Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Mrs. Xu Wang then laid out her plan for dividing the family fortune: "Let's put the house and land aside for now and talk about the cash from the public treasury. What your father left us was all spent during those difficult years. Later, Huaize started to earn some money, and over the years, his family has paid me a total of 120 taels. After deducting the normal expenses of the family over the years, there should be 80 taels left."

Eighty taels?

Everyone present was shocked. The Xu family was so stingy that they could barely get enough to eat, yet it turned out they had so much money in savings.

The Xu family, who just talked about squandering their wealth and hard work, and saying that they were in a difficult situation, doesn’t it seem that things are not so difficult anymore?

"Listen to me." Xu Wangshi interrupted their joy and said somewhat dejectedly, "Don't you really think you have so much money that you have nowhere to spend it?"

"When Xue girl got married, I gave her five taels of silver for her wedding." Xu Wangshi glanced at He Xiangmei and Xu Nianyue as she said this. "The eldest girl took the lead, and Yue girl followed suit. But from now on, when each of you gets married, I won't be in charge."

What, my daughter has it but my son doesn’t!

Zhao Shuqin, who had no daughter, was suppressed by Xu Huaize just as she was about to stand out.

Today's matter was brought up because of his son's marriage. Finally, all the attention was on his second brother, and he didn't want to be accused of being unfilial at this time.

Seeing that the third branch with two sons did not fight for it, Su Li naturally did not dare to bring the blame back to her own family when Xu Huaichuan did not say anything.

Everyone in the hall decided to listen first.

But they were also quite surprised. Mrs. Xu was willing to give her granddaughter a dowry of five taels?

The fact that Xu Wangshi dared to say these things openly means that what she said is true.

But when Xu Nianxue got married, she only made two quilts and two sets of clothes, along with some of the man's betrothal gifts, and she didn't even see any jewelry. How could she have spent five taels?

Everyone kept silent, knowing that the person most likely to have taken the money was He Xiangmei.

For a moment, everyone, including Xu Huaishan's expression when looking at He Xiangmei, looked wrong.

……

"Cheng Zi attended private school for five years, spending two taels on books, one tael on annual tuition, and one tael on writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. Altogether, he spent almost twelve taels."

……

"Grandma, I don't want to study anymore." Xu Chengzi didn't like studying very much. He went to private school partly because many of his age people in the village were there, and partly because his mother said that grandma always exploited their eldest son and forced them to farm. He used the name of studying to give his eldest son a break.

No one has ever calculated how much money was spent in total or whether it was wasted.

Xu Wangshi knew what her eldest daughter-in-law was thinking. She glanced at her grandson and said, "You should discuss this matter with your parents, so that they won't kneel in front of my bed for another night and keep me awake."

Now, the couple in the eldest wife lowered their heads.

……

"The second family's dirty deeds cost us more than ten taels of silver in total." Xu Wangshi didn't even want to look at the second house and went straight to the next expense.

"When Si Nong was beaten and sent home, I gave her five taels of personal silver."

! !

Everyone was surprised again. Xu Si Nong had been married for so many years, but only when her father Xu was still alive would he return the gift when she returned home.

Ever since her father died, Xu Wangshi has been asking for money from her. Why did she give her private money?

Xu Huaize had long felt that his family was unreliable, and he had even advised his clever sister not to be willingly sucked dry by his mother time and time again. But then… his mother even compensated his elder sister?!

Xu Huaize looked at his mother, whom he always felt was unfair to others, and felt mixed emotions.

Xu Wangshi ignored the expressions of the others and said with a hint of resentment, "I can beat and scold my daughter, so how dare the Yang family do that? Si Nong just hasn't learned the way I used to control your father. If I want her to hold the power of the Yang family in her hands, what's wrong with paying me filial tribute every month?"

I'm not asking her to empty the Yang family's house!

……

This logic seems a bit distorted.

Xu Siyu looked at Xu Wangshi. It seemed that his mother had high hopes for the Xu family's daughter!

After Xu Wangshi made her declaration as the head of the household, she called for more people.

"The third one?"

"Hey, mother." Xu Huaize answered respectfully.

"I would like you to leave ten taels of silver as a dowry for your younger sister."

"Mother, what are you talking about? That's the public money, you have the final say."

"Okay. Don't worry, you know your little sister's abilities. She might be able to earn it back for you soon."

The reason why Xu Wangshi couldn't help but teach Xu Huaichuan a lesson was that, apart from her second son Hun, what hurt her the most was that he looked down on her precious daughter, his own sister.

It was said that the mountain god had appeared in her dreams, and Xu Siyu came to the Xu family with blessings. Look, it has begun to manifest itself.

But the second son’s family doesn’t deserve this blessing.

"How much silver is left?" asked Xu Wangshi, actually wanting to wait for Xu Huaize to tell her the number.

"Grandma, there are still thirty-three taels left." Xu Chengjie, who was secretly learning how to count in the restaurant, answered quickly.

His mother and brother knew that they couldn't speak at this time, but they didn't hold him back.

……

After a moment's silence, Xu Wang slowly stood up and walked into the inner room. After a while, she came out holding a pottery jar.

"Cheng Zi, come and write."

Xu Wang took out four land deeds from the pottery jar, took out two and put them on the table and said, "Huaishan is the eldest son, so according to the rules, he will get the biggest share. The land in the family is taken care of by him and his wife, so all eight acres will be divided among them." One acre of land is worth about five taels, so eight acres of land can be worth forty taels.

"Third brother, here are the thirty-three taels Cheng Jie just calculated. I'll give them all to you."

Xu Huaize took the pottery jar in a daze, not daring to speak.

"As for this house and yard, it was built by your father. Now that I'm still alive, I'll just live here. So the deed is with me for now.

The elder brother takes care of me, and as the eldest brother is my father, you should take care of my unmarried sister.

When I am a hundred years old, the boss will bury me and this place will be yours.

But, this house is still mine, you understand?"

When talking about his affairs after death, Xu Huaishan didn't care what his mother said and just kept nodding.

"And third brother, since the family has split up, you'll be renting here. Give me... fifty cents a month in rent. Of course, if you and your family don't think it's worth it, you can move to a better place. Come back and visit me, an old woman, during the holidays."

"Mom, we won't move. I'll pay you rent and honor you."

"Well, by the way, from now on, will you live with the eldest son or start your own cooking? You two brothers should discuss this separately."

"Let's team up, let's team up, we are still a family."

Xu Wangshi nodded with satisfaction to Xu Huaishan and Xu Huaize, and then looked at Xu Laoer's family who were exhausted from being criticized.

"Xu Huaichuan, today..."

Xu Wang looked up at the sky and saw that it was pitch dark outside the house.

"Move here tomorrow morning. From now on, I won't force you to acknowledge me as your mother or respect me."

Xu Wangshi threw a land deed to them.

It was an old house in the east of the village, which had been empty for many years.