Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

As Wang Ziteng said to Mrs. Li: "As long as I am still in office, no one will dare to torture my niece of the Wang family openly."

As for the tricks running behind the scenes, according to Yuan Chun's instructions, the city government, it doesn't matter how much.

Moreover, the Beijing Palace and the Rongguo Palace are indeed close for generations, and the great-great-grandmother of the King of Beijing is the sister of Jia Yuan, the first Duke of Rongguo.

Shui Rong had a modest temperament and was always gentle and considerate to his family members. Instead, after the incident subsided, he sent his subordinate chief historian to the gate of Rongguo Mansion first.The chief historian of the Beijing Mansion was extremely humble to Jia Zheng. He relayed the words of the King of Beijing County. He did not pretend to be the throne in what he said, but rather meant "what about my son-in-law".

Jia Zheng was overjoyed, and went back to Jia Mu in person to find out.Jia's mother was also very happy, and even reciprocated. In a few days, the old lady who hardly went out as a guest brought Sister Feng to visit Beijing Wang Taifei in person.

Both the concubine and the concubine were very polite, and the concubine Zhen was very polite and said: "The prince has ordered a family banquet to celebrate sister Yuan."

Mother Jia was grateful and sour in her heart, and when she went back, she sighed to Sister Feng: "Your eldest sister was better than the second girl Zhen at that time, but in the future you will have to worry about other people's faces. Yuan'er is a bit late."

At this time, Mother Jia believed deeply in the past. Those thoughts of "New Year's Day", "Good Fortune", "God's blessing" and "Great Fortune" have faded away. Yuanchun's birthday is ahead of everyone else. Monk, who doesn't claim that she has great blessings, but looking at it now, it would be better not to be born on this day.It was because of this happy birthday that the family sent her to the palace to fight for her future. In this situation, she is not as open and smooth as other girls.

Shi Taijun gained some understanding, and after that, he changed his attitude towards Baoyu, his most precious and beloved grandson, and refused to ask people to brag about "born with jade, a good omen for great luck", for fear of saying too much and it would damage him This is Jia Baoyu's blessing.Although he was very protective, he was less indulgent than before, and he was willing to be disciplined by Jia Zheng, but he was not allowed to beat him.

Because the Empress Dowager is respected, this Yuanchun cannot be in the Rong Mansion, but can only be in the Geng Mansion.That day when the second girl Zhen entered the Beijing Palace, there were 120 sets of red makeup, which was only a little less than the 24 sets of red makeup worn by the princes and concubines. good.Therefore, Yuanchun made a small silver-red sedan chair, followed by [-] dowries, among which a pair of gold and jade Ruyi gifted by the queen mother, and a pair of vases gifted by the queen who have been rewarded with wealth and honor for thousands of years also took up one for each.

One day before the Shangsi Festival, Sister Feng took all the young ladies to the third-class Cheng Enbo Mansion to add make-up to Yuanchun in a low-key way.

Du Yun'an, Baochai and Daiyu were sitting in a green-wheeled black cart. Just after leaving the Rongfu, something happened and reported: "Miss An, the carriages and horses sent by my uncle and wife are waiting outside. The steward said to go to the Bofu with you."

Yun An raised the corner of the car curtain and took a look: "Understood, tell their cars to follow us."

The mother-in-law who followed the car hurriedly said yes, feeling astonished, the uncle and wife really care about this 'fake' lady, seeing how respectful the Wang family's stewards are.

The people in the Rongguo Mansion, although they didn't know the inside story, knew that it was after the uncle Wang came that day that the eldest lady suddenly received grace, so these people's awe of Wang Ziteng deepened.And because he saw with his own eyes that the Wang family's uncles, uncles, and wives treated Yun'an as a goddaughter no worse than his own, so he took the entire family to respect Du Yun'an more and flatter him.

There is not much to say about the affairs of Cheng Enbo's house, the smile on Mrs. Geng's face is like a layer of paste on the wall, so stiff that people can't see it.

