After a few days of care, the Lin family's house swept away the previous desertion and became full of popularity. Although Lin Qingyun is only the righteous daughter of the Lin family, she has the attention of the Lin family's father and daughter, and she is the only master in charge of the huge mansion.

At this moment, she was looking at the roster in the house, there were new people in the house before, and Uncle Chen was in charge of the people who entered the front yard, and she was in charge of the inner house. There are few masters in the family, and the addition of people is to prepare for Lin Ruhai's future trip to Beijing, and secondly, to increase popularity. Most of the new recruits are in charge of miscellaneous things such as sprinkling and sweeping in the yard and flowers and plants in the garden, and after a few days of observation, they can be regarded as understanding the rules.

"Big girl, Sister Egret is back." The little maid at the bottom came in and came back.

She got up early and inspected all parts of the house, and there was no omission or inappropriateness, so she ordered Bailu to take a few people to Jia's house, send Daiyu some fresh melons and fruits, and invite Daiyu to go back to the house to live by the way.

"Big girl." When the egret came in, she replied, "The girl is very happy to learn that the house has been cleaned up, and she can't wait to come back immediately." When I came back, the girl had asked the old lady of Jia's house, said the reason, and invited the three girls of the Jia family to come to the house to enjoy the flowers, and the old lady Jia agreed, saying that the second grandmother would send the girls over three days later. ”

"Mrs. Jia didn't mention anything else?" Qingyun immediately wondered, could Jia Baoyu come crookedly when she encountered such a thing?

"I didn't mention anything else, the eldest girl means ......" The egret was puzzled at first, and then seemed to think of something, frowned and said: "There is a ridiculous thing, the girl said that she was going to come back, and the second master of Jia Jiabao heard about it, and she begged Mrs. Jia to come too." The girl said that there is no male master in our house, and it is inconvenient to entertain, Bao Er Ye said that the girl is not vulgar, and she is aggrieved and has a bad temperament with the girl, even Mrs. Jia coaxed Bao Er Ye to let him come, fortunately, Mama Zhou brought out the rules, and Bao Er Ye gave up in a hurry, but looked at Mrs. Jia's face was not very good-looking. ”

This is Jia Baoyu's true character, as for Jia's mother, don't mention it.

Qingyun said with a smile: "You will know after a long time in the future, that Jia Jiabao's second master is such a temperament, since he was a child, he loves to mix in his daughter's pile, and he is not taboo to sit and lie down, but he has no bad intentions." ”

The egret had also heard some rumors about Jia Jiabao's second master, but he was even more surprised when he saw it with his own eyes.

Qingyun said: "Since the girls of the Jia family are coming, the small banquet must be prepared, and the listening Yuxuan will be cleaned up, so that the girls of the Jia family can stay for two days." ”

The egret wrote them down one by one and asked, "How will the feast be prepared at that time?" ”

"The Bibo Pavilion in the garden is facing the pond full of blue lotus, and there is a pomegranate tree that blooms just right. Maybe my sister has seen the poetic atmosphere, and it will be easy to spread out when the time comes, so that the girls can lay paper and grind to make poems. Then Qingyun carefully explained how to set up the table, what dishes to prepare, refreshments, and so on.

After finishing this matter, Lin Qingyun was idle.

Her concept of governing the family was influenced by Daiyu and pursued "rule by inaction". The two examined the pros and cons when they were housekeepers for the first time, and combined with the actual situation, they appropriately adjusted the Lin family's earlier housekeeping rules and reformulated a set of rules. Daiyu was naturally intelligent and thoughtful, and felt that the Taoist concept was very agreeable, so he told her. She feels that this is very convenient, neither will the people under her be blinded, nor will she be tired of doing everything herself, just like the management of the enterprise layer by layer, they only need to manage the top level of the housekeeper, coupled with strict rules and regulations, it is natural to make the entire mansion operate, and there are fewer omissions.

