On this day, after Ping'er served Sister Feng and fell asleep, she came to serve in the hall, and passed Sister Feng'er's words: "Our grandmother let the grandmother and the girls know that there are many things in the house now, and the second grandmother takes care of it thoroughly, and can't keep the place where there is negligence, as the saying goes, the bystander is clear, the girl has been cold-eyed in recent years, or there is a place to add and subtract, the girl will add and subtract one by one, the first one is beneficial to the wife, and the second one is not in vain to treat our grandmother's affection." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Tanchun and Xue Baochai smiled: "Hearing her say this, I have to find a few things, otherwise, I will live up to her grandmother's friendship with us." ”

Coincidentally, a woman came to support the expenses of Brother Huan'er and Brother Lan'er's school, eight taels of silver per person, saying that it was the cost of buying snacks and pen and ink.

Tan Chun paused for a moment, and sneered: "Brothers, like girls, have a pocket of silver every month, how can they go to school and add these expenses? ”

Xue Baochai just smiled and said nothing, and mentioned a sentence or two at a critical time, the things that offend people are all in the early spring.

Tanchun asked Ping Er again: "There is also the matter of two taels of silver for the hair oil rouge we used in January." I think we already have two taels of silver a month, and the maids have another month's money, isn't this the same overlapping as the cost of just school? Although this is a small thing, the money is limited, but it is not very appropriate, I don't know what your grandmother thinks?"

"The girls' hair oil, rouge and other supplies are distributed according to the time, and the two taels of silver per month were originally intended to be the grandmothers and wives who were in charge of the house for a while, or when they were not at home, or when they were not idle, the girls occasionally asked for money, so as to save someone to ask for it, which was just for fear that the girls would be wronged. ”

Ping'er understood that they were deliberately looking for trouble to set an example for the monkeys, so they waited cautiously, and answered their words without revealing a drop of water.

After thinking about it, he smiled again: "However, I looked at it coldly and found that the girls are now buying these things with their own money, and I suspect that the compradors are either empty, or they are not buying serious goods." ”

Tanchun Li Kun laughed and said: "You also pay attention to it, he didn't dare to take it off, but he sent it late, and he didn't know where to get some to fool things up, because he couldn't do it, but he asked us to ask the brothers and sons of other nurses to buy it separately, and we wasted the silver in vain, and told your grandma that this expense will be exempted from this." ”

Ping'er hurriedly agreed, saying that their grandmother had already had this intention, but she forgot about it as soon as there were many things.

After sitting down for a while, I saw that the daughters-in-law who were in charge of things were cautious, and they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, so they put their minds at ease.

"Grandma, third girl, Miss Xue, you are a few tired, it's time for the one in our family to take medicine, I will leave first, and I will come to serve grandma and the girl later." Ping'er smiled and got up to say goodbye.

Li Kun smiled and said: "Go quickly, you know, your grandmother can't leave you for a while, there's nothing wrong here, you don't have to run at both ends, just serve the Feng girl at home." ”

Ping'er exited the hall and happened to meet Qiu Wen to support the monthly money in Baoyu's room, so she persuaded her to come back another day.

"But it's strange, what is the reason for this?" asked Qiu Wenxiao with a smile.

"Go back and tell the attacker, why don't go back today, if you go back one for safekeeping, one for one and one for refuting, one for one hundred and one for refuting!"

Qiu Wen became more and more puzzled, so she asked Ping'er, "Why is this?"

"The third girl and Miss Xue are killing chickens and monkeys, setting an example with everyone, and they are waiting to find a few powerful things and decent people to set an example, why do you want to hit the nail?" Several daughters-in-law came around, took out a handkerchief and spread it on the stone pier and asked Ping'er to sit, she smiled again: "Maybe our grandmother's affairs will also refute one or two things, Baoyu is hindering the face of the old lady and the wife, is it difficult to make them in a dilemma? No, if you don't refute it, let people say that the third girl and Miss Xue will only pinch soft persimmons." ”

"What's the matter? Miss Xue also helped take care of the house? But it's not ordinary, she's a guest girl, isn't she really going to be our second grandmother?" Qiu Wen asked with a smile as she bit Ping'er's ear.

"Don't talk nonsense, you haven't skimmed the eight characters yet!"

Ping'er is telling the truth, she is the same as Sister Feng, who is the second grandmother, and she has no special orientation, and Sister Feng is the second daughter-in-law of Mrs. Xing of Dafang, and Mrs. Wang is now using her nephew, if she marries Xue Baochai into the door, I am afraid that there will be no share of her here, and when she goes back to the old man's mansion, if there is no old lady to support her, there is no share of her housekeeper.

Moreover, about the "golden and jade good fate", the old lady has not let go, the old man is the most filial, if the old lady does not nod, the second wife will not be the master.

It is precisely because of this that she and Aunt Xue directed the matter of "Golden Jade Relationship", otherwise, Mrs. Xue would have been the master of hiring Miss Xue earlier, and a fool would believe it if she used nonsense about what kind of monk's words.

