Chapter 95: The truth comes out
Ma Yujie pulled the maid behind her and glared at Sang fiercely, "If my husband is really implicated because of this, I swear, I will never let you off easily! You, and the Sang family! You all deserve to die!"
Ma Rencai was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. He thought carefully about the role he played in this matter and found that he was just a matchmaker and not even a guarantor. He breathed a sigh of relief and regained his composure.
Following Ma Yujie, she scolded Sang, "Your family is a burden! Yuqing's good life has been delayed by you! And you said uncle and aunt are close, it's all bullshit! I will have someone bring Yuqing back later, and no one from the Sang family is allowed to enter our Ma family's gate in the future."
Sang and Ma Xingfei's faces changed at the same time.
"Master! That's my elder brother, my nephew, and your daughter's in-laws! You can't just stand by and watch them die!" Sang burst into tears in panic.
Ma Xingfei also knelt down and said, "Dad, my uncle didn't know there was anything wrong with the fireworks. Even if we want to find the culprit, we should go to the firecracker workshop. What does it have to do with my uncle?
Besides, he is the head of Fufeng Township and has helped our family a lot. You can’t just abandon him!”
"Kill the donkey after it has done its job? That's really funny!" Ma Xingteng raised his lips nonchalantly, looking at the Sang mother and son with a teasing look in his eyes, "As far as I know, Sang Yong has been begging for money quite a lot over the years. It's possible that he has taken away half of the Ma family's wealth. How could you describe a hungry wolf as a donkey? What a joke!"
These words reminded Ma Rencai. He jumped up instantly and hurriedly called the housekeeper over to ask for the account book.
The housekeeper's eyes flickered and he hesitated to go out, even glancing at Sang several times.
Ma Xingteng stood up suddenly and shouted angrily, "Butler! Don't forget who the master of the Ma family is? Even my father can't order you around now?"
Ma Rencai was suspicious to begin with, and his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot when he heard this. He looked as if he wanted to eat up Sang and the housekeeper.
The housekeeper was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, his legs went weak and he knelt down, begging for mercy, "Master, Young Master, I can forget anyone but you! Yes, yes."
Sang lowered her head, trembling with fear.
Ma Rencai could no longer deceive himself. "Someone, bring the lady and the housekeeper to me. Bring the account books and the things in the storehouse to me. I am going to catch the thief in our house today!"
"Master!" Sang's face was ashen and he slumped down where he was sitting.
The housekeeper was so scared that he wet his pants.
No matter how dumb Ma Xingfei was, he knew that there was something wrong with Sang, so he quickly pleaded for her, "Dad, there must be some misunderstanding here. Dad, don't be angry. Listen to my mother's explanation. She must have her own difficulties."
"Forget about your difficulties!" Ma Rencai kicked Ma Xingfei down angrily.
Sang and her son hugged each other and cried pitifully.
Just at this moment, Zhou and Ma Yuqing ran in in a panic from outside.
The sound arrives before the person.
"Dad, Mom! Help!"
"My dear relatives, help me!"
The two men ran into the main room and saw a room full of people glaring at each other. They then looked at the disheveled Sang and were stunned.
"What's wrong with this relative?" Zhou was anxious, but she had to care about Sang first.
Ma Yuqing was already crying as she tried to pull Sang up. Seeing Sang and Ma Xingfei kneeling for a long time, she guessed that Ma Rencai probably knew something was wrong with the Sang family, so she quickly knelt down and begged, "Dad, my father-in-law and husband have been taken away by the town officials, please help me! I really have nowhere else to go!"
"I help you? How dare you say such words! If those people hadn't made trouble, I wouldn't know that your mother is so connected that she used all the money of my Ma family to subsidize her family! Wait until I check the accounts, and the Sang family will make up for the shortfall. If there is no money, use the land to make up for it!" Ma Rencai stared at Zhou viciously, his eyes seemed to be poisoned.
Zhou was so frightened that her whole body trembled, her hair stood on end, and she trembled as she spoke, "My dear, no. It's not like that."
Seeing Zhou shivering like a sieve, Ma Yuqing felt a surge of anger in his heart. He raised his head stubbornly and met Ma Rencai's gaze, "Dad! Do you want to force our whole family to death? It's already this time and all you care about is money, money, money!"
“I don’t care about money, so what else do I care about? Do you think I’m a traitor? Sang Yong better not take anything from my Ma family, otherwise I don’t know what deadly thing he will do!” Ma Rencai squinted his eyes and looked around, like a crow with its feathers standing on end, looking at everyone with hostility.
The atmosphere was tense.
The servant led the accountant into the house, carrying boxes one by one.
Under the surveillance of Ma Rencai and Ma Xingteng, the accountant didn't dare to do anything small. After just one page of calculation, a lot of materials and supplements were missing.
Ma Rencai was so angry that he was about to lose his mind.
After the final inventory, it was discovered that there was a shortage of 1,500 taels in the account, of which 700 taels were deducted in recent years, and 800 taels were advance payments for next year.
Ma Xingteng's eyes widened in shock, he was anxious and angry, and just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Bai beside him.
Ma Yujie also shook her head slightly at her.
Ma Xingteng had to endure it.
At this moment, the room was so quiet that even the sound of a pin drop could be heard clearly.
Ma Rencai held the account book motionlessly.
The more he kept silent, the more afraid Sang became. She couldn't resist the fear in her heart and tensed up first, "Master! I have my own reasons! The reason why I married you as my second wife was because my parents wanted me to marry into a rich family so that I could support my family.
I had no one to rely on when I first got married. The eldest son and eldest daughter didn't take me seriously. My parents often came to make trouble, so I could only secretly use my own money to support myself. Life was difficult and I had to swallow all the pain. It was not until I gave birth to Fei'er that you gave me the power to manage the household, and my life became better.
But it's not easy to be the head of a household. You have to spend money everywhere. My parents' appetites are getting bigger and bigger. I really have no money to give them. That's why... Master, I don't want to do this, but I'm afraid! I'm afraid that my parents will keep making trouble and you will get tired of me. If I lose my power as the head of the household, my Qing'er and Fei'er will have a harder time in the mansion."
As she spoke, Sang looked at Ma Xingteng and Ma Yujie intentionally or unintentionally.
Ma Yujie sneered, "If you are disloyal, you are disloyal. Don't make excuses for yourself. Dad, even if you sell the Sang family now, they are not worth 1,500 taels. I suggest you report it to the police! You have to recover the losses of your family. Otherwise, how can you be worthy of my mother in heaven?"
Ma Rencai was shocked, as if he saw the reluctant look in his wife's eyes before her death, and the promises he had made.
He quickly shook his head to sober himself up, and then looked at his eldest son with a gloomy face. He suddenly realized how tricky this matter was.
The top priority is not to punish Sang and the Sang family, but to appease the eldest son and daughter.
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