Now it is said that You Ziyu was greedy for money and expenses by the compradors outside, and he was tyrannical and domineering in the name of his master, ignoring the law, which caused his official prestige and reputation to be damaged. In addition to the thunder, he really sent a lot of minions. The vacant vacancies should naturally be filled by more honest, loyal and clever errands.

Now it is the Chen family who is in charge of the inner house, not to mention that the reason why You Ziyu is so nameless is because of the Chen family's planning. When many people saw this scene, they couldn't help but be shocked and frightened. is even more greedy for the opportunity of the superior, in order to be familiar with the face, he naturally often comes to honor the Chen family, or asks for flattery from time to time. Chen didn't notice it at first, but then he understood, and he felt funny. After thinking about it, he took the roster of his family to You Lao'an and asked the old lady what he meant.

Among the minions sent this time, two of them were the henchmen of You Lao'an. Relying on the favor of the old lady, he did everything outside, and almost forced his life. You Ziyu therefore kicked people out of the You family, and even if You Lao'an was reluctant, he didn't have the face to beg for favor with his son. Seeing Chen come over to say goodbye today, I became more and more embarrassed.

Chen Shi didn't realize it, pointed to Pan Youliang in the roster and smiled at You Lao'an: "The chief manager of the mansion was fined and sent out by the master because he was taking advantage of the lawsuit outside and taking over the lawsuit. Now that the position of steward is vacant, it is not good. After all, the lord is an official, and there are a lot of things to give gifts on weekdays. I'm an inner housewoman, so it's not good to interfere too much in external affairs. It doesn't look like it to outsiders. In the past few days, I have been looking coldly, this Pan Youliang is honest and loyal. What's more, her old lady has been serving her for a long time, and she will not make mistakes in the rules. I wonder what the old lady thinks? ”

This Pan Youliang is the eldest son of Mama Pan, who is the companion of You Lao'an, and he is in his forties this year. Since childhood, he has been accompanying the master. Previously, he had been in charge of You Ziyu's study, and concurrently served as the second head of the house. The communication outside is also clear. A few days ago, the Chen family sent someone to search for the evidence of the crime of the comprador of the public steward of Youfu, although this Pan Youliang was a little greedy for ink, but he did not rely on the power of his master to oppress the people and act as a prestige. This alone is good in nature. What's more, he has dignity in front of the old lady and the old man, and it is not only reasonable for him to succeed him as the head of Youfu. It also pleases the old lady and the old man.

You Laoan never thought that the Chen family would recommend Pan Youliang to the position of chief manager, and he couldn't react for a while. After thinking for a long time, he said: "The outer courtyard is not as good as the inner house, and your master must approve all the big and small affairs." We can't arrange it for him. ”

When Chen heard You Lao'an say this, he smiled and said, "The old lady is the most worried. This Pan Youliang has followed the master since he was a child, not to mention that he was in charge of the master's outer study before, and he is the second head of the house, and it is only appropriate for him to succeed him as the head manager. The old man didn't say much. ”

And that is true. You Lao'an thought about it for a while, and originally felt that the matter of interrogating her subordinates had swept her face. Now the Chen family has arranged for her roommate, Mama Pan's son, to succeed him as the chief manager. After coming and going, the power of the You Laoan people in the mansion was not weakened, but they were one step closer than before. It can be seen that although Chen has the heart to eliminate fraud and seize power, he never thought of fighting with her, and he must toss a situation where "the east wind overwhelms the west wind". Even so, she should also repay the favor with some benefits from the Chen family.

You Lao'an thought to the wall, and the wall fell on the roster. He smiled in his mouth: "I remember that when you entered the door, you also brought four people with you." What are you doing now? ”

The Chen family might as well ask this question from the Lao An people, and couldn't help but laugh and say: "The family is in charge of the grange flower garden, and now lives outside the city. One is in charge of the storefront, and it is also outside. I arranged for the remaining two to listen to errands outside the second gate, and the people in my room wanted to buy some odds and ends, or send them back to their parents' house to spread the word, but I didn't have to trouble the people outside. In addition, now that the business of the shop is good, the supply of rouge powder is in short supply, so I thought about buying two more flower beds after the New Year, sending a family to take care of the flowers and plants in the garden, and next year there will be more inputs. ”

Chen's words are good, but he listened to the advice of the third sister, and he didn't want to □□take advantage of the fat shortage of his family, who had been with him too early. lest people talk about the reason why Chen's big article to collect criminal evidence is to exclude dissidents.