All the sisters paid homage to the eldest sister together, and each gave jewelry, gold and silver locks, etc. to add makeup.Another thing is that Sister Feng first handed over the private house given by Jiamu and Mrs. Wang to Yuanchun, and then added makeup on behalf of Mrs. Xing and Youshi.The woman following the Wang family invited Yun An to come forward and said with a smile: "Our young lady congratulates the eldest girl on behalf of the wife."

Just now in Yuan Chun, I saw three girls I didn't know, and I knew they must be sisters from my uncle's family, uncle's family and aunt's family.It's just that it's hard to get close to outsiders.

Seeing Yun'an approaching now, Yuan Chun's beautiful eyes were smiling, and he carefully scrutinized her demeanor, thinking that it's no wonder my aunt likes to adopt her as a daughter. It should be due to the law of self-existence.

Sister Feng and the others could not sit for a long time, so they resigned from the uncle's house and went back. Yuan Chun reluctantly looked at the sisters, because he said: "In the future, I will post a post to invite my sister-in-law to have tea."

Xifeng knew that the eldest girl had a seal of grace, that she would be able to entertain guests in the future, and was also happy for her, so she immediately nodded in response.

After sending it to the second gate, Mrs. Uncle put on a smile and said, "Young lady, please go back."

Yuan Chun nodded, but still watched him off, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, she almost brought trouble not only to her own younger sisters, but also these three good girls, luckily.

Going back to the courtyard where she was temporarily staying, Yuan Chun looked through the things the sisters gave him, unexpectedly found 3000 taels of silver bills in Sister Yun'an's box, Baoqin said in surprise, "My cousin is so rich."

Seeing tears in her eyes, she shook her head and said, "Uncle and aunt already gave me 5000 taels, and now my aunt borrowed another 3000 taels from my cousin, which is [-] taels inside and out! I..."

After crying for a while, Yuan Chun took out 1000 taels of silver notes from his grandmother's private house, picked out a red gold five-phoenix hairpin inlaid with jewels and put it in the brocade box, and ordered the piano: "Send it to Mrs. Uncle."

Baoqin was packing up and registering the things sent by his family. He stuffed 22 boxes to the brim. Seeing this, he said: "Young lady has such a good eye. All of them belong to this hairpin, which is the most precious, and I have to give it away." Please keep it, girl, there are other gold hairpins in the other box, send them off."

Yuan Chun knew that she was wronged for him, but Yuan Chun was not wronged.Uncles and grandmothers did not abandon her in the previous situation, and the warmth in the desperate situation gave Yuan Chunzi the ambition to "live a life", but she looked away, because she smiled and said: "I can't take it with me if I keep it." .Good girl, go, you know what to say."

But if a well-educated girl like Jia Yuanchun is willing to bend down to show her favor, it will be difficult.Just look at what her maid Baoqin said to Mrs. Cheng Enbo: "Because of the girl's affairs, the lady is bothering her. This is specially sent by the old lady... The girl also said that the kindness in the mansion has never been honored in her life." Dare to forget, I only hope that Madam will not forget her in the future, and the girls will move around..."

First they offered expensive gifts, and then they said that in the next three festivals and two birthdays, Yuanchun would regard Cheng Enbo's mansion as a formal ceremony for her mother's family.

This may not work if you change to another family, but Jia Yuanchun saw from the first day that Cheng Enbo's mansion was struggling, and it was difficult to maintain the glory on the surface-this was not unexpected, the Geng family was not high, and the Empress Dowager Geng used to be The concubine was not favored when she was a concubine, and she had no real power when she was placed on the throne of the queen mother. Naturally, she could not benefit her natal family.Geng's family men are not capable, and now they are only a third-class Cheng Enbo.The Geng family lived only on the uncle's salary and the palace's favors, and they cared about every income.

"Although she was doing everything for the old lady, Jia Yuanchun knew it well and never made any special request. Half of her dowry was rewarded by the palace and half was bought by Jia's family. Now she gave a generous gift and promised to move around in the future." . Madam Uncle made some calculations, and the smile on her face was quite sincere.

