After finishing the calculation, make sure there is no problem with the account.
Then start planning for the next few days.
The woman in charge of the mansion came to the meeting hall one after another to answer questions, ask for instructions, and take the right cards...
There are many and complicated things, involving all aspects, and I have been busy until dinner time.
I have to keep busy until tomorrow morning.
"After a busy day, everyone is tired. Eldest sister, sisters, this is the end of today, and tomorrow will continue. Everyone, go back to your room after dinner and take a good rest. Make sure you recharge your spirits. Tomorrow will definitely be busier than today."
Gu Zhen said: "Second sister also needs to take care of her health. You just came back from the palace, and you are busy with housekeeping. I'm worried that you won't be able to take it anymore."
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you big sister for your concern. You're right, I have to take good care of my health. Alright, I'll go back to my room to rest first."
Everyone dispersed.
Gu Yue walked at the back, staring at Gu Jiu's back with hatred in her eyes, and then looked back at the meeting hall. Finally, with a cold snort, he turned and left.
Back at Zhilan Courtyard, Gu Jiu was so tired that he was about to be paralyzed.
Xiaocui reported to her, "Girl, when you were busy in the meeting room this afternoon, Aunt Bai came over. The servant asked her what's the matter, but she didn't say anything."
Gu Jiu remembered that she hadn't seen Aunt Bai for a long time.
She asked, "Is Aunt Bai giving birth soon?"
Qingmei said: "According to the time, it should be born at the end of next month. But it may be earlier."
Xiaocui said: "I heard from the women that Aunt Bai has a pointed belly, so this baby must be a boy. They also said that Aunt Bai's good days are coming, and when she gives birth to a son, the master will spoil her even more than before."
Gu Jiu smiled and said with deep meaning: "My wife is really generous. Not only did she send someone to take good care of Aunt Bai, she also gave them the best food and clothing. If Aunt Bai gave birth to a son, then It's amazing."
"Miss, it's the other way around." The girl Qingzhu was straightforward.
Gu Jiu smiled without saying a word.
Qing Mei said: "In the matter of Aunt Bai, the servant thinks that it is best for the girl not to interfere. Otherwise, if anything happens, it will be blamed on the girl."
Gu Jiu took it for granted, "Exactly. Xiaocui, next time Auntie Bai comes here again, you just send her away. I'm not happy to see her."
"The servant takes orders."
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The next morning, Gu Jiu got up early, and after finishing her housework, she walked through the narrow passage through the corner gate and arrived at the Hou Mansion.
The Hou Mansion was full of gloom and mist.
I haven't seen her in just a few days, Gu Mei has lost a lot of weight, and there are dark circles around her eyes. I'm afraid I haven't slept well these days.
When she saw Gu Jiu, she was excited, "Sister Xiao Jiu, you are here. With your help, I can take a rest and sit down to drink some water."
"Sister Mei, what do you need me to do? Just tell me."
Gu Mei hurriedly said: "I also ask sister Xiaojiu to help me keep an eye on the kitchen and pantry. The kitchen lady didn't try her best to make a running water table at home, and caused a lot of trouble. It's just a joke."
Gu Jiu complied, and asked with concern, "The Jia family didn't make things difficult for Sister Mei, did they?"
Gu Mei shook her head, "I'm fine. It's mainly about elder brother, the Jia family was very rude to him. They accused elder brother of indebted to sister-in-law, but elder brother kept silent and didn't allow us to defend him. I felt really aggrieved.
I know that my sister-in-law has gone, and my elder brother feels uncomfortable, but he shouldn't let people pour dirty water on him for no reason. He will marry another wife in the future. If his reputation is bad, no good girl will marry him. The people who married him were all unrighteous people. "
Gu Mei sighed deeply.
The female elders in the family were all crying in the palace, unable to escape.
The male elders go out early and return late, wear stars and moon every day, and don't care about the affairs of the house at all. The things in the court had already occupied all their energy.
Gu Mei and the others were responsible for Jia's funeral.
