Seeing Shen Yiyao going in and out all day without a foothold, those who understand naturally know that she is busy with her daughter's marriage, those who don't understand, or those who understand and don't want to understand, such as the old lady, naturally how is it? See how unpleasant.
On this day, the old lady called Shen Yiyao to Rong'an Hall alone.
"I see that you are busy every day, I wanted to mention it later, but you are back, you can't let the Xue family take care of the house, it's inappropriate to say it out, it's better for you to take it over, after all You are the proper wife in this manor."
The old lady was rarely pleasant, and said these words to Shen Yiyao in a homely tone.
Shen Yiyao sat down, lowered her brows and answered pleasingly, "What mother said, it's just that you see that your daughter-in-law is busy talking to A Yan, so how can you have time to keep the house. The daughter-in-law sees that the elder sister-in-law is taking care of her very well, or else let it go. Sister-in-law will continue to take care of it."
The reason is very sufficient, the old lady can only rest.
From the next day, the old lady began to provoke Xue's thorns.
Mostly for housekeeping, Xue was often trained to be bloody and unable to lift his head. Everyone in the house knew that the eldest lady made the old lady unhappy, and it also affected Yan Ru's mood. When she came to Ningxiang Pavilion occasionally in the past two days, Yan Ru always seemed to be very worried.
"What's wrong with you, eldest sister? Seeing that you have been unhappy for the past two days, you are no longer interested in learning the rules."
Yan Ru sighed and put down the needle and thread in her hand.
She has been really busy recently, and Xue's wish to let her have all the skills of martial arts overnight. In the morning, I learned the rules with Chang Momo. She and Yan Ling were not as skilled as Yan Yan, so it seemed extremely hard. In the afternoon, I have to learn from the housekeeper with Xue's family. Occasionally, when I have free time, I have to practice needlework that is not very good.
Yan Ling rubbed her neck, continued the needlework in her hand, and said, "It's not that the old goddess is still holding on to her mother every day. Sesame is a big and trivial matter, and she can make it out."
Her current state is similar to that of Yan Ru. Yan Ru is standing there at her age and can't wait. And she is urging herself, she is a prostitute and can only be top-notch in other aspects.
The most leisurely person here is Yan Yan. At this time, she is half-leaning on the pillow at the end of the kang. Compared with Yan Ru and Yan Ling, who have two hands on the opposite side, she is so leisurely that it makes people jealous.
But who made the second aunt dote on these three girls? When the daily mother asked them about their embroidery work, Yan Yan said righteously, her mother said that since she didn't want to learn, she didn't need to learn.
Aunt Chang could understand the meaning inside and didn't say anything else. But Yan Yan dares to say so, do Yan Ru and Yan Ling dare? Yan Ru didn't want her mother to whisper in her ear, Yan Ling wanted to be stronger.
Needlework, which I thought was good at first, turned out to be a lot of problems in Changmao's eyes. In fact, Mother Chang doesn't need to teach these things, but she feels that since she only has half a day to learn the rules, it is not good to be idle for the other half. After all, the master paid money, so she will take time to give instructions to Yan Ru and Yan Ling in the afternoon. Human embroidery.
Xue felt that this mammy's request was worth the money, while Shen Yiyao thought about how her daughter could pierce a needle's eye by picking up a needle and thread, so she could only shake her head and sigh.
Without mentioning it, Yan Yan's eyes flashed and she said, "She won't be able to toss for a few days."
Yan Ru was annoyed, she simply put the needle and thread in the dustbin and pushed it away, and leaned over, "Anything to talk about?"
Yan Ru grew up and looked like Xue, but her eyebrows were more delicate than Xue's. Her eyebrows are delicate, and she seems to have a somewhat elegant attitude. In addition, she likes to dance and play with ink, and her body is full of a bookish atmosphere, which adds to her color by three points.
