After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

Bai Yanlang came with a lot of anger, but when he saw that there was only a bowl of stewed meat and a few plates of vegetarian dishes on the table, his anger was instantly turned into embarrassment.

Mrs. Lu put down her chopsticks and frowned, "What are you doing? Are you going to eat us mothers?"

"Haha, what are you talking about? I just got off work and came to have dinner with you."

Bai Yanlang pulled up a smile and shamelessly sat down on the empty chair next to Lu, and asked Cuizhu to prepare a set of bowls and chopsticks.

"Eat? I think you are here to eat people!"

Lu glared at him unhappily, picked up the chopsticks again, and gave a few pieces of stewed meat in the bowl to Bai Luochuan and Bai Youyou respectively.

Bai Yanlang looked at the empty plate with only soup left on it, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"Can't you leave me one piece?"

"The two children are growing up, and you, as a father, are fighting with them for food?"

After Lu picked up a piece of cabbage with her chopsticks, she pointed at the plate of stewed meat and said, "There is quite a bit of oil in the soup. You can pour the sauce over it and eat it."

Bai Yanlang was so angry that his mustache curled up. He wanted to throw down his chopsticks and leave, but he also knew that if he didn't eat this meal, he would have nothing to eat that night.

After eating two bowls of rice with the soup, Bai Yanlang put down his chopsticks and asked about what happened today.

"Qiao's small kitchen has run out of money to buy supplies. Please transfer two taels of silver to them tomorrow."

"Two taels of silver?"

Mrs. Lu wiped the grease stains on the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and sneered, "Two taels of silver is probably only enough for Aunt Qiao to buy a bird's nest."

Bai Youyou took a sip of the scented tea and raised her eyebrows to look at her father. "Dad, you didn't see the account book, did you? Aunt Qiao's small kitchen costs nearly a hundred taels of silver every month. I'm afraid two taels of silver is not enough to fill Aunt Qiao's wide teeth."

"Why are there so many?"

Bai Yanlang was also very surprised.

He had looked at the account book before, but he had not calculated the specific amount of expenses. He did not expect that a small kitchen would cost so much!

Yang Momo went to the inner room, took out the previous account book and placed it in front of him.

Mrs. Lu pursed her lips and said, "Here, the accounts are all here, take a look yourself, and don't come back and accuse me of abusing my aunt and being intolerant."

Bai Luochuan, who was standing by, was stunned. "How could Aunt Qiao's courtyard cost so much?"

His monthly salary was only ten taels of silver, but Aunt Qiao's small kitchen cost over a hundred taels a month!

The annual income of a slightly better farm is only three or four hundred taels. How many farms does she need to support herself in this year?

"So, brother, the eldest brother can afford a jade fan worth a hundred gold coins, the third brother can afford the four treasures of the study worth a hundred gold coins, and the fifth sister is a concubine's daughter, but she can afford a valuable oriental pearl headpiece."

Bai Youyou laughed and said, "Where do you think this silver came from?"

Bai Yanlang came here in a rage, but now he wanted to escape in disgrace.

"A small kitchen costs a hundred taels of silver a month. If a few dozen taels are deducted from it every month, in eighteen years, Aunt Qiao will probably have saved up ten thousand taels of silver."

"Ten thousand taels!" Bai Youyou counted on her fingers and clicked her tongue twice, "Sure enough, sows that can eat are fat and strong."

Bai Luochuan and Lu couldn't help laughing when they heard her sarcastic words. Bai Yanlang looked up and glared at her, "When you're full, go back to your own yard."

Bai Youyou ignored him and continued to talk to herself, "My eldest brother spent three thousand taels on the betrothal gifts, which is already very respectable. My third brother spent three thousand taels, and my fifth sister spent three thousand taels. This Aunt Qiao is very resourceful. She even collected all the betrothal gifts and dowries for her own children without making any noise."

She looked at Lu and sighed, "Look at you, you are the mistress of the house, but none of your concubines know how to make money."

Mrs. Lu also sighed and pretended to regret, "Oh, it's all my fault. I can't learn the tricks of a foxy woman. If I had known that I could get so much money by leaking two drops of cat urine, I would have tried harder."

"You're a troublemaker!"

Bai Yanlang glared at Bai Youyou with gritted teeth, his face turned red and black, and he grunted for a long time. In the end, he could only throw the account book and leave.

Xiaoju is young and can't control his emotions yet, so he burst out laughing.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just can't help it."

After saying that, she quickly covered her mouth and shook her thin shoulders.

Bai Luochuan looked at her and couldn't help laughing.

The mother and her two sons talked for a few more minutes before Bai Youyou and Bai Luochuan left.

In the darkness of the side room, Bai Yaoyao looked at the backs of the brother and sister with a sinister smile.

She held a painting of bamboo in ink and wash in her hand, and quietly hid it under the bed when Nanny Qian was away.

Bai Youyou had a rare leisurely day, and the next day she packed up and went to meet Zhao Qianqian.

The Shennv Lake is rippling with clear blue waves, and the sunlight shines on the lake surface, sparkling like bits of gold.

She came on time. Zhao Qianqian arrived early and was standing on the shore, pulling a piece of withered grass, looking bored.

Seeing her, Zhao Qianqian grinned and immediately trotted towards her, lifting her skirt.

"When will Xiao Huaijin arrive?"

The cold wind cut my face like a knife, and my skin became dry and tight. Coming to the lake in the middle of winter was really a torture.

"Should be arriving soon."

Zhao Qianqian looked at the sun above her head and felt like a death row prisoner waiting to be executed at noon.

Success or failure depends on today.

The two men hunched their necks, with their backs to the lake, their noses red from the cold wind.

Xiao Huaijin didn't come, but he unexpectedly met Qin Ran, the daughter of Qin Taifu.

When she saw Bai Youyou, it was like a cat seeing a mouse, and the light in her eyes was brighter than the sun above her head.

"Miss Bai, Qianqian!"

Bai Youyou felt a little scared when she saw her. The last time he chased her for five miles, her legs cramped when she slept at night.

She touched Zhao Qianqian's arm and asked, "Do you know each other well?"

Zhao Qianqian said 'hmm', "We've known each other for more than ten years."

"Is this person the same as you?" Bai Youyou asked meaningfully.

"Well, our lives depend on you."

"You can't just pick on me, or my reputation will be ruined far and wide."

Bai Youyou was a little distressed.

Although she didn't care much about it, Lu would be accused of not educating her daughter properly because of her.

"You can't live without me?"

"Yes, Yan Zi, how can we live without you!"

Zhao Qianqian grabbed her arm exaggeratedly and howled these words.

"Miss, Miss, Master Xiao is here!"

Zhao Qianqian's personal maid walked towards this side in small steps at a very fast speed.

"I'm coming."

Zhao Qianqian was very excited.

Bai Youyou saw a crimson figure from afar, and immediately reached out and pushed Zhao Qianqian, shouting, "Zhao Qianqian, who told you to pester Young Master Xiao?!"

"Why, why can't I befriend Mr. Xiao?"

Zhao Qianqian is also a drama queen. Her eyes are like faucets. When she turns the tap, tears start to fall.

Under a cypress tree not far away, Jiang Tingxiao was playing with a jade pendant in his hand, his eyes fixed on Bai Youyou and Zhao Qianqian with an amused look.