In the main room of the courtyard, one is used as a bedroom, half of the ear room is used as a small storeroom, the middle is a hall, and the one on the right is packed up and arranged into a study. The Lin family is the only one who has a lot of books, the Lin family's father and daughter and even the deceased Jia Min love books, and Qingyun also likes to read, not to mention that there is no pastime on weekdays except reading and painting.

Spreading out the new paper, I was going to pass the time with a fine brush, but after a few strokes, it was no longer interesting.

"The girl looks a little irritable, but she feels bored?" The egret brought the incense piece, and just saw her throwing down the pen and standing in front of the window in a daze.

Qingyun took two sips of the incense slice, and the fragrance of jasmine filled her mouth.

After all, she is not an ancient, she doesn't understand tea, and she usually drinks only jasmine tea, and she likes the aroma of jasmine very much. When she got here, flower tea is also known as fragrant tablets, even if it is not as expensive and elegant as the tea next to her, she has not changed it. Daiyu saw that she liked it, and specially found the best incense pieces to give her, and there were also a lot of flower and fruit teas. It's a pity that I can't find a good glass pot, otherwise I can't use a glass pot to cook flower tea, which is full of color, flavor and flavor, isn't it very elegant.

mentioned Daiyu and remembered something, and said: "My sister gave me a purse when I got off the boat, you go and get it." ”

The egret turned around and went for a while, and when he came back, he was holding a blue purse with moonlight on the lotus pond, and the embroidery work on it was very exquisite, which was made by Daiyu herself. Qingyun took the purse, reached out and touched it, and took out a few silver tickets from it, totaling 1,000 taels.

"This is ......" Egret was taken aback, and then guessed what was going on, and couldn't help but sigh that the two girls really had a deep friendship.

The 10,000 silver given by Lin Ruhai is the cost of the two sisters, and they don't care about the daily expenses of the house's repairs and purchases, so now the directors of Qingyun's housekeepers should all be official silver. If there are other private expenses, she has her own monthly money of five taels per month, and some given by Mrs. Zhang's family before, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation are all from the official, and there is no shortage of money, but Daiyu is still worried that she is not enough, so she specially hid a thousand silver tickets in a purse and gave it to her.

She did need the money to do things, but she was hesitant to use the money.

Maybe it's hypocrisy, but I always feel that it's not appropriate, and after thinking about it again, I finally made a decision. Now she owes the Lin family too much, and what she enjoys now is not counted, but I am afraid that in the future, the Lin family will have to worry about her dowry for the rest of her life, so what if she has backbone? It's better to write down this kindness and try to reciprocate it later.

When she was idle on the ship, she had seen several shops that Jia Min had left in Beijing, a silk and satin village, a jewelry store, and a restaurant, all of which had mediocre business. The reason why Jia Min kept these shops back then was to consider returning to Beijing in the future, but unfortunately he couldn't go back until he died. Qingyun has no special talent in business, and his current identity is not light, so after several considerations, he selected someone and prepared to open a bookstore. Scholars are noble, so one day outsiders know that the owner of the book house is themselves, and it has little impact, as for the book house to make a profit, the book house is just a medium, and there is another way to really make money.

"Egret, I heard that your brother intends to go to Beijing?"

Earlier, she had learned about the maids around her and knew their respective situations. Egret is a child of the family, her parents are old people of the Lin family, and there is an elder brother who is five years older than her, twenty this year, and his name is Ye Song. A few years ago, Ye Song had a serious illness, and although he recovered, his body collapsed and he couldn't do heavy work, so there was no errand in the house. Ye Song couldn't be idle, and he couldn't let his parents raise him with peace of mind, so he begged Fu Bo Kaien to let him go out and find a job outside to make a living.

The egret frowned and said, "Yes." My brother hurt his foundation back then, and he couldn't do many things, not to mention that now that he has a little nephew in the family, the expenses are getting bigger and bigger. This time, I heard that Uncle Chen brought someone to Beijing, and he had the intention to ask for an errand, but it was not so easy. ”

Qingyun smiled: "Why didn't I see you come to beg me?" It's hard to understand that I can't be the master. ”

The egret hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't dare, the girl doesn't make fun of me." I know my brother, although he is really diligent and capable, but he is really dragged down by his body, how can I open my mouth. I just thought that I didn't have anything to spend, and the money I saved would help my family, but my brother refused to accept it, and I had to keep it for myself. ”

"Your brother wants you to keep the dowry."

