Chapter 4: Fighting the Little Devil

After the old marquis explained everything to the old lady, they said they wanted to go for a visit to another manor, and left the entire mansion to Xu Wan.

When this order came out, the entire mansion was shocked.

What are you talking about for fun?

The purpose of going out for fun is fake, but the purpose of giving up power is real. Otherwise, if they were in the house, the young master would come to cry all the time, and the bride would not be able to let go and discipline the naughty child.

In addition, even those who were waiting outside to see Xu Wan's jokes were all shocked.

The eloquent storyteller in the teahouse was caught off guard, and finally managed to utter a sentence with great effort: "As expected of an old marquis, delegating power is efficient."

Everyone: “…”

The backyard of the mansion.

Xu Wan had already taken off her wedding dress and put on new casual clothes.

The old lady prepared everything for her, including twenty sets of daily clothes, which was more new clothes than her second sister, born to her stepmother, had in a year.

The wife of the Marquis's mansion has six maids, all of whom are young, pretty, and efficient. If it were normal, Xu Wan would definitely suspect that this woman was intended to be a concubine or a maid for her husband, but now that her husband is dead or alive, it is probably true. It is of course pleasing to keep all these beautiful little girls in the house for herself.

"Madam, this is the account book of the mansion, which records all the income and expenditure of the mansion this year. If you want to see the previous years, I will ask the accounting department to bring it to you."

The maid who was speaking was called Cuizhi. Her biological mother was a dowry maidservant of the old lady. Cuizhi was the eldest of these maids. She was already 23 years old this year, the same age as Xu Wan now, and five years older than the original owner.

But in ancient times, women took charge of the household early, and Cuizhi looked stable and reliable.

Xu Wan flipped through the booklet. The account records were very clear. The maids around her lowered their heads and looked submissive, looking more obedient than those in the Shangshu Mansion. The whole family style of the Marquis' Mansion gave her a very good feeling.

"Show me the account in Zong Jincheng's room."

The Marquis' Mansion is managed by a housekeeper, and the old lady gave her clear instructions before she left. This key is just for her to use to deal with the little devil, and she doesn't really want her to focus all her energy on being a housekeeper.

She was still clear about this.

"Yes." Cuizhi responded and brought it quickly.

"On the first day of the first lunar month, the young master went on a boat trip on the lake with others, spending three hundred taels, of which fifty taels were spent on food and music, and in the end he bought a nice boat, spending two hundred and fifty taels."

Xu Wan: “…”

This idiot spent so much money on a boat, why didn’t he buy the lake instead?

"On the second day of the first lunar month, the young master went out with others to set off firecrackers, which frightened three thousand chickens to death in the farmhouse next door, and he lost one hundred taels of silver."

Xu Wan: “…”

This guy is simply a living Yan Wang. Is he worthy of those 3,000 chickens that died unjustly?

"On the third day of the first lunar month, the young master went out with someone..."

…

The more Xu Wan listened, the more numb she felt. That brat had to spend hundreds of taels of silver every day. Compared to her private savings of less than one tael, he was simply a fighter among spendthrifts.

Until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, I suddenly stopped reciting.

She looked at Cuizhi.

What's wrong? Are you afraid that she can't bear the blow?

"It's okay. Just keep talking. I can still hold on." She had seen all sorts of storms.

But Cuizhi said: "Today is the eighth day of the first lunar month, and the young master has not gone out..."

Xu Wan: “…”

Yes, I didn’t go out.

During the first seven days of the new year, she spent every day fooling around outside. When she finally got home for a day, she gave her stepmother a warning, which exposed the veil of this unlucky bride and made her lose face in the whole capital.

When Xu Wan thought of this, her anger rose sharply!

"Where is this brat now? Did the old lady punish him before she left?"

Committing such a serious mistake on such an important occasion, according to the family rules of their Shangshu Mansion, the serious punishment would be a beating to the point of pissing and urinating, and the lightest punishment would be kneeling in the ancestral temple for a few days.

She just didn't believe that Zong Jincheng could be fine!

However, Cuizhi said weakly: "The old lady has always been reluctant to punish the young master, so the young master is still staying in the yard well..."

Xu Wan's heart sank, and she sat down with shaking hands, constantly encouraging herself.

Calm down and think about your high salary...

The monthly no-responsibility basic salary is NT$300,000, which is a very high salary in modern times. After the project is completed, a one-time cash reward of NT$100 million can also be obtained.

One hundred million, one hundred million.

Just teaching a little bastard a lesson, that's nothing! !

Xu Wan opened her eyes again with sharp eyes. At this time, she was no longer the stepmother of salted fish, but the stepmother of the king of curls, and her fighting mode was in full swing.

"Go, call Zong Jincheng over. I want to give him a lecture."

"yes."

Cuizhi called someone to invite the young master.

Xu Wan was thinking about how to educate the little devil later.

The small goal of this 100 million is to let him get the top grade in the exam. To achieve this prerequisite, he needs to go to the study to study first, but she remembered that the old marquis said that this brat has not been to the study for a month.

Moreover, the brat is still very hostile towards her and will not listen to her arrangements at all.

Xu Wan was thinking whether she should try to provoke him first, but when she thought of the boy's clever smirk, she was afraid that he would not be easily fooled by her.

Otherwise, do the opposite...

"Madam." The little girl came running in from outside with an unpleasant look on her face. "The young master doesn't want to come here. He wants to go out and play, and he doesn't plan to return to the mansion tonight. He also said...he also said that if you don't leave the mansion, he won't come to the main courtyard."

Xu Wan thought to herself: Bah! Come if you want, I still think you are making trouble!

Although this result was unexpected, it was also reasonable. If the little devil was willing to come and listen to her lecture, it would not be worth the 100 million reward money.

Xu Wan had just calmed down and had a general idea of ​​the direction of action in her mind.

Cuizhi, who was standing beside her, saw that she didn't say anything and thought that she had no idea, so she stepped forward and suggested, "Madam, do you want to forcibly tie up the young master and bring him back?"

Xu Wan raised her eyebrows: "Is it still possible? Didn't the old lady tell me not to hurt him before she left?"

Cuizhi shook her head: "The old lady said that you can beat me or scold me as you like, and let Madam watch over it."

"The old lady is so open-minded." So open-minded that Xu Wan felt that she was a fake grandmother. Isn't it said that the relatives of the next generation are the closest?

Cuizhi said, "The old lady and the old marquis have always doted on the young master. From childhood to adulthood, let alone beating or scolding him, they have never scolded him. The young master has a naturally lovable smile, which makes it even harder for people to hurt him... But the young master has gone too far as he grows older, and the old lady has also realized this problem, so she asked Madam to help teach him."

The corner of Xu Wan's mouth twitched, and she thought so too.

Even her grandparents were reluctant to beat him, so only her stepmother had the nerve to do it.

However, beating and scolding children is the worst way, and it is not appropriate to do so unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Let's go out and play..." Xu Wan's mouth curled up slightly, and she had already thought of a plan in her mind.

You little bastard, aren't you arrogant?

I'm going to make you understand who gave you the capital to be so arrogant.

"Then stop all his spending, cut off his source of money, and leave him with no place to eat, no place to live, no place to mess around, and he will have no choice but to return home."