Daming female local tyrant

"Old lady..." Cai Shi and his daughter-in-law Yu Shi sat down, exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and talked about the purpose of coming here at this moment.

Cai said that the Tan family took advantage of this return to Jinling to visit Jing Lan who had finally returned to the Lu family, and wanted the Feng family to make the decision to give the dowry brought by their daughter to the Lu family to their two children, Jing Lan and Cheng Ze.

The reason is that Jinglan and Chengze were married to Ji by one person, and the crown ceremony was held by one person. This is considered an adult. Of course, adult children can take care of the property left by their mothers, and they don't need their elders to take care of them for them.

Mrs. Feng never thought that Mrs. Cai and her daughter-in-law came to mention such a matter.

It stands to reason that even if the dowry of the deceased granddaughter-in-law Tan is to be distributed to the two children born to her, it should be divided by the second wife's daughter-in-law Yuan, grandson Xueshan and granddaughter-in-law Qi, and Cai should go She was looking for them, but she was looking for herself?

Could it be that the Tan family was worried that the people from the second house would occupy the dowry of the late granddaughter-in-law Tan and give less to Jinglan and Chengze, or they didn’t trust the people in the second house, thinking that they would not fairly distribute Tan’s dowry to the two children , That's why I came to find my own decision.

But no matter what the reason, she couldn't ignore it if the Tan family brought it up, otherwise they would have gossip.

For some reason, she also felt that Cai and the others came to make decisions for her, and she might have heard some bad rumors, such as someone in the second room who usurped Tan's dowry.

If someone really did this, it would embarrass the Lu family.

Cai Shi came to him, and he dealt with it impartially, so that this kind of scandal would not be leaked out, so that the Lu family would not be too ashamed.

Thinking of this, Feng agreed to let Cai and others stay in the Lu family for a few more days, and then return to Yangzhou after she presided over the distribution of the dowry brought by the late granddaughter-in-law Tan who married into the Lu family.

Mrs. Cai thanked Mrs. Feng, and then took out a dowry list of her own daughter who married into the Lu family, and said, "Just distribute it to Jinglan and Chengze, and forget about the success of these years."

Feng accepted the list and said: "The property on this list must have earned a lot of money over the years, and every penny of the profit has to be settled. It should be Jing Lan and Cheng Ze's penny, otherwise what will outsiders think of us The Lu family. At any rate, our Lu family is one of the four prominent families in Jinling, so we cannot lose the reputation of taking advantage of the daughter-in-law who married into the Lu family."

After hearing Feng's words, Cai smiled and said: "What the old lady said is true, so I will do as the old lady says."

After a few more pleasantries, Mrs. Cai and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Yu, resigned. Mrs. Feng looked at the dowry list in her hand, her expression turned cold.

The next day, Mrs. Feng got up early and had breakfast, and asked Mrs. Yuan who came to pay her respects to stay, and sent someone to send her grandson Lu Xueshan and grandson-in-law Qi.

After the three of them arrived, she took out the dowry list that Mrs. Cai gave her last night, and asked them to take a look, and then said: "This list is the dowry list that Mrs. Tan brought when she married Xueshan and entered the Lu family. It was given to me by Mrs. Tan's mother-in-law, Mrs. Cai. Today I have someone pass it on to you, so that you can count the dowry that Mrs. Tan brought when she married into the Lu family, and the achievements of these years within five days. Forget it, after five days, bring me all the books and deeds, and I will distribute them to Jinglan and Chengze."

"..." Yuan and Qi were shocked when they heard Feng's words, but Lu Xueshan behaved as usual, he said: "Old ancestor, after Tan died of illness, I continued to marry Qi as my successor. I divided some of Tan's dowry for my mother and some for my wife. My grandson heard in a daze that due to poor management, many of Tan's properties have been sold, not to mention the future, they are the ones in Tan's dowry Zhaizipuzi Silk Factory also sold a lot, and now less than half is left..."

"What did you say?" Feng was very surprised when she heard that, she glanced at Yuan and Qi who were sitting in front of her, and saw that they lowered their eyes and looked unnatural on their faces, she immediately frowned, her heart brightened.

At this moment, she understood why the Cai family came to ask her to give Jinglan and Cheng Ze their mother's dowry. It must be that the Tan family had heard that the second wife had usurped the late Tan's dowry.

The reason why the word "occupation" was used was that Mrs. Feng did not believe that less than half of Mrs. Tan's dowry was left due to poor management over the years.

Most of Tan's dowries on the dowry list are houses, shops and farms. Most of these properties are rented, so how could they be sold off because of poor management?After all, no matter whether it is a house or a shop, at most it cannot be rented out and there is no rent to collect. The house and shop are still there, so where does the poor management come from?

Furthermore, Sun Tzu Xueshan said that for Tan's dowry, he gave some to his mother Yuan and some to his step-wife Qi. , It's just echoing what others say, he believed his mother Yuan and his step-wife Qi when they said that they sold their property due to poor management.

Recalling last night that Cai promised not only to distribute Tan's dowry to Jinglan and Chengze, but also to give the brothers and sisters all the money earned from these industries over the years, and now it is like this, Feng It's no wonder Shi isn't angry.