Seeing that Wenxiu's eldest sister suddenly showed such a curious expression, Yan Yan laughed a little, she put down the book in her hand, and said, "She just wants to take the housekeeper's rights from the aunt's hand and give it to her. Going to my mother's hands, it's not too much tossing."
After a pause, Yan Yan said again: "However, my mother doesn't want to manage this family."
"Yes, now I know how difficult it is to be a housekeeper. Up and down, inside and out, I can't make mistakes at all."
Yan Ru thought about the twists and turns in the housekeeper, her head was big. In the past few days, she has been learning housekeeping from her mother every day, and now she is in the stage of watching. Even so, she can know that it is not easy to manage a family well.
Yan Ling thought a lot more than Yan Ru. She glanced at Yan Ru and Yan Yan again. Seeing that Yan Yan's face didn't seem to be hiding something, she felt relieved.
At the same time, in Yusheng Courtyard.
The Xue Clan was complaining to Yan Zhi who was at Xiu Mu's house. They naturally thought more than the younger generation.
"I can't wait any longer. I really can't stand your mother. I have to find a chance to push this out."
Yan Zhi frowned, "Did you say hello to the second brother and sister?"
"I mentioned it to her, she shouldn't be so stupid now, right?"
"It's hard to say. Second siblings are always soft-faced, so it's not like you don't know."
"Then I'll go and tell her again. In this situation, she must not be willing to take it."
After speaking, the Xue family went to Jinseyuan.
***
Mrs. Chen sat in the lower seat and listened to the old lady.
She scolded Xue Shi for a while, and Shen Yiyao for a while. In short, these two daughters-in-law said nothing good to her.
Chen was always silent, and even if he heard something, he would not talk much. The old lady has only one mother Zhao who can spit out the bitter water, but mother Zhao also helps her with many things, and she will inevitably be caught by Chen as a substitute. In the old lady's heart, this is her daughter-in-law, and she is naturally a bit closer than hers.
It's just that the closeness also depends on the situation. For example, the old lady would not ask Chen shi why she hates Shen Yiyao and Xue shi so much. It doesn't matter to the Xue family, she just scolds the Xue family for taking power and not losing her hand, and she is not good at doing things.
The one above just wants to vent, while the one below naturally thinks more.
Although Chen Shi was silent, she was not stupid. It's just that her natural status does not have any advantages in the mansion. First, she is at the bottom of the ranking, and the top two are sisters-in-law. Second, she entered the mansion late. When she married, Xue Shi and Shen Yiyao had already married in, only Can be left behind in everything. She was not born to be a good talker, and she was like an invisible person in the house.
Even the invisible man is a master and the third lady in the house.
Shen Yiyao was busy outside, and the Xue family couldn't get the old lady's eyes, so could she have a hand
Such things as housekeepers only existed in Chen's imagination. In the early years, there was Shen Yiyao, and then Aunt Pei was more embarrassed than her in front of the old lady. It was Aunt Pei's turn to step down, and there was Xue's daughter-in-law who was liked by the old lady. Now that the Xue family is also annoying, is it possible to come to her
Of course, this was just Chen's imagination, and she still listened to the old lady in a sullen manner.
At this moment, Mrs Xue asked to see him outside the door.
The old lady's eyes flickered, and she stopped drooling, took a few sips of tea, and let the Xue shi come in.
Xue Shi was also straightforward, came straight to the point and said that she was incompetent, and was worried about the marriage of the eldest girl, so that she made many mistakes these days, and she did not dare to take matters into her hands, and wanted to hand over the power of housekeeping.
The old lady was overjoyed in her heart, and she had to persuade her on the face, but Xue's was quite determined, and the old lady was not able to take it.
Mrs. Xue ordered people to go to the big room to hold keys and account books, while the old lady ordered the girls around her to go to Jinseyuan to ask Shen Yiyao to come over.
Chen's heart was gloomy, and Xue was sitting there as if he had never heard of it.
