Chapter 333 - 331 The Reason for Losing Composure
Qin Liuxi had never seen Mrs. Wang reveal a side of weakness and hesitation, even when she had just returned to the old mansion, her face thin and haggard, her back was still straight. Those days were even tougher than now, yet she handled them with poise.
It was the first time she saw her so distressed and panicked.
Qin Liuxi instinctively felt Mrs. Wang must have encountered some trouble.
When Mrs. Wang heard her question, her eyes felt somewhat sore and swollen, a sense of suffocation in her chest that she couldn’t relieve unless she spoke out, to the extent that she forgot the girl in front of her was just a child who had just come of age.
Yet, she found herself wanting to confide.
Mrs. Wang gave a bitter smile and said, "You noticed it? Previously, in the large mansion as the housekeeper, all I had to do was sit and direct, checking the ledgers, but I didn’t realize doing business was a profound study. A slight misstep, and one could fall into a trap, deceived to the point of losing everything."
Upon hearing this, Qin Liuxi closely observed her face. Although frustrated, she didn’t seem to have lost any fortune. She then said, "Did you encounter a swindler? But you held steady and didn’t get deceived."
"If it weren’t for your prior advice, we would have signed the documents and then been swindled out of the payment for the goods," Mrs. Wang said, rather agitated.
She and Qin Meiniang, although both had been madams, had never personally handled business themselves. Before, they had dowry shops, but all were managed by accompanying servants; they only needed to hear the accounts once a year or half a year and make some decisions.
Even if the dowry shops encountered problems, the stewards would formulate solutions and then come for them to make decisions.