Volume 1, Chapter 109: Not Bad Money
Yueyao listened to the cheerful whispers of the birds in the tree, and raised her head to see the two birds on the tree flying from one branch to another, chirping happily. Yueyao sighed a little, it's good to be a little bird, as long as you are full, you can be satisfied.
Yue Yao thought that the Mo family had people clean up the upper room again, if it weren't for the fact that it was not yet a hundred days, I was afraid that they would have already moved in.
Yue Yao didn't speak all the way, and she looked preoccupied. The maids around him naturally didn't dare to speak.
Yueyao went to the main room and saw that Yueying, Yuebing and Yuehuan were all there, and Aunt Su and Aunt Bu were also there. Aunt Bu is very beautiful, she was brought back by Lian Dongfang as a guest at a colleague's house, but Aunt Bu is honest, she doesn't have much sense of existence in Lianfu, and she didn't give birth to a son and a half daughter, maybe that's how she can live peacefully. Tingyuan put it in her name and let her keep it.
Yueyao didn't know what day it was for everyone to get in order, but everyone was just right. Let's see how Mohs treats her harshly.
Mo said with a smile: "It's okay for the three girls to come over." "Since the old lady passed away, the rules of slacking off in the past have also been established. Every morning and evening, I can't wake up in the morning, whether it's a girl or an aunt, I have to come regularly to say goodbye. The most leisurely and casual in the Lianfu is Yue Yao, because Yue Yao only came over on the fifteenth day of the new year, and stayed for a while and then went back.
Yueyao is a niece, not a daughter, and it is a courtesy to come to ask for peace on the fifteenth day of the new year, and it is not a big mistake to be picky. Mohs just wants to & 1 & book & read & novel {.{ yb}{du}.} I can't find fault with my hands and feet in this regard, so I can only go by Yueyao.
Yueyao can't be subtle, she knows Mo's temperament too well, if you are subtle with her, she will give you a detour: "Auntie, the leaves of the green vegetables sent by the shopping office today are yellow, and there are a lot of insects on them." The steward at the purchasing office didn't know if he was too old to see what was on the list I had sent. Except for the green vegetable leaves that these pigs don't eat, I didn't see any other things I wanted. ”
Yue Yao's words were full of gunpowder, but when she said this, it was plain. Not as red as everyone else. In addition, Yueyao's words were not aimed at Mohs, but only at the manager of the purchasing office.
As soon as Yueyao's words fell, Hua Bud immediately sent the vegetables from the shopping office. As soon as the dishes were placed on the table, several round caterpillars crawled out of the dishes.
Yueying looked at the soft little thing at the moment: "Ah......" almost fainted.
Yuehuan was frightened and farther away from the table, she was most afraid of this kind of soft lying thing.
Yue Bing calmed down a little: "Hurry up and throw this thing out." ”
Yue Yao wouldn't be so resigned, she looked at Yue Bing and said, "Second sister, you look at her and you're afraid, but the people at the purchasing office gave me these things to eat!" Second sister, think about what it would be like for these bugs to eat in your stomach. ”
When Yue Bing heard this, she vomited directly, glaring at Yue Yao while vomiting, it's so disgusting, isn't there wow! How could you think of such a disgusting thing.
The moon also vomits sour water.
Yuehuan felt that Yueyao was too strong.
Mohs looked at a few caterpillars on the table, and his face was very ugly. In front of so many people in the room, if you gently uncover it, you can't convince the public. Mo shouted loudly: "Someone, call the steward of the purchasing office." She knew that this maid would not be able to help but come to the door, but she didn't expect to send such a big killing weapon.
Aunt Su glanced at Yue Yao and immediately lowered her head, but she had to admire Yue Yao in her heart, this hand was played beautifully, and Madam would definitely punish the steward of the purchasing office. The steward was Madame's confidant.
The manager of the purchasing office is called wish, and those reasons are nothing more than the fact that the price of vegetables is high now, and it is already very good to be able to buy these. Anyway, the third girl offended Mrs., he was a person from Mrs. Lady's side, and if he stepped on it, he was not afraid.
After Mo Shi and the other stewards finished speaking, they said to Yue Yao: "I sent a message a few days ago, and the mansion has reduced its expenses, and the monthly silver has also been halved. There is a rule for everyone's food and clothing. But I've been busy lately, and I don't know they're so slack on errands, and from tomorrow onwards, your little kitchen will be off my account. What Mo meant by this, she would pay for Yue Yao's extra expenses. In addition to her, Yueyao has a small kitchen, not even Yuebing.
