The windows in the house were all open, and the smell of flowers and herbs was faintly floating. The garden, who didn't know where to hide, suddenly squeaked and chirped in unison.

Jin Yuan came in lightly to see if Luo Yan had been woken up. Seeing that Luo Yan was lying sideways motionless, he went out lightly again, hesitated for a moment and went out with the door.

Luo Yan lay down at noon and kept pretending to sleep, thinking about what Mama Zhu said to Mrs. Jiang when she came back from the tent...... Mrs. Cheng really took advantage of the agency everywhere, Mrs. Jiang borrowed the dowry gift from Jiangdu to Luo Yan, and Mrs. Cheng actually inflated a lot of accounts.

"Just take it as borrowing her interest, don't let Yan'er know." Although Mrs. Jiang was very helpless, she could only knock out her teeth and swallow it in her stomach.

Luo Yan didn't think so, why should she give her hard-earned silver to others for nothing!

In the past, Mr. Cheng was still sent by the old lady, and other yards could also be checked and supervised if they had doubts, but now Mrs. Cheng sent Mama Qu to control the account, and the entry and exit items all depend on Mrs. Cheng's idea. Even Mrs. Wu of Baifuyuan can only suffer dumb losses, turning a blind eye, and she doesn't bother to worry about it if it doesn't matter to herself.

Since Luo Chan recognized Brother Qing as her stepson, she gradually understood Luo Yan's intentions, and she devoted herself to Brother Qing, and she didn't have the heart to fight with the people of Yonglu Building......

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Jin Yuan and Mrs. Jiang talking quietly outside the house, Luo Yan simply got up and greeted Mrs. Jiang. “…… Since each courtyard bears its own expenses, it is better for us to start the stove and maintain the garden by ourselves......"

Mrs. Jiang was stunned for a moment, "Is this good?" I'm afraid that the old lady's side won't work, so it's broken up like this. It's equivalent to splitting up! ”

"The Rong family has already split up after the completion of Muxi Garden, otherwise where did we come from the stone land in Qixia Mountain? Where did the dye shop come from? Luo Yan saw that Mrs. Jiang was silent, and said, "If the second lady does not agree, that is, the expenditure of the common part, we can let her make a detailed list of the expenses of the common part, and Mu Xiyuan should give her a lot of money." ”

Mrs. Jiang nodded, and then hesitated, "But isn't this an increase in costs?" "Mrs. Jiang checked the accounts in the account room last year, and she knew that the daily expenses for maintaining such a large mansion as the Rong Mansion were huge. After all, gather in one place to cook. You can still save some money.

"The increase or not is from our own accounts, and as for the expenses of the servants, we will allocate two from the kitchen, and the wages will be more than before...... Mother-in-law rest assured. There are only benefits to doing so, and there are no harms to doing so. Even if it is not separated now. In the future, it will be divided.

Just look at the layout of our garden. The four courtyards did not open separately except for the old lady's Cui Yuan, and the other courtyards were equipped with side doors, which should have been built according to the clan pattern......"

Mrs. Jiang no longer hesitated. Luo Yan is pregnant, if she wants to eat something fresh and delicious, she still has to make another room by herself, the kitchen is all served according to Mrs. Cheng's taste, and Mu Xiyuan has also paid the money, but she is not happy to eat!

Just do it, Luo Yan and Mrs. Jiang went to the old lady Cuiyuan first, Mrs. Jiang was originally worried that the old lady would not be very happy, but she didn't expect the old lady to happily agree to Mu Xiyuan to start a group alone, and said that Luo Yan has a body and needs to take care of her diet......

"It's the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow, why don't you invite the old lady to sit in the new garden?" Luo Yan coquettishly held the old lady.

"Okay, I'll go and celebrate the opening of the gang with you, and by the way, taste what is delicious in your garden." The old lady asked Mama Yan to find Mrs. Cheng to dial two kitchen servants, and then went to Muxi Garden to answer the errand. I asked Mu Xiyuan's kitchen if it was ready, and if it could be opened tomorrow.

Luo Yan smiled mischievously at Mrs. Jiang embarrassedly, she forgot about this, there is no kitchen in Mu Xiyuan's planning......

Coming out of Cuiyuan, Mrs. Jiang was anxious to ask Mama Zhu to buy kitchen utensils. Luo Yan also thought about which house to use as a kitchen. Seeing Mrs. Cheng coming from a distance with a few servant women from the large kitchen of the Rong Mansion, Meng Lingju beckoned them to stop.

