Chapter 353

Jia Mu has money, so she is generous with her spending.

She is quite extravagant.

When it comes to the Jia family eating through their savings, she is one of the most ruthless masters who cannot be left out.

However, her expenses mainly come from the public funds.

That is to say, the wealth of the entire Rongguo Prefecture.

And the Jia family, over these years—

counting the value of antiques and such, it would not exceed one hundred thousand.

As for cash, there is about fifty thousand taels.

This sum of silver may seem small, but in reality, it is quite massive.

One tael of silver is one thousand copper coins; one hundred thousand taels is one hundred million copper coins.

A steamed bun costs at most two or three copper coins.

Having saved this much money over a lifetime, Jia Mu has already achieved something quite remarkable.

It is not just Lady Wang.

Jia She and the others are also staring at Jia Mu.

Jia Mu is an old fox; how could she not see it?

These people are all coveting her private savings.

They want to demand it from her hands!

This makes Jia Mu sneer inwardly.

She thinks for a moment.

Her son and grandson cannot be left unsaved.

Therefore, after thinking it over, Jia Mu says, "Since it has come to this, then let it be..."

【253】 Mutual scheming, Rongguo Prefecture hollowed out by Jia Hui

"Since it is so."

"Jia Zheng and Jia Jia Lian, each of you needs fifty thousand taels of silver."

"The matter was entirely stirred up by that unfilial son, Jia Jia Lian."

"Therefore, the First Branch shall bear the brunt."

"The public funds will contribute 5,000 taels for your First Branch, and I, this old woman, will personally take out another 5,000 taels, making it a total of 10,000 taels."

The implication is clear.

The trouble was caused by your First Branch's Jia Jia Lian; the public funds and I have both contributed money, and we have done all that benevolence requires.

You solve the remaining forty thousand taels yourselves!

Then, ignoring the changing expressions of Jia She, Lady Xing, and Wang Wang Xifeng,

she looks at Lady Wang and the subsequently arrived Zhao Paner: "Zheng'er was implicated, so the public funds and I will contribute a bit more; the public funds will provide 10,000 taels, and I will personally provide 20,000 taels, making it 30,000 taels."

"You will cover the remaining twenty thousand taels from your own branch."

"..."

Jia Mu considers this distribution to be reasonable and fair.

The matter was stirred up by you, Jia Jia Lian; is there any problem with making you bear the brunt?

The public funds and I have already taken out quite a lot of money!

It's already good that I'm not blaming you.

As for the Second Branch,

it is the same saying.

It is not your fault.

But the public funds and I have also taken out more money!

In her heart, she thinks, "Twenty thousand taels from you, Lady Wang, it is time for you to bleed a little too."

Why did she let Lady Wang marry in back then?

And why have Seeing Fengjie?

Wasn't it because she coveted the Wang family's wealth!

Just like coveting the dowry of Sheng Hualan of the Sheng family, the same as the Yuan family.

In fact, she was calculating.

Bringing Lin Lin Daiyu here,

besides angering her father, was there not also the thought of coveting the dowry of Lin Daiyu's mother, and even the family property after Lin Ruhai died?

In short, there is calculation everywhere.

"Master, forty thousand taels, where are we going to raise so much money? Even if we sell our antiques and paintings, we can't come up with it."

Lady Xing is shocked upon hearing this!

She hurriedly says to Jia She in a panic.

She dares not speak to Jia Mu, so she has to bother Jia She as usual.

Jia She is also anxious!

He truly cannot take out that much money.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to sell his daughter later for just a few thousand taels.

So Jia She immediately wants to find Jia Mu to discuss the matter again.

But Jia Mu's eyes suddenly turn sharp: "This matter needs no further discussion!"

Can the two branches come up with this money?

She knows it in her heart.

Forty thousand taels of silver; with Wang Xifeng covering the bottom and Jia She taking out another sum, it is not a big problem to scrape it together.

The Second Branch is about the same.

Twenty thousand taels; Lady Wang's dowry plus some income from these years is about enough.

However, this is basically—

indeed, it will undoubtedly hollow out the money of two generations of both branches!

And Rongguo Prefecture and she, Jia Mu, have also suffered heavy losses!

Rongguo Prefecture taking out these fifteen thousand taels of silver!

It has also basically hollowed out a lot of silver.

The little that remains

can only be used to maintain the various expenses of the hundreds of people in the whole family, as well as gift money and so on.

In a situation where expenses exceed income,

I am afraid they will have to sell some antiques and paintings to maintain until the money from the eight farms comes next year.

And Jia Mu herself will not have it easy either.

25,000 taels of silver!

Her private cash savings are only about fifty thousand taels.

This basically removes half.

If another crisis of this level comes,

she will not be able to hold on many more times.

Therefore,

she feels increasingly exhausted; in her old age, she still has to be like this for the sake of the Jia family.

She had originally thought she could enjoy her twilight years.

Now she is truly physically and mentally exhausted.

She feels as if she has aged a few more years.

She finally sighs deeply and says: "Let it be so. Tomorrow, Feng-ya-tou, you go immediately to contact the Zhen family in Jin Ling and take out all our savings."

"Yes, Old Matriarch!"