Because of this, the Jia family was quite critical.
It's too shabby to criticize the Hou's family for organizing the funeral for Jia's family, which lacks respect.
Gu Mei complained to Gu Jiu for a few words, but before they finished speaking, a maid came over.
Gu Mei left in a hurry, while Gu Jiu brought Gu Zhen and Gu Shan to help with the kitchen and pantry.
It stands to reason that the kitchen of the Hou Mansion should be orderly, and the kitchen women should work hard when they receive errands.
However, what Gu Jiu saw was passive sabotage. Some people just sat on the threshold and ate melon seeds, not thinking about where the Hou Fu's face would be if there were not enough food and wine for the flowing water banquet.
Gu Jiu frowned slightly, "What's going on?"
No one answered her.
The mother-in-law of the Hou's mansion doesn't need to give Gu Jiu any face at all.
It was Pan Chun, the maid that Gu Mei sent to her, to resolve her doubts.
"Second girl, everyone has been busy since the twelfth lunar month until the first lunar month. I finally looked forward to a few days of rest, but the eldest and youngest grandmother died at this time.
The mansion wanted to hold a running banquet to entertain the guests who came to pay their respects, and everyone had to be busy from morning to night, and there was no time to catch their breath.
There was resentment in everyone's heart, plus the old lady, the wives were not in the mansion, so it became like this. "
Gu Jiu smiled coldly, so that's the case.
Both Gu Zhen and Gu Shan are a bit hypocritical, how should they manage this situation? There should be no way to control it. Or deal with it.
"Second sister, Sister Mei sent us a hard job. It's not easy to do."
Gu Shan also said: "Second Sister, you should ask Sister Mei about this matter. Hear what Sister Mei means."
Gu Jiu asked the maid, Pan Chun: "Is it up to me to decide everything about the kitchen and the tea room?"
Pan Chun said: "Madam handed over the errands to my girl, and my girl handed over the errands to Miss Xiaojiu. It stands to reason that Miss Xiaojiu has the right to say anything about the kitchen."
Gu Jiu nodded slightly, "That's very good. Bring me the kitchen account book, I don't need other months' books, I just need to know how much money is left in the kitchen book this month."
Panchun immediately took out the pair of cards and asked the little girl to go to the accountant to bring the account book.
The ledger was brought over, and Qingmei and the others brought the chairs and benches.
In front of the kitchen lady, Gu Jiu picked up the abacus to settle accounts.
The crisp sound of abacus beating the kitchen ladies. They looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what the second girl in Gu's house next door wanted to do.
Of course, Gu Jiu settled the accounts quickly and beautifully, which really shocked the servants of the Hou Mansion. But it didn't work.
The wives of the Hou Mansion still did not sell Gu Jiu's account.
After Gu Jiu finished the calculation, there was still a lot of money left in the account, which was enough.
Her gaze swept over everyone's face, "The Hou's Mansion is planning a funeral for the eldest and youngest mistress, and needs the kitchen to prepare a running table. You are passive and sabotage, and you don't even care about rewards, which makes the masters of the Hou Mansion feel ashamed in front of the guests.
I don't expect you to listen to me when I say this. But I still have to ask a question, can you do your job with your heart? "
Everyone was silent, no one paid any attention to Gu Jiu's question.
Gu Jiu smiled coldly, "Very well, I know your attitude. It seems that you are planning to continue to be passive and sabotage.
Panchun, holding a pair of cards, went to the account to spend one hundred taels of silver.
Qingmei, you and Panchun took the money to find Gu Yu Gu Si Ge, and asked him to come forward and hire a group of cooks who can make running water mats and helpers for the Hou Mansion. Tell them that wages are negotiable.
In addition, let the buyer go out of the house to purchase fresh meat and vegetables immediately. If you are passive and sabotage even when purchasing, you can tell him directly not to do this job in the future. If you don't do anything with your wages, you are a waste. "
"Why do you hire someone from outside to replace us?"
