Mrs. Qin responded to Wanlan's request, and the next day asked the housekeeper Xie Funing to get the account books that were first entered in the mansion every day: "When I first married into the Xie Mansion, I made my own accounts, because I lost too much silver during the war, and every cent had to be carefully calculated before I could spend it." ”

As she spoke, she flipped through the account book, but she didn't bother to look at it carefully, she only lit it with her hand, and said to the two Wanlan sisters: "The expenditure of the house is mainly in the two aspects of monthly money and daily consumption, and this daily consumption is mainly based on daily ingredients and clothing and cloth. My monthly routine is fifteen taels of silver, seven taels for my aunts and wives, five taels for Huai'an Huaichang brothers, two taels for your sisters, and one tael a month for the girl who serves in the house, and five hundred yuan a month for those who do chores outside, and the monthly money for the little girl and the girl is about the same. ”

Wanlan smiled: "I just knew that Huai'an Huaichang was three or two more than our sisters, and my mother was too partial." ”

Mrs. Qin smiled: "There is no housekeeper yet, so I got into the eyes of money, can girls and boys compare?" Your fat powder hairpin ring clothes are kilometers long, and you don't go out on weekdays, let alone feast guests, what do you want so much money for? Just these two taels, I still let you use them in an emergency. ”

Wan Tian said: "Sister is different now, whether she is a person who has been far away, or who has money in her hand to be sure." ”

Mrs. Qin said: "If you have money in your hand, you can't spend it indiscriminately, besides, the Chen family has this incident, I'm afraid that there won't be much money left in the feed, after you get married, you must remember to be diligent and thrifty. For example, the clothes in the house, this is absolutely unavoidable, and each of the masters must have a dress that can meet guests, especially you and your husband, this is your face, and you must not show poverty and sourness. ”

"In addition, there is also the monthly money of the servants in the house, which cannot be saved, and the loyal servants are the treasures of life, treat them like their own family, and don't wronged people because of the trivial matter of food and clothing. If the financial resources allow, it is also possible to buy more well-behaved girls, before the long hair, we have more than 200 domestic servants in the house. ”

Wanlan was a little surprised: "Why do you buy so many servants?" ”

"Give them a place to stay," Mrs. Qin smiled at her and Wan Tian, "Think about Lixia in your house, Xiaoxia in Ah Tian's house, if you drive them out of the house now, how will they live?" ”

Wanlan bit her lip: "But...... If I buy a servant when I can afford it, what will I do when there is no money in the house? ”

"If you want to buy it, you will buy it without moderation? When you are rich, you have to prepare for the poor days that may come in the future, every decision you make today must take into account the results of ten or twenty years later, the housewife of a small family only needs to worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt, but you are about to marry a famous family in Chixian County, the bigger the portal, the more you have to consider when making a decision. Mrs. Qin reproached her with her eyes, and said: "Ah Lan, being a wife is a very hard thing, especially being the head mother of a big family, the things you have to understand, and the skills you need to use skillfully, are no less than what men need to know in officialdom." ”

Wanlan frowned and said, "I thought that if you weren't jealous, you would be a good wife." ”

"You have read too much of the book if you wrote it in a poor and sour show," Wan Tian laughed: "Only uneducated men will take the initiative to set their husbands as concubines as the standard of good wives." ”

Wanlan said angrily: "If you say this in front of your mother, you are not afraid of being laughed at." ”

"Ah Tian is the one who understands," Mrs. Qin closed the account book, summoned Lichun, and instructed: "Go and tell Xie Cheng to let him take all the account books of the previous year to the eldest lady's house." He said to Wanlan again: "If there is anything you don't understand, just ask Xie Cheng, he manages the accounts very well, and there are basically no mistakes, I think it's better than your Uncle Fu." ”

Wanlan smiled and said, "Then what else do I study?" It's good to take Brother Xie Cheng directly to her mother-in-law's house, save time and effort, and you won't make a mistake. ”

Mrs. Qin nodded on the tip of her nose: "Thinking about convenience all day long, what do you do with the time you saved?" Governing the country? ”

Wanlan lowered her head slightly, laughing while listening: "Mother wants to make fun of me again." ”

Mrs. Qin said: "You are about to get married, those strange ideas in your mind should be taken away, even the family can't be cured, what kind of governance is there to talk about, young people just don't know the height of the sky, and the elders come to discipline, you are not happy." ”

Wanlan said slowly: "It's my daughter who is frivolous." ”

Mrs. Qin slowly talked to her about the prices of some commonly used items in the house, and Wanlan looked at it, and it was only a few dozen yuan lower than the account book, and the highest was only a hundred yuan, and she immediately looked at her mother with admiration, so she complimented her a few words.

