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Chapter 118 No Money

She asked the maid, "Where is my tea cup?"

The maid suddenly lowered her head and was speechless.

Bai Lingge saw something was wrong and raised his voice angrily: "I'm asking you a question, where is my tea cup!"

The servant girl was frightened and immediately knelt on the ground, moaning like a mosquito, "Mrs. Hui, your set of teacups was taken away by the young master..."

It happened that Gu Hongchao came in from outside and heard what the maid said.

Bai Lingge raised his head and looked at Gu Hongchao, "Hongchao, what do you want my tea cup for?"

Although Gu Hongchao was not satisfied with Bai Lingge's tone, he was wrong after all, so he accompanied Bai Lingge with a smiling face to explain.

But no matter what Gu Hongchao said about his own difficulties, Bai Lingge still frowned.

Finally Gu Hongchao said: "Lingge, I was wrong this time, I just borrowed it in a hurry, I will accompany you to the street tomorrow to choose a better set of teacups for you, how about it?"

After Gu Hongchao finished speaking, a smile appeared on Bai Lingge's face. She embraced Gu Hongchao's arm and said coquettishly, "It's settled, don't lie to me!"

"I won't lie to you, we'll go tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Gu Hongchao got up and went to the accountant of Gu's mansion to withdraw money.

Manager Mao, who was in charge of the accounting department earlier, had been dismissed by Mrs. Gu. In order to avoid Mrs. Gu's revenge, Manager Mao had packed up and returned to his hometown.

Butler Gu is now in charge of the accounting room. He is one of Mrs. Gu's confidants.

The accountant almost couldn't believe it when he heard the amount of silver the young master wanted to withdraw. He asked with a worried smile: "Young Master, how much silver do you want?"

Gu Hongchao glanced at the accountant, and said calmly: "Not much, 1000 taels."

1000 two!

Is that not much?

You know, there is no 1000 taels of silver in the entire public account of the Gu family now!The young master asked for 1000 taels!

The accountant secretly winked at the waiter behind him, and asked him to inform Steward Gu quietly, but he said with a bitter face: "Young Master, it's not that I won't give it to you, it's because the accountant doesn't have so much money right now. Didn't you just take 5000 taels a few days ago!"

Gu Hongchao:......

"That's the silver taels for my young master's marriage, more than 5000 taels?"

The accountant kept silent and bowed his head, not daring to speak.

Gu Hongchao took a deep breath and took a step back, "If you don't have 1000 taels, then I'll take 500 taels."

Mr. Accountant: ...

"Young master, I don't even have 500 taels..."

Gu Hongchao got a little angry, "How much money does the Duke still have?"

The accountant said tremblingly: "There are still less than 200 taels..." This is the 300 taels that the butler Gu asked his wife to put in the office for emergency use a few days ago. After two days, there are only less than 200 taels left .

If you don’t have 200 taels, what can you do?
As Gu Hongchao grew up, especially after marrying Qin Shuhuang, he never worried about money at all. Whenever he wanted to use it, he would go directly to the cashier to withdraw it, and the cashier never refused him.

In Gu Hongchao's eyes, there should be at least 8000-[-] taels of silver in the public house anytime and anywhere.

Today, he didn't withdraw the silver taels he wanted at the cashier's office. He thought it was his parents who told him to restrict him on purpose.

Gu Hongchao glanced at the accountant lightly, rolled up his sleeves and left.

After that, Gu Hongchao accompanied Bai Lingge to go shopping, and bought a set of blue and white Linglong porcelain tea set at Duobaoxuan, the most expensive porcelain shop in Beijing. Linglong porcelain is a new craft, although it is not perfect, it is very expensive.

This tea set alone cost 700 taels of silver.

Gu Hongchao asked the boy to send the signed bill back to Gu's mansion directly, and asked Mrs. Gu to give the money.

The Gu family, Mrs. Gu just woke up from a nap, and she was still a little dazed. Madam Ge stepped in quickly and handed the bill to Mrs. Gu, "Madam, the guy at Duobaoxuan sent it, and I ask you to give me the money."

Before Mrs. Gu had time to look at the bill carefully, she frowned when she heard the words, threw the bill aside, and said angrily: "This is seeing that our Gu family is weak, and everyone has been bullied. Even a merchant dares to meddle Foot! Send someone to beat that guy out!"

The items of Duobaoxuan are also famously expensive in the capital. Although Duobaoxuan often sells some new gadgets, in general, the price/performance ratio is very low, and the people who usually go to patronize it are those from noble families. spendthrift.

Ladies and ladies with a little bit of taste and life skills seldom patronize.

Mother Ge hurriedly picked up the bill, with a bitter face, "Ma'am, it's not you, it's the young master, and the young master's signature is on this bill!"

After hearing what Grandma Ge said, Mrs. Gu quickly took the bill again and looked at it carefully.

The bill is indeed signed by Gu Hongchao, and there is his son's personal seal in the lower right corner. It is also a bill from Duobaoxuan, a famous restaurant in Beijing. I am afraid it cannot be a fake.

Looking at the amount on the bill, Gu Hongchao actually spent 700 taels for a set of tea sets!
Did the Gu family's money come from the strong wind?

Gu Hongchao had just spent 5000 taels to marry Bai Lingge, and Gu's family was at its most difficult time, and now he is still spending money recklessly.

Mrs. Gu was so angry that she suppressed her anger and told Mother Ge, "Go and call Steward Gu!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, Butler Gu rushed to the main courtyard and told him about the fact that the young master went to the accounting room to withdraw money in the morning but failed to receive it.

Soon Mrs. Gu found out from the maid why Gu Hongchao bought a set of teacups for 700 taels. It turned out that it was for Bai Lingge.

Mrs. Gu scraped together 700 taels of silver to pay the bill for Gu Hongchao, but her face was already livid with anger.

Mother Ge said: "Ma'am, there is no way for you to do this. You have saved a lot of money, and it is about to bottom out. You must let the masters and young masters know the current situation of the Gu family!"

After thinking about it, Mrs. Gu felt that Madam Ge's words were reasonable. The old and young men of the Gu family can't just wait and eat, they have to earn some money to come in.

So, Mrs. Gu summoned the Gu family to have dinner in the main courtyard.

Put the current financial situation of the Gu family on the bright side.

In the past, Mrs. Gu seldom put the money on the surface in order to occupy more of Qin Shuhuang's property and dowry, so Gu Long just turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye. As long as you have money, Gu Hongchao has less to worry about.

Now that Mrs. Gu suddenly presented the truth of the Gu family's difficulties in front of everyone, Gu Long and Gu Hongchao immediately frowned.

Looking at the public accounts, the Gu family's current assets only include the house they live in now, three or two shops, two hundred acres of land and some worthless furniture in the warehouse...

A large family needs to eat, and the output of [-] mu of land is only enough to feed a whole family. The shop settles the accounts once a year, and Gu Hongchao takes away the money from the last payment.

Leaving Qin Shuhuang, Gu's mansion didn't get any income now...

In the past few years, Madam Gu's inventory has mostly been used to make up for the shortfall in Qin Shuhuang's dowry that was embezzled by her.

In fact, Mrs. Gu kept a little secretly. It was the coffin book she kept quietly. It was her last resort. She would never take it out unless absolutely necessary.

Bai Lingge, who was listening on the sidelines, did the math, and the property of the Gu family's entire mansion was not as much as she had saved in the past few years...

(End of this chapter)