"Who are you?"
"This is Hou's Mansion, not Gu's Mansion. Miss Xiaojiu, you should watch the occasion anyway."
All the cooks in Hou's mansion screamed and accused Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu smiled contemptuously, "Wang Yi."
"The servant is here."
Gu Jiu will not be polite to the people in the kitchen, "I will drive out all these people who don't work. If anyone dares to resist, call me, and don't give them face. If anyone files a complaint, go ahead, this girl will never Don't stop."
Wang Yi rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward to beat him.
In the kitchen courtyard, ghosts and wolves howled for a while. Scolding, crying, crying, making a fuss.
Qingmei took Panchun and left, going to the cashier to pay the money. Then I went to the front yard to find Gu Yu, and asked him to come forward to hire the cook and helper for the water mat.
Gu Yu readily agreed, "It's simple. In my area, many people make money by making banquets for wealthy families. You wait, I will invite them in person, and I will definitely bring them within an hour."
"Master Gu Yu, thank you very much. My girl's problem has been solved." Qing Mei expressed gratitude.
Gu Yu said: "It's not a big deal. Sister Gu Jiu surprised me because she thought of hiring someone from outside to make a running water mat. This idea is very good. The people hired from outside can get paid as much as they do. The cook in the Hou Mansion is much easier to use."
Gu Yu borrowed the horses from the Hou's mansion and went out to invite people.
Qingmei went to return to her life.
Gu Zhen and Gu Shan were worried as they watched the cook of the Hou Mansion being thrown out of the courtyard.
"Second sister, is it really okay to do this? After all, this is the Hou's Mansion. What should I do if the aunts and the others in the hall blame me?"
Gu Jiu looked calm, and said: "Fourth sister, there is no need to worry. If the aunts in the hall and the others pursue this matter, the responsibility will be entirely on me, and you will not be implicated."
Gu Shan looked embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Second sister misunderstood, I didn't mean that. I just wanted to say, this is not my home after all, should I give the servants of the Hou's mansion a face."
Gu Jiu sneered coldly, "If you give them face, who will give face to us, to the deceased sister-in-law
The wife in the lobby is gone, and the funeral has caught up with the national funeral. The servants were full of resentment because of the extra days of hard work, as if someone owed them several hundred taels of silver.
I don't like to look at their faces, and they don't need to look at mine. It just so happens that I hire a cook from outside to make a running water mat, and I pay for the day. "
"This, is this really alright?" Gu Shan was worried.
I've never heard of any Hou's mansion hiring cooks from outside when they run the banquet. That's a very embarrassing thing.
It's like telling the whole world that my family has no money and can't afford enough cooks, so when making banquets, I can only ask cooks from outside to help.
I feel so ashamed.
However, Gu Jiu didn't think so.
Gu Jiu is very pragmatic. What kind of face is not face, I have already lost face in front of the guests, so there is no face at all.
At this time, I can't take care of my face, so I quickly make the noodles and put them on the table, so that the guests will stop complaining.
The decency of a servant, the face of the Hou family, and the fact that he is an outsider so that it is not easy to interfere too much, etc., are all hot chickens.
Worrying about those things is just wasting time in vain. Seeing that there are only two hours left before noon, and there will be no food and wine on the table by then, that would be a real embarrassment.
Gu Zhen didn't care, but she felt that Gu Jiu handled things neatly, and she had to study hard.
Gu Shan struggled for a while, seeing that she couldn't convince Gu Jiu, she could only sigh and give up.
Pan Chun finally got a free time and hurried to Gu Mei to report.
"Girl, it's not good. Miss Xiaojiu took the right card and spent a hundred taels of silver from the account room to ask Master Gu Yu to hire cooks and helpers from outside. She will also send everyone in the kitchen, including the cook and helpers They all kicked out. They said that since they refused to work hard, they should all get out. The cooks cursed and said they would sue. Miss, what should I do now?"
When Gu Qi and Gu Ying heard this, they both frowned.
