The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

A figure in the distance approached from far to near, Shulan was drawing patterns, and the little girl beside her whispered, "Sister Lin, Sister Zhou is here."

"Oh!" Shulan looked up, but it was Zhou Rui's family standing at the door and looking at her with a smile. Shulan quickly thanked the little girl for putting down the buddy in her hand and walked out, asking in surprise: "Zhou Rui Why is my sister here?" Not to mention that the eldest and second householders are separated now, even in the original book, the servants around Mrs. Wang don't like to come to the eldest room, so it's really strange to see Zhou Rui's family here.

"The ginseng in the pharmacy is gone, and I can't buy a good one for a while, so my wife asked me to come here to get one." Zhou Rui's family said.

Shulan frowned when she heard the words, "What do you want ginseng to do? I haven't heard that the masters and ladies are sick!" This ginseng is indeed a good thing, but no matter how good it is, you can't eat too much, especially ginseng, which is half-medicine. If you eat too much, you can really get sick.

"Where is the old lady sick?" Zhou Rui's family showed a sarcasm smile, "it's not the one who tosses hard all day because of the extra piece of meat in his stomach, so he wants to eat ginseng duck today. It just so happens , The ginseng in the pharmacy was wrapped up by my wife and sent to my mother's house a few days ago, so I can only come here to get it now."

To say take that is completely polite, to put it bluntly is to borrow.After the big family and the second room were separated, everything was separated, including expenses, income, and real estate. Just for convenience, the income and expenses of the big and second rooms were combined, but the accounts were separated.

Now that Erfang is short of ginseng, it is not that there is no ginseng to buy outside, but the real ones are mostly fake or not strong enough.It is certainly impossible for Mrs. Wang to be caught by someone in this regard. Besides, she still wanted to take the opportunity to cheat Aunt Zhou, so she sent out her confidant, Zhou Rui's family, to come to Dafang with great fanfare. No one can tell Mrs. Wang's fault.

The mistress who was bullied by the girl in the house is definitely a soft persimmon.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Wang is a persimmon, and from the original book, Jia Zheng's oldest concubine is almost two years younger than Mrs. Wang's old son. It can be seen that Mrs. Wang is unambiguous about the inner house. Quite powerful.

Asking a pregnant maid to wait on her, punishing her to stand by the rules or something, that would be too pediatric and leave too many traces, completely inconsistent with Mrs. Wang's reputation as a living Bodhisattva.What she wants is an aboveboard conspiracy, so that Aunt Zhou will not be able to cry out when she suffers in the future.

"Sister Zhou, please sit down." Shulan led Zhou Rui's family into a small room. This is the place where she usually rests when she works in Jia's mansion, and no one usually comes.After serving a bowl of tea and two plates of snacks to Zhou Rui's family, he asked, "Can you get ginseng? Sister Zhou also knows the rules of this house. Now I only take care of the sewing room of Dafang. Put on airs, I can't help it."

"The eldest lady is a sensible person, how could she have the same knowledge as us servants? I got it a long time ago, and I sent the purple hairpin to the kitchen. It's not because I haven't seen you for a long time, I took this opportunity to see you .” Zhou Rui’s family laughed.

These words were a bit exaggerated, but it was the first time for the two of them to sit down and chat alone since Shulan traveled here.I don't know what Zhou Rui's family is up to, but compared to other people, Zhou Rui's family has a bit of conscience. Looking at the situation in the house now, the position of chief manager of the second room will definitely fall to him and his wife. Come on, it's not wrong to make friends with each other.

"What's so interesting about me, but Sister Zhou's brother is really likable. I heard that some big girls want to make an appointment to see Sister Zhou's brother." She is definitely To be honest, Zhou Rui's family was not as lucky as her, and the delivery was a bit difficult. Fortunately, the mother and child were safe in the end, but the brother was born a little weak, and he didn't dare to hold him out to see others.

Zhou Rui's family obviously knew about this, and they couldn't help but put a smile on their faces, and said good things to Shulan, "What is my boy? Your brother is very fond of old ladies and wives. I've heard that Mrs. I just said with emotion before that if the old lady had not said something to release your brother, the old lady would have wanted him to be Lian Erye's bookboy."

"He is still young, who knows what he will be like in the future, and the eldest wife just said something casually. People like us can only know a few words, how can the eldest wife think highly of us!" Scholars, there are so many A little bit of arrogance.

The members of Zhou Rui's family naturally knew this reason, just seeing that the eldest wife didn't let Shulan become the top few leaders of the big house, she knew her attitude.Don't use age as an excuse, then Lin Zhixiao was appointed as the head of the big house by the old man.The reason why the eldest wife is like this is nothing more than because Shulan didn't come from her side, and no matter what happens, she can't get her wholehearted trust.

Thinking of this, Zhou Rui's family remembered something. After pondering for a moment, they whispered to Shulan, "My dear sister, I'm not sure about one thing, and I want you to help me with an idea."

