Chapter 156 Twenty taels of silver
  Thanks to the various efforts of Yu Qinglian and Shen Zhuoxi, Jiang Chao's family really lived in the Taishi Mansion.
  For dinner, the family was going to the dining room to eat, and the servants had already delivered the meals to the door of the East Guest House.
  When Jiang Chao saw it, he immediately stopped: "What does this mean?"
  The boy who delivered the meal couldn't say anything, so he only said: "The eldest lady has ordered that you and the others will eat in the East Guest House from now on, and there is no need to go to the dining room."
  "Looking down on people?" Jiang Chao stared at five or six food boxes and said, "They eat well and drink hot food in the dining room, but we guests eat shabby here. Is this how the Taishi Mansion treats guests?"
  The boy didn't dare to say anything, so he could only lower his head.
  At this time, Shen Zhuoxi came from the backyard and said, "What kind of anger are you angry with?"
  "You came just in time." Jiang Chao straightened up and said, "We are going to the dining room for dinner!"
  Shen Zhuoxi ignored him and directly ordered the boy: "Put the food box in first, and I'll take care of it here."
  The boy seemed to have received an amnesty and hurriedly entered the house to settle down.
  "What do you mean?" Jiang Chao became even more anxious when he saw this, and stepped forward to pull Shen Zhuoxi's arm: "I am your uncle!"
  Before his hand could touch Shen Zhuoxi, Hui Zhi pinched it.
  Hui Zhi looked thin, and martial arts practitioners were very strong. Jiang Chao couldn't move due to the clamp.
  "Let go!" Jiang Chao said angrily, his face turning red.
  After the boy who delivered the meal left, Shen Zhuoxi signaled Huizhi to let go: "It is the Grand Master's wish to let you eat in the East Guest House. If you are not willing to abide by it, you have to leave."
  Jiang Chao was still reluctant: "Master, is this how you treat guests? Also, your father treats your mother's family like this, and you don't even say a word?"
  "Come here uninvited, I'm afraid you won't be invited." Shen Zhuoxi paused and said, "Besides, the grand master is the head of the family. I heard that he ordered you not to enter the house many years ago."
  "You can enter now because of my face. If you keep doing this, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you."
  Mrs. Jiang pulled Jiang Chao's sleeve and smiled at Shen Zhuoxi: "It was a misunderstanding many years ago. It was not all because you were sick. Just follow the master's instructions."
  "Well, I'm here to explain a few words. I am the second young lady in the mansion, but that doesn't mean that all the Grand Master's mansion is mine." Shen Zhuoxi spoke in a soft voice, but with firmness.
  "You should restrain yourself. If something happens, I can't do anything about it."
  Mrs. Jiang quickly responded and said: "We won't cause you any trouble, just, just..."
  She looked at Shen Zhuoxi several times as if she was hesitant to speak, but she didn't dare to say what she wanted to say.
  Shen Zhuoxi knew that he definitely wanted money, but it was difficult to ask, so he pretended not to know and said, "What else can I do?"
  Mrs. Jiang saw that she couldn't understand, so she could only say it clearly, but in a lie: "On our way here, someone stole our wallet. You see..."
  "Oh, that's it." Shen Zhuoxi took out the purse he had prepared and said, "Take this little money first."
  Mrs. Jiang was not polite. She took it and opened it and took a look. Her face suddenly fell: "It's only twenty taels of silver. What can you do in Shengdu?"
  "I don't have much money, so this is all I can take out." Shen Zhuoxi said, "You guys make do with it first, I'll make do with it when I get back."
  "Hurry up then." Mrs. Jiang said matter-of-factly: "On such a hot day, you need at least three sets of clothes to change. Tomorrow you take your cousin, cousin and aunt out for a walk. They haven't been here for a long time. coming."
  "Okay." Shen Zhuoxi agreed and said, "The housekeeper has sent three girls and a boy to serve. If anything happens, ask them to call me. After dinner, take a rest early."
  The lunch meal was too luxurious, and the six dishes delivered for dinner were more than a little inferior in comparison. They included four vegetarian dishes, a bowl of stir-fried pork, and egg soup.
  Jiang Hongtao pounded a few chopsticks on the plate and pouted: "I want to eat elbows. The elbows at lunch are delicious."
  "You can eat it now, we will think of a solution tomorrow." Mrs. Jiang comforted: "These meals are much better than what we ate in Wuzhou. We couldn't even eat them during the Chinese New Year!"
  "I don't." Jiang Hongtao dropped his chopsticks and said, "I want to eat that elbow. Isn't my cousin the second lady? Let her do it!"
  "This..." Mrs. Jiang looked at Jiang Chao: "The food is indeed a lot worse. How about going to find that girl?"
  "She can only bring out twenty taels of silver. What's the use?" Jiang Chao frowned: "I think it's better to go to the madam to find her. She seems to be doing fine. Didn't everyone say that back then? Is she virtuous?"
  "Huang, you are a woman and if you can talk to her, you go find her."
  Mrs. Huang wondered: "The eldest lady must be dining with Master Shen now. I'm afraid it won't be good for me to go. This meal will be enough. I'll go find her alone after eating."
  After several people finished their meal without any interest, Huang took Jiang Chunyan to Bihe Garden to find Yu Qinglian.
  Yu Qinglian also happened to come back from dinner and was a little surprised to see the mother and daughter.
  Mrs. Huang put on a smile and said with a smile: "Madam, I'm really sorry to bother you so late."
  "Nothing, come in and sit down first." Yu Qinglian greeted: "You are here for something, are you uncomfortable living in Dongke Courtyard?"
  Huang's mother and daughter were stunned by the decoration inside when they entered the door.
  The guest house where they live is already grand enough, and Yu Qinglian's place is even more luxurious. The furnishings in the house are exquisite and worth a lot of money.
  For a moment, neither mother nor daughter heard what Yu Qinglian said, they just looked around.
  It wasn't until she asked several times that Huang came back to her senses and said, "I take the liberty of bothering the eldest lady. There is indeed something wrong."
  "You are sister Xiaoqing's natal family, so you can't be considered outsiders. If you have any questions, just ask." Yu Qinglian said understandingly.
  Mrs. Huang was not polite, rubbed her hands and said, "We want to improve the food. The adults are fine. The key is that the two children are still growing."
  Yu Qinglian glanced at Jiang Chunyan, nodded and said: "I have lost some weight. I will ask the chef to arrange some meat dishes for you tomorrow, but I can only add one dish at most."
  "After all, our own meals in the Grand Master's Mansion do not include big fish, meat, and delicacies from the mountains and the sea. As the Prince's master, the Grand Master must set an example, be diligent and thrifty, and put an end to waste."
  "But..." Huang gritted his teeth and said, "That meal at noon..."
  Yu Qinglian suddenly realized and said: "That's what you came for. The second lady went to ask the chef to prepare it."
  Huang was a little reluctant, but she had no choice but to say with a smile: "So that's it. I thought there were other reasons for separating us alone."
  "Definitely not." Yu Qinglian paused and then said: "If you want to eat well, you can ask the second lady to arrange it. She has a lot of money. The reward from the Queen Mother alone and His Highness King Yu are hundreds of thousands of taels."
  "Not to mention that she also has a pharmacy and a restaurant under her name. The second lady has a different status, and no one can tell her how good the food is."
  "She has so much money?" Huang was shocked and looked at Yu Qinglian suspiciously.
  Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, how much is that?
  Shen Zhuoxi actually looked embarrassed and only gave their family of five twenty taels?
  Yu Qinglian nodded and said, "Yes, didn't she tell you?"
  (End of this chapter)

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