NOVEL WEB Chapter 92 Eat and look ugly
Chang Maoming had known for a long time that his brother-in-law was not a good person, but today there were guards and he was at the Yamen, so he patiently finished his own work before hurried over.
Unexpectedly, I heard such a sentence as soon as I stepped through the door.
Seeing Chang Maoming coming, Cao Yingying was the first to run over.
Chang Maoming touched her head and said, "Go find Long Baoer on the carriage."
"Yeah!" Yingying ran away.
Ms. Cao also stood up and said, "Husband."
Even the junior official who was responsible for writing documents and registering stood up and bowed to Chang Maoming, "Second Master Chang!"
"Sir, you don't have to be polite, Chang Er is nothing more than a white man."
Seeing Chang Maoming, Cao Wei's momentum dissipated.
Although his brother-in-law did not have an official position and had never even taken the imperial examination, he had such a strong aura that he never dared to look directly at him.
But he couldn't care about anything else at the moment.
"Brother-in-law, you came just in time. You and your wife don't even have any children. My sister's dowry will still have to be returned to us in the future. Our family's life is difficult now, so half is not too much, right?"
"It's not too much, but although your annual salary is not high, you still have more than ten taels of silver a year, plus Lumi has ten stones a year. Your family is just a husband and wife, a pair of children, an old servant, and a few maids Mother-in-law, as long as you don’t spend a lot of money, you have enough money.”
The junior officer next to him nodded.
Although the salary of the Yujin Dynasty was not high, the price of rice and grain was not high because of the good weather in recent years.
Even in the capital, the annual expenditure of an ordinary family cannot exceed five taels of silver. A dozen taels of silver is more than enough. What's more, there are still ten stones of rice.
Of course, for those dignitaries in the court and relatives of the emperor, a mere dozen taels of silver is just a casual reward.
Cao Wei didn't know that the Chang family was such a wealthy family.
Of course, Mr. Cao doesn’t know much either. She only knew that the Chang family was not short of money, but she didn't know how much money they had.
I just remember that Chang Maoming gave her an account to take charge of, and within a month it was in chaos. Later, Chang Maoming took it over and managed it himself, but would give her some money every year for her to use.
That money, now more than ten years later, has turned into a thick stack of banknotes.
Her dowry back then, excluding the betrothal gift from the Chang family, was actually about two hundred taels.
Hearing Chang Maoming's words, Cao Wei frowned, "Brother-in-law, raising a child costs a lot of money. Zheng'er has been in poor health since he was a child and needs a lot of money. And Yingying..."
"When Yingying was picked up from your home, she was sallow and thin, and the food she ate was completely different from Zheng'er. Didn't you forget that?"
Chang Maoming sneered, "In front of Yingying, I don't want to say more about you as my biological father, but you should know best how you differentiate between the two children."
"Zheng'er is born with deficiencies, so naturally she needs more care, and Yingying will always get married in the future. A married daughter will throw away the water!"
"In this case, your sister is also the one who threw away the water. You can just let her help you raise your children. Why do you want to take her dowry back?"
"But..." Cao Wei thought for a long time, but couldn't think of anything powerful to say. He stood up and turned around a few times and suddenly said, "Sister, if you don't have children, won't you be afraid of your brother-in-law taking concubines in the future? By then he will have children of his own. , I will divorce you sooner or later, but you still have to count on me as a brother!"
"Even if I have other children, your sister is still my legitimate mother." Chang Maoming was so angry that he said, "Sulan, I don't think you want this younger brother."
Mrs. Cao was also trembling with anger at Cao Wei's words.
She has been supporting her younger brother for so many years. Why can't she make more than a hundred taels a year, both openly and secretly?
Now he has raised a family of white-eyed wolves.
"Okay, okay, I will follow your wish. I will return all the dowry to you, and we will never have any contact with each other again!"
When Xiao Zhang heard that Cao had relented, she couldn't care less about what she was going to say, and she immediately beamed with joy.
Cao Wei heard Cao's words and hesitated a little.
After all, they are brothers from the same mother, not to mention that his sister also supports him a lot of money every year. He can remain a maid and a mother-in-law, and he can also go out and talk with friends, but it all costs money, and those romantic things...
If the money is gone.
Xiao Zhang saw his hesitation, stretched out her hand to tug him, and whispered, "Get the money first!"
"Yes!" Cao Wei agreed. "In that case, I agree."
Mrs. Cao was about to ask someone to get the dowry list, but Cao Wei unexpectedly took it out and said, "I copied this."
Mrs. Cao was so angry that her hands were shaking again.
These two people really came prepared!
After a quick glance, there were no discrepancies. Obviously, they didn't dare to do anything on it. After all, not only did they own the list, but Cao himself also owned it.
Some of the things on it have long since disappeared after more than ten years, such as brocade quilts, embroidery, and clothes.
But these can be converted into silver coins.
Ms. Cao was really angry, and now she just wanted to make a clean break. She immediately took out all the dowry items from the Cao family and asked a bookkeeper to come over and do the calculations on the spot.
"Sister, isn't this right? Why don't these count?" Little Zhang couldn't help but question after seeing that what Cao had ticked out were all worthless things.
"That's the betrothal gift sent by the Chang family back then. What's wrong? Do you mean to give you the betrothal gift as well?" Ms. Cao sneered.
"No, no, that's not what I meant." Little Zhang always felt that today's Cao was a bit too fierce, so she couldn't help but retreat to the back.
Ms. Cao sneered in her heart. Sure enough, you still have to be more powerful against these people.
It's not like there are no people in the yamen.
There were many people coming and going, but the common people loved to watch the excitement. When they heard that a brother and a sister were competing for the dowry, they gathered around to watch the excitement. Gradually, I also found out which family they were from.
Although the Cao family is not famous and is just an inconspicuous official, the Chang family is very famous.
The Chang family were veterans who had followed Taizu to conquer the country, guarding the Yujin Dynasty for generations.
Later, the Chang family members became fewer and fewer, but the Xue family came back, and General Xue was still the uncle of the Chang family.
In the hearts of the people alone, the status of the Chang family surpassed that of the Cao family.
I heard that the Cao family shamelessly came to steal my sister's dowry, and an insider said that the Cao family only raised sons and left their daughters to be raised by their sisters, and they continued to point and discuss.
Cao Wei couldn't bear it anymore. He took his face very seriously, and at this time he couldn't care less about competing with the Cao family about which dowry belonged to the Chang family and which belonged to the Cao family.
He just wanted it to be over quickly.
Mr. Accountant also knew that the people liked to watch the excitement, and the abacus ticked loudly and fast, but the accounts were calculated extremely slowly. It was not until the people watching pointed at Cao Wei and Xiao Zhang that they lost face, and then reported the accounts slowly. A number came out.