As soon as the words fell, Aunt Lan sighed faintly when she stood aside. hugged the four girls and said, "Poor one." I think that when the eldest girl saw her wife enter the door, and had a deep relationship with the mother and daughter of the second girl and the third girl, she thought of her mother. ”

When the eldest girl heard this, she glanced at Chen Shi and excused: "That's not the case. It's really the lamp spike that attracts the ashes and blinds the eyes. Auntie, don't talk nonsense. ”

Chen sneered, glanced at You Ziyu, and said in a weird manner: "Aunt Lan is not a fool. Your father said that Aunt Lan is the most gentle and considerate, and she has always been a roundworm in other people's stomachs. How can you say anything? ”

You Ziyu was very embarrassed when she said one sentence, and Aunt Lan was also annoyed in her heart, and she didn't know what to say when she was about to say something.

Chen simply stared at You Ziyu's eyes and said, "Didn't the master have something to explain to Aunt Lan?" While everyone is here, let's do our best. ”

When everyone heard this, they were not surprised, and they all looked at You Ziyu. You Ziyu originally wanted to talk to Aunt Lan in private, but was broken by Chen's words. had to throw away the original plan and told Aunt Lan that she wanted her to copy the scriptures instead of Chen's vegetarian and pray for the old lady.

Aunt Lan is a character who has been in the house for a long time, and after hearing this, she still doesn't know Chen's calculations. It's just that Chen's excuse is high-sounding, not to mention that he pulled in three more girls and invited You Ziyu as a lobbyist, but she couldn't refute it. At that moment, he could only respond happily, and said a few beautiful words to flatter the old lady. "Although the fourth girl is still young, she is also the granddaughter of the old lady, and since the first three sisters have to copy the scriptures and pray for blessings, she is not easy to be lazy." Although she is a villain, she can't stand it, and she copies a scripture every day, which is also her filial piety. ”

After You Ziyu heard this answer, she felt more and more that Aunt Lan was gentle and gentle, and her gaze at Aunt Lan also showed a little appreciation.

Seeing this, Aunt Lan lowered her head a little embarrassed, with a little shyness and timidity.

The Chen family couldn't see the aunt and concubine making such a foxy appearance to hook up with a man, and immediately sneered. He scolded in his heart, "I don't look at how old I am, I still do it like such a little daughter, it's disgusting", but he said in his mouth: "It is not only to worship the Buddha and copy the scriptures, vegetarian fasting, and to pray for the old lady, but also to be sincere." Ming'er instructed my family to clean up a Buddhist hall in the side room at the back of the main courtyard, and Aunt Lan would copy the scriptures in the Buddhist hall in the future. The soup to eat is also ordered to be made in the kitchen and sent in. ”

Since you are a vegetarian, you can't get fishy meat. Naturally, it is necessary to distinguish it from the food of other people in the prefecture.

After saying this, I thought of a few other girls who copied the scriptures. Afraid that Aunt Lan would take advantage of this, she hurriedly said: "The sisters are still young, and they are all growing up, so it's not good to not see meat in the food - copying the scriptures is to pray for the old lady, if you starve a few sisters because of this, it's not the original meaning." ”

Aunt is different, let alone a thirty-year-old person, it's nothing to eat lightly, even if there is anything, in front of the old lady and the master, Aunt Lan still dares to refute it?

Chen sneered in his heart, this kind of master who sells fame and reputation and loves to pretend to be virtuous is the best to deal with. On weekdays, I have been in front of everyone for a long time, and I don't need to take action in person, as long as I casually order two sentences in the name of filial piety, and the big hat is buttoned down, so that people can't refute it.

That's why it's hard to be a good person in this world. What's more, my heart is not very good, but I insist on pretending to be a good person?

Thinking of this, Chen couldn't help but gloat. deliberately in front of You Lao'an and You Ziyu, he opened his mouth and asked Aunt Lan: "This is also my selfish little idea. If you don't think it's right, or if you can't afford to eat or drink, that's fine. After all, the sage said well, do not do to others what you would not do to yourself. For example, I myself, when I was away from fish for a day, I felt as uncomfortable as a knife cutting the flesh on my body. I think my aunt is as meatless and unhappy as me, but it's not easy to force it. ”

In the early years, Chen followed his daughters to study with Mr. Wu, firstly, so that he could recognize a few more words, and in the future, it would be convenient for the housekeeper to read the account books and posts. Second, I also learned some idioms and poems that I thought were useful, thinking that the words of the reader were tricky and sharp, and sometimes they were used to gag people's mouths, which was the most appropriate. It was used on Aunt Lan's body today.

