Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 599: Does my husband have someone else outside?
That day he came to Yang Zhengshan's yard and found the housekeeper Qingxia.

When Lu Shou grew old, the housekeepers in Yang Zhengshan's courtyard were replaced by Qingxia and Hongyun.

Now the Yang family members do not live in one courtyard. There is no courtyard on the island that is big enough to accommodate so many people in the Yang family. Yang Zhengshan is too lazy to build a big courtyard, so he built some small courtyards with three entrances.

The courtyards of Yang Mingcheng and his four brothers were on both sides of Yang Zhengshan's courtyard, and other younger generations were given a small courtyard as soon as they got married, and lived their own lives there.

"Sister Qingxia, give me one hundred thousand taels of silver!" Yang Mingzhao said with a huge mouth.

Qingxia looked at him in confusion, "What does the Fourth Master need so much money for?"

"I am useful. In addition to the silver, you also need to get me some wine and tea. First, 300 kilograms of wine and 10 kilograms of tea!" Yang Mingzhao said.

"Fourth Master, there are regulations for the supplies for each room. You only have four jars of wine and one pound of Donglingchun every year, and your monthly silver is only five hundred taels!" Qingxia said.

With so many people in the Yang family, they naturally cannot spend money casually. There are rules for each room and courtyard.

The spiritual fruits, wine, and tea are the same as the salary on the island, that is, for a sixth-level acquired warrior, four jars of wine and one pound of Donglingchun.

As for silver and money, each courtyard received five hundred taels of silver. In addition to the expenses for food, drink, and defecation, this five hundred taels of silver also included the monthly wages for servants and maids.

For example, Yang Mingzhao had six followers. The monthly wages of the two servants had to be paid by Yang Mingzhao himself, while the monthly wages of the guards were paid by the Yang family's account office.

If the servants' cultivation reaches the sixth level of the acquired realm, they can also receive wine and tea, which will be paid from the Yang family's treasury.

Simply put, the cultivation salary was centrally paid by Yang Zhengshan, and the monthly salary for each room and courtyard was set at 500 taels.

So Yang Mingzhao was actually very poor. Apart from his monthly salary, he had no other income.

Like Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao, they had jobs in the Yang family business or the navy, and could receive extra silver. However, Yang Mingzhao had no job and could only receive 500 taels of silver per month.

Five hundred taels is already a lot, and Yang Mingzhao's yard simply cannot afford to spend so much money.

"My father is not at home, Sister Qingxia, please give me more!" Yang Mingzhao said in a coquettish tone.

Qingxia said with a smile: "Fourth Master, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but I really have no choice. The keys to the cellar and the storeroom are in your hands. As for the silver, one hundred thousand taels is too much, and the accountant doesn't have that much cash!"

"Sister~ I'm really useful, please think of a solution for me." Yang Mingzhao begged.

Qingxia said softly, "Fourth Master, I really can't help you. You can go find the master."

"Brother won't give it to me!" Yang Mingzhao felt helpless.

Yang Mingcheng is the most honest person. It is easy to fool him, but it is extremely difficult to make him break the rules set by Yang Zhengshan.

Seeing his disappointed face, Qingxia could only say, "If the Fourth Master needs money, he can borrow some from the Second Master. As for wine and tea, you can only ask the First Master for that!"

Yang Mingzhao thought about it and it seemed that this was the only way.

But then his eyes lit up, "Sister, lend me some wine and tea, I will definitely return them to you in the future!"

"Then Fourth Master, tell me what to do!" Qingxia did not refuse.

She and Hongyun watched Yang Mingzhao grow up and are closest to him.

"This, I made a few friends and I want to give it to them!" Yang Mingzhao said with a blink.

"Fourth Master, you lied!" Qingxia exposed him mercilessly.

She looked at Yang Mingzhao with an expression that said, "You can't fool me," which made Yang Mingzhao feel discouraged.

"Sister Qingxia!" Yang Mingzhao could only speak in a pleading tone.

