The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 212 Filling the Hole

"Taking something without asking is stealing. Doesn't mother know this?"

Leng Qingyu did not give in.

"As relatives of the Marquis's mansion, they actually did such a thing. I'm afraid they will become the laughing stock of the capital."

"It's our family matter. If you don't tell me and I don't tell anyone, how would it get known to people in Beijing?" said the old lady.

Leng Qingyu's eyes turned red. "I don't want to tell you, but my father always told me to take good care of my dowry. If he asks, I have to tell you. If I tell you, with my father's temper, he will definitely make it known to everyone."

Leng Qingyu brought out his father.

The only hope that Mrs. Lu had left was shattered.

It seems that she has to make up for the money.

Otherwise, with the ability of the old man of the Leng family, the fact that the relatives of the Marquis' Mansion privately used Leng Qingyu's dowry would become known to everyone.

Although the Lu family is not a royal family, their shops are spread all over Daliang.

By then, the Lu Mansion will not only be a joke in the entire capital, but also a joke in the entire Daliang.

"I'll make it up for you!"

The old lady gritted her teeth and finally said this.

"However much you lack, I will make it up for you!"

"Banxia, ​​bring the inventory list over here."

Leng Qingyu ordered.

Banxia immediately took out the list they had written down.

The old lady took a look and saw the following words written on it: a pair of red agate jade bracelets, two white jade earrings inlaid with gold, seven silver lotus flower stands…

The old lady's eyelids twitched as she watched.

These things are very valuable. How much silver will it take to pay them off?

"The items can't be found. If you give me a discount, I'll give it to you."

The old lady said stubbornly.

Leng Qingyu said: "My daughter-in-law has already calculated it, the total is 37,820 taels."

"Since this is a family matter, I don't want the 820 taels of silver. Mother, just give me 37,000 taels of silver."

Thirty-seven thousand taels!

Madam Lu was horrified when she heard this.

She lived frugally when she was young, and in recent years she relied on squeezing some money from Leng Qingyu, and she finally saved up a fortune of 30,000 taels.

When was the 37,000 taels taken out?

So how much did Ning Yuer get from Lu Tingen?

"Does mother think it's too much?"

Leng Qingyu asked a question.

"I also think that my second and third brothers can't take so many things. They must have been stolen! Why don't we report it to the police?"

"Need not!"

Madam Lu said quickly.

When it came to reporting to the police, Madam Lu didn't feel any pain at all.

She didn't have enough silver in her treasury, but she still had a few farms to sell.

We have to get the money together no matter what.

They'll come back anyway.

She comforted herself.

……

Two days later, Mrs. Lu sold the farm at a loss and finally raised enough money.

Leng Qingyu took the banknote with a smile on her face: "I'm sorry for spending money on you, mother.

My second and third brothers are too ignorant.

He actually spent so much money secretly.

When I was in Yunbian Village, I had already decided that I would not give them one thousand taels of silver a month. I had to let them find ways to make money on their own.

"What?"

Old Madam Lu couldn't believe that Leng Qingyu actually used a trick to cut off the source of the problem at this time.

"You have been giving this money for so many years, and now you suddenly stop giving it. Where are the second and third brothers going to make money?"

She scolded: "We are brothers, why do you have to make things so ugly!"

"Mother!"

Leng Qingyu advised kindly, "Second brother and third brother have been married for so long, they can't always rely on us to make a living.

Besides, business has not been good in the past two years. If the Leng family runs out of money one day, the people in the Marquis' Mansion will not be left with nothing, right?"

Old Madam Lu understood the meaning of Leng Qingyu's words, which was to imply that their Marquis' Mansion was dependent on the Leng Family for support.

I was so angry that I almost couldn't breathe.

"We have a title bestowed by the emperor. Since when did we have to rely on a small merchant like you to survive?

Leng, do you think too highly of yourself?

Don't forget, it was your Leng family that married into our Marquis' Mansion!

Even if your Leng family goes bankrupt one day, our Lu family can still prosper!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Leng Qingyu patted his chest.

"I said the Marquis is still reliable."

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Lu felt more and more headache.

She held Nanny Sun's arm and turned back to the backyard.

After entering the house, Nanny Sun immediately had someone bring some heat-removing tea and advised, "Old Madam, the Leng family is just a small-minded person who has gained power. They won't be arrogant for many days. Don't let your body get hurt by anger."

Madam Lu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of the tea, which burned the blisters in her mouth so much that they hurt excruciatingly.

She threw the tea bowl to the ground.

Nanny Sun shouted anxiously: "Madam, be careful!"

Looking at the shattered tea bowl on the ground, Mrs. Lu remembered that this was the only Jingdezhen covered bowl in their house.

Now that it's broken, she can't afford to buy a better one!

"It's all because of that vicious woman!"

Old Madam Lu gnashed her teeth in hatred.

When she spoke, the blisters on her mouth were affected, and she grimaced in pain.

"And her daughter, that unlucky star! If that unlucky star hadn't come back, how could these things have happened?"

Just when she was filled with hatred, Lu Zhiyi ran back from somewhere.

Seeing the old lady in the room, she immediately stepped forward and cried, "Grandma, how is my mother... Ning's matter?

She has always been in poor health, and she can't stand the pain of prison!"

Madam Lu felt sorry for her granddaughter. Seeing her crying, she had no choice but to comfort her: "I have already patched up the hole of the Leng family. Today your father will talk to the people in the government office and let your mother out."

"That's good!"

After hearing what Old Madam Lu said, Lu Zhiyi finally stopped crying.

Madam Lu asked again, "You have also been to your mother's place. Did she tell you how much of your father's property he took? Now that I have filled this hole, I have lost all my capital."

When Lu Zhiyi heard the old lady's words, his heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that grandma wants to take back the belongings from mother?

But my mother said that those things were the dowry she had saved for herself.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhiyi quickly said: "Mother never mentioned it to me, but every time I went there, I saw that mother and Xiao Ning had simple meals and they didn't have much money!"

Madam Lu pondered for a moment after hearing this, "Where did the money go? Could it be that your father took it all to pay tribute to the higher-ups?"

She hadn't had time to ask Lu Tingen about this, but it didn't matter now.

"Grandma, did mother really take all the money you had?"

Lu Zhiyi asked.

Madam Lu's face turned cold when she heard this, "Humph, she not only wants to take my money, she also wants to cut off the monthly salary of your second uncle and third uncle.

This is a good thing. I don’t have to do anything, the second and third wives will make her suffer.

Madam Sun, send someone to the second and third rooms right now and tell them exactly what Leng said."

"Yes!" replied Nanny Sun.