When Aunt Lan heard this, her face couldn't help but change. Her ancestral home is southerner, not to mention that she was born in a family of poets, scholars, and eunuchs since she was a child, and under the influence of her elders, her diet is relatively light on weekdays, and the You family knows it.

If this son refuses to eat vegetarian food according to Chen's words, I am afraid that the old lady will not believe it first, and even You Ziyu will be very disappointed. Aunt Lan was afraid that her bad behavior would cause You Ziyu to doubt her filial piety, so she knew that the Chen family had thought of a way to practice her, but she didn't dare to find it in person. just wanted her to fall into Chen's trap and be at her mercy, and she was unwilling. When he was hesitating and didn't know how to make a handover, he heard You Lao'an say: "Aunt Lan is just copying the scriptures for you, and she doesn't really want to become a monk and practice." And you don't have to go to the trouble of cleaning up the Buddha hall now. It's just the small Buddha hall in my courtyard that you can copy the scriptures. As for eating and eating, it should be distinguished so as not to collide with the Buddha. ”

You Lao'an opened her mouth, and Aunt Lan was dissatisfied, so she had to swallow it. It's just that he was indignant in his heart, and he still looked at You Ziyu with sad eyes. You Ziyu didn't think about it so much, he just thought that You Lao'an's instructions and Chen's instructions were all the meaning of the question, and immediately smiled and instructed Aunt Lan: "You have to copy the scriptures and pray for blessings, so that the Buddha can bless the old lady with a long life and good health, and then hold a big fat grandson." ”

This sentence is in line with the thoughts of You Lao'an people, and he can't stop laughing at the moment. He also instructed You Ziyu and Chen, "It's been a hard day, go back to your room and rest." You don't have to come over for dinner, you can just eat it in your room. ”

He also instructed the eldest sister, "You are the eldest sister, you are older than the first few younger sisters, and you must take good care of the younger sisters." The second sister and the third sister are just coming to our house, but I'm afraid that they are still a little timid, you have to pay more attention, don't restrain them. ”

The eldest girl sat in the upper room for a long time, except for the second sister who asked her a word, and Aunt Lan used her as a raft, she was like an invisible person. Now that I listened to You Lao'an's instructions, I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I hurriedly got up and responded: "Grandmother, don't worry, I will take care of it." ”

You Lao'an nodded with satisfaction, and then pulled the second sister and the third sister to ask some words, and then let everyone leave.

The youngest four girls were the most loved by their grandmothers and fathers on weekdays, but today they were ignored and tasted the taste of being left out. I was very dissatisfied. Hurriedly said: "Grandmother and father ignore me, I'm going to be angry." ”

You Lao'an has a grudge against Aunt Lan's actions of provoking Chen's attack and her henchman, but the fourth girl is her own granddaughter in the end, and she looks so big, and the treatment is different from Aunt Lan. At the moment, he smiled and beckoned the four girls to come forward, hugged her for a while, and then instructed the eldest girl Jixiang and Ruyi to open the box and take some things to coax the four girls to play. For a while, I thought of the two sisters from the Chen family, and I had to find two silver nine-link links to give to the second sister and the third sister.

The second sister and the third sister thanked with a smile, took over the nine rings, and saw the eldest girl standing aside silently, silent and peaceful, and was stunned.

That night, You Lao'an left the four girls to have dinner in the upper room, You Ziyu and his wife went back to the room to take care of themselves, and the eldest girl took the second sister and the third sister back to the room for dinner because of You Lao'an's instructions. It's just six dishes and one soup, the soup is sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup, and the dishes are four meat and two vegetarians. The second sister and the third sister ate too much for lunch, but they still didn't restrain themselves, so they ate less at night.

The eldest girl didn't know if it was because of her appetite or for other reasons, so she only used soup to soak rice, and she slightly entered half a bowl of two plates of vegetarian dishes, and called the maids in. He did not order the table to be removed, but only told the maids to eat supper with the rest of the dishes. The two girls must have been used to this kind of thing, so they thanked each other with a smile, took their share of the food, and stood at the table to eat.

The eldest girl took the second sister and the third sister into the room to have tea. The third sister had time to look at the eldest girl's house, but saw that the furnishings in the house were simple and simple, although it was not like a snow cave, but there were no toys. There is only a set of blue and white porcelain tea sets on the table, and only the most ordinary light gauze curtains are hung on the bed, which is very different from the embroidery room of the official lady. It's not as exquisite as the house that the You family cleaned up for the second sister and the third sister.

When the second sister saw this, she couldn't help but be shocked. glanced back at the third sister. The third sister didn't know what to say, so she could only sue the Chen family later.

