The Stepmother is Unkind - Chapter 64

In the past dynasties, it is not uncommon to see high profits to make huge profits, and it has been repeatedly banned. The court can only draw a line to control high profits offline. Once found, it will be severely punished.

Daye also has strict laws on such matters, but because of excessive profits, there are still many people who take risks, ignore the suffering of the people, and give money in private.

Even some small officials in Beijing, because their salary is not high, can not bear the pressure of life in Beijing, and they will borrow money.

It’s not something you can do with money. Just like this embroidery shop manager, it is done in the name of Mrs. Xie’s young lady, so that the money can be recovered and even the property can be confiscated before others can pay. .

There are more or less shadows of power behind the other people who give away the money, and maybe there are two or three layers, just to not teach people to discover.

And a shopkeeper of an embroidery shop dared to use the name of Mrs. Xie’s young lady without authorization, to give money to a profit, because of the position of the Xie family, naturally it cannot be ignored.

When sending an official, it must be sent to the official in an open and fair manner, but it must be clearly interrogated.

In fact, this shopkeeper’s greed didn’t come from Yin Mingyu’s marriage, but because Yin Mingyu, the second young lady, took over the shop, he became more courageous.

From the very beginning, he has secretly played tricks on the accounts, but whether it is harsh to the embroidered ladies when receiving embroidery products, or being a little greedy when selling embroidery products, it is only a small amount of money.

Of course, this small amount of money is enough for him and his family to live a relatively prosperous life. If it is nothing more than that, it is difficult to be discovered, and even if it is discovered, the guilt will not spread to the whole family.

But he was not greedy enough and was lured into a lucrative business.

The shopkeeper first used a small sum of money to make a profit. After he made huge profits, he wanted to give it a shot, so he quietly misappropriated the money in the embroidery shop’s account to make a profit.

He tasted the sweetness and became more ambitious, so he acted several times in the future, so the strangeness of the accounts in the ledger, or he made up the reworked accounts later, or he directly unknowingly made a part of it.

Jin’er interrogated some more about “who lured him to release Lizi”, but he was also confused and couldn’t say why.

Jin’er can only report back to Yin Mingyu, and ask for instructions on what to do next: “Miss, can you send it directly to Jingzhao Mansion?”

Yin Mingyu looked at the box of money on the table, as well as the documents and the like, and waved his hand: “All the witnesses brought back will be sent to my mother. If there is anything, the Xie family will check it out.”

So Jin’er greeted the guards and turned the shopkeeper from the east courtyard to the west courtyard.

Since Mrs. Xie learned that the shopkeeper of the embroidery shop was involved in the money, she planned to interrogate it strictly, but it was just right for them to send it.

And when the embroidery shop manager left the East Courtyard, it had nothing to do with Yin Mingyu. What was related to her was the follow-up arrangement of the embroidery shop, and the most important thing was the candidate for the new shopkeeper.

Jin’er came back from the west courtyard and asked Yin Mingyu for instructions on the reopening time of the embroidery shop and the candidate for the new shopkeeper.

“The reopening will have to wait for the influence of the money to go away. As for the candidates…”

Yin Mingyu leaned his chin and turned the book, thinking.

There are several options, one is her own companion room, the other is to let the shopkeepers of other shops also serve as the eldest lady, and the other is to promote a new person in the shop.

“What do you think, Xi Lan and Pomegranate, how about releasing one?”

Before Jin’er did well, Yin’er beside her was startled, “Miss, do you want to hire a female shopkeeper?”

Yin Mingyu said lightly: “It’s okay for men and women. Embroidery shops have more contact with women. Choosing someone we are familiar with will be less troublesome.”

After Yin’er heard it, she followed her words and thought: “Xi Lan is capable, but Xi Lan is more suitable.”

However, Jin’er took pomegranates from her wife’s words, gave birth to some guesses, and asked, “My wife likes pomegranates?”

Yin’er was puzzled and looked at her wife.

Yin Mingyu flipped a page of the book and said casually, “It’s a bit overkill when Xi Lan goes out to an embroidery shop.”

Besides, she still has some vengeance. Those who have offended her, even if they are honest now, it is better to send them away.

However, when Shiliu found out about it, he was surprised, delighted and apprehensive, and did not feel that the young lady was driving her out because of revenge.

But she didn’t dare to respond, “I’m afraid the maid, the maid is not up to the job…”

Xi Lan immediately tugged at the pomegranate, and then promised her, “Young Madam, the pomegranate can do it well.”

Pomegranate was still a little uneasy, but she trusted Xi Lan very much, so she changed her tone and said, “Young madam, rest assured, this maid will definitely do her best.”

Yin Mingyu smiled and looked at the two sisters who were deeply in love, and nodded, “The embroidery shop will reopen, it may take some time, take advantage of this time to learn well, and get started earlier.”

“I trust you.”

Pomegranate glanced at Xi Lan and nodded heavily.

“Go out and do something.”