Yueying's eyes were full of jealousy when she looked at Yueyao, here Yueyao has a small kitchen alone, it used to be her grandmother who posted money, and now her mother is paying for it.
Yue Bing waited for the maid to take the disgusting bug away, rinsed her mouth, and sat back down. Yue Bing looked at Yue Yao when she was ready, it felt weird, but she didn't speak.
Yue Yao couldn't help but smile when she heard this: "Oh, I said why are things getting less and less recently, and they are getting worse and worse, it turns out that the mansion has been cutting back on expenses recently." Auntie, thrift is a virtue, and thrifty housekeeping is even more appropriate, and I support it. But no matter how thrifty these minions are, these minions shouldn't give me anything that these pigs don't eat, and no matter how economical they are, they shouldn't send me steamed buns that have been spoiled overnight for breakfast. ”
Mo's face has changed a little now, and the green vegetable leaves are forgotten, after all, they are useless. But what about the steamed buns that were spoiled overnight.
Qiao Lan took out the steamed bun wrapped in a handkerchief from her sleeve, and the steamed bun that took a bite of the flavor was admired by everyone.
Yue Yao had a smile on her face: "The cook was not feeling well this morning, so I didn't let her make breakfast, and ate the breakfast sent by the big kitchen." I didn't expect to be shocked if I didn't eat it, the people in the big kitchen were really good, and they would send me a bad breakfast, and when the time came, I told my uncle, presumably my uncle would definitely praise my aunt for being a good housekeeper. If you let the people in the capital know, you will definitely have more fun. Yueyao's irony can be understood by even a fool.
The corners of Yuehuan's mouth squirmed a few times after listening to what Yueyao said, this sister is really arrogant, if only she could be so arrogant. The food she ate was not rancid, but it was similar to pig food.
Mo's face was not good-looking, and Yue Yao's last sentence was a naked threat: "Come on, go and call the kitchen steward." "She knows the people below who stepped on Lanxi Courtyard, but it was out of bounds to send this rancid steamed bun to Yueyao to grab the handle.
When the old lady was there, the steward of the big kitchen was the old lady's person, and the things sent to Lanxi Courtyard were naturally good. Yueyao has a lot of good things, and Yueyao will reward them to the people below if she can't finish eating. Now that the steward of the big kitchen has changed to Mo's person, Yueyao deliberately did not reward the steward with silver, so that person naturally stood on Mo's side. The people in Lanxi Courtyard are all pampered by Yueyao, and when they eat so badly, they naturally complain. As a result, we are in the current situation. It can be said that this situation was expected by Yueyao.
The kitchen steward came over quickly. Mo Shi looked at the steamed buns on the table: "This is the breakfast you sent to the third girl in the morning?" ”
The steamed steamed buns in the morning are white and fat, and the rancid steamed buns have changed color, not only hard but also a little yellow, which can be seen at a glance. The steward looked at the steamed bun, and naturally quickly shook his head: "No, I didn't send breakfast to the third girl." ”
Yue Yao had already said just now that the cook was not feeling well before eating the breakfast sent by the big kitchen, and Yue Yao had already put an end to the excuse made by the steward: "So, this steamed bun was not sent from the kitchen?" ”
The kitchen steward knew that Yueyao had sued his wife, and he screamed in his heart. She took her time step by step, and the three girls didn't say anything, she thought the three girls were a bun! I didn't expect it to break out today.
I don't blame the steward for thinking so. When Tingzheng was sick, Yue Yao was angry, but in the blink of an eye, Yue Yao cowered in Lanxi Courtyard and couldn't come out. Naturally, people think that Yueyao is a bun and is easy to bully.
Yue Yao sneered: "Does this mean that I found a rancid steamed bun myself to frame you?" In order to frame you and me for fabricating such a lie, you are too long to give yourself a long face. ”
Where did the steward dare to say that Yueyao was framed, and the breakfast sent to Lanxi Courtyard was really bad; But these things are all for the subordinates, they reduce the amount of the three girls' meals at most, where dare to give such a meal to the three girls. But unexpectedly, the third girl still raked. The person in charge remembered that Yue Yao had made trouble several times, and in the end, the unlucky ones were the people below, and the beads of sweat on his forehead came down. The third girl is definitely not a bun, but it is too late to realize this.
