He himself regretted not showing his ability earlier, but they couldn't hire workers just because of the situation in their mansion in the past! So he said confidently, "Mother is really a joke. Do you think you don't need capital to do business? At that time, our mansion was poor and we had to eat porridge every other day. How could I start with capital?"
"You...you..." Xiao Wang pointed at Xiao Lao Si with gritted teeth and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Seeing this, Xiao Lichuan admired himself a little. How could he come up with such a perfect reason? So he grinned and stared at his stepmother more confidently, as if to say: Don't be jealous of my sister-in-law.
"Mother, my fourth brother is capable, but it is mainly due to our eldest sister-in-law's contribution. If it weren't for my eldest sister-in-law's ability to make brocade, my fourth brother would not have been able to earn money."
Xiao Laowu said happily that he also earned 500 taels of silver this month. Although it could not be compared with his fourth brother, he was very satisfied.
The only reason he was able to earn money was thanks to the waterwheel drawings his sister-in-law gave him, otherwise he would not earn a penny.
"My fourth and fifth brothers are right. This is all my eldest sister-in-law's ability. Mother won't be jealous of our eldest sister-in-law's ability, right?"
The eight-year-old Xiao Lichun was very good at flattering people. He immediately echoed his fourth and fifth brothers and spoke loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Aunt Liu twisted her slender waist and walked forward to hug his shoulders, looking at Mrs. Xiao Wang sarcastically.
She said in a coquettish voice: "Sister, please don't be the head of the family anymore. My son and I don't want to eat plain porridge every day!"
"Mother, you can just take care of my thirty-sixth brother and get a monthly salary, why are you so concerned?"
Five-year-old Xiao Sanshisan, holding five taels of silver in both hands, pointed at his stepmother and said in a baby voice.
His aunt bent down and half hugged him and agreed, "Jun'er is right. Sister, just take your monthly salary and concentrate on taking care of Sanshiliu in the yard!"
"You...you bunch of ungrateful bastards..." Xiao Wang finally couldn't help but burst out, her voice filled with anger and disappointment.
"When I was in charge of the family, you had no ambition at all and only knew how to eat and sleep.
When Wen Qingwan takes charge of the household, all of you will be like chicken blood, trying your best to earn money to please her."
At this time, they attacked her together just because of a single word she said. The anger and hatred in Xiao Wang's heart were out of control.
Tears of despair flashed in her eyes, and she felt betrayed by her stepchildren.
These stepchildren chose to betray her when she needed their support the most.
"I have emptied my family's savings to support you, and all you do every day is fight crickets. Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Her voice was trembling as she cursed with grief, anger and grievance, but her stepchildren just looked at her coldly in the face of her accusations.
They probably didn't dare to quarrel with Wen Qingwan, their nominal mother, in front of her! They were afraid that Wen Qingwan would think they were ungrateful and didn't know how to be grateful!
Mrs. Xiao Wang was right. The Xiao children were just afraid that their eldest sister-in-law would dislike them.
That's why they didn't dare to quarrel with their stepmother. They could only complain in their hearts: You have emptied the family's savings, while we can only eat plain porridge.
They were numb to the painstaking efforts of the successive mistresses! Xiao Wangshi hysterically accused and abused them, but her step-sons turned a blind eye. She felt like she was punching cotton.
At the same time, it also made her heart break, and her tears couldn't stop flowing. She realized that she was no longer important in the Marquis' Mansion.
She felt isolated and betrayed, and her heart was filled with endless loneliness and despair.
It also made her resent the Wang family's father and brothers, especially her sisters-in-law, even more.
If she was still the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion, then the more than 10,000 taels of silver earned by the fourth son today would be under her control.
She had the silver in her hand, wouldn't she give it back to the Wang family! The stepchildren of the Xiao family were hateful, but the Wang family, her mother's family, were even more hateful! The more Xiao Wang thought about it, the uglier her face became. She gritted her teeth and continued to curse: "You bunch of ungrateful wolves, if I hadn't provided you with food, drink, clothing and other necessities, you would have starved to death in the Marquis' Mansion."
"Hey, sister, wake up! When you were in charge of the family, I ate porridge every day.
Fortunately, you are no longer eligible to aspire to be the head of the family! I don’t want to live a hard life anymore! "
Aunt An said this in a praising manner, patting her chest with her delicate hands, looking frightened.
She understood Wang's feelings at the moment very well. She really wanted to help her. After all, Wang had been supporting the entire Marquis's family for five years.
Wang was born into a merchant family. I don’t know if it was because he was uneducated and couldn’t see the reality clearly, or if merchants were just competitive.
But if she pissed off the master, he would really divorce her!
The master was cold-hearted by nature, and Wang had not spent much time with him, so she did not understand him, and that was why An wanted to remind her.
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This month she received a monthly salary of two taels of silver, which was the first time she received a monthly salary in the ten years since she married into the Marquis's Mansion.
She followed Xiao Yi to make clothes and earned thirty-one taels of silver this month. If this continued, her life would be full of hope.
In particular, her sisters-in-law from her mother's side all sent her messages asking her to bring her children back to her mother's home.
Several of her sisters-in-law had implicitly asked in their letters whether the young masters of the Marquis' Mansion were engaged, probably because they wanted to marry their daughters into the Marquis' Mansion of Weiwu.
The An family is considered a middle-class family in the capital, and the Earl's Mansion is a hereditary title that is passed down from generation to generation.
At that time, her mother and sisters-in-law all supported her marrying Marquis Cheng'en as a concubine.
However, after she married into the Marquis's mansion, she did not bring any honor to the family. Instead, she often went back to beg for money.
Under those circumstances, they were very disappointed with her and almost broke off the engagement publicly! She gave birth to a daughter and a son, and the three of them had to feed and drink and hire a wet nurse, so they ate up all the dowry in a few years.
Her mother's family didn't give her any help, which made her feel sad. Family affection had been replaced by desires and interests, and the relationship between family members became cold and cruel.
Deep down, An was filled with pain and helplessness. She felt that she had lost everything, including those who once loved her.
If she didn't have money to make delicious food to tempt the marquis, he would gradually forget about her and her son.
So she could only give her jewelry to her trusted maid to pawn, and then buy some delicious food to invite the marquis to her courtyard.
Just when she was almost at the end of her rope, the prince of the Marquisate got married, and the Marquisate suddenly became revived.
She is only 26 years old this year, and her daughter is already nine years old. This month she has earned six taels of silver by making clothes for her, which, together with her monthly salary, is a total of eleven taels.
Her son Lidong is almost eight years old this year. His academic performance is second only to his third elder brother, so he received a reward of ten taels of silver this month.
(End of this chapter)