Gu Lin got up from the ground and ran to the outer courtyard to beg to see Master Gu.
Master Gu didn't see Gu Lin after he learned the whole story.
He said: "The matter in the inner courtyard is handled by my wife. Tell the fifth girl to go back to her room to rest, and not to get involved in these matters. In addition, send someone to warn Aunt Bai, and if she dares to use the fifth girl to come out and make trouble, I will be scolded by the official." The Buddha Hall reflects."
The butler Gu Quan was stunned for a moment, never expecting Master Gu to be so heartless towards the woman he once loved.
"What are you still doing, hurry up."
Master Gu stared at Gu Quan in dissatisfaction.
Gu Quan hurriedly bowed and retreated to persuade Gu Lin.
Gu Lin learned that Master Gu refused to see her, and warned her not to get involved in these matters, looking frightened.
"No, how could father be so heartless? It must be fake. Father, father, I am Lin'er..."
"Fifth Miss doesn't want to implicate Auntie Bai in suffering, so she should shut up quickly. The master has already said that the affairs of the inner courtyard are entirely up to the wife."
Gu Lin was beaten to pieces, covered her mouth and cried, "How could this be? How could father be so heartless? Butler, did you make a mistake? My father used to love my aunt the most. Why did my brother just leave, and my father became so unsympathetic?" So heartless? I don't believe it, I don't believe it."
The butler Gu Quan sighed, "Master has always been like this, Miss Wu will get used to it in the future."
Has it always been this unfeeling
Gu Lin was stunned.
In her mind, the father who was so kind and good turned out to be so cold and unfeeling.
It turned out that she had been deceived for more than ten years.
Gu Lin left crying.
With a pale face, Cui Liu asked Gu Quan cautiously, "Housekeeper, what should my aunt do?"
Gu Quan said, "Be patient."
When will I be able to endure it
Cui Liu felt desperate.
When the news reached Furong Courtyard, Mrs. Xie laughed out loud, with a smug expression on her face.
"Aunt Bai is fighting with me, looking for death. Chunhe, you have done a good job this time, you should give Mrs. Xie some color. Let her know that Mrs. Ben has the final say in the backyard."
Chunhe hid her selfishness and said, "The servant girl is also upset that Aunt Bai went there and made the wife so angry. She is sick and wants her life, so we can't let her go easily."
Mrs. Xie nodded repeatedly, "You're right. Mrs. Bai just owes a lesson to this bitch."
Chunhe went out and went to the tea room.
Aunt Bai used to rely on being favored and dared to slander her in front of the master. She made Aunt Bai's life worse than that of a servant.
It is the revenge from Chun He.
Aunt Bai ate the food that even the servants were unwilling to eat. The food was either salty, undercooked, wormy, or a stone when bitten down.
Fortunately, she has good teeth, otherwise she would have become a woman with missing teeth.
Not only that, but the sewing room also arranged a lot of sewing work for her, so much that she couldn't finish it from morning till night, staying up all night with oil lamps on.
Soon Aunt Bai's eyes couldn't take it anymore, and she kept crying.
The concierge did not allow their master and servant to go out. Forced to go out, the concierge hit him with a stick.
After suffering a few times, Aunt Bai's master and servant never dared to force their way into the concierge.
I can only hope that Gu Lin will come over soon.
Gu Lin was hit by Mr. Gu and was depressed for several days.
During this period, Gu Ban got married and married Xiao Zhang as his wife.
Xiao Zhang is a round-faced girl with a bright personality and loves to laugh.
On the second day after she entered the house, she gave everyone her handmade needlework.
Gu Jiu said: "Sister-in-law's needlework is really good, I'm far behind."
"Second sister is too modest. With your ingenuity, if you spend some time, your needlework must be better than mine."
"Sister-in-law, don't praise me. I'm really not good at needlework. But if sister-in-law needs a new pattern, I can help."
Xiao Zhang said with a smile: "Then it's settled. I'll come to my sister some other day to ask for some tricks."
When little Mrs. Zhang came in, the eldest wife Mrs. Zhang took her to be the housekeeper.
When we were in the meeting hall, Mrs. Zhang patiently introduced the situation in the mansion to Mrs. Zhang, and the temperament and temperament of each woman in charge. He also brought out the past accounts, so that Mrs. Zhang could learn to settle accounts first.