Qingxia really couldn't do anything about him, so she could only compromise and said, "Okay, okay, I'll give you some, but you should know that the master and the mistress won't tolerate your nonsense."

Yang Mingzhao felt a little guilty when he heard this, but he still said, "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely not make trouble!"

Qingxia then lent Yang Mingzhao ten jars of wine and five kilograms of tea.

"That's all I have. I want to keep some for myself!" Qingxia said.

She and Hongyun have both reached the half-step innate level in their cultivation and can receive ten jars of wine and ten kilograms of tea a year. She drinks less, so there is more wine left over.

Yang Mingzhao laughed, and then said, "Thank you, Sister Qingxia. Hehe, Sister Qingxia, can you lend me some money?"

Qingxia had no choice but to find a three thousand tael note and hand it to him, "That's all!"

Her monthly salary was not much, only fifty taels a month, and these three thousand taels were the result of her saving for many years.

As for the silver bills, they were issued by the money houses under the Yang Family Business Company and were only circulated in Xingyue Island and several coastal cities of Dayong. They were mainly used within Xingyue Island and by the Yang Family Business Company.

Yang Mingzhao promptly accepted the banknote and asked someone to move the wine and tea away.

With the first there is the second.

The second victim was naturally Hong Yun.

Hong Yun followed Yang Wanqing in Nanjiang Town for five years. After making sure that Yang Wanqing would not be in danger, he returned to Xingyue Island.

The two of them have always been following Yu Qingyi, so there is no need to explain their status on Xingyue Island.

When Yang Mingzhao came to borrow things, Hongyun was even softer-hearted than Qingxia. She didn't even ask why and just gave all the things to Yang Mingzhao.

Next was Yang Mingzhi. Yang Mingzhi didn't have any wine or tea, but he had money. He was the lieutenant general of Fuzhou Guard and the deputy general of Beiyuan Town. He had a lot of savings.

"What on earth do you want to do?" Yang Mingzhi was obviously not as easy to talk to as Qingxia and Hongyun.

"Second brother, please give it to me or not. If not, I will go to my eldest brother!" Yang Mingzhao was not so polite anymore.

Yang Mingzhi looked at him suspiciously, "Are you planning to do something?"

"Second brother!"

"Forget it. I don't want to bother with you. Go find Wu Er and ask him to withdraw 50,000 taels from you!" Yang Mingzhi thought about it and felt that his fourth brother should not be a reckless person. Besides, it was just a few tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was not a big deal.

"Second brother is so generous. I thank you very much!" Yang Mingzhao was overjoyed.

Then it was Wang Mingzhe. In the medicine shop in the city, Yang Mingzhao was holding a large cloth bag in one hand and grabbing pills from the shelf with the other hand and putting them into the bag.

"What are you doing, kid? Are you coming here to rob me?" Wang Mingzhe looked at Yang Mingzhao in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

"Haha, senior brother, these pills are just a loan from me. I'll return them to you when I have money!" Yang Mingzhao said with a flattering smile while packing the pills.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, what do you want these pills for? No, that one is for aphrodisiac, you want one too!" Wang Mingzhe said.

Yang Mingzhao was stunned. An aphrodisiac?
He looked at the pill in his hand, Eight-flavor Rehmannia Pill!!!
"No, Senior Brother, how come you have such an improper medicine here?"

"What do you know? On the island, pills like this sell the best!" Wang Mingzhe snatched the pill away.

He moved to Xingyue Island in the eighth year of Xingyue and studied with Sun Wanzhen for more than ten years. His medical skills and alchemy skills have reached a very high level.

After arriving at Xingyue Island, he opened a medicine shop on the island. He saw patients and made medicines on weekdays. His life was very easy and comfortable.

Yang Mingzhao quickly took out the pills from the cloth bag and took a look. There were quite a few miscellaneous pills, but there were also many pills for cultivation, treatment and detoxification.

