BHBF Chapter 77.4

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 77.4: Playful Son (26)

“I was grateful to my mother, but I always felt that I was not only unable to help, but also had been eating for free, so I told myself not to withdraw too much from the public treasury, and I could only withdraw 20 taels of silver in seven days.”

Xiao Han didn’t expect there was such a reason, but soon her face changed and she said, “The accountant, the accountant also stole the money!”

Xiao Han, the mistress of the house, stole money from the public treasury, and the people below her naturally followed suit. Just like Manager Sun in the business, once there was a crooked leader, the little minions immediately followed suit and started to make money.

Shao Jiashan did not take more than what he had taken, but the accountant deliberately recorded a lot of money for him in order to make money. This made the fake look real and fooled Xiao Han.

Xiao Han even really thought that Shao Jiashan was extravagant, and thus became more unscrupulous.

But even so, she could only steal forty taels a month at most, but the people in the accounting office obviously ate more than her.

Xiao Han didn’t care about her own dirty tricks at this time, and said to Shao Yu: “All those people in the accounting office must be replaced! These people are corrupt!”

Seeing how angry Xiao Han was, Shao Yu sighed and asked, “You, the mistress of the house, are not upright. You are in charge of the household affairs, but you have lost your impartiality. It’s no wonder that they acted that way.”

Xiao Han’s face froze.

Shao Yu then said to Shao Jiashan, “You take 80 taels from the public treasury each month, and your mother takes 50 taels. The monthly expenditure is 200 taels, so 70 taels are taken by the accountant.”

“So the expenses charged to you are two thousand four hundred taels a year. My annual salary is only this much. If it weren’t for your mother’s business, I’m afraid this family would have been empty long ago.”

The era that Shao Yu lives in is similar to the Song Dynasty, so the salaries of officials are not high on the surface, but there are a lot of miscellaneous subsidies, so there is so much money in a year.

When Shao Jiashan heard that his father’s annual salary was only this little money, he suddenly felt a little guilty. He spent eighty taels a month, which was actually a lot.

“Father, please take it.” Shao Jiashan gave all the five thousand taels he won from the gambling house to Shao Yu.

Shao Yu didn’t answer.

Xiao Han was anxious and asked, “Where did you get this silver?”

Xiao Han felt that all her luck seemed to have been spent on her rebirth. Her sister had a unique vision and good management skills, so she made a lot of money, but she lost money on everything she invested in most of the time.

If it weren’t for the huge deficit in her personal account, Xiao Han wouldn’t have to take out large sums of money from the public treasury every month.

“Shan’er explained clearly where the money came from, but where did the money in your public account go?” Shao Yu asked.

Xiao Han’s problem was not just the accounts recorded in Shao Jiashan’s name. She also spent money under many other names.

Since she has established a reputation, the people under her are naturally not clean either.

“It’s the late night, even though it might disturb people’s sleep, we should still invite them over.” Shao Yu said.

Soon, the housekeeper and the people from the accounting office were all invited in.

A group of people from the accounting office had been detained long ago, but the housekeeper was dug out from under the quilt, still looking sleepy.

The housekeeper was Xiao Han’s confidant. When he saw so many people from the accounting office outside the main courtyard, he immediately thought something was wrong.

Shao Yu glanced at him and said, “You are the housekeeper. It is impossible that you don’t know what is in the account.”

The housekeeper was panicked for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and began to speak in an orderly and methodical manner.

Shao Yu nodded continuously as he listened.

When Xiao Han saw Shao Yu nod, she couldn’t help but feel a little hopeful, thinking that she might be able to get through safely today.

Even Shao Jiashan was intimidated by the housekeeper at this time and thought that everything the housekeeper said was true.

When the housekeeper saw Shao Yu’s relaxed expression, he also felt relieved.

But after listening to all his sophistry, Shao Yu calmly refuted each of his arguments one by one, leaving the housekeeper speechless.

At this time, Zhao Zhong had already brought people to the servants’ homes to search and ransack their property.

The entire Shao Mansion was not at peace that night.

The sky gradually brightened, and everyone had a sleepless night.

At this time, the main courtyard was also filled with things, all of which were brought from these people’s homes.

The housekeeper did not even look at his own private collection behind him at this time, but said to Xiao Han: “Madam, I am loyal to you, and the sun and the moon can testify to that.”

Xiao Han was in a difficult situation at this time.

Seeing that she was not moved at all, the housekeeper said, “Madam, I have done you great service in the past.”

Xiao Han’s expression changed immediately.

Seeing that the threat worked, the housekeeper continued, “Miss Song was also close friends with Madam back then, why hasn’t she contacted you in all these years?”

The housekeeper stated the matter so bluntly, how could Xiao Han not know what he wanted to say.

While Xiao Han was in a panic, Shao Yu came over and asked curiously, “Miss Song, is it Miss Song Qi?”

The housekeeper and Xiao Han’s expressions suddenly turned grim.

Shao Yu continued, “Speaking of which, it seems that after the news of the Seventh Miss beating and insulting her servants came out, her marriage became very difficult, and she ended up marrying a military officer from another place in a hurry.”

“Master, you…you know?” Xiao Han asked in disbelief.

Shao Yu nodded and said, “I didn’t understand it then, how can I not understand it now?”

Xiao Han’s face turned pale.

Then, the words she least wanted to hear came out of Shao Yu’s mouth word by word.

“Madam was willing to sacrifice herself to ‘take care of Shan’er’, and even ruined Miss Song Qi’s reputation. She really had good intentions.”

Xiao Han immediately said: “I don’t understand what you are saying.”

Shao Yu chuckled, looked at the housekeeper beside him, and said, “Madam can’t even protect herself now, you’d better find a way to save yourself.”

With Xiao Han’s downfall, these monkeys who followed her to make money lost both their support and the confidence to persevere. Coupled with Shao Yu’s threat of punishment, these spineless people soon confessed everything.

Shao Yu did not avoid Shao Jiashan throughout the whole process, and even showed the intention of teaching him, teaching him step by step how to be in control.

Xiao Han’s hands and feet are not clean, so the people who follow her are all unclean. Xiao Han doesn’t know what these people have done behind her back, but these people know very well what Xiao Han has done.