Murong Xue stood up, and Shi Shiran walked out. The gorgeous floor-sweeping dress flicked across the smooth ground, leaving a long trace.
"Sister, where are you going?" Murong Ye looked at her gradually walking away, puzzled.
"Go to Yutang courtyard and meet step-grandmother!" Murong Xue replied without stopping her steps.
The relationship between my younger sister and my grandmother has always been bad, why did I suddenly think of going to Yutang Courtyard
Murong Ye was confused: "Sister, I'll go with you."
"No need, just wait here for me to come back!" Murong Xue went to Yutang Yard to teach Du Shi a lesson, if Murong Ye followed her, it would be inconvenient for her plan to be carried out.
The proposal was rejected, Murong Ye frowned, reluctantly withdrew his steps, and said dejectedly: "Okay!" Listening to my sister, it seems that I have some private matters to discuss with my grandmother, and it is inconvenient for him to follow. He didn't go, and sent someone to watch outside the Yutang courtyard. If the two of them had a quarrel, it wouldn't be too late for him to rush there.
Yutang Courtyard is the courtyard where Clan Du lives all the year round, there are maids and nuns everywhere, seeing Murong Xue approaching from a distance, a nun rushed into the house and reported to Clan Du!
When Murong Xue walked into the Yutang courtyard, the third-class maids and nurses were all sweeping the courtyard and performing their duties. A second-class maid came up and greeted her politely with a smile on her face. He said: "The old lady is in the inner room, Miss please!"
Murong Xue hummed lightly, and walked slowly past the curtain drawn up by the maid, and walked into the room, only to see Mrs. Du was leaning on the soft couch in front of the window, leaning against a big pillow, eating a bowl of milk soup slowly ! The pale golden sunlight shone on the sapphire on her forehead, refracting a dazzling light.
When Du Shi saw Murong Xue, he raised his eyelids, and said in a neutral tone, "What's the matter?"
Murong Xue smiled softly, and said leisurely: "It's not a big deal, my brother wants to fight dogs, but he has no money, so I'll ask my step-grandmother to borrow some."
Du's action of eating milk suddenly stopped: Shen's (Murongxue's mother) cash in the dowry had already been spent cleverly by her, and she asked Xiangqiao to disclose the dowry silver to Murong Ye in order for Murong Ye to find him Murong Xue wanted money, but Murong Xue couldn't come up with so much money, shouldn't she pawn Shen's dowry to get the money? Why did you come to her to borrow money
The dignified daughter of the Hou's mansion, who borrows money to spend, is not afraid of being ridiculed.
However, this is also good, she can ask for Shen's dowry openly: "How much do you want?"
"One hundred thousand taels!" Murong Xue said softly, pretending to sigh helplessly: "My brother has always spent money lavishly, this one hundred thousand taels of silver is only enough for him to spend ten days at most..."
There was a sneer in Du's eyes. She knew better than anyone else just how prodigal Murong Ye was. The more dandy and ignorant he was, the more beneficial he was to her. Naturally, she was willing to pamper her. However, the premise of her pampering was that she would not harm herself. Interests.
"One hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. If it is converted into cash, it can fit several large carts. There is no blood relationship between us, so I just lent it to you. It's not very good."
Murong Xue smiled brightly: "I can issue you an IOU, and when my brother wins the silver, he will immediately return the principal with interest."
Du looked at her with raised eyebrows, and snorted coldly: "Nine out of ten bets, if Murong Ye never wins back one hundred thousand taels of silver, will you never pay back the money?"
Murong Xue blinked: "Then how does step-grandmother think things should be?"
Mrs. Du thought for a while, so he said casually: "Just bring a box of your mother's dowry over here as collateral. After you win back one hundred thousand taels of silver, you can exchange that box of dowry back."
