Haven't you eaten it just now? You still have to go out to eat it? Xiao Jingtang said unhappily: "A common concubine-taking ceremony, according to the threshold of the Xiao family, 500 taels is already a surplus. Don't talk big."

"I don't care. Just these two options. The second young master gave me no two thousand taels of silver. Even if I give one thousand taels, I will use it to blow firecrackers." He bulged his mouth and said gently: "As long as you give two thousand taels enough, there will be no inappropriateness in your happy event."

Looking at her, Xiao Jingtang sneered: "Did your bet-friendly mother lack money again? She forced you to dig my money like this?"

A mother who is gambled? Gentle Rou was stunned and lowered her head to recall.

Du Wenrou's mother Liu is indeed tempted to bet. Last time Shufang said that Du Wenrou's private money was sent back to the Du family, and she also paid her gambling debts. However, when Liu was forced to do so, she would still ask her for money when she was forced to do so, but she hadn't received a letter in a long time recently.

"I don't lack silver." He came to his senses and looked at the person in front of him with gentle and unhappy expressions, "But I just want it, are you going to give it?"

"...It's no different from a bandit." After half of his face darkened, Xiao Jingtang snorted: "Two thousand taels are given to you. If there is any inappropriate gift for taking concubines, you have to pay me twice as much."

"Don't worry." Gentle smiled, patted her chest and said, "Pack to me!"

If two thousand taels of silver can make her feel bad, Xiao Jingtang felt that it would not be a loss. Although Du Wenrou looks normal now, he is taking a concubine. As a good wife, she should feel uncomfortable even if she is free and easy.

Thinking of this, the second young master became less angry. He glanced at the account book in her hand, and didn't say much about anything else. He just said a few words that he had to control his expenses in the yard, and then left.

Gentle holding the account book, thinking about how much money a group of women can spend on cosmetics? As a result, he opened it and glanced, and almost fell to the ground.

"Shufang!" The voice trembled and gently pointed at the words on the account book and asked her: "How much money is this? I'm illiterate!"

Shu Fang was stunned and hurriedly helped her to take a look at the account book.

"...18,528 taels and six cents." She whispered: "Today is the end of the month, and this is the expense of our yard this month."

Is it time to eat gold for a month of 18,000 taels?! Wenrou shook for a long time before she stood up straight with her waist and took a look at the detailed accounts.

Fortunately, Xiao Jingtang spent 1500 taels to buy beads, which was considered a big deal. The regular use of other furniture was crossed out, and the backyard aunt's expense was 3,000 taels.

Three thousand taels! Gentle Rou is almost vomiting blood. She worked hard to sell a glass bead of only 1,500 taels. These prodigal girls have to spend so much money every month to eat and wear food and clothing? It is equivalent to three thousand stones of rice. How many people can they support?

It turns out that the wine and meat smell bad!

Taking a deep breath, gently clamped the account book and returned to the west courtyard, sat on the main seat and knocked on the table: "Let all the concubines come to my place for a meeting."

I have been busy with glass work and have no time to take a look at Xiao Jingtang's backyard. Now it's a chance. The errands are always in her hands, so she can't do it too badly.

Shufang responded and quickly ordered the little girls in the yard to invite someone. I wonder if I had eaten too much meat recently, and all the maids in the yard were energetic and did a lot of things. After a while, they invited all the four current concubines to the west courtyard.

The atmosphere in the hall was a little solemn in an instant.

Gently waved his hand and asked someone to put a plate of melon seeds on their hands, then raised his legs and kowtowed, "Everyone, please be at will, I'll just chat with you."

Four women with different makeup and temperament chose silence.

What good things can happen if the mistress is called to chat with? They all heard of it. When they meet a mistress like Du Wenrou, they can only admit that they are unlucky.

"If you have any instructions, just say it." Ruan Miaomeng was the one who broke the silence. She was a woman she had met gently. She looked a little friendly. Although there were holidays, she was still familiar.

So Wenrou looked at her and smiled, "I dare not take it as a command, but the second young master just gave me the backyard account book and asked me to reduce the backyard expenses."

Once this is said, it is not very happy that the person is a person. He ate well and was just a bite away, and no one would be happy.

"If you don't speak, I will assume that you agree." I glanced at the four people and smiled gently: "From now on, each aunt's monthly payment is fifty taels, including all clothes and jewelry. If the second young master has a reward, then it's different."

Fifty taels are actually a lot, Linglongxuan’s golden hairpin is usually only twenty taels per piece, not to mention that the money is spent on makeup, clothes and jewelry for those concubines in the mansion.

However, they had no regulations on monthly money before. If anyone had not enough money, they would go to the account to withdraw it. Each person would withdraw at least 200 taels per month. Suddenly, if they were strangled to death, it would naturally cause resistance.