He picked and chose, picking out those messy pills.

"Brother, please give me some more bone strengthening pills and strength refining pills."

Wang Mingzhe looked at him, "No!"

"How could there be nothing?" Yang Mingzhao asked.

"Really not. The most popular items here are the low-grade elixirs. There are the most warriors below the fifth level on the island, so naturally the low-grade elixirs sell the fastest!" Wang Mingzhe was too lazy to care what Yang Mingzhao was going to do. He put the elixirs on the shelf again.

Yang Mingzhao took a look in the cloth bag. There were more than a dozen porcelain bottles of pills, which should last for a while.

"Brother, please find some time to refine some for me. I'll ask you for more next time I come back!"

"I can't refine it!" Wang Mingzhe felt that this junior brother was not in a good mental state today.

"What?"

"Master is not here, so there are not so many precious medicines!"

Yang Mingzhao was depressed, but he continued, "Then lend me some money!"

"What on earth do you want to do?" Wang Mingzhe was a little annoyed by his pestering.

"Hehe!" Yang Mingzhao smiled and directly opened the cash box on the counter. Sure enough, there were a lot of silver bills inside.

"You lent me all these!" "Hey, you're not lending me, you're robbing me!" Wang Mingzhe wanted to stop Yang Mingzhao, but Yang Mingzhao grabbed the banknotes and ran away, running out of the medicine shop.

And just like that, one more victim was added.

In the end, Yang Mingzhao borrowed twenty-two jars of wine, fifteen kilograms of Dong Lingchun, sixty-eight thousand taels of silver, and more than a hundred pills of various kinds.

There were three victims: Qingxia, Hongyun, Yang Mingzhi and Wang Mingzhe.

Yang Minghao has not come back yet, so he escaped the disaster.

Yang Mingcheng and Yang Mingzhao did not speak directly because they knew that it was their eldest brother's sister-in-law who was in charge of the money in their eldest brother's courtyard and they could not borrow money from their eldest brother.

As for the others, well, Yang Mingzhao felt that he was the elder and he really couldn't bring himself to borrow things from his nephews.

But in addition to the things, he also wanted to kidnap someone.

"Uncle Wu, do you want to go to Darong for some fun?"

"What are you playing?" Wu Zheng looked at him puzzled.

Yang Mingzhao smiled and said, “Uncle Wu, aren’t you bored on the island?”

"Not boring!" Wu Zheng shook his head.

"I know you must be bored. Come on, let me take you out to play! Let's go to Bashu. I've made a lot of friends in Bashu, and they're all famous men!"

"What's the fun in that!"

"We can fight!" Yang Mingzhao tempted.

There are many innate warriors on Xingyue Island, but not many of them would mess with him.

There was no need to say much about Ding Qiu. He was not the kind of person who would allow Yang Mingzhao to do whatever he wanted. Luo Jinsong and Wu Zhan were going to lead the navy out to sea, and Yang Chengche and Yang Qinwu also had things to do. Now the only one who was idle was Wu Zheng.

And Wu Zheng is not a person who is content with what he has to endure. In his past, he was the famous Master Wu in Kyoto. After coming to Xingyue Island, although he has been practicing hard, his temperament has not changed much.

Sure enough, when Wu Zheng heard that he could fight, he was somewhat tempted.

Having been idle on the island for too long, he wanted to go out and move around.

"You wouldn't lie to me, would you?" Wu Zheng looked at him suspiciously.

"How could that be? Uncle Wu, don't worry, you will definitely be able to fight if you follow me." Yang Mingzhao patted his chest and guaranteed.

Seeing that he was so sure, Wu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Well, since I'm so free lately, I might as well go out for a walk with you!"

Just like that, Wu Zheng got on board the pirate ship.

"Uncle Wu, please get ready. We will set off in five days!" Yang Mingzhao said happily.

After returning from Wu Zheng, Yang Mingzhao plunged into his own warehouse.

