By reading my mind, I defeated the crazy regent

The old woman sneered with disdain, "You were once a high-ranking official, but I didn't expect you to be so stingy now. You want to hire a maid for such a small sum of money?"

"The servants of your Tang family don't get more than half a tael of silver every month, right?"

Tang Qishan knew that this old woman was trying to raise the price again. This was the third time in the past half month.

"Half a dollar? My servants are completely obedient and serve me all day long. You work for a long time and still don't obey, and you still want a higher monthly salary? You're dreaming."

The old woman was furious. She slapped her thighs and started howling, and the neighbors could hear her howling.

"Oh my God, is there any justice in this? I work so hard for him and earn my hard-earned money. I haven't been lazy at all. This Mr. Tang is so mean."

"I work so hard for only a few cents, and you dare to complain that my work is not good enough and expect me to obey you?"

"How can I be obedient? I'm old. If it weren't for the need to help with the family income, would I have to come here and endure this humiliation?"

"This is too inhumane. Can someone give me some advice?"

Tang Qishan had never dealt with such an old shrew before, so he kept scolding her with a sullen face, telling her to shut up.

But the old shrew is so powerful, you want me to shut up? I'll make you drink a pot first.

"It's terrible! This Mr. Tang is trying to block my mouth and stop me from speaking. Even my old man at home doesn't dare to do this to me."

"Money is hard to earn, but shit is hard to eat. Do I have to eat this shit just to make a little money? I won't do it."

Tang Qishan still wanted to save face. When he heard that many people had come outside and were watching the fun, he had to compromise with a gloomy face.

"Stop yelling, I'll give you a raise, okay?"

The old woman glared at him with her triangular eyes and asked, "How much can you give me?"

Very realistic.

Tang Qishan gritted his teeth and said, "One tael of silver a month, is that okay?"

The old woman was not very satisfied. She was also cunning and wanted to make more money, but she also knew when to stop. After all, she was not a young and beautiful maid.

Don't let the time pass when you can't even earn this little bit of silver.

The old woman smiled brightly and said, "Master Tang is indeed a former official. He is very generous in his actions."

"Don't bother with an old woman like me. I'll go make you some food right now. You must be hungry."

Tang Qishan didn't want to say a word to the old shrew. He stared at her as she twisted her fat butt, gritting his teeth in anger.

He didn't have much money on him now, and he was kicked out of the store so suddenly that he didn't have time to get any money.

My family does have their own little treasury, but there’s no going back to that.

Faced with a situation where money was required everywhere, Tang Qishan thought of the house filled with gold, silver and jewelry.

Looks like it's time to go there and withdraw the money.

Thinking of this, Tang Qishan couldn't help but feel very proud.

Fortunately, I knew my own limitations and transferred all the money and dowry from Tang Qiansui in advance. I kept them for my own use and felt at ease.

It was a good thing that he had forced Tang Yingying to hand over the key before, otherwise everything would be difficult now.

Tang Yingying has become alienated from him, and such a daughter cannot be trusted.

With the death of his only son, Tang Qishan has completely lost all hope in life and now he just muddles through.

If there was anything that supported Tang Qishan, it was his desire to make Tang Qiansui suffer retribution.

He firmly believed that it was Tang Qiansui who killed his only son, so Tang Qiansui's life must be paid for.

Tang Qishan thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out how to make Tang Qiansui die a miserable death.

The old woman called out, "Master Tang, come and have dinner."

Tang Qishan was also hungry, so he got up and went into the house. When he saw two plates of watery dishes on the table, his face suddenly darkened.

"I give you money to buy groceries every day, and you give me this to eat? Is this food for humans?"

The old woman curled her lips and said, "How can it not be eaten by humans? Every household of ordinary people eats this stuff."

"Master Tang, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're no longer an official from a wealthy family. You still have to live frugally."

"Look, you spend a good tael of silver on your own groceries every day, and you give me one tael of silver as my monthly allowance. Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"

Tang Qishan was completely furious: "If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, get out. Stop bargaining with me."

A lowly maid, you dare to compare yourself with me, the master? Of course the master must eat well, and you, a lowly maid, are just a servant. You really can't tell the difference between your status.

Seeing that Tang Qishan was really angry, the old woman didn't dare to say anything more and walked out in a huff.

"Eat if you want, or you won't. If you don't, you'll starve to death."

The old woman muttered something outside.

In the end, Tang Qishan didn't eat the two disgusting dishes. He asked the old woman to leave and then went out himself.

He wanted to go to the house first to take out some money and find out why Tang Qiansui was not moving.

As soon as Tang Qishan left, a sneaky old woman came to his house. She looked left and right, and only dared to knock on the door when she saw that there was no one there.

But after knocking on the door, the old woman was obviously nervous. She was still wearing a headscarf, but she just held on to it tightly, fearing that others would see her appearance.

After waiting for a while, no one opened the door, so she knocked on the door again anxiously.

This time the old woman didn't wait, she just threw a note into the yard and left quickly.

Tang Qishan cautiously came to the house, looked around, and made sure that he was not being followed before going in.

As soon as the door closed, Tang Qishan immediately returned to his old master's appearance.

"How's things going at home lately? Is everything alright?"

He felt the awe-inspiring gazes of the servants, and finally felt relieved.

The butler said timidly, "Master, you are finally back. There is something I must tell you."

Tang Qishan frowned: "What's the matter?"

Now that the housekeeper knew that Tang Qishan had arrived, the matter could no longer be concealed.

"The eldest lady came here before and asked me to open the door to the treasury, saying that if she forgot to bring it..."

Before the butler could finish his words, Tang Qishan interrupted him rudely.

"What did you say? Tang Qiansui came here?! How could she possibly know this place?!"

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "No, no, it's Miss Tang Yingying. She asked everyone here to call her Miss."

Tang Qishan was stunned and remembered that there was such a thing.

Tang Yingying was jealous of Tang Qiansui, so she said that she wanted everyone in the family to call her the eldest lady.

At that time, Tang Qishan still loved Tang Yingying, so he agreed.

"Huh, she's been here? How dare she come? It's not that she forgot to bring her keys, but I took them back from her."

"She actually dared to lie. Remember this: Tang Yingying is not allowed to come in from now on. Everything here has nothing to do with Tang Yingying. Tang Yingying is not allowed to take a single cent."