The eldest man is a man, so naturally he doesn’t pay attention to when his daughter-in-law’s "women" will change to another girl. The eldest wife didn’t discuss this kind of backyard lock with him. Instead, she took Dong Fangyun to see the old lady for a day. The girl also took it with him. After the old lady watched it, everyone would go down. Then she whispered to the old lady: "Fangyun, this child is filial, she told me the girl next to her a few days ago. , I said I wanted Haoshou to have a few more children, alas."
It’s a blessing to have many children and grandchildren. The old lady was happy when she heard it, and then said that Fangyun is a good boy or something. When she turned around, she thought of the old lady and frowned, “How can this kid do things? I don’t know how to tell an adult first She is virtuous, but don't you know what your father means? Otherwise, it will be a shame if a good thing is done badly?"
The old lady is not against Duan Haoshou's concubine, she just thinks that she should tell the old lady first. She also knew that Dong Fangyun was not a self-assertive person. This matter must have been led by the big wife. At this time, Dong Fangyun was the only choice.
The eldest wife knelt down and said that it was all the daughter-in-law's fault. She didn't say it in advance, but also tried to cut it first and play it later. After all, there was Duan Haofeng in front. Duan Haoshou didn't make a big mistake if he did it. So she waited for someone to enter the door before she came to breathe with the old lady. The old lady also likes more and more children and grandchildren in the family, and she must not stop her too much. Seeing it today, it really is. The big lady's heart is half down.
Now that she knelt down and confessed her mistake, the old lady asked her to get up. I didn’t say much about it, but instead asked where this girl is at home, what her parents do, and how many brothers in the family. Since it’s for Duan Haoshou to open branches and loose leaves, people should choose carefully. .
After asking, there was no problem. My parents were from a pure white family, and no one from my ancestors had done such nasty errands. There were also many brothers in the family, so I think it must be a viable person. The old lady nodded, and Dong Fangyun also returned with the girl. The older lady sent her to the stove to see the food tonight. When she came back now, the old lady stared at the girl behind her. When Dong Fangyun saw it, he asked the girl to send the account book to the old lady, and asked her to return the following things.
The old lady saw that the girl was quite regular in her words and things, and she couldn't tell that it was from a poor family, so she kept nodding her head, feeling that the big lady was not doing bad things, and she was good at picking things.
The other big lady saw Dong Fangyun standing aside with her head half-closed and her eyes silent, feeling a little pitiful, so she took her hand to let her sit next to her, and whispered: "Mother knows you are wronged."
Dong Fangyun pursed his lips and squeezed out a smile.
Or is this girl really capable? In less than two months, Ximai came out! Second sister doesn't believe me, what can I see in two months? Honghua smiled and secretly told her that the old lady had noticed that this girl hadn't received a monthly letter this month, so she eagerly invited the doctor in, and she came out at the first visit!
The second sister also laughed, and said: "What reason did the elder lady use to invite the doctor? You don't mean to say that you want to read the monthly letter for a girl, right?"
Hong Hua heard about it from Precious. The lady who asked the doctor to invite the doctor is naturally the person at the front door. It is the person under Precious's hands, so she knows it perfectly. At this time, she learned that she has a nose and eyes: " Where is it! The eldest lady said that these days she was a little uncomfortable and couldn't eat and sleep. I was afraid that the weather had changed and some coldness had caused her to hire a doctor."
"Oh, so look at her and then look at the girl." The second sister shook her head.
Originally it was just a joke, the second sister only waited for Duan Haofang to come back in the evening to learn from her, but in the afternoon Dong Fangyun came over and said that she was going to borrow a girl from her. The entire Duan family knew that there were a lot of people on the second sister's side. She didn't seem to care about telling others about it. She sat down and drank tea for a while and said, "I changed a girl a few days ago, but it's still not as good as the previous girl. To make it easy to use, these few days are catching up from spring to summer, and there are cold and hot, and the family is quite sick. After the Dragon Boat Festival, summer clothes are to be made, and the "milk" and "milk" sides should also be prepared carefully. , I'm too busy, so I have to come to you for help."
If it were in the past, the second sister would have promised that she would be fine, but now there is only a red flower and a mother Zhang beside her. Mother Zhang is too old to stay up late, and Honghua has to go back to her home at night. She still has Changyuan to take care of, so she can't get any manpower to come.
Seeing the second sister in embarrassment, Dong Fangyun immediately waved his hand and said, "Never mind if it is inconvenient, but I didn't want to be thoughtful. You still have Changyuan here. It's important to take care of your children.
It's rare that she came to beg for herself, and the second sister really wanted to help her, so she said: "If you don't think I am a clumsy person, you should come here when there is no one at home during the day. Nothing else will work. I will keep an account and write something. I can help you too."
Dong Fangyun agreed without much thought. The girl had a child, and the eldest wife would not let her do any work, so she was kept in the house every day. She is the master of "milk" and "milk". Although there is a big wife on the top, all the work below is assigned to the subordinates from her side. Everything must be passed through in front of her before being passed on to the big wife. In fact, the big lady is the last nod. Now that there is no girl, she can't use the big wife's people, only Changxing and Changlong's "milk" mothers can come and help her a little, that's nothing.
She felt a bit resentful in her heart. It was just an excuse to come to the second sister to beg the girl. She really wanted to complain to others and let outsiders know about the dirty things in the big house. But she didn't want to really hurt Dafang, otherwise she would go to the second wife, she would fight with the first wife for a lifetime, and she was the best at adding fuel and jealousy. She didn't know these thoughts very well, so she ran to see the second sister vaguely. As for the matters on the account, it was just some cash withdrawals, and there was no large amount of money and I was not afraid to let the second sister know.
