Yu Fu walks to the cook with a half-smile.
"Do you know that the palace doesn't always have tribute rice, most of which are my share. Your Majesty said that if the princess in the palace has it, I must have it too."
The cook's face froze, he turned his head to look at the bright yellow mark on the basket, and couldn't tell whether it was Yufu's portion of rice, or the rice that His Majesty rewarded Gu Hou's mansion separately.
Yu Fu knew that he couldn't see it.
"Even if I don't care about the affairs of the mansion, if you touch my rice, can I still have nothing to do with it?"
The timid cook next to him was about to kneel down to plead guilty when his knees gave way, but was picked up by the leading cook.
These cooks were all hired from outside, I'm afraid they are a group outside, that's why they have the courage to steal rice after entering the mansion.
"You worthless thing!"
The lead cook gave him a wink, his face immediately changed, and he sat on the ground weeping.
"Miss, please show kindness. I have seniors and juniors, and I have been cooking in the mansion for more than a year. You can't bully me, a little cook, like this! Guhou's mansion is the most sympathetic to the poor, you You can't bully the little one while the head of the family is away!"
It is clear that he stole the rice, but instead Yufu said that Yufu bullied him and used Guhou's reputation to suppress her.
He thought that Yufu couldn't do anything to them because he was concerned about the reputation of Guhou Mansion. It was the first time Yufu saw this kind of rogue trick in the market place, she was not annoyed, only found it novel.
"The Guhou Mansion has always pitied the poor and cherished the old. The servants in the mansion have been raised by generations of kindness, so they can be loyal to the Guhou Mansion. For example, the housekeeper Qi, and the steward Qi, they are passed down from father to son, and everyone in the Guhou Mansion Three points of respect. Another example, Qi Ting—”
The cook sitting on the ground was taken aback, who is Qi Ting
Never heard of it.
An old woman next to her reminded: "Qi Ting is the daughter of Guanshi Qi. She used to be a big girl in the lady's house, but she made a mistake and died."
died
The cook trembled in fright, thinking that Yu Fu had killed Qi Ting, seeing her eyes filled with fear.
Yu Fu said: "In Guhou Mansion, older servants are more respectable than young masters. When have you ever seen us disrespecting the steward Qi? But this is not an excuse for you to bully the master. How have you ever seen Steward Qi dare Bullied us? People must humiliate themselves, and future generations will humiliate them!"
Her words cleverly maintained the reputation of Guhou Mansion, and refuted the words and deeds of several cooks, everyone was convinced.
"Miss, please forgive me!"
The few cooks who were domineering just now knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy, not daring to speak hard anymore.
"Miss, it is true that we stole the tribute rice, but before we had time to ship it out for sale, the two sons found out! We will return the rice right away, please forgive me!"
If there are imperial gifts in other mansions, they must be carefully covered with red cloth and hidden in the inner room, but the imperial gifts of Guhou's mansion are everywhere, such as tribute rice directly placed in the kitchen.
They thought that the person in charge of the mansion was not there, so they could take advantage of this loophole to steal some and sell them, no one would find out, and they would not be able to deal with them if they found out, they didn't expect Yufu to be so powerful.
Gu Yi pointed at them and said, "Hmph, luckily you haven't sold it yet. But if you sell it, this matter will have to be handled by Dali Temple. It's useless for you to beg for mercy!"
Several people kowtowed like pounding garlic, begging for mercy endlessly.
Gu Xiang leaned close to Yufu's ear and said softly: "Xiao Yufu, what are you going to do with them?"
She to deal with
Yu Fu thought for a while, "Put it in the firewood room and lock it up, let's deal with it when the fourth brother comes back. The mansion is now in charge of the fourth brother, and the handling of the servants must follow the old rules, so it's not easy to deal with it casually."
"No need."
Suddenly footsteps came from behind, and Gu Wenqing walked over with Qi An and Qi Zhou smiling.
"Fourth brother? Why did you come back so soon?"
Gu Wenqing said: "The accounts of several farm managers are clear, and the original one-day itinerary was completed in half a day."
When he came back, the three of them had a backbone, "Fourth brother, it's just right, you can deal with these rice-stealing cooks! Let me tell you, they—"
Gu Wenqing waved his hand and interrupted Gu Yi, "Needless to say, just now, Steward Qi and I have something to do with Steward Qi, and we all heard it later."
Qi An and Qi Zhou looked at Yu Fu, the brilliance in their eyes was different from usual.
It seems to be more respectful and more sincerely convinced.
Gu Wenqing glanced at the cooks, "I have an impression of these people. When you first came to the mansion, your father ordered steward Qi to find cooks from outside. My father said that we rough people who practice martial arts are not picky eaters. You are different from a girl's family. I want to serve you delicious dishes."
It turned out that this matter still started because of myself.
Yu Fu said: "Let me tell you, the servants in the mansion have always followed the rules, such things as chickens and dogs stealing are not done by the old servants. It turned out that they were brought into the mansion for me, but it was my fault."
Gu Wenqing said: "Father loves you very much. If I deal with them, it is inevitable that my father will come back and blame me. Since it is the person who got into the house for you, why don't you deal with it!"
The cooks listened to their conversation and kowtowed in fright when they heard this sentence.
"Miss, please forgive me! Miss, please forgive me!"
They would rather fall into the hands of the kind-hearted Gu Wenqing than fall into the hands of the princess of Zhenjiang!
Yu Fu took a look at Steward Qi and sighed softly, "Okay. Then punish them to make up the full amount of tribute rice, and then send them back to the original place. Allow them to take away their own belongings and the master's reward, and the other person will seal the reward. Twenty taels of silver is used as severance pay, so our Guhou Mansion did not treat them badly."
The cooks raised their heads inexplicably, they didn't understand why the servants who stole something and were driven away still had silver rewards
This is the manifestation of the gentleness and harmony of the Guhou Mansion. Yufu has inherited the spirit of the Guhou Mansion in every word and deed.
A gleam of relief flashed in Butler Qi's cloudy eyes.