The eldest son of the red mansion

I saw that these things were neat and tidy on the surface, without any damage, but after hearing what the housekeeper said just now, I knew that he might have almost thrown them away.

Mrs. Zhang waved her hand from behind, and several housekeepers immediately stepped forward and started counting according to the list given by Mrs. Zhang.

Shi Xiangyun's mother's dowry was not very large, and it only took an hour to count it.

A housekeeper came to Mrs. Zhang and said tremblingly, "Madam, we have already counted everything."

"How? How many things are short?"

"If you go back to Madam, more than half of the items on the list are gone, and most of them are gold and silver jewelry that are easy to get rid of." No matter what the mother-in-law finished speaking, she sent another list that had been counted to Zhang's. before.

Mrs. Zhang snatched this list right away, and then brought over the previous dowry list, and compared them carefully, otherwise it would be the same as what the housekeeper said, and more than half of the items were missing.

Mrs. Zhang's eyes were red with anger, these things were even when the Bowling Marquis Mansion was in trouble, she did not touch them.I just wanted to leave these things for Shi Xiangyun, and let the world see when she gets married in the future, her aunt did not treat her niece badly.

Mrs. Zhang came to the courtyard, looked at the housekeeper and said, "You dog slave, even I dare not touch Xiangyun's dowry. How dare you steal it and sell it? Your life seems to be in jeopardy." long."

After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, she immediately ordered her personal nurse, "You take someone to search his house for me, and send all the things to my yard after the inventory is finished."

The housekeeper lowered her head and promised to leave.

"Wait a minute." Mrs. Zhang stopped the housekeeper.

The housekeeper hurriedly backed away, then bowed her body and listened to Mrs. Zhang's orders.

"Listen to me, if you ransack the house this time, if there is anything missing, you will die with the housekeeper." Mrs. Zhang said fiercely.

The housekeeper was terrified by Mrs. Zhang's appearance. After hearing what she said, she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, don't worry, even if this old servant is very courageous, he won't dare to touch the things inside."

Mrs. Zhang stared fiercely at the housekeeper for a while before letting her go.

Chapter 472

The housekeeper dared to wipe the sweat off her brow when she left the courtyard of the storeroom. She was frightened just now, she had never seen the madam lose such a temper.

To be honest, she originally thought that this time it was a fat job, and she could get something out of it, but now it seems that it would be good if she got a good job, so she dared to take things.

Mrs. Zhang ordered the butler to be tied up, and led them to the lobby of Marquis Bowling's Mansion. At this time, Shi Nai was reading leisurely with this virtuous book.

When Mrs. Zhang entered the lobby aggressively, Shi Nai was taken aback.In the decades since he and Zhang got married, he has never seen Zhang lose such a big temper.

In the past, even when Zhang lost his temper, he would bear it in his heart, and then secretly worked hard underneath, which is not like now.

"What's wrong with you? Getting so angry?" Shi Nai quickly stood up, walked to her side, helped her to the seat, and personally brought a cup of tea to Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang still felt angry after sitting down, "Do you know, that servant of your family has gone to heaven."

Mrs. Zhang was also a little veiled, and even talked about your house and my house.

Shi Nai saw that she was very angry, so he hurriedly comforted her and said, "Say something slowly, do you need to lose your temper?"

"Do you know that your housekeeper has almost sold out Xiangyun's mother's dowry?" Mrs. Zhang is annoyed and helpless now. The family is short of money, and now she has to make up for Shi Xiangyun's dowry no matter what. superior.

Shi Nai's face darkened when he heard Zhang's words, and he yelled angrily, "What a dog slave, it seems that I don't even want my face for a few lifetimes. Where is this dog?"

"Bring this slave in and let your Lord Hou personally punish him." Mrs. Zhang shouted out the window.

The people outside heard it, and immediately pressed the butler into the lobby.

The butler was already limp as mud, lying on the ground as soon as he entered the lobby, unable to stand up again.

Shi Nai glanced at him with disgust and said, "This Marquis treats you well, why would you do such a thing?"

Where did the butler come up with the answer now, he was paralyzed on the ground trembling and speechless for a long time, it seemed that he was frightened and stupid.

Shi Nai looked at you and asked me what to say, and said to Mrs. Zhang: "Just sell their family to a black brick kiln. It will save us trouble."

As soon as the butler heard this, the fear just now had been thrown out of the blue.If the family goes to the black coal mine, they may never see the sun again.The men are afraid to work until they are exhausted, and the women in the family may become the playthings of these coal blacks.

"Master Hou, I took the initiative to confess. For the sake of the master, please forgive me this time and leave a way for my family to survive?" Already saw blood.

