The mistress of the Hou family went crazy after doting on concubines and killing their wives.

Chapter 30 Prodigal Toys

Lu Xiuning sat calmly and obediently, with no expression on his face as he had just been given the key to his study.

It is good to have a temperament that does not take pleasure in things and does not take sorrow from oneself.

Lu Wan was very satisfied with him, "Brother Ning, do you have a boy or a maid that you like? Choose one of each to serve you."

Lu Xiuning's eyes lit up, "Can Chuan Bai continue to follow me? I don't need a maid, a servant is enough."

"Chua Bai? Is he your former servant?"

"Well, he is honest, doesn't talk much, and is also diligent."

Lu Wan nodded approvingly, taking the initiative to choose the person to serve, knowing the importance, which was good.

"Madam in charge, is that okay?" Lu Wan tilted her head and looked at the lady in charge.

How dare she say no? She nodded quickly, "Of course, of course, I will transfer Chuan Bai back immediately."

"Hurry up and prepare clothes for Brother Ning."

"Yes, yes, don't worry, eldest lady." The lady in charge laughed, muttering to herself why the eldest lady suddenly took care of this kind of thing, she had never asked about it before.

Lu Wan turned to Zhiruo and said, "Choose one of my third-class maids who is smart and about the same age."

Zhiruo thought for a while and said, "Usnea is pretty good. She is just twelve years old. She is smart and has excellent needlework."

"Well, bring it in and let Brother Ning have a look. If you like it, then follow him." Lu Wan looked at Lu Xiuning with a smile.

He stood up awkwardly, "Eldest sister, we really don't need a maid anymore...my brother is not used to it."

Lu Wan said angrily, "Which young master in the house doesn't have a maid to serve him? What if your clothes are torn or your shoes are broken and no one can repair them for you? Why don't you go out wearing the tattered ones?"

Lu Xiuning didn't dare to bite.

"Slave Usnea has met the elder girl and the third young master." The refreshing little girl knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the two of them.

"Well, get up." Lu Wan looked at her. She had a pretty face, especially a pair of bright almond eyes. She was a neat child.

"Are you good at needlework?"

Usluo nodded, "Go back to the eldest lady, my mother is the embroiderer in the mansion, and I have followed her since she was a child."

"Can you read?"

Usnea blushed slightly, "I know a few of them. When Madam was here, the servant secretly learned it while waiting in the study."

Lu Wan couldn't be too satisfied, "Brother Ning, Usnea is pretty good. He has served in the study and is familiar with the books in the study. He can also help you find books. His name matches Chuanbai's name perfectly."

Hearing that he was familiar with the study, Lu Xiuning had no objection and hurriedly handed over his hand, "Thank you, elder sister."

"Usluo, from now on you will be the third young master's first-class maid. I will serve you with all your heart and I will never treat you badly."

Usnea's eyes widened and she was dumbfounded.

Is she a first-class maid?

Jumped two extremes at once?
"Are you so happy? Why don't you thank me?" Zhiruo smiled and slapped her on the back of the head.

Usluo kowtows quickly, "Usluo thanks the eldest lady and the third young master. Usluo will serve the third young master wholeheartedly."

"Get up." Lu Wan smiled.

Lu Wan carefully warned Lu Xiuning a few words, telling him to calm down and not get angry with others, but he should not let others bully him, he should know how to protect himself, and if necessary, let Chuan Bai come to Xie's house to find her.

Finally, Zhiruo was asked to hand over Usnea's deed of betrayal to him.

Lu Xiuning's eyes were red, and he nodded vigorously while holding back tears.

After taking care of Lu Xiuning's affairs, it was already Shen Shizheng, and dinner would be served in half an hour.

Dongqing came back and compared the found accounts with Aunt Zhao's accounts, and all the problems were clear at a glance.

Although Lu Wan was mentally prepared, she did not expect the amount to be so huge. With ice in her beautiful eyes, she stood up and pulled on her pleated skirt.

"Let's go to the Yishou Hall."

It's time to calculate the year's ledger for a group of blood-sucking borers!
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There are two charcoal stoves burning in the Yishou Hall, but it still makes people feel chilly.

The servants didn't dare to breathe, and lowered their heads for fear of offending any of their masters.

