The Lin family has a female named Qingyun [Red Mansion]

After a few days of maintenance, the Lin family's house was completely deserted and full of popularity.Although Lin Qingyun is only the adopted daughter of the Lin family, she is valued by the Lin family's father and daughter. In addition, she is the only master in charge of the big house, and the servants abide by the rules and dare not act recklessly, which is very troublesome for Qingyun.

Right now she is looking at the roster in the mansion, the mansion has bought new people earlier, Uncle Chen is in charge of the people who enter the front yard, and she is in charge of the inner house.There are few masters in the family, adding people is to prepare for Lin Ruhai to go to Beijing in the future, and to increase popularity.Most of the new servants are in charge of chores such as sweeping the courtyard, flowers and plants in the garden, etc. After a few days of observation, they can be regarded as knowing the rules.

"Miss, Elder Sister Bailu is back." The little maid came in to report.

When she got up early, she inspected all parts of the mansion, and found nothing wrong, so she ordered Bailu to take a few people to Jia's house, bring some fresh melons and fruits to Daiyu, and invite Daiyu to stay at the mansion by the way.

"Miss." Bai Lu came in and replied: "Miss is very happy to know that the house is in order, and I can't wait to come back immediately. When I came back, the girl had already consulted the old lady of Jia's mansion, explained the reason, and invited the Jia family The three girls came to the mansion to enjoy the flowers, and the old lady Jia agreed, saying that the girls would be sent by Lian's second grandma three days later."

"Old lady Jia didn't mention anything else?" Qingyun was immediately puzzled, would Jia Baoyu not pester him to come when something like this happened?

"I didn't see anything else mentioned, the eldest girl means..." Bailu was puzzled at first, then seemed to think of something, frowned and said: "There is something ridiculous, the girl said that she is coming back, and the second master Jia Jiabao heard about it." , actually acted coquettishly and begged Mrs. Jia to come even if she made a fuss. The girl said that there is no male master in our house, so it is inconvenient to entertain, but the second master Bao said that the girl is vulgar, and he was wronged and had a quarrel with the girl. Even the old lady Jia They all coaxed Second Master Bao to let him come, but fortunately, Nanny Zhou came up with the rules, so Second Master Bao gave up lazily, but looked at Mrs. Jia's complexion is not very good-looking."

This is Jia Baoyu's true nature. As for Jia's mother, it's worth not mentioning that.

Qingyun smiled and said: "You will know after a long time, the second master of Jia Jiabao has such a temper, since he was young he loved to hang out with his daughters, he was not afraid of sitting and sleeping, but he had no bad intentions."

Bailu had also heard some rumors about the second master Jia Jiabao, but he was even more surprised when he saw it with his own eyes.

Qingyun said: "Since the girls from Jia's family are all coming, we have to prepare a small banquet. In addition, Ting Yuxuan will be cleaned up so that the girls from Jia's family can stay for two days."

Bai Lu wrote down one by one, and then asked: "How will the banquet be prepared then?"

"The Bibo Pavilion in the garden is facing the pond full of green lotuses, and there is another pomegranate tree in full bloom. Maybe my sister sees the poetic atmosphere, and it will be easy to spread it out at that time, so that the girls can spread paper and grind it to write poems." Recite Fu." Then Qingyun explained in detail how to set up the table, what dishes and refreshments to prepare, and so on.

After finishing this matter, Lin Qingyun was at leisure.

Her family management philosophy was influenced by Daiyu, and she pursued "ruling by doing nothing".When the two were housekeepers for the first time, they examined the pros and cons, combined with the actual situation, made appropriate adjustments to the previous housekeeping rules of the Lin family, and formulated a new set of rules.Daiyu was born intelligent and thoughtful, and felt that the Taoist philosophy was very satisfactory, so she told her about it.She thinks it is very easy to do so, neither will the subordinates be deceived, nor will it be too tiring to do everything by herself, just like the management of a company, they only need to manage the top lady in charge, plus strict supervision The rules and regulations can naturally make the entire mansion work, and there are fewer omissions.

