Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 52 I really have no money

Liu Yunxiang looked up at the old lady, and saw that she lowered her face and looked down, watching the development of the situation quietly with the majesty of an elder.

The eldest lady sat aside, coughing lightly from time to time, with only indifference in her expression.

After the Hou Mansion was ransacked, both of them fell ill. She could only pick up the mess, but there was no money in the account, so she took out her dowry.

In the most difficult time, she did not starve them.

Ginseng and bird's nest, ganoderma lucidum and donkey-hide gelatin, all kinds of precious supplements, she did not lack them.

But now, she was hollowed out, and they sent her to eat lightly and lightly.

This family is really disrespectful to the elderly, the sick pretend to be confused, the Buddhists have no kindness, and the younger ones are even more wolf-hearted.

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "Second Sister-in-Law, please don't rant, tell me what's wrong with this account."

Xue stood up proudly, pointing to one of the items, "How come there is an extra sum of charcoal fire money every winter, which is a full 1000 taels of silver."

Liu Yunxiang lowered his eyes and sneered, "My mother is old, my sister-in-law is weak, and my second sister-in-law is precious. I think ordinary charcoal is choking, so I must use gold silk charcoal. Here is the extra 1000 taels."

"Why don't I know, you must have found a random excuse to rely on us."

"The accounts come in and out, so it's very easy to check. You just need to ask the charcoal shop that provides charcoal fires in the house to check the accounts every year."

Don't stop me from saying nothing, Mrs. Xue had no choice but to add another sentence: "It's as if you don't burn the gold charcoal."

"I'm really not willing to burn it. Second sister-in-law, if you don't believe me, just check the brochure of charcoal used in winter at the house."

Mrs. Xue coughed dryly, "Then what about this vague payment, 2000 taels of silver, a very small amount."

Liu Yunxiang sighed slowly: "This is the prison of the Criminal Ministry last year. Let the officials take care of the second master so that he doesn't freeze to death inside."

Xue was even more ashamed, and quickly pointed to another item, "Then this item, the monthly expenditure of 100 taels, what about helping relatives, how can we have distant relatives to help..."

"That's enough!" The old lady interrupted the second lady, "Don't forget about trivial matters."

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "Don't, since the accounts are all on the table, if you don't say clearly, you will really wrong me. This distant relative, the mother's side, is also the old man's account. The second wife is not as good as Ask mother."

Mrs. Xue looked at the old lady, seeing the old lady glaring at her, she didn't dare to say anything.

Liu Yunxiang turned the ledger to the end, "Since I entered the door, I have a total of 1 taels of silver in three years, and this is all my dowry. You eat mine and use mine, but in the end you actually settle accounts for me, saying that I am greedy for money." , what is the reason for this?"

"Okay, the family doesn't talk about two families." The old lady said angrily.

Mrs. Xue snorted, "What mother said is true."

Liu Yunxiang murmured: I'm really shameless.

"The second family, you reconciled the accounts today, there must be something else." The old lady looked at Mrs. Xue, a little resentful.

After being reminded by the old lady, Mrs. Xue remembered, "This account is here, you can take a look, there is really no money in the public account, but what about the various expenses of the house, the monthly payments of the servants are all in arrears , there must be a way.”

The eldest lady remained silent all this time, and at this moment she said in a weak voice: "You are in charge of Zhongfu, and where the money comes and goes is your business, what should you discuss with us?"

"It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. I can't help it. Otherwise, the power of the family will be handed over to you, sister-in-law?"

"Cough cough." The eldest lady coughed a few times, turned to the old lady, and said, "Mother, I can't bear the cold, so I'm going back first."

The old lady frowned, "If you sit for a while, no one will die. Your big family spends food and clothing in the Hou's mansion, so don't try to escape every time."

The eldest lady had no choice but to sit back, but she closed her eyes and rested her mind, which meant that she would not listen or watch.

Mrs. Xue looked at Liu Yunxiang again, "Siblings, why don't you return the power of the household to you?"

Liu Yunxiang said helplessly: "My dowry has been emptied, but I don't have the money to mend the hole."

"This……"

The old lady stomped on her crutches, "Okay, I didn't ask you to come here to complain about being poor, but to find a way. How about this, you first take out 5000 taels of silver to tide over the difficulties at home."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xue hurriedly said: "Mother, my second wife's life is difficult, how can I get 5000 taels of silver?"

The eldest lady wanted to pretend to be dead, but at this moment she had no choice but to say, "I'm a widow, let alone take so much money."

The old lady snorted coldly, "There is no money in the account, and the kitchen is almost unable to open the pot. I have to let them cook porridge and vegetables every day, and whoever wants to eat well will pay for it. You are all bird's nest and ginseng abalone. Yes, at this time, if you say that you have no money, it is easy to fool me when I am an old woman?"

When the second lady heard this, she knew that she had been used as a gun by the old lady, and even cheated her after using it.

The eldest lady didn't say anything, after all, the ginseng and chicken soup that was always available for every meal made her irrefutable.

Liu Yunxiang sneered secretly, as expected, he was waiting for them here!
She sighed, "It seems that I am the only one who really has no money, and can only eat those boiled vegetables, and I haven't seen any meat in half a month."

(End of this chapter)