, I was so scared that I didn't even dare to lift my head, I just stood up and stood aside with my head down and my hands down.
Yu Qianyun took a sip of tea, glanced at Wu Zhuang's head, then smiled and asked the two women: "I heard this place is very lively from a long distance away, what happened?"
Seeing Yu Qianyun's question, the two women didn't dare not answer, so they said: "This is Wu Zhuangtou from our village in the western suburbs, and they are here to deliver New Year's goods."
Yu Qianyun nodded slightly: "No wonder I saw a lot of cars parked at Ermen, so that's how it is."
Then he smiled at Wu Zhuangtou and said, "Thank you Wuzhuangtou."
Wu Zhuangtou was immediately overwhelmed by flattery, lowered his head even lower, and could only say: "Don't dare, dare not."
Yu Qianyun put down the teacup in his hand and said, "If that's the case, why don't you bring the things in?"
The two women apologized and said with a smile: "My aunt is accompanying the guests in front, and I can't leave for the time being, let Wu Zhuangtou wait here."
A look of surprise appeared on Yu Qianyun's face: "It's just to collect the new year's goods, do you need my aunt to ask in person? Isn't it all right to ask a housekeeper to put it in the warehouse?"
Seeing her naivety and ignorance of the connections here, the two women couldn't help laughing and said: "Not only is it giving gifts for the New Year, but I also have to report to my aunt about the accounts and harvest for a year. Ordinary managers can't handle such things. It’s better for the master in the house to be the master.”
The mother-in-law explained patiently, but secretly smiled in her heart, this fifth lady is a big lady after all, she thinks things too simply.
The questions here were answered slowly, but Wu Zhuangtou on the other side was even more anxious, and regardless of his status, he hurried forward and complained: "Miss Fifth, the old slave arrived early this morning, and now I have been waiting for a long time. It's gone, I can't make it back today, there's a lot of trouble at home—"
A woman immediately interrupted him: "How can you speak here? Be careful to insult Fifth Miss!"
Wu Zhuangtou was so frightened that he stopped talking and didn't dare to say any more.
Yu Qianyun didn't take it seriously, and said softly: "Isn't it? At the end of the year, every household is very busy. Even small households have a lot of things to do, let alone Wuzhuangtou."
These words were reaching Wu Zhuangtou's heart. Although he didn't dare to raise his head, he still muttered: "The tenants of dozens of families are still waiting for me to go back to share the New Year's goods. If it is a day later, I am afraid that even the family will be killed." They took it apart."
Yu Qianyun smiled slightly, and said: "Since Aunt Mei has no time, why don't you let the big housekeeper come over, finish Wu Zhuangtou's business earlier, so that he can go back earlier."
Wu Zhuangtou couldn't help but knelt down and kowtowed to Yu Qianyun: "Then I would like to thank Miss Fifth!"
But the two women had embarrassing expressions on their faces: "This... I'm afraid it won't work, Miss Fifth, Aunt Mei said—"
Yu Qianyun, who had a gentle face just now, suddenly lowered his face, and said, "Didn't you just say that it's fine if the master is watching? Why, I'm not the master of the house?"
The two women were shocked, and hurriedly knelt down: "I dare not."
Although this fifth young lady looked amicable on weekdays, she didn't expect her words to be sharper than a knife in this turn of events.
Regardless of whether this Fifth Young Lady is in charge, after all, she is the real landlord in the Yu Mansion. Even Mrs. Yu would look up to her when she was alive, and Aunt Mei wanted to give her a little bit. No matter how favored she is, it's impossible to refute her face.
Yu Qianyun looked at the two women who were kneeling on the ground pretending to be respectful, an inappropriate sneer appeared on her gentle face, but she put away her sharp eyes in an instant.
She fiddled with the teacup in her hand leisurely, and said lightly: "The two mothers mean that I am not as good as Aunt Mei!?"
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The two women suddenly turned pale with fright, one kneeled down on the ground quickly, and the other hurriedly followed suit.
"Miss Fifth, forgive me, but the servants don't dare to think like that."
Yu Qianyun snorted softly, and said: "Then what should I think? You two only recognize Aunt Mei as your master, and I'm just a mere Fifth Miss. You should not take me seriously..."
The two women were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and didn't even dare to lift their heads, they just kept saying they didn't dare.
Seeing Miss Fifth's posture, it is not easy to dismiss. If the two wives accidentally disobey the master, I am afraid that Aunt Mei may not be able to keep them.
Wu Zhuangtou on the side couldn't understand the twists and turns here, only heard that this meant that the fifth lady was helping him speak, so he stood beside him wisely and didn't say a word.
Yu Qianyun saw that the two women were restrained by herself, so she opened her mouth and said to the close maid: "Take Wu Zhuangtou to find the big housekeeper, just say what I said, and ask him to put the things in the warehouse. As for the accounts? …”
Seeing Yu Qianyun glanced at him, Wu Zhuangtou hurriedly said: "After all, it is the accounts of the family, and it is the same as any master's report."