After walking in, Mrs. Cheng's thin lips curled, and her narrow eyes squinted at Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang was a little uncomfortable, and called the second sister-in-law and waited for Mrs. Cheng to speak.

"Muxi Garden is really a new garden, a new landscape, and a new school!" Mrs. Cheng spoke with disdain. I only went to Muxi Garden with Meng Lingju in the morning, but I didn't see anything good. It's just that there are more flowers and plants, and she doesn't bother to look at the backyard.

"Thank you, Second Lady, for the compliment!" Luo Yan smiled, as if she really thought that Mrs. Cheng was praising them. The corners of Mrs. Cheng's mouth curved suddenly, I have never seen such an uninteresting person! I didn't bother to talk to Luo Yan and Mrs. Jiang anymore, and motioned to Meng Lingju Nunu to say it.

Meng Lingju pointed to a few stout mothers-in-law behind him, "These four mothers were carefully selected from the kitchen, and they will be sent to Muxi Garden as errands now, as long as the moon is on time, they will definitely work hard." Meng Lingju smiled a little meaningfully.

Mrs. Jiang thought to herself that there were only a few people in Mu Xiyuan to eat, where could there be so many people! Just as she was about to tell Mrs. Cheng, Luo Yan held Mrs. Jiang's hand with a little force, suggesting that she should not speak. Luo Yan smiled and thanked Mrs. Cheng for her kindness, and asked the four mothers-in-law to go to the kitchen with Jin Yuan first.

Mrs. Cheng and Meng Lingju looked at Mrs. Jiang and Luo Yan's slow backs and grinned.

"Let them be poor, and they may not be able to pay the wages of these mothers-in-law every month......"

Meng Lingju's voice was not loud or small, and it came with the wind, and Mrs. Jiang's body was shocked, and she was really a little anxious. Since she married into the Rong Mansion, she has never supported many people, and now it is a dyeing workshop and a workshop, and there are people in two shops, plus the errand workers in Muxi Garden, just thinking about the monthly salary makes her uneasy......

"Don't listen to her, we should use it. The new garden is now only in its infancy, and it will not be completed until the Mid-Autumn Festival, and many more people will have to take care of it at that time! ”

"Yes! When the child is born, the nurse and maid will be invited, and there must be more manpower...... "Mrs. Jiang echoed.

Back at Muxi Garden, Mama Zhu had already taken her two kitchen mothers to buy utensils. Luo Yan asked the other two mothers to prepare the dishes for tomorrow's Dragon Boat Festival, and it is best to draw up the menu.

Two mothers, you look at me, I look at you, staring at each other with big eyes. "Back to the third grandmother, the slave is illiterate! The slave and maid used to cook pots in the kitchen. ”

Mrs. Jiang was stunned, but Luo Yan smiled. "We also need to burn pots in our garden, but there are many flowers and plants in the garden, in addition to boiling pots and adding water every night, we also need to serve flowers and plants during the day, are you willing to do it?"

The two mothers-in-law stared at each other with big eyes, and spread their hands, "The slave and maid can only cook the pot, and nothing else can do it." ”

"Then if you just want to burn the pot, Mu Xiyuan may not be able to keep the two of you, so I have to return you to let the second lady resettle." Luo Yan looked at the eyes of the two of them, knowing that since they were picked out by Mrs. Cheng, they must have been excluded in the kitchen and could only work hard. "If you are willing to learn, the salary for tending to flowers and plants is naturally much higher than just cooking pots......

"The slave is willing to try."

"Slaves are willing to learn!"

……

In the evening, Mu Xiyuan's kitchen was in shape, and the two mothers who went with Mama Zhu knew how to cook, but they were not in charge of the spoon under careful questioning, and it was really difficult to set up a banquet.

Mrs. Jiang was worried, and Luo Yan was silent. The two mothers were a little flustered, for fear that Luo Yan and Mrs. Jiang would return them. They have been in Rongfu for a long time, and they don't know Mrs. Cheng's behavior, if they are returned, how can there be good fruits to eat......

Luo Yan and Mrs. Jiang whispered a few words, Mrs. Jiang stretched her brows, and gently asked the two of them to cook some porridge, water and side dishes for dinner. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to the kitchen.

Mrs. Jiang sighed, as Luo Yan said, if you don't split up at this time, you will still have to divide it in the future. Mrs. Cheng is doing things more and more excessively!

Jin Yuan suddenly ran in in a panic and said, someone from the capital is coming, just waiting outside the gate, please Rong Yongxi to listen to the letter......

Luo Yan's heart tightened, could it be that Rong Xi is back? (To be continued.) )