Increase revenue and reduce expenditure

Author: The Peak of the World

Increase revenue and reduce expenditure

Let’s go back and talk about Rongguo Mansion.

Because Xue Baochai reminisced about the past with Shi Xiangyun in Hengwu Courtyard, after receiving the reward from the palace, she returned to the wedding room still a little distraught.

"Girl, are you tired?"

Seeing this, Xiangling said: "The bed has been scented with incense. If you are tired, you might as well lie down and rest first."

Aunt Xue also belatedly remembered that Baochai had barely slept a wink all night yesterday, so she also hurriedly advised her to rest for a while.

Xue Baochai was indeed exhausted physically and mentally, and soon fell asleep while lying on the bed.

In a confused state, he saw Baoyu walking in loudly, with no cover on his head, exposing his ugly appearance.

Baochai turned over and sat up, frowning and said, "How did you get in?"

Baoyu actually changed his previous submissive attitude and said with a pinched neck: "This is my home, I can come wherever I want!"

Seeing that he looked a little crazy and drunk, Xue Baochai didn't want to tangle with him anymore, so he called out to Ying'er, but no one answered after several calls.

At this time, Baoyu scolded impatiently: "What are you shouting for? Even if you scream, no one will agree!"

After saying that, he walked to the bed with a wicked smile on his face, and pounced on him with all his teeth and claws.

"what are you up to?!"

Xue Baochai was shocked and hurriedly struggled to dodge, but as a woman, how could she be a man's opponent?

Seeing that the sky and the earth were not responding, Baoyu suddenly heard the confused Baoyu excitedly say: "Sister Lin, sister Lin, I finally got you, I'm finally going to get you!"

Seeing that he had mistaken her for Daiyu, Baochai was so angry that she suddenly turned over and sat up with an angry roar. However, she saw that everything was quiet, except for a candle in front of the window and someone leaning against the wall.

The dozing Xiang Ling, what kind of hateful Jia Baoyu is there?

"girl?"

At this time, Xiangling was also awakened by her actions. She stood up and rubbed her eyes and asked, "You're awake. Do you want me to have someone heat up the dinner?"

It was indeed a dream!

Baochai breathed a long sigh of relief, hugged the quilt and asked, "What time is it?"

Xiang Ling took out a pocket watch, glanced at it, and replied: "It will be quarter past eleven [9:15 p.m.] soon."

Baochai saw that the pocket watch was strung up on a thin gold chain and looked like it was worth a lot of money. He couldn't help but smile and said: "It seems that Brother Jiao treats you very well - he didn't treat you like this when he was in our house in the early years."

Good things for you."

Xiangling said hurriedly: "The girl and my wife treated me very well back then!"

After saying that, he added: "The lady and the old lady over there treat me very well!"

Seeing her mouthing 'excellent', Xue Baochai couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, deliberately teasing her: "Then, which one of these two is better?"

Xiangling was asked and her mouth widened and she was speechless.

Just when Xue Baochai thought she wouldn't give an answer, he heard her say, "If you count the master, it's still better over there."

Baochai was stunned for a moment, but then he was relieved.

Yes, if you include Brother Jiao, there is no comparison between the two families. After all, the man is the head of the family.

Xiangling came over and put a coat on her, and asked: "Girl, would you like to get up to eat, or simply have some cakes and tea?"

Xue Baochai looked around and asked instead: "Where's my wife? Didn't you say you want to sleep here at night?"

"It's my aunt..."

As Xiang Ling was talking, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She poked her chin with her finger and thought for a moment, then changed her words: "My wife called my wife over to talk. She has been there for about half an hour."

"I said so."

Xue Baochai nodded, but didn't think much about it. After all, Mrs. Wang and Jia Baoyu obviously wanted to open a breakthrough from their mother.

She stood up while putting on her clothes and said: "Then just heat up a bowl of rice porridge. It's so late and eating too much can easily lead to accumulation of food."

Xiangling agreed and helped Xue Baochai get dressed first. After she sat in front of the dressing table, she took the time to go out and send a message. When she came back from outside not long after, Qingwen was with her.

"Miss Bao."

After Qingwen entered the door, she reported in a neutral tone: "Second Master Bao came here in the afternoon, but he just took a look from a distance and then left."

In fact, it is more accurate to say that he left after seeing Qingwen's cold face.

During the day, he actually found Qingwen appearing next to Sister Bao, but at that time he only thought it was when Xiangyun was visiting a doctor, and it was not convenient to bring too many people with him, so he temporarily asked them to follow Sister Bao.

It wasn't until I bumped into the frosty Qingwen again at the entrance of the hospital in the afternoon that I realized that Shi Xiangyun had temporarily seconded her here.