Xie Huai'an walked in at this time and greeted Mrs. Qin first: "I just said that my mother always favors her sisters, and she refuses to even gossip with me." ”

Mrs. Qin said: "The female dependents speak, you are a boy to join in the fun." ”

Xie Huai'an smiled: "Now I can't make it up, Mother, I will bring someone to install an electric light in your room, this lamp can't be installed in the blink of an eye, if you don't care about me, my son can only pinch the petals outside by himself." ”

Mrs. Qin was surprised: "You can use the electric light so soon?" ”

"It's just to install it, and when the big guy who generates electricity is ready, the light can be lit," Xie Huai'an got Mrs. Qin's permission, and went out to call the workers sent by Taichang Foreign Company in, set up a ladder, and began to pull the line to install the lamp. Mrs. Qin and Wan Tian both felt the novelty and gathered at the door to watch, Xie Huai'an took the opportunity to call Wan Lan aside and said in a low voice: "Do you need to install electric lights in every room in this mansion?" ”

Wanlan thought that he was alluding to the low stilt house where the people lived, and as soon as she listened to Mrs. Qin's teaching, she said: "There is no shortage of that bit of silver in the house, let's install it for them too, this electric light is safer than a candle." ”

Xie Huaian said: "I'm talking about the ancestral hall. ”

Wanlan was stunned: "Ancestral hall? ”

Xie Huai'an's voice was lowered: "If you open an ancestral hall just to install an electric light, and attract so many outsiders to come in and make noise, I'm afraid that my father will disagree." ”

Wanlan bit her lower lip, and then let go: "Then what do you mean...... The ancestral hall is not installed? ”

Xie Huai'an said: "I can't make up my mind, so I came to discuss with you." ”

Before Wanlan could answer, Mrs. Qin turned around and called, "What are you two sisters and brothers hiding on the side muttering?" Tell me and Ah Tian to hear it too. ”

Xie Huai'an immediately raised a smile: "I discussed with Sister Ah whether to install electric lights in the servants' rooms as well. ”

Mrs. Qin really gave the same answer as Wanlan: "I have spent five thousand taels of silver, do you still feel sorry for that little money?" Of course, it has to be installed. ”

Xie Huai'an bowed his head and said, "Sister said the same thing. ”

Mrs. Qin smiled approvingly at Wan Lan, then turned her head and said something to Wan Tian.

Xie Huaian then asked, "What do you say?" ”

Wanlan asked him rhetorically, "What do you mean?" ”

Xie Huai'an said ominously: "The house is all installed." ”

Wanlan understood what he meant, pondered for a moment, and said, "Then put it on." ”

Xie Huaian immediately said: "Okay, when the house is almost installed, I will go to install the lamp of the ancestral hall." ”

Wanlan let out a low "um", her heart suddenly shrank, as if she had a premonition of something bad, and hurriedly tugged on Xie Huai'an's sleeve again: "If you rashly disturb the ancestors of the undead, you won't be blamed." ”

Xie Huai'an obviously also had this concern, and when she mentioned it, he also hesitated: "Otherwise...... First of all? ”

Wanlan shook her head: "If I alarm my father, I'm afraid the electric lights in the entire house will be removed." ”

Xie Huai'an frowned deeply, and asked hesitantly: "Then the ancestral hall will be put aside for a while?" ”

Wanlan has no better way, in this family, Xie Daozhong is the absolute authority, can only be persuaded, must not be disobeyed, this may be a common characteristic of all Chinese families, before convincing Xie Daozhong, she and Xie Huai'an are unwilling to take this risk.

However, that night, after the moon, Xie Huaian knocked on Wanlan's door again: "I plan to go to the ancestral hall to worship now, and I will install the electric light tomorrow, Sister, you can go with me." ”

Wanlan, who was arguing, was frightened to sober up by his words: "Three watches in the middle of the night, are you crazy?" ”

Xie Huaian smiled: "You want to."

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