"Girl, you're talking nonsense again!" The egret blushed and was ashamed.

Qingyun hurriedly said: "It's me talking nonsense, I asked your brother, but there is an errand to find him, but I don't know if he is willing?" ”

Egret is a person who serves closely, and for so long he has known her temperament, and he knows that she is □□ accurate when he says this, and he is full of joy at the moment, and he is busy saying: "It's hard for the girl to think of her brother, but whenever the girl opens her mouth, my brother is no longer unwilling." The girl just commanded. ”

Qingyun had already made up her mind, so she stopped going around in circles, and said directly: "I plan to build a small shop in Beijing and make a bookstore, if your brother is interested, he will come over to take care of it for me, and I will use it with your sister-in-law." There is only one thing, your brother is not the Lin family now, and your sister-in-law is not, if you want to do things with me, you have to sign a deed. ”

The egret looked relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "This is the grace of the girl." If you want to help the girl do things, you naturally have to sign a deed, so that the brother and sister-in-law can also do it safely. ”

"That's good, someone will send a letter to Yangzhou in two days, you bring a letter to your brother and ask him to come over as much as possible." Qingyun proposed to ask for a deed, firstly, to reassure himself, and secondly, to understand the psychology of the people here. Previously, Ye Song was seriously ill and had just recovered from an errand, if he couldn't go elsewhere to do things for the Lin family, so he begged Fu Bo to be released, and now a few years have passed, for a living, I am afraid that Ye Song is more willing to sell himself to the Lin family again.

The egret got this happy event and thanked him again and again.

"You go and find Uncle Chen, I have something to ask him." Qingyun Road.

"Yes." Egret asked Acacia to come in to serve, and he personally went to invite Uncle Chen.

After a while, the egret invited Uncle Chen, and because men and women avoided it, Uncle Chen only stood outside the door of the study, separated by a gauze curtain full of shadows. Uncle Chen was originally the second housekeeper of the Lin family, but he was cultivated by Fu Bo □□ single-handedly, and he was very profitable.

"Uncle Chen came over for a trip, but I didn't understand something, so I asked Uncle Chen to ask." Qingyun's words were polite.

Hearing this, Uncle Chen hurriedly bowed down and replied, "The eldest girl has something to do, just give orders." ”

"It's not our business, it's my personal matter." Qingyun knew that Uncle Chen had to report to Fu Bo about all the big and small things here, and Fu Bo would naturally tell Lin Ruhai according to the situation, and besides, she didn't want to hide this idea from Lin Ruhai or Daiyu, so she said it calmly: "I want to shop in the capital, just as a boring pastime, to pass the time." I came to you to ask, how much money does it cost to buy a shop? ”

Uncle Chen was slightly surprised, but he didn't question it, and only replied responsibly: "I didn't inquire about this matter, if the eldest girl is interested, the slave will go out and ask carefully." ”

"Let's talk about it first."

"Back to the eldest girl, it depends on the location and size of the shop, it is really difficult to say, and the capital is worth every inch of land, if it is a good shop, I am afraid that it will be difficult to buy it with silver." Uncle Chen: This is the truth.

Qingyun pondered for a moment and said, "What you said is reasonable. So, you go and inquire immediately, you don't have to be in the bustling main street, the side street next to it, shop, I plan to open a bookstore, although it doesn't have to be big, but it is best to have a small courtyard. ”

"Yes." Uncle Chen responded, and there was nothing to do in the house at the moment, so he personally took someone to find a reliable dental shop to do this errand.

I thought it would take a few days to do this, but I got a reply two days later, Uncle Chen found a tooth shop and ran it in person, selected three, and reported it to her for decision. Qingyun listened to Uncle Chen, but always wanted to see it with his own eyes, so he ordered to prepare the car, only taking two egret larks, and Uncle Chen accompanied him out.

