Remarrying Chun Yuan

The old lady never imagined that one day she would be treated like a grandson and scolded by him.

She was furious, coughing incessantly, and pointed at Liu Musheng, cursing, "You...you scoundrel!"

"Even if I'm a scoundrel, I wouldn't have had twins with my mistress!" Liu Musheng brought up the matter again.

Liu Chen was a little anxious. He didn't expect that Liu Musheng, who had always been hopeless, would actually start to clear his mind!

"The reputation of the Liu Family Trading Company over the years is priceless. Even though I only own 25% of the shares, I am reluctant to give them to you. This is the culmination of many years of hard work! Give me 100,000 taels, and I will give you all my shares. I will not take any of the other businesses of the Liu Family."

With 100,000 taels of silver, he could live a life of comfort and ease, and raise as many illegitimate children as he wanted.

"Ten thousand taels? Why don't you just rob someone? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning for saying that!" Liu Musheng became furious upon hearing these words!

"Isn't your father's reputation, built up over many years, worth this much money? Aren't you his own son? Don't underestimate your elder brother's abilities!" Liu Chen's forte was moral blackmail.

“Fourth Uncle is right, Father’s work is indeed priceless. I agree to 100,000 taels.” Liu Yuechu suddenly blurted out.

Liu Musheng looked at her and said, "Are you crazy? One hundred thousand taels! That's one hundred thousand taels! I don't agree, I won't agree! Don't be so stupid as to fall for my trick!"

Liu Yuechu looked at him and said, "I'm offering 100,000 taels to buy the shares of the business from the three of you. After you take the money, you will have nothing to do with the Liu family business anymore, and my grandmother's support will have nothing to do with me."

"If you agree, we'll sign the agreement and pay the money tomorrow. If any one of the three of you disagrees, then we'll pretend I never said anything."

Liu Yuechu left after saying this, knowing that her fourth uncle would agree and her third uncle, who was not present, would not refuse.

The reason she kicked Liu Musheng out was for Yuan Cuo's sake.

She wanted to use the painting of the southwestern frontier and other paintings from the merchant guild as a betrothal gift, even if he married her. This wasn't a rash or extravagant act; his future was indeed bright, and she admitted she was willing to help him achieve his goals, but it was also a way of using him, all to make up for her guilt.

However, she would need to make some of the 100,000 taels of silver to come up with. Her third and fourth uncles each had a 10,000 tael IOU, so she would need to raise another 80,000 taels.

It's unclear how much Liu Musheng can secure. She could postpone paying the money or use shares from other shops to offset part of it, so perhaps even 50,000 taels wouldn't be needed.

She returned to her courtyard and instructed Bai Shao to call Yao Wei and Song Liu'er over.

The two of them immediately flew into a rage upon hearing Liu Yuechu's plan!

"A merchant guild that hasn't had a single business in a month, and you're offering 100,000 taels?"

"Master, even if we've earned some money, we can't spend it like this!"

"I don't have 100,000, and I don't have 50,000 either. I don't agree with what you're doing!"

"Have you been getting a bit too cocky lately? Your behavior has become a bit arrogant. That's 100,000 taels of silver, not 100,000 grains of rice!"

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Both of them had dry mouths and hoarse throats. Yao Wei, who always obeyed Liu Yuechu, started to rebel today!

Liu Yuechu let them finish speaking, "I'm not discussing this with you, I'm making a decision. Even if I've been a little impulsive lately, what have I done wrong?"

She runs a rice, grain, cotton, and cloth general store, and supports shops on the verge of bankruptcy. Everything that comes into her hands is turned around and profits are made. No one can help but admire her for this.

Song Liu'er was depressed. "Then can you tell me why you spent such a high price to take back the Liu Family Business, and even bought back the shares held by the eldest young master?" In his opinion, this was a waste of money.

“I want to hand over the business to my son-in-law to manage.” Liu Yuechu said with a smile. “The business will also expand, incorporating small shops related to stationery and books, which he will manage together.”

"...It's over, this is ruined! How come once a woman gets married, her brain isn't her own anymore!" Song Liu'er was so angry that she was incoherent.

"Shouldn't you reconsider? I don't mean to belittle the son-in-law, but I'm worried that someone who's good at composing poetry might not have the ability to run a business." Yao Wei knew this wasn't a joke.

"I said he has it, so he definitely has it. You don't need to waste any more words. I've made my decision." Liu Yuechu was exhausted and had no time to ramble on.

But Song Liu'er still pressed on, "Are you sure you're only handing over the business to your son-in-law? There won't be any other shops for him, right?" If it was just this one thing, they would grit their teeth and bear it!

Liu Yuechu pondered for a moment, "Who can say for sure what the future holds?"

But with the two of them staring at her expectantly, she could only nod in agreement for the time being. Then she chased them out of the courtyard, as she needed to rest properly.

Song Liu'er and Yao Wei breathed a sigh of relief. They were very curious about what their future son-in-law had done to make Liu Yuechu so agitated. So the two of them asked the maids and servants. The servants told them that their future son-in-law had taken the only house he owned and won three thousand taels of silver from the casino.

The two exchanged a glance, and their hearts sank even further...

Liu Yuechu had no mood to think about it anymore. She slept soundly until dawn, a sound sleep she hadn't had in a long time, without even having a dream.

While eating breakfast, Liu Muchi told him about the solution that the third and fourth branches of the family had discussed with Liu Musheng: "Third, third, fourth, the eldest brother takes the fourth, because he took the initiative to assume the responsibility of supporting the old lady." No matter how much of a scoundrel he was, he knew that he was the eldest grandson of the eldest branch.

Liu Yuechu wasn't surprised. "Then let's set a time to go to the county government office to sign the contract and put our fingerprints on it!"

Three days later, Liu Yuechu forced 40,000 taels of silver from Song Liu'er and Yao Wei. She then arranged to meet Liu Chen and Liu Shang at the county government office, asking the registrar to draft a contract as witness, which also included the fulfillment of previous IOUs.

The two uncles took the silver, pressed their fingerprints on it, and turned to leave. Liu Musheng was also eyeing his 40,000 taels.

He had never seen so much silver before. Even if it were converted into silver notes, how thick that stack would be!

"Don't take your money. I'll give you 10% of the shares in the rice shop and the general store," Liu Yuechu said, pouring cold water on the situation.

Liu Musheng was like a deflated balloon; even just letting him handle things once to warm up was acceptable!

"Sure, but can I have it as half-finished?"

Why only half a percent?

"I want silver..."

"What do you need the money for?" Liu Yuechu wouldn't allow him to squander it; any expenditure exceeding a hundred taels of silver would be thoroughly investigated.

"I still want to try my best to propose marriage to the Vice Minister's family..." He lacks knowledge and family background, but he can make up for it with money, right?

Liu Yuechu rolled her eyes to the heavens. Still daydreaming?

"Why don't you ask Princess Chen for her opinion first?"

Liu Musheng had wanted to talk to Princess Chen about this for a long time, but he never had the chance. Now that his sister's matter had been settled, it wouldn't be presumptuous for him to bring up his own affairs, would it?

He hurriedly went to the princess's residence, and Liu Yuechu also planned to return.

She had barely left the county government office when Wei Gongming came out of the county magistrate's room.