Sure enough, You Lao'an didn't say anything, but he still had some thoughts first. Hearing Chen's arrangement, I realized that I wanted to be left, and I was a little embarrassed at the moment. hurriedly opened his mouth and smiled: "I know that the business of your shop is good, and it is also appropriate to have more people to help." It's just that there is such a big thing in our house now, and it is when there is a shortage of people, you have good people, and you don't want to help the house, but send them outside, thinking that they are not the same as us. ”

That's a big deal. When Chen heard this, he hurriedly opened his mouth to confess himself. Because he said, "There are many people in the house. It's just that the leader sent a batch, and then found a good one. After all, the golden hairpin fell into the well, and it couldn't be cheaper than others. My young man is a new daughter-in-law who has just entered the door. If I take advantage of this moment to suddenly place my own people in a good place, and the people below see it, they will not say that I am not avoiding my relatives, but only because I am looking for a way to send them away in order to install myself. Wouldn't I be covered with my mouth and couldn't tell? ”

The Chen family just confessed to the words of the third sister, but unexpectedly, the words were right in the heart of You Lao'an, and he couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly said: "This doesn't make sense. The slaves who have always betrayed their masters and deceived their subordinates are either thrown out or killed directly. We are not the only ones who have such a thing. Now that you have the heart to grow old, you shouldn't have done something like that in the first place. If they are really good, who will have enough to live with them? It can be seen that they did the intolerable bad things first, and only then did they find them and not send them away. Since you have sent people to leave vacancies, you should find good ones to fill them. Now I look at your companion rooms are very good, and now there is no need to talk about the errand outside, but you can't leave it at will if you stay at home. I have a business that I need them to control before I can be reassured. ”

After that, because he mentioned the matter of being in charge of the land rent in the spring and autumn seasons of the house. The steward of the pioneer was sent away by You Ziyu because he put the money outside, forcing people to sell their sons and daughters to pay off their debts, and now they happen to vacate this vacancy. You Lao'an originally thought that the people who promoted themselves took up this matter, but they didn't expect Chen to mention Pan Youliang as the chief manager. In this case, it is not good for You Lao'an people to raise it again, so as not to eat too ugly. caused his son to be dissatisfied.

This one is really a fat shortage, even the Chen family never thought of it. Hearing that You Lao'an mentioned yì like this, she was startled at first, and hurriedly opened her mouth to shirk it.

Seeing this, You Lao'an insisted on taking this fat shortage to the Chen family. Because he said: "I think you are too careful, and you are afraid that the people below will chew the root of your tongue." It is not necessary, I arranged this matter, and they should have any objection to ask them to come and talk to me. You don't have to excuse yourself. Reasoning, you are now the housekeeper wife of our family, if your roommates are all out on errands, or running errands on the second door, it will not be like being looked at. It's just that my mother-in-law is hateful, as if I can't allow my daughter-in-law to be in power. If you are at ease with my reputation, you should not agree. ”

You Lao'an has talked to this point, and it is not good for Chen to shirk it. I had to smile and respond, but my heart was beautiful.

When I looked back and talked to the third sister, the first thing the third sister thought of was how to appease the family who was left on an errand outside the second gate. As the saying goes, if you don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from unevenness, they are all Chen's companions, and the other three families are all fat, and only this one has been reduced to an errand runner. In the long run, I am afraid that the gap in my heart is too big, and I don't dare to do anything on the surface, and I will complain behind my back.

The third sister is not afraid of them complaining. It's just that you can handle things properly, and if you have to make contradictions, that's what a fool does.

Chen didn't understand why the third sister frowned when she heard the good news, and her face was solemn. After listening to the third sister's words, she couldn't help but be funny, and said disapprovingly: "It's good, they are all slaves of our family." It is grace to be promoted, and it is necessary to do your duty if you are not promoted. It's all like you think, we can't be busy with the lawsuit for them as the master, and we can't live anymore? ”

The third sister did not agree with Chen's words, and still thought of a solution. In the end, it was the eldest girl's words that relieved the third sister's mind and came up with another idea.

But it was Chen who talked to the third sister, and seeing that the words were not speculative, he didn't bother to pay attention to the third sister who drilled the horns, so he went back to the room to rest, and the eldest girl came to talk to the second sister and the third sister when she had nothing to do. At that time, the second sister and the third sister were reading and practicing calligraphy in the third sister's room to pass the time.

The second sister and the third sister only then knew that because the eldest girl was not favored in the house, and her mother went early, she didn't read a few books seriously. Now I just know a few words, I can write my name, read the posts, and don't be blind.

Seeing that the eldest girl admired the two of them so much, the second sister was soft-hearted, so she had to smile and discuss with the eldest girl, and she could teach the eldest girl to read in her spare time. Tell the eldest girl to come over every morning to practice words with them.

When the eldest girl heard this, she was naturally overjoyed. This attitude touched the hearts of the third sister. And I thought of the idea of subduing everyone.

At dinner time, the third sister whispered this idea to Chen. Although the Chen family attaches too much importance to the third sister, the matter of several families accompanying the room is disagreed. But she also understands that to win people's hearts, you need a bowl of water to level the role. At the moment, I responded to what the third sister said.