The first person who was unhappy was Ruan Miaomeng. She stood up with a heavy face: "I heard that my wife was harsh in the morning, but I didn't expect that harshness would be like this. Fifty taels of silver, would you send the beggar?"

Not satisfied? He raised his eyebrows gently and replied with a smile: "If you use fifty taels of silver to send beggars, then the beggars waiting at my Xiao family can be shipped from Caishikou to Dongchengmen."

"..." Ruan Miaomeng frowned, unwilling to accept it. She likes gold, silver and jewelry the most, and collects a lot every month. Good shops outside also know that she will come to her home with good things. If she doesn't have the money to buy them, how embarrassing would it be?

Su Lanjin sighed: "Madam insists on setting the rules like this. We concubines have no choice. The account book is given by the master, so I guess the wife can't make the decision."

To put it nicely, Ling Wanmei and Murong Yin next to him understood that it was useless for them to argue in this West Courtyard. If you want to argue, you should go to the front of your master.

But... the women all knew in their hearts that they were just dependent on others. If they still complained about everything and went back to complain to them, they would ignore it.

So the hall fell silent again.

Gentle feeling the strong hostility emanated from the four people in front of her. She had already expected how many complaints Xiao Jingtang would receive. She felt happy when she thought about it. She knelt on melon seeds and spitted the skin, and said freely: "It would be best if you can understand me. This matter will be decided like this and will be implemented at the beginning of the month."

The four concubines stood up and left without saying a word. Their backs were full of anger. Gentle shivered and muttered in a low voice: "Why are these women a little strange? They are completely different from what I imagined."

"What do you think they look like?" Shufang asked.

He gestured gently: "As a concubine, some must be irritable, some are cunning, and they will come to grab my official position if they have nothing to do, and then there will be constant fighting in the yard."

He looked at her with a strange expression, and Shu Fang said, "Master, don't blame me. To be honest, these concubines are all their own. They have never had any fights between them, and they even rarely compete for favor. But you used to be quite annoyed with them and would cause trouble for them from time to time."

What? Gentle and dumbfounded: "They don't compete for favor?"

"If you don't fight, the second young master has a prescribed day to go to their yard every month and leave when he stays. The aunts prefer to buy things more than competing for favor. This is what makes the second young master a headache."

How bad is Xiao Jingtang's charm? None of the women who have really married him robbed him? Wenrou felt something was wrong. She was a woman who was jealous. If there were too many women in a yard, there would naturally be various conflicts due to jealousy. Why is the backyard of the Xiao family so peaceful?

There is only one possibility that these women don’t love Xiao Jingtang, and they were forced to marry him!

Women are rational when they don’t love someone. They are not only gentle and virtuous, but also considerate and not clingy, not pretentious or act like a man, giving absolute freedom.

Although pretentiousness and acting are not good things, especially those who do too much and use love as a cover for it, they deserve to be dumped, but they do not do anything at all and are jealous, so they will definitely have no feelings and do not have to think about it.

Poor Xiao Jingtang, who is beautiful, rich, and young, can't even handle such a woman?

There is no other reason to explain except not raising it!

Gentle sighed, thinking that this would be more at ease, at least I would have saved my innocence. But poor Mrs. Xiao wanted to hold her grandson, but her son...ah.

Xiao Jingtang was busy outside for a day, and when he came back, he smelled the smell of medicine in his yard.

"What?" he frowned.

Butler Xiao said with embarrassment: "Grandma Er Shao has sent you a table of medicinal food, saying that you can enjoy it well."

Medicinal food?

His eyebrows loosened, and he pursed his lips and continued walking in: "She is sensible."

It’s rare to care about him. The last time I cared about him was already half a month ago, right?

Sitting down at the table, Xiao Jingtang took a bite of the medicinal food on the table. He couldn't see what it was, so he took it first.

"It tastes pretty good." After eating, put down the chopsticks, Xiao Jingtang wiped his mouth and asked, "What kind of meat is this?"

"..." Butler Xiao didn't dare to answer, and his legs trembled: "Why would you rather go and ask the second young lady?"

"Okay." He got up, feeling that he might be full, and had strength all over his body, and felt hot when walking, so he simply took a walk to the west courtyard.

Wenrou felt that she was really the benefactor of the Xiao family. The box in front of her was filled with various aphrodisiac medicinal herbs. Tomorrow, she would have to make another table for Xiao Jingtang and then go and ask Mrs. Xiao for credit.

"What are you doing?" When Xiao Jingtang walked to the gate of the West Courtyard, he felt something was wrong. He didn't dare to enter: "Why didn't he eat me again?"

"Huh? Why are you here?" After looking at his appearance, Wen Rou hurriedly said, "Go to my aunt's yard, what are you doing here?"
Chapter completed!