Because she was timid in the morning, Baoyu didn't dare to see Sister Bao. It was only Xiren's desperate persuasion that made her come here to show her attentiveness.

As a result, I bumped into Qingwen's cold face in front of the door. The courage I finally mustered up was completely gone, and I ran away.

"knew."

Baochai nodded.

When Qingwen saw that she had no further words, she said she was going to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of hot porridge and left the bridal chamber on her own.

After she left, Baochai asked Xiangling suspiciously: "Qingwen is not having a good time with you? Why do I see her keeping a straight face?"

"That's not the case. She just can't let go of the Yihongyuan thing. My wife and aunt have tried to solve it, but it doesn't seem to have any effect."

After hearing this, Baochai wanted to say that like a master, like a servant, but then he thought that Qingwen was already a member of the Jiao family, so it would be inappropriate to say this again, so he asked about Xiangling's whereabouts.

Daily news in that mansion.

Xiang Ling and her were former masters and servants. They were very close to each other, and they would not hide anything they could tell.

I heard that Jiao Shun would prepare some romantic surprises for Xiangyun from time to time. He was always very caring and would try his best to make her happy and relieve her boredom. Baochai felt envious and sad at the same time.

If that's all, the main reason is that Brother Jiao, who is so amiable at home, is so arrogant and famous outside - and only in this way can he really support the saying, "How can you not be a husband if you have a pity for a son?"

On the other hand, Baoyu's attitude towards relationships changes rapidly. Outside, he is even more muddy than can hold up the wall, so he can only be seen with his skin. But thinking about his ugly scabies now, it seems that this is his only advantage.

Everything is already crumbling.

Listening, thinking, and finishing the bowl of rice porridge intermittently, Xue Baochai realized that it was already past Haizheng [ten o'clock in the evening], and couldn't help but frowned: "Why hasn't the wife come back yet?"

"Perhaps the in-laws kept her overnight?"

Xiangling stopped talking without finishing her thoughts, stepped forward to take the empty bowl from Baochai, and said, "How about someone go over and ask?"

Baochai thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need, we are in this house, what else can happen to us?"

…………

No surprise at all.

Aunt Xue was just entangled by Jiao Shun, and it was difficult to escape for a while.

Although he has always preferred Aunt Xue among the two sisters, this time it was obvious that he was too partial.

But Aunt Xue thought that he was trying to comfort herself, and Mrs. Wang only thought that he was helping her to open Aunt Xue's mind. They were both in a state of self-movement, but little did they know that this thief was just thinking about Baochai.

Just full of motivation.

Although he, the 'middle man', worked hard to communicate well.

However, the two sisters did not reach an agreement in the end. After all, Jia Baoyu's performance was too crotch-stretching. Aunt Xue felt sorry for her daughter and naturally refused to let go easily.

In the end, Mrs. Wang could only work in vain and return home with a full harvest.

A night of silence.

The next day, Mrs. Wang got up late at three o'clock in the morning. As soon as she got dressed, she heard Caixia report that the third girl was here.

"Let her in."

Mrs. Wang replied lazily.

Not long after, Caixia brought Tanchun in and saw her sitting in front of the dressing table. She replaced Caiyun with ease, helped Mrs. Wang comb her hair, and said: "Madam, I came here to ask when the family's account books will be transferred."

Is it appropriate for my sister-in-law?"

Looking at the reflection in the mirror, she actually had a hint of amorous feelings, but she controlled it and didn't think much about it - after all, unlike Wang Xifeng, she would marry into the Jiao family sooner or later. If any shocking adultery was really revealed,

, but it will ruin your marriage.

Mrs. Wang didn't know that she had revealed something. When Tanchun mentioned the transfer of the account book, she frowned slightly and said after a while: "Don't worry, if your brother and her are in such trouble, it would be better for you to take care of it first."

What I am talking about is the ledger, but actually it refers to the rights of the mistress of the house.

"Mrs."

Tanchun heard this and said softly: "You have to rely on me. The more conflicts arise between my brother and my sister-in-law, the more we should hand over power as soon as possible. This way, my sister-in-law will be thinking of our good and it will be easier to forgive my brother."

Mrs. Wang heard her wake up and immediately thought that she had turned a corner. Now she only had this precious son. Sooner or later, the power of the housekeeper would be handed over to Baochai. Instead of delaying it unnecessarily, it was better to use it as a bargaining chip.

So he immediately changed his words and said: "Then you should make a handover with her as soon as possible. Now the account is quite abundant. After the account is settled, she should be able to feel more relieved."

Tanchun agreed, and continued to serve her after washing herself and eating, and then left the hut in Qingtang.

