diskusbooks Chapter 196 The Sister Who Was Eaten Out of Her Family 5
Chapter 196 The Sister Who Was Eaten Out of Her Family 5
Both Old Lady Wu’s medicine and Mrs. Deng’s pregnancy-maintaining medicine cost money. Mrs. Deng has no money, so they can only ask Old Lady Wu for money.
Even though she disliked Mrs. Deng, for the sake of her grandson, Old Mrs. Wu gritted her teeth and took the money.
But when she went to get the money, she found that there was nothing where she had hidden it, and her face turned pale immediately.
What happened? She clearly remembered that she had put her money here, so why was it gone?
She quickly called the servants and asked them who stole her money. The servants all decided to leave here. This happened almost every few days. Who could stand it?
Old Lady Wu shouted that she wanted to beat them to death. A clever little maid said, "Old Madam, we have served you for many years. How could we do such a thing as stealing money? It must have been stolen by an outsider."
Old Mrs. Wu thought about it and realized that this was true. These servants had lived in the Wu Mansion since they were young and had never had the habit of stealing or doing anything unscrupulous. How could they suddenly do such a thing?
Then I thought of Deng. It was all because of this jinx. All the bad things happened after this woman appeared.
If this woman had not seduced her son, her son and the princess would not have become separated, and then she would not have died of depression. If she had not died, her son would now be the Marquis of Prince An's Mansion.
It was because of this woman that his son was hated by Prince An’s Mansion, and her lovely granddaughter, the county princess, would not be driven out and is now enjoying the company of her.
Old Mrs. Wu wanted to kick this woman out, but when she thought of her grandson, she had to suppress her unhappiness.
"So what do you say we should do now?"
The little maid said, "Why not search it? If a thief stole it, he must have hidden it somewhere. No one has been out for the past few days."
Old Mrs. Wu nodded and asked the housekeeper to seal off the entire house immediately and then start searching.
The money was really found in Wu Yinglian's room. Old Mrs. Wu was furious and cursed: "This little bitch is just like her mother. She has never seen money since she was born. At such a young age, she actually stole money. It's really a case of the top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked. Call Deng to me immediately and ask the family law."
In the hall, Old Lady Wu held fifty taels of silver and stared fiercely at Wu Yinglian, who was kneeling in the hall, and asked viciously, "Where is the remaining one hundred and fifty taels of silver? Take it out now."
Wu Yinglian cried and said aggrievedly: "I don't know, I didn't steal the money."
Old Lady Wu slammed the table heavily and said, "How dare you lie? You didn't steal the money. Where did the fifty taels of silver come from? Now give me the rest of the money immediately, or I'll smash your hand."
Wu Yinglian cried and said no.
Old Mrs. Wu had experienced what happened to Luo Chen before, so she became annoyed when she saw this. She immediately let Mrs. Feng take out a ruler and hit Wu Yinglian's hand hard.
Wu Yinglian was beaten and cried loudly. The servants saw it but had no expression on their faces. If the young lady didn't cry, they would be the ones crying.
Deng heard her daughter crying outside, and hurried in, pushed Mrs. Feng aside, and hugged her daughter: "Mother, what are you doing? Lian'er is only four years old, what can she know? Why are you beating her like this?"
Old Lady Wu said angrily, "You raised a thief and you dare to tell me she knows nothing. Where is the remaining silver? Make this bitch hand it over immediately, or I will smash her hand."
Mrs. Deng didn't believe that her daughter could steal the silver. How old was she? The old woman hid the silver so deep, who could find it?
Mrs. Deng refused to admit defeat. "I know my daughter well. It's impossible for her to steal the silver. As for the fifty taels of silver, maybe it was left by Wu Luochen. Didn't she live here before? Her mother is so rich. It's not a big deal to give her some money."
Old Mrs. Wu didn't believe it at all: "Humph, now it seems that only you two did it together. Come, search Deng's yard."
Deng was panicked and wanted to find Wu Yunxuan to save people, but he was not at home.
In the past two days, she has won over some people by virtue of her pregnancy.
When the servant came back with more than 40 taels of silver, Mrs. Deng became anxious when she saw it, and quickly said, "This is my silver, the master gave it to me, I didn't steal it from you."
Old Lady Wu said domineeringly: "What my son gave you is also my family's money. There is still one hundred and fifty taels left. Take it out now."
Deng and Wu Yinglian, mother and daughter, cried breathlessly.
Old Mrs. Wu was about to have someone take action again, but Mrs. Deng was protecting her daughter, so the servants did not dare to take action forcefully.
They knew that Old Lady Wu valued the grandson in Deng's belly, so they could only pretend.
Old Mrs. Wu was simply at a loss.
At this time, Wu Yunxuan came back and saw the house in such a mess. He walked in with a frown and said, "What are you doing? Can't you just keep quiet for a few days?"
He then scolded the servants, "Don't you know that the Madam is pregnant? You are just watching her kneeling on the ground."
Old Mrs. Wu heard the hidden meaning of her son's words and said with some worry in her heart: "Son, you don't know that Deng allowed your daughter to steal silver. Now our family only has one hundred taels of silver left."
As he said this, he showed the banknote in his hand to Wu Yunxuan.
Wu Yunxuan looked at the money in Old Lady Wu's hand in disbelief, and stammered, "Is that all that's left? Mom, don't lie to me."
Old Mrs. Wu wiped her tears and said, "Why would I lie to you? If my family still had money, I wouldn't have tossed my own granddaughter and my pregnant daughter-in-law into this state just for a few dozen taels of silver."
Wu Yunxuan didn't want to believe it: "This is not right, it's definitely not right. How can this be the only money left in our family?"
Old Mrs. Wu said: "It's all for the purpose of buying medicine for you. I told you that I would buy medicine after I bring back Murong Qing's dowry.
But you must buy it now and take away all the money in the family. Now the silver has turned into cold stone. What will our family do in the future?"
Deng was listening below and was extremely frightened. The Wu family had no money. When did this happen?
Suddenly I remembered that last time, Old Mrs. Wu also said that Wu Yunxuan was sick. She didn't take care of him because she was pregnant. Later, seeing that Wu Yunxuan was fine, she didn't take it seriously. But now she said that all the money in the family was used to buy medicine.
There are only fifty taels of silver left. What should she do? What should she do with her children? What should she do with her rich life?
The women in the family were crying, Wu Yunxuan sat in a chair in a daze, and the servants beside him were also thinking about a way out.
Given the character of this family, they will definitely not let them redeem themselves easily now. They must make some money from these slaves. They have to find a way quickly, otherwise they might be sold to some shady place.
Everyone was thinking about this matter, and Luo Chen had already known about it through Santong, and immediately put the indenture contract found from Old Lady Wu in their respective rooms.
The servants were immediately surprised and thanked the gods, then that night they took their indentures, packed their bags, stole some valuable items and ran away. Their behavior was surprisingly consistent.
Luo Chen, through Luo An, emptied the Wu family of all the remaining valuables.
The next day, several people woke up and called for the maid, but no one came. When they went out to look, the whole house was empty.