Mrs. Zhang picked up the abacus and settled the accounts herself.
Sure enough, I have practiced it, and my abacus is very smooth.
Mrs. Zhang saw it and nodded secretly.
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Xie felt sour. I just want to satirize Mrs. Zhang.
Xie said: "My sister-in-law is too anxious. The new daughter-in-law has just entered the house, and she has not even passed the one-month wedding period, so she starts to let the new daughter-in-law take care of the house. This is not appropriate."
Xiao Zhang stopped her calculations and said with a smile: "The second aunt doesn't know the situation, no wonder there is a misunderstanding. It is the nephew and daughter-in-law who begged my mother-in-law to take me as a housekeeper to share the worries of the elders."
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, was cheerful, "This child, Weiwei, has been restless since she was a child. She wants to share our worries for us, which is also a filial piety. I am a mother-in-law, how can I discourage the enthusiasm of the child. When the younger brothers and sisters become mother-in-laws Mom, you must have the same idea as me."
Xie Shi: Hehe...
When she becomes a mother-in-law, she has to set rules for her daughter-in-law. Want a housekeeper? There are no doors.
Mrs. Xie was imagining how to set rules for her daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Zhang came to slap her in the face.
"Second Aunt, the accounts in the kitchen are not right."
Mrs. Xie snorted coldly, with a stern face, and asked angrily: "What's wrong? Dalang's daughter-in-law, be careful when you speak and do things. You only have a few days in the door, and you dare to find fault with me?"
Mrs. Zhang first lowered her head and smiled, and then said neither humble nor overbearing: "As far as my nephew and wife know, the food in the Xiangsiyuan has been reduced by 80%, why is the kitchen account book, the Xiangsiyuan still provides food and tea according to the old standard
This 80% reduction, is it reduced or not? If it was reduced, where did the 80% of the reduced food expenses go? Also ask my second aunt to teach me. "
Xie's face was livid, "Presumptuous!"
Mrs. Zhang smiled, "I don't know the accounts, so I can't be vague."
Xie gritted her teeth and said, "You, a junior, have no right to ask about the housework of the second bedroom?"
Xiao Zhang lowered her head slightly, "Nephew and daughter-in-law are naturally not qualified to intervene in the housework of the second room. It's just that the accounts are not clear, so the nephew and daughter-in-law have to ask."
Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows, Xiao Zhang really had the guts to punch Xie in the face after entering the door for a few days.
Is she trying to provoke a fight between the first room and the second room
Gu Jiu looked at the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang.
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, was expressionless and only cared about drinking tea.
It seems that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a tacit understanding for Xiao Zhang's trouble today.
Gu Jiu said out loud, "Sister-in-law, can you show me the account book?"
Mrs. Zhang readily agreed, "I've heard that the second sister settles accounts quickly and well, and I can finally see it today."
Gu Jiu took the account book, picked up the abacus and prepared to settle the accounts.
Gu Yue said suspiciously: "Second sister, you have to think about it, which room are you from?"
Gu Jiu laughed, "Don't worry about Third Sister, I know which room I am from better than you."
Snapped!
Mrs. Xie slapped the table, "Sister-in-law, is this how you teach your daughter-in-law? She is a junior, but she dares to question her elders. Are there any rules?"
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, said: "Weiwei's rules are very good. And she is not questioning her siblings, she is just questioning the account books. When servants make account books, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, so they have to check the accounts. And this kitchen, it is inevitable There is filth and dirt, and it should be cleaned up after a while."
While the two sisters-in-law were talking, Gu Jiu had already picked up the abacus and began to settle accounts.
Crackling!
The crisp voice of the abacus resounded in the meeting hall.
Xiao Zhang secretly exclaimed.
She prides herself on being fast and good at settling accounts, and no one in her natal family can compare to her. But I didn't expect that there are strong players in the strong.
Gu Jiu is faster and better than her in calculating accounts, and her posture is graceful, which is pleasing to the eye.
Little Zhang thought, no wonder Gu Ban always said how outstanding Gu Jiu is. There is indeed a reason.
Soon, Gu Jiu finished the calculation.
The sound of the abacus stopped.
The eldest wife Zhang asked: "Xiao Jiu, have you settled the accounts?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "I figured it out. The food expenses of the Acacia House do not match the actual situation. For example, the old hen soup on it probably went into the stomach of a certain kitchen woman, but it was counted on Aunt Bai's head." superior."
