Chapter 105 Theft
Mrs. Qi is the wife of the dean of Joan of Arc Girls' School.
Wang thought that Baozhu had failed the entrance exam to the Joan of Arc Girls' School every year, and might be able to use her connections with Madam Qi to her advantage, so she treated Madam Qi with great hospitality and even had the maids serve eight kinds of snacks.
"Mrs. Qi, please try this sweet-scented osmanthus tea."
Madam Qi: "I heard that the Lin family has two daughters, so I specially prepared two gifts for them."
She came to the Lin residence today mainly to appreciate paintings and buy moisturizer. She was also very interested in the first female official of the Great Yan Dynasty. Unfortunately, the girl was very busy as an official and was not in the capital now.
Wang was a little nervous when asked by Mrs. Qi. She knew that the news that Baozhu was not at home must not be spread out, otherwise if outsiders knew that a girl was far away in Beiyue City, her reputation would be ruined.
"Madam Qi, my daughter Baozhu has caught a cold and is unable to come out to meet guests. Please forgive me. As for my other daughter, since she was not born from my belly, I dare not discipline her too strictly. I don't know where she is now running wild."
When Mrs. Qi heard Wang's attitude towards her other daughter, she naturally understood what was going on. This child without a mother is so pitiful.
Although that child could not enjoy the family warmth of the Lin family, he had a seat in the court. I heard that old guys like Prime Minister Wang often had a headache because of that child.
Those old-fashioned people treated women as accessories and never expected that one day they would be ridden over by women. They are all very angry, haha.
That child really makes us women proud, as he can make those old conservatives so angry.
Seeing Wang's attitude, Mrs. Qi knew that they could no longer chat about family matters, so she decided to get straight to the point.
"I heard that Madam Lin bought a hundred bottles of moisturizer in Beiyue City. Please sell me 20 bottles."
Although Mrs. Qi did not have the freedom to travel far and could not go to Beiyue City, she could afford moisturizer.
Mrs. Qi, who is in her forties, needs a moisturizer to beautify her skin. When she is in a bad mood, the only way to cure it is to spend money on shopping.
20 bottles right away? Wang thought: This Madam Qi is really as generous as the rumors say. She didn't even ask the price and just wanted to buy 20 bottles.
However, spot goods are in great demand in Beijing nowadays, so we have to be reserved and not just give as much as they want.
"Madam Qi, although my family bought a lot, a large part of it was brought for others. I can only sell you 10 bottles. The price in the capital has risen to 400 taels of silver now. I will only sell you 300 taels of silver per bottle."
"Okay, 10 bottles is 10 bottles."
If you buy in the capital, it will take more than ten days to get the goods after paying the money, but here in the Lin Mansion, you can get the goods immediately.
Mrs. Qi felt that she had gotten a great deal.
She was very straightforward and immediately took out 3,000 taels of silver and placed them on the table.
"Mrs. Qi, next year the Jeanne d'Arc Girls' School will be enrolling students in the spring, and my daughter will also be taking the exam."
Mrs. Qi smiled and said, "Then I wish Miss Lin success in getting admitted to the Jeanne d'Arc Girls' School."
Wang hesitated to talk and wanted to mention the entrance examination, but she thought that this was their first time dealing with each other and she shouldn't be too abrupt.
Just wait until the relationship becomes more familiar, then ask if there is a back door.
Lin Qianqian also arrogantly announced that she wanted to apply to Jeanne d'Arc Girls' School.
But that girl grew up in the countryside and is not as good as Baozhu. I'll see if I can get Baozhu into the girls' school. I must make sure she is better than Lin Qianqian.
It is particularly easy for students at Joan of Arc Girls' School to get married.
Wang was determined to get Baozhu into the girls' school no matter how much effort it took.
After Madam Qi left, Wang was in a very good mood holding the silver note.
She sold ten boxes of moisturizer. Her purchasing cost was 150 taels per bottle, and now the selling price is 300 taels, which is double the profit. The profit is quite substantial, and most importantly, she got a favor from Mrs. Qi.
But I couldn’t bear to sell the remaining moisturizer.
The main reason is that this moisturizer is so effective that we are afraid that the merchant will stop selling it in the future and there will be no place to buy it.
At her age, Wang can no longer live without moisturizer.
For a woman whose looks have faded, the most important thing is to restore her beauty and she is willing to pay any price for it.
So 100 bottles is still too little.
If we send Mother Sun to the border again and buy more, we can make 10,000 taels by buying 10,000 taels.
When the time comes, I can draw a few more portraits and bring them back to the capital to give as gifts, which will be very prestigious.
A portrait costs only one tael of silver, but it can be sold at a high price. The university scholar Cui from the Imperial College paid one thousand taels to buy the painting.
Wang formed a habit of counting the moisturizers before going to bed every night. However, two days later, Wang found that more than twenty bottles of moisturizer were missing.
She asked Mother Sun to call all the servants in the mansion to her courtyard and interrogate them to find out who had stolen the moisturizer.
Seeing that Mother Sun's interrogation was too gentle, she sternly ordered, "Have someone put up the board and beat him hard. See who dares to hide the truth."
With Wang's order, servants who could not explain the reason were directly pressed on the stool and beaten with a stick.
The sound of beatings could be heard continuously from the yard, and the servants being beaten were howling like ghosts.
The final results of the trial all pointed to Lin Qingyun.
Mother Fang cried and explained: "Madam, only the master has asked for the key to your warehouse..."
Mrs. Du also said, "I have never been slack in guarding the storehouse. In the past two days, only the master has entered the storehouse."
In the evening, when Lin Qingyun returned home, he was questioned by Wang and he readily admitted it.
"I heard that this moisturizing cream is hard to come by, so I took some and gave them to a few of my superiors. I was just about to tell you."
Wang was furious.
She whispered in Sun's mother's ear and told her to put the moisturizer into boxes in the warehouse, lock them up several times, and keep a close eye on them.
In addition, she did not trust what Lin Qingyun said.
It is said that it was given to his superior, but it may also be given to another woman he was interested in.
After all, Lin Qingyun had a criminal record. He not only kept prostitutes, but also young boys.
Wang glared at Lin Qingyun and said, "Tell me clearly which families you gave them to."
"I have to report to you which companies I sent them to? What do you think of me? Don't I need to maintain my dignity as a man?"
The couple was about to quarrel when the maid outside the door announced, "Madam, the old lady is here."
The couple stood up and called out "Mom", their faces looking unnatural.
The old lady nodded and walked up to Wang with a smile.
Wang saw the strange smile on the old lady's face and felt a sense of crisis.
This old lady has never been in a good mood with her. Today, she must be smiling but hiding a dagger, planning something bad.
Sure enough, the old lady said, "Daughter-in-law, I heard that you bought hundreds of bottles of lotion. I don't want more, just fifty bottles will do."
Wang was so angry that she didn't want to talk anymore.
The old lady was so cruel that she wanted to take away fifty cans at once.
Now, after deducting the ones that were sold and those that Lin Qingyun gave away, there are only more than seventy cans left out of the hundred cans. If he gives fifty cans to the old lady, he will only have more than twenty cans left.
When Jiang disappeared, the old lady immediately took hold of Jiang's dowry and is still reluctant to let it go.
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