My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

"Sister Pearl, there's no need to be so polite. This is not the first time my husband has taken a concubine, and you don't have to worry about me so much. Go back and rest first! Zhan Yao... I have something to tell you."

Wen Qiqi said lightly.

Yu Zhenzhu sneered: "Sister, are you trying to snatch my man from me on my wedding night?"

Steal a man!

Wen Qiqi almost died of laughter!

If it were in her previous life, every time Lu Zhan Yao took a concubine, she would be heartbroken and would wait for dawn with tears in her eyes.

But in this life...

There are plenty of men, let you!

"Don't worry, I'll help you. Besides, this isn't a business, why bother fighting over it?"

The words hit Yu Zhenzhu in the face with a bang.

She wanted to retort, but Lu Zhanyao scolded her: "Zhenzhu, go back and wait for me first."

"Then you must come back early. I'll wait for you!"

Yu Zhenzhu's eyes were drawn, and she smiled as she walked to the door and stopped. "By the way, I specially asked someone to buy some chestnuts and peanuts. There is a saying in folk marriage that if the bed is covered with peanuts and chestnuts, there will be many children, blessings and sons..."

As soon as Yu Zhenzhu left, Lu Zhanyao closed the door and came to Wen Qiqi with a smile.

"Qiqi, Lord Yu is so kind, I can't refuse. Fortunately, you are tolerant and considerate... Zhenzhu is young, so don't bother with her."

“She is young, but she has a lot of experience.”

Wen Qiqi continued to slap Lu Zhanyao in the face, making him blush from face to neck.

I felt as sick as if I had eaten a hundred flies. I wanted to vomit but didn't dare open my mouth. I wanted to swallow but my stomach was churning.

Wen Qiqi smiled coldly: "Am I right? Besides, she is seventeen years old, not a child anymore! Since she has become your aunt and entered the Lu family, I, as the principal wife, must treat her equally."

"Just be fair."

Lu Zhanyao looked at the white moonlight outside, feeling a little impatient.

The Lu family is a scholarly family. Before he got married, he only had one woman, Aunt Mei, and he had never been to a red-light district.

"If there is nothing else, I will go back first. Today is our wedding day, I don't want to neglect Pearl."

"There is one thing."

Looking at the anxious Lu Zhanyao, Wen Qiqi turned around and shouted to Die Jiu, "Bring us the account book of our Lu Mansion?"

Ledger!

On his wedding night, what did Wen Qiqi do with the account book?

Could it be that he wanted to show off his housekeeping abilities to himself?

Lu Zhanyao pursed his lips and smiled, looking at Wen Qiqi sarcastically.

Mom is right, women are jealous!

Wen Qiqi may appear fine on the surface, but deep down she's probably already jealous, right?

In reality, Lu Shengshi is the steward of the Lu Mansion, and Wen Qiqi is just holding the title in vain. Is this worth showing off?

It seems that she is really afraid that if she gets pregnant with Yu Zhenzhu, she will completely forget about her as the main wife...

"Since I let you manage the household, I trust you. I don't need to look at the account book. It's getting late..."

"Let's take a look! Some accounts must be settled."

Wen Qiqi looked sullen as he opened the account book. "The expenses for the maids, servants and servants are about five hundred taels a year. At the end of the year, we give red envelopes to the children in each room, about two hundred taels. These are all the expenses that Sheng Shi and I spend before the New Year every year."

Lu Zhanyao was so angry that he laughed: "It's not like I don't trust you, why bother?"

Wen Qiqi also smiled and continued, "The tonic medicine used by mother every year... two hundred taels!"

"so much?"

Lu Zhanyao was shocked. Qiqi had never mentioned to him before that his mother needed two hundred taels of silver every year for medicine.

"Yes, Mom has always been worried about her health, and has always eaten the best white ganoderma and wild ginseng. These two things alone are very expensive!"

Over the years, she used to pay for it out of her own pocket, but a few days ago and last night she took some time to write it down clearly and included it neatly in the expenses of the Lu Mansion.

