C176 (1/2)
Mu Rou stood beside the Rohan's bed and asked Spring Scene to pick up a big sweet potato for Shen Mama. Only then did she say: ”Quickly eat some hot food to warm your body.”
Normally, Shen Mama would look down on this kind of vulgar food, but now it was so cold that even her bones were cold, why would she care about that? After taking it, she ate.
Perhaps seeing the doubt on her face, Mu Rousang pointed to the sweet potato that was simmering beside the pyrethrum and said: ”I relied on this to live since I was young, and also on bract grits. I presume that Shen Mama has never eaten this kind of slut, but it's because this slut has begged for the lives of countless people, and it's just that on such a cold, snowy day, as long as I can eat a mouthful of roasted sweet potato, I would be blessed to the heavens.”
Shen Mama didn't understand why she had to say it so explicitly. With her current status, it wouldn't even be right to say that she ate extravagantly. She never thought that this young miss would even be willing to eat this slut.
”Food doesn't matter whether one eats or not. It's just a matter of whether one sees it in detail or not.” Mu Rousang's seemingly unintentional words were actually beating her up.
Before Shen Mama could even mention the matter of the sacrificial offering over the silver, she was first beaten up by Mu Rousang. Unconsciously, she blushed and laughed: ”My wife didn't think that it was appropriate for Third Young Madam to do this, so she eagerly handed over the matter of the sacrificial offering to you.”
”Oh, mom is here to send you some silver?” Mu Rousang reached out and gently flipped open a book of Accounts s, and read: ”Just for the offerings, there are fresh flowers, fruits, tea, light, sandalwood, lamp, and even some scriptures that are used for prayer and blessings.”
When she read up to here, she raised her head to look at Shen Mama and asked: ”Was it wrong?” These things were dictated by the eunuch, and were recorded by the spring wind.
”There was no mistake.” Shen Mama laughed, how could she be wrong, it was set by the eunuch who specialized in offering sacrifices to the palace. If she said she was wrong, then it would be smacking that elder's face, and that would be smacking the heavens' face.
Mu Rousang sneered in her heart, and said: ”I have already gone to look for an old example. The clan's High Priest needed to hold a Flowing Water Seat for two days, and I also invited a theater group to sing on New Year's Eve dinner all the way until the morning of the second day.”
The Shen Mama hurriedly replied, ”That's right. Last year, there were a total of 80 main tables and there were 120 deputy tables.” The main table she was referring to was the table that all the clan members of the Young's in the capital would sit at, while the secondary seats were the seats for the reputable stewards and maids.
When I saw the old Accounts, I realized that it took more than a year for the expenses to increase to the age of one year. When I reached the age of one, the main table had already been filled with dishes for twenty silver taels, and the secondary table was also a table of good noodles for one silver tael, going head first, adding wine, setting up dried fruits and sweet foods on the table, just the liquid stage for the past two days has almost ten thousand taels of silver.
Madam Hou pushed the matter onto her body. If she did not give any silver, and since she did not get anything, she could only send Shen Mama here to deliver the silver.
Shen Mama raised his face and laughed: ”This servant will tell Madam Hou about it later.” This Third Young Madam was not easy to fool. She decided to just take it as a message.
”That's fine, but this year's prices have suffered because of some areas in the south, so it's even more expensive than the previous years.”
Mu Rousang said casually. Don't think that she didn't know how much the price would be this year.
Just look at what Young Mistress has said, of course I have to give her sufficient money, but Young Mistress knows, the Marquis' house is huge, it is not easy for Madam to take care of this house, every day when you open the doors, there will be hundreds of people waiting for you to eat, I hope Third Young Madam does not blame Madam for saving money.
pursed his lips into a smile and said: ”As long as I have enough silver, I will take care of this matter beautifully.”
It was impossible to ask her to do things without paying her, so it would be impossible for her to do it. Originally, Madam Hou had planned to dig out everything little by little to pass on to her, then slowly grind Mu Rousang up some money to supplement herself. But who was Mu Rousang?
They just asked Chun Feng to copy the Accounts and look for an old example to look through. They would stay at home everyday to nibble on the melon seeds and play with the little lass.
But if things went wrong, the Marquis of Loyalty would definitely peel off her skin. She wanted to eat this silver for nothing, and was also annoyed that Mu Rousang was not going to do anything, so she had no choice but to drag it out for two days. That was why she sent the Shen Mama to deliver the silver, and even took twenty percent of the card.
”Of course, you should pay for it. Madame should send a servant to tell her that you have allocated 10,000 taels of silver to Third Young Madam to settle this matter.”