Chapter 172 The Liu Family Splits

In the evening, Mrs. Wei went to Liu's house again and finally ran into Wei Sanniang who had returned to her room to rest and have a meal.

Although Wei Sanniang had undergone such a great change, her eyes and eyebrows were full of sadness, but her hair was still combed neatly, and she tried her best to hold it up so that she would not look so ferocious.

"…The old man is in a much better situation now," said Wei Sanniang with a sad face. "It was only when Old Ji took people to the account office to check the accounts that they found out that Dalin had actually lent out 1,000 taels of money. They were really audacious."

Old Ji is the attendant beside Old Lady Liu.

"One thousand taels?!"

Mrs. Wei took a breath of cool air.

This Dalin is so brave!

Wei Sanniang sighed, "I didn't know until I checked. I was shocked. There are four shops in the family, and two of them are almost bankrupt because Dalin always takes money to lend... Now Yuan Gong and Dalin have been arrested, and the old man is sick. If it weren't for Old Ji, the family would be in chaos."

Yuan Gong is the name of the eldest brother left behind by the original wife.

Wei Sanniang became extremely worried when she thought about the mess at home.

Mrs. Wei looked solemn.

The main thing is that Yuanfeng had just proposed marriage, and such a big problem happened in the Liu family. I don’t know what happened to the Jiang family...

As the two were talking, a maid came to report that Old Lady Liu had woken up.

Wei Sanniang stood up suddenly: "I have to go and take a look."

Mrs. Wei thought for a moment and said, "I am also the sister-in-law of Old Lady Liu, so I am not an outsider. I will go with you."

Wei Sanniang knew that Wei Pozi was trying to support her, so she held Wei Pozi's hand with some gratitude: "Second sister!"

The two sisters went to Old Lady Liu's yard together.

There were actually quite a few people standing in Old Lady Liu's small courtyard.

Most of the male members of the first wife's family were imprisoned, and several of the other members of the first wife's family knelt in front of the door; the second and third wives were concubines, and they were also standing under the eaves anxiously - it seemed that they were driven out.

As Wei Sanniang and Wei Pozi passed by the people in the yard, they kept calling "Mom" and Wei Sanniang's palms were sweating.

She has been married to the Liu family for so many years, and this is the first time that someone, other than Yuanfeng, has called her "mom" so sincerely!

When Wei Sanniang walked into the house, Old Lady Liu was throwing things around in anger.

Mother Wei whispered to Wei Sanniang, "You can still lose your temper, which means you are in good health."

Wei Sanniang gave a bitter smile.

"Sanniang." Old Lady Liu said hoarsely, "Where is that evil creature?"

Wei Sanniang thought for a moment and said, "Master, are you asking about the eldest master? The eldest master and Da Lin have already been arrested by the government."

Old Mrs. Liu stared and said nothing for a long time.

Old Mrs. Liu was angry for a long time, but fortunately she didn't make things too difficult for Wei Sanniang.

Mrs. Wei watched coldly from the side without saying anything.

When Wei Sanniang came out of Old Lady Liu's room, Liu Yuanfeng also came back.

Today he brought people to take over two shops that were not yet at the point of closing due to losses. Except for Grandma Liu, no one else was allowed to take money from the accounts.

Liu Yuanfeng wiped his sweat and said, "I was late to take over. Just now, someone from the first house came and wanted to take money from the account. They said it was fined by the government and they wanted 180 taels. I refused and had them chased out."

He looked at the account book today and found that the entire Liu family had less than one hundred taels of money on the books.

Where is enough?

When Wei Sanniang heard that the hole in the Liu family was so big, she didn't worry about anything else, but only worried that it would affect Liu Yuanfeng's marriage: "...What should I do?"

Anyway, no matter how big the Liu family's business is, Yuanfeng will only have a small part of it.

She was more worried about the Jiang family...

Liu Yuanfeng comforted her, "Mom, if it doesn't work out, it means that Miss Jiang and I are not meant to be together. We can see each other again later."

Wei Sanniang hesitated and sighed.

On the second day, Old Lady Liu called the first, second, third wives, and Wei Sanniang and her son over.

It turns out that we are going to split up.

The eldest wife was naturally unwilling to do so. Now that they were in trouble, wouldn't this division of the family be equivalent to cutting them off?

The second and third wives were also unwilling. The first wife had greedily taken so much of the family's wealth and ruined such a good family. Now they could just divide the family, wouldn't that be a bargain for the first wife and her family?

Only Wei Sanniang and Liu Yuanfeng remained silent.

Even a little surprised.

They had originally thought of moving out and living on their own when the time came. Although now was not a good time, it was still much better than being dragged into the mire by the eldest wife.

Old Mrs. Liu sat on the bed with a listless look on her face, with a few soft pillows piled behind her. She looked even more frail than before, already haggard in appearance.

Grandma Liu divided it very simply.

The house we live in now is our ancestral property. Several families have been living in it separately, so we should continue to live there.

There were still eighty taels of silver on the account, and each family was to receive twenty taels.

There are four shops in total. The two shops that are about to go bankrupt are divided into two branches of the second and third houses, one each. It is up to them whether they want to reorganize their business or sell the shops and do some other business.

The second and third wives were not happy about it, but Old Lady Liu was obviously in a bad mood and angrily said, "If you don't want it, just get out!"

The second and third wives didn't dare to say a word.

After all, it is a concubine's house, and how much property is divided is indeed up to the head of the family.

The people in the first house looked at Old Lady Liu expectantly.

Old Lady Liu closed her eyes and said, "There are two more shops... one on Chengxian Road, and one on Huaishui Road. The eldest wife's shop, please tell me first. Which one do you want?"

Although the head of the first house was in prison, the rest of the people didn't need to think too much and said in a hoarse voice: "We want the one on the road to becoming an immortal!"

The second and third wives were all complaining in their hearts that the shop on Chengxian Road was the cloth shop where the old lady made her fortune, and it was the one that made the most money on weekdays. The first wife was really good at calculating.

Old Mrs. Liu sneered and called out "Yuanfeng" again.

He asked slowly, "Which one do you want?"

Liu Yuanfeng said nonchalantly, "Then let's go to the one on Huaishui Road."

The shop on Huaishui Road is a writing shop. He is currently studying and he likes the writing shop more.

Besides, the eldest wife's family is large and prosperous. If they really run the writing shop on Huaishui Road, I'm afraid his nephews and nieces will starve to death.

Old Mrs. Liu opened her eyes and glanced at Liu Yuanfeng.

After a while, he said, "That's it."

The remaining people in the first house finally showed some relief on their faces.

The shop on Chengxian Road is the most profitable one of the Liu family. As expected, the old man loves them the most.

The people from the second and third rooms all had looks of indignation on their faces.

Old Lady Liu was too lazy to care and continued, "However, the eldest wife has embezzled a lot of public money over the years. If she wants to take this most valuable shop, then she can give Yuanfeng a hundred taels of silver."

Everyone in the first room was dumbfounded: "Grandpa! No, this..."

Old Lady Liu said coldly, "Don't want it? That's fine. Then give both shops to Yuanfeng."

As soon as these words came out, the room fell silent.