A retired aunt traveled through time and space, and her daughter became rich!

One sheep is driven, two sheep are herded.

Aunt Su simply asked someone to go and tell the other hospitals.

Her yard is bustling with activity.

I received a lot of IOUs.

Of course, not everyone would accept an IOU for five hundred taels.

For example, that concubine wasn't a troublemaker and had never cheated Old Madam Su out of money before. The IOUs were just symbolic, with some writings being thirty, fifty, or even a hundred taels.

At most one hundred taels.

In a small courtyard south of the Bo's Mansion, Aunt Jiang, who had just returned from Aunt Su's courtyard, was counting on her fingers, calculating the entire Bo's Mansion's assets.

The second Miss Lin from the Bo's Mansion has just turned fourteen and is about to get married.

At this moment, she pouted.

"Aunt, the old lady is the old lady of the mansion, our stepmother. Now that my eldest brother and his wife want to divide the family, she should be the one to preside over justice. Why does Aunt have to write an IOU to the old lady before she is willing to help?"

Aunt Jiang pulled Miss Lin over and smiled helplessly.

"It's reasonable, but things in this world don't always go according to reason."

"When the old lady married into the family, she should have been in charge of the household chores, but has she ever been in charge of it for a single day?"

"The old lady has never managed the family in these years. The master has always sided with the eldest master and was wary of the old lady. Now the old lady is pretending to be deaf and dumb, not caring about anything, not asking anything, and no one can say anything wrong about her."

Aunt Jiang was originally the daughter of a farmer's family. When the old uncle took his friends on an autumn outing, he met Aunt Jiang by chance. He was struck by her at first sight and offered a betrothal gift to take her back to be his concubine.

As soon as Aunt Jiang entered the room, Aunt Liu, who looked old and ugly, stepped aside.

When she was in favor, Aunt Jiang was pregnant twice, but unfortunately the first baby, a boy, was lost. Later, with experience and extreme caution, she only got a girl.

"Then Auntie, what if the old lady receives the IOU and doesn't help?"

"Silly girl, think about it, the old lady is the elder of the mansion. If she goes back on her word for the sake of these fifty taels of silver, then the person who lost her life will be in big trouble!"

"Besides, do you think the old lady really values ​​these fifty taels of silver?"

"Before we went there, the second son's aunt had already returned from the old lady's courtyard. I heard that she also wrote an IOU, and the money she had was much more than ours!"

"I'm afraid our old lady can't stand the old man and his wife and wants to find fault with them!"

"Thanks to the old lady in our house, otherwise you guys who haven't got married yet would be at the mercy of that couple!"

Similar conversations also took place in other courtyards of the Bo Mansion.

The night before the separation, many people were so nervous that they couldn't sleep all night.

Lin Yu and Ji arrived at the main hall early.

There are not many members of the Lin family in Xincheng, and the most promising one is the Bo Mansion branch.

Even the head of the Lin family was just a country landlord and had no say in the affairs of the Lin Bo Mansion.

Inviting a few old men from the clan over was just for show. It was obvious that he was just being fair as the eldest brother.

Second Master Lin Zhen also arrived quickly. He never stopped smiling, but his eyes could not hide the nervousness.

The underage second girl and third master were also sent here by their respective aunts.

They were both young, and there was a big age gap between them and the eldest and second uncles, so they only saw each other during the New Year holidays.

They were sitting at the bottom accompanied by their aunt, and it was obvious that they couldn't help feeling timid.

Then there is the old lady in the mansion.

After not seeing her for a few days, the old lady looked very energetic, her eyes were bright, and her skin seemed to be shiny... It is said that when the old lady went to live in the country,

After the four old men of the clan were helped in and exchanged some pleasantries, Lin Yu spoke to everyone in the hall about how it was difficult to make ends meet.

Although what he said was generally correct, only he himself knew how much truth there was in it.

Then he called in three accountants.

These three accountants are in charge of the account books in the Earl's Mansion.

They brought account books and abacus, and used them to calculate and tally the income and expenditure of the mansion's properties.

After they made the calculations, the old man's funeral was completed and the cash in the account was suddenly gone.

Although Mrs. Yuki was very careful with her money, the deficit was still getting bigger and bigger.

With no other choice, they had to split up.

The new uncle, Lin Yu, said that as the eldest son, he would rather suffer a little loss and take over the shops and land that had been in deficit year after year, and lend some cash to his younger brothers and sisters.

Originally, the eldest son took 70% of all the property, and the rest was divided among the other brothers.

Now that there are still underage brothers and sisters, he will leave two hundred taels of silver for each of them. Before they reach adulthood, they can still live in the mansion and be taken care of by him, the eldest brother. When the third brother reaches adulthood, he will be given the share that should be given to him.

In addition to underage brothers and sisters, there is another elder in the mansion, the old lady.

Although the old lady is not Lin Yu's biological mother, she has no biological children, so the eldest son is responsible for her retirement.

Precisely because of the need to provide for the old lady in her old age, a portion of the public property had to be set aside, and this portion naturally belonged to the eldest son's family.

After deducting the first two items, the remaining 30% is divided equally between the second master Lin Zhen and the third master Lin Gang.

At first glance, it seems quite reasonable.

However, if you think about it in detail, why is it that the shop and the land have been producing less and less in recent years?

Aunt Su was delighted when she heard the eldest son's sincere words, as if he was really helpless and forced to divide the family, but would rather his own family suffer the loss.

My goodness, you are already in your thirties or forties, why are you still so picky?

All the shops and fields were in debt and had bad debts, and he had many elderly people to support. He was afraid that if he divided them among his brothers and sisters, they would cause trouble for them. Therefore, he took on more responsibility and got more of these worthless properties.

My brothers and sisters have money in their hands, so it is convenient for them to spend it...

Haha, whether these fields and shops make a profit or not depends on how you do the accounting, right?

Sure enough, although the two younger ones didn’t understand, the second one was smarter than a monkey. Could he bear this loss?

He immediately raised an objection and wanted to see the detailed accounts of several shops.

The losses of these shops were exaggerated, but the accounts were true.

Even with Second Master Lin Zhen's poor eyesight, he still couldn't figure out anything even if he looked at it for three days and three nights.

The second master was dumbfounded when he saw the densely packed account book.

The two little ones were still confused and had no idea what this method of dividing the family property meant to them.

Even their concubines, although they knew that they would suffer a great loss if they divided the property in this way, didn’t know how to fight for it?

They could only cry and say pitiful words about the orphan and widow.