Chapter 47 All Confiscated
"Old Madam, you're right. Whoever paid for it is from the Ouyang family. Sister-in-law, please don't feel bad when the time comes. I know you brought a lot of banknotes."
Jiang Yun's words directly pushed the Jiang family into the limelight.
Judging from the character of Old Madam Chen Yanhua, she will definitely attack Jiang.
really.
Jiang Yun had just finished speaking when she saw Chen Yanhua looking at Jiang with a gloomy face: "You are so good, Jiang, crying and shouting that you don't have any money, and you actually played tricks on me."
He glared at Jiang Yun as he spoke, then continued, "When we get to the resting place, each of you must hand over the money you have on you. This is not like the mansion, and you can still have some private money for yourself."
Without waiting for anyone to reply, he continued walking forward with gritted teeth.
Seeing the old lady Chen Yanhua leaving, Xu Yuzhu walked over to Jiang Yun and said, "How much are you going to give later?"
Jiang Yun stretched out a finger and made a two sign, then shrugged and said, "That's all. It's up to her whether she wants it or not. She's spoiled."
Seeing Jiang Yun's disdainful expression, Xu Yuzhu chuckled softly and said, "Yes, yes, you're the only one who can do this. Look, you're so capable, but you still have to pay money to that old lady."
"Second sister-in-law, I think very clearly. Even if we don't pay it now, the things we bought belong to the Ouyang family. If we really split up, what can we get? Haha, just pay it. She has a ladder to climb over the wall, and I have cloud boots."
Seeing Jiang Yun's face full of relief, and hearing her words, Xu Yuzhu nodded in agreement: "Yes. Since the things we are buying are all from the Ouyang family, let them buy them. Even if they don't buy them, that's their business. We are out of money."
"Yes. That's exactly what I mean."
"Sister-in-law, why do I feel like you become a different person after leaving the house? Why are you so frugal?"
Jiang Yun heard a hint of sarcasm in Xu Yuzhu's words. She tilted her head, rolled her eyes, and said, "Tsk! You're talking as if we didn't know each other before."
"hehe…"
The journey was smooth. While resting in a shady spot, Madam Ouyang immediately called the whole family together and said with a stern face, "We are almost there. The weather is getting colder day by day, and we need to buy a lot of things."
Having said that, Chen Yanhua looked at everyone and saw no expression on their faces. He continued, "We are a family, and the three of you are brothers. They say that even if you break bones, you still have tendons. Now is the time for us to get through this together..."
"I know you all have money in your pockets, so hand over the money you have on you now. Don't do anything tricky, and don't have any ulterior motives. Hurry..."
After Old Madam Chen Yanhua finished speaking, the youngest, Ouyang Mingli, looked at her with a sad face and said, "Grandma, I only have five taels of silver left."
As he spoke, Ouyang Mingli walked forward and placed five silver coins of one tael each in front of Chen Yanhua, then stepped back, biting his lip to avoid looking at the five small silver pieces.
Seeing Ouyang Mingli's distressed look on his face, Chen Yanhua moved her lips, said nothing, and then turned her gaze to other people.
With Ouyang Mingli's start, the other children also came forward one after another and took out the silver from their pockets.
When it was Ouyang Mingtao from the third room's turn, the little guy actually took out a few copper coins, which made Ouyang Feilian sneer with disdain, and then looked at Ouyang Feiluo triumphantly.
The little girl Ouyang Feiluo, who had lost weight, pinched the corner of her clothes and looked at Chen Yanhua with a serious face and said, "Grandma, I don't have any money. Can I give you the velvet flower on my head?"
Chen Yanhua was somewhat annoyed by Xiao Feiluo's words. She glanced at Ouyang Feiluo, who looked much thinner than usual, and said coldly, "Wear the velvet flower yourself. Don't accuse me, your grandmother, of mistreating your family."
After saying that, she looked at Ouyang Jin and the other three and said, "The children have all handed over their money, but do you think an old woman like me will have to do it myself?"
Xu Yuzhu said nothing. She calmly took out two silver bills from her sleeve pocket and four from her belt, then handed them all to Chen Yanhua: "Mother, this is all the money my daughter-in-law has."
Chen Yanhua took it with a wooden face and looked at it. There were two silver notes of fifty taels, two silver notes of twenty taels and two silver notes of ten taels. The total of these six silver notes was only one hundred and sixty taels. This made Chen Yanhua look at Ouyang Jin with some surprise.
Ouyang Jin, wearing shackles, looked at Chen Yanhua, his face pale as he took out five silver notes and handed them over, saying bitterly, "Madam, these are the only five silver notes we have. Although they are all small denominations, we really don't have much money."
Chen Yanhua knew something about the second house.
Although the monthly allowance of Hejinyuan was the same as that of the other two houses, and Xu Yuzhu herself had private property, she had never privately subsidized the entire Hejinyuan with a single penny. They were responsible for all their own food, clothing, and other expenses.
This exile came too suddenly, and I guess he didn't have much money on him.
However, even though she knew it, Chen Yanhua would not let them go so easily.
He took the five silver notes handed over by Ouyang Jin and looked at them carefully. The total value of the five silver notes was only one hundred and fifty taels.
She calmly folded the banknotes and put them into her sleeve pocket, then looked at Ouyang Jin and Xu Yuzhu with a serious face and said, "The total amount of money your family has is less than 350 taels. Xu, do you think I, an old lady, am blind?"
"No money, no money. You've been spending lavishly on things along the way. If you don't have money, you'll trade with those soldiers. Take out all the money you have, and don't let me do it myself!"
Facing the harsh questioning from Old Madam Chen Yanhua, Ouyang Jin remained silent with a bitter face. Xu Yuzhu looked at her with an expression that said, "Old Madam, I know what you mean. You just think we have too much stuff and want it. There's no need to waste your breath."
As she spoke, Xu Yuzhu turned around and brought over her own backpack basket, placing it in front of everyone, and began to take things out one by one.
Everyone's eyes fell on the two backpacks and a basket in front of Xu Yuzhu, wanting to see what was in the backpacks and the basket.
Xu Yuzhu did not disappoint everyone. She first took out a handful of wilted shepherd's purse, then the bundle that both of them were familiar with, and then the borrowed pot and some very tattered rags.
In the other backpack were a straw raincoat and a cloak, and in the basket were a few chestnuts that Ouyang Mingli had picked up earlier and some wild grass that he used to weave straw sandals.
Seeing that the two backpacks and one basket of the second wife contained these, everyone except the third wife's family looked at them with contempt.
Even Old Madam Chen Yanhua hadn't expected this outcome. A hint of disbelief flashed across her eyes, and she feigned a cough and said, "In that case, all of your Second House's belongings will be confiscated into the public treasury."
After saying that, he set his sights on Ouyang Qin again: "Third brother, where are yours?"
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