As a result, everyone in the uncle's mansion was very enthusiastic. When they left the pavilion the next day, the officials from the Beijing Palace who came to pick up the sedan chair were all surprised by the situation, and they all believed in some nonsense that "the old queen loves the female officials".

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It's over.

On the day of Shangsi, because of Yuanchun's entry into the palace today, it is inconvenient for all the sisters to travel outside the countryside like other ladies.I only accompanied Jia Mu in the upper courtyard to appreciate the peonies for a while, and the sisters gave each other vanilla and then dispersed.

Jia's mother hadn't recovered from her previous illness, so she didn't keep any girls, so she just told Yuanyang, "When Baoyu comes back, call to see me first." After speaking, she went back to rest first.

Hu Po sent the girls out of the yard, Baochai laughed and said, "Didn't you take a break in school? Brother Bao went out?"

"It was Prince Bei Jing who sent someone to pick up Second Master Bao to have a drink early in the morning." Hu Po laughed.

Baochai and the sisters will not ask.Different from the auspicious time to welcome the first wife in the evening, Yuanchun needs to celebrate the ceremony during the day, and it is only a family ceremony, and no guests are allowed to have a big banquet. The King of Shui County is willing to invite Jia Baoyu to the banquet, which is especially respectable for Yuanchun That's why Mother Jia is willing to let Jia Baoyu go to the place where she was born to have a banquet alone.

The girls were enjoying the spring scenery in the garden, and Baochai said, "My family is going to visit my mother. How about you, do you want to play with me?"

Everyone said not to bother the concubine, and Baochai was also afraid that the school would be closed today, and her brother and some friends were having a drink at home. The sentence will go.

Tanchun is so boring, because he said: "We should also learn from the tastes of the ancients. Let's play the 'Qushui Liushang' once, so that we can live up to the spring by writing poems and paintings."

Everyone thought it was good, and they discussed finding another good day to make up for it. Tanchun liked it, so he said that he would go back to sewing: "I don't have any of the sewing gifts I saved last year, but I have to hurry up." Do something, or you won’t be able to fiddle with things.”

Xichun clapped her hands and laughed, "I'm going too, I can embroider a scene this year."

Tanchun hurriedly pulled her: "Quickly embroider a good one for me, and replace this purse with only one butterfly on me!"

Daiyu quickly gave Xichun an idea: "Fourth sister, just take back the purse you made, embroider a butterfly or flowers on it, and it will become a scene. Then hang it for your third sister, She can't say anything!"

Tanchun held the big butterfly purse, and sent it to Daiyu with a bitter face: "Sister Lin, take a look, you go first! Is there still room for her to embroider flowers? The fourth girl is so talented in painting, never They all pay attention to the artistic conception of blank space, but it can be changed to embroidery work. Look, there is a big butterfly above the moon white background! She is so proud of herself that she insists on forcing me to hang it on her body. I carried this in the first month of the month, when people looked at me, their eyes would go up to my waist, and I didn’t cover it or didn’t cover it or..."

Everyone was laughing so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs, Xichun only pulled her "good sister" and "third sister" to beg for mercy, and swore that she would give her the first new one. Tanchun hurriedly pointed to Yun'an and the others and said: "Give it to the sisters first, then give it to me later."

Yun'an and the others laughed at her badly, because they made up their minds that Xichun should practice her craft on the purses for her sisters before making them for her.

... Sizheng, Fang scattered.

Daiyu held Yun'an in her right hand, and Yun'an and Yingchun were holding hands, the three of them were chattering.

"Shops are also easy to find. The city is too big, and there are markets everywhere. It's easy to buy or rent, but where to choose?" Daiyu recently flipped through many property books sent by Lin's housekeeper, she My home is in the capital, but there are two excellent shops that can be moved out for use.

Yingchun smiled and said: "Although we agreed to make some women's things, now we have some makeup, rouge, grass and silk flowers in our hands, but what are we going to do after all? It's not too late to decide on this first."

