The whole family died tragically? The eldest daughter is the most powerful in the capital after her

Lin Ruoqiao sat aside, quietly watching Lin Ruoxuan sitting there motionless. Although she didn't know what Lin Ruoxuan was planning, her intelligence made her understand that there must be some deep meaning hidden in it.

She took a deep breath, adjusted her mood, and then said loudly to the old lady: "Grandma, grandma, you are so partial to the eldest sister and the eighth sister, but we granddaughters are all going to get married. I also want to tell you what's in my heart."

After saying that, Lin Ruoqiao sat down on the chair without any hesitation, picked up a piece of cake, and ate while waiting for the old lady's response.

Seeing this, the old lady knew that the strategy of leaving Lin Ruoxuan alone could no longer be implemented, so she had to change her approach and use a softer tone to comfort Lin Ruoqiao.

"Oh, you are all my good granddaughters, how could I be partial to you?" The old lady said with a smile, "It's just that the eldest daughter got married first, and my grandmother thought about her and her time was coming, so she cared about you a little more. You are all my beloved granddaughters, how could I forget you?"

After the old lady talked with everyone, she seemed a little tired. She shook her head slightly and said softly, "It's rare for me to talk so much with you and your mother. I am really filled with emotion. At the moment, I am really a little tired. You don't have to stay here any longer, so I won't keep you here in vain."

"Then have a good rest, grandma. Call us anytime if you need anything."

Lin Ruoxuan bowed, looked at the tiredness on the old lady's face, and walked out of the old lady's yard with confidence.

Madam Zhao escorted the people out of the yard, carefully closed the door, then turned and walked towards the old lady, saying softly, "Old lady, everyone has gone back."

Hearing this, the old lady nodded slightly, with a look of fatigue on her face.

She sighed and said to Madam Zhao helplessly, "When was the wedding of Miss Xuan and Young Master Gu scheduled? My memory is getting worse and worse."

Seeing this, Madam Zhao hurriedly picked up a piece of exquisite dessert from the table beside her and handed it to the old lady, saying, "Old lady, the marriage of the Eighth Miss and Young Master Gu was originally scheduled for two months later. However, now Young Marquis Qi has proposed to the eldest lady, so the Eighth Miss's marriage may have to be postponed for some time."

"Oh. That's true. The eldest sister will definitely be given priority in marriage. This is the order of primogeniture."

The old lady took two bites of the cake, drank some water, and finally said, "Alas, this Xuanjie is really too smart and too difficult to deal with. Otherwise, I will tell the matter to the eldest lady, and it will be fine."

"This Sister Xuan must have seen through my thoughts, that's why she insisted on staying."

The old lady added.

Aunt Zhao patted the old lady's hand comfortingly and said gently, "Madam, please relax. In my opinion, the eighth lady is just trying to take this opportunity to 'compete for favor'."

After hearing what Madam Zhao said, the old lady still had doubts in her heart, but she still sighed and said, "I hope so."

Lin Ruoxuan and Lin Ruoqiao left the old lady's yard, and began to analyze today's situation as they walked. However, until they reached the gate of Lin Ruoxuan's yard, they were still confused and had no clue.

You know, the old lady has never paid much attention to her grandchildren, and she rarely asks about them. But today, she suddenly offered to prepare dowries for them, and even promised them dowries. This change in attitude made the two of them confused.

Lin Ruoxuan frowned and said thoughtfully: "Seventh sister, do you think that grandma's attitude today is a little strange? She seems to be very concerned about us all of a sudden."

Lin Ruoxuan took Lin Ruoqiao's hand and walked into the house, calling Hongya to prepare snacks, saying that she was hungry.

Hongya hurried to prepare snacks, and Luqiao followed her into the house and served tea to the two of them.

The two of them ate and thought for a while, then they heard Lu Qiao sorting things out and suddenly said, "That's great, it's almost the fifth day of the new year. I'm finally going to get my monthly salary."

As she spoke, she picked up a pearl hairpin and handed it to Lin Ruoxuan, asking, "Do you like this one, young lady? The color is nice!"

"Oh, it's really good."

Lin Ruoqiao took the pearl hairpin and continued, "Eighth sister is with the young master now, so you don't have to worry about the monthly salary anymore, right?"

"Not at all."

Lu Qiao took over the conversation and said, "My daughters all use their own monthly salaries. Fortunately, the monthly salaries are about to be paid, otherwise our courtyard would not be able to keep up."

At this point, Lin Ruoxuan suddenly realized something. She slapped the table and said, "I know!"

She slammed the table so hard that everyone in the yard was startled, especially Lin Ruoqiao, who patted her chest and said, "I was scared to death by you. What do you know?"

Lin Ruoxuan and Lin Ruoqiao said immediately: "The old lady is so nice to us all of a sudden, just to confuse mother. Mother has always been kind-hearted. When she saw that the old lady arranged dowries for us, she would definitely listen to her."

"How do you say this?"

"In fact, grandma wanted to keep mother and elder sister just now, just to give the housekeeping power to mother."

Lin Ruoxuan analyzed to Lin Ruoqiao.

Now the old lady is the housekeeper, and she is responsible for calculating all the expenses of the Lin family herself.

"When I went to Rulou for dinner with the young master a few days ago, I passed by your shop and it seemed that business was average."

"When I came back, I secretly asked the accountant and learned that our Lin family's shop has not been very profitable in the past two years. After deducting the capital and workers' expenses, it is now barely maintaining a state of not losing money."

Lin Ruoxuan continued.

"The shop doesn't have a surplus, but we still have to pay for the expenses of our house. In the past, when my mother, the housekeeper, was hungry, she had to pay for it out of her own pocket. After all, my mother had a generous dowry and could afford it. Later, Liu Xiaoniang was the housekeeper. She was not as kind as my mother, so she always deducted the monthly salary of the servants, or asked my father for money from his private treasury."

Lin Ruoqiao listened very carefully. She didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns in this.

"But now that she is the old lady's housekeeper, she can't withhold the servants' monthly salary, which would make her look stingy. And she can't ask my father for it from his private treasury, so this time when she pays the monthly salary, she will have to pay for it herself."

After Lin Ruoxuan finished her analysis for Lin Ruoqiao, she took her hand and ran towards Sun Rong's yard.

"Mother."

Lin Ruoxuan ran into Sun Rong's yard and saw her resting with her eyes closed. A big stone in her heart fell. Fortunately, the old lady didn't come to find her.

"Mother, remember, don't agree to any request from the old lady. You must discuss anything the old lady says with us first."

Although Sun Rong didn't understand why, seeing Lin Ruoxuan's anxious tone, she agreed seriously.