The cold comes and the summer comes, and another wax moon is coming.

Gu Ci, whose birthday is August 26, is now six years old.

Her eyes have healed, and they are no different from ordinary people, except for the sequelae of myopia. Xiao Lu said that after the New Year, when the weather is warm, she will be able to go out to have fun.

In this way, the New Year's banquet and the clan banquet in the palace will definitely not be avoided, besides, the queen mother and the emperor have not seen her for all these years, so they can't think about it, and they talk to Yuan Yi, who has returned to the palace in advance, every day.

Yuyi is even more enthusiastic about preparing her daughter's outfit this year, and instructed her subordinates and several sons to wander around in the well-known time-honored stores in the capital, adding dozens of sets from head to toe, and even the silk thread of the embroidered handkerchief must be carefully selected, and the embroidery girl in the house has not stopped working for several months.

Gu Ci herself is not easy, although Mother Hu said that her rules are already very good, but she still knows very little about the situation outside the house, and she has to make up classes intensively.

Another grandmother surnamed Zeng, who is also giving her a make-up lesson, knows some fists and kicks, is a servant of the Gu family, her parents and grandparents have served Gu Hua and his wife, her husband and son originally served in the Zhenbei Army, and last year was shot and killed by a stray arrow during the autumn harvest of Qianyi, and could only return to Beijing to seek refuge with his daughter. Her daughter married Gu Qizhuangtou, who was in charge of the Gu family's sacrificial fields, and was one of Gu Pu's henchmen.

At the beginning of June this year, the fourth lady sent Mama Zeng according to Gu Pu's instructions, saying that it was because Gu Ci could go out to meet guests in the first year, and the stewards and heads of the Gu family wanted to kowtow to her on her birthday, and the border was too peaceful this year, and the end of the year coincided with the big parade of military generals.

Yuyi directly sent people to the corner of the back cover room near the west courtyard to dry for two months, and did not let her follow Hu's mother until Gu Ci's birthday, and then allowed her to introduce the situation to Gu Ci with Hu's mother every morning.

Gu Ci privately asked Ganlu and Ganyu if they knew Grandma Zeng, but they didn't know each other. It turned out that the slaves of the Gu family were divided into three categories, one was that Gu Hua followed the generals who were born and died when he started his family, and most of these people stayed in the Zhenbei Army or settled in Beiguan, for example, Ganlu's father and brother are now in the army; the other type is the servants who have bought out the deed of identity in Beijing for so many years, and it has been passed down for several generations now, and Ganyu is exactly like this; There are also some housekeepers who specialize in taking care of the affairs of Gu Guogong's mansion, etc., the family is not in the house, they live in the shop or in the Zhuangzi, basically they are all people who Gu Pu himself added with the purchase of the property, and this is the case with Mama Zeng's daughter and son-in-law. Although these three types of servants also had communication with each other, in fact, the marriage was quite distinct. Those who are connected with the army are naturally close to Changfang, and Gu Hua directly handed it over to Gu Yao. The subordinates who serve in the mansion on weekdays, except for a family like Ganyu, whose deeds are in the hands of Yuyi, are basically deployed by the fourth lady, and the fourth lady is presided over by Mrs. Fang before she enters, and almost all of the people outside the house are managed by Gu Pu's henchmen.

Therefore, if Gu walked around the mansion during the New Year's Day, Mama Zeng could really help, at least she would not be punished by Gu Pu for neglecting the big shopkeeper like Gu Jing, the ninth girl.

Speaking of which, the ninth girl was unlucky, and the fifth lady herself was picking and shrinking, and she didn't spend much money on her daughter's clothes. Coincidentally, last year, the ninth girl saw the two sisters in the fourth room with a newly beaten beaded gold hairpin on their heads, and they were not wearing uniforms, but eight new skirts made of bright gold and red cloth given by the fourth lady.

At that time, several big shopkeepers were about to pass through the second gate, but they were blocked by this group of girls, so they had to stand aside and wait. The sixth girl and the seventh girl were concubines after all, and they hurriedly ran away in a hurry, but the ninth girl was so angry that her hands and feet trembled and shed tears, and she didn't notice that there were outsiders not far away.

The shopkeeper Chen Da, who was in charge of the silk shop, had poisonous eyes, and he could see at a glance that these girls were not the best things, and when a few people crept out, he said more: "It is worthy of the girls of the old lady's family, and the temperament of the concubines is also very outstanding." ”

When the ninth girl heard a few words, she thought that she was sarcastic, but she was just a somewhat decent subordinate, and she dared to arrange herself, and she was angry and scolded on the spot, which alarmed the big housekeeper Gu to calm down the matter.

Gu Pu later learned that the ninth girl gave Chen Da the shopkeeper no face, and punished her for copying the female commandment, and she was not allowed to leave the house without copying it a hundred times. From the night of the second day of the first month to the twenty-first day of the first month, the nine girls couldn't even go out on the Yuan Festival.

