The evil sister is in charge, and the mother is getting married

Chapter 258 Thinking about this, Zheng Mei shuddered.

She had often cleaned up after this little brat, and was also considerate and gentle to Mei'er. Knowing that she was upset because her father didn't like her, she basically did everything she asked of her. But when it came to this crucial moment, she realized that she wasn't as important to Mei'er as her son.

The eighty strokes were quickly finished. Lu Zhi gritted his teeth and forced his head up, shouting at Zheng Mei, "Go get the silver notes right away!"

"It's a pity, my husband, where would our family get so much money?" Zheng Mei tried not to take out any money, because her family often came to ask for her money. She had given a lot to her brothers, nephews and nieces, and she really didn't have that much money.

"If you don't have that much, just use your jewelry as collateral! Go now! Don't make me say it a second time!" Lu Zhi's eyes were bloodshot; he was about to explode inside.

Why is this woman, who usually seems so sensible, suddenly acting so irrationally? Instead of paying compensation, getting rid of these people, and finding a doctor to treat him, she's trying to haggle. Does she really want him to die?

Seeing that Lu Zhi was about to turn on her, and had never spoken to her so harshly before, Zheng Mei was trembling with fear. She didn't even dare to think that if he found out that she was lending money at exorbitant interest rates and supporting her family, he would definitely skin her alive, and might even divorce her.

Thinking of this, Zheng Mei shuddered and hurriedly ran back to her room to get the silver notes. Luckily, she hadn't given them to her younger brother when he asked to borrow money yesterday, otherwise it would have been a real problem.

In no time, Zheng Mei came over with a small box in her arms, her face showing how reluctant she was to part with it, and she hugged it very tightly.

"My dear daughter, go and count them. Don't take them home and then find they're not enough, or we won't be able to explain ourselves!" Qiao Wenyuan immediately gave Sheng Wanqiu a wink.

Sheng Wanqiu immediately stepped forward to take the small box from Zheng Mei's hand, but she couldn't take it right away. So she secretly exerted force and suddenly pulled it over.

Zheng Mei was almost pulled face-first into the dirt by her, and her expression was incredibly awkward.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I almost thought you were going to get this little box. Why go through all this trouble? If you didn't want to give it to you, you should have just said so!"

"My goodness! What's this called again? Isn't it called 'passing off inferior goods as superior ones'? Do they really think we're beggars?"

"Father, Your Highness, look at this! Tsk tsk tsk, these silver notes and jewelry are worth at most ten thousand taels. Do you think we're easy to fool?"

Although Sheng Wanqiu didn't quite understand these fancy pieces of jewelry, the weight of them was clearly off; they felt light and airy. Although they looked like they were piled up quite full, they were actually quite heavy.

There was only a small amount of silver notes, roughly around eight thousand taels. Old foxes are shrewd; if her father hadn't reminded her, she would have happily taken them.

After all, she thought that he was a general, and the son of the Prince of Wu'an, so he wouldn't be so dishonest. But she didn't expect that this woman would actually dare to do it!

"Heh! It's a good thing you're not from my Wu'an Prince's Mansion. I knew it was petty and uncouth. I was right. If you keep my son's house for a few more years, your whole family will probably be sleeping on the streets."

"Don't think I don't know what dirty things you've been doing outside, as long as you're not using my name. Otherwise, I'll just chop off these people's heads, and no one can do anything about it!"

"Xiangyuan, Shuxue, you see? So that's why your dad doesn't spend money on you—he simply doesn't have any! Tsk tsk tsk! What a fool you are!"

Lu Heng's words were merciless, making Lu Zhi's throat feel metallic and sweet. His eyes were fixed on Zheng Mei. Zheng Mei panicked. She had thought they would leave with the box and then deny everything once they were out the door. She never expected that this Master Qiao would have it opened in front of her.

"Where's the silver! Go get it! Go get it! Ugh!" Lu Zhi spat out a mouthful of blood, which terrified Zheng Mei. He couldn't die, or her path to wealth and luxury would be cut short!
"Husband, husband, don't worry, I'll go get it right away!" She ran very fast, and everyone around knew that she was really anxious this time.

"Dad! Are you alright? What are you standing there for! Go find a doctor!" Lu Chuxue shouted at Lu Rui. She was really exasperated. If her father hadn't vomited blood all over her, she would have gone out to find a doctor and come back.

This was also her mother's fault. She said that keeping a physician in the manor was bad luck, since the physician wasn't sick every day. Wasn't she just asking for trouble? So she dismissed the physician.

In fact, she knew that her mother wanted to save this money to subsidize her two uncles. Apart from her brother Lu Rui, the people her mother loved the most were her two uncles and cousin, and even her damn cousin could be associated with them.

"I'll go find him right now, alright? Why are you yelling at me like that! It's not like I hit Dad!" Lu Rui muttered angrily before slowly walking out of the mansion.

Good heavens! Where's his front door?

When everyone heard what he was muttering, not to mention Lu Chuxue, even Lu Shuxue wanted to hold the kid down and beat him up again. Was he even speaking human language?
Lu Zhi naturally heard what his son said, and immediately closed his eyes and fainted completely. This time, he fainted from anger.

"Here you go, that's more than enough!" Zheng Mei jogged over and handed over a stack of silver notes. Sheng Wanqiu took them without ceremony and counted them, but she couldn't understand why the amount of silver notes in these wealthy families was so small.
There are even some weighing ten or twenty taels! Isn't this ridiculous?

What she didn't know was that some of these banknotes were borrowed by Zheng Mei from the servants. She barely had enough banknotes, but she still needed to see a doctor, take medicine and supplements, and repair the gate and courtyard wall, all of which required money!
So she managed to squeeze some silver notes out of the maids, servants, stewards, and gardeners to make up the difference.

"Dad, that's enough! Let's go!"

"My treat tonight! Let's go to Hua Man Lou for a big meal!"

"Your Highness, Shuxue, Brother Lu, come on over!"

"Sanjiang, you're quick on your feet, go find White-Headed Duck and book a large private room!"

Sheng Wanqiu deftly put the silver notes into her person, and didn't forget to tuck the small box under her arm. She then spoke to everyone with great pride.

"Okay, Auntie! I'm going right now!" Jiang Hexi ran incredibly fast. He had always said that following his aunt meant he could eat three meals a day.

“Then we’ll gladly accept your offer. Xiangyuan, go back and dig out my jar of Qingfengzui wine, let’s have a proper celebration!” Lu Heng said cheerfully.

"You old fool, I knew you had something good. I'm going to drink all this wine today, hmph!" Qiao Wenyuan said as he pulled Sheng Wanqiu out.

The others followed behind them, leaving only Lu Zhi, who had vomited blood and fainted, Zheng Mei, who looked ashen-faced, and Lu Chuxue, who was covered in blood and whose eyes were darting around.