Xi Lan and Shiliu retreated, Yin Mingyu watched their figures disappear, and said to Jin’er softly, “I will promote one of my dowry maids to replace Shiliu.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

The next day, the Xie family sent the embroidery shop shopkeeper’s family into the Jingzhao Mansion with great fanfare.

The shopkeeper’s family, old and young, cried very pitifully on the road from the backyard of the embroidery shop to the Jingzhao Mansion. The people along the way didn’t know what happened at first, but they were quite sympathetic.

Later, an “informed person” explained: “Hey, you look at them poor, why don’t you see how well they dress, this is all greedy for the owner’s money, and they get the money from the owner’s name, which is a sucker for money. The blood of our innocent people!”

The people around him asked him what was going on.

The “informer” took a sip at the shopkeeper’s family and said indignantly: “They are innocent, aren’t the people living on the streets innocent? They are the ones who caused my distant cousin to sell the property without paying any money, so he was kicked out of the house. Get out! In this cold winter and twelfth lunar month, people are dying!”

When the onlookers heard this, they all said:

“It turns out that it is, this is really hateful!”

“Which is the main house?”

“Then how is your distant cousin now?”

The “informer” said: “The main family is the young lady of the Right Prime Minister Xie’s family, and that man was the shopkeeper of the dowry shop of Mrs. Xie’s dowry shop. Now the account has been checked and the evidence is conclusive. The Xie family not only turned them over to the officials, but also To return the property of those who suffered.”

What kind of family is the Xie family? Almost everyone doesn’t believe that the young lady of the Xie family will give money to her.

Everyone in the audience said every word and I, and the topic unknowingly turned to the two young ladies of the Xie family.

Originally, because of the Weiyang County Lord, there was a lot of discussion in Beijing, and it was better to block it. This “informed person” has guided a lot. After all, the reputation of Mrs. Xian Shao and Mrs. Ji Shao cannot be damaged.

And it doesn’t just happen here.

After this day, Mrs. Xie Jiashao started to make porridge and do good deeds again, in order to make up for the harm caused by poor control to the people, which is quite a benevolent image.

Xie Qin told Yin Mingyu about the actions of “Mrs. Xie Jiashao”, and she only knew about it a day earlier than others in Beijing.

However, the head of the Xie family did not really think that Yin Mingyu was “ineffective in control”, and even privately praised her a few words because she discovered in advance that “giving money to money” did not cause a greater impact.

In addition, it also subsidized Yin Mingyu some things.

The Xie family owner was much more generous, and did not let Yin Mingyu pick it up, and carried a large box to the east courtyard.

Receiving gifts is one thing that makes people happy. Yin Mingyu felt that the problem of getting angry was relieved a lot in an instant, but when she opened the box and found that it was a box of ancient calligraphy and painting books, she fell silent.

Now the entire Xie family, about the conscientious Xie family head in the courtroom, also thinks Yin Mingyu is a good daughter-in-law in every sense.

but…

Yin Mingyu squatted in front of the huge box and picked up an ancient book, puzzled: what made her father-in-law think she liked these things?

Jin’er and Yin’er stood beside her, also silent, before asking after a long time, “Ma’am, put it away?”

Yin Mingyu picked up a few ancient books and read them carefully.

She doesn’t know much about these things, but she has heard the names of some authors, and since Patriarch Xie was able to send them over, it must be no ordinary book.

Therefore, Yin Mingyu said: “Put it away first, and remember to take it out often to dry.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

In the evening, Xie Qin came back and went straight to the study, with a rare sense of urgency.

Yin Mingyu looked at him like this, quite strange.

Xie Qin looked at the bookshelf for a while, then came out and asked her, “Did your father not send you ancient books?”

Yin Mingyu’s heart moved, and he asked in a dangerous tone, “…What ancient book?”

Xie Qinxu was still thinking about ancient books, and said honestly: “Father said that about the embroidery shopkeeper, you did an excellent job. I want to give you some rewards and ask my opinion.”

Yin Mingyu put his hands around his chest and asked word by word, “So, Langjun suggested that my father send me ancient books of calligraphy and painting?”

OK, case solved!

Xie Qin: “…”

Xie Qin coughed and said, “Father’s collections are all rare books, and there is no market for them. Whichever one gets it outside, I have to teach scholars to compete for it.”

Yin Mingyu said strangely: “Then my father gave it to me, it’s really a cow chewing peony.”

Xie Qin paused and said disapprovingly, “Absolutely not.”

“Nah Lang-kun misunderstood me.”

Yin Mingyu raised the corner of his mouth and stretched out his hand, “If you want to read ancient books, return the goldfish to me first.”

“Okay, return it to you, I’ll have someone take it back later.” Xie Qin agreed, “So, maybe lend me a read?”

“Naturally you can teach Lang Jun to see…”

Yin Mingyu bought a pass, deliberately paused for a while, and suddenly his smile became bigger, and he said very business-mindedly: “But Lang Jun has to rent it with me, and it’s done on a daily basis.”

Xie Qin laughed, but agreed.

Yin Mingyu even happily asked someone to pick up an ancient book.