Greetings, Ninth Uncle

Cheng Yujin carefully checked the land deed and the amount of bank notes against the light, and then installed them one by one. Counting money really makes people happy, and Cheng Yujin is in a very happy mood now. Even if she knew how to keep the money of these shops in her own hands, it was still a tough battle, and it couldn't affect her good mood in the slightest.

Tonight is a sleepless night for many people. The Qingfu County Master checked the account book overnight. After checking it, she couldn't believe it. It's not that Old Marquis Cheng's net worth is not rich, but it is much worse than what they imagined.

They thought that Old Marquis Cheng had to have at least tens of thousands of taels of private property, but now it's only five or six thousand taels distributed to each of them. The dowry maid came in with a cup of hot ginger tea. Seeing that the light in the back room was still on, Qingfu sat under the light and frowned tightly, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "Madam, it's getting late, you should take a rest. Those account books You've been staring at it all night, carefully hurting your eyes."

Princess Qingfu rubbed her eyebrows wearily. She took the hot tea brought by the dowry maid, opened the tea cup, and slowly let out the heat. The dowry maid stuffed a pillow behind the waist of the Qingfu County Lord, stood behind the beauty's couch, and pinched Qingfu's shoulders familiarly.

The county master of Qingfu was also really tired. She leaned back on the railing and complained, "The writing on the ledger is so small and dense that my eyes are dizzy after reading it all night."

The dowry maid advised: "The county master, don't be too tired of yourself. Although you are the mistress of the Hou's residence, but the two houses have not yet been separated, and the money you earn for the Hou's residence will be returned to the public. Let everyone spend it together. If you don't tell me if you are tired, you can't make it, and if you are wrong, you will be slandered by the second room, why bother?"

"How come I don't understand this." Qing Fu said, "I really don't know that Chai Mi is expensive. I was ignorant in my mother's house, and I didn't think the housekeeper was complicated. After I came to Yichūn Hou's mansion, I realized that everything is difficult. In order to manage such a big family, my mother-in-law looked at her magnanimity, but in fact she did not let go of power. She asked her to nod her head on everything in the family, but trivial things such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt made me worry. I'm arguing, I want to satisfy the old lady, and I don't want to let the second room find the wrong place. My eldest lady looks at the majesty, but she's really ugly. If it wasn't for Bao'er, I wouldn't be happy to take over the hand-feed."

The dowry maid did not speak. What Qingfu County Master said is right or wrong. She is the wife of the family. She complains that the housekeeper is difficult and thankful. His dowry doubled. If nothing else, just say that the cloth that Hou's mansion makes for clothes every season is bought from Qingfu's own cloth shop. The dealer is her, and the buyer is also her, but it's not that she can set the price as she wants, and she can buy as much as she wants. Over the years, how much money Qingfu has poured into his own hands from the Duke of Hou's mansion, I'm afraid it's hard to calculate.

County Master Qingfu is now complaining that she is thankless, and if she is asked to cede the power of housekeeping, she will not be shy.

The dowry maid didn't mention this, and still followed Qingfu County Master: "What the madam said is that you have paid too much for the Hou House Committee."

After Qingfu said bad things about her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, she felt a lot more at ease. When she saw the account book on the table, she was still unwilling, flipping the pages quickly. However, no matter how she looked at it, the annual profit above was just that much.

Qingfu stared at the numbers on the account book, frowned and said, "Does the old man have so much wealth? I always think it is not. He has been buying fields and painting and calligraphy these years, and he has spent a lot of money. To provide for two houses, Cheng Yuanjing alone would have spent as much silver tael after ten years of study, not to mention Cheng Yuanjing's appointment after the scientific examination. The old marquis did not know how much money he had put in for management. He could take out several thousand taels at a time. , but the annual income is not enough for three thousand taels?"

The dowry maid reminded: "Madam, where is half of the property still in the second room?"

"I know, it's only when the second room is less than 3,000 taels that I feel strange." Qing Fu closed the ledger and frowned, "Mommy, tell me, does the old marquis make a living and secretly give it to him? Someone else?"

If Cheng Yujin is here, he must say "yes". Cheng Laohou's most profitable shops, as well as the cash accumulated over the years, are now in her name. The silver will not increase there. After Cheng Laohou has a surplus, it is nothing more than buying land and converting it into gold to preserve its value. The gold yīn was taken by Cheng Yujin by mistake, and the estate purchased by Cheng Laohou in Jinling also fell into Cheng Yujin's hands. The cash in the account has been replaced by other forms. Qingfu is looking at the account book now, doesn't he feel that there is less.

In fact, the dowry mama felt that 3,000 taels a year was not a lot. You must know that Qingfu's food and lodging are in Hou's mansion, and the money of Hou's mansion is spent on food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Every month, there is a monthly bill of money. In this way, money can only come in, no matter how much the outside industry earns, it goes into private pockets. Now the big house has two shops and a farmhouse of Cheng Laohouye, and an extra 2,000 taels can enter the door every year. few.

What's more, these are windfalls, which were given to the two sons by Mr. Cheng. Qingfu is not satisfied now, it is nothing more than lack of greed and wanting more.