Chapter 8 Resolute
After Xie Xuchuan left, Shen Yuanzhu stayed in the room checking the accounts.
Before her mother passed away, she left her a considerable dowry, including clothing, accessories, furniture, and gold and silver jewelry.
However, many things were stored in the Shen family's warehouse, and over the years, her sister-in-law, Ye Yunyi, took away a lot of them under the guise of borrowing or exchanging.
Shen Yuanzhu was young, and she only had a wet nurse by her side at all times. All the other servants had been sent away by Ye Yunyi.
The Shenyuan Pearl was left unprotected, resulting in significant losses.
Fortunately, these were not the main events left by Shen's mother.
Shen Yuanzhu held all the important items, such as land deeds, farmland, and contracts for shops and embroidery workshops.
Among them, the Cui Cui Fang was the priceless treasure that Shen's mother left to Shen Yuanzhu.
Xiecuifang may look like an ordinary cloth workshop, but it can actually produce and sell its own products.
Inside the workshop were weaving and dyeing workshops, including twenty three-spindle foot-operated spinning wheels, and two large water-powered spinning wheels that could produce 100 catties of light yarn per day.
There were four looms capable of weaving hundreds of patterns, as well as countless dyeing vats, copper pots, and printing plates.
There are even several dyeing recipes that Shen Yanhuai himself is unaware of.
Her strained relationship with her brother and sister-in-law was also partly due to the fact that Ye Yunyi had been unable to extract these things from them and use them for her own benefit over the years.
The manager and owner of Xiecuifang was Chen Yuanzhu's wet nurse brother, Luo Qing, who was also the son of her wet nurse, Luo Shi.
Now that Shen Yuanzhu has grown up, these businesses have been handed back to her.
Shen Yuanzhu looked at the pages of the account book one by one, as calmly as if Xie Xuchuan had never been to the Shen family today.
She could sit still, but Ling'er found it unbearable.
Ling'er plopped down next to Shen Yuanzhu and said, "My dear lady, you still have the mind to manage the accounts?"
"Jiang Wansu is already pregnant with Young Master Xie's child, why don't you think of a solution?"
"What idea do you have?"
Putting down the ledger, Shen Yuanzhu picked up a piece of white sugar cake and put it in her mouth, her cheeks puffing out slightly as she ate.
"Think of a way to stop Young Master Xie from bringing that child into the Xie family! If he really brings Jiang Wansu and her child into the Xie family, what will you rely on in the future, Miss?"
After the passing of the master and mistress, the Shen family was handed over to Shen Yanhuai.
Although the Shen family was not extremely wealthy, they were still quite large and prosperous. Therefore, Shen Yanhuai was often busy outside and rarely returned home.
Even when he returns, he usually acts like the head of the household, scolding his young mistress.
Originally, I thought that once Miss Xie finished her coming-of-age ceremony and married into the Xie family, her life would be free of hardship. But who knew...
Seeing that Shen Yuanzhu was eating with relish, as if it had nothing to do with her, Ling'er burst into tears.
"Good Ling'er, don't cry."
Shen Yuanzhu puffed out her cheeks and swallowed the sweet cake in her mouth: "How can Xie Xuchuan alone decide on the marriage agreement between the Xie and Shen families?"
"Even without today's events, others would be difficult to rely on."
Raising her hand and shaking her fingertips, Shen Yuanzhu said, "As long as I hold half of the Shen family dyeing manual in my hands, Xie Xuchuan will not be able to overstep my bounds and act recklessly. This is my reliance."
It seems that she is relying on the Xie family, but doesn't the Xie family also want the secret manual in her hands?
The Xie family is now only one step away from becoming a royal merchant; that step to the top is in her hands.
She and the Xie family were simply using each other.
Therefore, Shen Yuanzhu was not afraid of Jiang Wansu and the child in her womb.
"Miss is intelligent; she will live well wherever she goes..."
Looking at Shen Yuanzhu with heartache in her eyes, Madam Luo said, "It's just a major life event like marriage. It's not all about interests. I used to think highly of the young master Xie because he was so sincere to you, Miss."
"But now that he betrayed me before marriage, what does that matter?"
"Judging from his resolute appearance today, he is probably determined to take that child into his household."
"If he insists on doing this, what will you do, Miss?"
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