Chapter 27: Bounty Troubles
Su Deyong did not back down because of what they said. Instead, he became more assertive: "No one wants to be the bad guy, so I will do it. Since we don't like each other, why don't we divide the money now and go our separate ways from now on."
Grandmother was furious. She slammed the table and said sternly, "You rebellious son!"
Su Deyong had already spoken, and he didn't intend to take it back: "We must break up today, not even a day later. If I don't live well, you won't live in peace either."
Qing Ning was furious at this moment: "Who do you think is willing to serve you?"
Su Deyong was furious: "Now even a maid dares to tell me what to do? Are there any rules?"
The atmosphere in the room was tense and depressing, but Su Shengsheng laughed softly at this moment.
Su Deyong glared at him: "A master who has no manners will teach his maids to have no manners as well."
Ting Wan saw that the old lady was so angry that her face turned pale and she was speechless. She glared at Su Deyong anxiously, "You are not our master."
Su Deyong immediately shifted his gaze.
However, before he could say anything rude again, he was interrupted by Su Shengsheng.
"It's really inappropriate for me, a woman from another family, to take the Su family's money."
Her tone was extremely calm, but everyone was shocked and couldn't recover.
Li quickly stepped forward and hugged Su Shengsheng: "Sheng'er, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Su Shengsheng patted her mother soothingly and asked Ning Yu to go to the bedroom to get the cash box.
Seeing this, Su Deyong's eyes flashed with pride, and he sat back in his seat leisurely.
"It would have been better to take it out earlier, so as to avoid hurting the harmony among everyone." He said with pretended generosity.
Although everyone knew that Su Shengsheng had received more than two hundred taels of silver, they couldn't help but have some thoughts in their minds.
However, they were surprised when they saw Su Shengsheng took it out without hesitation.
Although Qing Ning obeyed Su Shengsheng's words, she felt suffocated and could only tear her handkerchief, feeling like she couldn't breathe.
Grandma calmed down and said, "Sheng girl, you don't have to be like this. Grandpa and grandma are still here. Who dares to come and divide the family property?"
Su Shengsheng bowed and said, "Don't worry, Grandma. I know what I'm doing."
The situation took a turn for the worse, with the division of property and money, everyone became serious.
When Ning Yu from the Qing Gang brought the box in and opened it, the room suddenly became silent.
Su Deyong ran forward excitedly to count.
However, when he found out that the amount of silver was wrong, he immediately looked at Su Shengsheng in frustration.
"Isn't it 220 taels? How come there are only 105 taels left? You actually spent so much?"
Not only him, but even the eldest lady was surprised.
Seeing that no one was in the mood to eat, Su Shengsheng asked Yunxiang and Yunyi to remove the dishes from the table.
She placed the silver ingots separately and began to distribute them.
"These sixty taels are the fine for my daughter."
"What fine?" This time it was the second wife who asked in confusion.
Su Shengsheng placed five taels of silver in front of Su Yuanling, Su Nianwei, Su Wenqian, Qingning, Ningyu, Yunxiang, Tingwan and other six people one by one.
The eldest lady suddenly understood. "Sheng-san, are you saying that Nanling law stipulates that girls must marry in their first year of marriage, or face a fine of five taels?"
Only then did others remember this law in Nanling.
They had not yet recovered from the change of identity and had forgotten that if a woman was broken off from engagement and could not find a husband within a short period of time, she would have to pay a fine.
There were so many accidents along the way that they had completely forgotten about it.
Su Deyong didn't care about the fine or not. When he saw Su Shengsheng put five taels of silver in front of Su Wenqian, he immediately took it.
Su Shengsheng didn't care about him coming back and continued to distribute the tasks.
"Sister-in-law, five taels for pregnancy protection, second brother, five taels for use, and steward Qing, five taels each for use."
Since the housekeeper and Zaiqing were there, Su Deyong didn't say much this time.
Because all the expenses along the way were paid by the housekeeper and Zaiqing by selling their property.
Mrs. Cen wanted to protect the fetus, and since the second room was the only one among the several rooms that did not have a girl, it was reasonable to give her five taels alone.
Su Deyong started to count, wondering how much he would have in his hands later.
At this time, 65 taels of the 105 taels had been divided.
Counting the remaining forty taels, Su Deyong felt a little angry.
When he heard Su Shengsheng say that she used seventy taels of silver to buy a shop, his voice suddenly became higher.
"What? You actually paid seventy taels to buy the shop without even discussing it?"
The eldest lady was also stunned.
I just heard yesterday that he got a bounty of over 200 taels. Who knew Su Shengsheng would spend such a large sum so quickly?
But she quickly calmed down and said, "It's really not easy for us girls to show up in public. It would be nice to buy a shop and collect some rent."
Su Deyong turned around and complained to Su Jingshan: "You spent so much money on the shop, why didn't I listen to Third Brother? If I hadn't mentioned it today, you would have given it all to Sheng girl as a dowry, right?"
The other girls couldn't help but think twice when they heard this.
Seeing that the old lady was so angry that she was pounding her chest, the eldest lady didn't dare to say anything.
Su Shengsheng stopped her father's actions with her eyes, looked around, and took out a deed from the cash box.
Su Deyong stepped forward to take a look, and his face immediately turned pale: "Why did you give this shop to outsiders?"
The eldest lady was originally calm, but when she heard this, she stood up and walked over to take a look.
There were only three names written on it: Zaiqing, Qingning and Ningyu.
Her expression changed immediately: "Sheng girl, why didn't you discuss this with me?"
Qing Ning and the others didn't know about this.
In the afternoon, when Su Shengsheng and Mr. Sun were transferring the ownership deeds, they were busy moving boxes.
Originally, they were upset when they saw the young lady being forced to hand over the money, but now, seeing that Su Deyong was about to collapse with anger, they couldn't help but smile.
Theirs is the lady's, and the lady has foresight.
In fact, Su Shengsheng is not really a prophet.
However, the painful lesson she learned from the family business in her previous life forced her to make such a division at the very beginning.
The fourth lady couldn't stand it any longer: "I wonder when it will be the turn of a woman from another family to make the decision in the Su family?"
Su Shengsheng said calmly, "Grandfather said, 'A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring.' They sold their property in Qing, so we should repay their kindness and pay our debts."
When Qing Ning heard this, she immediately felt relieved and straightened her back.
However, Su Deyong is not a person who remembers favors: "Where did you get the money to buy the land? It's not from the Su family. Don't try to fool me."
Even the honest man in Qing couldn't help but retort this time, "These are all the money earned by the young lady from selling paintings, and she didn't use any money from the government."
Although Su Deyong didn't want to believe it, the amount of silver allocated to each room in the palace was indeed limited, so how could they buy any land?
Seeing that her parents were upset, Su Wenqian didn't want to pretend anymore, "But isn't the Su family also responsible for my painting skills?"
Su Shengsheng really wanted to reply to her, but it was not the case.
But if she said it, she was afraid no one would believe her, so she chose to remain silent.
"That's right." Seeing that Su Shengsheng had nothing to say, the Fourth Madam's tone became even more complacent. "What do you mean by paying off a debt? Maybe it was all conspired by you, master and servant, and you're trying to deceive all of us."
She wanted to get other people to join her and share the shop.
But this time, the eldest lady and the others did not move. Although they blamed Su Shengsheng for acting on her own, they were not really cold-hearted.
Along the way, Su Shengsheng and Qingning have done their best, and they have seen it all.
Seeing no one responding, Su Shengsheng said, "Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt are saying that this money came from the Su family, but do we need to report it to the authorities for verification?"
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