Reborn in a Noble Family - Chapter 71
Chapter 71 Shamelessly Demand
“Mother, a few days ago, my wife discussed with my fourth sister-in-law. This year’s New Year’s Ceremony is still based on the standards of previous years. These past few years, my fourth sister-in-law has handled all these matters and I have personally instructed you. There won’t be any mistakes. Mother, don’t worry. When my fourth sister-in-law has made the arrangements, my wife will show you the list.”
Like Qiao Xi, Gu Jingshu had always had no sense of existence. After saying so much today, everyone was very surprised.
At the same time, he was even more gloating.
There was a good show to watch if he were to brazenly contradict the matriarch.
Sure enough, when Old Madam Qiao opened her mouth again, her tone was not so good. “Fourth daughter-in-law came back and told me, when did we need a few people from Qiao Family to pay for the public high school?”
The implication was very obvious. It was Gu Jingshu’s fault that there was no silver in the Duke. Since it was her fault, she should naturally make up for the lack of silver.
Gu Jingshu smiled. “Daughter-in-law also finds it strange. Every season, she gets a lot of silver from the public school. The food and clothing in the mansion are basically not used for the public school. How come there is no silver at the end of the year? If mother is worried, daughter-in-law will review the books for the past few years to see where it went wrong and whether it was corrupted by servants.”
Old Madame Qiao’s expression changed. “I just asked casually. The eldest daughter-in-law wants to check the books. Why, I can’t ask anymore? I gave the feed to you. If you don’t manage it well, I can still take it back.”
Qiao Yunxi wanted to argue, but Gu Jingshu had already pulled her sleeve and smiled at her before saying, “Mother can take back the feed at any time. My daughter-in-law wants to find out the reason so that she won’t make the same mistake in the future. At the same time, my daughter-in-law also wants to prove her innocence.” To put it shamefully, Mother handed the feed to her daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law’s body was not good enough. If it weren’t for the help of her fourth sister-in-law, the backyard would have been in a mess all these years. The feed-in-law would have become a mess. This year, his wife had been sick in bed since years ago, but luckily, her fourth sister-in-law had been in charge of the backyard. Therefore, the first four siblings went to the manor to look for their wives. When they said that there wasn’t enough silver in the public sector, their wives didn’t think too much about it. After all, these accounts were handled by the fourth siblings. I naturally believe in her. Fourth sister-in-law has helped my wife so much, I can’t allow fourth sister-in-law to use money to make up for it, can I? That’s why we discussed with our fourth sister-in-law and had our people split the money equally this season. Unexpectedly, the fourth sister-in-law was honest and took the initiative to apologize in front of her mother. “The wife also doesn’t want the fourth sister-in-law to feel wronged. She doesn’t need to say anything else but to put up money. That’s why she wants to re-examine the ledger to see if something went wrong or if it was misappropriated by a greedy slave.”
Who cares about the feed, who pasted money on it?
Alright, the feed is in Fourth Fang’s hands. Then let Fourth Fang post it.
Gu Jingshu’s words were all for Xue Tao’s sake, but the matriarch was unforgiving and insisted on being aggressive. Alright then, let’s do as the matriarch said.
She gave Xue Tao a helpless look.
She did her best.
Old Madam Qiao and Xue Tao were so angry that they gritted their teeth
If it was normal, Gu Jingshu would have already taken the initiative to take out the bank notes. Today, she didn’t know what Gu Jingshu was up to. She had already said it so clearly. Not only was Gu Jingshu unmoved, she had also learned to fight back!
This was provoking her dignity!
Old Madame Qiao, who thought that she had been offended, felt the pressure on her body was terribly low, but she could not find an excuse to retaliate.
What could she say?
Let Gu Jingshu take the silver bill?
Old Madame Qiao thought that she was a reasonable mother-in-law. She did not make things difficult for her daughter-in-law, did not suppress her daughter-in-law, nor did she take things from her daughter-in-law with shallow eyelids.
The Qiao Clan was at least an influential merchant in Jincheng. If she really wanted to take money and things from her daughter-in-law, then what would it be like?
Besides, in her eyes, it was one thing for her daughter-in-law to offer money and good things, but it was another for her to ask for it.
The former is filial piety, the latter is asking for.
She’s not down to the point where she needs to ask her daughter-in-law.
“At the end of the year, there are many things that will inevitably go wrong. Fourth daughter-in-law has always been cautious in her work. She has taken care of the backyard instead of you all these years and has done nothing wrong. This time, I reckon there were some places that were neglected. I can wait until I’m free and check them out properly. During this period of time, the most important thing is to prepare the New Year’s Eve gift as soon as possible. The money in the office will be shared equally among the people for now.”
“Just according to mother’s wishes, how much does each room have to be shared?” Gu Jingshu climbed up the pole.
The expenses of the Qiao Clan weren’t much. Other than picking out the food and clothing from the long room, it was also directly adjusted from the shop.
Qiao Family was originally in the silk business, but he still lacked these?
However, Old Madame Qiao was also shrewd and did not speak directly.
At first, when Xue Tao mentioned these things to her, she didn’t care. After all, she was the daughter-in-law that she had held in her hands for more than twenty years. No matter how powerful she was, she couldn’t escape from her Five Finger Mountain. However, when she fought today, she had already experienced Gu Jingshu’s changes and strength.
She lost the first round because she wasn’t adapted to Gu Jingshu’s changes and wasn’t prepared. The other party killed her unprepared.
After packing up her emotions, Old Madame Qiao started the second round.
