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Chapter 360 Making money is the first priority
After learning about the current financial situation of the public house, the eldest lady rushed to see the old matriarch again, and discussed with her the standard of marriage expenses for so many children in the house, and took this opportunity to settle it so that the wives-in-law would not feel unbalanced in the future.

Regarding the children's wedding expenses, the eldest lady thinks that the public's money is spent on maintaining the daily expenses of the entire mansion, and there is not much surplus at all. At most, a little can be used to help decorate the new house, buy wooden utensils and other wedding supplies, six ceremonies and wedding banquets. The expenses should all be paid by the parents, after all, the only person in the mansion who deserves to be borne by the public is Gu Yun, not Gu Xu.

The old matriarch was also the daughter-in-law of the family. She knew how much money was spent in the government. Now the population in the house is increasing, and there are places where money is spent everywhere. Although there are many properties in the government, the farms outside the city The harvest depends on the weather, and the annual profits of shops in the city fluctuate up and down. Last year's profitable business may not be the same this year. There are also many closed shops due to improper management, so the eldest lady came to talk about the wedding expenses. , she felt that it was difficult to be a family member.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed for a whole noon, and finally set a rough standard, regardless of boys and girls, except for Gu Yun, other children's wedding expenses, compared with the previous expenses of Gu Xian and Gu Jie, 1 per person Two cash silver bills, the insufficient part will be prepared by the parents themselves. In addition, the old lady, as a grandmother, will give each grandchildren 2000 taels of money. Currently there are fourteen grandchildren in the mansion, and the old lady has to buy money from her private house. He took out 8000 taels of silver, which is a considerable amount of money.

The eldest lady waited on her mother-in-law for her lunch break, returned to Jicheng hall, closed the door to discuss with Mama Pang for a while, and then asked someone to call Bai Kou.

Bai Kou rushed over in a hurry, thinking that there was something wrong with the New Year's Eve dinner menu, and entered the main bedroom, seeing only the eldest lady and Pang's mother were there, with serious expressions on their faces that they wanted to talk about business, and suddenly felt uneasy .

"The servant girl has met the eldest lady and greeted the eldest lady. I don't know what orders the eldest lady has for calling the maidservant?"

"Bai Kou, let me ask you, is the business you take care of the son profitable?"

"If you go back to Da Furen, you will invest in the production of soap after the next year. At the same time, other workshops will continue to open. When the layout is completed, it will be profitable."

"The prince came to me earlier to borrow 1000 taels for production. I agreed at that time, but now I don't want to give the 1000 taels."

Bai Kou stood there calmly, motionless, waiting for the lady's next words.

"1000 taels is too stingy, I will give you 5000 taels, arrange everything that needs to be laid out, and use your best ability to make money for the prince."

Mama Pang took out a flat box from nowhere, went to Bai Kou and handed it to her.

Bai Kou took it and opened it to see that they were all 500 taels of large bank notes, ten in total.

"Ma'am, you are suddenly so nervous, is it because the marriage expenses of the young master and the third lady have burdened the public finances?"

"You are a smart child, and I will not hide it from you. Not only the two of them, but also the young masters and ladies in the mansion have all entered the marriageable age one after another. Before the eldest son gets married, there are also marriages between the second young master and several young ladies. The old matriarch agreed that each of those children should be 1 taels, but the world is unpredictable, and I don’t know if the public account will be able to cover his full expenses when it is the son’s turn to get married.”

"The servant girl understands, Da Furen, the servant girl will definitely do her best to earn money for the marriage and daily life of the prince, reduce the financial burden of the public, and will not be inferior to the wedding ceremony of the princes of other families."

"Also, about my dowry business, you asked Mama Pang if there is anyone you can take a ride to cooperate with. You don't have much time. You have to save at least tens of thousands of taels for your son in a few years. I know it's not easy, so I The resources at hand are available to you as long as you open your mouth."

"Ma'am, let me ask you a little more, what is your expectation for the son's marriage?"

"Next year's Chunwei will definitely not be strong enough. Just treat it as an end game to gain experience. Chunwei at the age of 19 will be the time to see his real skills, and the marriage will be discussed after that."

"That is to say, there are only three years. The servant girl must do her best. Madam, please rest well, and the servant girl will retire."

Holding the money box, Bai Kou hurried back to her room and locked it in the closet. With the 5000 taels, she could do a lot of things, but no matter how excited she was, she had to take a nap first, calm down, and think about how to use the money well.

The eldest lady can see that she is really in a hurry. Being a daughter-in-law is not easy. She has to save money for the business, and at the same time, she has to bear the dissatisfaction and complaints from the sister-in-law. She even expects that the son-in-law's small business can be completed in three years. He earned tens of thousands of silver taels in a short period of time, but then again, if the eldest son's marriage expenses are all his own money, it will really be a big face to both parents and in-laws, only the second and third families have no face. Just light.

Bai Kou couldn't wait to see the second room's jokes. She now believes that the second wife and her three children are hypocrites pretending to be noble and have no affection at all.

After taking a nap, Bai Kou also calmed down. After finishing the afternoon snack in the small kitchen, she brought a portion to Aunt Rong and Gu Hui.

Aunt Rong welcomed Bai Kou into her bedroom with a smile, and asked Shui Zhen to bring food into the lady's room.

"You haven't come for a while, and you are busy this year, but you suddenly came here. Is it for a happy event in the mansion next year?"

"Next year's happy event has nothing to do with me, and I don't need to make great efforts. I am here for the happy event of the son in a few years."

"The prince's marriage costs more, you have to work harder to make money."

"That's right, the eldest lady said that the eldest son started to discuss marriage after participating in the Spring Festival at the age of 19, and I didn't have much time left."

"Do you want you to earn tens of thousands of taels in three years?" Aunt Rong understood everything.

"Do your best to obey the destiny."

"Then what do you want me to do?"

"Write me a business list of the Ou family. Now I need to mobilize all resources and concentrate on making money for the son."

"It's easy to handle. I'll write it in a while, and you can come and get it tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you, Aunt Rong."

"Why are you being polite to me, I'm also taking a ride to make money." Aunt Rong patted Bai Kou's hand with a smile.

Bai Kou thanked Aunt Rong repeatedly, and then resigned.

In the evening, Gu Yun went to say good night to the elders after dinner and came back. He entered the corner door and stood under the porch of his main room. He saw Bai Kou standing outside his study door, blowing the cold wind, waiting for him, and hurried over to enter with her. Qinglan exited the house as usual, and went into Baoxia to chat with Meihuan and the others.

Gu Yun touched Bai Kou's hand, it was cold, and he didn't know how long she had been standing outside, so he led her to the imperial concubine's bed, and the two of them sat tightly together, with a blanket wrapped around their legs, Bai Kou clasped her hands in her own.

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