In the living room, seven people stood respectfully in two rows, Zhou Xiya walked out, sat on the top, took the tea handed over by Jinxiu, took a sip, put down the teacup, and looked at a few people.

"A few of you should be familiar with each other, I won't say much if you say anything else, as long as you are heartfelt to me, I will naturally not treat you badly, I will see the hearts of the people for a long time, no matter how much I promise you, it is empty words, we will come to the future." Zhou Xiya gently scrubbed the rim of the cup, and her face was peaceful.

"Yes Miss" several people responded in unison, several people had different thoughts, Miss looked a little cold on her face, but she was much easier to get along with than the kind of person who smiled with clever words, and the main loyalty was fine.

"I also just came back from the border pass, and I didn't pack up the things I brought back, Mama Zhou, you take people and Jinxiu to clean up, I know where my things are Jinxiu, in the future, you are the head of the inner courtyard by my side, don't let me down." Zhou Xiya glanced at the room, meaning something.

"Yes" Mama Zhou nodded, Miss asked her to check, she is good at this, she has been in the palace for so many years, and she has never seen any harmful means.

"Mama Li, your business is to familiarize yourself with the affairs of the house as soon as possible, especially some of the stewards, to see which people I can use, you are good at this, but I am very curious about some privacy in the house." Zhou Xiya smiled gloomily, she didn't believe that this house was clean, the Bai family had been in charge of the house all these years, and she didn't know how many things to do, she hadn't paid attention to it before, and now she naturally wanted to know, these were her hole cards against the Bai family.

Before the cat eats the mouse, it is to catch the mouse and tease it first, catch it, let it go, and then eat the mouse in one bite, this process of catching and releasing is actually the most torturous.

She is going to use this method to slowly compete with the Bai family, and let the Bai family die, she thinks it is too cheap for the Bai family, she is not in a hurry, the Bai family, let's take our time...

"Mama Liu, you follow me to the main courtyard to have a look, Steward Qian, you two will familiarize yourself with the Zhou Mansion first, and then I will hand over the things to you when I take back the stewardship." Zhou Xiya looked at the two men in the room.

She chose the most stern Mama Liu, which was naturally used to bluff people, and Mama Liu's cold face was still very chilling.

Zhou Xiya took Mama Liu's Lixiu Garden to forget the Bai family.

The little maid guarding the door saw Zhou Xiya and hurriedly went in to report.

Bai frowned, why did Zhou Xiya come to her so quickly, and she couldn't wait to take back the housekeeping of the family?

Bai Shi cleaned up the account book on the table, she has been in charge of the Zhou family for so many years, this account book is naturally seamless, and she holds a large amount of property by herself, how much money is there in the public.

"Please let her in," Bai instructed the maid, caressing her sideburns and walking into the living room.

"Miss, please," the maid opened the curtain.

"Ya'er, I just came back and didn't have much rest, just send someone to say something directly, and run it myself." With a smile on his face, Bai beckoned Zhou Xiya to sit down.

"I'm a young man, it's when I'm in good health, I still can't be tired of this little thing, but my aunt, your housekeeper has been working hard for so many years, and after handing it over to me, you can also have a good rest." Zhou Xiya gently touched her nails, she was used to playing with whips, but she didn't raise her nails, it seemed that she was going to keep them.

"I'm not tired, it's my honor to help the master manage this family, since Ya'er you come to ask for it, then I'll give you the account books at home first, alas, it's also my incompetence, I haven't earned any money for the family over the years, but the family has been moving around for so many years, and the cost of the servant's monthly money house maintenance and other things is very large, and I have no ability, so there is no money in the account book, and the house has pointed to some Zhuangzi harvests to make up for the expenses over the years, and the business of those shops is not too good, and it is already good without my support." Bai sighed, his face very ashamed.

got up and walked to the side hall, took out the account book in the house, and handed it to Zhou Xiya.

Because she is a concubine, her mother has not taught her anything like housekeeping, let alone that she entered the Zhou Mansion early, so the family wealth she has saved over the years has been spelled out by her little by little, but relying on the mountain of the Zhou family, the business is still very good.

Of course, she is not without scheming, the money she earned has gone into her own private treasury, and has not been put into the accounts of the public school, which is the dowry money she used to support the elderly and give her daughter, how could it be given to the Zhou family, if Zhou Jianxiong can treat her well, then she is willing to take out her own money, and now it seems that she is really prescient.

Zhou Xiya flipped through the account book, there was indeed no money on the books, the accounts were very detailed, there was no problem on the surface, and there was no expenditure of large amounts of money.

But the more there is no problem on the books, the more it means that there is a problem, but she knows that the Bai family is very rich, where does her money come from?

Yes, the output on Zhuangzi is only enough to maintain, but the Zhou family has a lot of shops, plus her mother's dowry shop, which can generate a lot of profits every year, and the Bai family dares to say that it is not profitable? Hehe, where did Zhou Xiwan's rich dowry come from in her previous life.

Looking at Zhou Xiya's calm and waveless appearance, Bai didn't know what she was thinking, the accounts she made were fine, no matter how she calculated, it would be fine.

"Ya'er, this is the key in the storehouse of the family, but the family has a thin foundation, and there are no valuable things in it, since you have taken over, it will be handed over to you to manage." Bai handed over a bunch of keys.

"I'll hand over the deed of the shop to you in a while, and you will send someone to call the steward of the shop and ask the shop carefully about the business status of the shop, and you will know the business situation of the family."

"Heh, it's really embarrassing for my aunt to maintain such a big family like this?" Zhou Xiya put down the account book and looked at Bai meaningfully, "I remember my father said, when I was young, the Zhou family should have been quite rich, my grandparents left us a lot of property, my mother was also a good way to govern the family, and the surplus in the house should be very much, I didn't expect that it has only been more than ten years, and it has reached the point where I can't make ends meet. You won't be deceived by the people below. ”

Zhou Xiya smiled slightly, and lightly sarcastically mocked Bai's.

Bai Shi held the cup in his hand, his face was a little embarrassed, and he was actually ridiculed by a yellow-haired girl.

"How do I compare with my sister, Ya'er, you are not in the capital, you don't know about the affairs of the family, people like ours have too much money, if you don't run it well, you will definitely not be able to make ends meet, as for whether the people below are full of private pockets, I don't know."

Bai put down the teacup, although she pushed it clean, but she was beating the drum in her heart, this girl wouldn't see anything, the money she earned was indeed from the shop, the Zhou family has a lot of shops, involving a lot of money-making industries, but she used the housekeeping right to set up cash to open her own shop, use the original supply of the Zhou family, and expand her own shop, good management talents were also assigned to her own shop, and slowly the Zhou family's shop declined, and many of them were closed by her. The rest of these were also kept open in order to cope with the inquiries of the Zhou family.