Red Mansions Become Baochai

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Someone took the lead, and all the daughters-in-law stopped talking and stared at Aunt He's actions.If things are done in a reasonable and reasonable way, and the rules are not violated, you will naturally have to be more careful in doing things in the future.If there is something wrong with it, don't say it without reverence, and you don't have to worry too much when you leave this meeting room, and you can do whatever you want.

The Zhang Shou family thought in his heart that no one in the house knew that he was Mrs. Xue's confidant.Cousin and grandma will not refute her casually to make her feel ashamed, and the young lady is young and indifferent.So she took the lead first, and came up with an ambiguous matter, firstly, to stand up among the servants, and secondly, to test how Baochai's aunt and nephew would behave.

Baochai saw that her aunt did not look through the old case book, just smiled and asked softly: "According to the case in previous years, how much money should be paid?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shou's family hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "In the past, they paid 100 taels of silver."

Aunt He didn't ask where the 100 taels were used, she still smiled slightly and said: "Here's the money for you, you can count it, 100 taels is enough?"

Zhang Shou's family was overjoyed when they heard this, but they put on a look of embarrassment, and said hesitantly for a long time: "Because my cousin's family and Ai's family came to the house, plus the servants serving in these two places, 100 taels of silver may not be enough in the past. Yes, we need to spend 150 taels of silver even if we make the most of it." After speaking, he quickly peeked at the expression on Aunt He's face.

Hearing what she said, Aunt He didn't feel happy about buying, she still smiled kindly and said: "As much as you want, since it costs 150 taels, there's no reason to only give you 100 taels, it's so difficult to pay back It is impossible for you to be a servant to supplement the master's family."

As he said that, he asked Liandong to give her a pair of cards.That Zhang Shou's family thought that Aunt He was so foolish, so happy that he almost forgot to thank him, hurriedly took the pair of cards, and went to the accountant to collect the money like the wind flying under his feet.

Since Zhang Shou's family received the pair of cards, several deacons and wives came to deal with it in a short time, all of which needed to receive money.If it was just a few dozen taels of trivial matter, Aunt He didn't even bother to ask, and gave the right card directly, and the hundreds of taels were just a few random questions and spent.

No matter who came, Aunt He always talked and laughed as usual, and she didn't refute a single thing, so she felt sorry for someone.The population of the Xue family is simple, and there are not many internal affairs. It only took an hour for Aunt He to finish the affairs of the day, and took Baochai back to the inner room.

The deacons and daughters-in-law inside and outside the hall all saw and heard it, and they all winked at each other and passed on secret messages.Those who are loyal to Xue's family can't help but be secretly annoyed. This cousin only wants to be useful, and she doesn't do things properly.

Those who are selfish can't help but secretly rejoice.Cousin grandma is soft-hearted and kind-hearted. Compared with Mrs. Xue, who is usually frugal and loves to teach people how to live, she is a Bodhisattva who spends money like dirt. It is better for her to be in charge of the house all the time.

Baochai also wondered secretly, knowing that her aunt is not a fool, and she must have a reason for her actions.It's not like what those maids said, because they feel that they are outsiders, so they refuse to do their best for the Xue family.

Because she trusted her aunt, Baochai didn't make a small report in front of her parents.But the servants of Xue's family started to move around, and Aunt He continued to give out money like wedding candy.Within two or three days, Xue's family spent 2000 taels of silver!

The boss does things so wildly and unconstrainedly.On a beautiful April day in Jinling City, where the wind is sunny and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, Baochai has the trouble of a new employee.

Reluctantly, He Baochai sent spies

In the days that followed, Mrs. Xue was immersed in the joy of conceiving again, and even the morning sickness could not affect her good mood.

That day Madam Xue vomited again, pinched her nose and drank a small pot of goat's milk with brown sugar, and sat on the kang and ordered Yulan to recite to her "The Universal Gate of Guanyin Bodhisattva".Baochai and his aunt came in and greeted her with smiles.

Mrs. Xue smiled and said with joy on her face: "That's not the case. I still feel a little upset when I get up early every day. It's better to take the medicine prescribed by the doctor during the day. I have given birth to two children. This idea Suffering is nothing." After finishing speaking, he thanked Aunt He again and again for her hard work in staying with her for the past few days to take care of the housework.

Aunt He laughed and said: "Sister-in-law just cares about raising the baby. Anyway, my brother and a few senior managers are taking care of the outside affairs. I just take care of some trivial matters in the inner courtyard, so I don't feel tired."

Baochai sighed silently in her heart, Auntie, Auntie, you don't care about anything at all, so of course you won't be tired anymore.Thinking about her own father's permission, she was full of fighting spirit and wanted to learn how to be a housekeeper and rectify the internal affairs of Xue's house.It's only been a few days since my aunt's passive sabotage made her mentally lethargic.

