After Caiju reminded her of this, Cailan asked Caizhu and Shui Yun to continue to reconcile the account books, and she chatted with her: "Sister Caiju, why does Mrs. still let you be in the girl's yard?"

"Mrs. said, the girl is still young, and you four little girls are around to take care of her, although that Mama Qian is safe, but when she is still too busy, let me still help Gu Banggu in the girl's yard. He replied with a smile, and when he saw the plate of rose rolls on the table, he picked one up and ate it.

Cai Zhu was unbearable, and when he saw that Cai Ju ate the rose roll without asking, he couldn't help but say: "Sister Cai Ju, it was sent by the old lady, and the girl hasn't moved yet, why did she eat it first? ”

Cai Ju was very embarrassed when she heard this, where was she slapped in the face like this by a maid, and she got angry on the spot and said: "Isn't it just a piece of dim sum, you haven't eaten it one by one, will the girl embarrass me for this?

The implication of this remark is that if the old lady knows about it, it is the people in this room who have sued it. The girl in the house was angry, but she couldn't say anything because of her identity.

"Sister Caiju, Zhuxiang is not blaming you, it's just that you don't know that this girl has also grown up, and she has made her own decisions about many things, and she is usually very good to us, and this delicious and delicious drink is not less rewarding, but these are all agreed by the girl. It stands to reason that it is not a big deal for my sister to eat this snack, but we must be slaves, and the girl's food can't be taken casually, isn't it?"

Cai Ju suddenly wilted, her status today still depends on the face given by her wife, and she is still a slave in the final analysis. Although this matter is small, if the girl really makes trouble, then she will not be able to please Mrs. Thinking of this, she was also a little scared, but she still said stiffly: "The girl is the most kind, she will not blame me for this little thing." ”

"What's the matter, everyone is standing in the room. Did I get you done with everything?" Jia Min came back from the garden when he counted the time, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that the girls in the house all looked wrong, and Cai Ju, who had already been married, was also there: "It turned out that Sister Cai Ju came, no wonder these girls don't do anything." ”

When the girls saw Jia Min come in, they all saluted, and when she sat down, Cai Ju came up and said, "Girl, Mrs. asked the slave maid to be a housekeeper in this Qingya Courtyard, and also serve the girl." ”

"Oh, well, why didn't my wife mention it to me. It's just that I don't have much to take care of in this small courtyard, but my wife said, you can take care of the mother-in-law and girls who sweep in the courtyard. Jia Min said.

Cai Ju was very annoyed when she heard that the girl only asked her to take care of the people in the outer courtyard, originally she discussed with her mother-in-law how to come to the girl on an equal footing with Mama Qian, but she didn't want to become like this, but this errand was asked by her mother-in-law to her wife personally, and if she wanted to change the errand now, she wouldn't do it. She smiled and replied, "I listen to the girl." ”

When the big girls in the house saw that the girl had assigned such an errand to pick chrysanthemums, they looked at chrysanthemums with schadenfreude.

Jia Min looked at Cai Ju with a smile and said: "I'm afraid that I have wronged you, but now it's different, you also have to go home every day, this errand is not much, and it is more convenient." After that, you only need to come in the morning and go back in the afternoon. ”

"Miss Xie is compassionate. ”

"Alright, so be it. I was hungry when I picked bamboo, so I made some tea and brought me the snacks from my grandmother. Hearing that Jia Min wanted to eat rose rolls, Cai Zhu was even more happy, and went to prepare as he said

And Cai Ju listened to Jia Min's words, and was scared into a cold sweat, no matter how reasonable she was, she didn't dare to tell the girl openly, and she didn't feel a panic.

Cai Ju thought about it again and again, and always felt that this girl was different from her influence, she was not a naïve little girl, she took a deep breath, and knelt on the ground with a plop: "Girl, the slave should die, the slave is greedy, and she touched the snacks sent by the old lady without the girl's permission, and asked the girl to punish her." ”

"Sister Cai Ju, this is good, why just kneel and kneel, just say something good" Jia Min was full of surprise, and didn't understand what happened to Cai Ju, but when he saw the rose roll, he also understood.

Jia Min saw Cai Ju kneeling there motionless, and immediately gave Cai Lan a look: "Cai Lan, don't help Sister Cai Ju up yet." ”

Cai Lan immediately walked over to help Cai Ju up, Jia Min let Cai Ju sit, and Cai Zhu happened to serve tea.

Jia Min took a bite of the tea, and said to Cai Ju with a smile: "Sister Cai Ju, this is the most greasy and bitter thing that Pu'er has just brewed, but it has a sweet aftertaste after the entrance, which is in line with the word bitter first and then sweet." ”

Cai Ju hurriedly took a bite: "Just as the girl said." ”

Jia Min saw Cai Ju eating tea, put down the teacup in his hand, and then said with a smile: "This life, it would be good if it could be like this, just like Sister Cai Ju, although she was born poor, she first served by his wife's side when she entered Rongguo Mansion, and then by my side, and now she is married into the Lai family, and I am afraid that there will be more blessings in the future." It's just a little bit to be cautious in everything and be disciplined. Fortunately, this time it's just a piece of snack, if it's anything else, it's me, I'm afraid it's my wife, then you don't want it. ”

Cai Ju was very weak when she heard this, she didn't take less of the things in the girl's room before, and she hurriedly flattered: "What the girl said is that the slave and maid remember." ”

|“ Okay, it's not a big deal, I'm just talking about it, it's not too early, you can go back. ”

Cai Ju retreated as she said, and after that, she no longer dared to treat the girl as an ignorant child, and the posture just now was even more terrifying than that of his wife.