And back in the big study room of Pingming Building, the three of them searched through the entries copied from the books. Jian Fanger, we have only read less than one of the ten remaining books in the library, and we have already collected a book of various kinds. nice one.It's just that most of them are not detailed, and some of them are the experiences recorded in diaries or travel notes. Even the people who wrote the books don't know the reason, they just record what they see.But this is already very valuable. The three girls have tried a bath bean recipe and a recipe of plum blossom snow sugar, and they all succeeded.

Especially the plum blossom snow sugar, which has been brewed for two months, and now I take a urn and pour it into a jade bowl, the blossoming plum blossoms are still as bright as on the branches, there is no female family member in this house who does not love it.

The sugar water they drank at home in the past two days was mixed with this.

Just as Meiyue brought up three bowls of plum blossom honey water, it was announced that Ping'er had come.

Yun An smiled and said, "Why is she here?"

Ping'er came in and said, "It's not because of you, my uncle, wife and grandma have something to tell you."

Then he confessed to Yingchun and Daiyu, pulled Yun'an aside, and said with a smile: "My uncle and wife sent two carts of things, and grandma also has a box of goodies for you."

Yun An wondered: "Why did you send it?" Besides, there is no need to be mysterious about sending things.

"You really forgot!" Ping'er tugged at her sleeve: "Uncle and wife have long said that this year's Shangsi Festival will give you a birthday gift!"

"Who would have thought that it would be too late to deal with the matter of the eldest girl here. Uncles, wives, and grandma are afraid that you will eat your heart, but you don't even remember it!"

Ping'er suddenly moved closer and laughed: "If the girl's birthday ceremony is not done at the age of 15, then it will have to wait until after the marriage promise. I think that my uncle and wife have already planned your life for you. I'm afraid this time it will be After the marriage is settled, I will make a big deal for you! Oh, I will marry you immediately after finishing the marriage, and then you will be our grandma of the Wang family!"

Du Yun'an never wanted to be the young mistress of the Wang family, and she only listened to her brother and herself in matters of marriage, but she couldn't say that, and she had to pretend to be ashamed to stop making fun of Ping'er.

"...Good girl, I dare not say anymore." Ping'er couldn't stand being scratched, and begged for mercy: "One more thing, share your plum blossom snow sugar with us in a small urn, grandma has been busy recently and her tongue is dry I don’t have an appetite, so after eating your honey water, I can clear my mouth with relish.”

Only then did Yun An let her go, and said with a smile: "You go and talk to them, the few jars I brewed have been divided, and now I only spare them to eat."

Ping'er knew that Miss An had shared a lot with her uncle and wife, her grandmother and her brother, so she went over to beg Yingchun and Daiyu with a smile.

The girl chess player of Yingchun came up, holding a bowl of freshly prepared plum blossom honey water for Ping'er.

Ping'er took it without using a spoon, and took a sip from the small agate bowl, the faint fragrance of plum blossoms between his lips and teeth.She smacked her lips deliberately, and said with a smile: "How did you get it out? Who doesn't have a plum tree or two at the foot of the yard? In previous years, it was at most one time to look for plum blossoms in the snow, but you are the only ones who not only look at it, but also play it." , and even more stubborn, novel and delicious..."

The three girls didn't hide their secrets, Yun'an said: "I saw a method of 'lifting sugar' from a miscellaneous journal. The second sister said that I can use the method of lifting sugar to store fresh fruits. There are few fruits in winter, so we Thinking that if you can store fruit, you can’t store flowers, so I tried it, and who knows what I got was really good.”

Although Daiyu is the youngest of the three, she has read the most books and is a prodigy with a vivid memory—it was she who suggested the use of Lv'e Mei, because she said that in "Supplements to Materia Medica" it is recorded that Lv'e Mei has The effect of "appetizing and dispelling stagnation, helping the qi of Qingyang to rise, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, relieving heat and eliminating troubles" (Note · Citation).

"The book says that rainwater is used to extract sugar, but we replaced it with snow water, but the taste is even better. Use high-quality granulated sugar and boil it with snow water, and skim off all the sugar oil that has been boiled. Continue to add snow water until it is as thick as honey, then put it in a cold jar and turn it into light sand flowers. Just be well-proportioned." Daiyu said carefully.