The eldest girl thought that she was used to it, and she didn't care much, so she chatted with the second sister and the third sister again, and when she saw that it was getting late, they dispersed. The second sister went back to the room to rest, but the third sister performed the stunt of her own hands under the lamp to take stock of the accounts.

In the next few days, the Chen family still did not move, and every day, in addition to serving her husband in the morning and dusk to urge Aunt Lan and a few girls to copy the scriptures and pray for blessings, he was familiar with the rules of the house with the third sister and jointly participated in housekeeping matters. As for the words of the housekeepers' daughters-in-law who were either tempting or confessing their allegiance, they did not accept it. Only shirk "everything is to wait for the accounts and treasury to do the theory".

Unexpectedly, the more calm Chen was, the more uneasy the housekeeper daughters-in-law who had seen her temper became more and more uneasy. Even the few people who had made up their minds to sit on the wall and watch were a little unable to sit still, not to mention those grandmothers who had the idea of heating the stove, and even took some trivial things or thought they were important to report privately all day long.

Chen looked at it in his eyes and didn't say much.

Early this morning, the Chen family served You Ziyu to wash and dress, and went out to the court. I took a few sisters to the room to say goodbye and said a word. As soon as I returned to the main courtyard, there were several housekeepers and daughters-in-law of Qiu Jutong's legendary family who were waiting outside to meet their wives.

Chen called into the crowd, and the housekeepers and daughters-in-law first kowtowed to say goodbye, and then when they got up, they saw that Chen changed his attitude of not saying a word a few days ago, threw a few books at the feet of everyone, held the tea cup and lifted the tea lid to scrape the tea end, and took a sip unhurriedly, before saying: "The accounts are circled in red, and they are all wrongly spending." I know that you all have the idea of not holding the public accountable under the pretense of the law, or deceive me into being young, thinking that I can't stand things and can't settle accounts, and there are also some of you. ”

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly bent down and picked up the accounts, and looked through them one by one, but saw that all the greasy places in the accounts were circled, but some days were shallow, and even the evidence of the crime was attached to them, and some of them had been over the years, not to mention the evidence, but even they themselves couldn't remember clearly. Despite this, everyone was still impressed by Chen's method of checking and counting accounts, and some of the original contempt and contempt in their hearts were also dispelled. Busy opening his mouth or flattering or courting for affection.

Because they were afraid of Chen's temperament and character, even though some people relied on the old lady as their guarantor, they did not dare to suppress Chen in words. only blindly begged softly, and some disregarded decency, and complained about difficulties in front of everyone.

The reason why Chen's accounts are so rigorous is that he originally hit the idea of beating Liwei. What's more, most of the housekeepers and daughters-in-law inside are in charge of internal affairs, even if they are up and down, the things that are greedy for ink are limited, and they can't compare to the outside housekeepers and compradors who can cooperate with the inside and outside and make such a big deficit. That's why there's no need to shout and kill.

Seeing that everyone bowed their heads in submission, Chen no longer rambled and only said that today's events would be told to the old lady and the old man as they were, and listened to the instructions of the two. He also instructed everyone to work hard in the future, if something went wrong when she was in charge of the house, "Don't blame me for being selfless, and I won't be able to take care of the old face for three or four lifetimes." ”

is the so-called obedient and obedient, everyone saw Chen say this, they all thought that the boss would no longer pursue it, and they were busy thanking Dade for thanking Chen, and cursed and swore that he would be an errand in the future. Chen let everyone search for their stomachs and confess, until everyone was out of words, and then he made a big move-

First of all, it was made clear that the method of bookkeeping in the future needs to be jointly coordinated by the three parties, which is to supervise each other, and then according to the roster in the house and the errands of the stewards and grandmothers, the scope of responsibilities was clarified one by one, that is, someone is in charge of a certain place, and a certain person receives something, and a strict system of rewards and punishments was stipulated, and finally it was announced that according to the errand level of the stewards and girls, they could enjoy the level of "incorruptible silver".

After a line of measures, there were rewards and punishments, sticks and sweet dates, and everyone fell to the bottom of the valley and floated into the clouds for a while, and finally all of them were attracted by the "incorruptible silver" in Chen's mouth.

With such a benefit in vain, it will be used for life, and everyone will pay attention to the harsh arrangements of the pioneers, and they all kowtow to Chen to thank him. Even the few grandmothers who were afraid of Chen's methods before, for fear that Chen would find an excuse to masturbate their errands, couldn't help but be moved. After all, according to the new rules of the Chen family, it doesn't matter who they are, what matters is whether they can be serious and do their part.

