Liang Youcai's wife hurriedly said: "The eldest mistress is in charge of the affairs of the house now! But the eldest mistress went back to her parents' house today, so she is no longer in the house at the moment. Madam, why don't you go inside and sit there first!"
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Mrs. Cai came here today and had no intention of staying. She had to go back to the palace later, so she didn't want to go in at all.
Looking at the comfortable place where I was used to, my heart became more and more panicked.
She just came to get money and give some other instructions, so she shook her head and said, "I won't go in. I have something else to do."
Thinking that my daughter-in-law was actually at her parents' house at this time, I felt a little dissatisfied. "Logically speaking, I should have returned home on the second day of the first lunar month. Why did I go back today? Now that I am not in the house, I only focus on my parents' house."
Bar?"
How could Liang Youcai's wife dare to stir up trouble with her master here? She quickly said: "The eldest young lady has been busy in the house. I just heard that my wife has been in poor health these past two days, so I went back."
Mrs. Cai couldn't hear such words. Her in-law's wife was not in good health. Could it be that her health was getting better?
During this period of time, she suffered a lot in the palace. Didn't she smell the smell of medicine in her palace?
They all got it while working in the palace.
At this moment, the daughter-in-law is in a hurry to be filial to others. Why doesn't she ask more about her own affairs?
Even though he knew he was in the palace, he didn't know how to send more things over.
But she couldn't say this to these slaves, it was really degrading.
"Where is your master?"
This is the most important thing. Mrs. Cai is really afraid of meeting her husband.
With my husband's stupid head, I wonder what else could cause trouble.
It's better to come quietly and leave quietly.
Liang Youcai's wife quickly said: "Master has been busy these days. He hasn't been back to his house much since New Year's Eve."
Mentioning her husband, Mrs. Cai became more and more upset, and then said: "Send two people to your eldest mistress's natal home and ask her to come back quickly. Don't make the noise known to everyone. Tell her quietly that I have something to see her."
Liang Youcai's wife had been following Mrs. Cai for so long, so she still had some good eyesight, so she had already sent someone out to call her.
The eldest mistress of the Cai Mansion is from Datong, and her natal family is just a minor official. It is convenient to go back to her natal family on weekdays.
It's just that my mother-in-law used to be very particular about the rules of the wealthy families in Beijing, so she never dared to go to her parents' house.
These past few days have been a rare moment of relaxation for her. Her parents-in-law are not here, and her husband is also out of town.
Who knew that it was suddenly said that my mother-in-law was back? I didn't dare to delay for a moment and hurried back.
When I saw my mother-in-law sitting there dressed like a mother-in-law, I was frightened and thought, "Why did my mother-in-law dress up like this? When did she come back? My daughter-in-law didn't go to greet her in time. It's really unfilial."
Mrs. Cai glanced at her coldly and said lightly: "That's not necessary. I think your life was very easy when I was not in the house."
The eldest mistress was so frightened that she quickly apologized.
"Come on, call these people down. I have something to tell you."
The eldest mistress nodded repeatedly, and then remembered that her mother-in-law always followed the rules, and said quickly: "It's very cold here, and mother looks a little tired. Why don't you go in first and wait for me to change clothes, and mother will give you instructions slowly."
Mrs. Cai became even more unhappy when she mentioned this, "What? Now I need you to tell me what I want to do?"
The eldest mistress immediately did not dare to say anything, "Mother misunderstood, my daughter-in-law definitely did not mean this."
As he spoke, he quickly asked everyone in the room to retreat, and then stood aside with his hands down, whispering: "If you have anything to tell me, mother, just tell me."
"Give me three hundred taels of silver, I want it now!"
The eldest mistress was startled and raised her head to look at Mrs. Cai in surprise.
"What's the matter? Now that I'm a butler, my fingers are tight. I can't get out the three hundred taels of silver? Don't be embarrassed here and call someone to get it!"
In fact, the eldest mistress is really in trouble right now and can't tell her.
After the incident with my mother-in-law last time, my father-in-law became very angry. Not only did he use all the money from his mother-in-law to buy food, he also found two accountants and took stock of all the accounts in the house.
After checking it out, Leng Shengsheng took out a sum of cash and put it all in, probably to erase the impact of his mother-in-law's behavior.
That is the consideration of the elders, and there is no separation of families. In theory, the father-in-law can directly dispose of the family property.
Therefore, the eldest mistress did not dare to say a word. The result was that after she took over the affairs of the mansion, she found that the mansion could not come up with two dollars at all, which was just enough to maintain operations.
At this moment, when my mother-in-law asked for three hundred taels, she was really in trouble, so she had to tell her maid to quickly take out her private money.
How did Mrs. Cai know this? When her daughter-in-law came back, she asked about what happened after she left.
When she learned that Mr. Cai had spent all her money to buy food, she suddenly stood up from her chair and looked at her daughter-in-law in disbelief, "What did you say? Tell me again.
Once again.”
The mother-in-law had such a reaction, which was expected by the eldest mistress, "My daughter-in-law does not dare to interfere with what my father-in-law does, but my daughter-in-law has confirmed before that all the money has indeed been invested."
"You..." Mrs. Cai felt that she could no longer breathe in her chest. She pointed at her daughter-in-law and yelled, "What did I do by marrying you? Is your brain used as a decoration?"
Why have I worked so hard to save this family fortune? It’s not just for you. Do you think I can take this money into the coffin? After all, it’s not to pave the way for your future.
Your father-in-law is just a fool. He knows nothing except being an official. If it weren’t for me, this family would have been ruined long ago. You, the only living person in the house, can actually make him so wasteful!"
Being scolded by her mother-in-law, she couldn't hold her head up. The eldest mistress didn't dare to say a word, let alone say that there was no money in the house now.
Mrs. Cai scolded her hard for a long time before she finally got tired, and then waved her hands vigorously, "When he comes back, I will have a good fight! I don't have that much time now, and this money is worth it anyway."
You need to get it back to me.
Now go find me some useful people, I have something to give you."
Seeing her daughter-in-law looking at her blankly, Mrs. Cai was furious again, "Didn't you understand what I said? Go and find some people for me!"
Then he quickly waved his hand and said, "That's all, you are worthless. You don't know what to do when I ask you to do it. Go and call Grandma Wang over."
Unexpectedly, the eldest young lady said nervously: "Mama Wang has been sent away."
"What?"
Mrs. Cai thought she heard wrongly, "Sent away? Where?"
"Yes... my father sent someone to send her away. He said that Grandma Wang has been serving our family for many years and has worked very hard. Now she is old and it's time for her to be raised. So she called someone over.
Send Grandma Wang back to the capital."
It wasn't until this moment that Mrs. Cai suddenly realized that her husband had not offended her, but was simply blaming her.
She suddenly remembered an important point, "Then call Aunt Liu over here!"
Sure enough, she saw that the expression on her daughter-in-law's face became increasingly ugly.
My heart thumped, and my breath became a little unsteady as I spoke, "What? She's not here either, and she was sent away too?"
The eldest mistress gritted her teeth, endured the resentful look from her mother-in-law, and murmured: "My father's side lacks people to take care of him, so... I took Aunt Liu over."