Xie stared at Gu Jiu sternly.
Gu Jiu's expression was calm, and she faced Mrs. Xie calmly, "Madam has been busy preparing the dowry of the third younger sister recently, and has neglected the management of the kitchen. It is inevitable that the kitchen lady will take advantage of the loopholes. It's time to remind my wife that I can't just sit and watch my wife being fooled by the kitchen lady."
After receiving the signal from Gu Jiu, Chun He hurriedly stood up and said, "It's all bad for the servants. As soon as the servants got busy, they forgot to send someone to watch over the kitchen and let the kitchen lady take advantage of the loophole. Please, Mrs. , ma'am, the young mistress will punish you."
The eldest wife Zhang smiled and said: "I won't punish you, let your wife punish you. Brothers and sisters, if you find out the problem, you have to rectify it. The master and servant of the Acacia Academy eat as much as they eat, and we can no longer use the old standard. To fool people. Comparing the before and after, the money is quite different, and it all went into the pocket of the ruthless person."
Mrs. Xie laughed, "Sister-in-law is right. Dalang's daughter-in-law is really capable, and she found out the accounting problem as soon as she entered the door. The second girl is very capable on weekdays, why didn't she see that there was a problem with the kitchen's accounts?"
Gu Jiu: It's my fault.
Gu Jiu said: "I was negligent. I thought too much about the kitchen lady, but I didn't expect that they are a group of people who have no limit. They will be greedy for ink when they get the chance. I suggest that the kitchen lady should be severely punished." .”
Mrs. Xie glanced at Gu Jiu, "After cleaning up the kitchen lady, who will cook for everyone? Second girl, think things through."
Gu Jiu laughed, "My wife reminded you rightly, the kitchen ladies can't be punished. Just arrest those who are greedy for money, beat them up and drive them out."
"It should be so." Mrs. Zhang nodded in agreement.
Xie's face changed slightly.
Who doesn't know that the accountant in the kitchen is her confidant of Mrs. Xie. Arresting Tanmo is equivalent to arresting her.
Gu Jiu, that damned girl, is indeed in the same group as Da Fang, and they all came to make things difficult for her.
Mrs. Xie said with a straight face: "It's true that the kitchen ladies have to be punished, but they also have to take care of their hard work without credit. Don't worry about this matter, I will deal with it myself."
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, looked at Mrs. Xie with a half-smile, "I believe that my brother and sister will definitely clean up the kitchen well. Will my brother and sister not let me down?"
Xie smirked, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I dare not let you down."
"That's good."
After Mrs. Zhang got out of the limelight, she calmed down and didn't pick on Mrs. Xie again.
After finishing his work, Xie shook his sleeves and left. Apparently there was still anger in his stomach.
The eldest wife Zhang then left.
Gu Yue tidied up the four treasures of the study and called to Xiao Zhang who was about to leave.
"Sister-in-law."
"What's the matter with the third sister?"
Gu Yue smiled coldly, "Can you leave the matter of the second room alone? You don't care how much she ate and spent in the lovesick house. Anyway, the money should be given to our second room."
Mrs. Zhang said righteously: "Third sister, I don't agree with what you say. Our eldest family has not separated from your second family, and the money is all from the public. We should calculate every account clearly. When the family is separated in the future, Not to mention that the Xiangsiyuan has reduced the expenses by 80%, even if the master and servants of the Xiangsiyuan don’t eat a single grain of rice, we will never bother about it.”
Gu Yue sneered, "You are really busy."
Xiao Zhang frowned, "Third sister, please be more polite. After all, I am your eldest sister-in-law. I don't think third sister wants to be known as not knowing the rules."
Gu Yue's face was ashen, and then he laughed, "Sister-in-law is indeed a housekeeper, goodbye!"
Xiao Zhang was so angry that she was in full bloom, and she became a housekeeper in Gu Yue's mouth.
She pulled Gu Jiu back, "Second sister, do I look old?"
Gu Jiu couldn't hold back, and laughed, "Sister-in-law, don't mind what the third sister says, she has a bad mouth, don't be as knowledgeable as her."
Xiao Zhang touched her face, "I shouldn't look old, right?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "Sister-in-law is as beautiful as a flower, how can she look old. Anyone who says you are old is lame."