She was Gu Jingshu’s mother-in-law, and a single word like “filial piety” could crush her to death!
“Well, how did you arrange the New Year’s Eve ceremony?” Old Madame Qiao did not mention anything about Gu Jingshu’s question. Instead, she stubbornly asked the previous question.
Gu Jingshu could not hide her question from the elders and said directly, “New Year’s Eve?” Previously, my wife said that she would come according to the standards of previous years. She also brought the keys to the warehouse and handed them to her fourth sister. She will take care of the arrangements. When the time comes, she will choose something and I will just register it here. Fourth sister-in-law knows the relationship between us and the other merchants, so she knows how to prepare a gift. “If the items in the warehouse are not big enough, buy them from the public.”
Gu Jingshu did not mention the Eastern Hospital’s warehouse.
Old Madam Qiao gritted her teeth.
When did this fox spirit become so smart!
Since it was the New Year’s Eve gift of the Qiao Manor, they would naturally take money from the public. Unless the houses had their own merchants and needed to walk around privately, they would have to prepare their own. Therefore, this New Year’s Eve gift would not be able to take advantage of them?
If he didn’t peel off a layer of skin from Gu Jingshu’s body and obtain silver from the long room, how could he be willing to do so?
After a pause, Old Madame Qiao said in a low voice, “Have you finished collecting statistics on the manor? You’ve been back for a month now. When will the things over there be delivered? Deliver them to the kitchen of the public high school and prepare them earlier.”
Qiao Xingbang’s heart turned cold.
Before coming, Gu Jingshu repeatedly instructed him in the carriage that as long as this matter involved the backyard, he would not speak, lest he give Mother the chance to attack, leaving everything to her and Qiao Qiao.
Qiao Xingbang knew that it would be difficult for him to come back this time, but he didn’t think too much about it. He only thought that his mother was unhappy because eldest branch didn’t help him this year.
However, after hearing what Mother said, he understood that in Mother’s and the other Fang’s eyes, long-term subsidies were a matter of course. Who said that the Qiao Family’s property was in the hands of long-term subsidies?
Haha, if the money in the Duke is really used in the Qiao Family, it’s not impossible to have a long-term subsidy, but when Gu Jingshu wants to check the books, Mother immediately changes the topic.
He really thought he was stupid!
The attitude of these people was taken for granted, and they did not put the Changfang in their eyes at all, as if the Changfang owed them!
Every quarter, he was the one who took out the dividends from the store, which was enough for the Qiao family to live in luxury. Moreover, the food and clothing of the Qiao family’s rooms basically didn’t take away the money from the store. It was either Gu Jingshu’s manor’s subsidy or directly from the store, but now, he couldn’t even afford to eat New Year’s Eve dinner anymore.
Do you want to eat dragon meat or phoenix wings?
The Qiao Clan’s public middle school was much higher than their peers in every quarter. It could be said that the Qiao Clan’s public middle school of half a year was equivalent to the expenditure of their peers for a year. Just like this, it could not satisfy the expenses of the Qiao Clan?
Qiao Xingbang was a businessman and was the most sensitive to numbers. From the attitude of Old Madame Qiao and Fourth Fang, they knew that the accounts in the public school were confused. It was unknown how many had been deducted, and how many of the other Fangs had been distributed among them.
She secretly rejoiced that Gu Jingshu had not taken care of the feed because of her health these past few years. Otherwise, when the accounts did not match up, the long room would have to be filled in.
“Mother, the harvest on the manor, daughter-in-law want to bring a portion back to mother’s home, after all, daughter-in-law is accompanied by the manor planted vegetables and fruits, daughter-in-law also want to let mother’s family taste. The rest will be sent to the kitchen of the Eastern Campus after we return in the new year. We have to leave for so long and send it here now. I’m afraid it will break down. There’s a cellar on the manor that can be stored. “If mother wants to try something new, daughter-in-law will have someone bring some back later. At that time, she will also send some to the few bedrooms.”
“Pa!”
Old Madame Qiao slapped the table. Obviously, she could not bear it any longer.
“What, you took Joe in front of me? We won’t be able to live without the things on your manor, will we?”
“Mother, don’t be angry.” Xue Tao helped Old Madam Qiao calm down and said, “Sister-in-law is also thinking of us. She is afraid that the rumors outside will affect us. You also know that Sister-in-law is the most filial. When did things not reach the kitchen of the public school? This year is no exception. All these years, Mother was used to eating the vegetables and fruits on her sister-in-law’s manor. She had no appetite for other things. As for the New Year’s Eve dinner, I don’t need to worry. Sister-in-law will arrange it. ”
Raising her head, Xue Tao looked at Gu Jingshu and said, “In the past, everything was fine. If you suddenly came like this, Mother would definitely feel uncomfortable. Tell Mother about it properly. It’s not a big deal.” As for the rumors you said earlier, I shouldn’t have said anything about them. Qiao Family has been like this all these years. Those rumors didn’t spread early or late, but they came out at this time. It’s obvious that they can’t see us well. They purposely said that. I think it must be because Qiao Qiao and San’er went out with the Marquis of Zhen Yuan last time. Those people said that the grapes were sour and tried to slander our Qiao Family. We are so honest that we can’t control their mouths. How should we live, how should we live? ”
Qiao Yunxi blinked.
Amazing, my fourth aunt.
A few days ago, she was so passive, but today’s words changed the world. She had discussed it with the old witch in private for a long time, but luckily, she had the nerve to say it out loud.