Chapter 19 It’s hard to run a family without money
Before Lu Xingyuan went to inquire about the news, Uncle Sun and the cook came first. These two people had inspected the Su family's grain reserves and remaining property last night on Su Yuanqing's orders, and the information they reported to Su Yuanqing was not optimistic.
The food stored is only enough for everyone to eat for half a month, and the total amount of money is less than one hundred taels. What should we do if more than 20 people need to eat?
Su Yuanqing frowned and asked the cook how the food was prepared. The cook said quickly: "The Madam and the Young Madam cook the food in Su's house. The ladies cook it alone, and the Master and Master Lu cook it together. Plus the following
People’s food costs twenty taels a day.”
Su Yuanqing said, "Didn't you hear that one tael of silver could buy a lot of things in ancient times? Why did a family's meal cost twenty taels? Looking back, a meal in the Jia family in Dream of Red Mansions was so complicated. These twenty taels
If the two necessities are placed in Jia's house, they are probably not enough for one person!
Sure enough, a big business means a big expense. Fortunately, I have kicked out Su Yunmei and Su Baoyue, which can be considered as a saving in expenses. But doesn’t the total sum of the Su family only have one hundred taels? According to the calculation of the cook,
This one hundred taels is enough for five days. How will everyone live after five days?
"Can you be more frugal?" Su Yuanqing looked at the cook for help, and said tentatively: "You can just keep the food at my mother's place as is, and save the rest if you can. You also know that Su Mansion is no better than before.
Before I think about how to make money, let’s be frugal and endure it first”!
The cook frowned and said, "There are also ways to save money. For example, Master Lu and the others can go back to the military camp for meals. The mansion doesn't need so many maids now. If we sell Xingyun and the others, they will get dozens of taels of silver. Miss Fifth
, Sixth Miss... Third Miss can also find someone to marry them off... leaving six or seven people in the house can last for a while! "
The more Su Yuanqing listened, the more uncomfortable she became. Although she didn't like Su Baoyue and Su Yunmei, she wouldn't sell them to solve her urgent needs.
What's more, she boasted in front of everyone yesterday that Haikou would treat them well as long as they were willing to stay. She couldn't do this and just sell them.
After thinking about it, she had no choice but to say: "Okay, I understand, you should use it frugally first! I will figure out a way to deal with the money!"
After the cook went out, Su Yuanqing asked Uncle Sun: "Uncle Sun, let me look at the account book. Our Su family should also have land, and there are several villages. How did it end up in such a land?"
Uncle Sun looked at her meaningfully and then said: "Third Miss, we did have several Zhuangzi in the past, but a few days ago, in order to collect the dowry for Third Miss, all the Zhuangzi were sold by the master. Those Zhuangzi are the wife's dowry.
, according to the salary of the master, it is absolutely impossible to afford such a generous dowry. It can be said that for the third lady, the master and his wife emptied the entire family fortune. For this dowry, the young mistress and the young master both returned to the master.
We have argued that if the third young lady marries someone other than the prince, I estimate that both the young mistress and the eldest young master will not agree to the master giving you such a generous dowry... It is a pity that the attempt is still in vain!"
Su Yuanqing heard the meaning of Uncle Sun's words and was speechless for a moment. The elder brother in this body probably still thought about her marrying the prince and following her career. Who knew that this dowry not only did not bring what the Su family wanted, but instead
The Su family has brought disaster, and this is really a waste of effort!