In fact, Yan Qianyan has already seen at a glance that in just half a year, the third aunt has made a net profit of one thousand taels less, which is still the most conservative algorithm, and this heart is too dark. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info you must know that the monthly expenses of Mu Mansion are a little more than three hundred taels.

is bold enough, Mu Mansion is still an empty shelf, and all the expenses before she left relied on Sima Butler to pawn calligraphy, paintings, antiques or something, and there was not much left. There was only three hundred taels of silver available in the account.

It was she who raised donations in many ways and gave her dowry, the third aunt and the fourth aunt Shi Yingying all took out their private money, and secretly mobilized the princess grandmother to give the golden phoenix hairpin rewarded by the emperor, and Aunt Lin took out the jade bracelet, except for a little when she left. All of them were left behind as funds for the opening of the teahouse and for the family. She looked at the account book, and the Sima housekeeper also sold a piece of palace calligraphy and painting in the house that had been collected for hundreds of years.

Now there are only a few hundred taels left in the account. And when she left, there was a starting point.

Such a big Mu Mansion, a few hundred taels, is not enough for anyone to marry a wife and have children to celebrate the birthday of the elderly.

She checked the station accounts with Steward Sima again, and Steward Sima was right here, spending one by one. The third aunt Liu has a big difference.

The accounts are all correct, but they are much more than they actually spend.

"Uncle Sima, I know you are very loyal to Mu Mansion. I also know that the accounts are wrong, and I also know that you are just a housekeeper in the house, and you know some things but you can't do anything about them. You don't have to worry about that. How to remember it in the future or how to remember it. Don't worry, how did the third aunt take the money and let her pay it back. Otherwise, I won't be able to do this in the future. ”

Steward Sima glanced at Yan Tianyan worriedly, and saw that she was calm and calm. Put your mind at ease.

God knows how much he worries about this family during the half a year that the young lady is away, it is simply heartbreaking.

There are endless red and white ceremonies outside, and as long as you send a post, you can't slack off. The firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea in the house are all indispensable, plus clothes for the four seasons. The master's jewelry, rouge, gouache, and the princess's illness. He worries about money every day.

Therefore, the teahouse has not been able to open for a long time. , finally opened, but because he was too busy to separate. said that the good old man Liu Ling would take care of it, but the old man was busier than him. The fourth master is basically addicted to eating, drinking, and having fun, and he can't see each other a few times.

He felt more and more powerless, and wanted to resign from the position of butler several times, but he could not open his mouth in the face of the princess who trusted him immensely.

Originally, I wanted the young lady to come back this time, and I had to go home and pick up my grandson if she said anything. But he is too affectionate for Mu Fu. The young lady only said that she was very loyal to Mu Mansion, which made him feel that it was the greatest affirmation, and it was worth it to do whatever it took to work hard. and the sentence that he knows he can't do anything about it, which is the truest portrayal of him now.

He silently put down his intention to resign and go home, bowed his head and withdrew, leaving all the two ledgers.

"Yunyan, you come in."

Yunyan quickly came in, looked at the ledger on the table and lowered his head.

She is the eldest maid in the house, and she was promoted by the prince when she got married, and she enjoys the same treatment as the sunken fish and geese around the princess, and she is given one or two taels of silver every month, and she has a dress for each season every year.

She has been a maid in Mufu for four years, with enough food and clothing, and silver to earn, which makes her very face-saving. Her family is on the outskirts of the capital, with an average family background and many brothers and sisters. This tael of silver determines her status in the family, every time she goes home, her father, mother, sister-in-law, brothers and sisters are her offering, her old clothes are the new clothes of her sisters, and they are only worn during the New Year's holidays.

But the young lady was gone for six months, and she only took the previous three months of Fengyin, and her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law thought that she had grown up, had selfishness, and was saving a dowry for herself, and she was very unhappy, and her father almost beat her. But she has always been filial. There are also annoying people, who said that there will be new clothes every quarter, but the young lady has been gone for two seasons. There are no clothes.

I was very dissatisfied, but it was the third lady who said: Whoever doesn't want to do it, can go home.

She has been working for four years, and she will be able to go home at the end of the contract in one year, and the government will give her ten taels of silver as a dowry. , if the master sees her pleasing to the eye, maybe he will renew the contract, or help her find a good family and promise to marry that family, which is not bad.

I didn't dare to fight, and I was reluctant in my heart.

When she saw the account book, she was angry, and the third lady said that it would be written down. She asked in a low voice, "Young lady, what are your instructions for finding a slave?" ”

"You're now giving five cents a month? Nothing else has changed, has it? And is the food much better than before? ”

We have to ask the matter clearly, and then we will investigate it first.

Yunyan didn't know the meaning of Yan Tianyan's question, so she looked at her cautiously and said, "The third lady said that the house is a little difficult, and the wages of the subordinates are too much, so it has been reduced by half." ”

It's too hard, half it!

Yan Tianyan said: "So do you think the wages of the subordinates are high?" ”

The difficulties in the house are the business of the masters, and the subordinates are just hired workers, so they have no responsibility to share. Even if it is shared, it is with personal feelings, such as voluntary.

Yunyan couldn't figure out what Yan meant, and his eyes were a little confused.

She didn't understand what Yan Tanyan meant, and she was afraid that telling the truth would anger her and drive her out.

Yan Tianyan smiled at her, very friendly.

"Tell the truth."

Yunyan gritted her teeth: "Young lady, it is one more money than the Lin Mansion and the Qian Mansion in the north of the city." It's almost the same as the Yunwang Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the General's Mansion. ”

The wages given by Mufu to his subordinates used to be good. Because the princess took her son back to the house, all the subordinates were recruited.

It's just that it hasn't changed in the past four years, and it's almost the same as other families.

That is, it is not much more than other people's.

"Let me ask you again, you have a good relationship with a few cooks in the kitchen, do you know what the price of rice, flour and vegetable oil is this year? Is it higher or lower than last year? ”

"It's pretty much the same, it seems to have gone down."

Yan Qianyan looked at the account book for a while and closed it. 、

asked with a smile: "Yunyan, the salary has been reduced, are you unhappy?" ”

Yunyan held her mouth: "Back to the young lady, Yunyan doesn't dare." “

It takes a lot of courage to say this.

How can you be happy if your salary is reduced by half. It's miserable enough to be a subordinate, and the salary is still half less, so whoever can be happy. This young lady sat and asked, naturally she didn't have a backache.

Look at her aggrieved and dare not be angry or speak.

Yan Tianyan said: "Yunyan, you and I don't get along for long, but I know that you are a capable girl." Grandma can put you in the peony garden to serve the son, which is enough to show that you are very valued. You are a big girl, according to the regulations, one tael of silver a month, four clothes a year, a headdress, and the uppers and soles of four pairs of shoes. Sign a living deed, five years, and then give ten taels of silver as a dowry given to you by the government. It makes perfect sense. (To be continued.) )