After Yu Pinyan entered the house, he did not look at Mrs. Lin and Yu Miaoqi. After greeting the old lady, he bent down to pick up Yu Xiang, and hugged her on his lap. Yu Xiang turned around and fed him a peanut, then continued to shell it.
"Don't eat it. It's either peanuts or melon seeds all day long. Be careful not to get angry." Yu Pinyan snatched the plate containing peanuts, asked Ma Mama to take it out, and ordered, "Pour a cup of Kuding tea for Miss."
Mother Ma promised in a low voice, but heard Yu Xiang call again, "Kuding tea is too bitter, add two spoonfuls of sugar." Seeing her brother squinting his eyes, she murmured, "No, no, add a spoonful, one spoonful is enough. It's okay," her brother's eyes were still full of disapproval, she was dying, "half a spoonful, no less." As she spoke, she stretched out her pale fingertips and poked her brother's hard chest.
Yu Pinyan finally couldn't hold back anymore, his stern eyebrows turned into a puddle of soft water in an instant, and he said helplessly, "Add half a spoonful of sugar." He gently stroked his sister's lips with his thumb, thinking in his heart that he loves sugar so much, it's no wonder it's so sweet and delicious. When will I be able to open my mind so that I can swallow it into my stomach.
It's really a pair of happy friends, a fate that has been cultivated for a hundred years. The old lady shook her head and laughed, and her mood immediately improved a lot.
The Lin mother and daughter in the hall lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.
After a short while, Yu Siyu came late, followed by Mama who brought tea.
"I have met my ancestors and my mother, why did you call me here today?" Yu Siyu looked forward to it, secretly wondering if he wanted to talk about his marriage.
"Sit down, your mother has something to say, let's listen." The old lady waved her hand, and then looked at Mrs. Lin.
Mrs. Lin drank a cup of tea, then opened the box and took out the account book, and slapped it on the table again, with a very excited tone, "Mother, please look at these account books, my dowry has been short of more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, and there are five families who are prosperous. The shop was also sold at a discount, if I hadn’t taken it back in time, I’m afraid there will be only an empty shell left in a few years! I just want to ask who is in charge of this house? How can you play tricks like this!” His fierce eyes went out to Yu Xiang.
Yu Xiang was nestling in her brother's arms at this time, sipping the tea his brother fed him, as if she didn't hear her accusation.
On the contrary, the old lady laughed, her voice revealing the suppressed anger, "Mr. Lin, just look at the back page. The ledger that went wrong was written by Chengkang 21 years ago, and I was the housekeeper at that time."
This, is this an admission of dowry embezzlement? Or did the old lady admit it herself? Lin was dumbfounded. Of course she saw the year marked on the back page, but she didn't think about the old lady at all. The old lady's mother's family was the most famous Confucian family in the Han Dynasty. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there has never been a generation of corrupt people. The strictness of her family education can be seen. The old lady herself is a model among ladies, and there is no room for sand in her eyes.
How could she do such a scandal? Lin firmly believed that Yu Xiang made false accounts and moved the deficit to her housekeeper, so that she could mistakenly think that it was the old lady who did it, and suffered from this dumb loss.
She insisted on making a fuss with the intention of letting the old lady see Yu Xiang's true face. However, I never expected that the old lady really admitted it without any hesitation. Why is she embezzling her own dowry? Where can I spend it? It's just unbelievable.
"Mother, you can't spoil a child like this! You actually helped her carry such a big matter!" Lin cried out angrily.
"Shut up!" The old lady raised her teacup and slammed it on the ground. There was a loud bang that seemed to hit the heart directly, making everyone silent.
Yu Xiang buried her face in her brother's arms, and wrapped her hands around his thin and powerful waist. Yu Pinyan thought she was scared, so he quickly patted her back lightly, and was about to lower his head to comfort her, but he saw her winking at him quietly, her small appearance looked so rotten, Yu Pinyan almost couldn't help but laugh out loud, He pinched the tip of her nose lovingly and pitifully, and silently said 'naughty' with his mouth.
Yu Miaoqi hid behind Mrs. Lin, feeling more and more anxious. When Yu Siyu saw that Lin wanted to make trouble for Yu Xiang, she was gloating, but she didn't know that the situation took a turn for the worse, and the old lady admitted that she had embezzled Lin's dowry. Such shocking secrets frightened her half to death, and she couldn't help feeling miserable.
Seeing that Lin's complexion was pale, the old lady couldn't speak, so she continued, "Do you know why I embezzled your dowry? In the tenth year of Chengkang, Yan'er entered the palace to participate in the prince's companionship, and urgently needed a lot of money; in the fourteenth year of Chengkang, The second, third, fourth, and fifth families called to separate the family. I and Yan'er, the elder and the younger, were really weak, and spent a lot of money to bribe the elders. In the sixteenth year of Chengkang, the third house set up a poisonous plan In the 17th to 19th years of Chengkang, Yan'er was poisoned three times, and his life was in danger, and the medical fee alone cost most of the family's assets... After the death of Junjie, the big house was already in turmoil. There are still a bunch of wolves, tigers and leopards waiting to take the Hou's mansion as their own. In this case, even the one hundred and twenty dowries I brought have already been spent, and yours has only been touched. I also personally asked you if I could borrow some dowry back then, and you nodded and agreed, why, now you regret it? Also, when Yan'er was dying several times, you burned yellow paper in the house; Yan'er went to the battlefield You were embroidering portraits when Yan'er was in charge of the capital; Yan'er was the commander of the capital, and you wanted to take your daughter back when you were tortured and killed to ruin your luck. What did you do when Yan'er needed you? Is he your son? Now that life is easier, you come to Xingshi to inquire about your crimes, and you don’t even look at whether you are worthy or not, and whether you have the face to speak! I feel disgusted when I see you now. Send a handwritten letter of divorce, do you believe it or not? Do you dare to kneel in front of Junjie's memorial tablet and ask him what he thinks?"
