The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 142
Qiao Yuanxiu only lived at home for three days before being taken back to the palace. However, his wife has completely earned face among the officials' wives in the capital. You must know that not all noble concubines can go home to visit their relatives after half a year of marriage. Not all imperial concubines can use a sixteen-passenger carriage when visiting relatives.

Although the Qiao family had earned a lot of face in front of others, it was still somewhat difficult afterwards. My wife recently encountered something that bothered her very much.Because the relocation, Qiao Shaotang's marriage and Qiao Yuanxiu's return to the mansion all cost a lot of money, although Qiao's mansion has income and savings, but it has to spend such a large amount of money at once, and now it is more or less powerless.That's why I wanted everyone to discuss together how to make the Qiao Mansion get through this difficult time smoothly.

"I called you here today because I have something to tell you. This matter is very serious, so I hope you all listen to me seriously." The wife sat on the main seat. After Ye Duanyi took charge of the house, she said She seldom asks about the affairs of the Qiao Mansion, and only comes out to give pointers when necessary.But today's matter is very important, so she can only do it herself.

Everyone saw that the wife looked very serious, and knew that what she was going to say was also very important, so everyone was serious and wanted to know what the wife was going to say.Sure enough, the wife frowned, "It's not easy for me to say this, but the situation in the house is very critical, so I can only tell the truth."

"Recently, many things have happened in Qiao's Mansion, and some troubles have also occurred. I hope everyone can listen to me, and then we will tide over the difficulties together. I wonder if you have any opinions?" The wife frowned and looked at everyone, and everyone nodded repeatedly , but felt uneasy for a while, not knowing what problem my wife had to tell me.Qiao Jiuxiu sighed lightly, she could already guess some.

Last night, Duanyi came over to show her the account book of Qiao's family this month, only to find that Qiao's family was unable to make ends meet.In fact, thinking about it, a lot of things have happened in Qiao's residence recently, such as the relocation of the capital, Shaotang's marriage, and the return of the eldest sister, which one does not cost money?Although the Qiao family had savings and the master still had a salary, it was a drop in the bucket, and he couldn't afford such an expense at all.So I thought that my wife asked them to come here today, probably because of this.

Sure enough, I heard my wife say that the family is in financial difficulties recently, and I want to ask these concubines if there is any good way to help Qiao's family overcome this difficulty.It’s just that the wife just finished speaking, the concubines just look at me and look at you, the expression on their faces is very helpless, they may have their own ideas, but they are unwilling to say it, after all, they have been shooting out of their heads since ancient times, If you don't know this truth, you will have to suffer in the future.

The expression on Ye Duanyi's face was also very anxious.She had previously told her wife that she could go back to the Ye family to get money to help the Qiao family survive the economic crisis temporarily, but she was very seriously rejected by the wife. The wife said that no matter how poor the Qiao family was, they could not accept charity from outsiders.Difficulties are one thing. If you lose face because of difficulties, you will lose a lot of money. Even if you get over it in the future, the Qiao family will have no way to gain a foothold in the capital.And just after Ye Duanyi was welcomed into the door, he asked General Ye to borrow money. If it was spread out, people would definitely think that he was eating soft food.

This idea was rejected by his wife on the spot, so Ye Duanyi was helpless for a while, and didn't know how to help.When she was in the Ye family, she was always regarded as the apple of the eye, but she had never dealt with such a difficult problem.The wife swept her gaze over the concubines, and finally stopped her gaze on Qiao Jiuxiu.She knew that Jiu Yatou had always been very thoughtful, so maybe she could come up with a good solution.

"Jiu girl, what do you think?" With a slight smile in her eyes, the wife lightly handed over this problem to Qiao Jiuxiu.Qiao Jiuxiu smiled lightly. It's not that there is no way around this matter, it's just that it's quite tricky, and it's very easy to offend people. She originally planned to stay out of the matter and never be the first bird, but she didn't expect that her wife would directly choose her. She could only laugh awkwardly smiled.

Sighed, well, no matter how unwilling she is, she still needs to provide her wife with a good and practical solution, otherwise the wife must feel that she is perfunctory herself, and perfunctory wife is a felony, maybe she can do it with just one word. Let yourself be dismembered immediately.I could only raise my hand and rest my cheek, "Madam, actually this problem is not difficult to solve. Everyone knows that there are only two ways to get through the economic difficulties. The first is open source, and the second is Cutting down. There is no way to open source, it is impossible for Qiao Mansion to go out to do business, and the monthly income is about the same. So what we have to do now is to cut down on spending."

The wife nodded. She liked Qiao Jiuxiu's idea very much, it was really creative, so she looked at Qiao Jiuxiu and continued to ask, "Then what do you think about throttling?"