Ping'er was very interested, so he asked, "What is sour fruit juice?"

Yingchun smiled and said: "It's the kind of limonium that grows in the south. It tastes very sour. We use it to smoke the house. Who has eaten it. Unexpectedly, adding a little of this sour juice has a miraculous effect. It turns out that the two of them have grown up together." I tried it out when I was adding random things." As he spoke, he pointed at Yun An and Dai Yu.

Yun An just smiled and said nothing: Ice Cube Lemonade has supported the beverage shops, and you haven't tasted its charm seriously yet. It's a waste of money to only use it to smoke the house.

Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled: "We tried other fruits, and they taste good. When the new fruits come out, we will get other ones and store them in the winter, so there will be flowers and fresh fruits."

Yun An quietly raised her forehead, what did she do to bring a sister Lin who buried and cherished flowers into this little glutton who eats flowers and stuffs them?

Fortunately, Sister Lin's love for flowers is consistent, and she said to Ping'er: "Good sister, don't tell others about this method, if you want to eat, just ask us for it."

"Once the spread spreads, all the flowers here will be destroyed! They are not as careful as we are, and I'm afraid they will snatch up all the good flowers on the branches."

Ping'er hurriedly responded and thanked, and asked: "How did you pick the flowers?"

Both Yun An and Ying Chun laughed, "Some of them were trimmed for flower branches, and some were picked up from under flower trees, but it's true that they never pressed a flower tree to pull flowers."

"The girls are worried about that." Ping'er said with a smile: "If they all know, they won't be willing to give up the hard work and sugar. I'm afraid they will have to pick flowers and fruits. It doesn't take much. Everyone just stretches out their hands once. You can’t see the scenery here.”

After talking for a while, Ping'er left, went back and told Sister Feng how to make the plum blossom snow candy, and said with a smile: "I asked Xiuju quietly, my good fellow, the girls use the waiter's waiter This is made by the tea stove. The tea stove is only so big, and it’s nothing more than a porridge with sugar water on weekdays. It’s hard work to make this novel and good thing. But the girls don’t hide their secrets and share all their good things with them. Everyone—there is not enough silver frost charcoal in Pingming Building in winter, and the Du family uncle quietly sent in a car. Don’t blame grandma, I just heard about it. It’s thanks to the three girls who are sensible and polite. Otherwise, if it falls on someone else, I’m afraid it’s time to ask grandma for it, and tell everyone how rich they used to be, but now…”

Ping'er's words hit Sister Feng's most troubled place recently. Xifeng didn't mention the three girls, but worried about the last one first: "The public treasury is empty, what can I do! Because of this, the old man forced the bank to be opened, and after checking it, he found that there was only less than 5 taels of silver left in the public house! The previous year’s land rent and house rent were not used here, and it was only opened this year, and only the 4 taels I couldn’t make ends meet for a year... After that incident, I couldn’t find out where the money accumulated in the mansion over the years went. Instead, I emptied all the silver in the treasury. Now call me the housekeeper and give me all the keys to the right card , but I still fight famine, how do I manage it?"

"The matter of returning the national treasury can't be publicized anymore. The whole family has to live the same way as before. Is it because I can change the money! If the old lady didn't give 7 taels for expenses, I should I pretended to be sick and resigned. The 5000 taels will be used to send rents from various places in September. It will take nearly seven months. I am worried about something every day. I checked the general account of the previous year, It cost more than [-] taels, even if you exclude the cost of getting married with your second master, it would cost more than [-] taels, which is far worse now! The old lady is saving on purpose, but the villain still wants to Throw money away as before, and live your mother's spring and autumn dream!"

Xifeng's chest was bulging, and Ping'er hurriedly persuaded her. At this time, another girl in the room, Shun'er, approached her and said, "I heard something, and I don't know whether I should report it to grandma."

Shun'er is now Wang Xifeng's confidant, and when Sister Feng heard her like this, she scolded: "You're doing this again, why don't you just say something, if you want to say it, don't chew your mother's tongue!"

