"He still needs to withdraw money?" The matriarch exploded upon hearing this! "What does he take this family for? Is there a mountain of gold and silver? He still wants to buy an ancient painting. This ancient painting belongs to my Dashun. What could someone from Qian Zhou possibly understand? " She shouted while looking at the old man standing at He Zhong's side, saying: "We don't want the painting. You can go back!"
The old man awkwardly said: "But Lord Feng has already taken the painting away!"
"Then I will return it to you!"
The old man pondered a little then sighed, saying: "That's fine. Then would elder madam please return the painting. This old one will return with the painting!"
The matriarch pointed at the room: "Take a look for yourself! Which one is your ancient painting? "
The old man looked around the room then helplessly shook his head, "It's not any of them."
At this time, everyone in the Feng family had already turned their gazes to the pieces on the ground. The matriarch's anger had caused her to be unable to notice it, but they did. As for the servant that had come in earlier, she could no longer hold it in and helplessly said to the matriarch: "The one that you just tore up was the ancient painting!"
"What did you say?" The matriarch stared wide-eyed at the pieces of paper on the ground, as she felt her mind explode with a "weng, weng" sound. "You said this is the ancient painting?"
The servant nodded, "Master just sent someone to bring it back."
"Then why didn't you say so earlier?" The matriarch became furious and suddenly swung her cane at the servant.
The servant quickly kneeled in fear and repeatedly begged for forgiveness. At the same time, she said: "This servant already said it! This servant really already said it! "
"Sophistry!" The matriarch's heart trembled.
At this time, the old man from Wonderful Treasure House squatted down and picked up the torn painting. Picking up a few larger pieces, he carefully identified them. Only then did he stand up and say to the matriarch: "That's right, this is the painting that Lord Feng took a fancy to and sold. The painter is Fan Zhong Tian."
The matriarch was uncultured and completely did not understand what the name Fan Zhong Tian meant, but not everyone in the Feng family was uncultured. For example, Feng Chen Yu. Back then, Feng Jin Yuan had raised her for many years with the aspect of the phoenix. The four arts were all taught by famous teachers. How could she not have heard of the name Fan Zhong Tian.
Chen Yu then said in surprise: "Is it the painting master from 400 years ago, Fan Zhong Tian?"
The old man nodded. "Miss, you are very perceptive. That's right."
When the old lady heard the words "four hundred years ago", her mind was in a mess. She didn't have a deep understanding of ancient paintings, but when it was mentioned four hundred years ago, her first reaction was: such an ancient painting, how much is it worth?
"Four hundred years! How much did Father spend to buy this painting? "This question was asked by Feng Yu Heng.
She then heard the old man reply, "The original price was one hundred and sixty thousand taels of silver, but since Feng daren is the young miss's father, we've reduced the price by forty thousand taels, so the total is one hundred and twenty thousand taels. My lord took the painting back and ordered this old one to come to the Feng manor to get the money. " While he spoke, he pulled out a waist tag and a slip of paper. Everyone recognized the waist tag. It belonged to Feng Jin Yuan. As for that note, it was the proof that Feng Jin Yuan had written for her. Now, he could not deny it even if he wanted to.
The matriarch regretted it too late, but the old man's words allowed her to relax. She quickly said to Feng Yu Heng: "It's good, it's good that it's our family's shop. Otherwise, we really would have become a joke."
Fen Dai sourly said: "But of course! The one hundred taels in the account can't even last for a few days. How could there be one hundred and twenty thousand taels. "
But Feng Yu Heng looked at the matriarch with a puzzled expression. Her face was filled with confusion: "How did it become our family's shop? Grandmother, did you not hear that they used the name Wonderful Treasure House? "
The matriarch was also dazed, "That's right! It's Wonderful Treasure House. "
"Then what does it have to do with the Feng family?"
Hearing her speak like this, the matriarch became unhappy, "Heng, how many times must grandmother tell you that you are a daughter of the Feng family, and your surname is Feng! Also, you have yet to get married. Even if there is no need to hand over the income of your own shop to the public, now that this sort of thing has happened, we can't just sit and watch. Moreover, the person that took the painting is your father. Grandmother will make the decision. This painting will be considered a congratulatory gift from you to your father. "
"Ha!" Feng Yu Heng immediately began to laugh. Following this, she could not stop laughing. It was as though she had heard the funniest joke in the world.
The matriarch angrily said: "Stop laughing! This matter will be settled like this! "
"Wait!" Just as the matriarch was about to stand up, Feng Yu Heng's laughter came to a sudden stop. Her expression also became gloomy. "Grandmother, the older people are mostly muddle-headed. Heng will not argue with you, but there is something that I must remind you of. Wonderful Treasure House belongs to my mother, Yao shi. It does not have the slightest relation to Heng."
An shi also said from the side: "That's right! Although the three shops outside are managed by second young miss, in truth, they are all part of the dowry that the Yao family gave to elder sister Yao. "
The matriarch was dazed upon hearing this. She had forgotten about this matter. It had always been Feng Yu Heng managing the shops, so she naturally believed that the shops belonged to Feng Yu Heng; however, she did not think that the deeds would be under Yao shi's name.
Feng Yu Heng saw the change in the matriarch's expression and faintly said: "My mother, Yao shi, received an imperial decree to divorce my father. How could a dignified standard first rank official's manor have the nerve to owe money to a divorced woman? Taking a step back, for a grown man to marry a new wife, he needs to go to his ex-wife's shop and take it for free. Do you feel that this sort of behavior is worthy of praise? If this gets out, will you have any face? "
With these words, not only did everyone lose face, they even felt flustered. Even Han shi and Fen Dai lost face. Both of them rolled their eyes at the matriarch. Fen Dai frankly said: "Shameful."
