Old Madam Shen was so angry that she could hardly breathe. If she had known that the situation would turn out like this, she would have rather not held the birthday party!
However, the news that the Shen family was going to celebrate the old lady's birthday had already spread, and now the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. If they suddenly decided not to do it, no one knew what the outside world would say.
Old Madam Shen closed her eyes and simply waved her hand to send Shen Wangqiu away.
She didn't have the nerve to ask her three sons for money to hold a birthday party for her.
Thinking of this, Madam Shen became even more angry with Jiang.
When her mother-in-law celebrated her birthday, Mrs. Jiang should have respectfully presented silver. She had always done so in the past, but she had never mentioned it. Since Mrs. Jiang did not mention it, Mrs. Shen pretended to be ignorant of it. But this time, she completely denied the matter.
Old Madam Shen also began to regret. If she had known this would happen, she should not have let the second wife organize the birthday banquet.
Seeing Chen Wangqiu leave, Aunt Hua beside Old Lady Shen hurried over to hand her a cup of hot tea and put her hand on her chest to help her calm down.
"Don't worry, old lady. After all, the eldest grandmother has been the housekeeper for many years and will not completely ignore the affairs of the mansion."
Old Madam Shen snorted coldly, "Isn't she just giving up now? She just wants to prove that the Shen family can't do without her, and she's using me as a pretext!"
Although Aunt Hua had never received any special favor from Jiang, she could see clearly that if Jiang had not maintained the huge Shen family, they would not have been able to live such a stable life.
But seeing that Old Madam Shen was so stubborn, Nanny Hua didn't dare to persuade her too much.
"Don't be too angry, Madam. With Madam here, no matter what, Grandma can't get ahead of her. Besides, even if your birthday wasn't a big one in previous years, the eldest wife always sent you gifts."
Old Madam Shen's mind moved. Indeed, the birthday gifts that Jiang sent every year were excellent. Thinking of this, Old Madam Shen felt a little relieved.
"That's what she should do."
Aunt Hua sighed slightly and shook her head in her heart.
Where has Madam Shen's heart gone?
The first wife was supposed to give gifts, but what about the second and third wives? The third wife was a useless and useless person. Although she had never contributed much to the Shen family, she had never caused any trouble in all these years. The second wife was not someone to be trifled with. She always spoke sweet words to make the old lady very happy, but anyone with an eye could see that none of her sweet words were true.
Madam Shen opened her eyes and instructed Nanny Hua, "Go open my private vault and take out three thousand taels of silver notes and send them to the second house."
Aunt Hua nodded in agreement and turned to leave.
Madam Shen called her again, "Be quiet, don't let anyone see you."
"It's saved by the servant."
The banknote was delivered directly to He's hands. He received the banknote with a smile on her face, and repeatedly promised the second house that this time she would definitely hold the old lady's birthday party in a grand and lively manner, and would never let anyone with ulterior motives laugh at her.
Nanny Hua knew that He was making a veiled sarcastic remark to Jiang, so she ignored her words, bowed, and went back to the old lady's room to report.
When He saw the three silver notes with a face value of 1,000 taels in her hand, she put her mind at ease. With money, things will be easier to do. This statement will never go wrong no matter where it is said.
She was about to call someone to call Chen Lijiao over, when suddenly an idea came to her mind. She remembered that she had sent someone to pawn the things in the storehouse and had received more than one thousand taels of silver. Now that Old Madam Shen had sent her a banknote, this money was more than enough to celebrate her birthday.
Anyway, the personal money that Old Lady Shen sent was not in the public account, so no one would know even if she hid some.
Thinking of this, He opened her personal box and took out a piece of paper and put it in.
Unlike Jiang, who had a business family, He's family had long been in decline. Even though her brother had made some progress in the officialdom, he had not thought of supporting his sister who had been married for many years. He looked at the box, which was still empty even though she had put a silver note in it, and she could not stop the greed in her heart.
No one would know anyway, so He made up his mind and put another one in.
When Jiao'er got married, where would her dowry come from? Even if there was a share from the public treasury, with this money, Jiao'er wouldn't be looked down upon. Moreover, she had a seven-year-old son. Although he was still young, marrying him off would be an expense, so she had to make plans for her two children.
Thinking of this, He felt that even if she took it, she would feel justified in doing so.
After putting away the two silver bills and locking the box, He sent someone to call Chen Lijiao.
Chen Lijiao had never been a housewife before, and now that she had received one thousand and two taels of silver, she was very happy.
With the more than one thousand taels she had pawned before, plus this one thousand taels now, Shen Lijiao felt that she had never seen so much money in her life.
With money, she also had the confidence. When Chen Lijiao ordered the servants to go shopping, she was no longer as timid as before.
Although she had never been in charge of a household, she had heard about the dirty things that happened in the mansion and often heard her mother complain about it. Jiang must have made a lot of money from being the head of the household.
Chen Lijiao thought, there is no reason why I cannot take what others have.
She has a good idea of what to buy these days. Some things look similar, but the price difference between the good and the bad is not small. Now everyone knows that Mr. Shen has no money in his account, so she may be able to make some money.
Thinking of this, Shen Lijiao became more courageous.
But she didn't know that if she could have such thoughts, the people under her might have the same ones.
In the past, when Jiang was in charge of the family, she had her own business. She knew the market price clearly and had a book of accounts in her mind. The subordinates never got any profit from her. But Chen Lijiao was different. She didn't know the market price and didn't send anyone to inquire, so the subordinates bought those worthless things and passed them off as good ones. They also cried poor in front of her, saying that the money was not worth spending. When Chen Lijiao was short of money before, they had already made a lot of money from her. Now they are more generous, and the subordinates are even more unscrupulous.
Although Jiang declined the matter, some of her confidants came to report to her.
Jiang took a look at the things he had bought and knew what was going on at a glance.
But she didn't want to care about it. She had long wanted to give up being the head of the family.
She has worked so hard for the Shen family for so many years, but has not received any good results. Old Madam Shen still thinks she is making fun of her, not knowing that she just wants to take this opportunity to get rid of this mess.
Before, she was just doing it for Shen Wangqiu's sake. Now that Shen Wangqiu is on her side, she has nothing to worry about anymore.
Anyway, she has money, and the business has been getting better and better since Li Yue took over. She heard that she also opened a farm. She was too busy with housework in the past to have any free time. When she really handed over all the chores in the mansion to others in the future, she also wanted to see with her own eyes how extraordinary this farm that everyone talked about was.
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