Shen Yiyao came soon, and the old lady pointed at the pile of things neatly, saying that Mrs. Xue resigned by herself, it would be better for you to take over.
Shen Yiyao looked very embarrassed, but she was always reserved and could only look at the old lady, and then at the Xue family. Following Xue's eyes, she looked at the Chen family on the side.
The light in Chen's eyes made her stunned for a moment, and then she looked again, but Chen's eyes dropped.
She calmly went to the side chair and sat down with a smile on her face: "Mother-in-law is so kind and trustworthy, it's really hard for my daughter-in-law to show her kindness—" She paused, seeing Chen shi quickly looking up at her, He lowered his head again, sighed in his heart, and said, "But you also know that my sister-in-law and I are in a similar situation now, and there is no time to go to the housekeeper, or else, the housekeeper will be handed over to the third younger brother and sister, and the third younger brother and sister also married years and years. Not too short."
The old lady wanted to speak out to stop her, but Shen Yiyao asked Chen Shi directly, "I wonder if the third younger brother and sister would be willing to take on this burden?"
Chen's reaction to her actions was faster than her thoughts. Before she could react, she realized that she had already nodded her head. At this point, I can only say: "Then I'm disrespectful, I hope I won't be entrusted by the mother and two sisters-in-law."
Her thoughts were naturally simple, the two sisters-in-law were not liked by the old lady, but she was much better than them. Maybe this is how the old lady wants to hand over the housekeeping to her. Of course, the old lady won't say it clearly, but you can't make people think about it.
The old lady's expression was very surprised, and being able to show it like this was enough to prove that she was very surprised.
Xue smirked inwardly, and said to Shen Yiyao, "Second brother and sister, there is something I want to ask you, it's the eldest girl's business."
Shen Yiyao nodded and said to the old lady, "Mother, then we will retire first."
"By the way, the account of the third brother and sister is very simple, because regardless of the money, it is only necessary to match the account with the two payments of silver in the accountant. You can see for yourself and check with the accountant. If there is anything wrong, come to my sister-in-law. "
In fact, how could it be wrong? Xue had checked all the accounts clearly a few days ago.
After that, the two of them withdrew, they didn't want to wait to see the old lady get angry.
The old lady's fingers that pointed at Chen Shi kept trembling, she couldn't accept her troubles and was finally cut off by this idiot.
At this moment, Mrs. Chen also understood that the old lady's expression was not relieved but surprised, and she felt a little aggrieved, "Mother, don't you want your daughter-in-law to be the housekeeper?"
The old lady was choked and shook her head, "No, how is that possible."
Chen's expression was happy, "Daughter-in-law must not let mother down!"
After finishing speaking, she happily ordered the maid next to her to pick up the small box with the keys and a stack of ledgers, ready to go back to the third room for reconciliation.
After she left, the old lady's face was as black as charcoal, and her heart was pounding with pain. Seeing that her face was not good, the maid hurriedly brought the pills, served her to take them, and then dragged her into the inner room.
Some maids were very worried when they saw this, and asked if they wanted to go to the doctor. Now there is not a single doctor left in the house. If you want to invite them, you will have to set up a car and go out to invite them.
The old lady shook her head weakly, how could she let others know that she was so angry that she was hurt, not to mention, please ask the doctor for no money!
She knew about her old problem, and it only lasted for a while. Although Dr. Chang was gone, the prescription for her treatment was still there. , Don't get angry, don't get tired, just take a break.
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Chen took over the power of the housekeeper as he wished, and the next day, he called all the housekeepers and housekeepers to the Songbo Academy for lectures.
She thought that the housekeeper was not aimless, she knew that people like them who had no other income would spend their lives on the monthly money all year round. In the early years, it was fine. She saved a private house, and the old lady would also subsidize one or two. But in recent years, the Fuzhong has cut costs, and the old lady's subsidy has also been cut off. Naturally, life is tight.
