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She was still thinking about the origin of the rose fragrance, it seemed that it was given to Princess Xiande under the pretense of Princess Nan'an's hand, obviously, there was some kind of "special ingredient" added to it, but what they wanted to control would not be as simple as Princess Xiande, right?

The emperor is the most favored and virtuous princess at the moment, and she is bound to go to Fengzao Palace often to rest and sleep, so it should be logical to drink some rose fragrance to refresh your mind, right?

To control the emperor and the imperial concubine, there is no need to force the palace, and the emperor can take the initiative to Zen someone.

Lin Daiyu didn't know about the public conspiracy, and she calculated a detailed account with Qing'er.

"Over the years, Sister Feng has also asked me to help her keep accounts a few times, and I have also watched coldly, and calculated a sum for them, not to mention the daily expenses in the house, according to the regulations, just the monthly silver of the master and servants will cost thousands of taels, not counting the East Mansion and the Great Master's Mansion. ”

Qing'er couldn't help but restrain her mind when she heard her say this, and she also discovered for the first time that Lin Daiyu was also a good housekeeper, and she was not inferior to Xue Baochai and Jia Tanchun, or even surpassed.

did not call Jia Yu "uncle", only said that he was the eldest master, it can be seen that Lin Daiyu was quite disdainful of Jia Yu in her heart.

I saw her holding her finger and said eloquently: "I said to you to do the math: Mrs. two per month, grandmother ten taels per month, because the old lady took pity on their widow unemployed, and added ten taels, which is also two taels, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou are two taels each, and the monthly cases of the girls and young masters are two taels per person, and the pocket money of several young masters is 8 taels per person, except for a few big girls in charge of the house, the sisters under the old lady's name are all one or two months of money, plus four silver rewards, Baoyu, Lan'er and the girls in our sister house are also one or two each, and there are no less than four or five little girls in each room who are sprinkled with sweeping envoys, and each person is five hundred yuan, and now, Rongguo Mansion alone can be named by my name, there are one or two hundred girls, even out of the calculation, nearly ten people serve a master, not counting the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law who are in charge of various affairs everywhere, the housekeepers in each room, the caretaker, by the way, and the male servants and followers who serve the masters......"

"I heard that the third girl and Miss Xue have eliminated the disadvantages and cut a few expenses, but unfortunately, it is also limited to the skin, and it does not play a big role, I think, the extravagance in their house is deep-rooted, the daily expenses are too large, the root of the problem is to feed a large population, and the most exquisite luxury pomp and circumstance, if there is no ancestor to accumulate to make up for it, the lord and their annual income is not enough for three months' expenses, if you want to make up for some evil crookedness, it will only fall faster. ”

Xue Yan's mouth was fast, and she interjected without knowing whether she was alive or dead: "I heard Ming Yan'er say that the eldest lord married the second girl to Aunt Sun because he accepted bribes, and now the court is investigating tightly, and he is afraid that he will be exposed, saying that he still doesn't know how many five thousand taels the master is holding in his hand." ”

"Palm! Is this also a mixed statement?" Lin Daiyu suddenly lowered her face and reprimanded.

"The girl forgives her sins, and the snow goose doesn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and the slave knows that this can't be spread indiscriminately, that is, when she hears the girl's words, she feels it, and she doesn't dare to say it outside and listen to others. Xue Yan observed her words and knew that Lin Daiyu was really annoyed, so she knelt on the ground in fright.

"How did Ming Yan'er know this?" Lin Daiyu asked, she was worried, and Jia Baoyu was annoyed in vain when she heard this.

"I listened to what Uncle Liu and Second Master Bao said, and Uncle Liu asked Second Master Bao to make plans early, so as not to have an idea when he got it. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Daiyu immediately blushed and kept coughing.

"Girl, Uncle Liu is also talking nonsense casually, don't worry, it's not the first time he's said this, hasn't he said it before, except for the two stone lions in our house, none of them are clean......?

Snow Goose got up early in the morning, went to pour hot tea, and served Daiyu to take a sip, and Fang gradually eased up.

"This is also the reason why I don't want Baoyu to get involved in the official career, people like them, if something goes wrong, the court will blame it, isn't it just eating all the birds and throwing them into the forest, and the vast area is really clean?"

Zijuan couldn't help but say, so she forced a smile and diverted the conversation: "The girl thinks about these useless things, there are those gentlemen thinking about it, where is our turn to worry." ”

"It's this reason, besides, our hometown in Gusu and the ancestral house of the Lin family, the most unfortunate thing is to take Bao Er Ye back to Gusu, and finally have a place to live. Before Xue Yan finished speaking, she was stopped by Lin Daiyu's eyes.

Qing'er's heart moved, no wonder she was very calm, was her relationship prepared?

At this time, there was a light rain outside the window, and after a while, Sao Hong hurried over, saying that it was the words of the master, it was raining, so let Sister Lin not go to the yard, be careful that the road slipped and fell, and then it rained, and the cold and cough would be terrible......

