Tang Qing'er blinked and said, "Then you can talk to me!" ”

Steward Xue nodded and said: "If you don't count the minions and maids brought back by the second lady this time, there are forty-seven people in the house, seven people in the old lady's yard, five people in the eldest lady's yard, two in the old lady's yard, three people in Aunt Guo's yard, three people in Aunt Zhao's yard, four people in each of the three young lady's yards, five people in your yard, five people in the kitchen, one person each in the gate and backyard, and three people in the stable,"

"Oh, is there someone in every yard who is responsible for cleaning and doing laundry?"

"Yes! For example, Aunt Guo is served by three people, one is a personal maid, the other is cleaning the yard, and one is washing clothes. ”

"And who's in charge of the kitchen? And who is the grocery buyer? ”

"The kitchen is in charge of Master Zhao, and the daily meals in the house are purchased by him, or the restaurant delivers them to us."

"Who is responsible for the incoming and outgoing accounts in the house?"

Steward Xue bent over and said, "It's an old slave!" ”

"I roughly understand the daily process in the house, Steward Xue, do you think this is okay? I would like to gather all the maids and servants of the house to-morrow morning, and speak to them about the rules of my housekeeper's house. ”

Steward Xue said, "Yes." After thinking about it, he said, "Does the servant brought by the second wife need to come over?" ”

"Forget it! I'll take care of the people in the house first, and I'll talk about it later!" Tang Qing'er thought about it and shook her head.

"The old slave understands!" Steward Xue stood up straight and said with a serious face.

Tang Qing'er smiled and said, "Steward Xue, I am the first housekeeper, you give me ideas, how should I manage the big and small things in this mansion?" ”

Steward Xue hesitated for a moment and said, "The young lady has tormented the old slave, the old slave is just a slave, how dare he give the lady an idea." ”

Tang Qing'er secretly hated, this guy made it clear that he didn't want to tell himself, and at the same time, he didn't want to take trouble on himself, but Tang Qing'er was not as good as he wanted, and continued: "When the prime minister was leaving, he said to me that Steward Xue was very heavy in the house, let me ask you more about everything, you say this now, how can I be the same as Xiang Gong!" ”

The more you don't say it, the more I want to hear it, Tang Qing'er's rebellious psychology is showing on her face at this moment, and her tone is also a little angry.

Steward Xue saw that the young lady moved out of the young master's mountain, and thought for a while: "The young lady is polite, according to the old slave's bad opinion, you should run away, and if you are good, you should be rewarded, and useful people should be placed in every place, so that good people will be implemented everywhere, and the things that the young lady will give will be done faster." ”

Tang Qing'er nodded and said, "Steward Xue is right! ”

Steward Xue thought to himself, I should have said more than half of what I should have said, do you have anything else to ask? But he didn't dare to say this directly to the young lady, so he could only say: "I don't know if the young lady has anything else to explain?" ”

"No," Tang Qing'er said lightly.

Steward Xue said, "Young lady, the old man told the old slave to do something, and the old slave wanted to ......."

"Then Steward Xue should hurry up!" He moved out of his father-in-law to press him, and he actually moved his father-in-law out to press himself, it was really a retribution, Tang Qing'er sneered in her heart, but said to him with a look of anxiety.

Steward Xue saluted the young lady and turned to retreat, and was about to step out of the threshold a few steps away, when he heard the young lady's toneless voice behind him: "Steward Xue has helped my mother manage the inner mansion for many years!" ”

Steward Xue sweated on his forehead, and hurriedly turned around and said, "Yes!" ”

"That's it! Steward Xue should hurry up and go to Daddy to arrange your affairs! He waved his hand to let Steward Xue step back.

After Steward Xue went out, his legs were soft and reached the ground, what Sanshun said to him before, now that I think about it, it is so right, the young master and the young lady are really a good match, just talking to them, his heart has been beating hard, especially the young lady, don't look at the young age, every sentence is reasonable, so that he has no refutation, especially the last sentence, it is even more frightened that he even stands up his hair, neither of them is good at stubble!

After Steward Xue left, Tang Qing'er sat on the stool as if she had fought a big battle, her forehead was sweating, she tried it with her hand and said, "What did I say just now?" ”

Lu'er was bold, patted her chest and said, "Madam, you don't know what you said to Steward Xue just now, you are going to scare the slave to death!" "Except for the old lady, the old man, the wife, and the young master in the mansion who dare to choke with Steward Xue, everyone else can't help but be careful when they see Steward Xue talking.

Zhu'er took a fan to fan the young lady and said, "Young lady, have you forgotten what the young master said to you when he left?" ”

Tang Qing'er sneered twice and said, "I did it on purpose," if she started to be careful with Steward Xue and said small words, wouldn't it be that everything in the future would not go well.

Zhu'er shook her head and said, "But you are like this, what if Steward Xue hates you because of this?" ”

"Don't worry! He won't! He has helped his mother manage the affairs of the mansion for so many years, and he has seen some things more clearly than anyone else, and he understands it, "Tang Qing'er is still sure of this."

Zhu'er and Lu'er said together: "The young lady is wise! ”

Tang Qing'er said again: "I've always wanted to ask, which of the two of you can read and write." ”

The two lowered their heads with slightly red faces and whispered, "The slaves and maids are illiterate!" ”

"What's this? Many young ladies in the boudoir are illiterate, so you don't have to take this matter to heart. Tang Qing'er saw that their expressions were a little gloomy because of what she asked, and hurriedly comforted.

