Since she returned to the Qiao family and took charge of the family for the past two years, she forced Qiao Jingjing to hand over the two catties of gold that had been in the family before. She carefully wrapped the gold in a brocade handkerchief and put it under her pillow.
Those two pounds of gold are now reduced to a tiny sliver.
It's probably only about one or two ounces.
"Mother, don't bother with the accounts. I know that in the past two years, more people have been leaving our house than coming in. With so many servants and such a large mansion, it must have cost a lot of money."
We children all know that our mother values face.
We understand how hard our mother works managing the household.
Upon hearing this, Grandma Qiao's face flushed red, then turned pale, then red again, then pale again. She stomped her cane repeatedly, wishing she could strike Qiao Jingjing on the head with it.
But there was an Amon standing next to Qiao Jingjing.
This Amon is very unfriendly.
“Mother, you only need to walk with me and Manman to the mulberry garden and fishpond to see what those people we invited are doing, and you will know the truth.”
Mrs. Qiao was so frustrated that she couldn't even spit out a mouthful of phlegm.
She cried.
She cried and cursed the heavens and the earth.
She told God that she was really worried about her two daughters growing up day by day. She had tried her best to discipline them and she really didn't want their reputation to get worse and worse.
"I never imagined I would be so out of control! My daughter... she's become so bold, daring to make friends with men outside the family without permission."
Qiao Jingjing stopped her elderly mother.
"Mother, don't say such things again! No matter how you used to hit or scold me, I knew it was for my own good. You were just upset because I had reached marriageable age and hadn't found a spouse."
But one cannot speak of associating with men outside the home. Chen Tian's recent arrival with his men to confront them is the best example of this!
Qiao Er and Qiao San nodded as well.
“Mother, what you’re saying is indeed too serious. Colluding with foreign enemies is a serious crime that can result in the confiscation of property and exile.”
That afternoon.
Qiao Jingjing and Qiao Manman also made her elderly mother walk through the mulberry garden again, leaning on her cane.
Joa's mother saw the abandoned fishpond, the rice stalks lying askew, and the bare mulberry trees, with only two mulberry trees with green leaves remaining in the garden.
Qiao Manman pointed to the desolate area and the servants who were cheating, slacking off, and playing cards.
"Mother, see for yourself!"
Look at the state of our land.
Is there any harvest at all?
When Grandma Qiao looked at them, she only looked at Qiao Jingjing and Qiao Manman.
“I know! You sent me here to see this, and this is all you've shown me! I knew it all along. Isn't this how every family lives? Everyone does it this way. Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, the problem in our family isn't them. It's you sisters! The fact that you two aren't married yet is a disgrace to our family, you understand?”
A brilliant and insightful statement.
It strikes right at the heart!
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