On this side, the Third Miss and Fourth Miss were too excited to sleep, while on the other side, the First Madam and Second Madam were secretly cursing. The money deducted from the illegitimate daughters each year was enough for their maternal families to live on.
The maternal families of the two madams were not wealthy and had no promising descendants, relying entirely on the daughters to supplement the family finances. Although they had been allocated family assets, because of events in previous years, they could only manage the affairs of their own courtyards and couldn't touch anything else. They needed to save for themselves and support their maternal families, to the point of scraping oil off the wings of passing mosquitoes. It must be said, the marriages that the old master arranged for his legitimate sons not only harmed his old wife but also his sons and grandchildren.