In the main room in the courtyard, one is used as a bedroom, half of the side room is used as a small warehouse, the middle is a hall, and the one on the right is cleaned up and arranged as a study.The ones around the Lin family are the only ones that have a lot of books. The Lin family's father and daughter and even the deceased Jia Min love books, and Qingyun also likes to read, not to mention that he has no other pastimes other than reading and painting on weekdays.

Rolling out new paper, I planned to pass the time by drawing meticulous brushstrokes, but after a few strokes, the fun was lost.

"Young lady looks a little irritable, but do you feel bored?" Bai Lu brought the incense, just in time to see her throwing a pen and standing in front of the window in a daze.

Qingyun took the incense slice and took two sips, the fragrance of jasmine filled her mouth.

After all, she is not an ancient person, she has no understanding of tea, and the only drink she usually drinks is jasmine tea, and she likes the aroma of jasmine very much.When it came to this place, scented tea was also called Fragrant Piece, even though it was not as expensive and elegant as the other teas, she did not change it.Seeing that she liked it, Daiyu specially found the best fragrant tea for her, as well as various flower and fruit teas.It's a pity that I can't find a good glass pot. If it weren't for the glass pot to cook scented tea, wouldn't it be very elegant.

When mentioning Daiyu, I remembered something, and said: "My sister gave me a purse when I got off the boat, you go and get it."

Bailu turned and went away for a while, and when he came back, he was holding a blue purse in the moonlight of the lotus pond. The embroidery on it was very delicate, which was made by Daiyu herself.Qingyun took the purse, reached out to touch it, and took out several bank notes from it, totaling 1000 taels.

"This is..." Bailu was taken aback, and then guessed what was going on, and couldn't help but sigh that the two girls really have a deep friendship.

The [-] silver that Lin Ruhai gave was only for the expenses of being the two sisters, and it didn't care about the daily expenses of repairs and purchases in the mansion, so now Qingyun's housekeeper should all be officials' money.If she has other private expenses, she has five taels of monthly money of her own, and some money given by Mrs. Zhang before, and food, clothing, housing and transportation are all paid by officials, so there is no shortage of money, but Daiyu is still worried that she is not enough. Because of this, I deliberately hid a thousand silver bills in my purse and gave it to her. Two days ago, I wanted to take a closer look at the pattern on the purse and found that "there is a universe inside".

She really needs money to do things, but she has been hesitating, wondering if she should use the money.

It may be hypocritical, but I always feel that it is not appropriate. After thinking about it again and again, I finally made a decision.Now she owes the Lin family too much, not to mention what she enjoys right now, I am afraid that when she grows up in the future, the Lin family will have to worry about her dowry for the rest of her life, so what if she has backbone?It's better to write down this kindness and try to repay it later.

When she was on the boat, she had nothing to do. She had seen the few shops Jia Min left in Beijing, a silk and satin shop, a jewelry shop, and a restaurant.The reason why Jia Min kept these few shops back then was to consider returning to Beijing in the future, but it was a pity that he couldn't go back until his death.Qingyun doesn't have any special talent in business, and her status can't be easily discussed in business nowadays, so after several considerations, she selected someone to open a bookstore.Scholars are noble, so even if one day outsiders learn that the owner of the bookstore is themselves, it will not affect much. As for the profit of the bookstore, the bookstore is just a medium, and there are other ways to make money.

"Bai Lu, I heard that your brother intends to go to Beijing?"

Earlier, she got to know the maids around her and knew their respective situations.Bai Lu is a son of a family, whose parents are both old men of the Lin family. There is an elder brother five years older than her, who is twenty years old this year, and his name is Ye Song.A few years ago, Ye Song had a serious illness. Although he recovered, his body collapsed and he couldn't do heavy work, so the mansion didn't arrange errands.Ye Song couldn't sit still, and couldn't let his parents take care of him with peace of mind, so he begged Fu Bo to let him go, and find a job outside for himself.

Bai Lu frowned and said: "Yes. After all, my brother was injured back then, so he couldn't do many things, not to mention that now that the family has a nephew, the expenses are getting higher and higher. This time I heard that Uncle Chen brought people to Beijing, and he wanted to ask for help." It's just not that easy."

Qingyun smiled and said, "Why didn't I see you come to beg me? Could it be that you understand that I can't be the master."

