Chapter 346: Conspiracy

Since the relationship had already been torn apart, the old lady did not hide it and asked directly: "Old wife, how is Xinxin's dowry prepared?"

Mrs. Wu handed over the list respectfully: "It is still prepared according to the previous list."

Before Mrs. Wu married into the family, the dowry of the legitimate daughter of the mansion was 1,500 taels, and the dowry of the concubine's daughter was 300 or 400 taels.

Under the explicit and implicit instructions of the old lady, Mrs. Wu took the east wall to fill the west wall and collected 8,000 or 9,000 taels of silver for Wu Xinxin's dowry.

In order to prevent Wu Xinxin from worrying, she kept it secret, fearing that Wu Xinxin would have a psychological burden after knowing it.

After all, if she used her sister-in-law's dowry, she would not be able to hold her head up if her husband's family knew about it.

Mrs. Wu in the past was truly virtuous.

Seeing this group of people occupying her dowry openly, even if she was mentally prepared, she still felt sad.

The old lady took it and looked at it: "Xinxin doesn't like the oil shop, change it to a few more elegant ones, such as a writing and ink shop, a snack shop, etc."

Mrs. Wu smiled and replied softly: "Mother, there is no writing and ink shop or snack shop in the mansion."

Jian Ruonan interrupted again: "Cousin, I remember that there were several writing and ink shops and snack shops in your dowry. What the old lady means is to take some of your writing and ink shops and snack shops from your dowry and give them to Wu Xinxin."

The old lady: "..."

Inhale oxygen.

What kind of disaster is this? !

The old lady showed a trace of surprise on her face. Although the eldest daughter-in-law behaved politely and modestly, she could see that the eldest daughter-in-law and this little cousin Jian were in unison, just wanting to prove that they were thinking about the daughter-in-law's dowry and not wanting to pay a penny.

The old lady said coldly: "The public treasury will pay for Xinxin to buy a few shops."

Jian Ruonan immediately replied: "The public treasury has an annual profit of three thousand taels, and a shop in a remote location outside costs more than two thousand taels. How can we buy it? Old lady, why don’t you just snatch it from my cousin?"

Wu Xinxin: "How can you be so unreasonable?!"

Jian Ruonan: "It’s better for me to be unreasonable than for you to snatch it openly!"

The old lady couldn’t bear it anymore, and pointed at Jian Ruonan and said: "Come on, kick her out for me!"

Jian Ruonan: "Kick me out, I will go to the teahouse to invite a storyteller!"

The old lady: "..."

Jian Ruonan: Ha, you are so good!

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Mrs. Wu hurried out to persuade them: "Mother, do you think this is okay? The two children are grown up. I will send the eldest to a private school, and I will teach the second one myself. The cousin can save all the eight hundred taels of tuition every year and give it all to Xinxin. If you give it to her for ten or eight years, it will be enough to buy a few shops." After

Mrs. Wu finished speaking, the whole room became quiet.

Wu Xinxin thought this was a good idea. Eight hundred taels a year, eight thousand taels in ten years.

A snack shop only makes about one or two hundred taels a year.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the reputation of coveting the sister-in-law's dowry. Wu Xinxin immediately raised her hands and feet to agree, "Anyway, my cousin's luggage has been packed, what a coincidence."

The old lady was also a little shocked. She thought that the eldest daughter-in-law was being cunning and didn't want to pay. Unexpectedly, this plan was better.

The old lady and Wu Xinxin were satisfied with this plan. The most dissatisfied one was Li Chenchen.

Eight hundred taels of gold a year was more than enough for Li Chenchen to spend alone.

But she wanted to be elegant and free from dust. She had to use the best food, clothing and daily necessities. She even used plum blossom dew water for making tea. Even when writing, she had to use Hui ink and Hu brush.

In addition, in order to keep Wu Xinxin, the old lady, and to reward the servants around Wu Li, she had stayed in the Wu Mansion for two years and basically didn't save any money. Now that she was driven away, it was a problem for her to survive.

Li Chenchen's face was pale and she looked at the old lady with tears in her eyes.

The old lady was reluctant to part with her niece, but compared with her daughter, her daughter was more important.

"Chenchen, stay for another five days and leave after five days."

Mrs. Wu took the opportunity to take back the deed of the oil shop.

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Mrs. Wu's family is the largest merchant in the southeast, and the Wu family is a family of officials for generations.

The Zeng family is rich and the Wu family is powerful. Mrs. Wu married in because the Zeng family wanted to take the opportunity to get close to the Wu family, which was considered a high marriage.

Moreover, Madam Wu was the only daughter of the Zeng family, so her dowry was very rich. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a lot of red makeup.

Although the Wu family was powerful, they were not good at management. They were extravagant and spent more than they earned. In addition, their descendants were not ambitious in this life. The whole Wu Mansion was relying on the old capital for the sake of glamor.

The sister-in-law wanted to open a poetry club with her friends, the uncle wanted to entertain friends and buy expensive paintings, the old lady wanted to take ginseng Yangrong pills, Mr. Wu wanted to go to prostitutes, and there were many servants in the mansion...

It can be said that the expenses of the entire Wu Mansion were all supported by Madam Wu's dowry.

In the past few days, Madam Wu and Jian Ruonan secretly transferred her dowry, and it took less than two days to transfer most of it.

Shops and other things were all sold, and porcelain and other things were replaced with fakes, and all those that had never been taken out were moved out.

The daily expenses of the Wu family were generally paid by merchants delivering goods to the door, and the accounts were settled once a year.

Mrs. Wu secretly changed the settlement time to once a month, which was only good for the merchants, and the merchants readily agreed.

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Mrs. Wu was busy transferring the dowry, and Li Chenchen was also busy.

If she wanted to stay, she could only rely on Wu Li.

That night, she found an excuse to call Wu Li again, but Wu Li was called over by Mrs. Wu to discuss important matters.

Li Chenchen thought Wu Li would stay in Mrs. Wu's yard that night, but she didn't expect Wu Li to come out of Mrs. Wu's yard and go to Yanque.

Yan Que was pregnant but she was not quiet. She asked for water three times in one night. Each time she asked for water, she deliberately made a loud noise, as if she was afraid that Li Chenchen could not hear her.

The next day, Mrs. Wu gave Yan Que a set of pearl headdress and some high-quality fabrics.

Yan Que wore the pearl headdress and new clothes and showed off in front of Li Chenchen.

Yan Que also said in front of Li Chenchen that her yard was too small. After Li Chenchen left, she asked Mrs. Wu to connect the two yards so that it would be comfortable to live in the big yard after the child was born.

Li Chenchen was so angry that she almost exploded.

That night, Li Chenchen personally stood guard at the Chuihua Gate to stop Wu Li.

Li Chenchen was self-righteous and only flirted with Wu Li every time, giving Wu Li a little sweetness, and never did it to the end.

That night, Li Chenchen prepared a table of wine and food, kept the people in the room, and called for water several times that night.

Yanque was so angry that she didn't sleep all night. The next morning, she asked someone to tell Wu's two children that Li Chenchen asked them to go over early in the morning.

Mrs. Li's two children dressed up and came to Li Chenchen's yard. They saw with their own eyes that the teacher in their hearts, who was untainted by the mud and clean and not coquettish, was like a goblin, clinging to their father, saying the most shameless and unbearable obscene words in her mouth.