Yue Yao didn't care about Mo's face: "The eldest aunt wants to be thrifty, and I have nothing to say." I don't take advantage of the public, and I don't dare to ask for my aunt's subsidy. In the future, the things that the purchasing office will buy for me separately, and I will pay for the money myself. After a pause, he said, "If the kitchen is not crowded, it doesn't matter if you can't be busy." I sent someone to buy it myself. ”
Aunt Su said softly: "Third girl, don't blame Madame. Madame's frugal spending this time is also because there is less entry and more in the mansion, and Madame has no choice. But the people below are used to enjoying comfort, and they can't stand such suffering and repeatedly provoke trouble, three girls, this is not the first time. The three girls should not be instigated by those slaves, as they wanted. "Aunt Su's words mean that these accidents mean to send bad things to Yueyao, and the purpose is to let Yueyao come to Mo Shi to make trouble, so that Mo Shi will not go down the stairs.
In the past half a month, Moh's resolute layoffs have indeed caused a lot of people to rebound and provoke trouble. However, the Mo clan had already prepared and grabbed the handle of these people, so that they did not dare to leave the Lian Mansion obediently.
Yueyao looked at Aunt Su, "Auntie is really eloquent, so black that she can speak white." No wonder it can be mixed up in the backyard. She wasn't even afraid of Mo's, how could she care about an Aunt Su, and she was naturally ruthless.
Aunt Su saw that Yueyao didn't enter the oil and salt, and she sneered at her, and she was also annoyed in her heart. However, he still pretended not to understand Yueyao's sarcasm: "Girl, I don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and the mansion has already eaten the rent of the house, and if you don't spend frugally, the mansion will be empty." So please also ask the third girl to understand the lady's difficulty. Madame also said, the kitchen will ...... in the future."
Yue Yao interrupted Aunt Su's words: "You said that the mansion has no money now? ”
Aunt Su didn't dare to speak, and glanced at Mo's. Moh's face has returned to normal: "Now the mansion is short of money, the annual expenses are too large, and the income is getting smaller and smaller, so I can only save expenses." ”
Yue Yao was puzzled: "Auntie, has the mansion really been rented when it arrives?" There was a slow worry on that face.
Aunt Su's heart was alarmed, and she felt that the third girl's question was strange. Aunt Su just wanted to answer, but Mo Shi opened her mouth first: "The mansion has reached that point." It's just that if you don't save money, the mansion will become more and more difficult in the future. ”
Yue Yao raised her eyebrows: "How is it possible?" As far as I know, my grandmother's dowry consisted of more than twenty-six finest fields and five shops; Not to mention that my grandmother still has a large amount of private money, and the annual income from these properties is very high. In addition, when my father and mother were alive, in addition to the three festivals, they would send 10,000 taels of silver back to the house every year for daily use. And my father left me 20,000 taels of silver before he died, and the other ninety percent was brought back by my uncle. This sum up is a lot of money, how can the mansion be short of money. Even the rumors that Yin Nian ate Mao Nian's rent came out, which is really funny. ”
Yueying and Yuehuan looked straight at Yueyao, and then looked at Mo's instead. In the end, what Yueyao said was right, or what Madame said was true. If what Yue Yao said is true, there are so many properties in the mansion and so rich, why should you be frugal in spending.
Even Aunt Bu, who had always regarded herself as an invisible person, looked at Yue Yao in surprise. I didn't expect the third girl to know the situation of the mansion so well, but this embarrassed the lady.
Aunt Su said in her heart Sure enough, the three girls dug a pit to make Mrs. jump.
Moh's face was blue and white, white and blue. She really made a mistake to not send these people out, leaving these people to embarrass herself in vain.
Aunt Su didn't have the heart to think about why Yueyao told everyone that she had 20,000 taels of silver, and such a bomb put by Yueyao was very detrimental to Madame's thrifty policy: "Girl, the mansion doesn't need so many people, and many of the people here are lazy and ......."
According to Aunt Su, Mo's move was too hasty. You can take advantage of this time to pull out those few thorns, and the rest will be cleaned up slowly. It would be better to release a batch every other March or May. Aunt Su actually knew in her heart that after being suppressed by the old lady for so many years, the lady didn't want to endure it anymore. The old lady is gone, the lady is the housewife, she thinks that the mansion is naturally her final say, but one accidentally ignores the hidden danger of the third girl, causing such careless trouble.