Bai Lu hurriedly said: "I don't dare, girl, please don't make fun of me. I know my brother, although he is really hardworking and capable, but he is really dragged down by his body, so I can't open my mouth. I just think that I don't have much to spend. The money I saved is just to help the family, but my brother refuses to accept it, so I must keep it for myself."

"Your brother wants you to save the dowry."

"Miss is talking nonsense again!" Bai Lu blushed, too embarrassed.

Qingyun hurriedly said: "I'm talking nonsense. I asked your brother, but I have an errand for him. I just don't know if he is willing or not?"

Bailu is a person who serves her personally, and has known her temperament for so long, and knows that what she said is accurate, so she beamed with joy, and hurriedly said: "It's hard for the girl to think of brother , as long as the girl opens her mouth, my brother will never refuse. The girl just orders."

Qingyun had already made up her mind, so she stopped going around in circles, and said directly: "I plan to set up a small shop in Beijing and set up a bookstore. If your brother wants to come over and take care of it for me, even your sister-in-law and I will use it together. There is only one thing, Your brother is no longer from the Lin family, not to mention your sister-in-law, if you want to work with me, you have to sign a contract."

Bai Lu felt relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile, "This is the girl's grace. If you want to help the girl with things, you must sign a contract, so that your brother and sister-in-law can do well."

"That's good. Someone will send a letter to Yangzhou in two days. You send a letter to your brother and ask him to come over as soon as possible." Qingyun asked for a body deed, firstly to ask her to rest assured, and secondly to understand the people here Psychologically, it is not easy for ordinary people, so it is better to shelter officials.Previously, Ye Song had just recovered from a serious illness and had no errands. If he was a servant of the Lin family, he could not go to work elsewhere, so he asked Uncle Fu to let him go. Now that a few years have passed, Ye Song is more likely to sell himself to the Lin family again for his livelihood.

Bailu got this happy event and thanked him again and again.

"Go and find Uncle Chen, I have something to ask him." Qingyun said.

"Yes." Bailu asked Xiangsi to come in to serve, and went to invite Uncle Chen himself.

Not long after, Bailu invited Uncle Chen over. Because men and women avoid taboos, Uncle Chen just stood outside the study door, separated by a shadowy gauze curtain.Chen Shuben was the second housekeeper of the Lin family, but he was personally cultivated by Uncle Fu, and he was very profitable in his work.

"Uncle Chen came over here, because I don't understand something, so I asked Uncle Chen to ask." Qingyun spoke politely.

Upon hearing this, Uncle Chen hurriedly bowed and replied, "Young lady, if you have something to do, just give me orders."

"It's not about our family, it's about my personal affairs." Qingyun knew that Uncle Chen would report all matters here to Uncle Fu, and Uncle Chen would naturally tell Lin Ruhai according to the situation, and besides, she didn't have any idea about it. I wanted to hide Lin Ruhai or Daiyu from the truth, so I said it calmly: "I want to set up a shop in the capital, just for a boring pastime, to pass the time. I came to you to ask how much money it costs to buy a shop ?”

Uncle Chen was a little surprised, but he didn't question it, he just replied responsibly: "I didn't inquire about this matter, if the eldest girl is interested, I will go out and ask."

"Tell me about it first."

"My dear girl, it depends on the location and size of the shop. It's really hard to say. Besides, the capital is very expensive. If the location is good, it will be difficult to buy a shop with money." Uncle Chen is telling the truth.

Qingyun pondered for a moment, and said: "What you said is also reasonable. Let's go and inquire immediately. You don't have to be on the bustling main street, but the side street next to it. A shop, I plan to open a bookstore, although I don't have to It’s so big, but it’s best to have a small courtyard.”

"Yes." Uncle Chen agreed, and there was nothing else in the mansion at the moment, so he personally took people to find Ke Ya to do the job.

I thought it would take a few days, but unexpectedly I got a reply two days later. Uncle Chen went to a dental shop and went there himself, selected three and reported it to her for decision.Qingyun, who had heard what Uncle Chen had said, wanted to see it for himself, so he ordered a car to be prepared, and he took only two egrets and larks, and Uncle Chen accompanied him to go out.