The matriarch's face alternated between red and white. If there was a crack in the ground, she hated that she could not crawl into it. She immediately began cursing Feng Jin Yuan, as she thought to herself that she had truly given birth to a shameless son. Of all the places to buy things, he had to go to Wonderful Treasure House. Was this not slapping his own face?
"Hah." Feng Yu Heng squatted on the ground and reached out to pick up a few pieces. She could not help but sigh and say: "Fan Zhong Tian's paintings, perhaps there are less than three in the entirety of Dashun. I heard that the other two are in the palace. Who knew that this one would end up in such a state. "
She stood up and gave the old man a subtle look. The old man understood and immediately said to the matriarch: "I'll have to trouble the matriarch to pay the money first. This old man originally planned to go to the county princess's manor after noon today to report to the boss."
"Ah!" Xiang Rong interjected, "Can you report it a few days later. If this matter were to reach lady Yao's ears, how … how shameful would that be!"
An shi also sighed and said: "But of course. That year, master carried lady Yao into the Feng manor in a sedan with eight people. Later on, we all know what happened to the point of a divorce. If word of today's matter were to spread, would the Feng family still have any face? Elder madam, you absolutely must reconsider! "
How could the matriarch not understand this logic. If the shop belonged to Feng Yu Heng, even if she had to become hostile, she would still refuse to pay the money; however, it had to be Yao shi's. This was not the same.
She was just helpless. No matter how anxious she was, there was no money in the accounts. This painting was not a small sum. It was a full 120,000 taels!
The matriarch frowned deeply, yet the old man asked He Zhong: "Housekeeper, Lord Feng said that we could withdraw the money after arriving at the manor. What is this situation?"
He Zhong spread his hands. There was nothing that he could do.
Fen Dai already found this room full of nice things to be an eyesore. At this time, she thought quickly and suggested: "Grandmother, how about we sell off all the gold and jade items in this room!"
The matriarch thought about it. This matter was reliable! Thus she said to He Zhong: "I heard that this room's furniture cost around 400,000 taels. Have someone tidy it up and sell it all."
Before He Zhong could agree, Jin Zhen, who had been frowning the entire time, spoke up: "In the past, when I was at the Shen Clan's side, this concubine heard her say that these things were worth a lot of money when they were bought, but if they were to be sold, perhaps not even half of the money would be able to be sold. Unless it was an antique, the more it was sold, the more money it would bring. "
"Not even half of it could be sold?" The matriarch felt distressed, but if they did not sell these things, how would 120,000 taels be gathered?
The room fell silent for a while. Finally, the matriarch's eyes lit up, as she turned her gaze towards Chen Yu. Chen Yu felt uncomfortable from being stared at, so she could only take the initiative to say: "Granddaughter's side is truly unable to gather that much. Most of the things in the storage were sent to grandmother a few days ago. There are still some small things left, but they are just accessories for girls. They are not worth much. As for the banknotes, they were all given to grandmother! "
The matriarch then looked at Xiang Rong and Fen Dai. Xiang Rong felt wronged and said: "Granddaughter gave all of her monthly allowance to grandmother."
Fen Dai rolled her eyes even more: "My monthly allowance was given to concubine mother Han to supplement her body."
Everyone blocked the matriarch's mouth. Seeing that she was about to look towards An shi, An shi took the initiative to say: "The shops under this concubine's name are nothing more than a small business. Some of the savings were saved for the third young miss' dowry. Husband getting married, it would not be good … "It would not be good to ask for his daughter's dowry, right?
The matriarch felt even more embarrassed by what she said, as she remained silent.
Feng Yu Heng felt this was funny and reminded her: "Didn't grandmother receive a number of congratulatory gifts these past few days? I heard that there were even banknotes. "
With this reminder, everyone stared at the matriarch. Fen Dai angrily said: "Grandmother, why are you only asking us for money? Are you unwilling to part with your own money? "
The matriarch's face turned red, as her heart ached! She had endured for half her life and finally obtained the title of noble lady. Finally, someone had given her gifts. As a result, these gifts had not even warmed up in her hands before she had to sell them?
Granny Zhao quietly advised her: "In any case, let's get through this first. Once this matter reaches Yao shi's side, it truly will not be easy to clean up! Elder madam, think about it. That Yao shi is also someone with the title of first rank noble lady! "
The matriarch was truly helpless. Gritting her teeth, she frankly said: "Go and bring out those banknotes. If it's not enough … pick out some more valuable things to make up for it."
Reality proved that the matriarch had received quite a bit of banknotes over the past few days. In the small box, there was a total of 50 thousand taels, but there was still a large gap from 120 thousand taels.
The matriarch held the 50 thousand taels in her hand and discussed with the man, "Can we owe you the rest for now. When we have gathered enough, we will have someone send it to you?"
The old man repeatedly shook his head, "Would elder madam please forgive us. Wonderful Treasure House does not take credit. Moreover, after noon, we still need to report the debt to the boss. Or perhaps this old one will go and discuss with the boss and say that the Feng manor owes it? "
"Absolutely not." An shi hastily said: "Elder madam, face is most important!"
The matriarch gritted her teeth, "Granny Zhao, go fetch my personal silver."
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