How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

Chapter 9: Could this be considered a blessing in disguise?
After discussing with her wet nurse, Madam Tang began to think about who to send to keep an eye on the Qian family.

On the other side, Granny Tian jumped out of bed. "Second son, what do you mean? Don't think you're smarter than everyone else just because you came up with an idea today. Let me tell you, you just got lucky today. If you stab me in the heart again, I'll break your legs. Get out! I'm annoyed just looking at you! Get out!"

Normally, she would have fallen for the second son's wife's trick.

Her father-in-law repeatedly told her last night that the fate of their entire family depended on her, and if she were to expose the truth, their whole family would be doomed.

Upon hearing Granny Tian scolding Zhang, Zhao immediately walked in gleefully. "Second daughter-in-law, what did you do to upset your mother? She's already feeling unwell today, and you're only making things worse for her."

Seeing that Zhao was still in the mood to laugh at Zhang, Granny Tian immediately scolded, "You're no better. At least the second son's wife knows how to clean up the mess that old man left behind, but all you do is throw tantrums. Get out of here, I don't want to see you."

Although Zhang was trying to get information out of her, she also gave her a heads-up. From now on, she would even have to sleep with one eye open. Also, she should talk less. It wasn't surprising that her husband had abandoned her and their child with the money and become less talkative.

Zhao: "..." Why is she being scolded too?

Zhang: Serves you right! I'll make you laugh at me.

Granny Tian: "What are you all standing there for? Get out of here!"

Zhao walked out of Granny Tian's room, feeling dejected. She regretted going in; she'd gotten a scolding for nothing. "Second son's wife, what did you do to upset Mother?"

Zhang ignored her. She said, "You should think about what dowry to prepare for Chunhua," and then left.

Zhao was no longer in the mood for gossip.

Originally, her daughter could have had a very respectable dowry.

just now……

The county magistrate must bring that old bastard back as soon as possible. Otherwise, they'll still have to serve him after he squanders all the money.

Zhao cursed Qian Laifu in her heart before going to see what she could give Chunhua as a dowry.
After Zhang returned to her room, Qian Dajiang glared at her. "What were you doing in Mother's room? Don't you know she's upset?"

Zhang didn't want to go either. But, "I felt that Dad wasn't that kind of person, so I wanted to go and try to trick Mom, to see if Mom and Dad were conspiring to cheat the Tang family. I didn't expect that Dad would really run away with Chunhua's betrothal money."

Qian Dajiang wanted to say, "What are you bluffing about? His father even took all three of their secret savings. His mother had no idea they had a secret stash of money. You're just being nosy."

Zhang rolled her eyes at Qian Dajiang. "Why do you think Dad is doing this?"

"What else could it be? Isn't it just that he wants to marry a young and beautiful wife?"

"...No way? Dad's so old."

"You don't understand men at all. Even when a man is old and can't walk anymore, he still wants to sleep in the same bed with a young girl."

"...If you dare to do this when you're old, I'll beat you to death."

Qian Dajiang was genuinely a little scared after hearing this. He wouldn't dare make such a commotion in front of Madam Tang. "Wife, you were really amazing today."

Zhang glared at Qian Dajiang. "You three brothers are really pathetic today."

Qian Dajiang: "..." His wife is now showing no respect for him after revealing her true colors? "Wife, you don't know, my dad... never mind, I won't say anymore."

Even if he told her, his wife wouldn't sympathize with him; she's not the same person she used to be.

Zhang didn't want to listen either. She felt that Qian Dajiang was definitely trying to find excuses for him and his two brothers. "Fine, I won't say it then. If you three brothers continue to act like the sky is falling over every little thing, I'll look down on you."

Qian Dajiang wanted to say that their family's world had collapsed. Not only had his father run away, but he had also left the three brothers with a huge debt. But then he thought that Zhang was his wife, and their world also belonged to her, so he didn't dare to say it. "I know, I won't do it again."

“That’s more like it. Dad’s gone, so you three brothers will be the pillars of this family from now on. If you three can’t hold this family up, not only will I look down on you, but outsiders will too. Go and talk to your eldest brother and third brother about how to support this family.”

"Hmm." The three brothers needed to pull themselves together and seriously consider what to do next. They couldn't let their wives look down on them, they couldn't let outsiders look down on them, and they certainly couldn't let their father look down on them. They had to make their father regret it.

Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qian Dajiang cheer up. She didn't want to be the one doing everything when there was a man in the house. But she had no choice today.

The three brothers were quite close to her father-in-law, and if he suddenly did something like this, she wouldn't be able to handle it either.

Qian Dajiang went to talk to Qian Dashan and Qian Dahe for more than an hour. After they finished talking, he came to find Granny Tian.

Qian Dashan, speaking on behalf of his two younger brothers, said, "Mother, the three of us brothers just discussed it. We can't act like the sky has fallen just because Dad abandoned us and ran away. We have to live even better than when Dad was alive."

Granny Tian was very pleased to hear this. "I thought Zhang would have to run the household from now on."

The three brothers felt ashamed after hearing this.

Qian Dashan wiped his face. "Mom, we want to start a small business."

"What?!" Granny Tian was quite surprised. "You want to do business?"

Qian Dashan nodded. "If our family were rich, my father wouldn't have abandoned us. Besides, although the Tang family isn't holding it against us, we can't pretend it never happened. Once we figure things out and make some money, we'll give Chunhua a dowry of two thousand taels."

Granny Tian: "..." Could this be considered a blessing in disguise? "That old man took all the money from the house, and we have no capital left."

The three Qian brothers had also thought of this. "We don't need any capital. We plan to weave small baskets to sell. I remember when Miss Tang first came to our house, she really liked the small baskets my dad wove for Gousheng."

"Can that be sold for money?"

Qian Dashan didn't know either. But, "Let's give it a try. It's not a big deal if we can't sell them."

That's true. "Alright then. You guys put in more effort. I remember that old man revised Gousheng several times before he was satisfied."

Qian Dashan remembered this too. Gou Sheng complained that it wasn't pretty, that it was prickly, and that it was too lonely to be alone. "We'll put in more effort, don't worry."

"Okay. You guys do a good job. If you can make something of yourself, that old man will definitely regret it."

The three Qian brothers nodded heavily.

Soon, Mrs. Tang learned that the three Qian brothers wanted to start a business.

When Granny Tian came to inquire with Madam Tang about whether the county magistrate had sent anyone to arrest Qian Laifu, Madam Tang brought up the matter. "I heard from Ya'er that Chunhua's father and her two uncles want to go into business?"

"Yes. They said that old man only rejected them because of money, and they want to make a lot of money to crush that old man." As she spoke, Granny Tian began to grit her teeth.

Madam Tang took a sip of tea. "Since you want to do business, then come with us to the capital. People in the capital are rich; doing business there is like picking up money off the ground."

Granny Tian's eyes lit up immediately.

I'm coming!

Her father-in-law guessed right again!
Her father-in-law is amazing!

(End of this chapter)