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As soon as Madam Wang returned home, she ordered her maidservant, "Go and invite the Maternal Uncle over!"

They couldn't save the family business, but she still had quite a bit of personal silver that she had given to her younger brother for usury, and she had also secretly purchased some land and shops. The glory and wealth were gone, but her living expenses would not decrease.

She closed the doors to the main courtyard and began packing up valuables with her trusted servant women. They also found all the maids' indenture contracts and instructed the steward to go to the pawnbroker's, "The most important thing right now is to rescue the Old Master. Sell anything in the house that can be sold!"

The steward gave a wry smile and agreed, then brought in the pawnbrokers.

Before long, cries of heartbreak echoed chaotically through the Wang Residence.

The servant women helping Madam Wang pack up looked at each other, all feeling a sense of shared sorrow.