Chapter 371 Purpose
The eldest wife of the Xia family glanced at her with contempt and said sarcastically, "Chu Yu is arrogant because Chu Yu has capital. If you have that capital, you can also be arrogant. Unfortunately, you don't have that capital."
"What are you talking about? You actually helped that girl to speak?" Mrs. Xu glared, then looked at the old lady, "Mom, look at my sister-in-law, she actually turned her elbows outward."
"Why are your elbows turned outward? Chu Yu is my niece. If I don't protect her, how can I protect outsiders?"
As he said that, he glanced at Mrs. Xu and meant something.
Xu is Xia Shiming's stepmother, and her status is not as high as Xia Shiming's first wife. This is an unspeakable pain for her.
Mrs. Liu pointed it out sharply, Mrs. Xu immediately became angry and cried uncontrollably, "Oh, mother, Chu Yu is the daughter of the Xia family, and she belongs to the Xia family, but I am also from the Xia family. Daughter-in-law, why have I become an outsider?”
"If I were an outsider, then mother, you are also the daughter-in-law of the Xia family, wouldn't you have become an outsider too?"
This sentence is good for sowing discord.
Sure enough, Mrs. Xia glared at Mrs. Liu and said angrily, "We came to the capital to arrange for Girl Qing's wedding, not to quarrel. You all should remember this, don't let the Xia family lose face in the capital." Go back.”
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Xu looked panicked, and they hurriedly said in unison, "My daughter-in-law is wrong. My daughter-in-law will never dare to do it again." As they said that, they looked at each other and glared at each other.
After a group of female relatives had gone out and only Mrs. Xia and Mr. Xia Shiyun were left in the room, Xia Shiyun lowered his voice and said, "Mom, that girl is not stupid. I'm afraid that thing is not good." What to do?”
Old Mrs. Xia scolded angrily, "Humph, you are a bitch who doesn't know the heights of the world. Just like her mother, she is a white-eyed wolf who eats everything."
She seemed to have forgotten that Xia Zihan was raised by the Chu family and ate food from the Chu family. The Xia family only raised her until she was three years old. In those three years, all the money Xia Zihan spent was her mother's dowry. , but it didn’t cost the Xia family a penny.
"Then what should we do? I don't think that girl is easy to fool." Xia Shiyun said.
"What else can we do? The attitude of that bitch today has told us that if we dare to take advantage of her property again, then it will be known to everyone that she is not afraid of making trouble. She is barefoot, how can she be afraid of us? Wearing shoes?”
When she thought of the two shops that Xu mentioned that could earn more than one hundred thousand taels of silver a year, her heart ached with hatred.
She stamped her feet and said with a gloomy face, "It's not worth losing the Xia family's face for that little bit of property."
Although money is a good thing, there are some things that even money cannot buy.
The Xia family's reputation, which has been maintained for hundreds of years, is a priceless treasure that cannot be bought with any amount of money. She cannot gamble with the Xia family's reputation just because of some money.
She can't afford to gamble.
She waved her hand and told him, "Forget it, we'll talk about it later. For those village leaders, just let them go back for now."
"How about we build a few shops in the capital?" Xia Shiyun rolled his eyes and suggested.
Old Mrs. Xia asked him, "It's good, but we don't have much money this time. After buying a shop, will we still have enough to buy a dowry for Qing girl?"
"I still have four thousand taels of silver," Xia Shiyun said.
When the legitimate daughter of the Xia family got married, the father-in-law could only provide four thousand taels of silver for the dowry. If Mrs. Liu wanted a larger dowry, she would have to use her private money to supplement Xia Ziqing's dowry.
Xia Shiyun was in charge of the general affairs of the Xia family, and the Xia family's money was in his hands so tightly that everyone in the big house and the second house wanted to get a penny advantage.
Xia Shiyun had already prepared the money for Xia Ziqing's wedding, and planned to give it to Mrs. Liu later.
But Mr. Liu shouldn’t even think about asking for an extra penny.
As for Xia Shiyun's proposal to buy a shop in the capital, it was also due to his selfish motives.
When he came, he took out all the private money that he had secretly accumulated over the past few years, hoping to take the opportunity to buy two shops for his precious daughter Lan Yatou as a dowry.
With a shop in the capital to make dowry, Xia Zilan would go to live with her husband's family in the future, and her husband's family would look down upon her.
Also, if you have a shop, you will have income. A woman's family does not have much money per month, just a few dozen taels of silver, which is not enough to spend.
If there are several shops that can supplement some expenses every month, then Xia Zilan's hand will not be too tight.
Xia Shiyun had thought about it so much and was so positive that he planned to wait a few years to book an in-law's house for Xia Zilan in the capital.
Seeing that Xia Ziqing had made a good reservation, the people in the third room were not jealous, otherwise, the people in the third room would not have followed.
Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia discussed buying a shop in the capital, and Xia Zihan went to Aunt Guo's yard.
After sitting for a while, she stood up and left.
Before leaving, I didn't go to say hello to Mrs. Xia and others.
By the time someone wanted to find her, they would have left long ago.
"Humph, you ran so fast." Xia San's wife, Guo, said displeasedly, "This is her home, but she treats this place like an inn and treats us like outsiders."
"They treat us as outsiders." Mrs. Xu added with jealousy.
