The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 213 Provoking Conflict

Except for Lu Tingen who has some prospects in the Lu family, Lu Tingsong and Lu Tingyi are both uneducated and lazy.

The old marquis of the Lu family came from a humble background, but was granted the title of marquis because of his military achievements.

He had been a soldier all his life, but he was unwilling to let his descendants suffer the same hardship, so he made a rule that the sons of the Lu family could only pursue literary studies and not military studies.

The second and third children did not like studying since they were born. Seeing that it was hopeless to teach them, Lord Lu simply gave up on them and only hoped that Lu Tingen could make a name for himself.

However, he was covered in wounds on the battlefield and passed away before Lu Tingen could do anything.

After Mr. Lu died, Lu Tingsong and Lu Tingyi had even less scruples.

They believed that since Lu Tingen had inherited the title and enjoyed all the benefits of the Marquisate, he should support the two brothers.

Old Madam Lu dotes on her two younger sons and hopes that Lu Tingen can always lend them a helping hand.

So over the years, the second and third houses have become accustomed to asking for things from the Marquis' Mansion.

Now I heard from Nanny Sun that Leng Shi wanted to cut off the monthly salary of one thousand taels for both families.

The second son’s wife Gao Minglan and the third son’s wife Zhao Wanyi were immediately furious.

"Isn't Leng just a merchant's daughter? Now she occupies the position of the Marquis's wife. Shouldn't she be in charge of the affairs of the entire Marquis's family?

Why did she cut off our monthly allowance?" Gao Minglan said angrily.

Zhao Wanyi advised from the side: "Second sister-in-law, don't be angry first, why don't we go ask the eldest sister-in-law to see what's going on!"

"What else could it be!" Gao Minglan shook off Zhao Wanyi's hand, "The Leng family is just bullying others by taking advantage of their power.

She refused to come back last month. She must be avoiding us and doesn't want to give us money.

She just wants us to live in poverty so that she can laugh at us!

Now that I'm back, I want to ask her face to face what she wants to do!"

When Zhao Wanyi saw Gao Minglan’s excitement, she curled the corners of her lips slightly.

"I don't think my sister-in-law is such a person. Her Leng family is so rich that she wouldn't take these two thousand taels of silver seriously."

"You are stupid!"

Gao Minglan said angrily, "She doesn't care about the two thousand taels of silver, she just wants to embarrass us! Since she doesn't want us to have an easy life, then she herself can forget about having an easy life!"

"Come on, let's confront her together!"

Gao Minglan pulled Zhao Wanyi and went towards the Marquis' Mansion.

The two got off the carriage, and Gao Minglan rushed to Leng Qingyu angrily.

Unexpectedly, Leng Qingyu seemed to know they were coming and came to greet them politely, saying:

"I guess you two will come over today. I have prepared some refreshments, come and have a taste.

This is the new longan and lotus seed cake from Baofangzhai. It tastes very good.”

Zhao Wanyi bowed and thanked her, but Gao Minglan looked impatient.

"Sister-in-law, don't pretend to be a good person. You must know why we are here."

"know a little."

Leng Qingyu sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and then said, "It should be for the one thousand taels of silver every month."

Gao Minglan didn't expect her to speak out so readily, and asked, "Since you know we're coming, what are you going to do, sister-in-law?

When my eldest brother inherited the title and our second and third branches were separated, we had no family property at all.

Mother promised us at the beginning that even though the family was separated, my eldest brother would still take care of our lives.

Our two families are not doing business like you. If you cut off our money, how will we live in the future? "

Leng Qingyu ate half a piece of longan cake slowly, took a sip of tea, and then slowly said: "I don't agree with what you said.

When we divided the family property, you all complained that our eldest branch inherited the title, but you didn't get any benefits at all.

So weren’t all the shops in our family divided among you?

I remember that the three shops in the south of the city were given to the second wife, and the two shops and a farm in the east of the city were given to the third wife. Didn't you agree to all this at the beginning?"

Gao Minglan didn't expect Leng Qingyu to be so eloquent when bringing up old matters, and for a moment she couldn't find the right words to refute.

Seeing how stupid she was, Zhao Wanyi quickly said, “Sister-in-law is right, we all divided the family property in the beginning.

Originally, I shouldn’t bother my sister-in-law again, but the shop is a dead thing after all, and we don’t know how to run it. We haven’t made any money in these years, but have suffered some losses, which makes my sister-in-law laugh at us.”

Gao Mingtian suddenly realized what was going on when he heard this, and then he added, "Shops are dead, but people are alive. Big brother has done a good job in the court these years. I don't know how many acres of good farmland he has been rewarded by the emperor. Why is Big Sister-in-law still thinking about our shops?"

"Those rewards from your eldest brother!"

Leng Qingyu shook his head and laughed when he heard this: "Only the land can be rented out and some rent can be collected every year. Who dares to touch other things? They are all kept in the ancestral hall.

You all know this in your hearts.”

"The rent alone is not small!" Gao Minglan said quickly, "That's the reward from the Emperor to the Marquis' Mansion. We are also members of the Marquis' Mansion. You can't put all the money into your pocket, right?

So what if you give us a little flower from between your fingers? "

"Sister-in-law, you're joking!" Leng Qingyu was not angry at all, but said: "Even if we don't leak it, it won't delay your spending, right?"

Gao Minglan's expression changed immediately: "What do you mean?"

Leng Qingyu said with an expression that you and I both understand, "When we took inventory of the warehouse this time, more than 30,000 taels of silver were missing. I wanted to report it to the police, but my mother stopped me.

My mother said, we are all brothers, don’t make things too ugly.”

Gao Minglan and Zhao Wanyi were not aware of this matter.

After hearing what Leng Qingyu said, everyone looked surprised.

"More than thirty thousand taels?"

"What? Don't your two younger brothers and sisters know about this? You don't have to pretend with me. We've already said we're a family. I won't report it to the police anyway!"

"What family? Explain yourself clearly!"

Gao Minglan was anxious, "We didn't take anything from your warehouse."

Leng Qingyu waved his hand generously, "If you don't want to admit it, forget it.

I don't intend to pursue it.

I don't like it when someone takes my money and then steals things from me.

That’s why I discussed with mother and decided to cut off your monthly salary.

Unexpectedly, my mother agreed immediately and notified you.

It seems that mother also thinks that you have gone too far."

Gao Minglan and Zhao Wanyi looked at each other.

Their expressions all showed doubts about each other.

If I didn't spend the money myself, then the other party's family must have swallowed it all.

Gao Minglan was furious:

It's a pity that I thought she was in the same group with me, but it turns out she was just acting.