The Jia family held a banquet in the evening. It was just a filial piety banquet. Jia Zheng and others were not present, so only the female family members were present. Of course, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and Li Wan were all present. However, Mrs. Wang and Li Wan were both in distress because they were scolded together in the afternoon.
Mrs. Wang was scolded for being disorderly. The money for demolishing the door originally belonged to Mrs. Wang, but now she has to pay for it to be re-sealed. She couldn't leave the house, and as for the servants who were said to be helping her, they were all sold by the whole family, leaving no one behind. Mrs. Wang had just spent money to raise the food, but now it was gone again.
Of course, this is not the reason for her weakness. She was like this because Yuan Chun had just packed up her dowry for her.
Yuanchun was very angry with his mother these days, so he only spent time in the morning and dusk every day, and didn't want to worry about anything else. How could she have imagined that her mother could play a big role in this situation?
She came here in person and asked people to sell the servants. The things she took from their houses were worth three to four hundred gold for a little girl. How long did it take? I knew that Mrs. Wang was originally a prodigal, but now I know how much of a prodigal she is.
After selling the servants, you piled the gold and silver on Mrs. Wang's case, just to show her, is this your ability as a housekeeper?
Mrs. Wang looked at the gold and silver very calmly, but instead criticized Yuanchun for not being tough, which would make people hate her. The main reason is that Mrs. Wang knows very well that the money will not be given to her.
Yuanchun also saw it and couldn't explain it to his mother. Then he asked someone to bring Mrs. Wang's dowry list and started to take his own people to clean up her dowry and property.
Originally, she didn't want to take care of it, but I am too prodigal. If she continues like this, she will have to come over and clean up her servants when she has nothing to do. I am happy, but she is not happy.
There are exactly two copies of the dowry list, and the old lady and Mrs. Wang each hold one. The old lady's share was also sent back, indicating that she had never asked for a penny from her.
Now Yuanchun has taken one part, and let Mrs. Wang keep the other part, and took the industry account book. As for the other things, she only asked them to clean out the unused silk, cloth and fur, and some treasures. Come out and put them away for registration; there are also Mrs. Wang's old clothes, which are stored according to the year. From the time she got married until now, she has collected more than ten boxes of clothes. I really make Yuanchun very angry. You have the skills to collect clothes. Can you learn to read and be a housekeeper? Really grasp the small things and make them bigger, and do all the unnecessary frugality.
Anyway, when Yuanchun packed up Mrs. Wang's belongings with a black face, Mrs. Wang's heart was bleeding, but she didn't dare to resist, because after Wang Ziteng talked with Aunt Xue in the afternoon, he came to see her specially and scolded her, saying that she was stupid. Just don't be too fussy. Don't let your children be embarrassed. After that, he left!
Mrs. Wang felt discouraged when she thought about it. Her natal family had given up on her, and her husband and children looked down on her and would not help her. She now felt discouraged. I just watched my daughter coldly as she asked someone to do the counting. She doesn't think what her daughter will do with her property now, but she wants to see clearly what her daughter wants to do.
Sure enough, the things were cleared, and those that had not been moved for a long time were listed and sealed for future collection. Then he took the property accounts from her dowry.
It was Zhou Rui who helped her collect rent before. After Zhou Rui's family was taken away, it was discovered that Mrs. Wang's management was poor. In addition to the public property not being improved, even her own property was bitten to pieces. The property of Zhou Rui's family filled the shortfall of the public house, and there was a slight surplus, which was also put into the private property of the second family.
Now she collected Mrs. Wang's dowry properties one by one and settled the accounts for Mrs. Wang. This is her own mother. What can she do? I just show her the abacus. I told her last time that these people are unreliable, but what Mrs. Wang wants is that she would rather be a slave than a family member! I can get the money back from my house slaves later, but if the money is taken away by my husband and children, then I really can’t get it back.
Yuanchun also wanted to avoid suspicion before, fearing that Mrs. Wang would think he wanted her money. Now she also sees that if she doesn't want it, Mrs. Wang can't get it. It's so stupid that I can't stand it anymore.
So I wrote a note to Mrs. Wang, indicating what her dowry properties were, and she added 20% based on the average income over the years. It's like she rented her property and I'll run it myself and give you money on a monthly basis. I wrote it, took my fingerprints, took a copy of the receipt, added the property account books, and left. I don’t want to talk to Mrs. Wang at all
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Mrs. Wang took the written receipt from her daughter, and her heart felt really fried. Why, she couldn't actually explain, she just felt that she was beyond love all of a sudden. It turns out that it is so painful when one is not needed at all.
I didn't even want to come out for dinner originally, but I came to invite her. To be honest, I wanted to welcome Aunt Xue. She understood the meaning, and was afraid that if she didn't go, she would be more convinced that she was dispensable in the Jia family, and she would lose her face back to her parents' family. I could only force myself to come out and sit down.
As for Li Wan, it was simply because Ou Mengmeng scolded her.
Ou Mengmeng also knew that she could not go to Rongqing Hall to complain about her mother-in-law; she also knew that as a widow, she could not stop her mother-in-law's decision. Therefore, her silence is not wrong. However, she will also be a mother-in-law in the future and will take care of the whole family. Does she know where her mother-in-law went wrong? How can she manage the house and people like this?
Li Wan didn't dare to refute. Although she didn't live in this courtyard, she still came to listen to the children during the day.
Who doesn't know that Mrs. Wang opened the back door? She was also the first to know, after all, it was her house. But she knew that Mrs. Wang didn't like her. Now Lan'er was sent to study in front of the house, and the second wife was not favored. When the family property was divided, Mrs. Wang had to give it to her in the end. Naturally, she could only stand by Mrs. Wang's side.
Li Wan felt that he had no right to speak in front of his mother-in-law? She doesn’t feel like she’s at fault either! She was very disapproving of Ou Mengmeng's words, and expressed her husband's harshness towards her.
She deliberately ignored Ou Mengmeng's point: did she know where she went wrong? I just felt that the old lady was partial and said she was wrong. It’s just bullying yourself!
But Ou Mengmeng really doesn't care what happens to Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She is in charge. What she has to do is to make the Jia family live a good life, and she cannot let anyone say something wrong about her or her children and grandchildren. As for Mrs. Wang and Li Wan, forget it.
On the table, she was smiling. Aunt Xue and her daughter chatted with Wang Ziteng for a while. Ou Mengmeng didn't care what they said. However, during the dinner, Aunt Xue and her daughter seemed much more calm. Rather, it shows the intention of the host and guest to enjoy themselves.
While drinking tea, she held the cup and thought, "Aunt Xue, I heard that you also have a niece and a nephew. Do you have a destination?"