Seeing that her face turned dark, she continued: "It seems that I have to send someone to thoroughly investigate the dowry that stayed in the Lu family after Tan died of illness, so I can explain to the Tan family. I will talk about it here first, and I will give it to you." In three days, you go to make up for the shortfall of the dowry left after Tan's death. After three days, I will send Feng Guangsheng to check the account. If the account is clear, you will be fine. If the account is not clear, will you be fine? I understand, don't be cruel at that time, and deal with it according to the Lu family's family law."

As she spoke to the end, her voice became colder. Yuan Shi and Qi Shi only trembled when they heard it.

After Feng finished speaking, he waved them away, and then asked someone to call Feng Guangsheng, the chief manager of the Lu family.

Feng Guangsheng is a distant relative of the Feng family. He is over 60 years old this year. He followed Feng when he married into the Lu family.

At first, he helped to manage the Feng family's dowry, and then gradually became the steward of the Lu family. After decades, he has been the chief steward.

Feng Guangsheng still has many stewards and accountants under his command, and if he is asked to check the accounts, there is nothing he can't find out.

Even though Feng said she would wait three days before asking Feng Guangsheng to go to the second room to check the accounts, she still asked Feng Guangsheng to call, and asked him to prepare first, arrange staff, and prepare to go to the second room to clean up Tan, who had died of illness, in three days. Dowry.In addition, she also asked him to check whether the second room of the Lu family, the Yuan family and Qi's natal relatives, had any money dealings with the Lu family over the years, and whether they bought property in Jinling City after Tan's death from illness, etc. .

Feng Guangsheng took the order and left.

When Yuan Shi and the other three came out of Fuhai Hall, Lu Xueshan said that the old ancestor only gave it for three days. Is this account clear? The old ancestor even said that the second family should make up the shortfall. It seems that she doesn't believe Tan's dowry all these years It was sold due to poor management.Tan's dowry is now less than half, and the sold property is at least 8 to [-] taels of silver, where can I find silver to make up for it.

The old ancestor also said that the account of Tan's dowry is not clear and should be dealt with according to the Lu family's family law.At the beginning, he gave Tan's dowry to his mother and Qi took care of it. Now that the old ancestor wants to settle accounts, he only settles with them, not him.

When Yuan heard what his son said, he scolded him for being an unfilial son who only cared about himself and only wanted to pick it up by himself.

Lu Xueshan spread his hands helplessly and said: "The boy has ignored the business all these years, has not handled money, and has not saved any money. If the mother is short of money, I can only sell a few antiques that the boy bought to make up for the shortfall."

Seeing her son like this, Yuan was so angry that she told him to get out, she didn't want to see him again.

As expected, Lu Xueshan rolled with his head in his arms, and even rolled out of the house. He didn't come home for three days.

Yuan Shi returned to Qingyuan Hall, and began to call people to settle the dowry of Tan Shi that her son took care of after Tan Shi died of illness.

After a calculation, it was a deficit of more than 3 taels of silver.

At the beginning, she turned a blind eye and let her natal relatives occupy Tan's dowry, but now she has to use real money to make up for the shortfall.This does not include the silver earned by these industries over the years.She also asked people to calculate that these industries can earn more than 3 taels of silver over the years, which adds up to more than 6 taels of silver.

Yuan's family has been married to the Lu family for decades, and the silver she has saved is only more than 3 taels. If she sells all her gold and silver jewelry, she can add more than 1 taels, which is still more than 2 taels. Her brother contributed the money.

So she anxiously sent someone to find her brother and asked him to pay 2 taels of silver, otherwise she would not be able to pass the test of her ancestors.

Her brother said that he couldn't pay the money alone, and his uncles and brothers all took advantage of it.

Yuan Shi got up in a hurry and scolded her brother, saying that he wanted to see himself being confinement in a Buddhist hall by his ancestors using the Lu family's family law.If he and those from the Yuan family didn't come up with 2 taels of silver within two days, she would simply tear up her face and report to the officials, accusing them of embezzling Tan's dowry.

After hearing this, her brother said that he was going to find a way to collect money.

In the Qingyuan Hall, Mrs. Yuan was anxious and busy collecting money to pay for her ancestors, while in the Tongchun Hall, Mrs. Qi was also busy.

Mrs. Qi is busy asking the capable accountant to settle the accounts. Lu Xueshan entrusted her to take care of Mrs. Tan's dowry, how much the money that was embezzled by her is worth, and how much money this property should earn over the years.

After doing the accounting, she got a figure, a total of 11 taels, which was about the same as the amount of silver she had stored in the bank.

In other words, she needs to take out all the money she has worked so hard to get in her hands in various ways in the past ten years to make up for the shortfall, which is simply killing her.

For this reason, her eyes were swollen from crying, and her liver hurt from anger.

However, Lu Xueshan ran out again, leaving her at home alone, and she felt even more sad and painful.

She thought about taking the money she saved and running away with her two children. If she didn't return to Lu's house, she wouldn't have to hand over the money.

However, if she really ran away, would her two sons and daughters be willing to follow her to live incognito?They stay in the Lu family, they have everything, the young master and young lady of a dignified family will have a good marriage, and live a prosperous life for the rest of their lives.

Obviously, you can't run with a pair of children, so you can only run with money by yourself.

However, she was going to run away, and her sons and daughters would definitely be ridiculed because of her, and Lu Xueshan would divorce her and marry again.

Holding more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, without children, without a husband, can she really live well?