Yue Yao didn't have so much time to listen to Aunt Su's nonsense: "I naturally don't object to my aunt's frugality, after all, thrift is better than extravagance." However, I am growing my body now, and if I don't eat well, my body will definitely deteriorate. After eating this kind of steamed bun, I guess I have to ask a doctor. ”
Mo Shi didn't want to listen to Yueyao's tirade here: "Three girls, you are not used to eating meals in the big kitchen, you have to cook them in the small kitchen." This time, it is the people below who are not doing well, and I will dismiss them and fine each of them three months of silver per month. In the future, I made a list of what you were going to eat and went to the kitchen for them to buy, and these expenses were recorded in my account. The rules are set by herself, she will not stop because of Yueyao's call, there are too many old diseases in the mansion, and she must quickly cut through the mess and get rid of it. And now that the rules that have been promulgated are abolished, they are tantamount to a slap in the face.
Yueyao said lightly: "Thank you aunt for your loving heart." As I just said, I pay for the expenses of the kitchen, and I don't take advantage of the public, let alone my aunt. "Smuggling account, smuggling account doesn't mean that she has received special care from Mohs.
Everyone saw that Mo had already given in, and they thought that Yueyao would back down, but they didn't expect the three girls to back down at all. Yueying looked at Yueyao, who did not give in, and her mind was turning.
Yuehuan had one word in mind: cow.
Mo immediately sank his face when he heard this.
Aunt Su was as gentle as just now: "Third girl, the silver money given to you by the second master and the second lady is reserved for your personal use, and it will be your dowry in the future, and you can keep the money." Mrs. said that it was ...... "Aunt Su saw Yueyao's inexplicable smile and froze, and after a pause, Aunt Su couldn't go on.
Yue Bing said coldly on the side: "Third sister, my mother is kind enough to save money for you, but the third sister doesn't appreciate it, the third sister is really rich." ”
Yueyao chuckled: "Appreciation? The second sister is really joking. For the money left by my father, even if it is a public account, I take it for granted. With such a large amount of money, my brother and I can't use up 180,000 taels of silver even if we eat and drink spicy food all our lives. ”
Moon Ice choked.
Aunt Su said softly again: "Girl, who are you listening to?" If the mansion really had so much money, it would be impossible for the lady to reduce the expenses. This is a denial of what Yue Yao said just now.
Yueyao sneered, so she didn't want to fight with these people. She has already said it, and it is not her business whether everyone believes it or not: "Even if no one is willing to admit the money left by my father, God can see it." I'm not here to argue about my father's money. I mean the small kitchen, aside from the money left by my father, the dowry left by my mother has an interest of several thousand taels every year, and this silver money is enough for me and Ting Zheng to spend. ”
Mo's qi knot, this is showing off the richness of Ma's dowry. Ma Shi pressed her head back then, making her breathless all the time, which was a big hatred in Mo's heart.
Yueying's eyes flashed with green light, a few thousand taels of interest a year, how much does it cost! Yuehuan blinked his eyes, this is showing off his wealth.
Yue Bing chuckled: "My sister is so rich, it's better to raise the maids and mothers-in-law around her by herself." You don't care about those two little bucks anyway, do you! Yue Bing naturally saw what Yue Yao meant, so it was better to follow her. Otherwise, she will continue to make trouble, and in the end, her mother will not be good. Her mother has fallen into the trap, and everything she does is wrong.
Aunt Su screamed in her heart, the second girl was hitting the muzzle of the gun, and the third girl wished that she would raise the people of Lanxi Courtyard by herself.
Yue Yao didn't wait for Mo Shi to speak to Aunt Su, and immediately answered: "Okay, I will raise the maid and wife of Lanxi Courtyard by myself." In the future, I will bear all their expenses. With my mother's dowry and the money my father left to our sisters and brothers, it is still not a problem to support a group of maids. It's just that Tingzheng and I don't do anything for the rest of our lives, and we don't have to worry about food and clothing. ”
Yueyao's appearance is particularly hateful, at least she can't pinch her because of Mo's hatred.
Yue Bing immediately said: "Mother, since the third sister feels that she has a lot of money and is unwilling to use the public money, my mother agreed to the third sister."
Mo Shi looked at Yue Bing, seeing his daughter's smiling appearance, as if he didn't know what trouble would be caused by doing so, and he was angry and anxious at the moment. Yes, the object of her willingness to subsidize is limited to her own children, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger.