Baochai looked at her own housework so neglected with cold eyes, and deeply despised herself.In the past, I always slandered in my heart how lawless and indulgent the servants of the Jia family were in the Dream of the Red Chamber.Now it seems that once the servants of the Xue family lack effective supervision, they will be disorganized and undisciplined.In any case, managing a large family with hundreds of people is definitely more difficult than I imagined.

Now she watched Aunt He take care of the housework every day, and she became more and more confused.I can't figure out why my aunt, who is full of knowledge and delicate thoughts, is so out of tune when she manages the house.

Sitting in the meeting hall every day seemed to be a puppet or a marionette who looked like her aunt.When someone came up with something, my aunt couldn't come up with any idea herself, and she didn't bother to check the old cases, so she directly asked the deacons and wives what to do.And she obeyed the words of those prestigious managers, and she would do whatever they said. It seemed that she had been controlled by those scheming women in charge.

For the first one or two days, when my aunt did this, Baochai thought she was getting familiar with the situation and stayed put.But for four or five days, the situation did not improve at all, but worsened.Baochai was so anxious that blisters formed in her mouth, and her aunt still looked like an old god.

Baochai was secretly anxious, but the servants of Xue's family were clearly happy.Even the maids and daughters-in-law who still wanted to behave themselves for a while, after finding out what kind of temper this cousin and grandma had, and then thinking about how to act, let down their guard and gradually started acting recklessly.

Those women who were on night watch outside the second gate began to take the candle oil distributed by the public house for their own use at home, and even secretly drank and played cards.

Xue Shen's family lives in Ting Yuxuan, because the master has gone away.Those little girls used to clean up every day according to the rules.Seeing that no one came to take care of them, they all started to be lazy. The yard was full of fallen leaves and flowers, and the thrush starlings hanging on the corridor were hungry and squawking because no one was feeding them.

The eldest maid, Basho, was a little uncomfortable. When she got up early, she saw that the whole room was covered with melon seed skins. She wanted to drink some tea, but the tea stove didn’t even have hot water. She called for half a day before she came. The kids all went out for a walk.

The maids and wives who are rough envoys have given themselves a holiday.A few daughters-in-law who were in charge began to rack their brains and come up with some clever names. After receiving the right cards from Aunt He, they immediately went to the cashier to collect the money.Any money that is handled must be plucked, and the money will be taken from Xue's treasury and stuffed into his own pocket.

Xue Pan's study had only been renovated at the end of last year, and his nanny came to pay again in the past two days.Said that the house is old, so I have to buy new paper materials and paste it again.

The curtains and curtains hanging inside and outside Xue's mansion should also be replaced according to the season.It is said that to prevent the sweltering heat of the summer, the curtains used today are all embroidered with Sichuan brocade and python satin, and they have to be replaced with curtains made of silk and ink silk in various colors, which are light and airy.

The brand-new soft silk embroidered curtains, orangutan felt curtains, and woolen felt curtains with tufted flowers that are currently hanging will be replaced by golden silk rattan red lacquer, ink lacquered bamboo curtains and multicolored thread coiled flower curtains.These things were originally in stock in Xue's warehouse, but the person in charge said that he had already gone to the warehouse to look at them. Some of them were worn out before, and the styles were not fashionable, so they needed to pay extra money to buy them outside.

There are also those who say that they want to exchange silver for fresh furnishings, and those who want to buy antiques, piles and piles, and so on.It is reasonable to say that these things should be left in another house, but Xue's way is too strange, because there are a lot of these things in his shop, so why not take care of his own business, but go to another shop to buy things?

However, Aunt He still didn't take it seriously, and she responded to every person who came back and forth. The servants of the Xue family who benefited from it were full of joy and praised her for "being kind and generous", "virtuous and virtuous".

Those who can't see it are also secretly ridiculing behind their backs, saying that Aunt He only cares about her own name and dignity, and she doesn't want to offend others.Eat food and do nothing, completely disregarding the kindness of Xue's family.

Even Baochai's nanny, Cao Mama, half-confided: "When it comes to housekeeping, the girl should learn from her wife in the future, and she should sit like a bodhisattva every day like her cousin and grandma. There is a golden mountain at home, and sooner or later the little devils below will secretly empty it out."

Several times Baochai couldn't help probing in private, but my aunt always smiled and said nothing, or Wang Gu talked about him, but she refused to tell Baochai what she had in mind.

Baochai was really not sure what kind of medicine was sold in her aunt's gourd.If my aunt wants to play hard to get, it's about time to resort to the last trick, right?If it is too late, it will be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain, people will run away, and they will not be able to catch it if they want to.

Baochai sat down with her aunt in the morning, and after the business was over, she still had to study and practice calligraphy with Xue Pan and her cousin.At noon of the day, Xue Ke taught Xue Pan how to use the brush hand in hand, and let him continue to practice facial expressions.Come over to see Gu Yunzhenlin's "Zhang Hei Nu Stele" post, full of pen and ink, full of breath