delicious little cook

Chapter 169 Consensus

Mrs. Zhang looked at Bai Kou a few times, and felt a little strange. After all, her sister-in-law was only crying and reminiscing about the past before, and she didn't have time to introduce Bai Kou's identity.

"Such a young steward?" Mrs. Zhang wanted to say she was young, but she changed her words.

"Don't look at her as young, but she is an indispensable capable person around us. Hui'er's diet is all taken care of by her, and her daily menu is written by her own hands."

"Oh, so that's the case, thank you so much." Sitting, Zhang nodded slightly to Bai Kou.

Bai Kou smiled and bowed his knees to return the salute.

"Madam, this presumptuous visit was decided by our Ou family, so I'm really sorry."

"It doesn't matter, if you have any problems, just say it, and we can discuss what to do after you say it."

"Presumably Madam knows a little bit that our Ou family is from a businessman background."

"Yes, I've heard that the Third Grandfather didn't live very well after the separation of the family, and his property was lost too quickly. In order to have money and seek career development in the future, he married the eldest son Gu Kai to a merchant's daughter. It is only through financial resources that our own economy has improved.”

"Yes, it's our family, Shuangrong. At the beginning, the family was really happy to have such a marriage. They prepared an extremely generous dowry for Rongmei. They were not afraid of my wife's jokes when I said it. The women were a little jealous back then."

"Totally understand. Please continue."

"Sister Rong didn't have a good life after she got married. Only then did we realize that the marriage was a mistake. They only valued the support that our family's financial resources could give. But it was too late, and Hui'er was born. , so I had no choice but to make do with it, and give her some good medicinal materials from time to time to drag her body so that she would not collapse, but poor Huier, such a small child has never eaten anything that should be eaten, and she looks so dry and thin It doesn't please the elders at all." As she spoke, Zhang couldn't help crying.

"It hasn't been easy for your family these years."

"Now that I think about it, their purpose of getting married to our family was not simple from the beginning. They are high-class people with fame and official status. They married the daughters of our merchant family. Even if there were disputes, our family would not dare to make a scene. While helping to make money through our family, we can take Rongmei and the children as hostages, oppressing their mother and daughter with impunity."

"Is the dowry you bought back then because she was married as the first wife to give it so generously?"

"Exactly, there is a reason for this, but we didn't expect such consequences at the beginning."

"Is your family still making money for them?"

"It has always been that they have to invest in any business in our family, and share their profits every year. We will pay dividends for the new business that year. We will never accept any losses. If there is a loss, our family must eat it. Without a penny of their family's bonus, in fact, even the capital of the shares is Rongmei's dowry, they are completely empty-handed wolves. I just met Rongmei, and I realized that they actually beat her dowry assets in order to clear the joints. My idea, this is my decision to give up their mother and daughter to protect their whole family! Madame! Once they get the money, their mother and daughter will have no way out!"

"I know this. Shuangrong ran away to ask for help that day. She wanted to entrust her property and daughter to us in order to confess her last words. Fortunately, she was stopped. After some persuasion, she no longer has the idea of ​​seeking death."

"My miserable sister Rong, it was her family who harmed her. She shouldn't have agreed to this marriage for the vanity of the official wife." Zhang's voice was hoarse, because she had already cried once before, and she didn't have the strength to cry again. , but fortunately so, otherwise it would be inevitable to gossip again if the girls outside saw it.

"Okay, this is the end of the matter, it's useless to talk about the past, let's talk about the future, Shuang Rong worried that your natal family would be affected by her, so she didn't contact you, how did you know the news and came to the door?" ?”

"The shopkeeper and accountants who run the business for Rongmei contacted us at the beginning of the month, saying that Rongmei could not be reached. We were a little panicked at that time, thinking that we were injured by their family and couldn't get up. Every time, they politely invite us in, and then drive us out through the back door. After going through this for a few times, Gu Kai suddenly came to the door the day before yesterday, insisting that Sister Rong took the opportunity of taking the child to drink and threw the child in the Duke's mansion , She eloped with someone by herself, forced us a divorce certificate, and didn't pay back the dowry, so she had to swallow it all as compensation."

"Ridiculous! They actually came up with such an idea to cover up the disappearance of the eldest daughter-in-law!"

"They can only make a fuss with our district family. We are his eldest son's Yue family. Even if the political enemies who are attacking them now see our family moving around frequently, they can't say anything about him without evidence, and we don't have a big backer. Businessmen, for the sake of face in the business field, never dare to publicize their face. They took advantage of our family's weakness to be so unscrupulous. They married our family because they saw that our family had no support. .”

"go on."

"They want to swallow their property, but they don't dare to make big moves. They are afraid that their political opponents will target their good deeds. Rongmei has a lot of property under her name. It is not easy to change all the owners in a short period of time. In order to prevent the shopkeeper from stirring up trouble With the huge reaction of the guys, they have to take their time. And we were thinking about what they said about the child in the Duke's mansion, so we went directly to the door without telling first, it is really a last resort."

"They finally made a move. After waiting for so long, it was finally worth it." The eldest lady sneered.

"Ma'am?" Zhang was surprised.

"You don't have to worry, all of this is expected, but I don't know when they will lose their composure. Shuangrong has already made arrangements for her property, and wrote documents to entrust all the assets to our mansion. It will be used to pay the living expenses of the three of them and the dowry of Hui'er in the future."

"Yes, that's what Rongmei told the woman just now, so the woman finally relaxed a little."

"We have also made some preparations to keep Shuangrong's property. Those properties have already sent people to watch over them. The change of name and sale of the property requires dental insurance to deal with it. They don't even think about getting a brick."

"It's so good! It's so good!" Mrs. Zhang finally showed her first smile since entering the room.

"They are robbing property recklessly now, probably because they have made a calculation in their hearts. The old man's official career will not be guaranteed. At least he can keep his money to become a rich man and seek development for his children and grandchildren. Hmph, as the descendants of the great ancestors, they are really embarrassing. It really makes their wishes come true, and people talk about it on the head of our Duke's mansion, which will damage the reputation of our Duke's mansion, if any rumors spread to the ears of the saint, how will my family's heirs become nobles in the future."

"Everything depends on the Duke and Madam!" After speaking, Mrs. Zhang got up and knelt down, and kowtowed upright.

"Now that Qiu Wei has not released the list, the master still has to stay in the official office for a few days. I will tell him the matter when he comes back, and he will decide how to arrange things."

"Mrs. Xie."

"If you have nothing else to do, don't go back at noon, stay and have lunch with Hui'er."

"Mrs. Xie, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful."

After Mrs. Zhang kowtowed again, Bai Kou stepped forward to lead her out to cover the building behind her.

Mother Pang also went out to arrange for Zhang's coachman to rest, and asked the West Kitchen to deliver food for one more person to the stable at noon.

(Author's note: There are Android recommendations today, so I will continue to update three times. This is the third update. Tomorrow is finally the last day to add updates. The recommendation is over. Thank you for your support. Continue to ask for recommendation tickets and collections.)
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