After the celebration night, Bai Zihao and Xiao Shuchun called Bai Guowei, Han Yunru and Old Madam Bai to talk. They were gathering at the main hall. The younger generation already went to their own courtyard.
"Zihao, why do you call us? What do you want to talk about?" Old Madam Bai said?
"Mother, it is about money." Bai Zihao stated.
"Huh, money?" Old Madam Bai was no longer handling such a matter. So, she did not know much about that. "What about that?"
"Mother, our financial situation is not good right now." Xiao Shuchun said.
"What? Why can that happen?" Old Madam Bai asked.
However, without waiting for Xiao Shuchun to answer the question, Old Madam Bai started to scold Xiao Shuchun. She did not hold back.
"I give you the task of handling the finances because you are good at calculation. But how could you mess out things like that?" Old Madam Bai slammed the table aside with her hand.
"That’s right, Third Sister In law, you should know better about this." Han Yunru joined in.
"Mother, you can not scold Shuchun like that." Bai Zihao stepped in protecting his wife.
"Why can’t I get angry with her?" Old Madam Bai asked.
"It is not her fault to begin with." Bai Zihao stated.
"Third Brother-in-law, how can it not be her fault? I know you want to protect your wife. But this is something else." Han Yunru said.
Han Yunru was very jealous of Xiao Shuchun handling the household finances. It was her work before but because she made a big mistake, Old Madam was furious. So, Old Madam Bai pulled the task from her hand and handed out it to Xiao Shuchun.
If Xiao Shuchun made a mistake, she would have a chance to take care of the household finances again. That was why she was happy when she heard that Xiao Shuchun messed up this time.
"Well, it is not my wife’s fault. Rather, it is Second Brother’s fault." Bai Zihao stated whose fault was that.
"What? Why?" Bai Guowei was stunned when his name had been mentioned.
"How can it become my husband’s fault when your wife is the one who could not handle the finances?" Han Yunru was very displeased when she heard that Bai Zihao blamed her husband for his wife’s incompetence.
"Second Sister-in-law, you should shut up if you don’t know anymore." Bai Zihao was angry when Han Yunru said something like that about his wife.
Han Yunru wanted to respond but Bai Zihao did not give her any chance to retort back.
"It is the Second Brother who takes out a huge amount of money in the last auction at Shanghai House. Do you forget that, Second Brother?" Bai Zihao ignored Han Yunru and turned to Bai Guowei.
Bai Guowei suddenly remembered about that.
"I remembered that but I don’t think it would cause any serious damage to our finances." Bai Guowei said.
"Of course it did. And today, you promised the servant a one-month bonus, it really causes stress on our finances." Bai Zihao looked at Old Madam Bai.
Old Madam Bai looked away. Well, she indeed promised the servants. She could not pull her words back.
"It is for Chunhua’s celebration of getting engaged to his highness." Han Yunru stated.
"So, what do you think we should do right now?" Old Madam Bai asked.
"We need to decrease our monthly expenses. Not only that we need to decrease the allowance that we give to our children." Xiao Shuchun gave her opinion on this matter.
"What? Cut our expenses and our children’s allowance? How could you do that? That is our children. We should provide the money for our children’s needs." Han Yunru protested.
"Second Sister-in-law, you need to think about this thoroughly. If we don’t do anything, we will be poor. Do you want that?" Bai Zihao looked at Han Yunru.
Han Yunru bit her lips unable to say anything. Of course, she did not want that to happen.
"Well, it is just for a few months." Xiao Shuchun added.
"If you think that it is the best solution. Then do it." Old Madam Bai said.
"Yes, Mother." Bai Zihao and Xiao Shuchun bowed to their mother.
The meeting was over and they returned to their own courtyard.
....
Bai Xifeng and others finally arrived at Xianying City. After paying the fees to enter the city, they stepped into the city.
Bai Xifeng was wearing Baishe’s face. At first, Hu Meifeng shouted after seeing a stranger inside their carriage after she woke up.
Others began to tell her about Bai Xifeng’s disguise. She could not tell it was a disguise because it looked very real to her.
However, after a few staring, she did feel this disguise was very good-looking. She could guess that there would be women drooling over Bai Xifeng.
Well, her guess was coming to reality. People especially women stopped to take a few glances at Bai Xifeng.
And Bai Xifeng acted like she was a man. Her manner was indeed like a man. She even displayed a flirting smile to the women who glanced at him.
Hu Meifeng was kind of speechless. When she asked others about this, they were not really surprised. Because they used to watch Bai Xifeng like this before. It was not a surprise anymore to them.
Bai Xifeng even flirted with Xiao Li at some points. If Xiao Li did not know Bai Xifeng and Bai Xifeng was not a woman, she might fall in love with her.
The city had some soldiers inside the city. They were walking around.
They chose a restaurant that was full of people. It was a good place to get some information. They got a table and sat around.
The waiter came and took their order. They ordered the food. They began to listen to everyone’s conversation.
"I heard the military is recruiting people right now."
"Hmm... I heard that too. The requirement was not bad. If you are in the high-rank Gathering Qi realm, you can request to join the military."
"Hmm... That is not bad."