Reclaiming the family business 014

  Qin Gongxun furrowed his brow, his anger hard to suppress. "It's something from my own home, what guarantee can I write?"

  "I'm afraid Master Qin has a soft spot and likes to listen to pillow talk, the things in the Qin estate are being raised for outsiders." Zhao sneered.

  Qin Gongxun's face turned iron-green with anger. Lü Shi was so angry that she wished she could tear Zhao Shi's mouth apart.

  "Don't worry about the unclear numbers, old master. My son has a list here, and it's just in time that all my uncles are present to help count together, as proof." Qin Yu straightened his waist and spoke with a harder tone.

  There was an older brother who stepped forward, and with a flicker of his eyes, he stopped talking. A pair of seemingly clear and innocent eyes hid a deep stillness like the water at the bottom of a lake, and with a hint of a smile, he glanced at Lü Shi, making her heart skip a beat. She had put so much thought into coming up with a perfect solution that would satisfy both parties, but why was she being led around by the Zhou family instead?

  This gloomy atmosphere always made her feel uneasy.

  However, Qin Yu will soon be attending Ritong Academy, probably won't have time to bother with that. Qin Gonghuan said slowly.

  "Li Tong Academy?" Lü exclaimed, so shocked that she didn't even notice Qin Gongxun's deliberately thrown obstacle and forgot to follow his lead.

  At that time, Qin Songtao relied on his relationship with Su to try to enter the Linton Academy but was unable to get in. In a fit of anger, Qin Songtao asked Qin Gongxun to find him a former Hanlin scholar who had retired and began studying under him.

  "It doesn't matter, the school starts a month after the spring exam, there's still time. The Zhuangzi and most of the shops are rented out, just collecting rent, let alone having Lu Zhanggui helping to take care of them. Sunzi will have Yu'er follow him to learn accounting, anyway it will be their dowry in the future, they should learn how to manage the family's finances." Qin Yu's flawless words left Lüshi and Qin Gongyuan speechless.

  That Lu was the boss of the Zhou family's dowry tea shop, originally in charge of the Zhou family's tea garden when he was at the Zhou family. After the tea garden was sold, he served in the tea shop for many years and became an old partner for ten years.

  The Lü family's regret is too late. However, grasping this opportunity is also good, many things can be done, as long as they get rid of their mainstay...

  Her face was benevolent, but her eyes had a venomous sting, as if she would have liked to pierce Qin Yu's dazzlingly bright star-like beauty to death at once.

  "That's good, Qin Yu will go get the list, let's hurry up and check." Zhou Zhi said.

  Qin Yu immediately got up and left.

  Lü Shi and Qin Gongxun were furious, their faces turned iron-green, unable to think of a solution.

  Lu Zhuanggui was also summoned into the mansion, and everyone counted the house deeds and land deeds face to face.

  He didn't know until he tried it, and when he did, everyone in the room was shocked with their eyes wide open.

  Yan's tea garden is an eight-hundred-acre tea mountain, plus a tea shop, and the two are operated together. The annual income from these was about five hundred silver coins last year. In addition, there is a house and a farm of five hundred acres. Because Qin An cannot manage it, the farm has been rented out, with an annual rent of one hundred taels.

  When Zhou Shi first married into the Qin family, the Zhou family sold some of their assets to buy a ready-made silk shop and combined it with their own tea shop as dowry. The two shops together generated an annual income of over 100 taels. After calculating, all the property returned to the eldest house, making the eldest house very wealthy. Every year, they could have at least 700 taels of silver in revenue.

  Qin Gongxun furrowed his brow unintentionally, the industries of Yan and Zhou were all managed by Lü on behalf, he himself only managed the ancestral industries of Qin Fu and those he had set up. But Qian Long had said before that these several places managed by Lü on behalf entered accounts with only two or three hundred taels each year, this number was far from the income of their industries when Qin An left the house.

  Lü's eyes hurt from looking, a pair of eyes as red as rabbits, gritting her teeth in hatred, where could she care about Qin Gongxun's inquiring gaze.

  The dowry of the grandmother and mother is left for the daughter to use as her own dowry, while the property of the public house is left for the son. As the eldest son and heir, Qin Yu naturally still has to inherit the majority of the property that belongs to him in the public house. Qin Yu said that there are also several servants serving them in the Qing Shan County mansion who will be transferred over, adding up to at least a dozen people whose expenses will have to be borne by the Qin family's public house.

  Settling this account, Lü's family was even more painful than cutting flesh.

  The three people who had been gloomy since their parents' death finally showed a relaxed expression after achieving a complete victory.

  After seeing off Uncle and Aunt, they returned to the small courtyard. Yun Shang saw them from afar and hurriedly came forward, "The slave has prepared fragrant tea for the masters."

  Qin Yu nodded, "Very well. Since Huan likes you, from now on, serve Huan well."

  Yun Piao hastily rushed forward and bowed to Xing Huan, "Your servant will definitely serve the young lady with all her heart."

  Chen Huan pulled her hand and said sweetly, "Thanks, sis."

  The three siblings sat facing each other, their mood heavy once again. In the past, they had their parents to rely on for everything, but now only they were left. The road ahead was uncertain, and no one could help them.

  Qin Yu frowned and looked at the small house, "It's so small here, how can we live? I have to find Master and ask him to return our old house, Yuchun Garden."

  "Of course, it should be. This was originally the courtyard of our main house." Qin Wan nodded, "The lower seat is where the servants live, and we can't stay here, it's too inconvenient, especially for brother, coming and going, always running into those lowly maidservants, what a joke."

  "It's not certain if I can come back now." Chen Huan sat on a high stool, swinging his short legs.

  "That's also necessary." Qin Yu clenched his fists.

  "If we don't come back once, it's likely that Lü will take action and occupy the place first, and we won't be able to come back again."

  Qin Yu and Qin Wan were at a loss for words after hearing Shen Huan's words.

  Chen Huan couldn't bear to see his siblings so worried, so he decided to reveal the truth. "Let's wait for an opportunity. We'll stay here and bet that Old Master can tolerate it."

  "Are you saying that when Master takes the initiative to bring it up and arrange a marriage for us, we'll mention it then?" Qin Wan's eyes lit up.

  "Guess half of it. But if Mr. Lü takes the initiative to give us a courtyard, it's likely that by the time we have a suitable place to live, Master will no longer ask about it."

  Qin Wan's expression turned gloomy again, and Lü Shi would definitely take the initiative to propose that she make arrangements. The affairs of the Gongzhong were originally managed by Lü Shi, and Qin Gongxun had never interfered with the internal affairs of the household.

  "Don't worry about that for now, what's important is to comfort the people at the Zhuangzi and Puzi." Shen Huan reminded. With both parents gone, those business associates might get anxious, not to mention Lyu Shi had inserted her hands before, who knows how many of her people she had let in. This was the siblings' livelihood, can't have any issues.

  Qin Yu nodded, "I'll settle accounts with Lu tomorrow and discuss it together." As he spoke, he still looked impatient. When faced with poetry and classics, his spirit was full of energy, but as soon as he saw the account book, he felt sleepy. However, for the sake of his two sisters, he had to take on this burden.

  "It's better to stay in for a few more days."

  Qin Yu heard Shen Huan say so and nodded in agreement. After all, they had just come out of mourning, it was not suitable for them to go out.

  Chen Huan didn't say anything more, she had already revealed enough in the past few days. It was fine if her siblings suspected her, but Lü Shi and Qin Gongxun's suspicions ran deep, staring at her all day was annoying, hindering her movements and making it impossible for her to do things herself.