Chapter 575: Countess Jing’an Takes Over 2 (1/2)

As for their farm holdings, they only collected rent from the tenants at the end of the year. The farms usually produced some fruits and vegetables, which were usually only sent to the estate for their own consumption. They wouldn’t be able to make much money even if they sold the produce from that.

The servants within the estate and their other properties, the shopkeepers and workers of the stores, as well as the monthly allowances of the masters of the estate… These were what their estate’s income had to support.

Their monthly expenses were approximately six to seven hundred taels. It was just a rough estimate that didn’t include the cost of maintaining friendships with other noble estates.

The monthly income of their estate was only five hundred taels. Their expenses were so much more than the profit collected from their assets…

She recalled the smirk on her sister-in-law’s face when the matriarch had handed the management rights of the household to her.

Countess Jing’an was now boiling with rage. Yet, at the same time, she felt frustrated and helpless.

She remembered clearly that House Jing’an hadn’t been in this shape twenty years ago. When she had been in charge of the shared accounts, the cash flow had been around five to six thousand taels.

They earned a lot of monthly profit from the stores, properties, and rural estates.

After so many years, how had House Jing’an ended up like this? They hadn’t accumulated any savings and their finances had instead withered away into poverty.

By the time the accounts had been handed to her, the estate was already struggling to make ends meet.

Countess Jing’an’s most trusted servant, Senior Servant Wang, was beside her. She asked worriedly, “Madam, what’s wrong? Great Doctor Miao instructed this old servant that you can’t stress yourself out since you’ve just gotten better.”

Countess Jing’an sighed and handed the paper with her rough calculations to Senior Servant Wang, “Suxin, take a look yourself.”

Suxin was Senior Servant Wang’s name when she had still been a maidservant. It was only Countess Jing’an who still called her that.

Senior Servant Wang took the paper and swiftly glanced over it. She was astounded, “Madam, how can this be!”