After rebirth, the prince will fight in the house for me

It was the twelfth lunar month, and the weather was so cold that the Lu family couldn't even afford to buy charcoal for each house.

The Lu family had never suffered such humiliation. A group of people gathered in Jiang Rui's yard and kept complaining.

"Sister-in-law, although Wen Qian's daughter-in-law handled the matter beautifully this time, she has paid back all the money in the house. How are we going to survive this new year?"

Lu Boting frowned and complained: "Our second room has pawned everything we can, and it's not enough to cover the expenses of the people in the courtyard."

Lu Boyong also kept sighing: "I really don't know what Wen Qian was thinking. At this juncture, he took Wen Jing out of the city, leaving Lu Shen to take care of the house. If he stayed in the house, how many people would there be in the government? You have to give him some face and don’t dare to come to the house to force him.”

Jiang Yunqing felt a little gloating when he saw that these old guys who were used to enjoying themselves were now penniless and had to suffer.

Anyway, he only earns two to three taels of silver per month, so the Lu family is good for him and he can only be respected outside, which is not a big deal.

"No matter how much my second uncle and third uncle complain, it won't help. After all, they still owe money to the court. Is it possible that they can't pay it?"

After choking in a cold voice, he defended Qu Yunchu for the first time: "Although it is distressing, the second sister-in-law can only count out the money in small penny, otherwise she will be charged with resisting the decree, and our family will be in trouble." If one of them were injured, they would probably lose their heads."

Jiang Rui listened silently. Although he didn't speak, he still agreed with his nephew's statement.

The second daughter-in-law is really not to blame for this matter.

"Wen Qian and Wen Jing have been out for a while, so there should be news soon."

That day, the second child's words kept echoing in her ears, and Jiang Rui now didn't want to bother anymore.

Sanniang was born as a daughter and was unable to take on the big responsibility. The only grandson she valued was also incompetent, which had caused the Lu family to suffer so much. After thinking about it, the only person she could rely on now was her adopted son.

Since he himself recognized the Lu Shen family, why should he ask for trouble again.

"No matter how bad things get, Mr. Lu Shen doesn't go out to fool around anymore. She is willing to mediate for the family, and she looks a bit like the wife of the house owner. Second child and third child, please stop making trouble."

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Rui said in a serious voice: "For the current plan, we can only help Wen Qian and Lu Shen to reverse the decline. Let's reduce the number of servants in the house that should be eliminated to save costs. Try to delay Wen Qian for a little longer."

Hearing this, Lu Boting sighed again: "It's not that I don't understand my sister-in-law and Wen Qian. Many of our servants in the Lu family are old people. How will they be accommodated when we drive people out of the house in the cold winter? "This year's war in Quzhou has caused a lot of people to be displaced from various places. I'm afraid this situation will leave them with no way to survive."

"Father said exactly what he said."

Lu Wenchi also said: "Auntie, many of the servants in the house have left when our Lu family was defeated. Those who could find a way out have left. The remaining two hundred or so people are either without land or land." Those who went, or they believed that the second brother could bring the Lu family back to life, and they donated all their belongings to help the Lu family out of trouble. Letting them leave the Lu family at this time is equivalent to killing them. "

"The matter has come to this, so what can we do?"

Jiang Rui's eyes dimmed, he pondered for a moment, then waved his hands resolutely and said: "Go quickly, everyone who should be sent out of the mansion will be sent out."

Seeing that the old lady had made up her mind, everyone had no choice but to act as ordered.

……

It's not like people don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Qu Yunchu has stayed in the Lu family for more than a year. In the past, she only felt that the head of the family and his wife were arrogant, but now that the burden falls on her, she understands the hardships involved.

After taking care of the housework for more than half a month, she felt much thinner and haggard.

After finally sorting out all the debts, she had a good sleep. When she woke up, she heard the sound of crying outside the house.

She got up to look and saw Keyan and Xiaoning hugging each other and crying.

"What's going on here?"

Qu Yunchu asked in confusion: "Did something big happen again?"

"Miss." The two of them said pitifully in unison: "The old lady wants to drive us away, saying that all the servants of the Lu family will leave the house before nightfall today."

"Driving you away?"

Qu Yunchu probably guessed what Jiang Rui was thinking, which was that he felt that the house could not afford to support so many idle people and wanted to reduce the number of people.

"You two dozen little ones will follow..."

It's the same one from before.

Qu Yunchu felt a little depressed.

The family is not at the end of its rope yet. If you think of ways, you can always hold on for a while. Jiang Rui is really ruthless.

She remembered that a lot of the money raised by the Lu family these days was collected by servants. Wouldn't it be ungrateful to burn bridges now?

She absolutely couldn't agree to this.

Since she promised Lu Wenqian to take good care of everyone in the house, she would never break her promise.

What's more, many of the people left in the Lu family now expected that Lu Wenqian could turn the tide, so they decided to share weal and woe with the Lu family.

"Go, follow me down."

Qu Yunchu said with firm eyes: "As long as I am here, every one of the Lu family will be counted as one, but no one will dare to force you to leave if you don't offer to leave voluntarily."

She led the two girls downstairs in a hurry, and saw many people, old and young, kneeling on the ground in the outer courtyard, their miserable eyes full of fear and confusion.

The cold wind blew against their thin clothes, and many of them shivered from the cold.

"Madam of the house."

The leader, the old woman, cried bitterly and said: "The old slave came to the house when he was young. His son and daughter all died in the disaster in the house a while ago. The master of the house promised to let the old slave take care of himself in the Lu family. La, all the money accumulated in the old slave’s hands was donated to Fourth Master to pay off the debt, and the old slave has nowhere to go now.”

When Qu Yun first met the old woman, she had served Lu Yanchao at Lirong Courtyard and was considered one of his wet nurses. He never thought that Lu Yanchao had not taken her away from the secret passage that day, and had no intention of leaving a way for her mother and son to survive.

She was about to go to comfort the old nanny, when the crying around her became more intense, and more people began to beg.

The situation is very similar to that of this old nanny.

Just at this moment, Lu Boyong hurried over.

Looking at the situation in the courtyard, he suddenly frowned.

"I knew that none of you would be willing to leave just now, and you would definitely come to Fengyage Pavilion to cause trouble."

Lu Boyong got angry and scolded the person, and immediately walked to Qu Yunchu's side and said sternly: "Wen Qian's wife, your mother has told you that no more servants can be left in the house now, not even Qishuangyuan." exception."

"My family is not in such a state of desolation."

Qu Yunchu said dissatisfied: "When my mother and third uncle raised money that day, they never said that they would be driven out of the house. Look at these old and weak women and children. They left the Lu family and there was no money for them to stay. "

"We are all clay Buddhas now. We cannot protect ourselves when we cross the river. How can we control others."

Lu Boyong impatiently waved his hands to the kneeling servants and urged cruelly: "Let's all disperse immediately. This is what we are destined for."