Zhu'er said: "The slaves and maids were sold into the house by their parents when they were young, first they were busy in the kitchen, and then they were assigned to clean the yard of the wife, and after the young master married you, the wife asked us to come and serve you, and it was a blessing for the slaves and maids to be able to serve you and the young master." "I used to be beaten, scolded, and starved in the kitchen a lot, and then I went to work in my wife's yard, and I was not tired of looking at decent work, but sometimes I was still bullied, and since serving the young lady, the young lady never said anything serious to her and Lu'er, and often laughed with them and gave them good food.

"Alas! I'm talking about your grief again. Tang Qing'er raised her forehead and said.

Lu'er shook her head and said, "No, the young lady is so good to us, so good that we don't know how to repay you." ”

"All you have to do is be faithful to me."

Zhu'er and Lu'er knelt down for Tang Qing'er together and said: "We will serve the young lady wholeheartedly, and we will never betray the young lady. ”

Tang Qing'er hurriedly stood up, pulled them up and said, "I didn't say I didn't believe it, how could I swear poisonously casually, it's really two elm bumps." He reached out and struck them on the forehead, one by one

"Young lady...... the two girls said in unison.

Tang Qing'er looked at them and smiled, and asked again: "Then do you know which maid in the house is literate and literate." ”

Zhu'er said: "The slave knows that the ginkgo sister next to my wife is not only literate but also able to write. "I once saw Sister Ginkgo reading a letter to her wife.

"That's it!" Tang Qing'er said with a smile.

Zhu'er and Lu'er didn't know why the young lady was so happy, but they heard the young lady say, "How to get to the eldest lady!" ”

"Yes."

Tang Qing'er took the two maids to her mother-in-law's place, saw Ginkgo guarding outside, saw her coming, hurriedly went into the house to tell her mother-in-law, and then quickly ran out to greet her.

Tang Qing'er smiled and helped her up and said, "No need to be polite. ”

Yin Xing was a little flattered, and whispered: "Young Mrs. Xie is compassionate. ”

After Ginkgo stood up, she stepped forward to lead the way for the young lady, and Tang Qing'er asked behind her, "I heard that you are literate?" ”

"Yes," Ginkgo whispered.

Tang Qing'er stopped talking and followed her to her mother-in-law's house, Shen seemed to have just woken up, Tang Qing'er first asked her mother-in-law to say goodbye, and said apologetically: "Mother, is it not the right time for the daughter-in-law to come, disturbing your nap!" ”

Shen shook his head and said, "I'm old, and I fell asleep after reading a book for a while." Seeing that Qing'er had the word 'something' written on her face, she said with a smile: "Is there something to find me?" ”

Tang Qing'er lowered her head, stirred her fingers and said, "Mother, how do you know?" ”

"Are all the words written on your face?" Shen quipped.

Tang Qing'er pretended to touch her face and said, "How can there be?" ”

The amused Shen picked up the handkerchief and pursed her lips and chuckled, nodded her nose and said, "What the hell is going on?" Go ahead! ”

Tang Qing'er stepped forward and hugged Shen's arm and said, "Mother, I want to borrow it from you." ”

"Borrowing? Who to borrow? Shen asked in surprise.

Tang Qing'er pointed to the ginkgo that was pouring tea for her at the table, and Shen was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the use of borrowing ginkgo?" ”

When Ginkgo heard that the young lady was here for her, her hand pouring tea also paused, and she looked at the young lady, wondering why the young lady wanted to borrow her from the lady.

"Mother, tomorrow I want to call all the people in the house to the main hall, so that they can tell us their life experiences one by one, sign and draw, so that after getting to know everyone, it will be more convenient to manage."

"What is so troublesome to do? Their deeds of sale are in our hands, don't they govern them the same? ”

"Mother, some of them are death deeds, some are ten-year life deeds, if some of the slaves have been in the house for a long time, and when they leave, they will reveal some private things in the house to outsiders, we will want to find them, and we can't find any trace of them, let alone how to deal with them." Tang Qing'er slowly analyzed what she was thinking to her mother-in-law.

Shen pondered for a while, and said: "What you said is reasonable, I didn't think about this before, even if this is the case, I will lend you the white fungus for a few days, when will I finish training the next person, and let her come back!" ”

"Thank you, mother," Tang Qing'er said flatteringly, suddenly thinking of a question, and worried: "If Ginkgo is not by your side, who will serve you?"

Shen shook his head and said, "You girl, I really think that my mother will serve me with a ginkgo girl, and there are other maids serving me, so you don't have to worry about this." ”

Tang Qing'er continued to hug Shen's arm and said, "Mother is so good! ”

"You, this mouth is so sweet!" The Shen family only had one son in Xue Qianxun's life, and now that he is married to Qing'er, Qing'er treats her like a mother, and she treats Qing'er like a daughter, pampered.

"Mother, just look at it! The daughter-in-law will keep the house in order, and there will never be anyone who cheats and cheats in the house. Tang Qing'er patted her chest and reassured.

Shen sneered and laughed out loud: "Mother is waiting to see the results of your hard work!" ”