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Is this playing tricks on her?

"It seems that the king steward does not know?" Yuan Shanjia said.

She turned to Mrs. Zhang, her face was still gentle, and asked, "What about Steward Zhang?" Don't you know? ”

Mrs. Zhang lowered her head and thought about it, and heard that Steward Zhou handed over the account books of the inner courtyard to the second lady, and the old lady seemed to want the second lady to learn to be a housekeeper? The second lady just got the account book and asked the two of them to come, not to find someone else, presumably there was something wrong with the account book.

Thinking of this, she spoke, "Miss must be unfamiliar with some parts of the ledger, right?" ”

Her face was respectful, her head hung slightly, and she would not bury her whole face, so that the superior could not see her face clearly, nor would she raise it too high, so that the superior would misunderstand that she was arrogant.

"It seems that Steward Zhang is very smart." Yuan Shanjia nodded appreciatively, his eyes full of approval.

"I like smart people." Yuan Shanjia said.

She raised her hand, and Ran Ya, who was standing beside her, took out a whole ingot of silver from a plate covered with a red cloth that lay on the table.

Yuan Shanjia nodded, and Ran Ya handed the whole ingot of silver to Mrs. Zhang.

"I heard that your youngest son has been sick recently, and it is a bit serious, so he must be a little short of money." Yuan Shanjia said, without a trace, that he knew everything about the people below.

Mrs. Zhang looked at such a big ingot of silver, and she was a little excited in her heart.

There were at least ten taels of silver for this ingot, and after taking it back, he could buy the relatively small ginseng and hang the life of his youngest son.

The doctor said that as long as he hanged his life and survived the most dangerous time, the life of the youngest son would be saved.

Mrs. Zhang took the silver from Ran Ya's hand, her fingers trembled a little, and the muscles on her face trembled a little.

She was almost speechless, just bowed deeply, and her eyes looked deeply at the smiling Yuan Shanjia.

She made up her mind that she must repay Yuan Shanjia well.

Although this ingot of silver is very small for the second lady, it is very important to her.

The steward was a little greedy for the ten taels of silver, but he was not particularly coveted.

It's just that I am a little jealous of Mrs. Zhang, a woman who has taken so much reward. There was some hatred in his heart, and the already small amount of flesh on his face was tightly pressed between his cheeks, and his eyes were obviously a little wide.

Yuan Shanjia smiled again and said, "I heard that Steward Wang's family has also been in trouble recently, and your mother-in-law seems to be making trouble?" I don't know if it's true or not? ”

Steward Zhang's facial muscles twitched, he smiled fakely, and his mouth was empty, "Where is it......"

There was sweat on his face, although his mother-in-law was making trouble, but she only twisted it at home at night, and it didn't make a big fuss, how did the second lady know about these things?

He felt that this matter was a little evil, could it be that the second lady ran to his house to listen to the foot of the bed?

Yuan Shanjia raised his eyebrows and asked with some doubts: "Isn't it?" I thought it was true! And I have heard that the steward of the king has become a great creditor by lending usury outside. ”

Her expression was in place, she didn't look angry at all, she looked just curious, and it was completely okay to deceive people.

But her momentum made the king steward kneeling below sweat profusely, his legs trembled, his lips trembled a little, and he couldn't speak.

Yuan Shanjia looked at him sweating profusely, and was satisfied, so he retracted his momentum and raised his hand to Ran Ya again, "Look at me, it seems to have scared Steward Wang." Ran Qing, gave the king steward a reward of two coins, and suppressed the shock. ”

Her tone was still gentle, not to mention that the king was in charge, Ran Ya felt that her young lady was a little evil.

When the young lady said this at this time before, she either stared coldly, or smiled brightly, and never smiled so gently at such a time.

Could it be that Miss has changed her sex? Ran Ya had all kinds of speculations in her heart, and without saying much, she directly gave Steward Wang a silver nude of two coins.

Steward Wang took it tremblingly, and his heart was also trembling, for fear that taking it would be a dead end.

The sweat on his forehead kept sliding down, the thin forehead was exposed, his whole face turned white, and even his ears became white, drooping slightly.

Yuan Shanjia said: "I think you are all smart people, so you should do something smart." Especially Steward Wang, although you are not as smart as Steward Zhang, I hope you are not too stupid. ”

Saying that, Yuan Shanjia handed a ledger to Ran Ya.

Ran Ya took it and handed it to Steward Wang.

It was the June ledger, and there were many loopholes in it.

In June, Yuan Tian and Yuan Shanjia stayed at the foot of Longqi Mountain, wholeheartedly looking for a solution to the epidemic.

At that time, in order to be able to support Yuan Tian, the old lady's wife made the house frugal and frugal, and many unnecessary expenses were removed. Moreover, some unnecessary and expensive ingredients have not been ordered, and some commonly used ingredients have also been reduced a lot. Especially the one of Yuan Shanjia and Yuan Tian.

As the masters of the General's Mansion, the two of them have definitely a large share of their meals.

At least three hot dishes, one cold dish and one soup, a total of five dishes.

Most of these dishes are made with vegetables and the finest parts of meat, so sometimes two or three cabbages are used to get the best out of a plate of Chinese cabbage. The rest is eaten by the next people, or taken back and sold to civilians who can't afford to buy the whole dish.

And during the period when Yuan Shanjia and Yuan Tian were away, the expenses of the two of them did not decrease, and the people below still bought vegetables as usual. What they got this time was more than just what was left outside. It's a whole one, and the price they originally quoted to the house was inflated, and then they resold those vegetables outside, and made a lot of money, which added up to a lot. There are also more than fifty taels of silver before and after.

The monthly money of the housekeeper is only two dollars of silver, and the ordinary maid is only 800 yuan.

Fifty taels of silver, if it does not include the rewards of the ordinary masters, and only rely on monthly money to save it, the king's steward will save for more than twenty years without eating or drinking.

This situation is not uncommon, it exists in every prefecture, but if it is not done often, the owner of the mansion generally turns a blind eye.

Steward Wang was not so bold in the past, mainly because he was cheated in May, lost money in the gambling house, and staked his own land deed, and the gambling house went to his house on the same day to collect the house.

His house was originally not big, there were only two or three rooms in a courtyard, and it was worth sixty taels at most. However, although the courtyard is on the edge of the northern city, it is also relatively remote, but it is also in the inner city.

It doesn't matter, don't even want to get a house in the inner city.

His mother-in-law made trouble with him because of this. Later, it was said that the gambling house only allowed him a one-month period, and he paid nearly eighty taels with interest.

The king's steward only scraped together less than thirty taels, which still took out his old book.

Later, when the epidemic broke out, the general was not in the house, and the second lady went to her master's place again, and the lady seemed to be worried about the general, and did not watch everything as before.

He thought that he could just take advantage of the opportunity to make some money, and anyway, after investigating it, he said that he didn't say that he wouldn't prepare it for the general and the second lady.

It is true that the mansion did not say that it would not prepare food for the general and the second lady, and it was not to blame him.

But I didn't expect the second lady's housekeeper to fire about this.

Steward Wang was a little frustrated, for he had only recovered the loan shark he had lent to others the other day, and he had received more money than he had before. Looks like I'm going to throw up today.

(To be continued.) )