0p0 Chapter 235: Qin Mansion Sold at a Low Price
Chapter 235: Qin Mansion Sold at a Low Price
Fatty was wearing a new brocade suit, looking very rich. The nanny put the child on the ground and told him with a smile to get a pen, but the guy didn't even look at it, but kept crawling on it and grabbed a stick and wouldn't let go.
Ye Youlan exclaimed, "Junlin, do you want to be the leader of the Beggars' Sect?"
"Don't talk nonsense, a stick is also a weapon. It seems that Junlin wants to be a military general." The Seventh Prince tried to smooth things over.
General Ye didn't care and asked Ye Junlin to catch him again, and then placed the four treasures of the study around the child, but Ye Junlin still took a peach wood sword.
Prime Minister Ye smiled and said, "It seems that our family will have another general."
The girl was about to put away the things for the "Zhuazhou" celebration. Yuhua smiled and said, "Why not let Yueyue try to grab some too?"
"Yueyue is only six months old. What can she catch?"
Everyone laughed: "Catch it, catch it."
So Ye Youlan took Yueyue from the nanny and put her on the ground. Little Yueyue stared at the things in front of her with her big grape-like eyes, then leaned forward and grabbed one in each hand.
She grabbed a pen in her left hand and a sword in her right hand, and everyone said happily, "Yueyue is so amazing."
Ye Youlan smiled from ear to ear: "That's not allowed, Yueyue isn't even one year old yet!"
After dinner, Prime Minister Ye called his son and son-in-law to the study to discuss something, while Ye Youlan talked with her mother and sister-in-law.
It was the end of the year again, and Yuhong gave birth to a child. It wasn't the girl everyone had hoped for, but a boy. The Ye family held a family banquet to celebrate the child's arrival.
Yuhong wanted to register the child under Honghua's name as she didn't want her son to grow up as a bastard.
Yuhua agreed, and General Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
Then comes the New Year. The flowers are the same every year, and the New Year is the same every year, but the mood of the people celebrating the New Year is different.
The Li Mansion seemed rather deserted during the New Year. Qin Yurou had long ago ordered the kitchen to prepare a large amount of food and send it to Qingyue Temple. Master Qin Wu had returned from his trip to his hometown to give Master Qin some money.
As soon as he came back, he told Qin Yurou: "Master said that there is enough money and you don't have to worry about it. He still said the same thing, be careful about everything."
This was the second time Qin Yurou heard this, but she didn't take it to heart.
Li Zong was on leave at home and gave Qin Yurou a list. She was busy preparing gift lists and sending them to various mansions. She also received gifts from others, sorted them out and put them in the treasury.
It was only after the fifth day of the New Year that I had some free time.
When a lady invited her to have tea, she happily went, after all, it had been two months since the last gathering.
Qingfeng Teahouse is doing a booming business. Since Qin Yurou is a regular customer, the owner always reserves a private room for her.
Four ladies came today. The oldest was thirty years old. Her husband was the Minister of Personnel and had recently become close to Li Zong. Another was the wife of the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the other two were the wives of the Junior Minister of Rites.
Women's conversation topics always start with jewelry and cosmetics.
As they were chatting, they somehow ended up talking about the shop that the Qin family had sold. The business was doing well after they took over. When they saw Qin Yurou, they realized that they had let the cat out of the bag.
Qin Yurou just smiled and said she didn't mind: "I wonder how much money your family spent when they took over the store? Nowadays, the brokers are also ruthless and make a profit from the difference between the two."
Mentioning the price, the lady was a little angry: "Madam, you are right. I spent a full five hundred taels of silver to buy a shop from the Qin family. There is nothing in it. The only consolation is that the location is not bad. Now the business of selling silk, satin and rouge is doing well."
Qin Yurou was so shocked that she almost dropped the teacup in her hand. According to the list of Qin Mansion that Li Zong gave her, this shop was only sold for one hundred taels.
"The location of Minister Qin's mansion is better. I heard it was sold for five thousand taels."
Qin Yurou tried hard to calm herself down. She found that there were some things she didn't know about.
"Are you mistaken? Isn't the house my father lives in sold for one thousand taels?"
"How is that possible? I heard from my family that your husband is Li Shangshu, who was handling the Qin family's property as a son-in-law. He sold a lot of silver. Everyone envied him for getting rich overnight. He must have made at least 10,000 taels of silver."
Qin Yurou moved her mouth but didn't say anything. She felt her mind was in a mess and she didn't know how she managed to cope until the end of the party.
After returning to the mansion, she called Master Qin Wu over and asked him to check how the Qin family's property was handled.
After hearing the young lady's question, Master Qin Wu finally couldn't bear it anymore and told her everything. Master Qin also knew about this, but for the young lady's sake, he let it go.
If Xiaohong hadn't supported her, Qin Yurou would have fainted. She suppressed her inner anger and returned to the house. She was waiting for Li Zong to come back and give her an explanation.
Qin Wuye went to take Li Zong back to his house. He reminded Li Zong, "Madam already knows about you selling off the master's assets."
Li Zong got anxious when he heard this: "Did you say that?"
"No, it was Madam who heard it outside."
Li Zong went straight to the study as soon as he got home, took out two silver bills from a hidden cabinet, put them in his arms, and then stood up and went to Qin Yuruo's room.
Without waiting for Qin Yurou to speak, he placed two silver notes in front of her: "Yurou, I'm sorry, I lied. Actually, my father-in-law's property was sold for 10,000 taels. The reason I didn't tell you the truth was because I used the 10,000 taels to buy money. Look, it's doubled in just two months."
Qin Yurou looked at the banknote in front of her, which was worth twenty thousand taels. Her anger subsided, but she immediately became worried again: "Don't go to the Qianyin shop anymore. Lending high interest can drive people crazy. We can't make that kind of money."
"I know. So you see, I've taken out all the money, including the principal and interest, and I'm giving it all to you. In the spring, we'll send all the money to my father-in-law."
Seeing his sincere attitude, Qin Yurou said nothing more, put the banknote away, and asked him if he wanted to have dinner.
"not yet."
"Let's go eat!"
"You eat with me."
The two went to the dining room to eat. Li Zong thought of what Xiao Bao had told him, so he asked with a smile: "Xiao Hong is not a child anymore. Madam, would you consider finding her a husband?"
Qin Yurou's eyes turned cold: "What do you mean, do you want to take advantage of Xiaohong?"
"Who do you take me for? What do you think of Xiao Bao? I think they are a good match."
Qin Yurou didn't even think about it: "No, Xiaobao is too thin, he's not worthy of Xiaohong."
"What's the matter with the girl? As long as you nod, it's fine."
"There are so many maids in the mansion. Let him see the other maids, but Xiaohong is definitely not allowed."
"Okay, okay, no, no."
When Xiao Bao heard that his wife refused to marry Xiao Hong, he ran to the study to find the young master and asked him to think of a way to marry Xiao Hong.
"Ask Xiaohong yourself. If she is willing to marry you, Madam should agree."
Xiao Bao said with a bitter face: "I asked her, and she doesn't like me. She said that the man Xiaomei, the maid next to the princess, married was tall and handsome. She is no worse than Xiaomei, and the man she is going to marry will not be worse either."
Li Zong snorted, "Your ambition is as high as the sky, but your life is as fragile as paper. She didn't want to marry you, but I forced her to marry you."
Xiao Bao showed surprise and asked the young master what he should do?
"Give her some medicine, and let's see if she still has the nerve to be so noble."
"Okay."