Of course, she also went to the old lady to cry in poverty, but the old lady said that the girls are getting older, and now they have to start dowry preparations, but some places have been reduced, but it is not impossible to live. It's just a matter of saying that there are two girls in the third room, and it's hard not to get married in the future.
The old lady herself said it well, that is, the whole house is close to Rong An Tang, so that she can understand the pain in a few days when her expenses are reduced. In the past, ice and charcoal had never been used, but now the ice is not broken in summer, but it is extremely rare. In the sweltering summer in Beijing, which one is not so hot that it can't be soaked in water.
There is also charcoal. In the past, the best silver wire charcoal was used, which was smokeless and had no odor. Now it is downgraded and downgraded. Not to mention the daily food, the mansion has not made new clothes for two seasons, and the share of gold and silver jewelry is simply impossible to mention.
In the past, the Chen family was not too concerned about the housekeeper. It was obvious that after seeing the Xue family housekeeper, the life of the big room was well lived, and it was inevitable that he would be moved.
In fact, everyone can understand this truth. The housekeeper is not the one occupying the house. You don’t need to mention it yourself. Divide the rest. Not to mention the benefits of profiting from it. There is a nanny next to Chen's who urges her to make progress every day, and Chen's mind becomes a little heavier.
Now that I finally took it into my arms, it is not the three fires of the new official taking office. I want to let the people below know that the person who should be flattered in the future should be changed. It was her Chen family, not the Xue family.
Chen shi jumped up and down in the mansion, and Xue shivered in the big room, laughing for a long time. Everyone knows that the housekeeper is good. Even mosquito legs are meat. Now that the meat is gone, and the income is less, it is natural to start worrying about it.
Shen Yiyao is also in a very strange mood now, she really doesn't want to take matters into her own hands, and she has no time to break up with this mess. Originally, if Chen shi didn't have that thought, she would have prepared herself for the next step, and of course she would have to take the account together. It can be seen that Chen is so eager, how can she cut off other people's thoughts and simply enjoy the beauty of an adult.
Yan Yan has always been well-informed, knowing what happened that day, she almost didn't laugh at the past. He knew Shen Yiyao's transformation by heart, so he didn't mention it.
Her efforts are indispensable here, and of course Xue's credit is indispensable.
To this end, she decided to solve the problems for the big house. Since she lacked money, she would find a way to send some money. She took the initiative to mention the difficulties of the big house in front of Shen Yiyao. She has helped her mother's housekeeper in the past few years, so she naturally knew that Shen Yiyao's business was quite unique.
Not to mention how much you can earn, at least you haven't lost money. The woman's family opened her own shop to do business, in order to make a lot of money. It's slow, but it's okay. Of course, this is compared to ordinary women. For Shen Yiyao, a small shop earns a lot of money. If there are many shops, they can earn a lot in one month.
Generally, when a girl gets married, she will have a dowry more or less. Those who are not good at business are naturally good at business, such as Shen Yiyao, the dowry of Shili Hongzhuang in the early years, did not lose much due to the consumption of these years, but more than doubled.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is rich and oily.
As now, Yan Yan also helps Shen Yiyao manage several small shops. It is elegant on paper, but it has to be practiced. These are all learned by Shen Yiyao from her own mother.
Shen Yiyao also felt that the Xue family was implicated by him, and the two got along very well these days, becoming more and more affectionate. Without any hesitation, they proposed that the two partnered to open a small ready-to-wear shop. The supply of goods was supplied by the silk and satin village under her name, and the price was naturally lower than other places.
Although Xue is good at calculating, she is not good at doing business. It is because she has no experience in this area. In the past, when she was in her parents' home, no one had given her this. I tried to do business twice in the past, and both lost money, and I dared not set foot in this business again.
