"Why is Fourth Aunt so careless? Someone come in and clean up this place. Xitao, charge the loss to the account. I'm sorry for bothering Fourth Aunt. Go back and pay for this. I can buy a new set of tea sets and return them to my house." Go Curry.”
Ji Shu's calmness made the other two people collapse.
Ji's mother swayed and was speechless for a moment. Mrs. Qian's expression was distorted and she laughed angrily.
"The eldest lady didn't plan this way early on! In order to prevent your property from being confiscated, she set up a female household without authorization! You must know that this female household was established only after the death of a man in the family! Your father is still alive and well!"
Ji Shu chuckled lightly, "Fourth Aunt, please don't blame me. The people in the Hubu Yamen know better than you. It is reasonable and legal for me to establish this female household."
Bang!
Ji's mother slammed the table, "Ji Shu! You are too willful! When you do this, can you discuss it with me and your father first! How could you-"
"It's you, mother, who told me not to enter Ji's house after Heli."
"..."
Ji Shu made an understatement, and Ji's mother choked on her throat as she was full of complaints and questions.
Ji Shu sighed and said: "If I hadn't asked the emperor for the imperial edict of peace and separation, would my parents have allowed me to stay? If I were alone, that would be fine. I can't afford it with my parents. But since I have raised Brother Yuan, I have to bear this responsibility. Brother Yuan is going to take the provincial examination in August this year. If the household registration is not completed and is delayed, it will be a big deal."
"Haha, the eldest lady said this and left the matter of handing over to the father-in-law completely. It's really a good thing!"
Mrs. Qian slapped the case and stood up, angrily walking out, but as soon as she reached the door, she was stopped by Xitao.
Mrs. Qian glared at her, "What are you doing! How dare you, a servant, stop me!"
Ji Shu: "Fourth Aunt still owes me money for a tea set. Please pay the compensation before leaving, so as to save the people in my courtyard from making another trip."
"You! Ji Shu! You are so petty! It's just a tea set!"
Xitao exclaimed, "Fourth Madam, what you said is wrong! This tea set is our lady's favorite. It is a newly made pattern from the official kiln. I just used it for you for the first time, but you broke it."
Mrs. Qian wanted to leave, but Xitao was blocking her wherever she went.
She pushed him away and said angrily: "Just pay! How much money!"
"A complete set, fifty taels."
Mrs. Qian put it on her body and took it out for a long time. She took off the jade bracelet from her wrist with red eyes, "Just use this to pay for it, that's enough!"
Xitao handed the jade bracelet to Ji Shu. She took a look at it and said, "Aunt Four, this jade bracelet is old. The quality and water quality are not good. It is worth eight taels at most."
"Sister-in-law!!"
Ji's mother was anxious to talk to Ji Shu about the female household, and said impatiently: "You have to be merciful and merciful! Since we are members of the same family! Why do you pursue such stinginess!"
"That's right!" Mrs. Qian straightened her back.
Ji Shu lowered the corners of her mouth and had nothing to say. She threw the bracelet on the table expressionlessly.
"So, mother paid out the money for her?"
Mrs. Qian strode forward and took back her bracelet, "That's it, sister-in-law, I'm leaving first!"
She ran out of Luming Pavilion as if she was running away, but Ji's mother didn't take Ji Shu's words seriously at all. She stepped forward to pull Ji Shu away.
"Follow me, let's go see your father! This is absolutely not allowed to happen to a female household! You go and admit your mistake, and we'll go to the Yamen tomorrow to transfer the household registration back!"
Ji Shu stood up but did not move. She pulled Ji's mother back and said warmly:
"As long as my parents recognize me, what does it matter if the household registration is in the Ji family's name or not? This is no big deal. Besides, Brother Yuan, my parents still don't recognize him, and I don't want him to suffer in the Ji family. I won't wait until it's resolved. For the trivial matters at home, I will move to the house in Xiangbei Hutong."
"Nonsense!"
Seeing that she couldn't say anything, Ji's mother turned around and was about to go find Ji Rong. Ji Shu grabbed her and pulled off the jade bracelet from her wrist.
"what you do?"
"Mom, this bracelet is exactly the same as my tea set. Since my mother said that I would pay for it on behalf of my fourth aunt, I made the decision to accept it."
Ji's mother felt aggrieved and rushed out of the door.
Ji Shumo sat down on the chair, put his hand on his forehead and rubbed it, his brows furrowed and he looked tired.
Xitao quietly went out and came back with a bowl of chilled plum soup and handed it to Ji Shu, "Miss, drink some water to calm down."
Xitao held the bracelet and asked hesitantly: "Miss, Madam's bracelet..."
"Take it to the treasury."
"But Madam has been wearing this bracelet for many years, will Madam..."
"She has to pay compensation to Mr. Qian herself, so what does it have to do with me."
Ji Shu said coldly. She took a sip of plum soup. The cold water flowed down her throat, and the anger in her heart finally calmed down a little.
She tapped the table with her fingertips and suddenly had an idea in her mind.
Xitao then held up the account book and said: "Miss, I want my servant to write down your improved accounting method and send it to me. I have already made several copies. Do you think it should be given to the accountant in the house now or -"
"No need to give it."
"ah?"
Xitao was in a daze when Ji Shu said, "Leave it to the shopkeeper in our shop's farmhouse. Don't worry about Ji Mansion."
Ji Shu suddenly figured out something. She always wanted to help the Ji family get rid of this group of relatives who were eating soft food, but she ignored that she was the only one who knew that these people would harm her whole family, and her parents and grandmother , all of them are bound by the rules of their ancestors, and they can't see clearly that these relatives are nothing more than a group of blood-sucking leechworms.
Maybe she saw it clearly, but there was no opportunity for Ji Rong to make up her mind to separate the family. No matter how well she did, the head of the family had to ask for the separation, and she couldn't do it by herself.
In this case, why should she rush to be this evil person? She didn't let it go before because she was afraid that it would be too late to save it. Now that she has just shaken off these bad things, if she retreats bravely at this moment, this group of people who have shed a lot of blood will... In order to recover blood and recover losses, we must do everything we can.
Ji Shu suddenly felt much more relaxed. She looked at Xitao who looked confused and said with a smile:
"Just do as I say."
In the afternoon of the same day, Ji's mother reported Ji Shu's decision to set up a new female household to Ji Rong. Ji Rong was confined at home for two days and thought about his mistakes. He was already feeling aggrieved. When he heard this, he became even more furious and rushed to Ji Shu's house on the spot. The Luming Pavilion will take people.
But Ji Shu was not there, so Ji Rong grabbed someone to ask, and the servant said tremblingly: "The eldest lady said she had something to do at noon and had already gone out."
Ji Shu was on her way to the post house at this time. She received a letter in the morning saying that Wei Chongguang and the others had arrived at the post house.
The carriage stopped gently in front of the post house, and the coachman said: "Miss, we're here."
Xitao opened the curtain for her, and Ji Shu stepped off the carriage on a stool. There were many people coming and going in the post house. According to what the messenger said, Ji Shu went up to the second floor and knocked on the door.
Soon the door was opened, and Wei Zhongguang saw her retreat quickly and bowed her hands.
"Master!"
"Is it convenient for me to come in?"
"Convenient and convenient! Everyone knows you are coming and is waiting for you!"
Ji Shu entered the door and found that there were many people in the room. Everyone was a little embarrassed and wanted to kneel down when they saw her red eyes.
Ji Shu quickly stopped, "There's no need to kneel down in private! Everyone, sit down! Have you been living a stable life these past few months?"