Shun'er smiled and said, "Grandma told me to tell you, so don't be upset if I told you." Before Sister Feng could scold people, Shun'er hurriedly said: "Many people know about the repayment of treasury money, but the old lady kept her mouth shut. It is said that whoever dares to spread it outside will sell it to the whole family, so I dare not say it publicly. But secretly everyone is afraid of famine, and they are very concerned about all money matters, hoping that there will be a windfall in the house. The good old days—look, grandma is in a hurry again, wait for me to finish this sentence!—So I just peeped at Mrs. Xue’s gift of [-] taels to my wife, and I heard Mrs. Xue say, “This two taels Wanliang is to help the mansion overcome a difficult time, and the dignity of the Duke’s mansion cannot be lost’. People at the bottom said that Aunt Xue obviously gave the money to the Duke, but the wife did not take it out.”

Sister Feng stood up abruptly and asked, "When did it happen?"

"It's been about five or six days at the end of last month." Shun'er replied, "I just found out by chance today. Those people are worried that grandma and wife will be of the same mind, or should I drag them to grandma's place?" After confrontation, they agreed to tell the truth. I will come back and tell grandma..."

Sister Feng was stunned for a while, then gritted her teeth and said, "22 taels, my uncle gave me 5 taels, and my ancestors made up nearly half of it. Originally, the second room only paid more than [-] taels! But the silver from the public gave me [-] taels. My aunt The [-] taels there were asked by his wife to make up for his own house, so it only cost [-] taels of silver! The old lady and the officials were emptied..." This official office will belong to her and Lian Er in the future, the old lady's private house There should be at least half of the big house in the house... the co-authors are all at a disadvantage to Lian Er, and she still has to work hard to manage and save money!

"That's all!" Sister Feng suddenly said angrily, "I will subsidize whoever treats me well! Anyway, the whole family has to save money, so I just redistribute the money. If anyone complains about grievances, just complain to the wife."

"Ping'er, you just said that the girls buy charcoal with their own money?"

It was given by the uncle of the Du family, Ping'er thought in his heart, but he still followed Sister Feng and said, "Yes."

"The girls' allocations are never exhausted, and the compradors and big kitchens have never returned the money to the accountant for the unusable ones. But all the money allocated according to the old regulations are spent. I feed them enough and they won't get any. Thank you, and simply don't ask them to take care of the girls' affairs." Sister Feng sneered: "From now on, all the money and goods that should be appropriated according to the old rules will not be directly given to the compradors and kitchens, but will be given to the girls themselves, and let them Distribute it by yourself, and order the big girls in each house to write down the details. If not needed, it will be returned to the girls' private houses. If it is not enough, parents and brothers will be asked to subsidize it, or the expenses in the house will be reduced. It's just as you see it..."

Ping'er and Shun'er laughed and said: "There is no reason why it is not enough. It's just that it is a bit cumbersome. Rouge and gouache are okay, but the daily eating requires two or three more steps in the big kitchen. Ladies and sisters The day before, I said what I want to eat, figure out how much the owner of the house will spend, and then the comprador can start buying it, and then the big kitchen can do it..."

"Meat, eggs, and vegetables are alright, and there is still firewood. This house uses more, but that house uses less. I'm afraid there will be another disturbance."

Sister Feng snorted and said, "It's enough to set up a small kitchen in each house. The big kitchen cuts out the manpower and picks out the best ones for distribution. The old ancestor and Baoyu are together, and a set of good cooks for the red and white cases is enough. .In Pingming Building, except for the second girl, the other two are not short of manpower and money. They can hire and buy their own cooks. Anyway, the sisters and children are as good as their compatriots. Zhiyuanzhai and Luweitang cooperate There is one place where the elder sister-in-law is watching, and any tricky cook should not try to fool the fish. There is also one place for the wife. Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao can only eat with the wife. If the girls eat with the old lady , it’s all about being filial and eating everywhere, everyone’s tastes are different, and the cook’s cooking is fresh and interesting.”

