Reborn after pregnancy, I will torture you and marry you into the royal family

Chapter 28 Come to the door

"Old Madam, the set of tea cups in your hand is made of the finest ice-cracked glaze. You can count the number of them in the entire capital on one finger."

Hua Qingmu gently extended her white palm forward, almost blinding Mrs. Xiao's eyes.

Mrs. Xiao's heart trembled, and she carefully put down the tea cup.

A set of tea sets costs ten thousand taels. How much silver does the three sets she broke just now cost?
  At this time, not only was my liver hurting with anger, my heart also hurt, and everything in my body hurt.

"You," Mrs. Xiao, who had nowhere to vent her anger, could only continue to point her finger at Hua Qingmu.

"How do you manage things? Why do all the store owners outside come to our Xiao Mansion to collect debts? Didn't you settle those debts?"

"Old lady, where do you start talking about this?"

Mrs. Xiao became even more angry when she saw her pushing away with her heavy weight.

"I don't believe you didn't see the group of people at the door asking for payment!"

Hua Qingmu looked at her blankly and shook her head.

After glancing at the unfamiliar old woman on the side, I guess it was the new Mrs. Li. Sure enough, she has the appearance of a Bodhisattva, but I wonder if her heart is as kind as her appearance.

As for the rest of the people, they had already stayed far away.

After all, there are many people who want to pay, and the amount must be large, and no one's personal treasury is enough to fill it.

Mother Li whispered a few words in Mrs. Xiao's ear, and then smiled at Hua Qingmu and said: "Third Madam, please forgive me. The old lady was in a hurry and spoke too harshly. I hope you can see that the old lady is wholeheartedly serving the Xiao Mansion." For my own sake, bear with me."

Holding out her hand to avoid hitting the smiling man, Hua Qingmu explained: "Old madam, my daughter-in-law came back from patrolling the shop today and was very tired, so she grabbed a convenient back door, so she didn't know what was going on in front of the door. Why don't we tell those people Anyone who comes to ask for a bill should be asked to come in first, rather than lingering at the door and being laughed at by others. Our Xiao family is better, don't you think?"

Mother Li nodded to Mrs. Xiao.

Mrs. Xiao then said to Jin Dou: "Go and bring them all in."

"Yes, old lady."

The shopkeepers who were wandering outside the door to ask for their accounts were quickly brought in, and everyone was furious.

When he entered the door, he asked Mrs. Xiao: "Old Madam, we agreed to settle the bill with your house once every 20 years. Today, I am already 28 and there is still no settlement. What's going on?"

"Yes, everyone needs this money for turnover. If the Xiao Mansion continues to refuse to settle the bill, I won't be able to continue the turnover!"

Everyone was saying something to each other, and it was a quarrel.

When Mrs. Xiao heard this, she quickly shouted: "Shut up!"

Everyone calmed down, but they were very dissatisfied with her attitude.

These days, it’s always the uncle who owes money!

"Third wife, tell me what's going on? Why haven't you settled the previous account?"

"But this daughter-in-law didn't know. The daughter-in-law only knew that the public account had been in deficit in the first month, so she used her own money to subsidize thirty-three thousand taels. As for the account that should be settled this month, the daughter-in-law had already paid 20 The account was settled before, and it was still with my daughter-in-law's body, 78,000 taels. My daughter-in-law really doesn't know where these accounts came from?"

Mother Li winked at Hua Qingmu when Hua Qingmu first said that she used her own money to subsidize the Xiao family.

Hua Qingmu pretended not to see it at all.

When Mrs. Xiao saw her exposing in front of everyone that her father-in-law's money had been depleted, and these accounts were all due to her supplementing her own money, she was so angry that her eyebrows twisted, and she wanted to tear Hua Qingmu's mouth apart.

The Xiao family was completely disgraced!

All the shopkeepers below showed sympathetic expressions.

Everyone heard that Mr. Xiao had been promoted two levels since he got his wife, and he directly sat in the position of minister.

They don't know what happened in the middle. But there are rumors that the Hua family is as rich as the country and spent a lot of money to pave the way for Mr. Xiao. This is how Mr. Xiao is now.

Moreover, it turns out that the people in the Xiao Mansion were very timid about making loans on credit. After all, the Xiao Mansion was not wealthy.

But since the marriage with the Hua family, the people of the Xiao family have spent money outside and paid all the bills. The new lady of the Hua family has paid for everyone behind them.

Now it looks really good.

It was only a second-grade Shangshu Mansion, but the money spent by the entire government increased from several thousand taels a month to seventy or eighty thousand taels.

This is not counting the accounts in the hands of these people.

Mr. Xiao has only been married for more than two months. If it lasts for a long time, even if the Hua family is as rich as the country, they will not be able to fill this bottomless pit.

Mrs. Xiao listened to them whispering to each other and wished she fainted.

But things have already broken out, and even if she faints, she can only escape temporarily.

Kai'er was about to go to court, so she couldn't let him experience such a scene. Otherwise, not only would she lose face, but her son's face as the minister would also be trampled under his feet.

So he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said to Hua Qingmu: "No matter what, let's fill in these people's accounts first."

The implication is that if there is any problem, we can discuss it behind closed doors.

What Hua Qingmu wants is the current effect, how can she get what she wants.

Pretending not to understand what she said.

After much hesitation, he said: "It's not that my daughter-in-law is unwilling to help fill in the accounts, it's just that my daughter-in-law doesn't know where these accounts come from. Please ask the old lady to let her ask her clearly before making any plans."

Mrs. Xiao waved her hand impatiently, indicating that she could just ask.

"Fellow shopkeepers, let's go into details one by one. If it is true that our Xiao Mansion owes money, we only need to rely on IOUs or debt certificates, and our Xiao Mansion will never deny it."

One of the shopkeepers stood up first and gave Hua Qingmu the details:

"On the 18th and 19th of last month, the uncle favored Miss Qin'er, the top star of Mingyue Tower, several times in our Mingyue Tower. The total amount was seventeen thousand taels. On the 22nd, the uncle kept the account and rewarded Miss Qin'er. Three thousand taels of silver, from the 25th to the beginning of this month, Ling Ling totaled a total of 24,680 taels of silver."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of paper vouchers, all of which had Xiao Yuanming's fingerprints and signatures on them.

Mrs. Xiao was stunned and almost fell off her chair.

"What did you say?!"

This wasteful thing! He is really a concubine, he doesn't know anything and only spends money indiscriminately!

"Hurry up and call me Xiao Yuanming!"

Mrs. Xiao yelled at Jin Dou beside her.

Jin Dou flinched and walked out quickly, calling several servants to go find Xiao Yuanming.

Hua Qingmu was still listening to the details of other shopkeepers.

"This is the account from the 16th day of last month to today. I bought a top-quality crested ibis for 7,600 taels, a pair of eclectic parrots for 9,300 taels, and other less expensive birds, totaling 8,000 taels." Seven hundred and thirty-five taels, erase the fractions, and calculate it as 8,700 taels, which adds up to a total of 25,600 taels."

In addition, Xiao Yuanming spent a total of 4,900 taels on the theater, and even the gambling house owed 9,700 taels.

Taken together, Xiao Yuanming alone spent nearly 80,000 taels of silver from elsewhere.

What is this concept?
  The total expenses of the entire Xiao Mansion in the past year have doubled again!
  But Xiao Yuanming was finished in one month.

Mrs. Xiao had already fainted from anger, and the room suddenly became busy.

(End of this chapter)