She came with her account book the next day, and when Changyuan took a nap, the two of them sat face to face at the Kang table and settled the accounts.
Second sister, I still have some other small ideas. She had never seen the account of the Duan family mansion. Although it was just a small amount of money for buying vegetables, cloth and oil, she could also see some ways. She knows that the family’s business is controlled by the old master’s family. Although Duan Haofang works for the Duan’s family outside, he can’t "touch" some important things and doesn’t know, such as which family Duan’s main business is currently working with. business? Where did cloth come from? Where did you go out again? Isn't it necessary to only do business in this small town? The old man and the old man came back from the south. This business has already gone outside, but it is not as good as in the south, but this road is open, and it is impossible to choke all the roads to death. .
These Duan Haofang didn't know, the second sister wanted to find a clue from the account books of these family affairs.
The plan was pretty good. After all, she had also learned to read the accounts from Master Wu, and her housekeeper also did the accounts. There was some experience in looking at things from the account book, but the second sister was dumbfounded as soon as she opened the Duan's housekeeping account book.
Dong Fangyun looked at her as if "touching" at a loss. He only stared at the ledger. He quickly took a piece of paper and spread it in front of her, then took a pen to her and said, "Don't just look at it. You can take these few new years Find out the money for vegetables, rice, oil, and firewood in the month and write them on this piece of paper. We will count them together later."
The second sister agreed without tears. My God, this is the Duan family's household account book, so she doesn't know what to say!
This ledger is not written in a grid or page by page. For example, for rape, only the rape money is written, and the cloth money is only assigned to the cloth money. While writing the date of the money and the date, it also writes the amount of money bought. This account is a note, for example, the first page is written like this: vegetables, fifteen dollars, firewood, ten dollars...
The second sister turned it over, but she couldn't find the date, so she held it up and asked Dong Fangyun. She quickly took it over and turned it over and said, "It’s ten days from here to here, and ten days from here to here. Pick these out first."
The second sister came back and looked through it, and then asked, "Sister-in-law, do we buy food once a day? Check out every day?"
Dong Fangyun nodded and said: "Yes, so you can always find the cheapest and best food. If you package it to which one, you will spend more money, and sometimes you can't eat good food."
So the household accounts are simply "messed". It seems that every transaction is recorded, but when it comes to the general account, it will be troublesome.
The second sister just copied ten dollars and fifteen dollars for a day, and was so dizzy by these scattered small accounts. Duan Haofang came back in the evening and was shocked when she saw her leaning on the couch with her eyes closed and tired. I quickly went over and asked, and laughed after hearing this: "Do you think that everyone in your family is like you, and you remember to be like the shopkeeper in the store when you buy vegetables and cook at home? When it comes to bookkeeping, I heard that my second aunt was not interested in bookkeeping at the time. Anyway, it was her family's stuff. The old lady never asked about it. It would be even more headache if you went to help at that time!"
He smiled back and forth. After laughing, he sat down next to the second sister and "rubbed" her temples, and said softly, "I'm tired today, eat early in the evening, and rest after eating?"
The husband and wife were eating, and the second sister curiously asked: "Then when we lived in the old house, we didn't keep any accounts?"
Duan Haofang carried her chopsticks and scrambled eggs, and said, "Remember, I remember my mother was very happy when I just moved over. Every day, we will live in a bigger and better house than the old one, and there will be many people waiting at home. I will find ten or twenty girls to play with me." The smile on his face fell away, and the atmosphere in the room froze.
The second sister saw him looking up at the room on the Duan Zhang's side outside the window in a daze, and she knew that this son was thinking of his mother again. The dog is not too poor and the child is not too ugly. Duan Zhangshi didn't care about it anymore. Before, he had nothing to say to his little son. She guessed that he actually felt a little guilty about Duan Haoping in his heart. After all, he was the one who followed his father and mother, but the eldest brother was left behind. Father and mother pet the younger son, and the younger son will feel it in his heart at that moment. The two sons are always sorry for one.
After that, the two of them stopped talking, and Duan Haofang went over there to see Master Duan and Duan Zhangshi after eating.
At this time, the second sister could only say nothing, and pulled out a pair of shoes that Qing Luo had made before she left, and showed him, "This is for my mother. You can bring it over."
The shoes are beautifully made. The second sister discovered when the tailor made clothes for the family in the past. Duan Zhang’s feet are obviously bigger than her, but he prefers to wear smaller shoes, so every time the shoes are made, a piece is about the same size, but Her shoes are particularly prone to breakage, and they look like they have been stretched for more than two laps. So her shoes, Duan Zhangshi, can also'wear'.
Duan Haofang took it over and took a look. The shoes were pretty, they were made of good materials, and the handwork was meticulous. It was obvious that they had taken care of them.
Watching him leave with his shoes, the second sister made people clean up the house and get ready to sleep. She is really tired today.
Back to the house and lie down, there was only one light left, and she fell asleep after a while, and she didn’t know how long she woke up when she heard the sound of his lightly undressing and going to bed, and stared. He was about to sit up, and said without opening his eyes: "I'm back? I'll let Honghua wash it for you."
He pushed her to lie down and whispered: "I've washed it." He blew the lamp and lay down. After lying down, he came and hugged the second sister and said, "My mother likes the shoes you made for her."
The second sister arched into his arms and said, "How can I have that craft? The girl did it."
It doesn't matter who did it now, and Duan Haofang didn't care about it either. He put the second sister's hair aside so that she could not squeeze her scalp again, and gently "rubbed" her shoulders, watching her close her eyes and fell asleep, then he took a breath and fell asleep. Up.