In her previous life, Madam Lu used Wen Qiqi's money to improve her health.

Then she helped her son and grandson to scheme against her, their daughter-in-law.

Finally, the Wen family is finished!

Madam Lu was so proud that she stepped on the back of her hand with a flushed face and said, "How is it? Wen Qiqi, old ginger is still spicy, right?"

She will never forget that scene.

The pain of breaking my hand bones is so severe that it still hurts even now when I recall it.

She paused and continued calmly:

"Sheng Shi is also in charge of the expenses of the mansion's food, drink, and toilet. Every year after the New Year, she will take out 500 taels from me without fail. In addition to the rouge and powder for each room, house repairs, and teachers giving lessons... all the miscellaneous expenses, it will cost another 200 taels every year."

After reading all of them, Wen Qiqi closed the account book and looked at Lu Zhanyao: "So, the annual expenditure of the Lu Mansion is about 1,600 taels."

Lu Zhanyao was surprised, but he still said confidently: "Forget it, more people means more expenses, and my mother's medicine can't be replaced with cheaper ones. Just keep the status quo in the future."

Wen Qiqi looked at Lu Zhanyao and shook her head: "I'm afraid I can't keep it up."

"What do you mean?"

Lu Zhanyao hid the anger in his eyes and looked up at her.

"You haven't calculated how much your family earns in a year, have you? Your three shops earn at most 500 taels a year, and the rent of your farmland in your hometown is only 300 taels."

In fact, the rent for the land was three hundred and fifty taels, and Mrs. Lu asked Lu Shengshi to secretly keep some private money.

But the Lu family attached great importance to the eight hundred taels of silver handed over to Wen Qiqi.

Whenever money is needed, the old lady would say that the Lu family is wealthy and powerful, and that a lean camel is better than a horse!

The Lu family appointed Wen Qiqi as the housekeeper. She felt that they trusted her in her previous life.

The family's expenses were insufficient, so she had to bear the great pressure and secretly take the dowry given to her by her mother to the pawn shop to exchange for money again and again to fill the deficit of the Lu Mansion!

Every item of dowry that Wen's mother gave to Wen Qiqi was very precious, and selling one of them would bring in several hundred taels of silver.

The Lu family spent money like water, and it was comparable to the Yu and Qin families in Kyoto...

But what are the status of the Yu Mansion and the Qin Mansion?

It was only slightly inferior to the Wen Mansion...

Madam Lu insisted on stringing the small fish onto the big string!

The atmosphere became extremely awkward. Lu Zhanyao hated being looked down upon the most.

What's more, the one who put the matter of silver in front of him today was Wen Qiqi!

She is just a wife who married him and is unable to have children!

"Didn't I give you my salary?"

He raised his eyes and looked at Wen Qiqi, sitting upright.

He really didn't believe that Wen Qiqi would break up with him and settle all the accounts.

"Yes, but it was only in the first year of our marriage that you gave me eight hundred taels."

Wen Qiqi remembered clearly that later on, Lu Zhanyao no longer mentioned the issue of salary, and she was too embarrassed to ask for it.

"So over the years, I have put in more than three thousand taels of silver..."

"Wen Qiqi!"

Lu Zhanyao could no longer tolerate this. He realized that when Qiqi read the account book to him, she really wanted to settle the accounts with him and his wife!

"Haha, I really overestimated you! I thought the daughter of your Wen family was broad-minded and sensible, which is why you let Zhenzhu in. I didn't expect... you clearly wanted to make things difficult for me tonight!"

Lu Zhanyao tugged at the bright red wedding gown, panting angrily: "I know you're lonely, but since you can't have children, what's the point of me staying with you?"

He changed the subject and directly threw dirty water on others.

He was sure that Wen Qiqi would feel ashamed, cry bitterly, and never mention the money again.

"Don't stay with me. It's really useless."

Wen Qiqi touched her belly and said, "I can't give birth to your child."

She looked sad, but in fact she was very happy!

My child, you must grow up well!

Did you hear me? I, your mother, am settling accounts with this beast and asking him to pay back the money for you to spend...