Gu Ci can also understand Gu Pu's good intentions, the temper of the ninth girl was 'poor' by the fifth lady to love face, she lost her temper at the big shopkeeper who worked hard, Gu Pu can also punish her, if you change Gu Ci and count a few words, it is estimated that the big shopkeeper can only apologize for his own crimes......

Mama Zeng usually doesn't talk much, as long as she enters the inner courtyard, she follows Mother Hu in everything, and as soon as the make-up class time in the morning passes, the little maid will send her back to the back room. Gu Ci had a good impression of her, after all, she had talked about Gu Pu's industry and the people in charge in detail.

Gu Ci compiled all the 'information' that Mama Zeng said these days into a catalog, drew it into a tree-like diagram, and also marked the in-laws between people, and found a day when everyone was not so busy, and went to ask his parents for credit with the eight precepts and the fruits of his labor. Yuyi and Gu Yao happened to be discussing things in the upper room, and they were very surprised to see their daughter running in to ask An Xianbao.

Yuyi never hesitated to praise her daughter: "Good girl is so smart, it's really clear to look at it like this." ”

Gu Yao was also surprised, although Xiao Lu told him that his daughter was smart, but he didn't expect to be so organized at a young age, he looked through the catalog and asked people to call several sons over.

"Ah Luan, you wrote all this?"

"Hmmm! I'm afraid I won't be able to remember, so even if I can't remember, it's easy to find......"

"Good girl!"

Only Gu Ao and Gu Yi arrived soon, Gu Chong went out of the house to run a horse, and Gu Yi went out with the Chi family boy to have fun. The two looked at what Gu Ci had come up with, and Gu Ao was the first to react, "Dad, Ah Luan's method is very beneficial to sort out the six files." ”

The filing of documents and volumes of this meeting is generally placed according to the date, just like writing a history book, but for Gu Ci, it seems to be extremely difficult, the year and month are the same as the previous life, it is easy to say, but the "day" is recorded in the "Ganzhi Chronicle Method", that is, the sixty Jiazi matched by the Ganzhi are used to record the daily order, from the beginning of Jiazi to the end of Guihai, sixty days are a week, and the cycle is recorded. For example, in the "Zizhi Tongjian", it is written that 'March, Ren Xu, Wei Zhao Shangdang Wang Tianmu asked Xing Gao', and 'Ren Xu' refers to the 11th day.

…… Damn, every time I see this kind of 'XX' day, I want to flip the table!

In order to allow himself to read things calmly in the future, Gu Ci decided to follow his own standards in his study and documents.

She first divided the categories, such as the shop category, the grange category, and then by location, Beijing suburbs, Beiguan, Jiangnan, etc., and then by time, year, month and day, and finally under each date, what did the person in charge of the industry, the second-in-command, his wife and children do, and so on. The table of contents is also arranged in this order, so that if you want to know something about a certain time period in a certain place, you can immediately turn to the corresponding page number.

The tree chart is originally a sharp tool for remembering genealogy, and it is arranged in the order of people's names in the surname.

The two phases are simple and clear. No wonder Gu Ao felt that it could be used for the sorting out of the six dossiers. Because at this time, the files of each department are arranged according to the date first, such as the household department, the twelfth day of the year of Tatsumi, and then this volume is all the files filed on that day. It's too much of a test to find something.

Li Zong, the head of the household department, has been in this position for twenty years with a good memory, and when Gu Ao went to the household department to help, he was also tortured by the matter of checking the file, and he admired his brain.

If he could change to this archiving method, as long as he had a general impression, he could find it by flipping through the catalog for a while, which really made him overjoyed.

Gu Ci was also very proud of Gu Ao's discernment, and said generously: "Second brother take it and use it, don't say that I made it." ”

"This is obviously the credit of Ah Luan, how can the second brother steal people's ability."

Gu Ci is short of words for a while, although she wishes that she was unknown, but a gentleman like her second brother would mind taking the fruits of other people's labor.

Yuyi was in favor of the authentic way, "Jingxiang, Ah Luan's reputation is not on this, just say that you thought of it yourself." ”

Gu Ao has fifteen bundles of hair, Xiao Lu gave him the word 'Jingxiang', taking the meaning of 'Kunpeng spreading its wings and soaring', and Gu Chong's word 'Haocang' comes from 'hooves fly thousands of miles, and fly to Chonghaocang'.

Gu Ci was next to Gu Yi and looked at his father and blinked.

Gu Yao also agreed, touched Gu Ci's little head and said: "Duyun's 'wisdom will hurt', Ah Luan doesn't need the name of early wisdom, just live happily and carefree,"

Gu Ao pondered for a moment and nodded yes.

Since Ye Ye has spoken, it can't be wrong, so Gu Ci began to feed the little brother snacks with peace of mind.

Gu Yi and Gu Ao looked at her funny, and they didn't know when their little sister had been obedient to her father's words and almost blindly worshipped. The mother said that she could do it, and she would be a little uneasy, but when her father spoke, she looked relieved.

Gu Ci himself also reacted, and couldn't help but snicker.

She just thinks that her father is more reliable than her mother.

