Chapter 31 A Hero Saves a Beauty
So the old lady chose to ask the people from Jinxiu Zhai to come today. Aunt Zhao thought proudly in her heart: As expected, the old ones are the most experienced. The second lady has no choice but to accept the five thousand taels.
Fang Qianxue looked at the short and fat manager: "I guess this is Manager Wen?"
"It is me," Shopkeeper Wen said with a sinister smile, throwing the account book in his hand to Cui Shuang, "Madam, please take a closer look. The total is 5,120 taels. After deducting the decimals, you owe me 5,000 taels."
Cui Shuang took the account book and opened it to show Fang Qianxue. There were fingerprints of Old Madam Chen and Lu Wanrou on it.
Lu Changqing came over to take a look and said, "Qianxue, this account is from ten days ago, when you were the housekeeper. Logically, you should pay it back and hand it over to mother."
Fang Qianxue rolled her eyes at him. She had recently discovered that this man was becoming more and more reckless. "Of course the money you owe should be repaid."
"Second Madam is so straightforward!" Seeing her asking for repayment, Shopkeeper Wen immediately smiled. "Our shop is different from other shops. The credit period is only half a month. After half a month, there is no guarantee that my master will do something."
The thugs behind him were rubbing their hands ready for battle, and a few old women were pinching their waists. Everyone was frightened by this scene.
"Madam, you are pushing the account book to the old lady without filling the hole in Jinxiuzhai. It's really unfair." Madam Zhao complained while bowing to Fang Qianxue, "Madam, please return the money to Shopkeeper Wen now and settle the account. This will save our Lu family from worrying all day long."
Everyone began to whisper.
"It turns out that the Lu family was originally managed by the Second Madam, but why did she suddenly stop caring?"
"Need I say more? It must be because of that Xu. Who would want to worry themselves into a shrew and let their husband and his new love be happy?" sighed a female relative.
"Then the accounts should be settled before the handover. What's the point of leaving a big hole?" A man sneered.
Cui Shuang's eyes turned red with anxiety: "Madam! You didn't get any clothes from Jinxiuzhai. They were all given away to others. You can't pay back this debt!"
"Miss Cuishuang, please don't push the Second Madam around. The old lady said that it's rare for our family to buy things from Jinxiu Zhai. This year is a critical period. As long as the Second Madam pays off the debt, we will never buy things from Jinxiu Zhai again." said Madam Zhao.
The things in Jinxiuzhai are so expensive, do you really think they are made of gold? The old lady regretted it a long time ago and said she would never buy them again.
Moreover, the people in Jinxiuzhai were barbaric. She only owed them money for half a month, but they sent thugs to collect the debt. She couldn't report it to the police, and the old lady was already complaining bitterly.
Now all Fang needs is to take out the money to fill the current hole.
"Oh, this is an emergency," Fang Qianxue sneered and winked at the maid, "Cuishuang, go to my room and take the things out for the adults and my uncle and aunt to witness."
It was because Xu was appointed as a female official by the Queen that the old lady became arrogant and dared to buy things from Jinxiuzhai. She really had high expectations but poor skills.
"yes!"
Everyone was waiting nearby, not knowing what she had asked the maid to get.
In the flower hall.
A little maid heard the noise outside and said while counting on her fingers, "Five thousand taels? We at Meihuaao don't even spend that much in a year. Where can Madam find so much silver in a short time?"
Jiang Xu held the teacup and frowned, "Why should she pay back this debt?"
Who would have thought that the rich lady who married into the Lu family would be stumped by five thousand taels.
"Didn't you hear what that old woman said? The Lu family used to have Qianxue as their housekeeper, so if they owed money, shouldn't they look for her?" Lin Siyuan stroked his beard slowly and explained to Jiang Xu, "The eldest wife of aristocratic family is in charge of the accounts, so it stands to reason that Qianxue should also be responsible if there is a deficit."
Xiao Mingjie's face was serious, and she paced in the flower hall for two steps: "It's just five thousand taels, I will pay it back for her! Why let her be roasted on the fire like this?"
When Master Fang asked her to adopt Fang Qianxue as his goddaughter, he also said that if he was gone one day, he wanted her to take care of Fang Qianxue.
Xiao Mingjie certainly had no shortage of five thousand taels, not to mention, with her status as the eldest princess, as long as she went out to support Fang Qianxue, the people in Jinxiuzhai would definitely give in a little.
"Please sit down!" Prince Consort Lin Siyuan pulled her to sit down, "Why are you in such a hurry? Qianxue has her own ideas. If you go, you might end up making things worse."
Xiao Mingjie sat down reluctantly, turned her eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly stared at Jiang Xu and winked at him.
Jiang Xu's handsome face turned red like a cooked shrimp: "Why are you looking at me?"
"Isn't this your chance to show off?" Xiao Mingjie raised her eyebrows and smiled meaningfully, "Be a hero and save the beauty! Young Marquis Jiang."
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