Si Ning could barely avoid it, but the tea cup shattered on the floor, and the fragments splashed up, scratching the hem of her skirt.
Si Ning's eyes darkened, "Mother, why are you so angry?"
Old Mrs. Lu slapped the table hard, "Why, you are about to close down your family's business just after the Zhongzhi was handed over to you. What do you have in mind!"
Just know it is so!
She has the keys and deeds to those shops, so it's strange that Li Xutang is not in a hurry.
If you don't open the door for a day, you will lose all your money. How can you sit still?
Si Ning remained calm, his emotions subdued behind his bright eyes, he looked at the old lady with full eyes and said calmly.
"Mom, although I am a concubine and have never learned the art of middle feeding, I also understand the truth. There are many branches and leaves in the house, and if they are allowed to grow wantonly, they will inevitably be deceived by some caring people. It is better to take advantage of this time to prune them so that they can be given to my mother. Add some more fall clothes.”
"Aning, mother didn't give the gift to you just to buy two more clothes. Why did you talk so badly about mother?"
Li Xutang interrupted Si Ning at the right time.
If you want to sell well at the old lady's place, it's a good idea.
Seeing that the old lady's face was a little more ugly, she sneered in her heart and winked at the accountant on the side. The accountant stepped forward and made a complaint to Si Ning.
"Old madam, the third young lady and I have already told each other that these are ancestral properties and cannot be sold, but the third young lady does not listen to this at all, insists on it, and says..."
Seeing his hesitation, Mrs. Lu frowned and asked.
"What else did you say?"
The accountant looked at Si Ning as if he was afraid, and then he bravely said.
"She also said that she is in charge now, who can control her, and whether to sell or not is all a matter of her word..."
"presumptuous!"
The old lady slapped the table again, and there was a loud bang in the silent room.
Everyone lowered their eyebrows and looked kindly, but Si Ning was not only not afraid, but also looked like it had nothing to do with him.
The old lady was even more annoyed, "Okay, I didn't know you were so arrogant. It seems that if I don't teach you a lesson, you might not know your name anymore."
"Come here, take the third young lady back. She is not allowed to step out of the room, and no one is allowed to bring her food. She just stays in the room and reflects on it. I want to see who has the final say in this family! "
Being grounded and not being provided with food, Si Ning didn't know what to say?
Just say he wants to starve her to death, why bother saying it so grandly?
Li Xutang saw it, his brows filled with pride.
Fighting her will lead to death!
"Mom, it's better to let Aning take out the key first, so as not to delay the income of the house."
"What are you still doing? Hand over the keys quickly!"
Everyone's eyes fell on Si Ning, thinking that she would cry and beg for mercy.
Who would have thought that she did not change her expression, took out a few account books, and said calmly.
"Mother, I never said those words. I just called the accountant to make a routine inquiry. I wonder what sentence made him unhappy and resentful, so he framed me like this?"
"Shouldn't it be suspicious to have been in deficit for several consecutive years? I now feel that maybe it's not because I asked such a question out of hatred, but because I'm afraid that people will know that he is just doing it in disguise, and that the deficit in the account is false, and that he is getting rich. Private pockets are the real thing!”
The accountant's expression changed and he knelt on the ground.
"Old madam, I'm wronged. Even if I borrow the courage of a villain, I wouldn't dare to deceive others..."
"Oh? You said you don't dare, then let me ask you, I said this loss-making shop should not be kept, otherwise it will be more subsidized. What is wrong with this, so that you come to your mother to file a complaint against me? ?”
"You're lying to others, and you're still making trouble. Are you dissatisfied with my mother's decision to let me take charge of the house, or are you afraid that I'll find out something?"
"Third Young Mistress, you can't hurt me like this. How dare you do such a thing?"
"Old madam, everything I said is true!"
The accountant's face turned pale and he kowtowed to beg for mercy.
The old lady frowned slightly, and Li Xutang hurriedly spoke out upon seeing this.
"Aning, can't you accuse the accountant unjustly just because he said something about you?"
Si Ning turned to meet her eyes and pushed his hand forward.
"It's unjust. Second sister-in-law, why don't you take a look at the account book first to see if I have wronged him?"
Seeing the surprise on Li Xutang's face, he continued.
"Has the second sister-in-law lost her memory? Didn't the servants say that the second sister-in-law has been a housekeeper for many years and used her own dowry to supplement it!"
"Our dignified Ning'an Marquis Mansion actually relies on our daughter-in-law's dowry to make a living. This kind of thing will make people laugh when word spreads about it!"
"Shut up!"
The old lady blushed and felt thick-necked, but Si Ning had no intention of letting it go.
Just kidding, if you want to starve her to death, then she will turn this family upside down first!
"Mother, it's all the servants' nonsense, and I've already punished them severely." Li Xutang hurriedly explained.
"Not necessarily. What do servants know? A woman who does menial work will know how to manage a house, and will she know that the second sister-in-law uses dowry to supplement the middle income?"
"Si Ning!"
"Second sister-in-law, you don't have much dowry left. It's not a good idea to continue to subsidize it like this. I'm helping you stop your losses in time. After closing the shop, you don't need to put the dowry inside anymore, and you won't leave it for outsiders. It’s a joke, why not do it?”
Li Xutang's body was trembling with anger, but he didn't know how to refute.
Originally, those words were just to scare off Si Ning, but who would have thought that now they would become a lever in her hand.
He glared at Si Ning fiercely, and then said aggrievedly to the old lady.
"Mom, I really don't know how this word got out. I will definitely interrogate those mean-mouthed women."
"Second sister-in-law should really be interrogated carefully, and the accountant should also be interrogated together. Even a business in Ning'an Hou Mansion is not profitable. I'm afraid it won't make people laugh, and I don't know that the master is too easy to fool. I still can’t tell the right people, and I actually invited a bunch of rubbish back!”
"you……"
"The old lady was wronged. The younger one really didn't deceive the superiors. The younger one didn't dare..."
The accountant had long been frightened out of his wits. He was a scholar. He had never seen such a scene before. He only repeated the words that he was wronged.
"That's enough!" The old lady interrupted the farce sternly, "It's all because these servants have neglected their discipline, let's forget about it."
"Mother……"
"I've said enough!"
The old lady was furious. She couldn't understand how her second brother, who was obviously very smart, could give birth to a fool like Li Xutang?
The stewardship rights just handed over yesterday, this is what happened today.
If he could give Si Ning a blow, it would be enough to create a fake account book to scare people, and give them an excuse for nothing.
Stupid, extremely stupid!
She didn't want to look at these bad people, so she waved her hand to signal them to leave.
Li Xutang wanted to say something else, but he didn't have the courage, so he could only leave angrily.
But before he went out, he heard two voices and stopped instantly.
