On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Besides, Grandma Gu San was also anxious to go back and discuss the follow-up with her mother-in-law.

After listening to Xiao Xiao's words before, she also felt that it would not be easy for her family to keep those two charity halls.

Originally, I thought that the deed to the house belonged to the Gu family, so it would be no big deal for me to keep it now.

Of course, I’m not going to keep them forever. I’m planning to sell the other two houses next year.

For this purpose, many young girls with ordinary features were sent here, and the pretty and clever girls in their teens in this charity were transferred to the other two charity halls.

It was too abnormal for five or six hundred girls to disappear all of a sudden, so they wanted to spend a year or two to let them slowly disappear from the charity hall.

Then, if I sell the house at that time, everything will be safe.

Xiao Xiao really didn't care about her attitude. She was looking at others through the crack in the door, and even if she looked down on herself, she wouldn't lose a piece of meat.

"Please go ahead, Third Grandma. I want to walk a little further." Xiao Xiao looked compassionate. "When I was little, I was just like them. I had a hard life, not enough to eat, not enough to wear, and I was pale and skinny."

These are all lies.

As far as I can remember, although Xiao Xiao lived in a remote area near a reservoir, her father was not that bad and would always bring her some cloth, pork, or braised food when he came back.

She also knows how to set up fish baskets, and she can catch some small fish and shrimps almost every day. She cleans them carefully, and the braised small fish she makes is especially delicious.

She couldn't think about it anymore, or she would start drooling.

Of course, it was definitely not because she was greedy. She was eating delicacies from land and sea every day. It must be the baby in her belly that was rebelling.

Everyone says that pregnant women will suddenly want to eat something.

Grandma Gu San originally thought that Xiao Xiao would be unwilling to stay in this place, but she didn't expect that she would dare to talk about the Xiao family's financial situation.

This made her wonder if Xiao Xiao was really a naive person?

I instantly believed that with her personality, if she encountered a seriously injured stranger, she might really go to save him.

But with this kind of personality, she is definitely not suitable to be the mistress of the house.

He is not fit to be the head of a family, let alone manage such a large charity.

Grandma Gu San felt that she would soon be able to see the funny things they did.

The edible and usable things in this charity will not last for a few more days. What will they do?
If we use the money and property of the Li family to fill the gap, it will take a long time and cause serious damage.

After all, there are more than 2,000 hungry mouths in the charity hall. Even if each person is given one tael of silver, that would be more than 2,000 taels.

As for wanting other ladies to donate, it is not easy because they have all come to me privately...

"Then I'll take my leave first. Please feel free to do as you please, Grandma."

After saying this, she turned around and left with the two maids.

Xiao Xiao watched her walk away before she started walking forward, muttering to the two maids following her: "Madame Song, Madame Xu, did I say something wrong?"

Life is not easy, and she has to let the two big guys above her know that for the sake of the charity, she is not afraid to offend the ladies of the Gu family.

Then these two are the best microphones.

"Grandma is right." Nanny Song looked at the cowering little girls. Even though her face was not very good, she still said something nice: "The Queen entrusted the charity hall to you. She must believe that Grandma can manage the charity hall better than the Gu family."

"As for the other two charity halls, how about I go back to the palace to ask for their advice?"

The main reason was that everyone previously thought that letting Xiao Xiao take over the charity meant taking over all three charity halls.

Who would have thought that the Gu family wanted to occupy the other two charity halls. And they didn't treat these little girls well.

Although Nanny Song and Nanny Xu have no worries about food and clothing now, they also had a hard life when they were young, so they must be more sympathetic to these little girls.

That's why Nanny Song volunteered to go back to the palace to seek advice and report the news.

Xiao Xiao was eager for Nanny Song to go back, so she nodded and said, "Thank you for your help. Please also give my regards to the Queen on my behalf."

She would not miss a good opportunity to show her loyalty: "And please don't worry about these trivial matters, Queen. I will have someone check the accounts carefully."

Xiao Xiao felt that at this moment, she should be radiating holy light all over her body, and she was even moved by herself.

After Nanny Song left, she continued to walk inside.

The further you go inside, the more dilapidated the houses become. There are more little girls under seven or eight years old, and you can also see some little girls with disabilities.

After walking around, Xiao Xiao only saw seven or eight weak little boys.

There was also a shabby house at the innermost part, from which coughing sounds came one after another. Xiao Xiao asked a little girl nearby and found out that sick people would be sent here.

The doctor couldn't come often, so they could only use the leftover herbs.

As for whether it is the right treatment, it depends on luck.

By the time she returned to the front, half an hour had passed.

Xiao Xiao only hated herself for showing her loyalty too quickly. This charity was definitely a hot potato, and without tens of thousands of taels of silver, she would not be able to meet her requirements.

The house needs to be repaired, otherwise when the weather gets cold, these malnourished children will catch a cold.

Also, if children want to be healthy, they need adequate nutrition.

But all of these require money.

Xiao Xiao felt that she should go to the warehouse and ask how much silver was on the account.

The Gu family has taken over the charity hall for nearly ten years. Even if Xiao Xiao has five accountants, it is impossible for them to sort out all the accounts over the years in just half an hour.

In fact, the five accountants brought by Xiao Xiao were not outsiders.

There is one accounting office in the Li Mansion, two accounting offices in Haiweilou and the trading company, and the other two accounting offices are the accounting offices in Xiao Xiaozhuang.

Previously, Xiao Xiao saved the queen, and the emperor rewarded Xiao Xiao with two farms, including all the people in the farms.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao doesn't have to worry about anything on the farm.

However, when the heads of the two farms went to visit her before, Xiao Xiao knew that they also worked part-time as accountants, so she took the opportunity to let them come as well.

Seeing that Madam Li and the others were still talking, Xiao Xiao went to the account office and asked directly, "How many people are there in this charity? How much silver is left on the books? How much grain is left in the storehouse?"

The accountant in the mansion looked incredulous: "There are a total of 2,218 people, but there are only 14 taels of silver in the account, and there are only more than 500 kilograms of brown rice in the warehouse."

Even though the other account books had not been calculated yet, they first looked at the warehouse and the remaining silver.

Who could have thought that such a large charity would soon be unable to make ends meet?
Xiao Xiao was glad that she had made the worst plan beforehand, so she was not frightened by the bad news.

She then asked, "How much donations are there this year?"

The accountant of Haiweilou replied: "My Lord, at the beginning of the year, the palace sent us 20,000 taels of silver. In addition, the ladies donated a total of 36,726 taels of silver, 420 bolts of various fabrics, and more than 70,000 kilograms of brown rice!" (End of this chapter)