Lin's face became paler the more she heard it, and she faltered in the last few sentences, saying incoherently, "Mother, I, I was wrong, I don't remember at all. No, no, no, if I had known... No, I thought... "
Her mind was very confused, and she realized that what she said was inappropriate and wrong, and what's more, her son looked at her with extremely indifferent eyes, which almost didn't make her collapse on the spot. It's not that she doesn't care about her son, it's just that she wakes up too late and can't turn back.
Yu Miaoqi wished she could turn into a wisp of green smoke and disappear. She thought she could live a good life relying on Lin's in the future, but she didn't know that Lin's unreliability far exceeded her imagination, until it reached the point where people hate ghosts. Being tied to the Lin family, it's no wonder that she can't get any favors from the old lady and Yu Pinyan.
Yu Siyu's expression was blank, and she didn't feel much about these things.
Yu Xiang had already been outraged, she withdrew from her elder brother's arms a little bit, looked at Mrs. Lin with a sneer and said, "What does mother think? You think that I embezzled all these things and planted them on the ancestors? You don't want to put all the books in full?" Come to trouble me after reading this. The ancestor’s dowry was not redeemed, and any surplus in the mansion over the years was used to redeem your dowry. Take a look at this account book in the 23rd year of Chengkang, five Jianwangpu has already returned all of the one hundred thousand taels of silver, and it is really frustrating for you to come here to make trouble for our ancestors!"
She took out the account book with the words 'Chengkang Twenty-Three Years' on the back page, and slammed it on Lin's head.
Lin let out a cry of pain, and resisted surprise and replied, "Leave aside, why do you transfer two hundred taels of silver from the shop in the west of my city every month? After four years of transfer, there are nearly ten thousand taels, right? "
Yu Xiang shook her head and said word by word, "The mother asked my little uncle about the two hundred taels. The little uncle's family was struggling, and he came to the mansion every month to ask for money. I'm sorry, but I don't care about Zhongfu's self-stealing, so I can only take two hundred taels from your dowry to help. If mother thinks it's wrong, she can ask my little uncle to get it back by herself."
Lin was dumbfounded. Yu Miaoqi buried her head even lower, feeling even more surprised. He never expected that not only the Lin family is unreliable, but also the uncle's family is even more unreliable, and how shameless it would be to come to the house every month to play with the niece! Didn't you just say that the rich can rival the country
Yu Xiang continued to taunt, "My mother put all the crimes on me without even reading the account book, and immediately went to the ancestors to argue. This is obviously trying to trample my face under her feet! Listen, I don’t need to gain a foothold in Beijing anymore. I’m so surprised. My brother and I are both your own. Why do you only care about your second sister and treat us like nothing? The one who has been by your side for fourteen years Who is it? But if you talk about the relationship between mother and daughter and ask me in private, or read the account book patiently, how could this farce come from today? What my mother has done is really chilling!"
She wiped the corners of her eyes pretending to be sad, and got into her brother's arms to seek comfort. Isn't Lin's refusal to admit her? She wanted to use the relationship between mother and daughter to dissuade Mrs. Lin.
Yu Pinyan hugged his younger sister tightly, and quickly slid his lips across her forehead. When he looked at Lin again, the warmth in his eyes turned into evil, and he said word by word, "I thought we were a family. We should watch over and help each other, but it turned out that my mother didn't think so. So, let's spread out all the accounts today and make a clear calculation, so as not to be confused between you and me in the future."
What is yours and mine? Is this going to draw a line with yourself? Lin's remorse was too late, she could only grab the skirt of her clothes, and was so sad that she couldn't speak.
Yu Miaoqi suddenly knelt down in front of the hall, kowtowed and said, "Grandmother, please forgive mother this time. Mother is also in a hurry and confused. In the future, mother's dowry will also have brother's share, no matter how much it is spent for brother, it is worth it..."
"You're right," Yu Xiang looked down at her, her eyes full of calculations and sarcasm, "my mother's dowry also has my brother's share, but seeing my mother like this, she doesn't care about my brother at all, and only treats you alone. Take it as a treasure. You just came back and made a fuss, and in a few years you still don't have all your mother's dowry in your palm? This is impossible!"
Yu Miaoqi didn't expect her to speak so bluntly, she froze after kowtowing halfway, unable to find words to refute.
The old lady's eyebrows twitched, and she said immediately, "Xiang'er is right, in a few years, Mrs. Lin will not see Yan'er! Mrs. Lin, if you really know your mistake, you can give the dowry to the children in front of me. We can't just favor one of them." Didn't you say that I embezzled your dowry? Well, today I will swallow it openly, which is better than feeding it all into the mouth of a white-eyed wolf like Yu Miaoqi.
Yu Siyu, who was sitting on a stool and pretending to be a wooden man, suddenly became energetic.
Lin looked at the stern-faced old lady, and at the cold-faced son, and felt that the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys had all been crushed, and the pain was unbearable. Divide, she is not reconciled, don't divide, I'm afraid I can't be kind today, who made her so wrong this time.
Yu Miaoqi didn't show it on the face, but her heart was on fire, and she felt aggrieved that she was about to vomit blood.