The girls in the house listened to Jia Min's words, and they all held their breath, for fear that they would accidentally make the girl unhappy.

"Shui Yun, is there anything missing in my house?"

"Back to the girl, there is nothing less valuable, but those silver bills and some jewelry that the girl usually doesn't like are missing," Shui Yun replied cautiously.

"I didn't think it was really missing. Jia Min laughed.

"Girl, do you want to tell your wife about this?" asked Caimei.

"Forget it, don't alarm your wife for such a trivial matter. But Caimei, you go and gather the elegant people, and say that I will give them three days to return all the things they have taken, and I will not pursue this matter. If it is not paid back after three days, it will be taken care of by the wife. ”

Three days later, there were very few people who returned the things, and Jia Min was really angry when he saw this. Thinking that after waiting for my father to find out, the people in this courtyard should also be investigated.

Jia Daishan was losing his temper in the study, he looked at the things investigated by his henchmen, it really made him speechless, originally before the investigation, he still felt that even if there were people in Rongguo Mansion who stole chickens and dogs, they were in the minority, but he didn't expect this investigation, he was really shocked, most of the more than five hundred people were more or less stealing, not to mention making fake accounts. There are still many people who do a lot of evil outside, mutilate people's lives, exploit profits, and even dare to rely on the power of the Rongguo Mansion to take over the lawsuit, which is really bold.

Jia Daishan handed a few pieces of paper in his hand to Jia Yu: "Take a look, it's really as you expected, these minions are really evil." ”

After Jia Yu looked through the papers, he was very fortunate to persuade his father to investigate the domestic slaves with his sister. These slave fathers were so rampant when they were there, and when he became the master of the house in the future, wouldn't he have to empty this Rongguo Mansion: "Father, these slaves must be punished well." Especially those who violated the law of the country, they all played the brand of Rongguofu. Now that our power is still there, no one has exposed it, and if our family loses power one day, these will be counted to our family. ”

Jia Daishan personally went into battle, brought out the decisive momentum of killing on the battlefield, first left the honest duty and rewarded half a year's monthly money, and those who did evil were sent to the yamen, the family property was confiscated, the family was sold, and Jia Yu was asked to compensate for the death. And those who were greedy for financial statements and false accounts were punished according to the severity of their crimes, some confiscated their family property, some ordered them to leave with their family property, all of them were not worth silver, and some petty thieves were sent to Zhuangzi when they were not careful.

Jia Daishan dealt with the subordinates in a big way, and the guilty people were sent to the yamen, and the whole capital knew about it, and suddenly there were gossips, saying everything, some people felt that the family was ugly and could not be publicized, Jia Daishan's move was not advisable, but some people felt that his actions were rewarded and punished, which was really rare, and the important Rongguo Mansion was upright in the hearts of the people.

The rest of the subordinates were more respectful and cautious in this matter, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Jia Daishan talked to the old lady before this, and also handed over the results of the investigation to her. When the old lady learned about it, she was very angry and combed the backyard up and down, and also avoided the errand of the two companions who had made mistakes, and reformulated the rules of the house, and sent all the girls who had reached the age home, so that her parents could choose their own sons-in-law, and now her two grandchildren have grown up, so that those girls should not have thoughts that should not be born. The big housekeeper of Jiafu also fell off the horse this time, thinking that for the sake of his hard work and merit for many years, the old lady only confiscated his property in Rongguo Mansion for tens of thousands of taels, and did not confiscate the hard work in Rongguo Mansion for a few years as a pension, and exempted the value of silver, and released their family.

There are only about 20 households left in Rongguo Mansion, there are about 100 people in the house, and there are only 30 or 40 people left in the village, shopkeeper and steward outside, there are many fewer people, and no one does errands in some places, so the old lady discussed with Jia Daishan to pick some good ones in the Zhuangzi and come to the house on errands. In the end, Jia Daishan and the old lady settled the general account, and they didn't want to confiscate the property of those slaves, but there were enough property of three or four hundred thousand yuan!

The old lady looked at the account book and couldn't believe it, Rongguofu went to the family's expenses for a year, and the entertainment and various expenses outside were excellent if they could get five or six taels a year, and they never thought that this time they would get nearly three or four hundred thousand from their subordinates. These three or four hundred thousand possessions include granges, houses, jewelry, heads, shops, antiques, and so on.

Jia Daishan was shocked when he heard this, he only said that the people of Rongguo Mansion were greedy, and the most they copied when they raided their homes was only hundreds of thousands of taels, but he didn't expect that there would be so many, so he couldn't help but make up his mind, let the old lady make up the rules for purchasing, lest they fill their pockets, Rongguo Mansion has a large population, and the number of things purchased is extremely large, and they can often be bought at a slightly lower price than the market price, so those compradors can still get some oil and water, I didn't think that these minions were so dissatisfied, and they raised the market price to make a profit.

The houses, shops, and granges in the three or four hundred thousand possessions Jia Daishan did not confiscate them into the public middle school, but discussed with the old lady and put them in his name, and sent his henchmen to take care of them, and the annual income and the remaining head and face utensils were left behind, and the rest of the silver was converted and confiscated to buy the Grange shops, etc., and when Jia Min grew up, he secretly gave him a dowry.