When I got home and picked up the account books that I had prepared a long time ago, and went to the wedding room in the front yard, I found that Baochai had already had a visitor.

"I asked why there was no one there in the morning. It turned out that I came to see Sister Bao." She smiled and stepped forward to say hello to Shi Xiangyun, and then said to Xue Baochai: "Sister-in-law, I came here specifically to unload my burden.

From now on, everything will be fine."

With that said, Ming Shishu and others placed several thick account books on the table.

"So you want to do an accounting."

Before Baochai could be found, Shi Xiangyun hurriedly stood up and waved his hand: "Then I won't accompany you anymore. It's time for the old lady to wake up. I'll go over there and have a look."

As he said this, he tried to escape.

"Don't forget to go to Luxue'an for a small gathering at noon."

Tanchun hurriedly chased her and reminded: "Otherwise I won't let you go tonight!"

"Got it!"

Shi Xiangyun agreed, but he was already gone.

"Look at her~!"

Tanchun went back to the house and said to Baochai who was looking at the account books: "I am really spoiled by Brother Jiao. I heard that I don't have to worry about anything at home. Sister Xing and Heping'er are in charge of everything."

After a pause, he added: "Sister-in-law..."

Baochai shook his head, interrupted her and said, "Let's just use the old name."

Tanchun knew that she didn't want him to be called 'sister-in-law', so he had to change his words: "Sister Bao, when Sister Feng was in charge of the house, I always felt that there were still many things that needed improvement, but I didn't understand until it was my turn to be the master of the house.

The difficulty in this.”

Baochai smiled and said, "I heard that my sister has done a great job in increasing revenue and reducing expenditure since she became the housekeeper. Even Sister Feng is willing to be inferior to her."

"It's just tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall."

Hearing Tanchun's humility, Baochai subconsciously opened the general ledger and glanced at the treasury balance. It turned out that there was a specific number so that he could praise Tanchun a few words, but when he saw the number above clearly, he was stunned.

After confirming it several times, I still asked in disbelief: "Did the family's balance be miscalculated? Why is there still as much as thirty thousand taels?"

Thirty thousand taels could only be considered a small amount of money for a noble family like Rong Guofu, but compared to a few months ago when there was almost no money available to help the Wang family with funeral arrangements, these thirty thousand taels are already considered a huge sum of money.

Tan Chun waved his hand and signaled Shi Shu and Xiang Ling to step aside for now, and then said: "This matter is a bit hard to talk about, but it's not that our family insists on taking advantage. In fact, the Wang family has no other way."

But it turns out that in order to prepare for the wedding, the Rongguo Mansion had to mortgage the tire shop's shares and dividends.

Originally, although this method could raise funds in the short term, due to the lack of income from the tire shop, it was almost impossible to redeem the pledged dry shares.

But at this time, Tanchun came up with an idea. He used the mortgage money to buy the Wang family's shares at a low price, then pledged part of it and redeemed the dividends. The rest, besides repairing holes and preparing for the wedding, he actually did more

The general had thirty thousand taels of silver left.

In this way, the family not only solved the short-term financial crisis, but also took the opportunity to expand future income. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

The only problem is that the situation is a bit ugly - the price difference between buying out the shares directly and pledging them is quite a bit different, not to mention that the Wang family has more shares than the Jia family [because the Jia family once sold part of it to Jiao Shun, which later became

After receiving Shi Xiangyun's dowry], the inside and outside were even worse.

In other words, the Wang family is now completely in decline, otherwise they would never agree to such a robberies deal.

When Jia Tanchun talked about this matter, he had to use some Spring and Autumn style of writing, but Xue Baochai still analyzed the inside story from it, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that it was true that a friend in need was a friend indeed.

However, regardless of the guilt, Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that after getting married, he would have to pay for his dowry and make up for the holes, but unexpectedly, he was still somewhat comfortable.

This way, at least there is no big problem in spending the new year. Even if the old lady has an emergency, she can still manage it.

So I couldn't help but sincerely admire Tanchun's management skills.

While Tanchun and Tanchun were discussing the issue of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, Mrs. Wang suddenly sent someone to invite them, not to Qingtang Cottage, but to Rongxi Hall.

Knowing that there must be something important, the aunt and sister hurriedly followed the messenger to Rongxi Hall.

Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were both frowning, but when they saw them coming in from the outside, they forced a smile and said, "Just now, great news came from the palace. On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the empress will go home again to visit the bride!"

"What?!"

Baochai and Tanchun exclaimed in unison. They both still had fresh memories of the scene when gold and silver were rising like mountains of gold. Now that they are coming to visit relatives again, wouldn't they force their families to go into debt?!
Chapter completed!