As he kowtowed, he recounted the credit of his ancestors: "Master, you forgot that my father followed the old Hou Ye through life and death, and in the last battle on Tupo, it was my father who endured the guts that came out in order to pass on a message to you. Lie in the mound for three days, waiting for the reinforcements to come, and passed the word before going."

When Shi Nai heard this, he felt a little emotional. Back then, the housekeeper's father was also a soldier of the old Hou Ye. He was not too young, and he followed the old Hou Ye through life and death. In order to survive, he did not drink water for three days and three nights, and ate dead human flesh when he was hungry. Finally, when the reinforcements found him, he had been hiding for several days. The last entrustment, died.

Now that the butler pleaded with him for this merit, Shi Nai couldn't give orders no matter what.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang couldn't bear it, "Why don't we wait and see if his family's finances can make up for Xiangyun's mother's dowry, and then make plans."

Shi Nai couldn't bear to watch the housekeeper kowtow in front of him. After all, this man's father had followed his father for many years and watched him grow up. Even looking at the Buddha's face can't be so unfeeling.

So he nodded and sat on the side without saying a word.

The butler who was kneeling on the ground was only now relieved, he knew all the belongings in his family, and it was more than enough for Xiangyun's mother's dowry.

Not long after, the housekeeper who confiscated the house came back.Followed by a string of family members of the old housekeeper's family.

The housekeeper entered the hall, first kowtowed to Shi Nai and Zhang Shi, and then said: "Master Hou, madam, the servants found more than 3000 taels of cash in the house butler's house, and a land deed for a small village of more than 300 mu. Then there are more than 50 pieces of gold and silver jewelry." After speaking, he held a list high above his head.

Shi Nai lost his temper when he heard it. If all these things were exchanged for cash, it would be more than all the silver deposits in the Hou Mansion.

Seeing Shi Nai, the housekeeper was about to get angry, so he hurriedly knelt a few steps forward and said to the two of them: "Master Hou, Madam, we have saved these things in our lifetimes, not all of them were obtained from the mansion, you have to see clearly."

Then he paused again, and then said: "Master, you may know that this much money is my father's dead money on the battlefield."

But Shi Nai didn't believe his words at all now, even if this dog slave worked for a few more lives, he wouldn't be able to save these silver taels.

Now what he thinks is that his family is so difficult. I'm afraid there are not as many housekeepers in the family. Even though his father has made contributions to his family, but he has enjoyed the glory and wealth for so many years, so he should pay off his family.

"Go find someone who has teeth, and sell their family to me in a black coal mine." Shi Nai is not so kind now.

Does Mrs. Zhang want to say to Shi Nai: "Master, no matter what, the housekeeper took the initiative to confess. If we are so heartless, no one in the family will dare to tell us if someone in the family makes a mistake. Give them back the deeds of their family, and just kick them out of the mansion."

When Shi Nai heard the same reasoning, besides, the father who was in charge was indeed going through life and death for the Baolinghou of their family, so he had to look at the old man's feelings, so he said to the people below: "Drive these dogs out of the house for me. , From now on, don't let me see him again."

The servants at the bottom immediately agreed, and four or five people came up and dragged the housekeeper out. Immediately afterwards, women's cries and children's voices calling for their mothers were heard in the courtyard. After a while, these people were driven out of the guard Linghou Mansion.

Mrs. Zhang finished the matter, turned her head and said to Shi Nai: "Xiangyun's mother's dowry has lost more than half, what to do next. If you want me to say, we have to make it up for her, otherwise we will let others know What is it like?"

"You are right. If Xiangyun marries the uncle of the Rongguo Mansion in the future, she will be regarded as our backer in the Rongguo Mansion. We must not wrong her. Let me hear what you think." Shi Nai didn't say it for a while. Knowing what to do, I can only ask Mrs. Zhang for advice.

Mrs. Zhang pondered for a while, and then said: "I think it's better to supply the small Zhuangzi with 300 mu of land to Xiangyun. She also earns money every year in Beijing. Let's take the money copied just now to Ren. In case you have a What do you think, and we can keep the capital of our mansion, what do you think?"

After hearing this, Shi Nai felt that Zhang's method was really clever. Not only did he have an explanation for Shi Xiangyun, but he could also relax a bit when he took office.

"Let's do it like this. Tell Xiangyun about it later, so don't let her feel uncomfortable and say that we have been greedy for her mother's dowry."

"Master, don't worry, I'll talk about it now, or I won't be able to catch up with the time, and I will have to send her to the Rongguo Mansion in a day or two." Mrs. Zhang immediately stood up and walked back with the contract for the [-] mu of land. go.