The more Sister Feng said, the more she felt right: "Last year, the Zhuangzi in the north sent a total of [-] catties of good rice for the master to eat, but in the end it was not enough, and I had to buy fifty hu from the rice shop to supplement it. These It is enough to cover all the first-class rations in each house with rice grain, but I don’t know how much it will be sold! Now we have opened various storehouses and distributed them to various places according to the proportion. I'm still saving my mind!"

"Grandma, do you want everyone to live a happy life at home?" Ping'er thought for a while, then frowned and said, "If that's the case, what does grandma take care of the housekeeper?" .

"Good girl, I know what you're going to say. But no matter how housekeeper I am, I have to follow the old rules of my ancestors. I'm the one who made it difficult. Others are greedy for ink and steal oil and water! The bank is empty. I checked the accounts for the past ten years. , There was a surplus five years ago, but the annual income and expenses for these five years will be the same, so what's the point of me being a housekeeper like this!" It's not good at all, especially when we see that there will be a famine this year.

Sister Feng was reluctant to part with the power and glory, but she didn't hand over everything: "Except for everyone's share, the public treasury of this mansion is still in my hands, and the favors and gifts of each family are still in my hands. Let me take care of it. The silver treasury, cloth treasury, gold and silver utensils in the public house... are still made as before, and utensils and furniture can be taken from various houses, but whoever is damaged will pay for it.”

Ping'er and Shun'er clasped their palms together: "Amitabha, if the old lady agrees with grandma's idea, I'm afraid there will be no need to fight famine this year. How much less expenses will be saved!" Eldest Master, only the Second Mistress’s room will provide the expenses of the Second Master’s banquet for Qing Ke and Xianggong, so how much is saved!

There was no need to wait until Mother Jia asked Sister Feng to go up, Wang Xifeng had already rushed to the upper courtyard and said these words: "Old ancestor, I am young and I can't control people. There are many jokes these days, and the people below are dissatisfied, so I think It’s better to do this, one is to share some affairs, and the other is that the younger sisters have grown up and they have already set up a yard, and now I will teach them to take care of these things in this courtyard..."

"Compradors and cooks are all chosen by themselves. It is okay to choose people from the original comprador house and big kitchen, or to re-select people from the family. In this way, things and food may be more satisfactory. If the cooking is not good , You can dismiss and replace it yourself. Only a few capable people are left in the big kitchen and each room of the comprador house, so as to facilitate the affairs of the house, such as taking care of people who don’t belong to different places like the people who go to the night.”

Jiamu has also been quietly checking and counting her private house these days. Although her ladder is thick, it is not a joke to go to more than [-] at once, so her dissatisfaction with Mrs. Wang has reached a new level.Hearing Sister Feng's suggestion now, the old man thought about it, and it was really a good and frugal way. After the two discussed it, the matter was settled.

Jia Mu also said: "The people in the laundry room, lighting room, and sewing room are also assigned to each other. Only a few people are left in each place to do official affairs, and they don't need to do things in each house. There are many more people in these places. , pick the good ones and keep them, and send the rest away——your wife has been ill these days, and it is a good thing to pray for her."

"It's not easy to divide. In the past few days, you should come up with a charter. Let your wife choose all the people from all over the place. I didn't use them very much in the past. I just kept two cooks."

Mother Jia made the final decision, and without the sick Mrs. Wang, the Rongguo Mansion had been divided into several small houses.Mrs. Wang supported her sick body and called Wang Xifeng to complain, but she had no choice but to obey.

Rong Mansion originally had three or four hundred people and hundreds of girls, but after Wang Xifeng's drastic combing, half of them were lost.Especially those who are known to eat 'empty pay', all of them gritted their teeth with hatred.Although there are some people who scold Wang Xifeng, the ruthless and ruthless actions of the Second Grandma Lian are really shocking, so more curses and curses are directed at the "soft" Mrs. Wang. Who is to pray for her for good luck? These things came out.

After this incident, most of Madam Wang's hearts in Hefu were scattered, and the good reputation accumulated over decades was also wiped out.