Chapter 31 What are you afraid of?
Sitting next to her were Yao and Li Mingyan.
There were many account books scattered on the table in front of them.
Liu's eyelids suddenly twitched a few times.
She stepped forward with an apologetic smile on her face, "Mom, sister-in-law, you are both here? I happened to buy two boxes of snacks outside, especially for mom and sister-in-law to try!" As she said that, she put the snacks on the table. When she lowered her head, she saw her dog-crawling handwriting on the open account book!
Liu's heart instantly rose to her throat!
She laughed dryly twice. "Mom, sister-in-law, what are you doing? Why did you suddenly think of looking at... the account book?"
Old Madam Li picked up an account book and threw it directly at her!
"Luckily I saw it today. If I hadn't, would you have planned to move the Li family's kitchen directly to your mother's house?"
Liu shuddered with fear, "How...how could this be? How dare I, mother?"
"What are you afraid of? If I let you take charge of the kitchen, you can deduct thousands of taels of silver every month! I think it's a waste of your talent to just let you take charge of the kitchen! I should just let you be the manager of a shop! By then, the bricks paving your west yard will have to be made of gold!" Old Lady Li said angrily.
"No, mother, I... I..." Liu wanted to explain, but she couldn't find a reason. In the end, she could only ask Yao for help, "Sister-in-law, please say something for me, sister-in-law..."
"If you don't want mother to be angry, just give us the money you have withheld over the years." Yao smiled and looked gentle.
Take it out?
They were all squandered by her family, what else can she get?
Liu glared at her angrily and said, "What a stupid idea! You might as well not have said it!"
"Then sister-in-law, just figure it out yourself!" Yao said without getting angry.
"You...you are in charge of all the shops in our family. You are the richest person in our family! I just took some money from the kitchen. How can I compare with you? You take one thousand taels for each shop, and more than ten thousand taels for a dozen shops! Why doesn't mother go to you and has to find trouble with me? I think this is favoritism! Bullying our second house!" Liu suddenly took out a handkerchief, covered her face with her hands and cried.
"If my sister-in-law suspects that I have privately taken a tael of silver from the public treasury, you can check the accounts! All my accounts can withstand scrutiny! There is no need to shift the blame here!" Yao said with a gloomy face.
"There are some things that Second Aunt may not understand. I can explain them to her." Li Mingyan wore a calm smile on his face. He reached out and brushed off the non-existent dust on his sleeves. He spoke slowly, "Second Aunt, embezzling public funds is a family matter at best, but at worst, it's a crime. She can be sent straight to jail!"
"Who of you dares! I wonder who of you dares to send me to jail! If my master finds out, he will never let him go!" Liu panicked when she heard this and screamed in fear.
Unfortunately, everyone looked at her with a sneer and was not afraid at all.
Liu fell to her knees with a plop, crawled to Old Madam Li crying, and hugged her legs. "Mother, I know I was wrong, and I won't dare to do it again. Please don't send me to jail, okay? For the sake of Yao Jia and Ming Ze, please forgive me this time, mother, I beg you!"
"Do you think you'd still be kneeling here talking to me if it weren't for Yao Jia and Ming Ze?" Old Madam Li kicked her away. "For the sake of our two children, I won't send you to see the officials!"
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