If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Qin Shu lowered her eyes, hiding the hatred in them, and mentioned another matter, "Now that Shu'er's parents have passed away, I am the only daughter left."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes lit up instantly.

Qin Shu continued, "If Shu'er leaves home, it won't be good if there's no one to take care of her. If the parents don't have a son, according to the clan rules, if the parents don't adopt a son, all the public property in the mansion will be returned to the clan..."

The clan leader was overjoyed and quickly interrupted, "Since my niece thinks this way, the clan will certainly not treat Jing Yuan and his wife unfairly."

"Don't worry, my niece. Your parents' spirit tablets have been placed in the ancestral temple. Every year on the Qingming Festival, there will naturally be people from the clan who burn money and incense to worship them."

"How can they be the same?" Second Uncle received Second Aunt's strong look and said hurriedly, "I am eldest brother's biological brother, and my son is the same as eldest brother's son. I have three sons, and I can adopt the second son to eldest brother. When eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law are buried, there must be filial sons to lead the way, hold banners and break pots. That's proper."

"Yes." Second Aunt continued, "We have also asked An Tai for his opinion, and he is willing to be adopted by his uncle. In the future, there will be a stepson to take care of Shu'er in this mansion, and after Shu'er gets married, she will at least have a family to return to. What do you think, Shu'er?"

Qin Shu pretended to be hesitant and asked the clan leader, "Uncle, what do you think?"

From my own perspective, it would be best to adopt a son, after all, there is still a daughter in the East Mansion. As Liu said, in order for her niece to have a mother's home to return to in the future, someone has to take care of the East Mansion.

The clan leader stroked his three-inch goatee and said thoughtfully, "This matter needs to be discussed in detail."

"What is there to discuss?" Second Aunt was a little impatient. "As long as my niece nods, we have no objection, and An Tai agrees, isn't that enough?"

The clan leader still wanted to fight for it, "There is one more thing. A few years ago, Jingyuan funded the establishment of a clan school. All the children in our clan, regardless of their wealth, can study in the clan school."

"Over the years, all expenses of the clan school have been paid by Jingyuan regularly. If Antai can take over Jingyuan's responsibility and regularly provide the clan school with silver for daily use, we naturally have no objection."

Second Aunt’s eyes widened and she wanted to jump up immediately.

Qin Shu held a handkerchief to cover her mouth and sat quietly aside watching the fun.

The second uncle grabbed the second aunt and said, "This is as it should be. After all, our An Ning, An Tai and An Wen have all studied in the clan school. Moreover, studying is a long-term plan. When there are talented people in the clan, the clan members can stand up straight and have a glorious face when they go out."

The clan leader nodded repeatedly, "That's right. And..."

"besides?!"

Second Aunt jumped up and said, "Uncle, my eldest brother is a businessman, so money can flow in like water. We are a family of scholars, how can we do business?"

"Antai is just like his elder brother. He is also a good student. We cannot let him give up his studies to go into business."

"It was my eldest brother's idea to help support the clan school. Now that my eldest brother is gone, the money in the mansion has become dead money. It will only get less and less if it only goes out."

"If the clan school wants to continue, uncle has to think of ways to raise some money from other families. After all, this clan school is something that benefits everyone."

The second uncle nodded repeatedly, "That's the truth."

The clan leader looked at Qin Shu who was silent beside him and asked, "What does my niece-in-law mean?"

Qin Shu sneered in her heart: A serious scholar?

So their family are all serious scholars, and Father Dongfu is just a second-rate businessman?

He is a serious scholar, but he is obsessed with the wealth earned by low-level merchants. Wouldn't everyone laugh at him if he said no?

Qin Shu lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the sarcasm in her eyes, and said, "Shu'er thinks what Second Aunt said makes some sense."

Liu Yinghua clapped her hands vigorously and said with a smile: "My niece is indeed a sensible one."

After she finished laughing, she remembered that the other person's parents had just died, and she immediately put on a stern face and coughed awkwardly, "Don't worry, niece. Your cousin has always been the most protective of his sisters. In the future, he will never let you suffer any grievances."

The proud voice of Xiao Tao from the previous life rang in Qin Shu's ears again, "The Second Master said that within two years, without anyone knowing, the young lady will be able to meet the Master and his wife..."

She looked at her second uncle's thin, narrow, gloomy and mean face, and pulled the corners of her lips slightly, "Second Aunt is absolutely right."

The adoption was decided, and Second Aunt couldn't wait any longer. "Since the adoption has been decided, I'll call An Tai over right away. He's a man, and he doesn't know much about household chores, so I'll have to take care of things for him. Aunt Chun..."

"Wait a minute, Second Aunt!" Qin Shu hurriedly called out to Liu Yinghua, fearing that if she spoke slowly, Second Aunt would think of her as the mistress of the house and start ordering her mother's maid around.

Liu Yinghua was puzzled, "What else?"

"My parents have accumulated a lot of property over the years. If we adopt my cousin, we will have to count the property and record it in the accounts. It will take a long time just to count the property in the mansion."

Qin Shu said softly, "Now that our parents' funerals have not been completed, all matters in the mansion should be dealt with first. If we don't check them clearly, I'm afraid those servants in the mansion who are not careful will hide them, and then it will be my brother who will suffer."

Qin Shu frowned, looking at the light in Second Aunt's eyes that was getting brighter and brighter. "Why don't we discuss the adoption first? After the funeral is over and my parents are buried, we can count the property in the house and then hold the ceremony. I'm young and inexperienced, so I'll trouble Second Aunt to take care of me during this period."

Liu Yinghua had already been overwhelmed by Qin Shu's words "it will take a long time just to count the family property", and she was so overwhelmed that she didn't care about anything else and quickly agreed, "No problem, no problem. We are brothers, isn't this what we should do?"

Qin Shu added: "But the funeral will also cost a lot of money. All this money must be paid out from the public treasury before counting the family property. After the funeral, the remaining property in the mansion will belong to my stepbrother."

"During this period, the elders of the clan have also come to help and handle the affairs of the East Palace with Second Aunt. Since they are here to help, for the sake of fairness, we cannot treat the elders of the clan unfairly."

The elders nodded in praise.

Qin Shu added, "Since Second Aunt took one thousand taels from my dowry, I will take one thousand taels from the public treasury to make up for it. Second Aunt, don't take the money back. Take another one thousand taels from the public treasury and give it to the clan."

"For those who come to help like this, this thousand taels is a reward for their hard work, and it is also a small token of gratitude from your niece on behalf of your parents."

While Liu Yinghua was stunned, the clan leader had already agreed very straightforwardly.

Liu Yinghua quickly calculated in her mind and spent three thousand taels in total.

Three thousand taels!

It’s all her family’s money!

Liu Yinghua's heart was trembling with pain, and she quickly spoke out to stop him, "My niece, you are wrong. I only took out this money for official business. It's my own family's business, and I should do my share. How can you ask my niece for hard work money? If you tell others, they will laugh at you."

She rolled her eyes and said, "How about this, I will use the money from the public treasury to make up for the missing dowry. The one thousand taels I took earlier have already been exchanged, so I will put it on the public treasury's account. The clan doesn't need to pay me any more hard work fees, right?"

Before the clan leader could speak, Qin Shu had already agreed, "Second Aunt is still reasonable. It's settled then."