Chapter 218: The storage expert strikes again
At lunchtime, Bai Ko returned to the courtyard and heard that the second lady had punished Guan Xiumei and them with five boards each, so she just sneered and didn't say anything.
It's okay all afternoon, only the little girl who came to the back cover building to wash her underwear, accidentally dropped her piece of housework pancreas into the drainage ditch and couldn't catch it, Bai Ko gave her a new one, turned around and said goodbye, there were not many spare parts in her hand, thinking about keeping all the frying waste oil on the day of the ninth banquet, and when the prince entered the school, she had time to make pancreas every day.
This housework pancreas made of waste oil was well received by the girls as soon as it was taken out, square, easy to use, and much heavier than the pancreatic balls bought on the street.
At snack time in the afternoon, the sixth young master came over to eat with his brother as usual, bringing fresh news, and the district family just wrote to say that they would send things over tomorrow.
Gu Yun couldn't help but sigh with his younger brother, and the district family was also afraid of long nights and dreams.
As a result, before the dim sum was finished, Shui Zhen came over to ask Gu Yun for Bai Ko's support, and lived in the back cover of Jicheng Hall for these days, and even the three of their masters and servants knew that Bai Ko was the best at tidying up and putting things away.
With Gu Yun's approval, Shui Zhen immediately went to the small kitchen to ask Bai Ko for help, so Bai Ko washed her hands, first went back to her room to get a pen, and then followed Shui Zhen to see Gu Hui and Aunt Rong.
Aunt Rong stood on the second floor, saw Bai Ko coming, warmly welcomed her upstairs, and pulled her into the house to take a seat.
Bai Ko greeted Gu Hui with a smile, but the girl was still dumbfounded, and she didn't react to Bai Ko's greeting.
Shui Zhen took Gu Hui and sat down at the table, watching how Bai Qi took care of the housework on their side, whether Gu Hui understood it or not, as long as she watched.
In addition to the letter telling them to send things over tomorrow, the district family also sent Aunt Rong's property box back, in addition to the original things, there is also a supplementary list in the box, compared with the dowry list, those dowries are less and the same must be recovered, and those who can't be recovered will lose money, and a penny is not cheap for the former in-laws.
Aunt Rong also showed her family's letter to Bai Ko, Gu Xiaoshan was under house arrest at home, and there were servants from Yingtianfu guarding the front and rear gates, and even the family members had to check whether there were entrainments when they went in and out every day, so it was a lot of convenience for the district family to sort out the property, stuff some tea money for the errand officers, and ask them to be a witness, not afraid of Gu Xiaoshan's old husband and wife playing tricks, and asking them to spit out the missing things on the spot.
After reading the letter, Bai Ko looked at the supplementary list again, and all the valuables were lost, what a full set of treasured heads, precious hardwood furniture, and antique treasures, all of which were good things that could be realized and sรจ, because they could not be recovered, the district family naturally forced Gu Xiaoshan's in-laws to compensate according to the price.
"The eldest lady said that this whole back cover building will be for the three of us to live in from now on, all the empty rooms are our own masters, and the keys have been given, and now I will send the white steward to help put it down, I thank you here in advance."
"Aunt Rong, don't be busy thanking you first, what are the big items in the list that take up special space? Like a cabinet or something? โ
"On the day of the dowry, there were more than a dozen porters who picked the bed, and the carpenter took up half of the room after putting the bed up. At first, their family was very happy, and the relatives who came home praised the bed for being good, but later they thought that the bed was too big and too much of a hindrance, and even the girl complained that the bed was so big that it was difficult to clean. โ
"The bed must have been reassembled and sent over, right?"
"Naturally, yes, otherwise you won't even be able to get out of the door."
"Well, just use one room for your bed, and if it's not full, stuff the cupboards in, and put all the other small things in the cupboards and boxes except for clothes. In fact, the most troublesome thing is the clothes of the four seasons, so the basic principle is to put heavy large pieces of furniture and items of average value and infrequently used on the first floor, and antique calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, and daily clothes on the second floor. The advantage of putting the clothes you don't wear on the first floor is that you can move to the yard to bask in the sun at any time, and if you put them on the second floor together, this can be enough to move up and down. โ
"It's all up to you, you can arrange it, new racks and baskets, buy what you lack, and it's not bad for money."
"Aunt Rong, I just like cheerful people."
Bai Ko smiled and stood up with the list.
"Let's take a look at the empty rooms."
Shui Zhen hurriedly went to get the key, Aunt Rong took her daughter, and the four of them first went around the second floor, opened each locked room and took a look, and then opened the door and window for ventilation.
Since the two young ladies of the long room got married one after another, the back cover building has been idle, and only a few rooms have been reserved on the second floor as guest rooms when relatives and daughters come to the house, and now it has naturally become the room of Gu Hui's three people, and the rest of the rooms are empty, saving the trouble of re-vacating the place, and simply sprinkling water and dusting and sweeping the floor.
He walked upstairs and downstairs, keeping in mind the number of unused rooms, and compared with the number of items on the dowry list, he roughly planned what could be placed in a room, and then wrote them on paper, pasted them, and pasted them on the doors of each room, leaving two rooms for the bed that occupied the area.
Aunt Rong's dowry clothes are locked in boxes, the master is weak and the servants are bullying, and the previous girls are too lazy to dry boxes of clothes, so there are many clothes that have not seen the sun for a long time, and I don't know if some precious fabrics will have insects.
Bai Ko knew that the three of their masters and servants could only be regarded as two laborers, and they would definitely not be able to dry those clothes in the future, so she drew a sketch for Aunt Rong, customized hangers with pulleys and multi-layer drying racks, and hung up all the clothes that were all kinds of clothes that they were no longer wearing, covered with dust cloths, and pushed out to bask in the sun on sunny days.
Aunt Rong and Shui Zhen watched dumbfounded as Bai Ko drew a sketch on the spot, and after figuring out the structure and how to use it, they happily accepted it, and when the district family came to deliver something tomorrow, they asked them to find a carpenter.
As soon as Bai Ko did this, the time came in the evening, Aunt Rong thanked and apologized, delayed the time to cook for the prince, and personally sent Bai Ko to the corner gate to see her leave.
When passing by the kitchen, Bai Ko reported a few names of the dishes and told the girls to pack up the ingredients, and then she went back to her house for a turn, and when she came out, she met Gu Yun who was waiting to listen to the gossip under the porch, so she took a moment to talk back to him before hurrying to the kitchen.
Continuing to have nothing to do in the evening, Gu Yun collected his heart and warmed his books, preparing for the first time when he entered the mansion to study, and Bai Ko went back to the house to read when he was free.
Those bookkeeping and tax law books are difficult to buy on the street, so they can only rely on the master and apprentice father and son from generation to generation, Yan Bo lent such a valuable book, Bai Ko naturally cherished it, every day to try to squeeze out a little time to read a few pages, but also to practice the plan, and even have a special exercise book, there are answers, just practice repeatedly.
(Author's note: Because it's on the shelves today, it's still three more, at 16 o'clock in the afternoon, add a new chapter.) ๏ผ