Rebirth is not a dream.

That morning, the sun shone through the thin clouds and fell to the ground. Su Yue walked out of the hall slowly. After reciting the morning lesson, she returned to her room and was about to teach Li Xingyu to practice calligraphy. At this time, Taozi came running to report that Nanny Tao had sent someone to deliver the account book and the silver for this month. At the same time, someone from the Marquis' Mansion also sent a message, expressing the hope that she could return to the mansion as soon as possible.

Hearing this news, Su Yue thought to herself: It must be because I have cut off the money supply to the mansion in recent months, and some people in the mansion are anxious and can't hold back! However, what does this have to do with her? After all, her dowry does not belong to the mansion. If someone really wants to use the dowry of a daughter-in-law, why not find other daughters-in-law to share the burden? Do they have to catch her alone to fleece the sheep?

Su Yue stared at the large box of account books sent by Madam Tao, and couldn't help but feel puzzled. She asked Taozi, "How long have the accounts been recorded in these? Have they been sent directly to me in the past?" Taozi replied respectfully, "Miss, it is true. Every time it is sent, it is a full box, and you only need to take a general look, and then it will be sent to the Su family's villa for storage."

Su Yue felt a headache coming on when she heard that. She rubbed her temples and asked helplessly, "Then, do I need to read them all before sending them over?" Faced with the mountain of account books, she really felt overwhelmed.

"No need, Miss." Taozi said quickly, "You just need to randomly check a few books to see if there are any problems. If you find any problems, let me take them to Madam Tao."

Su Yue nodded, thinking that this would save a lot of trouble. She picked up an account book and opened it, but found that the handwriting on it was so dense that it dazzled her.

"What is this..." Su Yue muttered to herself, "I don't understand this."

Seeing this, Taozi suggested, "Why don't you find someone who knows about accounts to help check it?"

Su Yue thought about it and felt that this was a good idea, so she asked, "Can you read it?" Taozi quickly shook her head.

Su Yue frowned and asked in confusion: "Who among them can watch it?" Taozi shook her head helplessly again, with a look of confusion and helplessness in her eyes. Seeing this, Su Yue couldn't help but feel helpless. She sighed softly and said to Taozi earnestly: "In this case, call them all over, let's take a look together. If there are any questions, we can learn from each other and discuss. After all, there is strength in numbers. Maybe we can solve this problem together!" After that, Su Yue patted Taozi on the shoulder to express comfort and encouragement.

Taozi thought to herself, if Qiuzhu and the others knew that she was the one who came up with this idea, wouldn't they hate her? When she thought of this, Taozi couldn't help but pout, feeling aggrieved and helpless.

However, despite this, Taozi still decided to go find them. After all, there had to be a solution to this matter. So, Taozi walked with heavy steps towards the direction where Qiuzhu and others were.

As soon as Taozi left the house, she saw Li's mother and son. She thought about what the young lady said: there is strength in numbers, so why not call Sister Li as well? The young lady should not disagree.

Taozi came to Qiuzhu and the others and told them what happened. Qiuzhu frowned and said, "I don't understand this either." The others agreed. Taozi sighed and turned her gaze to Li: "Sister Li, why don't you come and take a look?" Li hesitated, but agreed. Everyone sat together and tried to interpret the account book. However, most people were confused, only Li seemed to understand a little. Seeing this, Su Yue felt a little relieved, "It seems that we still have to rely on Sister Li." So she asked Li to check the account book carefully to see if there was any problem. Li took the account book and looked through it carefully.

Su Yue managed to find several abacuses, but surprisingly, except for Sister Li, no one else knew how to use them! For Su Yue, this thing was quite old-fashioned!

In fact, Su Yue herself was not unfamiliar with the abacus - after all, she had learned how to operate it in the third grade of elementary school. But that was a long time ago. Since the end of that exam, she has almost never touched this thing again. It has been decades of memory.

Now that I have picked up the abacus again, I can barely remember some basic fingering techniques, which is already pretty good. However, if I want to really use it proficiently and calculate numbers accurately, I am afraid I still need to spend a lot of time practicing repeatedly~

Moreover, the data recorded in the account book actually used Chinese characters for counting! You know, Su Yue has always been accustomed to using more concise and clear Arabic numerals for counting and calculation! Facing this densely packed account book that looked like a heavenly book, she felt as if she had grown two heads on her head - it was really overwhelming!

However, since she wanted to find out how much her dowry was, she had to do her best to get it. So Su Yueqiang pulled herself together and took Li Sao and several other maids to participate in this arduous study: they not only had to re-recognize those complex Chinese characters and numbers, but also had to learn how to use the abacus, an ancient and mysterious calculation tool.

In this way, after five days of hard work, everyone finally settled the account book. And through this settlement, Su Yue also had a preliminary understanding of the original owner's income and expenditure in the past year:

It turned out that the original owner owned an escort agency called "Qifeng", which had an annual income of about 300,000 taels of silver; in addition, there was an inn called "Qixing", whose annual income also reached about 200,000 taels; as for the remaining industries such as bookstores, teahouses, money houses, pawnshops, etc., the annual income added up to about 1 million to 1.5 million taels.

In addition, a question was quietly growing in Su Yue's heart. Although the records in the account seemed quite obscure, a large amount of money was still missing every year. Although Su Yue had doubts in her heart, she never asked them out loud. She didn't even know whether Xiao Su Yue knew the inside story. There must be some unknown secret hidden in it, which was why Su Yue didn't want to explore it. She really didn't want to be involved in any vortex of right and wrong.

However, at this moment, Su Yue still lacked a clear enough understanding of the actual purchasing power of currency in this era - after all, she had just traveled here not long ago! Despite this, when she thought about the fact that the Marquis's Mansion was willing to spend a full 600,000 taels of silver to marry her, she couldn't help but secretly speculate in her heart: "It seems that... my dowry should be quite generous?"

What's more, some people wish she would die. Who wouldn't be tempted by so much silver? If she left the mansion with all these treasures, how could she keep them? She had to contact Old Man Su as soon as possible. With Old Man Su's support, she couldn't... or get along well with the Third Young Master and let him be her backer. Then wouldn't she be able to live a comfortable and prosperous life?

Where is this huge amount of silver now? The Marquis's Mansion obviously doesn't have so much, is it in his own courtyard? I really want to see what a spectacular scene it would be if millions of taels of silver were piled up like a mountain. Think about it, only giving the Marquis's Mansion 10,000 or 20,000 taels of silver every year is really a drop in the bucket! I gave it to them out of affection, and not giving it back is also my duty. Is this the so-called "a little rice is a favor, a peck of rice is a grudge"? How innocent is that little Su Yue!

My sister has become a wealthy woman now, which is a far cry from her previous life when she was just a well-off woman! Is this what she calls getting rich overnight? Unfortunately, she couldn't buy the luxury cars, mansions, private jets, and other items that she had dreamed of. After all, she had not yet fully learned how to appreciate the value of the various luxury goods that were popular in this era. As a result, her originally happy mood became less excited and thrilling. There was no point in thinking so much, so she just lived like this.