Early the next morning, the Chen family served You Ziyu to wash and dress, and after dinner, he sent someone to call into the two families who were on errand in the second door, and explained that he intended to bring one person to take charge of the land rent in the spring and autumn of the house. Before the two companions could react, he said, "You all follow me, as long as you are faithful, I will naturally be indispensable to your benefits." I also know that now He Cai and Liang Rui are in charge of the sale of the fields outside, and you are looking at it. Now another person has been promoted to manage the rent of the house, and the rest feel even more unfair. I know all these things. The same person is me, and the treatment is not too different. So I thought, no matter which of you you are, if you are willing to stay in the second door as an errand, I will not treat you lightly. At the beginning of spring next year, I will pick your children - some of them are smart and transparent, and follow Brother Ju'er back to school. In the future, if I give birth to a brother, I will definitely choose him to accompany him. In the future, he will also take care of his brother's study and social contacts. Before that, this kid had been learning some rules and manners from Brother Huan. In the future, Brother Huan will be admitted to the pediatric examination, and if he sees him, it is not known whether he will have a different creation. ”

In fact, according to the meaning of the third sister, she is thinking about choosing the remaining children of the family to go back to school to study, if the books are good, the family will make great contributions in the future, that is, it is not impossible to let that brother go out to take a scientific examination to be an official. It's just that the Chen family didn't want to treat the subordinates so favorably before they made meritorious contributions, so as not to connive at them to have superfluous thoughts, so they changed it to accompany Brother Huan'er. In the future, she may have the opportunity to accompany her brother - to see if she can give birth to a brother in the future.

Even so, everyone was still overjoyed. Hurriedly knelt on the ground and met his head, calling his wife for mercy.

The Chen family took advantage of this to set the house name Peng Xian, who was in charge of the rent in the spring and autumn seasons of the mansion. The remaining family who listened to the errand on the second door was named Bao Ji, and the next day he brought his boy to see Chen, and Chen saw that the boy was really born white and sensible, clever and transparent, so he found a free time and sent it back to Chen's house to accompany Chen Huan.

The third sister also appreciated Chen's actions when she learned about them. I feel that Chen's actions are more appropriate than my own thoughts.

After that, Chen still didn't dare to be self-absorbed in picking people to take over the comprador affairs, and he didn't pay attention to those subordinates who came to her to curry favor and beg for mercy. Cheng Ri held the roster and discussed with You Lao'an and You Ziyu, and everyone listened to these two instructions. Most of the people who were finally selected were You Lao'an and You Ziyu's henchmen.

At first glance, Chen's tossing and turning has no benefit except for promoting Peng Xian to take charge of the land rent in the spring and autumn seasons of the mansion. What's more, Peng Xian's takeover of this matter is not the operation of the Chen family, but the meaning of You Lao'an. For nothing more than the decency of the Chen family's housekeeper.

Therefore, in the eyes of some people, Chen's seems to have worked in vain. However, from this turmoil, he really realized the sub-slave of Chen's powerful methods, but he no longer dared to bully Chen's newcomer, so he mistakenly thought that she was a soft-hearted and uncalculating, and she didn't dare to neglect in front of and behind others.

According to the advice of the third sister, the Chen family broke the inherent power situation of You Mansion without much effort, and without offending the old lady and the old man, he was wise and righteous to the greatest extent to collect the power of the inner house and the outer courtyard, and even added a lot of silver to the public office.

In the eyes of those who have a heart, they only shudder - compared to the first wife who was pressed by You Lao'an people since she entered the house, and Aunt Lan, who jumped up and down when she gained momentum, and constantly planted her henchmen everywhere in order to control the inner house, the current Chen family is called a "eater without spitting out bones".

What's more, in addition to the thunderous means, the Chen family is not inferior in human contacts. It has only been a few months since she entered You's house, and not only has she enveloped the old lady and the old man, but even the eldest girl who was not born to her has become familiar with the two oil bottles she brought. Not to mention Aunt Lan, who dared to bare her teeth when she first entered the door, can only guard the Buddhist hall and eat vegetarian food, and she has not kept the master to sleep in her house for a night, and it is difficult to say that she will turn over and compete for favor.

There is also the fourth girl who was very favored in front of the old lady and the old man, although she has not been treated harshly in terms of food and clothing now, she has also been distinguished from the treatment of the eldest girl, the second girl and the third girl by the Chen family on the grounds of "different concubines".

There are also three girls who often return to the Chen family to experience the teachings of the palace grandmother, and as time goes by, it becomes more and more obvious that their speech and demeanor are different from everyone else. Today's food and clothing trivial matters are already like this, and when we talk about marriage in the future, maybe the Chen family has some other means to beat Aunt Lan.

Several of You Ziyu's concubines in the back house saw it, and only then did they learn about Chen's means and temperament. couldn't help but dim the thoughts in my heart, and became more and more honest.