In the main hall of the Ning family, the white-haired Mrs. Ning, Mr. Ning, Mrs. Ning and Ning Ruyu were all sitting on chairs with serious expressions.

The second wife of the Ning family stood in the room with her head hanging down. She didn't know what was wrong. Her mother-in-law and the people in the first house suddenly wanted to check the account books. She couldn't hide the things that the master had done even if she wanted to.

Mrs. Ning and the people in Dafang have all read the account books, and at this moment they only have one thought in their minds, that is, the Ning family is going to be finished.

The public's money is not even two thousand taels, and the income of the shop outside has been pitiful in the past six months. If this continues, how can the Ning family maintain such a big family.

"You, this is how you manage the house?" Mrs. Ning pointed at her second daughter-in-law with her trembling right hand and asked.

Because the eldest son has to study and has no time to manage these general affairs. It is not good for a woman to do business matters. The eldest daughter-in-law also has a gentle temper and cannot control others. So she puts all the business matters and the family together.

It was handed over to the second house manager. When she first handed over the house to them, the father-in-law still had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Although their family had a lot of expenses, they spent at least one or two thousand taels of silver every month.

Two taels of silver, but from the shops outside and the rent in the fields, there is an annual income of 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver, which is enough to cover the expenses of their entire family.

But in just ten years, the Duke only had two thousand taels of silver left. What would two thousand taels of silver be enough for?

Ruyu is about to get married, but with the state of her family, she might not even be able to prepare a suitable dowry.

Mrs. Ning Er lowered her head and said nothing, not feeling that she had done anything wrong. The public house originally had a lot of money, but business has been difficult in the past two years. Some shops, not to mention making money, have to use the public house's money to put money into it.

Sticker. Prices have also increased in the past two years. The big house and the old lady have to eat and drink well, pay attention to ostentation, and prepare gifts for relatives and friends during the holidays. These all cost a lot of money.

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Both the eldest man and the old lady are not familiar with the price of firewood and rice. Today they want to eat stewed chicken with old man's ginseng, and tomorrow they want to drink eye sockets. The money in the family has been burning especially fast in the past two years. Although my husband moved from the middle school half a year ago,

He paid 50,000 taels of silver to partner with someone to buy stones, but he also wanted to make a lot of money from the stones and earn more money for his family.

The couple had worked so hard for the family over the years, but nothing had been left behind. Instead, they were blamed by their family members. Just thinking about it made her feel very aggrieved.

Mrs. Ning was even more furious when she saw that the second daughter-in-law couldn't beat her with three sticks.

"The second master is back." Let the boy guarding the door run into the main hall to announce.

Mr. Ning said in a deep voice: "Let him get out of here."

It is said that an eldest brother is like a father. Their father is gone. As the elder brother, he can naturally teach the younger brother on his father's behalf.

His younger brother had lost all the money in the family. How could he study peacefully and take the imperial examination?

Besides, he passed the Jinshi examination this time. If he wants to find a good official position, he needs money. His younger brother has lost all the money in the family and only has two thousand taels left. With this little money, he will

It’s not enough for Imperial City to take the exam, let alone do it.

Hearing that the uncle asked her husband to come in, Mrs. Ning Er felt very uncomfortable. What did he think of her husband?

After a while, the second master of the Ning family, wearing a blue brocade robe and smelling of alcohol, walked into the main hall with wine burps.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Ning and the people in the main house all frowned. He had lost so much money and didn't tell his family, but still went out drinking like a normal person? Now the father-in-law only had two thousand taels of silver.
Chapter completed!