As the fourth master of the Yang family, Yang Mingzhao has a lot of good things in his hands, and the warehouse is full of various valuable things.

"This long sword is great, forged from earth-fire steel. It's perfect for Chen Buyu!"

"This bow is not bad. Chen Buyu's bow is too bad. It's only a three-stone bow. This is an eight-stone bow!"

"Hey, why didn't you get more weapons before!"

He rummaged through things in the warehouse, muttering to himself in frustration.

There are many valuable things in the warehouse, but not many of them are actually useful.

Gold and silver jewelry, gemstones and jade, precious calligraphy and paintings, etc. These were all gifts he received as a child, and now they are all placed here.

After thinking about it, Yang Mingzhao simply packed up all the things that could be sold and exchange them for silver at Darong later.

Just as he was busy packing the things in the warehouse into boxes, Zhu Yaoyuan suddenly stood outside the door and said, "Husband, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Yaoyuan's face looked a little bad, with a strong sense of resentment on her pretty face. Her bright eyes were watery, and the tears in her eyes seemed like they would fall at any time.

"Ah, nothing~" Yang Mingzhao said, but he was stunned as soon as he finished speaking.

"Madam, what's wrong with you?"

He was frightened by Zhu Yaoyuan's crying look, and hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve to wipe her tears.

Yang Mingzhao was panicking and at a loss as to what to do.

This is the first time that Zhu Yaoyuan has such an expression after being married for nearly ten years.

Zhu Yaoyuan looked at Yang Mingzhao with a wry look in her eyes, "Does my husband have someone else outside?"

“……” Yang Mingzhao froze.

Do I have someone outside?
is not that right?

I have a lot of people outside, more than 5,000 people!

Ugh, what a mess!

"My lady, what are you thinking about? I'm alone outside. No, you must have misunderstood!" Yang Mingzhao didn't know how to explain.

"Then why did you borrow so many things and take things away from home!"

"Do you dislike me? Or do you have other women outside?"

Zhu Yaoyuan did misunderstand.

But it's not her fault.

Look at what Yang Mingzhao is doing these days.

Not only did he borrow things from everywhere, he also took away all the valuables in the house, as if he was going to run away!
And Yang Mingzhao hasn't explained it to her yet.

It's obvious that he doesn't plan to take her with him!

Yang Mingzhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "My lady, don't think too much. I just went out to do something and I need some money and things."

"Then take me with you!" Zhu Yaoyuan said.

"Isn't this bad!"

"What's wrong with that? I'm also a warrior and I won't hold you back!" Zhu Yaoyuan said.

The Zhu family is also a martial arts family. All the children in the Zhu family have to learn martial arts, and Zhu Yaoyuan has been married to Xingyue Island for more than eight years. Over the years, her cultivation has not been low, and she has reached the third level of acquired cultivation.

"But An'er and Qi'er still need someone to take care of them!" Yang Mingzhao said with some embarrassment.

Zhu Yaoyuan fell silent.

She also couldn't bear to leave her child.

If she really had to leave Xingyue Island for a few months, she really wouldn't be able to let go.

"My dear, I promise that I have never done anything out of the blue. The Yang family has a rule that if you are childless by the age of 40, you can take a concubine. I already have An'er, so I will definitely not take a concubine!"

"But you can keep a mistress. There is no rule in the Yang family rules that forbids keeping a mistress!"

"No, absolutely not."

"Really not?"

"Really not!"

Yang Mingzhao made promises and swore, and it took him half a day to dispel Zhu Yaoyuan's doubts.

Zhu Yaoyuan felt that her husband was still trustworthy. Although Yang Mingzhao often went out to play in recent years, he had always been very good to her and the children.

"If you need silver, I have some here!"

"No, no, that's your dowry, how can I use it!" Yang Mingzhao refused without hesitation.

How can a real man spend a woman's money?

The couple talked sweetly for a long time until late at night. Their conversation had not ended, but the communication had changed from verbal to physical.

(End of this chapter)