Old Madam Qiao said with a calm face: "Say hello to me before the things in the treasury move in the future, the Hou Mansion is not poor enough to hold a banquet when things, I have silver." ”

An Qien's face was always unwavering, and she was even a little happy, she said softly: "Grandmother's single-mindedness for the Hou Mansion is a model for Qien, and the granddaughter-in-law must learn from her grandmother and manage the Hou Mansion well." ”

"By the way, the grandmother's rice shop was robbed by bandits before entering the city, and it lost about two hundred and twenty taels, and the rice shop has no grain in stock, and it is estimated that it will take a total of five hundred taels to buy the goods, and the things in the treasury are about one hundred and fifty taels left in addition to the things needed to buy the banquet, and there are still three hundred and fifty taels left on this account to rely on my grandmother's help."

Old Madam Qiao's face was even more ugly, and she really opened her mouth to ask her for silver!

"Shop, 100 acres of fertile land collects a lot of rent, right?" Old Madam Qiao didn't promise to take the silver first, but began to interrogate the revenue.

An Qien replied unhurriedly: "The land granddaughter-in-law only manages a hundred acres in her hands, half of the tenant farmers pay the general grain rent, half of the tenant farmers' rent is not more than 20 taels, and the monthly rent of the shop is 40 taels, that is, with the addition of the prince's wealth, you can barely maintain the operation of the Hou Mansion every month, grandmother and these granddaughters-in-law have detailed records, you can know if you look at the brochure carefully." ”

Old Madam Qiao's face became heavier, and her brows became deeper and deeper, Qiao Jianghong was considered low among the officials, and this Hou Mansion was a big family, and he also took concubines several times.

Especially the woman in the Qinglou, she actually spent five hundred taels of silver, and Old Madam Qiao panicked when she thought of this.

She said: "I heard that there have been a lot of refugees from other places in the city recently, and this food is getting more and more scarce. ”

Speaking of this, Old Madam Qiao was even more worried in her heart, she needed silver everywhere but couldn't make ends meet, and she was even more determined in her heart that she must let Mrs. Liu enter the Hou Mansion.

Shen Shuli flattered and said: "Since the old lady is in a difficult period in the Hou Mansion now, the poor concubine thinks that it is better to reduce the consumption, the aunt will reduce the monthly consumption per person, and the monthly salary of the maid and maid will be reduced by half a tael of silver every month, so that a lot can be saved in the mansion every month." ”

Old Madam Qiao felt that this was a method, and she had already planned to do it in her heart, but before she could speak, she heard An Qien's voice.

"The monthly salary of the maid and wife of the Hou Mansion is the lowest in the entire Shangjing, and if it is lower, they will not be able to live, and the Hou Mansion will not have a good reputation."

Old Madam Qiao frowned: "Then what do you say?" ”

An Qien said lightly: "Grandmother, the Hou Mansion does not tremble to do business, the prince is not going well, as a woman Qien remembers the ancestral teachings, women are not allowed to show their heads, the matter of the shop, the granddaughter-in-law has a heart but is powerless, the second young master has nothing to do in the house, it is better to leave it to him to take care of it." ”

Old Madam Qiao still frowned: "Business won't be good for a while?" The immediate need is that the Hou Mansion needs silver. ”

An Qien said again: "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, the matter has come to this point, it's not that the house can't open the pot, grandmother can't be relieved, etc." ”

After talking for a long time, I still couldn't say why.

Old Mrs. Qiao wondered very much, An Qien was very smart in the past, in the three years when Qiao Jianghong was ill, she not only treated him wholeheartedly, but also kept the house in order, and at that time, she was also in charge of the shop business, and the business was very prosperous and made a lot of money.

Later, it was Mrs. Qiao who asked her not to show her face, just take care of the mansion with peace of mind, but she didn't expect that her days of letting go of the Hou Mansion were not as good as day by day.

An Qien only made a useless suggestion on the surface, if the Hou Mansion gets better, it will not benefit her at all.

"Grandmother, Qien is still busy with some banquets, so the granddaughter-in-law will retire first."

"Go ahead."

An Qien got up and bent his knees and retreated.

As soon as she left, Shen Shuli provoked again: "Old lady, the poor concubine feels a little strange, the young lady's maiden family, brother-in-law's family, one is high and powerful, the other is a big merchant who is not short of silver at all, if the young lady is really with the Hou Mansion, even if she doesn't want to touch her dowry, she will help the Hou Mansion match, Liu Mansion is so good at business, just give a point to the Hou Mansion, this is a matter of effort, but the lady doesn't seem to be at ease about the Hou Mansion."

Old Madam Qiao was holding her breath in her heart, glared at Shen Shuli fiercely, and scolded angrily: "There is still face to mention the Liu family, it's not all because of you, the Hou Mansion has lost face in front of the Liu family!" ”

Liu Fu was already angry because Shen Shuli beat their sister-in-law, and An Fu was also because she looked down on Qiao Jianghong.

If you ask the two families for help because of this, the Hou Mansion will really be faceless and skinless.

Shen Shuli was careless and actually forgot about it! She was too frightened to talk nonsense.

Old Madam Qiao was angry, picked up the teacup, bang! put it heavily on the table and then reprimanded Shen Shuli: "Didn't you say that she couldn't give birth? You don't provoke for a day, your skin is itchy, right? ”

Shen Shuli fell to her knees in fright, the Xiuhua upper in her hand fell to the ground without holding it steady, she begged for mercy in panic: "The old lady and the poor concubine don't dare, it's really the young lady who said that she can't give birth, and the poor concubine doesn't dare to deceive you even if she has a hundred guts." ”

Old Madam Qiao laughed angrily: "I'm really confused, I actually listened to your nonsense, how can the housewife tell the concubine that she can't give birth, even if she really can't give birth, she won't tell you a concubine!" ”

Shen Shuli couldn't argue, she was annoyed that she was a fool, she didn't calm down, she had long suspected that it was a trap, but An Qien's stomach had not moved, and she felt that it was true!

"Old lady, it's really the young lady who said it herself, the old lady and the young lady's heart is not in the Hou Mansion at all, if she treats the Hou Mansion sincerely, the Hou Mansion will not be where it is today."

Old Madam Qiao scolded with a cold face: "Go to the ancestral hall and kneel for a night, and reflect on it!" ”

Shen Shuli: "......."

She couldn't argue for anything, so she could only pick up the embroidered shoe uppers on the ground, wipe her tears and kneel in the ancestral hall.......

In the evening, as soon as Qiao Jianghong was gone, he was invited to Anhetang by Wu's mother.

Old Madam Qiao said what happened during the day.

Qiao Jianghong spoke for An Qien: "Grandmother, don't worry, your grandson and Qien will have children, and now she has to adjust her body, this is not something that can be rushed in a while." ”

How could Old Madam Qiao not be in a hurry, the Buddha beads in her anxious hand were almost unstable: "No child, she won't be with the Hou Mansion, what is going on in this mansion, I think she wants to take care of the entire Hou Mansion!" ”

"Her dowry is kept untouched, is it to keep the cubs! The Hou Mansion needs her dowry now, you are husband and wife, and you can coax her dowry over to get through the urgent needs of the Hou Mansion! ”