"Sister Xiaojiu, why didn't you inform us before doing things. Is it appropriate to hire cooks and helpers from outside? It's troublesome if the cooks come to us soon."
Gu Mei said with a sullen face: "There is nothing inappropriate. I have always disliked those women in the kitchen, and I have been looking for a chance to deal with them.
All of them rely on being old people in the mansion, and they don't take us seriously at all. Have they heard half a sentence of what we said
Although sister Xiaojiu's method is a bit more drastic, I think it's very good. That's how they should be dealt with.
It's just my stupidity, I didn't expect to hire cooks and helpers from outside.
Otherwise, I would have done the work yesterday, so that little sister Xiaojiu would not have to hurry. "
Gu Qi said: "Since the eldest sister thinks there is no problem, this matter will be handled according to Xiaojiu's idea. When the old man and the others come back, we will explain to the old lady in person. If the old lady wants to blame, then blame us, we can't Blame my sister Xiaojiu."
Gu Mei nodded, "That's exactly what it should be."
Gu Ying also said: "Sister Xiaojiu's method inspired me. The servants in the mansion see that the elders are not in the mansion, and they are all passive and sabotage, and they don't take us seriously.
Simply ask the maids to go out and publicize this matter to the whole government, and warn them that if they dare to sabotage their work, they will end up like a kitchen, and they will all be kicked out by me.
I'd rather spend a sum of money and ask someone from the Gu's house next door to help me, instead of using them. Call them all shameless. "
Gu Mei nodded, "That's a good idea. The servants in the mansion really need to beat them up. When I'm done working for a while and I see the old lady and mother, I'll also tell them that it's time for the mansion to release a group of servants." Otherwise, the slaves will bully the master, and each of them will think that they are more respectable than the master of the Houfu."
Gu Jiu didn't know that his actions had caused her a lot of hatred.
Soon, there will be a storm in the Hou's mansion to clean up the servants.
Gu Yu was quick to do things, and within an hour, he invited five cooks and a dozen helpers.
Fresh meat dishes were also bought back.
The cooks work together in a division of labor, those who cook hot dishes specialize in hot dishes, those who cook cold dishes specialize in cold dishes, and those who cook steamed dishes specialize in steamed dishes...
Due to time constraints, the first batch of guests were about to serve noodles, so they could only pick up some simple and easy-to-cook dishes, and serve them to the table.
Other time-consuming and labor-intensive dishes can only be made in the evening or tomorrow.
Gu Jiu asked Gu Zhen to watch the kitchen, leaving Qing Zhu to keep accounts in the kitchen.
She went to check the pantry with Gu Shan.
The tea maids are more attentive than the kitchen staff.
When they saw Gu Jiu, they all hurriedly immersed themselves in their work, being quick and thoughtful. The tea in the cups of the guests is always full and warm.
There was no situation where the guests finished drinking the tea in the cup and no one refilled the water for half a day.
There was no situation where the guests' tea was cold, but no one stepped forward to change a cup of tea.
The tea maids are thoughtful and considerate in their service, and they have done a lot of face for the Hou Mansion.
Gu Jiu nodded secretly, she just said, the servants of the Hou's mansion are well-trained, how could it be possible that the masters are always at home, and all of them are passive and sabotage.
But she didn't know that the tea maids were so careless and careful in doing things, which had a lot to do with her prestige in the kitchen.
At this moment, the news spread throughout the Hou Mansion that Gu Jiu was so majestic in the kitchen, how to teach the dozens of people in the kitchen. How the people in the kitchen lose face and so on.
Some people even said that Gu Jiu's arms were so strong, and some cooks were not convinced and made a lot of noise. Gu Jiu swung her arms and threw the person out of the wall.
Fortunately, these rumors did not reach Gu Jiu's ears.
If Gu Jiu found out that someone called her a strong man, she must find out this person and rape him a hundred times.
This girl is obviously a weak and beautiful woman, how can she be slandered as a strong man.