Seeing Shen Yiyao's initiative, she knew that this younger brother and sister was very rich. Since other people also proposed to partner with her without pointing at this small amount of money, it goes without saying that it was a way to send money to her own family. The investment is not much, only five hundred taels of silver for the family, and the shop is owned by Shen Yiyao, so there is no need to pay for the rental. Although a little distressed, she still readily took out the money and handed it over to Shen Yiyao, so that she could let go of her hands and feet without fear of losing money.
No matter whether others are so generous in their hearts, on the surface, they have done remarkable things. Shen Yiyao didn't hesitate, so she ordered the following to proceed, but she didn't care, but let the Xue shi come by herself, and she only needed to give pointers. The shopkeeper used Shen Yiyao's people, and when the Xue family became familiar with him, or someone of his own could replace him.
Xue Shi did not understand the meaning here, and was even more grateful.
On the other hand, Yan Yan was also generous to Yan Ru and Yan Ling.
Depending on the 'don't ask questions' of Dafang and others in the early years, although Yan Yan got along well with Yan Ru and Yan Ling, there was still some estrangement in her heart. With Xue's and Shen Yiyao's closeness, she was not a stingy person at all. She always wore old clothes when she met Yan Ru and Yan Ling, and occasionally gave them some fabrics.
But the two of them didn't accept it. After that, it was the year of Love Qiao. Yan Ru is now sensible and knows that the situation at home is not good. She also saw Xue's wholeheartedly saving her dowry, and she didn't want this or that as she did in her early years.
And Yan Ling, since the Xue Shi said that day, she asked her servants to bring her some satin. Since you have to learn the rules of stewardship, you can't show your shortcomings in front of the nanny or the servants. Afterwards, the mansion went down to assign the case, and Xue Shi did not hesitate to assign it to her. Unfortunately, the mansion has not made new clothes for two seasons. Yan Ling has always been careful and asked Wang Yiniang to cut two clothes for her. As the facade, the others have been left untouched.
The two of them usually wear half-old homely clothes. In contrast to the two, Yan Yan wears new clothes every day.
But both of them refused to send the cloth. Yan Yan had no choice but to look at the size of the two, and asked the maid to pick up a lot of clothes for the two of them.
These clothes are all new. Yan Yan is not a particularly pretty girl, but Shen Yiyao loves her daughter. There are eight sets in a season, and they will not be pulled off inside and out. But Yan Yan has been growing in the past two years, and there are too many clothes to wear.
Neither she nor Shen Yiyao are the ones who would feel wronged. If they can't wear them, they will do it again. These clothes that are not on the upper body come from this. Moreover, Yan Yan was born tall, and developed front/back/upward before fourteen. Yan Ru is a thin body, and Yan Ling is a petite and exquisite figure. It can’t be done when it’s small, but it can be changed when it’s big.
"Don't dislike the two of you. These clothes have never been worn by me. They grow too fast. My mother has a lot of things to do, so I can only press the bottom of the box. The materials are all good materials, but they may not fit your stature, but Just change it. Of course, if you don't want it, I can only take it back and press the bottom of the box. "
Both of them also understand Yan Yan's temperament. Since she can take out her clothes as a gift, she must not be regarded as an outsider, not to mention Yan Yan is not a person who will take out her clothes and give them away.
Besides, what if you wear it? Who doesn't know that the third girl has a lot of good things, and if she can get on her, it will not be bad.
"Then I'll thank the third sister first."
Yan Ling was not polite. She buried her head and picked it up. She picked up a moon-white skirt with lavender primrose embroidered on it, and said to Yan Ru, "Big sister, do you like plain and elegant, do you like this one?"
Yan Ru didn't have an opinion in her heart, but she was thin-skinned. Seeing Yan Ling talking to her, she smiled at Yan Yan, then lowered her head to look at the skirt, the fabric was excellent, and the embroidery on it was quite delicate and beautiful, Yan Ru fell in love with it.
In the end, the two split up, and most of those with elegant eyes belonged to Yan Ru, while Yan Ling was pretty and could hold back her beauty, so they both went with her.
