Chapter 1706 Debt Collection
I don’t know how much scolding and teaching I will have to endure from my mother-in-law by then.
Even though she was already over 40 and a grandmother, so what? My mother-in-law was such an irrational person, and she still didn't give me the slightest bit of decency when she wanted to teach me a lesson.
My aunt has inherited everything from her in this regard, even better than her. No wonder the mother and daughter have always been close.
While Mrs. Fan was chatting and laughing, she calmly brought Fan Ruyin in with a smile.
Fan Ruyin didn't appreciate it, but felt even more wronged: What did he do earlier? He deliberately ignored her, and now he was afraid of being scolded when he returned, so he just remembered that there was a living person like her next to him, ha!
Fan Ruyin did not follow Madam Fan's words. Instead, she smiled and said to Qiao Xuan, "I heard that Lord Shao and Madam Shao bought a lot of mountain land and are now hiring people to open up the wasteland. I wonder what Lord Shao and Madam Shao plan to plant? Are they going to live in Anzezhou in the future?"
Qiao Xuan smiled. The things grown in the fields could not be hidden from others.
It’s just that she didn’t like Fan Ruyin’s tone and didn’t want to tell her.
"You can plant whatever grows well and yields a harvest in Anzezhou. Whether you stay here permanently or not depends on the court's opinion. However, my husband will stay here for at least two or three terms!"
She looked at Madam Fan and said with a smile, "From now on, maybe I will need the Fan family's help in many areas!"
Mrs. Fan smiled and bowed slightly, being polite.
Fan Ruyin sneered in her heart, thinking that she still wanted the Fan family to help her and take advantage of them? What kind of dream was that!
"Mrs. Shao and Lord Shao bought so much land, and spent a lot of money, right? The Anze Prefecture government still owes our family 80,000 silver. Now our family is going to do a big business, and we are a little short of money. Since Lord Shao and Mrs. Shao are not short of money, can they make up for the government's debt and return it to our family first?"
Fan Ruyin simply spoke.
She felt that she had been very tactful.
Madam Fan was so embarrassed that she almost wanted to disappear. The Shangguan Mansion was so rude to the wife of the prefect to collect the debt. As long as Lord Shao was still in office, the Fan family would probably not be able to get any convenience from him...
She and her husband both disagreed with this matter.
If she had come by herself, she wouldn't even mention it and would just go back and say a few words to the old lady.
Fan Ruyin followed along, and she only planned to give a subtle hint or two and leave it at that.
Who would have thought that this lady was just afraid that the world would not be in chaos...
Madam Fan couldn't make amends even if she wanted to. She looked at Qiao Xuan apologetically and forced a smile, "Madam Shao, I'm really, really sorry... Life is not easy for every family at this time. If there was no other place to make ends meet, we wouldn't - please understand, Madam Shao."
Fan Ruyin glanced at her sister-in-law with disdain. What does it matter how nice the words were?
No matter how nice it sounds, they are here to collect debts. Do you expect Mrs. Shao to be polite and have no grudges against them? Dream on.
Qiao Xuan was really a little shocked. She guessed and guessed but it didn't seem like it. She couldn't guess what the aunt and sister-in-law wanted to do by coming to her house.
However, I never expected that they were here to collect debts.
She heard from her husband that the government's accounts were a mess and it owed a lot of debts to local wealthy families, including the Fan family. So it was not surprising.
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