On this day, Marquis Li took a break, came out of Aunt Qiao's courtyard, and sat in the main room of Mrs. for a while, and then went to his Shiyuzhai to paint, where there were more than a dozen beautiful maids serving, Li Mingwei drank half a cup of tea in the maid's hand, holding a paintbrush in one hand, and the other hand was dishonest. ”

Li Mingwei begged in his heart, what could Yutan do to find him? It's just that the daughter is here, and it's not good to be a father, looking at the peach-red and willow-green maids around him, Li Mingwei was a little embarrassed, and waved his hand to let them all go down, and then said, "Please come in, second miss." ”

Yutan didn't dress up much, only wore homely clothes, and when he saw Hou Yefu, he gave a salute, "Daddy Wanfu." ”

"What is Tan'er looking for as a father?" Li Houye is still very face-saving to his daughter.

"My daughter talked to her father because the money in the house was unknown." Yutan handed over the loose-leaf booklet in his hand, "Daddy, please take a look." ”

Li Mingwei took the accounts and said in surprise, "The accounts of the inner courtyard are in the hands of your mother, how can my father know these things." ”

"Daddy, these accounts are not in my mother's hands, even my grandmother is afraid that she can't be the master, so my daughter came back and forth to Daddy."

Li Mingwei opened the account book, he didn't look at the account book on weekdays, and he couldn't understand it, but at this time he also found that Yutan remembered that it was not the usual accounts at all, he was frowning and contemplating, Yutan said softly on the side, "This row of numbers is the number of silver coins used daily in the account books of the house, and the back row is the actual price, take this most ordinary chicken as an example, the book is recorded two taels of silver and a chicken, the house has been eaten like this for decades, in fact, a chicken is only more than ten copper plates, There are also a lot of daily consumption of sundries, and the silver money is even worse than the outrageous, just like the pear blossom white that Daddy often drinks, it is only one tael of silver and a jar, and those black-hearted compradors falsely reported twelve taels. ”

Li Mingwei also knows that his subordinates like to make ghosts by lying about accounts, but firstly, Marquis Li is a person who does big things, and he doesn't bother to pay attention to these trivial matters on weekdays, and secondly, these internal accounts are handed over to the inner house to take care of, and the Qi family has also told him about these shortcomings in the past, but it is only because of Marquis Li's recent attack on the lord that his foothold is not stable, and he is unwilling to offend the old people in the family, so he has been pretending to be confused.

Li Mingwei flipped through the accounts casually and couldn't help but smile, "Tan'er housekeeper is very attentive, you can find out these reasons that show your intentions, but your mother also knows these things, do you understand why she still acts according to the old rules?" ”

Li Mingwei looked at her daughter with a smile, thinking that these words would stop Yutan, Yutan smiled slightly, "My mother took over the housework from the eldest aunt, and those subordinates were all installed by the eldest aunt, and it is not good for my mother not to give face to my eldest aunt, so I still have to do things according to the rules of the past, but today is different after all, and some of the rules in the house should also change." ”

"Oh, what's the difference, tell me about it." Li Mingwei squinted his eyes with interest, Yutan was obviously thoughtful.

"Since Daddy expelled Li Yuxin from the family in the house over there, she is not a member of the Li family, the eldest aunt is not strict in discipline, and her few stewards can just be invited out, and those old people in the family, who have clean hands and feet, and some old people in the house, who are domineering with their faces, just take the opportunity to clean up."

Yutan opened the next page of the booklet again, "This is the three relatives and six relatives of these old people, they are all in contact with each other, and they have sent messages to each other to confuse the master, while taking advantage of the master, while chewing behind the master's incompetence, Daddy, you also know, the Hou Mansion is still on the shelf now, and there is only one virtual shelf left, and those rules will not be changed, and it will be completely lost in one or two years." ”

"That's not what you say, it's just that your mother can't afford to be idle now."

"Daddy, my daughter came to find Daddy, but I already have a way to deal with it, but my daughter is still young, and it's not good to do bad things with good intentions, now this opportunity should not be missed, you might as well let your daughter try it, and then ask Mama Qin to assist, she is an old man next to her grandmother, she didn't take care of things because of the details, and she was a little dissatisfied with those housekeepers, and there should be some changes in the people in the house."

Li Mingwei was a little surprised, and muttered for a while, "Then tell me, how do you plan to change?" ”

Yutan knew that he was moving his father, so he hurriedly said his thoughts these days, and turned to the accounts calculated in advance, "Daddy, look, you can save more than 10,000 silver a year, which is equivalent to three years of income in the house." ”

Li Mingwei took the account book to his eyes and looked at it carefully, Yutan remembered the accounts in detail, listed them in one stroke, it seemed clear at a glance, Li Mingwei was tempted, now that the house is unable to make ends meet, to raise those treacherous minions, it is time to change the rules.

It's just that Yutan is still young, and Li Mingwei is inevitably worried, "Your idea is good, but how should you suppress those Diao slaves?" ”

"The house can rely on the authority of Mama Qin, the servants who are in charge of the pulp washing room in her hands, as well as those who go to the night, are all powerful, the daughter can ask Mama Qin to go out and settle those disobedient housekeepers, but these people have money at home, if they let their families escape from the Hou Mansion, it is not good, they all signed a deed of sale, although they can be arrested according to the fugitive slave law, but if they fall into the hands of the enemy like Li Yuxin, it will be unfavorable to the Hou Mansion in the end, and the outer courtyard will rely on Steward Guo, The daughter can only ask her father to borrow some of her daughter's small maids in the outer courtyard first, and before her daughter can act, let Steward Guo take their family to live in the Zhuangzi first, and let them all farm. ”

Yutan's words were rare and harsh, contrary to the gentle nature of the past, Li Mingwei couldn't help but feel happy.

"Okay, you can do it, Guo Xincheng's old thing has been at your disposal for the past few days, and if something happens, my father will carry it for you."

Yutan knew that she was really going to do a bad errand, she was really shameless, "My daughter asked her father to hide it from her grandmother first, so that her daughter could do things, and Mama Qin, begged her father to tell her first, she is her grandmother's henchman, and her daughter will not move." ”

Li Mingwei also knew that Mama Qin, who had always been clever, could eat well in front of the old lady, she didn't care about the accounts in the house, Yutan chose her as a helper, and used the old lady's henchmen to run errands, and the old lady complained less afterwards.

Mama Qin was at home, she was taken aback when she heard the summons of the Hou Ye, what could the Hou Ye do to find her, her daughter-in-law was also worried, the two of them were suspicious, and they were busy serving Mama Qin to change their clothes, and they didn't dare to delay for a moment.

Li Mingwei was a little impatient when she saw that she was late, "Why are you so grinding, you usually flatter the old lady like this?" ”

With just one sentence, Mama Qin's cold sweat came down, and she was busy smiling awkwardly and wanted to say a few funny words, Li Mingwei said impatiently, "If you have anything to say, I'll talk to the second lady in a while." Because you are an old man next to the old lady, and you have always been an old person who does things, I will let you assist the second lady for a few days first, and do some cleaning in the house, you just listen to the second lady in everything, I don't allow you to make your own opinions, these days you also hide from the old lady, and afterwards you will be rewarded for your merits, and your benefits are indispensable. ”

Mama Qin felt that heart was pounding, she was shrewd, and she guessed that now was a good time for her to come out, so she hurriedly smiled, "The old slave listens to the second lady in everything, Master Hou can rest assured." ”