Zijuan scolded with a smile: "Looking at us, we all eat for nothing, can't we even take care of these?"

Sao Hong also smiled: "This is what the master meant, if it doesn't arrive, the master will know about it, and he will kick people again." ”

After explaining, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Lin Daiyu and said, "Are you wearing a cloak today?" Here is the cloak he pulled down, or you can take it to the school and let him put it on." Tell him that lunch is to be eaten, don't be hungry and full, it's not good for the stomach and intestines. ”

"The attacker girl wrapped one in the morning, let the hoe medicine take it, I went to pass on the words of Miss Lin, and said that the girl commanded, let the master put on the cloak, don't freeze. Miss Lin don't worry, if you don't eat well, I will scare him and tell the girl when I come back. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Zijuan, which clearly meant that Miss Lin was as verbose as our master.

Since Qing'er exposed the mystery of the "Wood and Stone Alliance", Baoyu and Lin Daiyu have gone to heart disease, and they rarely lose their temper, and they are like unmarried couples, thinking about each other.

"Miss Lin, Qing'er took the liberty of asking, I heard that the ancestors of your Lin family were also knighted, and there were no heirs here to Master Lin in Yanjiao, and the hereditary title was withdrawn, according to Qing'er, the three generations of the Lin family are officials, and the family must be rich, I don't know who is taking care of the family business for you now?"

Lin Daiyu smiled bitterly and said: "The ancestors of the Lin family have always been honest and honest as officials, and they don't have much savings, and then my father died of illness due to the negligence of the salt class, and the emperor found out that the Lin family did not embezzle the tax money, and exempted my father from the crime of negligence, I was still young at that time, and the family property was taken care of by the second master of Lian, except for the old house, there was no other private property, it was I who remembered that Xueyan's parents had nowhere to live, so they left the old house for Uncle Xue and their two to support the elderly, and there were flowers and trees in the garden, and some medicinal materials could also be collected. The fruits and vegetables were sold for silver, barely enough to cover the expenses of their two elders and two janitors. ”

"Miss Qing'er, you don't know, my father's surname is Xue, my mother's surname is Yan, and my name is given to me by the girl according to the homonym of my father's surname. Snow Goose seemed pleased with her name, and her words were clearly swaggering.

As she spoke, it was time for lunch, because it was raining, Jia's mother sent a message from her side, so that Lin Daiyu didn't have to go over to eat with her, and ordered Zijuan to let people burn the warm pavilion earlier, so as not to let Miss Lin freeze her body.

Qing'er got up and said goodbye, she knew that the meals prepared in the kitchen were all according to the portions, and if Lin Daiyu didn't go to Jia's mother to eat, her share would naturally be sent to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and the girls had their own share.

Lin Daiyu knew that she was because of lunch, so she smiled and said: "It's raining, and you are thinly dressed, why rush back? When have you finished eating the meals prepared in the kitchen? You stay and eat with me, I can't be hungry for you." ”

Zijuan and Snow Goose also followed, and Qing'er was no longer polite.

The staple food is japonica rice as usual, four dishes and one soup, plus a dessert, of course, are small plates and small bowls, although there are many varieties, the amount is very limited, just Jia Mu saw that there is a wild duck cub soup in her own dish, plus yam, codonopsis, shou wu, wolfberry and jujube boiled slowly over low heat, the most is to nourish yin and qi, so let the kitchen send some to Daiyu.

Zijuan soaked half a bowl of rice in wild duck soup, and Daiyu took it and ate it slowly with the minced spiced kohlrabi.

The remaining half bowl of rice was handed to Qing'er, and Lin Daiyu asked her to pour the rice into the soup bowl and soak it to eat, saying that the soup tasted good.

Snow Goose enthusiastically sandwiched two pieces of wind-pickled civet cats for her, and sandwiched some fried gluten in her bowl, and ate it with rice, Zijuan said that she was growing her body, and she wanted to eat more to grow faster, so that she could eat a small plate of chestnut noodles.

Zijuan served Daiyu to wash her hands and rinse her mouth, and Qing'er also washed her hands by the way, at this time, Chunqian also brought a mother-in-law to bring their meals, and a few people went to the outhouse to eat.

Lin Daiyu saw that there was braised elbow in their dish, so she took a piece for the black tiger to eat, who knew that it sniffed listlessly, and still went to nibble on the bottle of rose fragrance.

Qing'er felt her honesty, so she no longer hid it, and it happened that there were no outsiders in the house, so she said to Lin Daiyu: "I hope what I said just now is unfounded, but I agree with the principle of being prepared." I know that the girl understands people, but people are not as good as heaven, if according to my will, if I can accumulate some silver, and buy a few acres of land as soon as possible, then there will be a way out. ”

"I also think so, but Baoyu never thinks about this, I am a girl's family, and it is inconvenient to go out, I don't understand the market outside, how to prepare in advance? ”

Having said that, Daiyu valued Qing'er more and more in her heart, thinking that when Baoyu came back from school, she would definitely have a good chat with him...... (To be continued.) )