“He’s right.
Then he promised the clan leader and elders, saying that this was for his younger brother, and wrote a letter to clarify the rumors, signed and sealed it. His mother-in-law also promised not to sue him for the sake of the reputation of both families.
After all, few people know about butterfly spots, and if we file a lawsuit, it will only make things worse.
He also asked for benefits from the clan leader. Since the Feng Shui treasure land was given by the Shi family, he asked for two thousand taels from the clan. It is said that after leaving one thousand taels to his brother, he disappeared with the other one thousand taels.
My mother-in-law notified my sister's family and took her back. Everything seemed to have ended peacefully, but Shi Zhongwen and I could never go back to the way we were before.
When I first married into the family, I brought a dowry of 15,000 taels. I heard that the fee for a lawyer would be 12,000 taels, so I hurried to pay it.
My mother-in-law found out and said that my daughter-in-law's dowry couldn't be touched and that she had to compensate me. I knelt down and said that I hadn't had the chance to apologize to my mother-in-law until now, admit my mistake, and let her down, so I had to pay the money no matter what.
That's all.
Actually, my mother-in-law said your father-in-law wouldn't come to see me, but that's not necessarily true. When your father-in-law and I were close, he gave me all his personal property. He even said he was giving me a lot of it.
I don’t know whether he forgot about these things or intended to leave them for his two children, but in any case, he never asked me to return them.
Now that his beloved is pregnant, he wants her to have a lifelong support and wants to make her his second wife. He'll probably soon learn that everything in the Shi family will be handed over to you, and he'll have to make plans for his concubines and children, so he'll probably come to me to claim my private property back."
Sun Yannan suddenly asked, "Mother, can I see these private properties?"
Peng Jing asked Leng Mei to fetch a box. Sun Yannan briefly looked through it when the little girl announced, "The master is here."
Sun Yannan put the things back into the box and handed it to Leng Mei. Peng Jing said, "No need to put it away. This is probably what you came here for. Take out the box containing the income and the account book as well."
After Shi Chongwen came in, he probably didn't expect that his daughter-in-law Sun Yannan was also here, and he didn't know how to start for a moment.
Peng Jing bowed: "Husband."
Sun Yannan also stood up and saluted: "Father."
Leng Mei and Qing Zhu came out with boxes and account books.
Peng Jing took the initiative to speak: "This is what my husband left me. The other box contains the income of the past eighteen years. These boxes are all account books."
Shi Zhongwen was stunned for a moment, then said, "Just return the box. I won't look at the account books anymore. Leave the profits to Shi Yue and Shi Wei."
Sun Yanan thought: What a rare fatherly love. He was not with his two children for eighteen years. He gave the principal to the children of his concubine and divided the interest between his two legitimate sons and daughters.
Maybe he thinks we don’t lack it.
Looking up, he saw the expression on his mother-in-law's face and the shape of her lips that said "no." Before Peng Jing could say anything in response, Sun Yannan immediately bowed to Shi Zhongwen and said, "Thank you, father."
Even a meager father's love is still love, especially when it's already been converted into money. Why not want it? Those eighteen years of companionship are not coming back to the two children anyway.
Shi Zhongwen said nothing more, took the box and left. Peng Jing saw him go out, sighed, and sat down dejectedly.
Sun Yannan said, "Mother raised two children with great difficulty and managed my father's private property for eighteen years. Even as a housekeeper, accountant, and nanny, she was paid a salary. What did my mother gain by guarding the empty house with such unwavering devotion and then honestly handing it all back?"
Sun Yanan glanced at the shadow cast by the curtain outside the door which had just fallen. His father-in-law, who was standing there for a while, must have heard these words.
That concubine and the child she was carrying were variables, so since they were variables, I should first try to gain some favor and apologize to my father-in-law for my mother-in-law. After all, my mother-in-law was on my side.
Peng Jing handed the box containing the proceeds to Sun Yannan: "Since it's for Shi Yue and Shi Wei, take it and call them over to share it."
Seeing that she was in a low mood, Sun Yanan opened the box containing the earnings and took a look. He estimated in his mind that in the past eighteen years, the private property was actually quite large. Although there had not been any earth-shaking changes in the hands of his mother-in-law, there was an average gross profit of 10% per year.
This business performance is pretty good.
In fact, ever since Old Lady Shi handed over the "not much" Shi family shop and farm and the one thousand acres to her, she has been under pressure to hire people, because one of Old Lady Shi's requirements is to replace people on a large scale and people cannot stay in their positions for a long time.
Sun Yannan picked up another account book and started to look at it. When she finished reading, she was about to speak.
I heard a lot of noise in the yard.
The concubine Jinshu came, holding the box that Shi Chongwen had just taken away in her arms.
She stretched out her hand to push away the little maid who was blocking her way, and walked up to Peng Jing: "You are a person with bad conduct, and you have the nerve to lick the position of the wife. The old lady protects you, but she can't protect you forever.
I've handed this thing over to you, and it's been eighteen years, and you're still getting the same amount. Do you think I'm stupid? The profits from eighteen years can't be small, so just give it back to me honestly.
Don't let me say anything bad in front of all the servants in the yard and expose your past!"
Peng Jing's face, which had just recovered, turned pale. It seemed that Shi Chongwen had told Jinshu everything about her, allowing this woman to laugh at and ridicule her so contemptuously.
Three people rushed in from outside the door, Shi Zhongwen, Shi Wei who heard the news, and Sun Yanan's girl Xiaotian.
Xiaotian didn't know the current situation in the courtyard. After entering, he felt that the atmosphere was not right. He was not sure whether it was appropriate to report the matter to his own girl at this time.
Sun Yannan quietly walked aside and asked Xiaotian: "Is there something urgent?"
Xiaotian said in a low voice: "The Rong family wants to buy our grain. The local rice shop in Rong's family has sorted out the production reports from various places and wants to buy the grain according to the contract, and they want our family to deliver the grain.
Our family property consists of new rice, which has been stored in the warehouse. The silver paid by Lord Shang has also arrived. Now that the silver and goods have been paid, where is the grain left?
They refused to acknowledge the purchase of the surplus grain from Prince Guanghuai's fiefdom, claiming the court actually wanted the surplus grain to be diverted and that they wouldn't arrest the grain merchants. If they refused to acknowledge it, we couldn't possibly confront Prince Guanghuai.
If we don’t pay the grain now, we will be in breach of contract.”
Sun Yannan thought that it would take a few days for the Rong family to come to visit, so he asked, "Where did you get the news?"
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