ALL NOVEL Chapter 9 Settlement of Accounts
As for Mu Xueliu's instructions, Mrs. Yanglinghou still remembered them at the beginning, so she wanted to embarrass Shen Qing a little and apply pressure, but she didn't expect that she would become more and more serious and challenge her again and again. Finally, Mrs. Yanglinghou couldn't bear it anymore and immediately summoned all the masters in the house to ask Shen Qing to give an explanation.
It was true that they were at fault for what happened yesterday, so even if Shen Qing tried to make things difficult for them later on, they could only endure it. But it was different today. The sudden reduction in food in the house was all Shen Qing's fault.
Shen Qing calmly took a sip of tea and then said, "Mother is right, I am the matron of the house, and I should take care of the food and clothing of the family, but I can't bear the vacancy in my account. The mistress of the house is naturally a clever woman who can't make a living without rice. As for making peace at dawn and dusk, my mother must have forgotten that the crown prince's concubine issued a grounding order for her and her husband yesterday, and ordered her and her husband to reflect on their mistakes yesterday. I dare not disturb them. ”
After finishing his words, he glanced at Mu Ziqian imperceptibly.
Mu Ziqian felt guilty for a moment, but when he thought of what Shen Qing had done today, his back instantly straightened up a bit.
It is true that they were wrong yesterday, but this is not the reason for Shen Qing to treat everyone in the house harshly, especially his husband, who was directly fasted, which is simply ridiculous!
Hearing Shen Qing mention Mu Xueliu's grounding order, Mrs. Yangling Hou, who was filled with anger, suddenly sobered up a little, "Let's forget about greetings in the morning. When did the vacancy in the account happen? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
Mrs. Yanglinghou stared into Shen Qing's eyes, wanting to see what she could say.
"That's the case, then today I will carefully calculate the accounts of the house for my mother."
Seeing that Mrs. Yangling Hou finally got to the point, Shen Qing recounted the accounts that she had sorted out in the morning one by one, "First of all, the food and clothing expenses of the various masters in the house. Father and mother are about one hundred taels per month. , my husband and I get 80 taels per month, the fourth lady gets 50 taels, and the two aunts get 30 taels each, which is four hundred and seventy taels;
Next is the monthly money of each master in the house. My father has a salary and does not charge it to the account. My mother has sixty taels per month. My husband and I each have fifty taels, the fourth lady has 30 taels, and the two aunts have 20 taels each. Another two hundred and thirty taels;
Again, it is the monthly money and expenses of the servants in the mansion. The first-class girls have five taels per month, and there are ten in the mansion, which is fifty taels. The second-class girls have three taels per month, and there are twenty-eight in the mansion, which is eighty taels. Forty taels, a total of sixty-eight servants sweep the kitchen, ranging from eight to two taels of silver per month, a total of eighty-six taels, and the monthly expenses include eighty taels, which is exactly three hundred taels;
The Yangling Marquis Mansion is a wealthy family, and the amount of favors exchanged every month costs at least three hundred taels;
The extravagant shopping during the New Year and holidays, coupled with the purchase of seasonal clothes, on average, one hundred taels of silver per month is not too much. If nothing else, these alone add up to one thousand four hundred taels per month.
It has been exactly eight months since I took over Zhongzhi from my mother in early July last year. At that time, there was only one thousand, five hundred taels of silver left in the account. I supplemented the one thousand eight hundred taels with my own money. Adding the details of the past eight months, I supplemented a total of thirteen thousand taels. Even in this case, my mother still felt that it was not included in the account. Vacancy?
As for my mother's question about why I didn't report it to you... When my mother paid the medium-term gift, there were only one thousand five hundred taels left in her account, and then she could only get out but not get in. So does she really not know that there is a vacancy in her account? "
Every time Shen Qing said something, Mrs. Yanglinghou's face became more guilty. She was also in charge of the family, so she naturally knew that what Shen Qing said was the truth. If it hadn't been for a serious vacancy in the account, she wouldn't have She was so anxious to hand over the power of the family, but now that Shen Qing had clearly stated it clearly, Mrs. Yanglinghou felt a little embarrassed for a moment, but Mu Ziqian still continued to cause trouble because of his cleverness.
"Only going out but not going in? What nonsense are you talking about!
Not to mention that his father's salary alone is more than 9,000 taels of silver per year. The eight shops under Yanglinghou's name add up to a profit of at least 8,000 or 9,000 taels per year. Plus the 200 acres of fertile farmland in the suburbs of Beijing, Roughly speaking, the annual income is almost 20,000 taels. How could it be possible to only get in but not get out? "
After Mu Ziqian finished speaking, Shen Qing immediately turned to look at Madam Yanglinghou who was sitting at the top, "Mother, is everything my husband said true?"
Mrs. Yanglinghou was silent. Mu Ziqian was about to continue to reply to Shen Qing, but Lin Xuefu on the side suddenly grabbed her sleeve.
Mu Ziqian came back to his senses immediately. Looking at Madam Yanglinghou's expression, a guess gradually took shape in his mind.
No wonder Shen Qing said last night that the Mu family is now eating hers and using hers. It turned out to be true.
Seeing that Mrs. Yanglinghou was silent, Shen Qing just thought she acquiesced and continued to ask, "According to what my husband said, the family has an income of nearly 20,000 taels every year, but I have been in charge of the house for eight months. I haven’t seen a penny, and as a daughter-in-law, I don’t dare to ask about my father’s salary, but where does the income from the house’s shop and fields go, does my mother know?”
Feeling the people's increasingly intense scrutiny, Madam Yanglinghou's face became increasingly grim. She quickly turned to look at Lin Xuefu, "Xuefu, my head hurts. Help me into the inner room quickly."
Lin Xuefu understood, and immediately stood up to support Madam Yanglinghou's slightly tilted body, "Aunt, are you afraid that you have another headache?"
Then he looked at the old woman standing aside and said, "Mother Zhang, go and ask the doctor quickly."
Shen Qing looked coldly at the scene directed and performed by the aunt and nephew of the Marquis of Yangling, and said coldly, "Since mother is not in good health, I will not disturb her. However, Shen Qing thought that he was too young to be competent for the job of managing the family, so he wanted to return it to his mother, but he did not expect that his mother was ill. Then he would wait for his father to come back in the evening to discuss it carefully to see whether it is more appropriate to hand it over to Aunt Liang or Aunt Qiu."
Hearing this, the Marquis of Yangling paused and then slowly sat back in her original position, sipped her tea, and then said to herself, "I feel much better after drinking tea. Xue Fu, go in and get my medicine."
After that, she looked at Shen Qing, "It's just a trivial matter in the courtyard. There is no need to disturb your father. You are the only young lady in the mansion, and you are the one who has been carefully taught by the Marquis of Yining. The legitimate daughter of the Marquis, except for you, no one is qualified to take on the power of the head of the family. "
Shen Qing was embarrassed, "The shops and fields under the name of the Marquis' Mansion..."
The wife of the Marquis of Yangling smiled awkwardly, "I have been too busy these days and forgot about it. I only remembered it after you reminded me. The profits of the shops and fields have always been handed over to me, and most of your father's salary has been given to me..."
At this point, the wife of the Marquis of Yangling paused, and then continued, "You also know that you and Qian'er got married last year, and the betrothal gifts and banquets cost a lot, so now I don't have much money to use. Mother knows that when you married, your family gave you a lot of silver and shops as a dowry, so you can see if you can temporarily fill it up. As long as you hold on until the end of the year and the shops and fields make a profit, you will be fine. "