At that time, the Yao family was actually "going out more than coming in" and they were just spending their "savings".
However, the Marquis was favored by the emperor, and it was not the salary he received to support his family, but the emperor's rewards and various invisible incomes. But as the Marquis grew older and the old emperor passed away, the Yao family also
Not so favored.
The salary is still the same, the favor is still the same, but the emperor's reward is gone, and the invisible income is also reduced.
If at this time, the Yao family had a clearer mind and married a matron who knew how to run the house, they would not have become like this now.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Hou Ye was not a particularly discerning person, so she married the original owner.
As the founding prince of the country, the old prince was not without his merits. For example, he knew that he was in charge of military power, and he was too favored. He had no intention of raising a particularly outstanding son to embarrass the emperor, so he raised Mr. Yao to be "waste".
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When he was alive, Mr. Yao was fine, and he just had to listen to his father's words. But once he died, Mr. Yao was no longer good - he was not smart, he was easy to be flattered, he was careless, and he forgot who he was.
In addition, the original owner was also holding back, enjoying the remnants of the past of the Marquis Mansion, but never thought about whether the Yao family could maintain such a good scene once the Marquis died.
Therefore, when the Marquis died, all the invisible income of the Yao family except the 700 households owned by Mr. Yao was cut off. However, no one in the Yao family realized that their family had a great business and a skinny camel was bigger than a horse.
, still swollen his face and tried his best to maintain the prosperity he had when the Marquis was still there.
What good results can come from this kind of behavior of sitting on nothing?
Once Master Yao dies, the Yao family will be left with nothing but an empty shell.
It was only then that the original owner was shocked to realize the truth: the Yao family, which had "struggled to maintain its prosperity while the Marquis was still alive", had long become a joke in the capital.
The original owner was vomiting blood, but she was a housewife, so what could she do?
She came up with a "sexy idea" - using the excuse of being sad about the passing of Mr. Yao, she moved her family with her.
However, this woman was stupid and wanted to save face. Even if she "moved", she would not let go of the glory of the Yao family. She only sold some of her maids and slaves, and some of them stayed in the capital to look after the Yao family's yard; the other part moved to Yunnan with the Yao family.
Yangcheng.
What she was thinking was that all the maids and slaves in the capital could do was keep an eye on the Yao family's doorkeepers and trace their traces behind closed doors. Firstly, they could spend less money, and secondly, they could save the Yao family's face.
As for Yunyang City, it is some distance from the capital, but it is not a small town. Not only can she spend less money to meet the Yao family's daily expenses and support it for a few more years; at the same time, she can comfort herself that she just moved far away from the capital.
It's a little further away, but it's not like I've completely left the circle of the capital city.
Gu Qingling: "..."
When Lu Qingling dug out these contents from the memory of the original owner, she almost wanted to vomit blood.
If you want to move, just move, don't you know how to move back to the Yao family's ancestral home?
Wouldn't it be more shameful to move back to your ancestral home?
However, the original owner refused, because the original owner felt that it would be too embarrassing to move back to the ancestral home of the Yao family, and she did not want to see the faces of the Yao family members.
As Gu Qingling narrated, the abacus on the account was rattling. How much money did the Yao family spend every year to support the maids and slaves, how much money did it cost to repair the house and equipment, how much did each house spend on daily expenses...
Adding up these amounts and comparing the income of the Yao family, the disparity immediately became clear.
"Hmph!" Gu Qingling said with an expressionless face, "Have you seen it clearly? With our family's way of spending money, even if we have millions of dollars in wealth, it is not enough for you. Not to mention, the uncle is just a viscount. To put it nicely, there is
Five hundred households have food, but how much does it cost for five hundred households? Compared with the money you have to spend, it is just a drop in the bucket. Tell yourselves how much contribution you have made to the Yao family, and the Yao family deserves to spend so much money on you.
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Everyone in the hall was shocked: Oh my god! No, the Yao family really has no money?!
No matter whether you were born in the Yao family or entered the Yao family later, you have never thought that the Yao family would have time to spend all the money they have?!
But don't you think so? I helped to calculate the accounts on the spot. One by one, it was clear how much the Yao family spent a year and how much income they had in a year.
Even for those stores that are currently in business, let alone those that are losing money all the time, they rarely make money.
Even so, there are not many shops left.
"Mother..." Mr. Yao's voice trembled. He looked at Gu Qingling in disbelief and asked, "Our family really has no money?!"
"What other money is there? Isn't the calculation clear enough? Starting from your grandfather's generation, how much money is in the Yao family's account is clearly recorded in the account book, and then it is also recorded in the account book how much money is received and how much is paid out every year.
It's clear..." Gu Qingling stared at him and said, "Even the dowry I brought when I married your father is included in it, but see for yourself, how much is left? What's going on?
, do you still want me to include your sister-in-law and your wife’s dowry?"
Mrs. Yao, Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao were immediately excited. Although their dowries were not very large, they did not want to lose even this little money.
Forget about my mother's dowry, what does it look like if I add the dowry of my sister-in-law and his wife? Wouldn't he become a pretty boy who just eats soft rice? Second Master Yao quickly shook his head: "There's no need for this, mother, you can count it.
No matter how much it is, how can a man count his wife’s dowry..."
Mrs. Yao Er breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, her man is still a thing. No matter how ridiculous she is, she still knows that her wife’s dowry cannot be touched. With his words, if the old lady dares to have the idea of her dowry, she will dare to challenge her.
Already.
——But is the Yao family really that poor?
——She planned to marry into the Yao family. Wasn’t it a big loss?
Mrs. Yao Er frowned slightly, but she had been married to the Yao family for many years and had even given birth to two children. It seemed too late to regret it anymore?
Now that things have come to this, she has to think about how to live her life in the future.
Not only Mrs. Yao Second, Mrs. Yao, and Mrs. Yao Third, but even Aunt Chen and Aunt Zhang are all thinking about how to live their lives in the future.
However, compared to Mrs. Yao and others, Aunt Chen and Aunt Zhang, two old women who have dealt with Gu Qingling all their lives, felt that Gu Qingling's sudden mention of this matter today was probably not a back-up.
——No rush, just wait.
——They want to see what this woman wants to do!
Old Aunt Chen even came up with the idea of the merchant's daughter before: If it doesn't work out, let her son marry her. Although she is a merchant's daughter, at least she will have a dowry.
Not only did she think so, but her son Yao Liuye also thought so: Damn it, was it actually for his own good that the mistress asked him to marry the daughter of a businessman before?
——If he had known that the Yao family was already so poor, he should not have made such a fuss.
——Although she is the daughter of a businessman, at least she doesn’t have to worry about running out of money in the future.
At this moment, all the concubines and concubines of the Yao family who are not yet married are panicking.
There is no way, if the Yao family has no money, then their dowry/betrothal gift...
——No, not only the dowry, but also ourselves, I’m afraid it’s going to be over too!
——Who knows if the mistress will marry them into some messy family just for money!
Miss Yao Qi and Miss Yao Ba looked at each other and squeezed each other's hand worriedly.