Mo Shi had seen the old lady's supplement to Yueyao's kitchen. Yueyao's food is all about excellence, and the expenses of the small kitchen are very large, at least a hundred taels of silver per month. It is said that sons should be poor and daughters should be rich, but Yueyao is really rich.
Mo Shi didn't want to make up for it in his heart, but he couldn't let Yue Yao come. At this time, Yue Bing shook Mo's arm: "Mother, since the third sister is so rich, you will fulfill her." If I were so rich, I would also like to have a small kitchen and raise a maid in the yard. There is also face to be said in it. "It's strange to say that there is face, everyone doesn't think that Yueyao is rich, but they think that Yueyao is too disrespectful to her elders. You can't do whatever you want if you have money.
Yue Yao showed a bright smile at Yue Bing, but this smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes. Yue Bing stirred it up like this, but it gave Mo Shi a good step. It seems that Moon Ice has really grown a lot during this time.
At this moment, a maid outside replied, "Madam, the people from Mafu have sent something to the third girl." The mother-in-law who came from Mafu said that she wanted to say hello to the third girl. "The so-called please is just to see if Yueyao is doing well.
Yue Yao will really laugh, if Mo Shi doesn't agree to her, it doesn't matter. happened to tell the mother-in-law who came from Mafu about the green vegetable leaves and the steamed buns she had in the morning, and by the way, let the cousin-in-law help with the publicity, so that the wives of those official eunuchs knew Mo's virtue and saw how Mo's would step down at that time.
Mo Shi saw that Yue Yao's smile was extremely dazzling, and she also knew what Yue Yao had in her heart. Mo Shi secretly hated in his heart, it was not early or sooner now, and he didn't know if it was negotiated. Mo can see it clearly, this maid relies on the money in her hand, and she can't wait for her yard to be independent. No wonder a few days ago, I didn't know that there was a change in personnel in the mansion, so I was waiting for her here. Mo Shi opened his mouth and gave the final decision: "The maid in your yard has no reason for you to raise it." But if you insist on asking for it, I won't stop you. The public will send you a penny that should be paid, and you will pay for the extra things you want. "This is Mo's bottom line, and there is no reason to let Yueyao raise her own maid. If Yueyao issued the monthly silver, then these maids and women would have listened to Yueyao's words.
Seeing Yueyao looking at her, the steward hurriedly said, "The girl will give me a list of things she wants." When the things come back, I'll have someone send them to the three girls. "The big kitchen used to do the same thing, but then it slackened.
Yue Yao looked at the comprador steward and smiled slightly: "I read a joke in a book, saying that in ancient times, there was an emperor, and when he was discussing politics, he chatted with his courtiers, and heard that the courtiers ate four eggs every morning, and the emperor said enviously at that time, 'Aiqing, you are really rich.'" Do you know why this emperor said that his courtiers were rich? ”
Guan said sincerely: "I don't know. ”
Yue Yao evoked a smile: "The courtiers were puzzled, but later I learned that because this emperor was not familiar with general affairs, the people below coaxed him to say that the eggs cost ten taels of silver." When the emperor saw that his courtiers could eat four eggs every morning, he naturally thought that he was rich. ”
The scene was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop on the ground.
Yue Bing listened and smiled: "Third sister, I really didn't know you were so good at having fun." I can't say that I can't have fun anymore. "Actually, Yue Bing knew what Yue Yao meant by this, but Yue Yao went too far today and forced her mother like this.
Mo Shi was secretly shocked when she heard this, she didn't expect this girl to be so shrewd. It seems that this girl used to be honest and pretend.
Aunt Su said: "Third girl, where is there such a confused emperor." The three girls can't be made up blindly. When you spread the word, do you think we are going to do anything? "If you rebel, Aunt Su will never dare to talk nonsense.
Yue Yao chuckled, "I saw it from a book, and I don't know how many years ago. I am a wise and holy martial artist to the emperor, so naturally there will be no such thing. ”
Mo Shi looked at the steward in front of everyone and said, "Did you hear the words of the third girl?" ”
The steward nodded again and again: "I heard it, I heard it." "Such a shrewd and powerful third girl, how dare he think of fooling.
Yue Yao said lightly: "You made a detailed list of the things you sent me. The price of everything is marked on it. There won't be that kind of oolong incident. ”
Beads of sweat beaded on the butler's forehead, and whoever wanted to say that the third girl was not a popular thing, he was in a hurry with whom: "Good, good, good." must be done properly for the third girl. ”