klisemfg Chapter 95 Hole
Chapter 95 Hole
Madam Qiao frowned, thinking that Qiao Jizhou was still making trouble for her because of the previous subsidies she had given to her family.
He waved his hand impatiently and gave the order.
"Just tell them I've taken my medicine and gone to sleep, and ask Second Master to come again tomorrow."
Mother Li hurriedly went out to deliver a message, but Qiao Jizhou pushed her aside and barged in without a care, and several maids couldn't stop him.
Qiao Jizhou barged into Old Madam Qiao's bedroom, lifted the bed curtains, and shouted,
"Mom! How can you still sleep! What exactly happened to the hundreds of thousands of yuan hole in our family's finances? You're not going to sleep until you explain it to me clearly today."
With her eyes suddenly opened, Old Madam Qiao was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat.
Aside from Old Madam Qiao and her youngest daughter, only Lai Da knew about this matter.
I just instructed Lai Da to collect the debts today, how did it get leaked!
Could it be that Lai Da complained to Qiao Jizhou?!
Old Madam Qiao sat up alertly and asked tentatively,
"Did Butler Lai say something wrong?"
Qiao Jizhou waved his hand dismissively, throwing the account book he was carrying onto Old Madam Qiao's quilt, and said angrily,
"What does this have to do with Guan Lai Da! It was Shu'er who told me with the account book. Mother, did you lend out money and then fail to collect it?!"
Madam Qiao frowned deeply, wondering how Qiao Qingshu had figured out this.
The ledger was so well-hidden that an ordinary person would never have made a mistake. How did Qiao Qingshu know the inside story?
As Madam Qiao was deep in thought, Qiao Jizhou suddenly went mad.
Seeing his mother's expression, he knew it must be her doing. Seeing that she remained silent, he was furious and swept the vase next to the bed to the ground.
He shouted angrily.
"Mother, you've gone too far! I've already tolerated you supporting your own family, but I never expected you to squander the entire family fortune! If you were still in charge of this household, it would probably have been ruined long ago!"
Seeing that she couldn't stop things from happening, Old Madam Qiao simply admitted it and calmly put on a coat and sat up.
"It's no use complaining to me now. This problem has been going on for years, and I'm trying to figure out how to solve it. If we can get the money back, then everything will be fine."
When Qiao Jizhou saw his mother's resigned expression, he was furious. If she weren't his mother, he would have yelled at her to death.
Taking a deep breath, Qiao Jizhou asked his mother to tell him the whole story in detail.
"What! It was Qiao Chunli who told you to take out those loans!"
Qiao Chunli is Qiao Jizhou's younger sister.
The Qiao family actually had quite a few offspring. The eldest son, Qiao Jiye, was born to Qiao's first wife, Miao Yu.
After Miao Yu passed away due to illness, Miao Man, his half-sister, was able to remarry into the Qiao family and gave birth to a son and a daughter, Qiao Jizhou and Qiao Chunli.
Below them were a son and a daughter born to Aunt Qiu, Qiao Jifeng and Qiao Churan, who were born out of wedlock.
The Qiao family had five siblings. The eldest brother, Qiao Jiye, was tricked by the old lady of the Qiao family into becoming a monk, and he gave up his family business and title to Qiao Jizhou.
Qiao Jifeng, the third brother born out of wedlock, was not a threat, but Old Madam Qiao couldn't stand him being an eyesore in the Qiao family. She ousted his birth mother, Aunt Qiu, and Qiao Jifeng from the Qiao family, forcing them to leave the capital to do business and make a living.
Qiao Churan, an illegitimate daughter, was also arbitrarily married off to a butcher by Old Madam Qiao, while her own daughter, Qiao Chunli, was married into the powerful Shen family in the north through Old Madam Qiao's elaborate schemes.
It was Qiao Chunli who persuaded Old Madam Qiao to do the lending business when she returned to her parents' home. In the first two years, she could get back 50,000 yuan for every 20,000 yuan she lent out.
Old Madam Qiao was overjoyed and started throwing money in, sometimes as much as 30,000 or 50,000 yuan at a time. But her daughter, Qiao Chunli, came back crying and secretly told her that she couldn't get the money back.
Old Madam Qiao didn't dare to make a fuss. She secretly asked Lai Da to collect the debts from several years ago, but he couldn't get back a single penny. She was furious, but there was nothing she could do.
Qiao Jizhou was so angry he jumped up and down.
"That Chunli girl has been unreliable since she was little, always so impatient and impulsive. How foolish of you, Mother, to go with her to do loan sharking!"
Old Madam Qiao frowned and muttered,
"Don't blame your sister. Her husband's family has also lost a lot of money. She's had a tough time too."
Qiao Jizhou was so angry he couldn't speak. He flung the curtain and stormed out.
"Fine! Fine! You're still protecting her. You two have really emptied the Qiao family's coffers!"
"I'm packing my things right now and heading to the Shen family in Ganzhou to settle accounts with my own sister!"
Madam Qiao shrank back, she never expected that this matter would be exposed, especially by Qiao Qingshu.
Old Madam Qiao began to feel some dissatisfaction with Qiao Qingshu. When she was considering whether she should take back the power to manage the household, she suddenly realized that it was too late.
Now that Qiao Jizhou has discovered the debts she has incurred, he will definitely not agree to take back control of the family at this time.
She suddenly realized that she seemed to have been tricked by Qiao Qingshu.
The next morning, someone was sent to question Lai Dalai, but a servant came in and said that Master Lai was ill and was now lying in bed unable to get up.
Madam Qiao's brows furrowed more and more; she didn't know why her situation had become so passive.
"Mother! Mother!"
A coquettish cry came from outside, and Old Madam Qiao was startled when a figure rushed in.
Chun-Li?
Madam Qiao stared in astonishment, unable to believe that her daughter, who lived far away in Ganzhou, had returned to her parents' home.
"Mother, I miss you so much. I've come back to see you and my brother."
Madam Qiao turned pale with fright and hurriedly pushed Qiao Chunli out.
His eyes darted around warily, and he whispered,
"How did you get in? Did anyone see you? Did you run into your brother?"
"Hurry up, hurry up! Don't stay at the Qiao family's house."
Last night, Qiao Jizhou was so angry that he jumped up and down, saying he was going to confront his sister. Now, his sister has actually delivered herself to his doorstep.
If Qiao Jizhou really saw her, with his explosive temper, he would definitely beat Qiao Chunli up!
Old Madam Qiao thought that she couldn't let the brother and sister meet, so she had to get Qiao Chunli away as soon as possible.
Qiao Chunli pouted, somewhat unhappy, and twisted her body, shouting.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? I just got back and you're already kicking me out. I'm going to get angry."
Old Madam Qiao didn't have time to explain to her; she simply pushed her out, and the two of them pushed and shoved each other until they reached the courtyard gate.
Then they saw a pale yellow figure standing gracefully in front of a plum tree at the courtyard gate, smiling at them.
Qiao Chunli was stunned. When did the Qiao family have such a heavenly beauty?
Bai Chanzi is already dead, isn't she?
Slightly taken aback, Qiao Chunli suddenly realized that this angelic figure was Qiao Qingshu.
When Qiao Chunli got married, Qiao Qingshu was still a young girl with her hair in two buns.
In just a few years, she has grown into such a graceful and dignified woman with stunningly beautiful features, even surpassing Bai Chanzi in beauty by a third.
She couldn't help but let out a sour snort.
"Oh my, who do we have here? It's Shu girl, she's grown so much!"