"Old Madam, when you brought all your relatives to my Yang family with the marriage certificate, do you still remember the conditions you promised me for marrying into the Shen family? If one day the Shen family could no longer accommodate me, the Shen family would have to give me a letter of divorce and let me go."
Divorce?
Oh! They deserve it!!
However, the Shen family was unwilling to divorce them...
"A Zhao, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Old Madam Shen, supported by Nanny Li, quickly sat up straight. "You are the headmistress of the Shen family, the mistress of the Shen family. How can you say such things so casually?"
Yang Zhao raised his eyes and looked at his third uncle's grandmother.
"Why are you looking at me?"
Third Uncle's grandmother frowned in dissatisfaction: "You did something wrong, and now you want to threaten us with divorce? This is extremely unfilial. For this reason, you have violated the seven grounds for divorce. Our Shen family can divorce you."
Want a divorce? Dream on!
"That's right. It was you, the younger generation, who made the mistake. Now you are still talking about divorce. It's really getting more and more outrageous!" This time it was the second uncle's grandmother who spoke.
The other clan members also spoke up.
The general meaning is that it's her fault, she is making trouble, and divorce is impossible!
Yang Zhao listened calmly.
After all, she never thought that she could really get a divorce, and what she wanted was not just a divorce.
"Okay, everyone, stop talking."
Madam Shen took a deep breath, glared at her uncle's grandmother who was about to speak, then looked at Yang Zhao and said, "Ah Zhao, don't mention divorce again. If this gets out, how will your daughter get married in the future?"
After thinking for a while, Madam Shen said softly, "A Zhao, don't feel wronged. We are women. There is no woman in this world who has not suffered grievances..."
woman?
Why should women be born to suffer injustice?
When Yang Zhao heard what Old Lady Shen said, a hint of hostility flashed in her eyes, and even a hint of sarcasm and unwillingness could not help but overflow from the corners of her mouth, but she quickly hid this emotion.
Because no matter how much she hated it, the fact that women had a weak status was a fact that she could not change to this day!!
She secretly clenched her hands, her nails digging deep into her palms.
Of course, no one present noticed her abnormality. After talking to her, Mrs. Shen looked at the relatives present.
"And you, as elders, should make sure things are clear before speaking. You don't even feel embarrassed to argue with a junior when you don't know anything yet." Old Madam Shen said solemnly.
No one spoke this time.
They seemed to be intimidated by Old Madam Shen, but in fact, what they were really afraid of was that Yang Zhao would continue to cause a divorce.
At that time, the male members of the Shen family were exiled, and all the shops and farms that made money under the name of the Shen family were confiscated. At that time, the women of the Shen family were desperate and could hardly survive. It was after Yang Zhao married into the Shen family that she used her dowry to start a business and gradually built up the current family business.
To put it bluntly, all the money the Shen family had spent on food and drink over the years was equivalent to her dowry!
Spending the dowry of a "married-in-law" is shameless in itself.
So they had been pretending not to know, but the mention of divorce today reminded them that once the divorce was final, the dowry had to be returned to the woman.
That is absolutely not possible!!
And at this time.
Dong Shuang and her maid entered the house carrying several thick stacks of account books, followed by Xia Ying holding a wooden box.
After paying respects to Old Madam Shen and the others, Dong Shuang reported to Yang Zhao, "Madam, I have brought the account books of each courtyard."
"Show it to the old lady and all the uncles and aunts." Yang Zhao said calmly.
"yes."
Dong Shuang distributed the account books personally.
Everyone was confused, but when they saw the account book in their hands, their expressions changed.
"Second sister-in-law, didn't you say last month that your allowance wasn't enough? Were you short on money? You even borrowed a thousand taels from me, but the accounts clearly record that your courtyard's allowance last month was 20% higher than the month before. Furthermore, you also borrowed three thousand taels from the public account, along with this set of glass cups and saucers, Yun Yao's porcelain vase..."
The account book in my third uncle's grandmother's hand was obviously from my second uncle's grandmother's courtyard.
Apart from the normal distribution, everything that Dongdayuan took from the public account and the inner treasury was recorded clearly, even the value of the items and the excuses and reasons for taking them were recorded.
My third uncle's grandmother was so angry that her eyes turned red, and the look she gave my second uncle's grandmother looked like it could turn into a knife.
Unexpectedly, Second Uncle's grandmother also looked unkind, glaring at Third Uncle's grandmother: "How dare you say that to me? Didn't you say you were short of money yourself? Half a year ago, you actually borrowed five thousand taels from the public account, and you even used your eldest sister-in-law's card to withdraw the money."
"And these two screens with the Golden Sand Phoenix and the Hundred Children painting were actually taken by you. You knew that my eldest granddaughter was about to get married and needed these gold-thread screens to support the table, but you took the only two in the storeroom..."
As for the other relatives, when they saw the records in the account book, they all looked at each other with displeasure.
It turned out that these people who cried poor in front of him had secretly taken so many things and money from the public account. It was simply abominable! Of course, there were also some relatives from side branches who had temporarily integrated into the clan after the male members were exiled. They felt a little guilty.
But the one with the ugliest expression belonged to Old Madam Shen.
She grabbed several thick account books in front of her, glanced at them quickly, and her face became as dark as it could be. Finally, she slammed the account books on the table and looked at everyone with a pair of cold eyes.
Especially the two sisters-in-law who were arguing so hard that their faces were red and their necks were thick.
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