Qiao Jiuxiu sighed, she knew that as long as she opened her mouth, her wife would be very interested, but this matter somewhat offended people, but since she had already said it, she had no choice. "Ma'am, can you tell me the expenses of my aunt and miss for a month, and the specific expenses of each mansion?"

The wife nodded and took a look at Ruyi. She knew these things well, but what she said to Qiao Jiuxiu was somewhat strange, so she let Ruyi do it for her.Ruyi nodded, she has been with his wife for so many years, and she knows all these things, but she doesn't know why Qiao Jiuxiu asked the question just now, "Returning to Miss Jiu, the monthly expenses of Miss and Auntie are based on three silver coins, of which two coins are pocket money , the remaining money is used for daily expenses. As for the mansion, according to the different needs at different times, the kitchen already has to manage the food, so the expenditure is a little more."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, Ruyi's words were similar to what she thought. "Ma'am, I think that if you want to save money, first of all, you can temporarily deduct the pocket money for the lady and a car with two yuan silver, so that you can save a lot of money. Although it is only a small amount, it is a big deal. Everyone saves a little, that is. It’s a considerable sum. As for daily expenses and expenses, I hope everyone can save as much as possible.”

The wife nodded, Qiao Jiuxiu's plan was good, and seeing the smiles on the faces of the other ladies, she knew that they would not object, and their objection had no effect at all.That's how the matter was settled. "Okay, I'll take care of you. Duanyi, this time you will be with Jiu girl."

Ye Duanyi nodded, she likes doing things with Qiao Jiuxiu the most, she feels very safe.

"If there is no objection to this matter, then let's talk about the next thing." The wife saw that everyone was silent, and knew that they might be a little unhappy in their hearts, but they would definitely not express it.Jiu Yatou's idea just now is good, but it offends people very much. If someone made you live in poverty for a period of time, you would feel uncomfortable.

"One more thing. In order to celebrate Yuanxiu's conceived body, we will go to the temple to burn incense the day after tomorrow. Everyone will go to thank the Buddha for his special care to Qiao's family in the past year." After the wife finished speaking, she asked Everyone dispersed.Qiao Jiuxiu nodded. Over the past year, the Qiao family has really been patient with the Buddha's favor. It seems that everything has gone smoothly. It is very reasonable for the eldest sister to enter the palace, the master to be promoted, and the wife to thank the Buddha.

But hearing a cold snort, Qiao Jiuxiu struggled out of her wild thoughts.The cold snort just now was from Qiao Liuxiu, she is very dissatisfied with herself now, the wife randomly found a embroiderer in the capital to be in charge of her wedding dress, this matter has already made her very unhappy, now Qiao Jiuxiu wants to Reduce her usage.Qiao Liuxiu felt that this Ninth Sister was her nemesis.

But Qiao Jiuxiu didn't respond to her, and sure enough, seeing that she felt bored, she walked away.Ye Duanyi let out a soft breath, "Ninth Sister, why do I think Sixth Sister doesn't like you very much?"

Qiao Jiuxiu twitched the corners of her mouth in embarrassment, she doesn't like herself, what can she do.I can only spread my hands, "Sister Duanyi, I need to ask two people about saving money, can you accompany me?" Qiao Jiuxiu thought that she didn't know much about Qiao's affairs, so Going to ask a couple of experienced people.Ye Duanyi nodded, she also wanted to see how Qiao Jiuxiu dealt with this difficult problem.

"Should we call Qimei too?" Ye Duanyi saw that Qiao Qixiu was standing aside, keeping a close distance from them, neither walking away nor coming to look for them, as expected she maintained her own As usual, only when Qiao Jiuxiu approached her would she approach them to talk.

"Seventh Sister, you're here, are you standing there blowing the wind?" Qiao Jiuxiu greeted Qiao Qixiu half-jokingly, and Qiao Qixiu let out a slight breath, "Ninth Sister, you shouldn't have just opened your mouth to take this job." Those who work, you know, throttling and so on are the most offending people, the sisters and aunts in the family have already criticized you, but you still want to go the opposite way, isn't it just asking for trouble?"

Qiao Jiuxiu flattened her mouth, of course she knew the reason, but at that time the wife had already asked, if she didn't say one, two, three, the wife would be furious, she had no choice but to say her own way.And you can't just perfunctory your wife, do you think it's easy for her?

"Forget it, now is not the time to talk about this. I am going to the kitchen to ask Uncle Wang, who is in charge of cooking, to see how much money he can save. I also want to chat with Qiaoyu. There is no one in the house. She knows better than her. Seventh sister, are you with us?" Qiao Jiuxiu invited.

Qiao Qixiu nodded, she admired Qiao Jiuxiu more and more in her heart, she was really smart.As for throttling, just ask the two of them.

(End of this chapter)