My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 89 I’m so disappointed

Upon hearing this, everyone who had been eating quietly stopped.

Everyone turned to look at Si Erlang.

Even Da Niu, who was still lying in bed unable to move, struggled to turn his neck, trying to see what Si Erlang was going to do.

"You can move your neck after drinking your meat porridge, but you still shouldn't be resting and taking care of your health." Da Hua turned her brother's head back with a blank expression.

Because Da Niu can only eat, drink, and relieve himself while lying down, the meat porridge he is fed must be taken in very small sips and very slowly to avoid choking.

So when he was being fed, he ate differently than he used to wolf down his food. Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to listen to the elders' gossip.

Cheng Ruoan and Si Shaoheng exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with a mischievous smile, as if they were waiting to see what would happen.

Zhao glared at her sons and grandsons. "Are you all full? What are you staring at him for? Eat your food!"

Then he turned to Si Erlang and said, "Now that we've settled into a new home, Daxi Village has also set up a new register for our family. Zhonggong's money records will start from here again. Don't worry about those twenty-seven taels anymore."

"Won't there be any expenses on the road?"

Zhao thought that Si Erlang was wrong because when he gave the money bag to Cheng Ruoan, there were originally twenty-seven taels inside.

Si Erlang put the bowl and chopsticks on the ground and said seriously, "No, Mother, I know that our expenses along the way were definitely more than twenty-seven taels."

But according to the rules, shouldn't everyone hand over all their earnings to Zhonggong for unified distribution?

Zhao frowned: "We've only eaten and defecated the whole way, how could we have earned any money?"

Si Erlang said anxiously, "When Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law went to the mountain stronghold to rescue the children, wasn't it just a casual thing..."

Zhao smacked him on the head with her chopsticks. "What bandit camp? What child rescue? I think you're just talking nonsense because you're full. Doctor Hu, you'd better give this brat a couple of acupuncture needles!"

After saying that, she glared at Si Erlang, then looked at Qi Biaotou and his bodyguards, who were also eating from bowls in the distance.

There are outsiders here!

What kind of blunt truth is this second brother spouting?!

Can they let others know that their child was kidnapped and taken to a mountain stronghold, and that their son and daughter-in-law went to the stronghold to rescue the child?!

You can't just say that casually!

It's true that all the good days have made the second son stupid!

When Dr. Hu heard what Zhao said, he just smiled and continued eating, without responding at all.

This old lady really thinks he's been staying at their house all this time and has become their doctor?

They even ordered him around.

Si Erlang persisted: "Anyway, the money that the third brother's family brought back is definitely more than just the stolen ointment in that cart. I won't say more. Now that you've settled in a new place, it's not unreasonable for you three or five hundred taels to give to Zhonggong for his use, is it?"

As he spoke, he pointed to Doctor Hu and said, "I saw Doctor Hu give the third son's wife money for taking on an apprentice. It was a thousand taels of silver. Surely it couldn't have been used up just to hire a bodyguard, could it?"

I won't let my third sister-in-law take out all of it. Let's say we spent eight hundred taels to hire the bodyguards, leaving two hundred taels. It's not unreasonable for my third sister-in-law to take out one hundred taels, is it?"

Dr. Hu: ?

"Si Erlang, come here, let me give you a couple of acupuncture treatments. I feel your headache is quite serious!"

What utter nonsense are you spouting!

When Cheng Ruoan and Si Shaoheng decided to hand over the medicine, they came to him and said that their family had received a windfall, which was why they had money to buy medicinal herbs for emergencies.

Similarly, they also planned to use medicinal herbs or silver to "pay tribute" to the officials of Songshan County in exchange for government support when they confronted their clans.

The source of this windfall couldn't be revealed, so the young couple asked him to help them cover it up.

They even returned the thousand taels of silver notes that he had given to Cheng Ruoan to hire bodyguards.

Therefore, Dr. Hu was very clear about the source of this windfall.

This money was earned by the young couple through hard work and risking their lives. No matter how much they have left, why should they hand it over?

The so-called "apprenticeship fee" is even more outrageous.

How could Tsukasa Jiro say that!

"Pfft." Cheng Ruoan couldn't help but laugh. "Second brother, you've made me laugh out loud. How much money did we find on the mountain? I showed everyone the contract for purchasing the ointment back at the dilapidated temple in Hulu Village."

The goods were stolen by the Xia family, and you were all indignant at the same time. Why didn't you come out and question whether there was any money left over?

Is it reasonable for you to bring this up again now?

If you really suspect that we picked up eight or ten thousand taels of silver on the mountain, then go back to the mountain and ask someone there.

You didn't have the ability to go into the mountains back then, and now you expect me and Sanlang to conjure up extra silver for you out of thin air? You must be delirious!

And there was the thousand taels my master gave me.

Yes, he gave me a thousand taels because I was a good disciple he valued.

Did you hear me clearly? Because of me, because of me!

It's not because of any member of your Si family, it's just because of me!

The money my master gave me was like money from my own family, and you have the nerve to covet it? Why don't you just let me give you my dowry and my entire family home!

If you're any more shameless, do you want all of my mother's dowry to go to you?

"Really... Second Brother, why don't you ask my master to give you a couple of acupuncture treatments? Your brain is like your butt is upside down, and your mouth is so foul it's impossible to understand you!"

After finishing his rant, Cheng Ruoan continued eating his potato and cured meat rice from his bowl.

As expected of the cooking time that she personally oversaw, it smells amazing!

I'm tired of yelling, so I'll eat a couple more bites.

"Cheng Shi, you!" Si Erlang felt his face burning after being scolded by Cheng Ruoan!

He's her second brother-in-law, after all!

There's a hierarchy among elders, how dare she?

Li was desperately pulling Si Erlang away, saying, "Don't argue with your third sister-in-law! You can't win! Don't you know that she was almost verbally abused to the point of vomiting blood by several clan elders in the outer hall of the Si family ancestral hall?!"

"I didn't argue with her at all. I spoke to her politely. It was her..."

Si Erlang knew he was being somewhat unreasonable, but he simply couldn't believe that the third branch of the family had used all the money they'd swindled from the mountain stronghold to buy goods. He could only look to Zhao Shi:

“Mother, you are the head of the family, please say something fair.”

Zhao was about to speak.

Cheng Ruoan had almost finished eating. She put down her chopsticks and looked at Zhao Shi, "Mother-in-law, would you like me to calculate the expenses for the Si family of eighteen people on this journey?"

Zhao:......

No.

The second brother was talking nonsense, why are you asking me?

What's there to calculate!

How many of her old hags would dare to listen to this accounting?

“That’s not what I meant, Third Brother’s wife,” Zhao explained. “Your second brother-in-law has misunderstood. He didn’t…”

"We agreed before we set off that my wife would be in charge of the household from now on. She made all the necessary arrangements for us along the way, and everyone except my eldest brother and sister-in-law arrived safely at the clan's territory."

Not only have they turned their backs on my wife, but now they're even eyeing her savings...

Si Shaoheng put down his chopsticks with a worried look on his face. "Mother, you have really disappointed me."