Besides, Bao Erye's affection for Miss Lin is difficult to figure out, and for Miss Lin's return to Gusu's hometown, it will be turned upside down, and the meaning cannot be clearer.

The two of them talked for a while, and the two dispersed, Ping'er still went home to serve Sister Feng'er, Qiuwen went back to report to the raider, talking about Miss Xue's help with the housekeeper, the raider's heart was a chill again, sitting under the Xifu begonia tree, and he was stunned for a long time.

As soon as the master came back, the wife began to open up, perhaps, soon to discuss this matter with the master, it stands to reason that she hopes Xue Baochai to be her grandmother, Xue Baochai is more easy-going and generous than Lin Daiyu, and acts generously, easy to get along with, and the most important thing is that compared to the love with Baoyu, Miss Xue is in Baoyu's heart, may not be heavier than her, if Baoyu marries Miss Lin, the two are tired of being together all day long, but I am afraid that I don't even have the effort to look at her more.

What she was worried about was not that Baoyu would marry Miss Xue, but that she was afraid that Baoyu would not marry Miss Xue.

Because Mrs. Wang has to go out every day to socialize, Qing'er is also busy with work, first according to Mrs. Gu's instructions, ready to give fruit baskets to each family, now, giving fruit baskets has become a common practice in the capital high society, no matter what kind of gift-giving, in addition to the usual brocade jewelry Western self-striking bells and other rare things, will put on a fruit basket, of course, the fruit inside must be the essence of the auspicious words of heaven and earth.

"Qing'er, when you grow up in the future, you will also help your aunt and grandmother manage the things in the garden, so when I am not at home, you will go to the council hall to serve Miss Xue well, and follow her example, which will have your benefits. Mrs. Wang took an apple with the word "Fu" handed to her by Qing'er, and when she sat in the sedan chair, she suddenly smiled at Qing'er.

She likes Qing'er's carefulness very much, every time she prepares a fruit basket, she will prepare a washed apple, although she speaks child's words, so that she is tired and thirsty when she eats, but every time this fruit will come in handy unexpectedly, such as yesterday, the apple fell out of the sleeve, just rolled down at the feet of Princess Beijing, I heard that these fruits were planted by her nephew and granddaughter, the princess was very enthusiastic about her, left other women, took her hand and asked long and short, saying that her nephew and granddaughter could grow this kind of fruit all day, which shows that this woman is not an ordinary person。

Qing'er is undoubtedly a blessed girl, and Mrs. Wang secretly planned in her heart that in the future, when Brother Lan marries, she will rightfully accept Qing'er in the room as a concubine.

Besides, Qing'er came to the meeting hall, just because everyone also came to the house to ask for peace, and saw Mother Jia first, because Mrs. Wang went out as a guest, she didn't need to go to Rongxi Hall to ask for peace, and went straight to visit Sister Feng, and heard that the eldest grandmother took the third girl and Miss Xue to preside over the housework, so she brought the maid to the meeting hall and came to ask about the hardship.

Qing'er also saw the ceremony, smiled and squinted her eyes and replied to the eldest grandmother, the third girl and Miss Xue, saying that Mrs. Gu was sympathetic to their hard work in housework, and let her follow her sisters to learn to serve them.

Baochai secretly speculated, knowing that this was Mrs. Wang's intention to cultivate and promote Qing'er, so she naturally became more and more affectionate to her.

Tanchun suddenly remembered something, so he asked Lai's family: "Aunt Lai, your family had a banquet that day, I remember that your girl said that like in this garden, trees and flowers, even broken lotus leaves are valuable, and her home is not half as big as here, saying that in addition to providing flowers for her own family, such as bamboo shoots, vegetables, fish and shrimp are self-sufficient, in addition, there is a surplus of more than 200 silver every year, what she said is true?"

Lai said with a smile: "Exactly, as long as you manage it well, find some diligent people who know how to plant and breed, this young and easy harvest can be converted into silver, and you can have an income of nearly 1,000 taels." ”

"I never knew that these flowers and trees could be sold for money, and our home is much bigger than yours, isn't it a waste of thousands of taels of silver every year?" Tan Chun was surprised.

Xue Baochai smiled calmly: "No wonder you don't know, like your daughter, who has never been out of the house, how do you know that the fragrant powder used is made of flowers and plants." ”

"That being the case, our house should also make use of these things, and also find some idle daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law to be in charge, which is only half more than her home, and there are people to manage it every year, one flower and tree has a special person to prune and manage, naturally it is better and better year by year, and there is no need to temporarily ask someone to sort it out, and it costs a lot of money; second, it will not be practiced and wasted in vain; third, the old mothers can also get some subsidies from this, so that they will not work hard at home in vain; fourth, they can also save the public expenses of these gardeners, mountain craftsmen, and cleaning people. It is not necessary to make up for the shortfall in expenditure. ”

Baochai was looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and when she heard her say this, she smiled first: "Good, within three years, there will be no hunger." ”

Li Kun also smiled: "This is a good idea, my wife will like it when she hears it." Saving money is a small matter, the garden is cleaned and managed, and she is allowed to sell it for money, so she will naturally do her duty. (To be continued.) )