Seeing this, Yan Yan was quite happy and excited, and asked Mei Xue to go through the box and take out some thick clothes that could not be worn in winter.
It's just autumn, it's good to wear thin clothes at this time, but it's not good to be colder. However, she has a lot of box bottoms throughout the year, and now it's good to share it with others, lest Mei Xue's few will be a pity when she's tidying up the box, which makes her feel annoyed.
In the end, Yan Ru and the girl beside Yan Ling ran back and forth a few times before sending the clothes back. When the girl couldn't go back, the girl with a bunch of clothes was followed by her, it looked a little too bad.
Even so, it fell into the eyes of some people.
There is no need to mention the jealousy and envy, not to mention those good clothes, others can feel the meaning behind it. The third girl has been domineering since she was a child, and the relationship can be imagined if she can take the initiative to send things.
And Shen Yiyao lamented that her daughter has finally learned to make friends. This daughter has been alone since she was a child and does not like to socialize with others. There are naturally his own reasons here, which Shen Yiyao has been able to understand in recent years. But there is no need to be in a hurry, you can only guide it slowly.
Concubine Wang's ingenuity changed Yan Ling's body that night.
Yan Ling saw that there was no movement from Yan Ru, and she didn't wear it at that time. Xue's family is busy these days, so how could she have time for Yan Ru to do this. There were a few girls around Yan Ru, none of them were handy, and everything was good. The two came back at night to look over and over again for a long time, and they liked it more and more. But it would be a pity if the craftsmanship was ruined.
Yan Ling proposed to ask Concubine Wang to help with the reform, but Yan Ru did not refuse.
Aunt Wang was rather flattered when she saw her daughter brought back the eldest girl's clothes, saying that it belonged to the eldest girl, and stayed up all night to carefully change the clothes.
The next day, I took it. Yan Ru put it on just right, but she was reluctant to take it off. Yan Ling also went to put on her own, and the two went to the school with Changmao.
After Xue found out, she didn't say anything, but added two dishes to Yan Ling at night.
Everything was made by Concubine Wang, but Yan Ling was the beneficiary. Everyone understood the meaning.
***
It seemed that overnight, the weather became cold.
The sky was so cloudy that it seemed like it was about to fall, Yimeng came back from the outside, and when she entered the door, she asked the little girl under the porch whether it was going to snow.
The little girl was young, but her articulation was very articulate, her speech was quick and fast, and her voice was clear.
"It's only now, sister Yimeng, it's true that it seems like it's going to rain."
According to the dream, it is also, it is autumn, and it will never be the time to snow.
Entering the room, the girl was sitting on the big kang in the west, looking down at the ledger. Yimeng walked over and put a black bag on the kang.
"Girl, this is what Master Luo handed you."
In the past few years, Yimeng's personal girls also knew that it was Master Luo who often contacted girls. They were a few years older than Yan Yan, and they had guessed in private whether Young Master Luo liked his own girl.
But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it, because Young Master Luo has always been a smiley face, and since this matter was known to Zou's mother, Zou's mother gave them a lesson, saying that they were talking about the master in private, so they would no longer dare to pay attention to this matter.
However, Yan Yan didn't know this.
Yan Yan put down the ledger in her hand and looked at the burden.
Since she returned to the mansion, there has been no news from Luo Xiaopang's side.
Seeing him look strange that day, and then this situation happened again, Yan Yan was still wondering if something happened, and was going to send someone over to ask a question or two. It's just that I've been busy these days, and I've been so busy that I forgot. At this time, when I saw something handed over, I couldn't help being a little surprised.
Yan Yan pushed the ledger open, and Yi Meng placed the burden on the kang table in front of her. When it was opened, at the top was a piece of rice paper with a few large characters written on it. She should not be present when looking at this thing.
She couldn't help but smile and waved Yimeng back.