Murong Xue smiled coldly, Mrs. Du really set her sights on her mother's dowry, each box of those dowries was worth two to three hundred thousand taels of silver, Mrs Du actually wanted to buy it for one hundred thousand taels of silver, it was really beyond her control, it was fantastic!
"I remember that there are several dowry shops listed on my mother's dowry list, and they are all run by my step-grandmother now."
Du Shi was startled, from money, dowry, suddenly jumped to the shop, Murong Xue's topic changed really fast enough.
Shen Shi did marry several shops back then, and the names and locations of the shops were all written on the dowry list. She couldn't deny it, so she said bravely, "So what?"
"Those shops are located in prosperous areas, and their ten-year profit must be at least hundreds of thousands of taels..." Murong Xue didn't say anything, and looked at her with a half-smile: In the past ten years, the original owner hadn't seen a cent. The profits of the shop were all swallowed up by Mrs. Du.
"Those six shops are not doing very well, and few people patronize them. Each shop earns at most one or two thousand taels a year, which is barely enough to maintain the expenses of the Hou Mansion..." Du Shi lied without changing his expression.
"Really?" Murong Xue looked at Mrs. Du, and said casually: "Then please step-grandmother take out the account book of the shop and let me have a look."
"It's not the beginning of the month, nor the end of the month. The account books are in the hands of the shopkeepers. I don't have them here." Du Shi said lightly, with a happy arc on the corner of her mouth: she has always disliked this step-granddaughter in front of her. When her step-granddaughter is frustrated, she will feel very comfortable!
"Come on, go and call all the six shopkeepers of my mother's dowry shop, and let them bring the account books for the past ten years!" Murong Xue ordered in a cold voice, with cold eyes: Didn't Mrs. Du say that the shop is less profitable, so she just In front of Mrs. Du, the six shopkeepers were interrogated to see if the shop was really less profitable, or if someone had tampered with it.
"Yes!" The red leader outside led the way.
Du Shi's complexion was so dark that it was about to drip ink. The brat, who disobeyed her own will, doubted what she said, and didn't know how to flatter her. She asked the shopkeepers to bring their account books. She suspected that the store's accounts were wrong and wanted to check. Well, let's see for myself, what kind of problems can she find out with this boudoir daughter who doesn't leave the door and doesn't leave the door.
Half an hour later, shopkeepers came to Yutang courtyard one after another, and waited in the outer room.
Murong Xue opened the curtain and walked out: "Everyone has been waiting for a long time!"
The shopkeepers raised their heads, and saw a young woman walking over. With a bright little face and a delicate bun, people were amazed and fascinated. She smiled so slightly, fresh and natural, but her pupils were so deep. Extreme, vaguely magical, the breath-taking momentum makes people suffocate instantly,
The obsessive minds of the shopkeepers instantly sobered up, and they hurriedly bowed down to salute: "See Missy!"
Murong Xue smiled softly: "You don't need to be polite, shopkeepers, sit down and have a cup of tea. I'll read the account book first, and if I don't understand, I'll ask you guys for advice!"
A middle-aged shopkeeper with two beards under his nose stepped forward and said with a smile: "Miss is too serious. If you have anything you don't understand, just ask. The humble staff will know everything and say everything."
"That's right, that's right, Miss, just give orders! Just give orders!" The other five shopkeepers also echoed with smiles on their faces.
Murong Xue smiled slightly, Shi Shiran sat down at the round table full of ledgers, picked up the top ledger, and looked through it carefully.
The shopkeepers sat at the long table not far away, sipping fragrant tea slowly, and the huge outer room fell silent instantly.
As the sun rose higher and higher, Murong Xue still sat motionless, flipping through the ledger, and the more she looked, the more she frowned.
The shopkeepers were bored, resting their heads on their hands, half-closed their eyes, and seemed to be asleep.
Suddenly, a crisp sound of "啪!" came to the ears, and the drowsy shopkeepers woke up instantly, looked up in panic, and saw Murong Xue closing the ledger, looking at them angrily...