Liu Ayayue glanced at the incomparably beautiful Mu Lingluo, a touch of jealousy flashed in her eyes, and when she heard the words, she knew that Liu Jingcun was on her side, and she was confident, she tilted her body and said aggrievedly: "Daddy, the eldest sister didn't bully me...... It may be that the maids under her command are sluggish, and the bird's nest supplied every day has become once every four days, and they should have made new clothes, but they didn't see the embroidery girl to measure the size, and even the daily meals were only three dishes and one soup, and the kitchen was lazy, and even the oil and water were insufficient...... My daughter is fine, I don't have anything to do, and I don't know if the other servants in the mansion have the strength to do things. I know that the eldest sister has just taken charge of the house, she doesn't understand many things, and she is eager to make achievements, so she ...... Daddy, don't blame Big Sister! ”

Liu Ayayue babbled and said, in the end, although she said that she asked Liu Jingcun not to blame Mu Lingluo, but it was more like she was bullied by Mu Lingluo, but she didn't dare to sue, and she looked very pitiful.

Liu Luo was also dumbfounded when she heard it on the side, she thought that Liu Ayayue was a simple person in the past, but she didn't think that this scheming was also good, and taking retreat as advance made Liu Jingcun's heart deviate to her side. Thinking like this, Liu Luo was a little worried about Mu Lingluo.

When Liu Jingcun heard this, his face sank, and he said angrily: "I also said that I wronged you in the past, what else do you have to say now?" I am still in charge of this country's mansion, and you dare to treat your sisters like this, lacking food and clothing, what do you want to do? Don't you even pay attention to me? ”

Liu Jingcun really felt that Mu Lingluo had challenged his authority as the head of the family this time, and he was annoyed.

"Master, what a big deal this is, why do you lose your temper like this? Ah Luo must also have her own considerations! Xia Lian whispered on the side, but her eyes flashed.

It seems that the suspicions of the matter have been covered up by Si Hua's matter, and Liu Ayakyue will at least not be implicated, and a big stone has fallen on her heart. However, seeing that Liu Jingcun investigated for a long time and didn't find out who put the poisonous snake, Xia Lian also had a few candidates in her heart, but there was no evidence, so it was not easy to accuse at will.

"Considerations? Hehe, I think she wants to turn the entire Guogong Mansion upside down! If you don't have that diamond, don't stop this porcelain work, I think this whole house has made her a miasma. Today is a lack of food and clothing, and tomorrow I don't know if I will be restricted? Liu Jingcun said angrily: "In my opinion, she can't take care of this family, she is young in the end, and she has no knowledge in the countryside, and in the future, the wife of this other family will come to the door, and she will still be embarrassed to go outside." The housekeeping power was handed over to the second brother and sister first, and when Yue'er was better, let Yue'er follow a housekeeper. Everything will wait for you to finish repairing, and then take it back. ”

Liu Jingcun said a few words, and took back the housekeeping power from Mu Lingluo's hands.

Liu Luo was happy in her heart, she was happy to be in charge of the housekeeper of the entire mansion, instead of restraining each other with Mu Lingluo. It's just that I thought that I would return it to Xia Lian in the future, and I was not an ally with Mu Lingluo, and I had to cooperate with Liu Ayayue, a little girl, where would I have a happy cooperation with Mu Lingluo, and at that time, Xia Lian didn't know how to calculate her, so it was better to climb the big tree of Mu Lingluo.

Liu Luo's mind turned in a circle, and he hurriedly said: "I have too many things in my hands, where can I be busy." Big brother, I think Ah Luo is in charge of it well. Besides, Yue'er is not in good health now, but she doesn't have to give birth to a good life first......"

Mu Lingluo listened to him for a long time, and never interrupted, at this time, seeing that he had made a final decision, she hooked her lips slightly, and smiled softly: "If my father thinks so, Ah Luo will also be relaxed." As for this lack of food and clothing, I have some questions that I would like to discuss with my father and mother! Forsythia, I'll take out all the things you want to bring. ”

Liu Jingcun noticed that the maid who followed behind Mu Lingluo, she was holding a black box in her hand, I don't know what it contained, and after listening to Mu Lingluo's instructions, she put down the box in her hand and took out the objects in it, which turned out to be a book of accounts.

Forsythia took a ledger, turned two pages, and said lightly: "Does Father know what this is?" ”

"What do you do with these? If you want to deliver the ledger now, you don't need to be in such a hurry. Liu Jingcun couldn't understand her thoughts.

Mu Lingluo smiled lightly: "This is the accounts of our Guogong Mansion, and my father, as the master of the Guogong Mansion, must know a thing or two." Just now, my father said that I treated my fourth sister harshly, so I'll show my father this account now! It is clearly recorded in my account book that the expenses in the courtyard of the fourth sister and Miss Zhang are the largest, even exceeding those in the courtyard of the ancestors. Among them, there is an expense of rouge gouache in the yard of the fourth sister, the monthly expenditure is one hundred and eighty-four silver, and the fourth sister has twenty-three maids, that is, the average monthly expenditure of each maid is eight taels of silver, and the best rouge gouache on the market is only four taels of silver, one of which can be used for half a year, I want to know, how big is the face of the maid in the yard of the fourth sister, can you use two boxes of rouge a month? As he spoke, Mu Lingluo suddenly threw the account in his hand towards the small table next to him.

"There is also the fabric used in the yard of the fourth sister, and the clothes made by the fourth sister every quarter are twenty sets, and nine sets are made every quarter, which is equivalent to making three sets per month, and the cost is one hundred and eighty taels. The clothes expenses of the maids in the courtyard of the four sisters are also one or two hundred higher than those in the other courtyards on average, not to mention other food, everything is more than two hundred taels higher, and the expenses in the courtyard of the fourth sister alone have to be thousands of taels a month, and half of the money is missing. There are also Miss Zhang and her mother's yard, this comes and goes, plus other yards, not counting the outside communication, just these food and clothing expenses of our entire house every quarter are more than 30,000 taels, I specially went to ask, my grandmother's mansion is more than half larger than ours, not to mention more than many servants, food and clothing are not half of our family's spending. I just want to ask, where did the money go? ”

The cost of 30,000 taels a quarter is equivalent to 10,000 taels per month, even if you eat shark fin bird's nest and gargle your mouth and wear silk and satin, you can't spend it! In an ordinary Guogong Mansion, you can use 10,000 taels a quarter, and that's all up to the sky.

Liu Luo didn't take care of the accounts, but she didn't know how luxurious she was in the past, but the monthly expenses in her yard would not exceed one hundred and fifty taels, where did all this money go?