The location of the first one is very good. It is actually on the main street. It has three doors and two floors with a small courtyard. It is very spacious. It used to be a restaurant.It's a pity that the asking price is extremely high, and there is no counter-offer at all. Anyway, the other party will not worry about not being able to sell it.Qingyun didn't delay when she saw her, she just said to see the next one.The location of the second house is also good, next to the main street, two doors, single storey, but no small courtyard, Qingyun felt bad, so went to see the third house.The third one is also on the side street, just a few steps away from the main street entrance. It has two and a half doors, two floors with a small courtyard, and the asking price is more than 400 taels of silver.

Lin Qingyun wore a veiled hat and walked around the room in person, feeling pretty good.

Uncle Chen said: "If the eldest girl is satisfied, the price can be negotiated again, but there is a decades-old bookstore opposite, and there are many shops of similar size nearby, and new shops open every now and then."

Uncle Chen's implication is that the competition is too fierce, and many shops are unsustainable and closed.

Qingyun's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "It's okay, it's better if there is competition. You can talk about the price later, this shop is good, but more than 400 taels is too high."

Uncle Chen went to negotiate with the dental firm, and the dental firm negotiated with the homeowner, finally finalizing a price.Uncle Chen came to report: "Miss, the landlord agreed to change hands for 380 taels, but there is nothing in the house."

"I didn't need those things, so it's only 380 taels." After Qingyun made a final decision, Bailu gave the banknote to Uncle Chen.

Accompanied by the dental bank, they went to the bank to exchange money. After all, compared with bank notes, cash is more reliable.Afterwards, the landlord and the owner had money and goods. Both parties took the deed to the yamen to transfer the ownership, and paid the dental commission, and the matter was over.

Waiting for Uncle Chen to come back, Qingyun has already made plans according to the specifications of the shop: "Uncle Chen has worked hard today, but I have to trouble Uncle Chen again. I plan to renovate this house and add a batch of things. "

What Qingyun is going to open is a library, the two and a half rooms are very spacious and not separated.Imitating the modern bookstore model, there is a bookcase on the left and right walls, and a square half-person-high bookcase in the middle, so that the left and right are empty, so two long tables are placed and matching benches are set up. Visitors can take their favorite books on the spot. watch.The counter is located right in front of the entrance, and you can also choose some elegant potted plants such as plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum to be placed. You can enter the second floor along the stairs, and there are different study rooms on the second floor. The four treasures of the study room are complete. , for those who come to discuss poems and proses together in threes and fives, and can also leave the opinions of the articles in the study room for future generations to discuss.

Uncle Chen sounds fresh, and I'm afraid it will be very popular with the students, but...

Uncle Chen hesitated and said: "Miss, this is indeed a good move, but it will cost a lot, I'm afraid it will be difficult to balance the store's income and expenditure."

In short, this is a loss-making business.

Qingyun nodded and said: "I also know this, so I didn't think about making money by selling books. There is a tea room and a pastry room in the small courtyard at the back. The books in the store are available for everyone to read, but the study room on the second floor charges some fees. In this way, you can enjoy basic tea and snacks and all the furnishings in the room, if you want additional tea and snacks, you will have to pay accordingly.”

Uncle Chen thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Young lady, this method is good. It's new and interesting. The literati and students can't get together without tea. No wonder the lady said that she doesn't make money by selling books." Then he said: "This move Things can be done, but if you come to another family in this way, you must follow, and then it will be difficult to do business."

"Following the trend has existed since ancient times, how can we avoid it, but Uncle Chen looks at those century-old shops, why can they stand still?" Qingyun had thought about this problem a long time ago, and said slowly: "Anyone can steal the same model, but our family Seizing the opportunity is already different in the minds of scholars. Furthermore, our tea and snacks must have our own characteristics and secret recipes, so as not to be confused with other brands. customer."

Uncle Chen half-understood what he heard, but he felt that the words made sense, and he was very moved: "What the young lady is worried about. Since the young lady has made up her mind, just order it."

"Uncle Chen is tired." Qingyun thanked him, and planned to give him a red envelope as a reward when he finished his work.