Chapter 1552: Being taken advantage of
When Miss Six walked into Mrs. Linhuaihou’s room, Mrs. Linhuaihou was sitting at her desk checking the account books.
Originally Mrs. Lai Huaihou took good care of herself and had the skills to freeze her age. She was in her forties and her face was only in her thirties. However, during this period of time, the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes have grown uncontrollably, and her face has also deteriorated. She went from being in her thirties to a middle-aged woman in her forties. In short, she looked older.
Especially at this moment, the more Mrs. Linhuai Marquis flipped through the account book, the more she frowned, and her face became more and more aged.
There is no way, there is too much shortfall in the account book, we are seriously unable to make ends meet, we are not able to make ends meet, and there is only a handful of money available in the account.
If this continues, the Hou Mansion will have to eat dirt.
Every time she looks at the account books, Mrs. Linhuai Marquis feels that she has a few more whiteheads on her head that are visible to the naked eye!
"Gee, mother, I'm back." Miss Six entered the back room, smiled coquettishly and bowed to Mrs. Linhuai Marquis who was looking at the account book.
She is a concubine, but she has been raised by the Marquis of Linhuai's wife since she was a child. Although her relationship is not as good as that of the second daughter and the other concubines, she is still close.
"Zhu'er is back, I see you are so happy, but Lao Wu agreed that you would help her take care of the shop." Mrs. Linhuai Marquis saw the smile that could not be concealed on Miss Six's face, and couldn't help but feel happy, thinking The wish has been achieved.
"No, the fifth sister said that she doesn't need to worry about the shops outside on weekdays and doesn't need my help."
The sixth sister shook her head.
"Then why are you so happy?" After hearing this, Mrs. Linhuai Marquis couldn't help but stretched out her hand and tapped Miss Sixth's forehead, and said angrily, "You are following me as the head of the house these days. You also know what is going on in the house. What others don’t know is that our Hou family has a great cause, and there are mountains of gold and silver in the house, but in fact, it’s all empty. . The property in our house is getting worse year by year. Our income is getting less and less, but we are spending more and more. Whether it is daily expenses, festival gifts, monthly money, etc., everything must be done according to the old rules. The rules in the hands of our ancestors, if we are frugal, we will rarely be laughed at by outsiders, and the old lady will also be wronged. The old lady came from the glorious period of our Marquis Mansion. , Not to mention the old lady, you sisters and the people below will also complain that I am stingy and mean and can only hold on. You know how much effort I have put into running this big family over the years, both inside and outside. It's good to be down. Now it's even more unsustainable. If this continues, the whole family will have to drink from the northwest wind."
Mrs. Linhuai Marquis really has no choice. If this continues, she can either use dowry to support the family and count as many days as she can; or she can be ruthless and frugal regardless of her face and the grievances and complaints of the old lady and her family.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t be so anxious to pursue Li Shu’s shop
"Zhu'er sees mother's hard work, and it hurts in her heart. She never wants to help mother share it." The sixth lady flattered Mrs. Linhuai and pressed her shoulders, saying as if she was taking credit, "Although Zhu'er couldn't say I persuaded her to hand over the shop to my care, but I persuaded her to pay a large price to take over the Zizai Building. "
"Zizai Building" Mrs. Linhuai Hou couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
To be honest, although this Zizai Building with food and accommodation has been suffering losses in recent years, she has no plans to sell it out.
This is one of the few properties she has.
Mrs. Linhuai Hou knew very well that if she wanted to make money, she had to rely on property. The income from her farm was enough to do anything.
"Mom, Zizilou has been losing money for many years. Not only is it unable to contribute to the government's income, but it also has to add money to the government every month. For every extra day it is held, it will be compensated for one more day. It is like a bottomless pit. It is an unbearable burden." Miss Six analyzed with her fingers, "It's better to plate it out. Not only can I get rid of the burden, but I can also receive a sum of money."
Mrs. Linhuai Hou asked, "How much money did she pay?"
"With my hard work. , she can give you one thousand taels of silver." Miss Six raised her neck proudly.
“One thousand taels of silver?!” Upon hearing this, Mrs. Linhuai Marquis could not help but open her mouth in surprise.
“She is really willing to pay a thousand taels of silver to buy Zi Zai Lou?!” Mrs. Linhuai Marquis couldn’t help but move.
The market price of free real estate is only more than 700 taels of silver. Li Shu was actually willing to pay a premium of nearly three hundred taels, a thousand taels of silver!
With these one thousand taels of silver, the money in the house's account would be enough for three to five months.
With this money, I can go out with others to lend money, and the interest will be several hundred taels
"Mother, of course it is true. How has the daughter ever deceived her mother? "Miss Sixth vowed, and then raised her chin to invite Gong said, "My daughter persuaded her to take over the property behind Zi Zai Lou, and she wasted no time in convincing her to take over the wasteland behind Zizai Lou. This wasteland was priced at a full one hundred taels of silver."
"Real or false?" Mrs. Linhuai Marquis was shocked again.
According to the current market conditions, the barren slope behind Zizai Building is worth at most ten taels of silver. And according to the usual practice, when buying Zizai Building, the piece of land is used as a starting point. Li Shu is now willing to pay one hundred taels for it. This wasteland.
"Of course it's true." Miss Six nodded firmly.
"Let me think about it for a moment." Although Mrs. Linhuai Marquis was very tempted, she had not made up her mind for a while.
"How long will mother have to think about it?" After hearing this, the sixth lady couldn't help but persuade anxiously, "She is a seductive person, and she is now pregnant for three years. I persuaded her to be pure, and now she is thinking What if she calms down, thinks clearly, and regrets it? Moreover, I heard that in a few days, when the snow melts, she will leave to find her fifth brother-in-law. This is one thousand one hundred. It’s only two taels of silver, but there’s no shop like this after passing this village.”
“Okay.” Mrs. Linhuai Hou also made up her mind and nodded, “I’ll leave this matter to you. It will be a long night and many dreams, so you can go to her later with the land deed and the house deed, and then ask the steward of the outer courtyard to go to the Yamen to complete the handover procedures quickly. In addition, the brothers must settle the accounts and not lose a tael of money."
"Don't worry, mother." Miss Six expressed her position by patting her chest, and she was very happy in her heart. Not only did she make a contribution to her mother and left a good impression of being capable, but the village girl Fifth Sister also had fifty taels. It's a gift of silver.
When the Sixth Miss and Mrs. Linhuai Marquis were discussing the matter of the Zi Zai Building, the Jingxiang Garden was also discussing the Zi Zai Building.
"Miss, the business of Zizilou has been sluggish. It is a bottomless pit of money loss. We have to lose ten taels of silver every month. Why should we spend money to buy something that loses money? Besides, we I also passed by Zizailou when I went to Dajue Temple to offer incense. It is in a remote place in the outer city. The location is not good either. It is probably worth dying for. Six to seven hundred taels of silver. Why did the lady spend a thousand taels of silver to buy a losing inn? The deserted slope behind it is not worth ten taels of silver. The lady actually offered a hundred taels of silver. Didn't we become the victim of a trap? Is that so? Even if you want to buy it, you have to push the price down hard."
Qin'er asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"Take advantage of me? Giggle." Li Shu squinted her eyes and laughed, "When have you ever seen me take advantage of someone?!" (End of Chapter)