This time she gave the three granddaughters Zhuangzi and the shop, just to let the three sisters, Meng Wan, Meng Yan and Meng Xian, like Meng Shu, have their own private property before marrying, so they can learn how to take care of these Zhuangzi. It doesn't matter even if the shop loses some money, once she gets married, she will be better qualified to be the mistress of the house.
When she did this, Lu had not yet left the capital.
That day, she called her son and daughter-in-law to Songheju and announced the matter in public.
The third and sixth laos agreed to give Meng Shu another portion.
Although Meng Shu already has a dowry, she is not yet married after all, and she is the eldest daughter of the family, so it doesn't matter if she is given more.
Many families give the most generous dowry to their eldest daughter.
Mr. Lu declined at that time.
But the younger brothers and sisters-in-law insisted on giving it to her. In addition, the old lady loved Meng Shu, her eldest granddaughter. After hearing what her son and daughters-in-law said, she chose a shop and a village for Meng Shu, but the choice was very important. It was much smaller than the one given to Meng Wan and the three of them before, and its value was only half.
Originally, this matter was over.
As a result, the person sent by the old lady to help Meng Shu take over the shop said that the shop had suffered a lot of losses this year, and what was left was an empty shell of his son. He was afraid that he would have to find another way to make a living.
Originally, it was normal for the shop in the mansion to make profits and losses. Even if only the shop was left, it didn’t matter. Just leave it in Meng Shu’s hands and ask Meng Shu to send someone to take care of it, or let the person in charge choose someone else. To run a business, you can either rent it out. If you really don’t like it, you can sell it.
But the old lady remembered clearly that although this shop was not big and its location was only above average, and it only sold pens, ink, paper and inkstones, there were several schools nearby and business was good on weekdays. How could it be a loss?
She sent someone to investigate carefully and found out that the sixth daughter-in-law, Huang, had tampered with it.
All the money earned by that shop this year has been pocketed by Huang.
This made the old lady very angry.
For a mere thousand taels of silver, what?
Even though Huang was born into a scholarly family and the dowry given by her mother-in-law was not much, they never subsidized her. On the contrary, she would always send some valuable things back during the holidays, but she would not count on the thousand taels in her niece's shop. Silver.
Ever since this daughter-in-law got married, the old lady has thought about herself and has never felt sorry for her.
Although her sixth son was a concubine, she trusted him to take care of the household affairs. When checking the accounts over the years, it was just fine and she didn't take it seriously.
After all, the sixth child is a concubine, and the family property he will receive in the future will definitely be less than that of the two brothers who are legitimate children. It is only human nature for others to make some plans for themselves.
What's more, after all, this son was raised by the old lady, and he didn't do anything excessive. Instead, he put the interests of the family first in everything. Moreover, he was indeed a businessman. The family property in the house has been taken care of by Lao Liu over the years. It has more than doubled. Based on this, he should get more benefits, and the old lady thinks it is right.
In addition, Lao Liu also took good care of the private property he had on hand.
Because of this, they have no shortage of money for their six houses, and their life is so nourishing.
Huang didn't lack the one thousand taels of silver at all. Even the old lady couldn't understand why she did this, and she still didn't regret it.
"Mother, Shu'er, please listen to my explanation. I really didn't let anyone make false accounts and pocket the one thousand taels of silver. The slave I sent to hand over must have been corrupted secretly. I will take the one thousand taels of silver right away. Make up the money, investigate the matter, and give Shu'er an explanation." Huang said anxiously.
The old lady was about to say something, but Meng Shu held her hand and shook her head gently.
She actually doesn't like this Aunt Six either, but Uncle Six treats her pretty well.
Let's wait until Uncle Six comes back and let Uncle Six handle this matter.
"Lao Liu has been too busy recently and has no time to take care of so many things. I originally trusted you and asked you to help deliver the West Shop and Zhuangzi. I didn't expect such a big mistake to be made. I didn't know it was your slave. You are too courageous to enrich your own pocket. It is you, the sixth aunt, who saw that Shuer and her mother were not in the capital, and felt that Shuer was young and easy to bully. I will make it clear today. Shuer is the eldest daughter in the house, and no one can bully her. She. "Since the old lady has broken up with Mr. Huang, she has nothing to worry about now.
She hates infighting within the family the most. Some things can be covered up, but some things must be made clear.
What's more, she had already given Huang a chance, but he didn't want it.
"Mother, you really misunderstood. How could your daughter-in-law bully Shu'er?" Mrs. Huang looked aggrieved.
The old lady didn't want to pay attention to her, so she waved her hand and said, "You can go back. Let Lao Liu investigate and handle this matter by himself. I can't take care of your sixth room's affairs."
These words became a bit serious.
Rumor has it that their sixth wife is unfilial.
Mr. Huang was about to say something, but the old lady was already a little impatient and said: "If you don't leave, I will drive them away."
Huang's expression changed, and after being helped up by her grandmother, she took her two daughters out.
The old lady was not in a good mood at the moment, so she only stayed with Meng Shu to eat together, and let everyone else go back.
"I originally just thought that your sixth aunt was a bit conceited, thinking that she was superior to others because she came from a scholarly family, and looked down on those who served in the military. But our Meng family is the palace of the Duke of the country, and the descendants of my Meng family are not only capable of fighting but not studying. Vulgar people, not to mention... how many of them are really good at marching and fighting? How can they not read and arrange troops? I think she is the most superficial!"
The old lady got angrier as she spoke: "She looks down upon your sixth uncle for being a commoner, and doesn't care about her own background. So what about her scholarly family background? So what about a scholarly family? What about a double Hanlin? She is no more than an official of the sixth or seventh rank. I don’t know where she got her face, and she looks down on our Duke’s mansion.”
"It's also your sixth uncle who is stupid. He has been coaxed by her all these years, but he just didn't realize it. In fact, your sixth uncle is not bad at learning. It's just that he doesn't like to take the imperial examination route, so he takes care of the general affairs for the government, so what about doing business? , neither stealing nor robbing, why should she look down on it? While saying that gold and silver are tacky, she also goes to count the thousand taels of silver in your shop, and often subsidizes her parents' family, Jian Shu..."
The old lady wanted to curse.
Meng Shu was dumbfounded when she heard this.
Grandma has always been generous. This was the first time she heard her grandmother talk about a person like this.
Apparently, Aunt Six made grandma very angry.
"Grandma, don't be angry. Logically speaking, Aunt Six is not in need of the one thousand taels of silver. There must be some misunderstanding." Meng Shu said quickly.
A thousand taels of silver is a small thing, and it makes grandma very angry. It is not worth the gain.