"What's the matter?" Shulan was a little surprised, she didn't expect Zhou Rui's family to say that.In fact, Shulan's current status is very embarrassing. The first room thinks she came from Mrs. Wang's side, so they don't get close. The second room is because Shulan is now clearly from the big room, so they don't get close. If her husband is Lin Zhixiao, I'm afraid she I don't know where I was sent to.

If it weren't for the fact that Shulan couldn't think of a reasonable excuse and method, Shulan would have wished to get out of the country immediately.But Jia She, the brat, just decided on Lin Zhixiao because of the Zhang family's affairs, thinking that he is loyal and witty, and this kind of person must be reused. I didn't want to offend people and come out, so this matter froze there.

In fact, Shulan didn't know, if it wasn't for Zhou Rui's family who inadvertently learned from Mrs. Wang that Shulan told her about the separation of Jia's family, and then learned about Lin Zhixiao's actions from her husband Zhou Rui, she would have I will not come to ask Shulan.

These two couples are far-sighted people, and since everyone's relationship is good now, it's no big deal to ask.

"A few days ago, my wife quietly asked me to inquire about something." Zhou Rui's family looked a little embarrassed, and finally gritted their teeth and said, "It's about profit."

Shulan was taken aback. Someone who studied "Dream of Red Mansions" said before that Wang Xifeng's loan lending was Madam Wang's idea. I thought it was groundless because the original owner didn't remember it. She used to be in charge of Madam Wang's account books. Yes, but I didn't expect that this matter hadn't started yet.

"Could it be that Mrs. Cheng wants to make a profit?" Shulan's voice was involuntarily anxious. In the original book, after Jia's mansion was unlucky, this kind of profit taking has always been a criminal evidence.

Zhou Rui's family fumbled for a while with a teacup before saying, "I'm afraid it might be." Then he said with some embarrassment: "Although I don't want my sister to be able to read and study like this, I also know that taking profits is a very bad thing. But it’s easy to be a lucrative business, and I’m really afraid that my wife will do it.”

Of course, Zhou Rui's family didn't say a word, if Mrs. Wang really did such a thing, she would definitely not be able to do it herself, she must find someone to do it.Even she knows what effect this interest-sharing will have. How could Mrs. Wang not know, even if it is not illegal to give a profit, it will not be good if it spreads out, so she will definitely find her confidant to do it.In this way, the couple will most likely be honored to be on the list, and she is not willing to do such a thing.

It is different from the original book. In the original book, there is no separation between the two houses. The chief manager of this house used to be Master Lin and later Lai Ming and Lai Da, both belonged to Jia Mu.Zhou Rui’s family didn’t have a chance to sit in the position of chief manager, but this time it’s different, their parents are already the chief manager of the second room and the housekeeper’s wife, they can climb to the top as long as they climb up the road, their vision is naturally different, and I am no longer willing to do such detrimental things.

Besides, when there are bad gamblers and poor people who can't pay back their debts, it's okay to put a profit. If there are too many, what should I do when Mrs. Wang asks?Do you want to stick it in yourself?What a joke.

Therefore, Zhou Rui's family thought about finding a way to dispel Mrs. Wang's idea. One more thing is worse than one less thing.It's just that the Zhou family thought for a long time and failed to recruit, so they came to Shulan.

Shulan was surprised, "My wife is short of money?" No way, the two families just separated not long ago.

Zhou Rui's family put the teacup on the table beside him, and shook his head, "My sister has been with my wife for several years, so I should know her temperament." She is greedy for money, but it's just that she looks good at ordinary times. When some calligraphy and painting books come back, dozens of people in the second room will have to eat with their mouths open, and my wife is also planning for a rainy day."

Shulan rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "There is something wrong with this profiteering thing, it's better for sister Zhou to persuade his wife when she goes back, and besides, there are a lot of people cheating in this house, Who knows how much profit those people have made outside in the name of their wives. If they meet a black-hearted person, he will make a lot of money, but the crime will be carried by his wife. If the wife is not short of money for the time being, just thinking about it There is a way of making money, I have an idea, it is easy and relaxed to keep, and I am not afraid that the money will not be recovered every year."

Hearing that Zhou Rui's family was thoughtful, they were attracted by Shulan's last words, and quickly asked Shulan what his idea was.

Shulan pursed her lips and smiled, "Sister Zhou forgot, the concubine of my wife's natal family married into the Xue family of Jinling Imperial Merchant, that is the family of a million imperial merchants."

"I'm so easy to forget about it. I prepared the gifts for the past. Every year, the gifts of that family are always more rewarding than ours. It's the first gift in a relative's house." Zhou Rui's family laughed but didn't care. After all, Xue's family should have a lot of money from the imperial merchants. It is normal for the other families who associate with Jia's family to be the family of official meritorious service.

But then she realized something was wrong, Shulan asked her what she was doing, thought for a moment, and frowned, "You won't be thinking about the Xue family, are you?"

Zhou Rui's family felt that Shulan was a bit whimsical. It's the Xue family's business to have money. Don't worry about Mrs. Wang's business. Don't say that the Xue family is not in charge of Aunt Xue now. The matter of giving money to Mrs. Wang.But Shulan really nodded, which surprised Zhou Rui's family, this is a relative's house!Isn't it too...