I just want to rob you of your luck

Xiaoyun walked forward with great tact and placed all the account books in the mansion on the table.

"Aunt, you can take a look at the account book. If you have any questions, please let me know. I'll be back first."

The old lady was dumbfounded and a little anxious. This damn girl suddenly returned the housekeeper power to her. What did this mean?

"Jiu'er, are you still angry about Zijie and Rou'er? Don't worry, she is just a concubine and will never surpass you."

"Aunt, I really didn't mean this. After all, we're getting married soon, and you can't let me handle the betrothal gifts by myself, right? Besides, I still have to go back to the Lin family before the wedding."

The old lady has just lived a few years of good life and doesn't want to deal with these troublesome matters.

In the past, Lin Jiuer had always been obedient to her, and she really thought that she didn't need to worry about the betrothal gifts.

Besides, she herself knew that the accounts in the mansion were clear at a glance. With such a small amount of money, the bulk of the expenses were actually paid by Lin Jiuer herself.

Lin Jiuer also helped the general's mansion to purchase several shops and land, thus maintaining the dignity of the general's mansion.

Although the old lady was angry when she heard Lin Jiuer say this, she couldn't lose her temper. If it got out, people would laugh at her.

It is really unacceptable that a general's mansion would let the daughter-in-law, who has not yet married into the family, to prepare her own betrothal gifts.

But the old lady had already remembered this account with Lin Jiuer, and she secretly vowed in her heart that she would deal with Lin Jiuer after she got married.

By then, she will have to serve her obediently and continue to take care of the household expenses. Moreover, the Lin family's dowry will definitely be very generous, and it will all belong to the general's mansion in the future.

After the old lady figured it out, she said calmly, "Well, then you can just wait to get married."

Lin Jiuer didn't bother to look at her expression and stood up directly: "Yes, by the way, there is something going on at the Lin's shop today, so I have to go out for a while, so you don't have to wait for me for lunch."

The old lady was so angry. How come Lin Jiuer became like a different person after her son came back?

You're always making things difficult for her! What? You're already turning your back on her and refusing to serve your mother-in-law before you even get in the door?

Why haven't I seen her so busy before? I stay with her in the mansion every day.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she waved her hand impatiently.

Lin Jiuer bowed and then left with Xiaoyun.

Xiaoyun doesn’t know why the young lady has changed so much now, but she is a little happy in her heart. The young lady really wronged herself in the past.

This is good, but she is still a little worried: "Miss, if you treat the old lady like this, will she go to General Xiao to complain?"

"It's up to her, she can tell or not."

"But you're going to get married in a dozen days. If you treat her like this, what will she do if she bullies you in the future?"

Lin Jiuer curled her lips and smiled. She had no intention of marrying into this general's mansion, so there was no need to worry about any bad consequences.

But I can’t tell Xiaoyun for the time being. This girl is very naive and it would be bad if she accidentally revealed it.

After Lin Jiuer left, the old lady opened the account book and took a look. The accounts were clear and there was no mistake to be found.

When the old lady saw the account balance, her mood became even worse.

There were still 18,000 taels of silver left in the account of the General's Mansion, 10,000 taels of which were the reward given by the Emperor for Xiao Zijie's victorious return.

This amount of money is considered a huge sum for an ordinary family, but it is too little for a family of a fourth-rank official like theirs.

What's more, we have to prepare a betrothal gift for Lin Jiuer, and the wedding banquet will be held soon. These are all matters of face and cannot be missed.

How could such a small amount of money be enough? The old lady was at a loss.

It's all Lin Jiuer's fault. She has no tolerance for others at all. Just for the trivial matter of taking a concubine, she had to make such a fuss and put her in a difficult position.

Zijie is now the youngest fourth-rank cavalry general in the court, and his future is limitless.

There were countless women who wanted to marry him. For a merchant girl like her, it was such a blessing that her ancestors were able to marry into his family.

How dare you cause trouble!

Merchant girls are not presentable, no matter how rich their families are.

When I marry her in the future, I will give my son a few concubines to annoy her and see if she dares to make trouble again.

She didn't feel that her son's behavior was wrong at all, nor did she think about how much money and material support Lin Jiuer had paid for her son to be promoted so quickly.

Just then, Nanny Li came in, her face full of anger.

"Madam, I went shopping today. I wanted to get some good fabrics from the Lin family cloth shop to make you some new clothes, but I was told that I had to pay for them. I went to the Lin family jewelry shop and encountered the same thing. What's going on with the Lin family?"

The old lady's face turned blue with anger. What was Lin Jiuer trying to do? Was she really planning to break up with her?

Or was he deliberately trying to control her? If so, wouldn't she, an old lady, have to live under Lin Jiuer's will in the future?

It's simply the opposite of Tian Gang! The old lady slammed the table in anger.

"You're so rebellious! You dare to do this before you even get married. What will happen in the future? Have someone keep an eye on him. When Zijie comes back, ask him to come over as soon as he gets back!"

"Yes, old lady."

Lin Jiuer went out to find her mother this time just to arrange this matter. In order to make things easier, her mother set up a private room in her own teahouse for office use.

It is equivalent to a modern group headquarters office.

Lin Jiuer arrived at the office and found her mother, but at the same time she also saw an elegant middle-aged man in the private room.

Yao saw Lin Jiuer and smiled, "Why are you here again today? Didn't you just go home and stay overnight yesterday? Are you missing your mother again?"

Lin Jiuer liked Yao’s personality very much. Besides, she was the only relative of her original body, so Lin Jiuer was naturally very close to her.

"Yes, my daughter feels uncomfortable if she doesn't see her mother for a day."

Yao rolled her eyes at her amusedly, then said sternly, "Why don't you pay your respects to your uncle An?"

The original body seemed to know this middle-aged man, but he did not have a deep impression of him.

Lin Jiuer bowed to the man and said, "Hello, Uncle An."

The man smiled slightly: "Jiu'er has grown up. Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, Jiu'er is going to get married."

Yao glanced at Situ An, smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, time flies so fast."

Lin Jiuer looked at Yao and then at Uncle An, and always felt that there was something wrong in the atmosphere between the two of them.

The man saw that Lin Jiuer seemed to have something to say to Yao, so he stood up and said goodbye.

"Ahua, I'll take my leave now. I'll let you know once I've made arrangements regarding the tea leaves."

That’s right, Yao’s full name is Yao Chunhua, and people close to her call her Ahua.

Yao nodded and stood up to see the guest off: "Thank you for your hard work."

After the man left, Lin Jiuer asked curiously, "Mom, is there something going on between you and Uncle An?"

Yao was so angry that she laughed. In this era, which child would dare to ask such a rebellious question casually? What's more, this was related to the reputation of the girl, even if she was already a widow.

"Don't talk nonsense. He is just a partner of our teahouse. This time he came to discuss the purchase of goods with me."

Lin Jiuer nodded. Lin's Teahouse is a chain store with branches in Beijing and many other cities. It is normal to have a partner.

However, she still felt that Uncle An's eyes were looking at Yao in an unusual way.

One of the system tasks this time is to let the original owner and his mother live a happy life.

So if that person is nice to her mother, she will definitely not mind, and may even be happy to see it happen.

After all, the original owner's father had been dead for five years, and the mourning period had long passed. She would feel relieved to have a man to live with in the future.

"Jiuer, do you have something to ask your mother?" Yao interrupted her thoughts and asked.

"Yes, mother. I want you to help me arrange for someone to buy the shops and lands of the general's mansion."