When he came last year, Aunt Mei hadn't been to Yu Mansion yet. In fact, he was not very convinced of Aunt Mei in his heart. Now that he had such a serious master as Fifth Miss of Yu Mansion, he was naturally willing to flatter her.
Yu Qianyun smiled slightly, as if satisfied with his knowledge.
She stood up gracefully, and said, "Go find the housekeeper first, and meet me in the small study outside later."
Wu Zhuangtou endured for a long time, finally got a correct sentence, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the old slave will go now."
The two women were squeezed by Yu Qianyun's words just now, and now seeing Wu Zhuangtou happily following Yu Qianyun's maid out, they dared not stop them.
This is a matter between masters and servants, they should be more obedient as servants, and don't wade into this muddy water, lest they be beaten to death and don't know why.
Yu Qianyun finally got this opportunity, so he naturally tried his best to arrange the accounts properly. When Aunt Mei came back from the front in the evening, Wu Zhuangtou had already put on a carriage and rushed back to Zhuangzi in the western suburbs. .
Upon hearing the reports from the two wives, Aunt Mei was frightened and angry for a moment. She was so shocked that Yu Qianyun had made a mess at this juncture, and she was so angry that Yu Qianyun didn't put her, the housekeeper's aunt, at all. In his eyes, he even closed the accounts on his own initiative.
You must know that the harvest on this farm is the bulk of the income of the Yu Mansion. Aunt Mei originally wanted to take this opportunity to enrich herself, but she was disturbed by Yu Qianyun. How can she make money from it
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she didn't even bother to sit for a while, so she turned around and went to look for Yu Qianyun.
At this moment, Yu Qianyun was sipping tea while listening to the list of new year's goods reported by the butler.
"Thirty black pigs, twenty soup pigs, twenty wild boars, thirty green sheep, twenty domestic soup sheep, twenty deer, twenty roe deer, fifty pairs of pheasants, fifty pairs of rabbits, One hundred catties of marinated bacon, one hundred catties of miscellaneous fish of various colors, one hundred live chickens, ducks and geese each, fifty wind-fed chickens, ducks and geese each, two pairs of bear paws, fifty beef tongues, twenty dendrobium japonica rice, and two white glutinous rice Ten dendrobiums, fifty dendrobiums of variegated grains, five hundred catties of high-grade charcoal, one thousand catties of medium-grade charcoal, and five thousand catties of charcoal. Four pairs of live white rabbits and four pairs of live black rabbits. Two thousand taels of silver for grain, grain and livestock …”
When Aunt Mei came in, she saw such a scene, and heard that so much income was collected by Yu Qianyun into the treasury, she felt distressed and annoyed.
Seeing Aunt Mei enter the room, Yu Qianyun put down the teacup in her hand and gave up her seat with a smile, but she didn't get up.
Aunt Mei saw it in her eyes, and the anger in her heart couldn't help but escalated. She suppressed the anger in her heart and said, "Why is Fifth Miss so free today, and she even takes care of Zhuangzi's affairs?"
As if she didn't hear the sarcasm in Aunt Mei's tone, Yu Qianyun smiled lightly and said, "It's just that I happened to pass by and heard Wu Zhuangtou arguing with two women, so I went in and asked a few questions out of curiosity. Since Aunt Mei didn't Kong'er, I just took care of it for my aunt, I think my aunt won't take such a small matter to heart."
Aunt Mei touched a soft nail, her expression sank, and she reluctantly said, "That's really Miss Lao Fifth."
While talking, Aunt Mei couldn't help but glance at the list of New Year's goods in the hands of the big housekeeper. She pretended to be in front of the big housekeeper casually, turned her head and smiled at Yu Qianyun: "What is Miss Wu's identity, how can she intervene? What? Since I've already got time, you might as well leave the rest to me. Fifth Miss has been tired for half a day, so I'd better go back and rest earlier."
Before she could finish speaking, Aunt Mei stretched out her hand to take the list from the butler, but Yu Qianyun said, "Wait a minute."
Aunt Mei's heart was shocked, and Yu Qianyun smiled and said: "I will show this list to my father in a while, and the matter is almost settled, so Aunt Mei doesn't have to worry about it."
She always had a calm and polite smile on her face, but Aunt Mei felt her heart sinking slowly.
It took her a lot of effort to obtain the power of the housekeeper, but what happened today made her feel threatened.
For such a big matter as collecting the annual rent, Miss Wu took it over so calmly, and seeing what it meant, she didn't want her to continue to interfere at all.
Once everything has started, it is very difficult to have room for maneuver. This fifth young lady is usually quiet, but she did such a big thing out of nowhere. Does she also want to get involved in the affairs of Yufu, or take a share
Aunt Mei clenched her fingers tightly, and then slowly let go, the smile on her face seemed to be far away: "I'm not going to bother Miss Fifth, when the master comes back at night, I will naturally talk about it."
She could feel that Miss Fifth was a smart person. Since she was a smart person, she couldn't fail to understand the meaning of her words.
General Yu will naturally go to Aunt Mei's place to rest when he comes back at night, Aunt Mei took the list and went to