As the proud daughter of the sky, no matter how gentle and graceful she is, she also acts with a bit of self-respect, sometimes she is not deliberately arrogant, but just by nature. Master is a fair-minded and uninhibited person, good for the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and acts freely and uninhibitedly. But Ye Ye is thoughtful and cautious, and he is easy to do things without falling into words.

Yuyi naturally discovered her daughter's careful thoughts, and threatened her with a nod to her nose, "Little one has no conscience!" ”

Gu Ci hurriedly rushed over to sell cuteness, "Mother, Ah Luan loves you the most." It's all to share your worries! ”

"Say a nice word and try to coax me?"

"I'll rub my mother's shoulder!" Gu Ci climbed onto the couch and grabbed Yuyi's back and began to pinch his shoulders.

Yuyi glared at Gu Yao, who was smug next to her, and pulled her daughter off and gnawed her face twice, "Since you want to share my worries, then you will take care of the affairs in your room in the future." ”

Then the three children were thrown out.

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"What else do I have to take care of in my house?" Gu Ci called the head of internal affairs, Hu's mother, and humbly asked for advice.

Mother Hu smiled kindly and replied, saying that the county lord should have four big maids, four second-class, and eight third-class according to the system, Yuyi wanted to settle everyone before she entered the palace and perform their duties, so as not to go wrong during the New Year.

Ah Yue, Gan Tang, Ganlu, and Gan Mei are all big girls, and the remaining four 'Gan' characters are all second-class, and then eight third-class are set from a group of little maids outside, so that Gu Ci can give the name.

This is the first time that Gu Ci has the concept of 'personnel rights' for the people around her, she thought about it very seriously for a while and discussed it with Hu's mother.

"Mother Hu, what do the eight little maids need to do?"

"Back to the county lord, your money and things are in charge of Gan Ming, and there must be only a lot of things every year, so naturally you have to assign two people to manage the treasury and settle the accounts. You will be seven years old in the New Year, although you can't take your own needle and thread, but you also have to give Gan Lin a few people who do embroidery, make some personal objects or other small things, and take them out to give away. There is also the princess who wants to let Ganquan learn a few hands from the manager Min of the big kitchen, and move to Yin Wuju in the future to set up your small kitchen, do you see if the little maid in the pantry has to be put on first? The rest is just enough to help pass the word and serve the pen and ink. ”

"How many little maids are there now? Are you in charge? ”

"There are four rough envoys on duty in our small courtyard, and two of them are on duty in the morning and evening; There are twenty little maids, also divided into two shifts, rotating every day, doing some work of sprinkling and sweeping errands. I trained for a few months to see that I could use it, and then I dared to let it go in front of you. ”

"Can they all be literate?"

"Half not."

"How many are there for the needle?"

"About seven or eight."

"Are they all born in the family?"

"Several are adopted children by the princess."

Gu Ci had a rough idea in his heart, and called Gan Tang and the others, "Which little girls are you calling a lot on your errand?" ”

Gan Tang was the first to answer, "Chun Yi and Chun Er are the heads of the two classes of little maids, Chun Yi follows the slave and maid on the day of rotation, and Chun Er follows the manna, we are more familiar with these two people." ”

Gu Ci looked at Gan Ming and Gan Lin again, "Do you two know which needle and thread is good and more literate?" How do you usually look at it? ”

Gan Ming said: "The slave and maid take care of your study on weekdays, and don't let people get close to you when they are idle. ”

Gan Lin immediately said the names of several people, "Their needlework is good, they are learning with Mama Gu and Jian Erniang in the embroidery room, and the slaves and maids sometimes do some sewing and mending and often call them." ”

Ganyu directly recommended Chunxiu's sister Chunjiu on the west side, saying that she was convenient for running errands and delivering words, and she was familiar with everything.

Ganquan was noncommittal, it didn't matter if it was a particularly good person, but Gan Mei mentioned a spring eleven, saying that she was not only literate but also recognized medicinal materials, and if she could, she wanted her to learn to boil medicine and dispense medicine.

Gu Ci was a little stunned all of a sudden, but she thought that she was not a scheming person, as long as she had two people around her, Hu's mother on the inside, and Ah Yue on the outside, and others didn't need to bother much.

Gu Ci waved the eight names of 'Qinghua, Qingfeng, Qingfen, Qingzhi, Qingrong, Qinghe, Qingxi, Qinglian', and drew a personal form for Hu's mother, one table for each person, each person from the family, relatives, resume to specialties are listed on the paper, clear and clear, and then instructed: "Mother Hu, you can take a look at the children they said, the literate can be determined first, and eight people can be completed, this is the name."

"In the future, the people in our yard will be recorded on this, and if there are rewards and punishments, they will also be recorded.

"There are also the remaining illiterate little maids who are handed over to Gan Ming, and arrange time to teach some reading and writing every day. There is no pen or paper for the time being, you can use slate and charcoal.

"If this thing can be done well, I will tell my mother and let the maids and daughters in the house learn together."

Hu's mother was surprised and delighted by her arrangement, and retreated with high morale to plan and arrange, of course, she didn't forget to take the form and make a small report to Yuyi.