strictlysupreme Chapter 362 Swallowed
Chapter 362 Swallowed
Shen Changfeng felt a little dumbfounded after listening to Jiang Sujin's speech.
He had never thought about this before. In the past, the eldest lady was in charge, but since she passed away, his mother has been in charge.
Later, his mother passed away, and the family naturally fell into the hands of his younger brother and sister-in-law.
Even after the Third Aunt was promoted to the position of legitimate wife, he never thought of letting her take care of these things.
The main reason was that he trusted his family and they wouldn't play any tricks. Besides, he had already given it to her, so how could he have the nerve to ask for it back!
Jiang Sujin briefly summarized the situation and said, "My father has been an official for twenty years. Based on the annual harvest of two hundred acres of land, and after deducting your expenses, he should have saved up ten million taels of silver."
"Oh, it's not a lot of money. If it was really embezzled by Second Aunt, it doesn't matter."
Shen Changfeng's face suddenly became even uglier when he heard this. He was usually very frugal and didn't like playing with antiques.
I have always tried to save as much as possible and never spend money recklessly.
Ten million silver is certainly not a small amount of money to him.
Third Aunt: "Susu, in your opinion, what should we do?"
Jiang Sujin: "We divided the family property but not the house. We divided up the old man's land and all the savings from these years."
"From now on, everyone will be responsible for their own expenses as servants in the courtyard, and they will also be responsible for their own accounts."
"When we need to get together, we can take turns spending money. On God's birthday, everyone will get a gift, and then we can divide the money equally."
Shen Changfeng: "What kind of look is that? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if you tell others about it?"
Jiang Sujin: "Then you just wait for the 10 million savings to be discounted. Anyway, I've made my words known, it's up to you whether you listen or not."
After saying that, she got up and left. Seeing this, Shen Yanfeng also hurriedly got up and followed her.
The two of them have taken the example of the wife singing and the husband following to the extreme.
Seeing this, Third Aunt and Third Uncle also hurriedly got up and left.
The two of them also wanted to go back quickly to figure out how much savings they had and how much they would get.
Shen Changfeng sat on the chair with a grim expression. He was naturally a face-conscious person and wanted his family to live in harmony.
But if his interests are really affected, he will naturally be unwilling to do so.
Just then, the third aunt suddenly walked in.
In fact, she had been next door, listening to people talking here.
Although she is now the second wife, Shen Changfeng has never allowed her to participate in such family meetings.
He still looked down on her from the bottom of his heart, thinking that she was born a maid, and more importantly, she had no son.
"Master, Yunyun's birthday is in a few days, and she wants to buy some jewelry."
Shen Changfeng: "Why don't you just give her your jewelry to wear, and that's it?"
Third Aunt: "I don't have any decent jewelry, and the jewelry I have is old-fashioned and not suitable for a little girl."
Only then did Shen Changfeng realize that Third Aunt's clothes were really very simple.
"If you want to buy something, go to the butler to get some money."
Third Aunt: "I withdrew fifty taels of silver last time, and the Second Madam scolded me. Master, please help me to withdraw the silver!"
Shen Changfeng said with an unnatural expression: "She might be the head of the family and felt that there were many places to spend money, so she said a few more words."
Third Aunt: "Last month, Qingqing spent five hundred taels of silver on clothes and jewelry alone. And that was only last month. Before that, Qingqing was all about silk and satin, and ate delicacies from land and sea."
Shen Changfeng: "Qingqing is going to enter the palace, so she must take better care of herself."
Upon hearing this, the Third Aunt couldn't help but glance at the Master.
"You must take care of yourself. The Second Madam is also well-dressed and well-fed. I am the successor wife. Although I have the title of First Madam, I am still a concubine."
"My daughter, even if she is a legitimate daughter, is still treated as a concubine's daughter."
"The master looks down on me, and everyone in the entire Shen family looks down on me." As she said this, tears began to flow.
Upon hearing this, Shen Changfeng couldn't help but reach out and hug her: "How can you say that? How could I look down on you!"
Third Aunt: "Master, my life is so frustrating."
"If you really can't afford to support us, just give me some money and I can start a small business. Then we won't have to ask others for money all the time."
Shen Changfeng: "What are you talking about? Just wait, I will give you one thousand taels of silver tomorrow and leave it here for you to spend as you like, okay?"
When the Third Aunt heard this, she knew that the master would definitely not be able to get it, so she spoke to him directly.
"Okay, Master, keep your word. Don't forget it when the time comes."
Shen Changfeng: "How is that possible? Just wait, I will give you the silver tomorrow."
The Third Aunt: "Okay, I'll wait for you, Master. If you lie again, I'll go to the Princess to seek justice."
Shen Changfeng looked at the Third Aunt with an unnatural expression. She also knew that he was afraid of his daughter-in-law, so she deliberately used this to scare him.
Shen Changfeng really went to his sister-in-law to ask for money, but the Second Lady was already in a bad mood, and she didn't want to give it, so she just said it in a bad mood.
"Brother, you can't do this. This one thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. We have many people in our house and the expenses are high. If one of you takes one thousand taels today and the other takes ten thousand taels tomorrow, then my family will be out of business."
Upon hearing this, Shen Changfeng's expression instantly turned ugly: "Don't you have even a thousand silver coins in your account?"
The Second Madam: "It's not that we don't have it, but it's only the beginning of the month, and our monthly expenses are one thousand taels. If you took it, who would subsidize this month's expenses?"
Shen Changfeng: "Is there only 3,000 taels left in the silver vault?"
Second Madam: "The money in the treasury belongs to the treasury, and it cannot be mixed up."
Shen Changfeng: "Then take one thousand taels from my account."
The second lady glanced at Shen Changfeng and seeing that he looked unhappy, she guessed that it must be Jiang Sujin who was instigating the discord.
"Brother, where does your anger come from?"
Shen Changfeng: "I am not angry, I just want to take one thousand taels."
The second wife glanced at him sideways, then cleared her throat: "Brother, you also know that we have not divided the family, and the silver is all mixed together."
"So, you took the silver from everyone else. As the accountant, I have to ask why. Otherwise, how can I keep the account?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Changfeng couldn't help but widen his eyes: "I clearly remember that the old lady had three courtyards, and each courtyard had its own account book."
The second wife: "Yes, but later the account book was lost. I also asked the old man, and he said that the family did not need to be divided so finely, so I did not keep separate records."
Upon hearing this, Shen Changfeng couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You mean, all my savings are gone."
The Second Lady: "How can you say it's gone? Aren't they all in the treasury? We're a family, why should we separate you and me?"
Shen Changfeng looked at the woman in front of him with a pale face. His daughter-in-law also said that when he gets old, the money will be swallowed up by them.
Now it seems that they did not wait for that time at all, but swallowed up his silver.