Mrs. Guo snorted and said bluntly, "Sooner or later, she will have to recognize the Xia family as her relatives. Isn't it said that Mrs. Chu's body and bones are not good? She is so old, I'm afraid she won't be around for long, right?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, that bitch's eyes are everywhere in this yard. Be careful not to be overheard. That girl is really powerful." Ms. Xu looked around fearfully, but there was nothing there. She breathed a sigh of relief when no one was around.
Guo said, "Why are you nervous? Are you afraid of her?"
"Afraid, why aren't you afraid? If you saw her looking at people with a knife, you would be afraid too." Mrs. Xu curled her lips and said. Mrs. Guo knew that she was talking about Xia Zihan's martial arts skills.
Xia Zilan had already told her about this when he wrote to her.
But how powerful can a frail girl be, even if she learns martial arts?
Was it Girl Lan and Mrs. Xu who blew it?
Mr. Guo didn't believe how powerful Xia Zihan was at all.
Mrs. Guo had already heard from Xia Zilan that Xia Zihan opened two shops on the most prosperous street in the capital. One sold jewelry and the other sold clothes. Those two shops were the most prosperous and best shops in the capital.
Before, the third master and the old lady of the Xia family asked Xia Zihan for Zhuangzi, but in fact they were just testing Xia Zihan's attitude first.
As long as Xia Zihan agreed to give it to Zhuangzi, Mr. Xia San would immediately offer to help her manage the shop.
That shop was the purpose of Xia Shiyun's mother and son.
They had heard in Jiangning City that that shop could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a year.
The annual income from two shops is over one hundred thousand taels of silver.
It was a fortune-making kiln and a money tree. Anyone who saw it would be jealous. Even people like Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Zhang who had nothing to do with Xia Zihan wanted to take advantage of it. No wonder Xia Shiyun and Mrs. Xia would Be tempted by it.
However, looking at Xia Zihan's attitude today, the Xia family mother and son were disappointed.
I'm afraid it won't be easy to seize that shop.
They wanted to seize Xia Zihan's shop, but they were also afraid of losing the Xia family's reputation. This put Xia Shiyun and Mrs. Xia in a dilemma, as they had no good ideas.
It’s not easy to be a bitch and build a memorial arch at the same time.
But Xia Shiyun didn't give up.
The reason why he wants to buy a shop in the capital to save a dowry for Xia Zilan is the first step, and the second step... He also wants to open a prosperous shop for his daughter. By then, as long as the shop's reputation is established, Xia Zilan was waiting to sit down and collect cash.
Knowing her husband's plan, Mrs. Guo also wanted to help, so she wanted to ask Xia Zihan about the shop. She also wanted Xia Zihan to take her to the shop to check it out tomorrow. But before he could say anything, Xia Zihan left.
Guo's face was livid with anger, she dumped Xu and went to find Xia Shiyun.
Mrs. Xu looked at her back and said, "What the hell, shameless."
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"County Lord, you came back just in time. I have something to report."
Xia Zihan returned to Chu House. Outside the Chuihua Gate, as soon as she got off the carriage, she saw He Donglin walking over with excitement on his face.
"Go back to the study and talk," Xia Zihan said.
The two of them moved to the study room, Si Cao made tea, poured it for Xia Zihan, and stood aside without saying a word.
He Donglin stood aside and was reporting, "I sent someone to Cao's house today to demand the return of the money. That old lady Cao is really not a good person. She was lying on the ground crying and fussing. She also said that we cheated her son. Knock on the door and force her to death.”
At that time, the old lady Cao was lying on the ground rolling around and crying endlessly. After a while, a large group of people gathered to watch.
The people he sent were all ruffians who were used to collecting debts. What kind of scene had they not seen before? Who hasn’t met this before?
Seeing that Mrs. Cao wanted to default on her debt, a few people walked past Mrs. Cao and went directly into the house without saying a word, and beat her up.
When Mrs. Cao heard the noise in the house, she got up and ran into the house.
The leader of the ruffians kicked him out.
After they had smashed enough, a group of people threatened again, and then left arrogantly.
He Donglin continued, "County Lord, our people just came to report that they saw Cao Zian going to the Cao Mansion. My subordinates guessed that Cao Zian must have been desperate and went to borrow money from Mrs. Cao."
Mrs. Cao had the handle in the hands of the Cao family and her son. This threat clung to her like a poisonous snake, like maggots clinging to her bones.
Xia Zihan's purpose was to bankrupt Cao Zian's family, to make the Cao family's mother and son have nowhere to live, and to make the relationship between Mrs. Cao and the Cao family's mother and son turn from relatives into hatred.
I believe that when the time comes, this scene will be exciting.
She couldn't wait to see it.
Xia Zihan smiled sweetly and said, "Continue to keep an eye on Cao Zian and report as soon as there is any news."
"Yes, County Lord." He Donglin responded and asked, "If the Cao family lends him money, should we sit down and raise the price?"
Raising the price on the ground means temporarily raising the interest rate so that he cannot afford to pay it back.
That group of hooligans specializes in going from house to house to collect debts, and they do a lot of things like sitting on the ground and raising prices.
Xia Zihan thought it was feasible, so he nodded, "As much money as he has, let him take it first, and the rest will be converted into profit. In short, I want him to be desperate."
(End of chapter)