Aunt Liu stood behind Mrs. Lu, rubbing her shoulders and looking at Lu Wan with unclear meaning.

Mrs. Lu listened to Lu Wan's words with a sullen face, and her face became uglier the more she listened.

Lu Wan first reported what happened to Lu Xiuning and gave Zhao Ruyi eye drops in an understatement.

At first, Mrs. Lu kindly praised her for handling the matter correctly. She immediately ordered the person in charge to note down Usnea as a first-class maid, and gave Chuan Bai's contract of sale to Lu Xiuning. She also sent two third-class maids and a sweeper. .

Lu Wan changed the topic and said that her mother's dowry had lost twenty-eight items in one year, and only six items were pawned. This part was used for the expenses of the marquis's house, and the others were missing. If it were recorded by the government, The total value at that time was 528,000 taels.

Next, Zuiyuelou sent 36,000 taels this year, the shop and the farm handed in 102,000 taels this year, and the income from dowry this year was 138,000 taels.

The total expenditure of the Marquis Mansion this year is 37,000 taels. Excluding the normal house expenses, the Marquis spends the most.

Among them, I spent 120,000 taels on antiques, calligraphy and paintings, 30,000 taels on Zhenbaoge, 30,000 taels on Jinxiufang, and 8,000 taels on a grocery store.

A total of 188,000 taels was spent.

Finally, Lu Wan calculated the interest on the 60,000 usury loan. Normally, the interest was 12 cents per month, and the interest receivable was 86,400 taels. However, this amount was not recorded in the general ledger or general expenditure accounts.

As for whose pocket the money fell into, she didn't care.

She clearly told everyone in the Lu family that it was her mother Qin who raised the Lu family!
Mr. Hou is the largest blood-sucking worm among them.

Mrs. Lu wore a bronze face and was trembling with anger.

She was asked to release the usury money, which used two years of Zuiyuelou's money. However, the profit she received was only 50,000 yuan a year. Calculated in this way, she was raped for more than 30,000 yuan a year!

Lu Shanyuan's annual salary is only sixty taels. Where can he get the money to buy antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, clothes and shops? What does he want a shop for?
They must all be for Zhao Ruyi and her daughter.

The most hateful thing is that he dared to secretly pawn his wife's dowry to please the three of them, mother and son.

Now that his granddaughter caught him, the Marquis lost his face.

A wasteful thing!

Aunt Liu and Mrs. Second and Third Bedroom’s eyes almost popped out.

On weekdays, it was not their turn to check the government's revenue and expenses. When they heard that Lu Wan was checking the general ledger, they came to listen.

Their husbands became idle and petty officials in the court. They had nothing to do all day long, so they were sent to help the shop run business. In the end, they couldn't make any profit.

The second lady, Bao Yunhua, stood up angrily, "Mother, is this too much? Our master works from dawn to dusk to make a living in the house. He is away from home all day, so he can only take a small amount according to the profit. Although we, the two masters, are We are from common people, but we are also from official official families, so we can't be so unfair."

The third wife, Cao Wenhui, hurriedly echoed, "Yes, yes, mother, our two families have always followed my mother's lead, and the obedient ones are bullied. It's so unfair!"

The second wife, Bao Yunhua, is the second daughter of the fourth-rank Zuo admonishment doctor. Among the female relatives of the Hou family, she is the highest-born except the old lady.

The third lady Cao Wenhui's father is a senior official of the fourth rank, and his official rank is a bit higher than that of the second lady's father. However, she is a concubine and feels inferior to the second lady. She always follows behind the second lady. Follow and make some money.

They knew that the old lady was lending money as loan sharks, so they loaned some money to earn some interest. Today they discovered that the profits from the loan money had been taken advantage of by others. How could they tolerate it?

Aunt Liu whispered in the old lady's ear softly, "This money was all handled by my cousin. She must have lost it because of her greed. How dare you scheme against the old lady, it's so abominable."

She also took one hundred taels of silver with her.

"Call Zhao Ruyi!" Mrs. Lu was angry.

The little bitch dared to act like a monster under her nose. Madam Lu was so angry that she wanted to kill Zhao Ruyi with a stick.

(End of this chapter)