dognovel Chapter 150 Pressing Him Step by Step!
Chapter 150 Pressing Him Step by Step!
Upon hearing this, Liu Haiye was immediately puzzled. He pondered it over and over again, wondering if Mu Chang'an had heard the news and was deliberately putting pressure on that family to prevent them from coming to propose marriage.
But then I thought about it again. When that Mr. Huang mentioned it to me last time, it wasn't in front of any outsiders. I had only talked to my mother about it a few days ago, and my wife was unaware of it either. There was no way Mu Chang'an could know!
Liu Haiye couldn't figure it out either, so he sent someone else to inquire while he waited for news at his residence.
When it got dark, the manager he had sent out returned.
"Master, I heard from the steward of Master Huang's mansion that it's because people heard about the scandalous affair between you and Madam He at the inn three years ago. They said that the Liu family's rules are not strict, and who knows what will happen to the Liu family's daughter? So, they don't plan to marry again."
"what?"
Liu Haiye was furious upon hearing this! He was now a fifth-rank official, and who was this Master Huang? He just had some money, yet he dared to look down on his daughter like that?
Reminded by him, Liu Haiye recalled the previous incident involving the He family, which made him feel even more frustrated.
A few days later, a servant in blue robes arrived and said that the owner of the house was leaving the capital and planned to sell it, so they should start preparing to vacate the place.
Liu Haiye was completely dumbfounded this time!
He previously owned some properties in Yunzhou, but even if he bought a five-courtyard house there, he probably wouldn't be able to afford the house they live in now. Besides, he couldn't sell his ancestral home; that would be considered unlucky! As for his other properties, they weren't much at all; they probably wouldn't even be worth a thousand taels of silver if all were added together.
Liu Haiye was at his wits' end; he racked his brains but still couldn't scrape together the money to buy the place. Finally, with no other option, he turned his attention to Mu Changchun.
Among Mu Changchun's dowry was a shop in the capital. Although the income was not large, if it were sold, it might be able to be exchanged for a considerable amount of cash.
At this moment, Liu Haiye had clearly forgotten how much silver he had taken from Mu Changchun over the years. The shop in the capital had long since been sold off by Mu Changchun. Where could he possibly find another one?
When Liu Haiye heard Mu Changchun say this, he naturally didn't believe it. He thought that she was upset because he had been spending too much time with his concubine lately, so she was being stubborn and refusing to give him money.
If Liu Haiye is bad at everything else, he's really good at sweet-talking and coaxing women! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to win Mu Changchun over to marry him!
He tried to coax her, but Mu Changchun still insisted that she simply couldn't come up with that much silver. Not only was her own dowry nearly gone, but the entire Liu family treasury only held a little over three hundred taels of silver. And this was only early spring! Whether they could even make it to the autumn harvest was uncertain; where would they find the spare money to buy a house?
But the master's family keeps sending people to urge them, afraid that it will delay their work.
Having no other choice, Liu Haiye sent Mu Changchun back to her parents' home to borrow money again.
The old lady hadn't been feeling well these past few days, and when she heard that Mu Changchun had come back to borrow money, and that he was asking for five thousand taels right off the bat, she immediately got angry!
"Five thousand taels? Changchun, do you really think Mother is still in charge of the Mu family? Even if Mother had the money, she would never lend it to you." The old man's words were harsh. "Don't you think about how much personal money you've taken from me over the years? Have I ever said anything? Even my eldest daughter-in-law, knowing full well, just turns a blind eye. Let me tell you, let alone five thousand taels, I can't even come up with five hundred taels!"
The old lady wasn't truly short of money. It was just that after the old master left that day, he had declared that if she dared to secretly help this daughter again, she would be sent to the family temple to recuperate, and would no longer need to return to the Mu residence.
The old lady knew the old master's temperament; he was a man of his word! If he dared to say it, he certainly dared to do it! Besides, her own family had fallen, and the Song family practically had no one left to hold their own. Who could she rely on?
In recent years, the old lady has become quite shrewd. She knows that she is now helpless and alone, and her eldest son and daughter-in-law are very close. Even if she tries to sow discord, it will be useless. She might as well just go along with them and have a few days of peace and quiet.
The old lady has given Mu Changchun quite a bit of money and jewelry over the years, but this time, she actually asked for five thousand taels right off the bat. How could the old lady possibly agree to that?
Yuexuan.
"Miss, didn't you say that the old lady always doted on my aunt the most? Why won't she lend her any money? Even if she didn't have any, she should have informed the madam and asked her to take out five thousand taels of silver from the public funds for her," Rongyue asked, puzzled.
Mu Xin Nuan smiled faintly, "What do you know? The old lady is very shrewd. Now, everyone in the Mu family knows that Mother is the master of this inner courtyard. The old lady is old, and the Song family has fallen from power. Her beloved second uncle is currently serving in another place and cannot come back. How dare she be as domineering as before?"
Granny Yu laughed, "How could the old lady not have five thousand taels of silver? It's just that she's unwilling to give it. The main reason is that the old lady doesn't think much of the son-in-law. Besides, the young lady and young master are both eating and living at the Mu residence now. I really don't know how this young lady can bring herself to ask?"
Mu Hua nodded in agreement. "Exactly! She can't even take care of her own children, yet she has the audacity to come here to borrow money? She says she's borrowing, but everyone knows she's just asking for it! How many good things has this young lady taken from our Mu family over the years? When has she ever paid them back?"
Mu Xin Nuan glared at them, "Don't talk nonsense. If outsiders hear this, it will become a topic of gossip."
The group exchanged smiles and remained silent, but Mu Hua whispered, "Don't worry, Miss, Mu Qing is keeping watch outside."
After she finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the room, followed by laughter from several people, including Mu Xin Nuan.
"Miss, you deliberately revealed to the master that the young master wanted to marry your cousin to that crippled son of Master Huang, just waiting for this day, right?" Granny Yu brought back a set of summer silk gauze from outside, carefully folded it, and put it in the wardrobe, asking as she tidied it up.
“Granny Yu is a wise woman, and Tingting is a good girl. We can’t let her be ruined by her uncle.”
As Mu Xin Nuan finished speaking, she thought to herself that even if she wanted to use Liu Tingting, it should be her Mu family that had the right to do so. Did the Liu family deserve it?