how much money she has in the future, and always pretend to be poor in front of me!" The more Chen Lingfeng thought about it, the more angry he became, pulled Xiao Qiongzhi, and went into the back room to find Zhao Miaozhu.

At this time, not only Zhao Miaozhu was in the back room, but there was also an extra Chen Minghua.

It is estimated that Chen Minghua came over when Xiao Qiongzhi and Chen Lingfeng were quietly talking to the side just now.

When Xiao Qiongzhi followed Chen Lingfeng into the back room, Zhao Miaozhu was whispering to Chen Minghua.

When they saw Chen Lingfeng's mother and daughter, they immediately stopped chatting, and smiled at Chen Lingfeng unexpectedly.

Xiao Qiongzhi felt that something was wrong, deliberately glanced at Chen Lingfeng, and said with a smile: "Mother, it seems that it is not the right time for us to come in." ”