Chapter 3706 After my father was spotted by the princess (28)
When Marquis Wuyang died, the plaque was taken off and replaced with a new one. Marquis Wuyang Mansion was no longer Marquis Wuyang Mansion, but Uncle Wuyang Mansion.
Zhong Yunwei is Uncle Wuyang, and his wife Chen is officially in charge of the house and manages everything in the mansion.
After holding two large-scale funerals in succession, Chen settled the accounts and realized that the money in the mansion was stretched. Looking at the money left on the books, she couldn't help feeling flustered.
After Wuyang Hou Zhong Shanming's wife died, many things happened one after another. For a while, he didn't have time to marry his stepmother, and the old lady took care of the affairs of the house for many years.
Mrs. Chen is not particularly clear about how the old lady maintains the expenses of the mansion. They live a good life on weekdays. On the contrary, they are very healthy and can buy basically everything they need.
Now that there is only a little money left in the account, she has to check what happened.
Jiao Susu will give a certain amount of money to the account of the Hou Mansion every month. This is not a secret, as long as anyone who pays attention to it will know.
In the past, Mrs. Chen was a little afraid of the old lady, and never dared to ask more questions, but she didn't know.
She still understands that Jiao Susu is a merchant woman, but she doesn't know how big Jiao Susu's property is.
Suddenly found that Jiao Susu had to pay such a large amount of money to the house's account every month, her eyelids twitched, thinking that the Jiao family's property is really not small.
After finishing the calculation, Mrs. Jiao has not sent money to the account of the mansion for two months.
Mr. Chen didn't think it was because Mr. Jiao was unwilling to give it. It must be because there were too many things in the past two months, and the other party didn't have time.
She is in charge of everything in the mansion, so she naturally wants to ask what's going on. The Jiao family has always given the money, it must be the old lady's agreement.
It was the first time Mrs. Chen came to the remote courtyard where Jiao Susu lived.
Chen met Jiao Susu and explained his purpose of coming.
Jiao Susu knew that such a day would come, she said: "Sister-in-law, too many things have happened in the past two years, I have no intention of managing the property in my hand, and I can't afford any money. All the shops under my hand are leased, and the lease period is coming soon. The goods are currently being processed at a loss. No matter whether the goods can be processed or not, it is impossible to renew the contract after the expiration date."
In a word, no money.
Mrs. Chen didn't expect such a situation, she frowned: "Susu, you used to give a sum of money to the account every month, but now you don't give it suddenly..."
"Sister-in-law, I didn't make an agreement with anyone to give this money in the past. I just used this money to honor the old lady. Now I don't have the ability, so naturally I can't get it. You must know that I gave this money just as a filial piety, not for It should be given." Jiao Susu's voice was stern, which was the reasoning at the beginning. Otherwise, it would be a joke to let her, the granddaughter-in-law, use her private treasury to cover expenses.
The old lady is very concerned about her reputation, and she needs to have a good excuse to spend her money.
Chen couldn't say more, since Jiao was so confident, it meant that it was really not an agreement that the other party must give it, so she could only leave with a sad face.
Not having so much money, Mrs. Chen calculated the income and expenditure of the mansion, and could only reduce expenses.
But it has only been shortened by ten days, and everyone feels something is wrong.
Especially Zhong Yunmao's family was very dissatisfied with their daily food and supplies. This dissatisfaction is naturally to trouble the housekeeper, Mrs. Chen.
"Sister-in-law, although the new official has three fires, don't burn them too cleanly. If you do this, you can't live well?"
(end of this chapter)
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