The first one is located in a very good location, it is actually on the main street, with three doors and two floors with a small courtyard, which is very spacious, and it was originally a restaurant. It's a pity that the asking price is extremely high, and there is no counteroffer at all, anyway, the other party is not worried about not being able to sell. Qingyun didn't delay when she saw it, she just said to look at the next one. The second location is also good, next to the main street, two doors, single-storey, but there is no small courtyard, Qingyun felt bad, and went to see the third one. The third family is on the side street, and it can't walk a few steps from the main street, with two half-door faces and two floors with small courtyards, and the price is more than 400 taels of silver.

Lin Qingyun wore a hat and walked around the room in person, thinking it was very good.

Uncle Chen said: "If the eldest girl is satisfied, this price can be negotiated again, but there is a decades-old bookstore opposite, and there are many shops of similar size near the left, and new shops will open every three or five days." ”

Uncle Chen's implication is that the competition is too fierce, and many shops are unable to continue to close.

Qingyun's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "It's okay, it's good to have competition." If you talk about the price, this shop is good, but more than 400 taels is too high. ”

Uncle Chen went to negotiate with the dental store, and the dental store negotiated with the landlord and finally settled on a price. Uncle Chen came over to report: "Big girl, the owner of the house agreed to change hands for three hundred and eighty taels, but there was nothing in the room. ”

"I didn't need those things, just three hundred and eighty taels." Qingyun finalized, and Egret gave the silver ticket to Uncle Chen.

The tooth shop accompanied him to the silver village to exchange huàn silver, after all, compared to silver tickets, cash silver is more reliable. After two cases with the landlord, the two parties took the deed to the yamen to transfer the property, paid the commission of the tooth shop, and the matter was settled.

Waiting for Uncle Chen to turn back, Qingyun already had a plan according to the specifications of the shop: "I've worked hard for Uncle Chen today, but I still have to bother Uncle Chen again." I'm going to renovate this house and add a few more things. ”

Qingyun wants to open a library, and the two and a half rooms are very spacious and not separated. Imitating the model of a modern bookstore, there is a bookcase on the left and right against the wall, and a square half-person high bookcase in the middle. The counter is located in the middle of the door, and you can also choose some elegant seasonal flowers and plants such as plum orchids, bamboo chrysanthemums, etc., and you can enter the second floor along the stairs, and different study rooms can be set up on the second floor.

Uncle Chen sounds fresh, I'm afraid it's very popular with the students, but it's just ......

Uncle Chen hesitated: "The eldest girl's move is really good, but it costs a lot of money, but I'm afraid that the income and expenditure in the store will be difficult to balance." ”

In short, it's a loss-making deal.

Qingyun nodded and said, "I also know this, so I didn't think about making money by selling books." There is a tea room and pastry room in the back courtyard, and the books in the store are taken by people, but the study room on the second floor is to charge some fees, so that you can enjoy the basic tea and snacks and indoor furnishings, if you want tea and snacks, you will have to make the corresponding fee. ”

Uncle Chen thought about it, and said with a smile: "The eldest girl's method is good, new and interesting, literati and students can't get together without tea, no wonder the girl said that she doesn't make money by selling books." He said, "This move will definitely be done, but in this way, other families will follow, and then it will be difficult to do business." ”

"There have been trends since ancient times, how can you avoid it, but Uncle Chen looks at those century-old shops, why can they stand?" Qingyun had already thought about this problem, and said slowly: "Anyone can steal the same model, but our family has seized the opportunity, and it is different in the hearts of readers." In addition, our tea and dim sum must have their own characteristics and secret recipes, so as not to be confused with others, and on the other hand, we must always innovate in business to benefit customers. ”

Uncle Chen didn't seem to understand it, but he felt that it was reasonable, and he was very touched: "What the eldest girl is worried about." Since the eldest girl already has an idea, just give it orders. ”

"I'm tired of Uncle Chen." Qingyun thanked him in his mouth, and planned to wait for the matter to be done and seal a red envelope at one time as a reward.