Chapter 134: Restraining the Wang Family
Mrs. Wang only thought that Mr. Nian had helped her by reporting false numbers, but unexpectedly she shot herself in the foot. Now the second wife has quit. She usually favors the second wife and gives her an extra tael, but now she favors the first wife. See
Mrs. Yuan argued endlessly, Mrs. Nian cried aggrievedly, and Mrs. Wang had a headache.
"That's enough. My eldest nephew and wife, haven't you suffered enough injustice? Why don't you tell the truth?"
Nian then said hesitantly and aggrievedly, "Yes, it's twenty taels of silver."
After hearing this, Yuan stopped making trouble, but rolled her eyes again. No wonder Nian was in such a tight situation. With two children and her uncle having to buy pens and ink, Yuan began to despise Wang again for being too stingy.
"The big house is worth two taels of silver, the third house is worth three taels of silver. My father calculates it as five taels of silver, and the two girls are one tael of silver. I calculate it as ten taels of silver for the eldest brother's room. The annual expenses are 252 taels.
We pay three hundred taels per year for favors and guests, but where do the remaining six or seven hundred taels go? This is just one year's harvest, and where are the accumulated gains over the years?"
"I, I can't live anymore. The sister-in-law who went out to marry has come back to sort out her family's affairs and take care of money matters. I can't live anymore."
This is Mrs. Wang, who started crying, made trouble, and hanged herself after she couldn't say anything. Mrs. Qiu cried with concern for her face, and only wiped her tears. After all, she was concerned about her own image. But Mrs. Wang's behavior made her look like a scoundrel. Tang had already touched her.
Her path has been cleared.
"Okay, there are a lot of elderly people, and your behavior is irrelevant to me. I have the final say today, and I won't argue with you. If you listen to what I say, we will do this. If you don't listen,
There are still some people in our Tang family who can write, so it’s up to you to write a letter of divorce.”
When Mrs. Wang heard about the divorce letter, she cried endlessly: "Sister-in-law, please don't do it. I, Wang Meijuan, have to serve my father-in-law and take care of my children and grandchildren. Why am I so miserable? In the end, my sister-in-law has no head and no face to ask for anything."
Give me a letter of divorce, woo hoo.”
Tang's people are too lazy to pay attention to her. She is more shameless than anyone else, and no one can compare to her.
Seeing that Mrs. Tang was unmoved at all and just looked at her acting coldly, and no one else tried to persuade her, Ms. Wang was immediately discouraged.
At that time, the Tang family was not as prosperous as it is now, and everything could hinder her. What's more, now that the Tang family is becoming more and more prosperous, with both sons serving as officials, and the son-in-law is the prefect of a state, the Wang family is a paper tiger and no longer dares to challenge the Tang family.
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Tang's voice is not loud, but his words are meaningful.
"Second nephew-in-law, help your mother up. If she can't sit still, our Tang family still has an ancestral hall and family traditions."
Mrs. Yuan quickly helped Ms. Wang. She admired her aunt's style more than Ms. Wang.
Knowing that Mrs. Tang would not accept her, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to say, "Sister-in-law, tell me, I will listen."
"The number of banquets increased to fifty. As my father's daughter, I contributed three hundred taels of silver for the banquets. My sister-in-law added another three hundred taels of silver and increased the number of pre-dinner orders to four plates. Do not ask for half a plum. The meaning is not good.
Eight dishes of cold dishes, the vegetarian dishes remain the same and four meat dishes are added. As for the hot dishes, add four more, one whole chicken and one duck each, one portion of boiled shrimp, one portion of goose feet with garlic paste. The second nephew and daughter-in-law will take care of the rest. If so,
If you do well and have some leftover, I will give my second nephew-in-law ten taels of hard work money."
When Yuan heard that she didn't have to pay back and could still get money, she immediately became active and said a little embarrassedly: "I originally planned to take thirty fishes from my parents' house to steam them, but now I can buy the fish from my parents' house, okay?"
Mrs. Tang nodded. Although Mrs. Yuan was a bit aggressive, her character was acceptable. She might have originally planned to ally with her parents and ask for fish to host the banquet.
"The dishes for the banquet are still bought at regular prices from the in-laws. We in the Tang family cannot say that we should ask the in-laws to pay for the banquet."
If she doesn't come forward, I don't know how many troubles the Wang family will cause today. By then, the Tang family's face will be completely ruined by the Wang family.
He added: "From now on, my sister-in-law will still be in charge of the general ledger at home, and I will leave the kitchen affairs to my second nephew-in-law."
Mrs. Wang's heart was bleeding, there was a lot of money in the kitchen, but she thought she was her daughter-in-law, forget it, it would be a good idea not to let anyone else have her money.
Wang agreed.
"The tea and snacks for this banquet, as well as the registration of favors, will be left to the eldest nephew's wife. When they are done, they will be rewarded with eight taels of silver. Don't say that the aunt is partial to the eldest nephew's wife. The work in the kitchen is not as easy as outside.
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Nian was a contented person and could not thank her enough. This money was already a lot for her. Yuan admired Tang even more. No wonder the Jiang family was getting rich day by day.
Mrs. Tang continued: "From now on, the eldest nephew and daughter-in-law will take care of the family's dealings with people, furniture and furnishings, and the purchase of pens, inks, paper and inkstones. In addition, the monthly payment for the second and second bedrooms in the big house will rise to four taels of silver, and the monthly payment can only be
It is handed over to the wives of each house. The monthly salary of the two girls has been increased to one tael. The girls are older. After all, they need face. It is better to have more money. Sister-in-law, what do you think?"
Mrs. Wang laughed heartily. She was given two major powers at once, and everyone also had to get a monthly salary increase. Mrs. Wang couldn't tell her the pain.
The reason why Mr. Tang fell down and had a stroke was because Tang Xiu suddenly exported a thousand taels of silver. Because he had no money to pay, he stole the title deeds of two shops and a real estate in his family to pay off the debt. Only then did the old man
I got sick and fainted. After being rescued, I ended up like this. I didn't dare to report this matter to Tang's family at first. Everyone in the family was beaten. At present, Tang's family doesn't know about it. If they knew it,
, why don’t you break Tang Xiu’s legs?
"My aunt has arranged it very well, so let's do it like this."
Mrs. Wang surrendered and agreed heartily. She was thinking that if these two powers were given away, she would probably not be able to get much money every year from now on. If her son who had been cheating on her lost more money and got into some trouble, her
The money is gone.
I was thinking about buying a decent dowry for Tang Bao.
Mrs. Tang looked at Mrs. Wang. She knew her little Jiujiu very well. It didn't mean that she could control Mrs. Wang at once. After all, this family still had the surname Tang. Just because she had frightened Mrs. Wang today did not mean that she would be able to stay in this family for a long time in the future.
If the two nephews and daughters-in-law are allowed to take charge of something, the Wang family does not dare to be too arrogant and should restrain each other.
Thinking of the Tang family today, it is worse than the Jiang family. Tang Lianshan has been studying all his life and has only passed the exam countless times to become a scholar. Now there are more than 50 people. If they really want to be able to read, they have to be like Cheng Nuobai.
How can I never pass the exam for the rest of my life?
The eldest nephew also followed his father. He only cares about reading. He thinks that all other things are of inferior quality. Only reading is good. He is a bookworm with no business and no power. He can only place his hopes on his two nephews and wives.
Chapter completed!