Xiao Zhang laughed, "Second sister, you really can talk. By the way, has the third sister's temper always been this bad?"
"Her, sister-in-law will see clearly after a few more days of observation."
It seems that Gu Yue's temper is really bad.
Xiao Zhang said: "The third younger sister will soon marry into the Haixibo Mansion. With her temper, can she adapt to the swords and swords of the Haicibo Mansion?"
Gu Jiu said: "I don't know about that. Let's see her good fortune."
Gu Zhen's wedding date is set in July. Twenty days earlier than Gu Yue's wedding.
The eldest wife Zhang is worried about money.
This year, there will be at least four weddings in the mansion, and Gu Ban's wedding has already been held, and all the money has been spent.
Next is Gu Zhen.
Then came Gu Yue.
At the end of the year, it will be Gu Jiu's turn.
Dowry, wedding, all cost a lot of money.
There are too many places to spend money this year, far more than in previous years, and it is very likely that there will be a deficit this year.
Therefore, the eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, wanted to beat Mrs. Xie to make her calm down. Greed for money cannot be so blatant.
The public is running out of money, and this year's income will not be put into the treasury until the end of the year.
Eldest Master and Gu Daren, both of them have a lot of expenses. The sons and daughters are on errands, and they have to spend.
Every day in the Fuchu, only money was spent, but not credited.
Flipping through the ledger, Mrs. Zhang was worried.
It seems that the outside shop, Zhuangzi, can only hand in the income of the first half of the year. Only in this way can we meet the expenses in the second half of the year.
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, instructed the servant girl, Shao Yao, "Go and ask the second wife, about the marriage between Miss Zhen and Yueer, who is the second room planning to entertain? How many tables will be open?"
Shao Yao took the order, "Your maidservant will go over now."
The people in the second bedroom are all in the Furong Courtyard.
The Xu family sent a betrothal gift of three thousand taels. Aunt Hu and Gu Zhen were overjoyed.
With these three thousand taels, Gu Zhen's dowry was finally tens of thousands of taels, and it would be very honorable to say it.
Today is a good day, when everyone was happy, the Haixibo Mansion also sent a dowry gift, which was 10,000 taels.
Gu Yue was overjoyed.
With the dowry gift of 10,000 taels, plus the 20,000 taels of dowry Mrs. Xie prepared for her, the dowry of 30,000 taels can be made up.
Thirty thousand taels, one hundred and sixty units, is also extremely beautiful.
Mrs. Xie looked at the betrothal gifts from the Xu family, most of which were silk, satin, cotton, jewelry and jade.
She said calmly, "I will move all these betrothal gifts to Zhilan Courtyard. The master ordered the second girl to prepare the dowry for Zhen girl, so I will not get involved in this matter."
Gu Jiu stood up, "Mrs. Lao, don't worry. I'll have someone carry the dowry down right away. It won't take up space."
Mrs. Xie chuckled, "It takes up quite a lot of space. Compared with the dowry gift from Haixibo Mansion, it's really shabby."
Aunt Hu's complexion changed slightly, and she looked at Gu Zhen worriedly.
Gu Zhen didn't care about Xie Shi's sarcasm at all.
As long as the dowry is in hand, Gu Zhen doesn't care about Xie's attitude at all.
She is a concubine, and the dowry can be 10,000 taels, she is already very satisfied.
Less than Gu Yue, it doesn't matter.
Gu Yue's dowry is still less than Gu Jiu's.
In terms of embarrassment, wouldn't Gu Yue be more embarrassing than her.
Qingmei came in with her mother-in-law, registered the betrothal gifts one by one, and then carried them back to the warehouse of Zhilan Courtyard.
"Mother, let's take a look at the betrothal gift from Haixibo Mansion first." Gu Yue couldn't hide her excitement.
Mrs. Xie flipped through the dowry list and was barely satisfied.
"Open the box and register."
The cage was opened, and Gu Yue stepped forward to look through it.
Xie frowned, "Yue'er, be dignified."
Gu Yue smiled embarrassedly and returned to her seat.
Mrs. Xie ordered the servant girl to count the dowry gifts.
Silk and satin cloth, jewellery, and silver boxes, there is even a separate courtyard.
Gu Yue was pleasantly surprised.