Seeing that everyone was convinced, Chen waved his hand and told everyone to disperse first. He held the account book and went to the house to find You Lao'an. She had already said that she would not be able to theorize about the old affairs of Youfu, and how to punish the housekeepers who were greedy for ink before, all listened to the instructions of the old lady and the master.

You Lao'an became more and more merciful as she got older, and she was reluctant to send down the old man who had been with her for half her life, and seeing that Chen didn't say anything about it, she didn't mention it with a vague attitude. As for whether the Chen family will send those people promoted by Aunt Lan, You Lao'an doesn't care even more.

When Chen saw this, he didn't poke it. Putting down the account book, he mentioned the matter of the eldest girl.

"A few days ago, I went to her house to talk to her, only to see that she was like a snow cave in her room, and she was dressed up in her usual clothes, and she was also very plain, really not like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old lady. As a mother-in-law, although I am not her biological mother, I also have the responsibility of teaching and nurturing. So I wanted to consult with the old lady, so I opened the storeroom, picked out some good porcelain, Ayara, antiques, curtains, curtains, curtains, and curtains, and also decorated her house. Then pick a few horses of good colors and patterns, and make her a few good clothes, and make two sets of good heads. In the future, follow me out to meet guests, and you will not lose the face of our You family. ”

It's just that these things, the Chen family will not use their own ladder to fill people, and they must come out of the You family's public school. Because of the eldest girl's mother, the people of You Laoan don't like the eldest girl very much. It's just that I don't like it anymore, it's also her new granddaughter. I didn't pay attention to it on weekdays, but today the Chen family brought it up, and You Lao'an had to respond to her. He patted Chen's hand again and said, "Sure enough, you are a good one." I don't have much energy, so I don't pay much attention to these things. When Aunt Lan was the housekeeper, because she was full of heart on the four girls, she was afraid and never paid attention. It can be seen that this is the human heart, just looking at what she said is useless, you have to taste it carefully from your daily life. ”

Chen just smiled when he heard You Laoanren's words. Because he said, "This is one piece for the eldest girl to clean up the house and make clothes." I'm thinking...... The eldest girl is also sixteen or seventeen years old this year, and in addition to a nursing mother, there are only a few girls by her side. There is no nurturing grandmother to teach her. It just so happened that my brother had received the grace of the prince and invited a grandmother from the East Palace to teach Sister Wan the rules. The meaning of the brother and sister-in-law is to ask the second sister and the third sister to go back to study. I thought that my eldest sister was also older, so I might as well go back with her. When I talk about marriage in the future, I heard that I have learned the rules from the grandmother in the palace, and it is also decent. How does the old lady feel? ”

When You Lao'an heard this, there was nothing wrong with it, and he immediately responded with a smile. Because I thought of the four girls, they were already clever and transparent, and if they learned the rules, wouldn't they be even more lovable. He mentioned it to Chen.

Unexpectedly, Chen just smiled faintly and said casually: "The fourth girl is only five years old this year, and she is delicate and expensive, she is the age of playfulness, where can she eat the hard work of learning the rules." What's more, my brother invited the grandmother in the palace to come, originally thinking of teaching Sister Wan'er the rules, so that Sister Wan'er would leave the cabinet two years later. The second sister and the third sister followed back, and they also accompanied the prince to study. I was thinking that the eldest girl was getting older, and she was born stable and stable, and she was no longer the kind of person who pinched the tip and sold quickly, so I opened my mouth with my brother and sister-in-law. This is already excessive. After all, there is only one grandmother from the palace, and she is so old, how much energy do you have? Teaching one more person is more involved. The old lady wants me to take the four girls again, how can I speak? ”

To put it mildly, if it weren't for the fear that I would only take the second sister and the third sister back to learn the rules, it would make the people of the You family uncomfortable. When the time comes, she will ask her to be passive, so that Chen will not take the initiative to ask the eldest girl to learn the rules. After all, mutton can't stick to dogs, and it's not a seed that crawls out of her belly, so why bother planning for them. But if you can look at it on the face, it's over.

What's more, the four girls are still a concubine, and her aunt is so good, it is obvious that she is not familiar with it. Chan was lazier and bothered.

When You Lao'an saw Chen say this, he had no choice but to give up.

In the evening, You Ziyu's family came, and after dinner, he went back to his room to rest, and he was not surprised to see the housekeeping rules written by Chen and his third sister. Until he saw the benefits of the compradors in the outer courtyard who were greedy for ink and hidden in the account book, his face sank.

Seeing this, the Chen family even built a bridge and said: "Good ability, the things that have been greedy all these years are comparable to your You family's three points of belongings." ”