Chapter 291: Chapter 109: Not Short of Money_4 Chapter 291: Chapter 109: Not Short of Money_4 Yueyao said indifferently, “Thank you, Auntie, for your kind heart. As I just mentioned, I will cover the expenses of the small kitchen myself. I won’t take advantage of the family’s public funds, let alone take advantage of Auntie.” Smuggling accounts, smuggling accounts, isn’t that saying she had received special care from the Lady family?
Everyone, seeing that the Lady family had already made concessions, thought Yueyao would follow suit, but Third Young Lady did not give in at all. Yueying’s thoughts raced as she looked at Yueyao, who remained unyielding.
Yuehuan thought of one word in her mind: Stubborn.
The Lady family’s face darkened upon hearing this remark.
Maternal Aunt Su, just as gentle as before, said, “Third Young Lady, the silver Second Old Master and Second Madam have given you is meant for your personal use, and in the future, it is for your dowry. You should save this money. Madam said to record it in…” Maternal Aunt Su paused as she saw the inexplicable smile on Yueyao’s face and couldn’t continue.
Yuebing said coldly from the side, “Third younger sister, my mother is trying to save money for you out of kindness, yet you don’t appreciate it. You really are a rich person.”
Yueyao chuckled, “Appreciate it? Second sister is really joking. Given the wealth left by my father, even if I used the public funds, it would be justified. Such a large sum of money, even if my brother and I lived extravagantly for a lifetime, we could not finish spending eighteen thousand taels of silver.”
Yuebing was choked by these words.
Maternal Aunt Su said softly again, “Where did you hear that, Young Lady? If the mansion really had such wealth, Madam would not reduce our expenses.” This was a denial of what Yueyao had just said.
Yueyao’s face showed cold sarcasm, she didn’t want to argue with these people. She had already spoken her piece, whether people believed it or not was not her concern, “Even if nobody wants to acknowledge the wealth my father left, heaven is watching. I didn’t come here to argue about the wealth my father left. I came to talk about the small kitchen; setting aside the wealth my father left, my mother’s dowry brings in several thousand taels of interest every year. That silver is enough for Tingzheng and me to spend.”
The Lady family was upset, as this was flaunting the wealth of Madam Ma’s dowry. Madam Ma’s dowry had overshadowed her once, making her feel suffocated, which was a great resentment in the Lady family’s heart.
Yueying’s eyes flashed with envy; several thousand taels of yearly interest, that was a lot of money! Yuehuan blinked her eyes, this was showing off wealth.
Yuebing chuckled lightly, “Since you are so rich, sister, why don’t you support your maids and old nannies too? Since you don’t care about a little bit of money, right?” Yuebing clearly saw Yueyao’s intention and played along, otherwise, the conflict would continue, and in the end, her mother would be the one to suffer. Her mother had already made a mistake, and whatever she did would be wrong.
Maternal Aunt Su thought it was trouble, as Second Young Lady was rushing into the line of fire. Third Young Lady would definitely prefer taking care of the people in Lanxi Courtyard herself.
Yueyao didn’t wait for the Lady family or Maternal Aunt Su to speak and immediately took up the conversation, “Fine, I will support the maids and old nannies of Lanxi Courtyard. I will bear their expenses. With my mother’s dowry and the silver my father left for my brother and me, it is not difficult to support a bunch of maids and nannies. Even if Tingzheng and I did nothing for a lifetime, we’d have no worries about our livelihood.”
Yueyao looked particularly detestable, at least to the Lady family, who hated her enough to choke her.
Yuebing quickly picked up the conversation, “Madam, since Third Younger Sister feels she has ample resources and doesn’t wish to use the family’s money, just agree to her demand.”
The Lady family looked at Yuebing, seeing her daughter’s smiling face, as if she didn’t know that doing so would invite trouble, the Lady family felt both angry and anxious. Yes, she only wanted to subsidize her biological children, but now it was a situation from which she couldn’t easily extricate herself.
The Lady family had seen the subsidy Old Madam gave for Yueyao’s small kitchen. Yueyao’s food and expenses were pursued to perfection; the small kitchen’s costs were substantial, with at least a hundred taels of silver every month. There’s a saying that sons should be raised in frugality and daughters in wealth, and Yueyao was indeed raised in wealth.
The Lady family was reluctant to provide the subsidy, but could not let Yueyao have her way. At this point, Yuebing shook the Lady family’s arm, “Madam, since Third Sister is so wealthy, you should just indulge her. If I were that rich, I would also want a small kitchen and to support the maids in the courtyard. It would look good to say it out loud.” It would be strange to have face by saying it out loud, as people wouldn’t think that Yueyao was rich, but rather that she showed too little respect for her elders. Having money doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want.
Yueyao revealed a radiant smile toward Yuebing, but the smile did not reach her eyes. Yuebing’s meddling had actually given the Lady family a good way out. It seemed Yuebing had really grown a lot recently.