"The eldest lady is here, why don't you come over to see the eldest lady in a hurry." Mu Fang beckoned to those who were busy, put down their work, and walked over to Mu Huanyan.

"I've seen the eldest lady." The people in the housekeeper's room were absent-minded, and their voices couldn't be raised, these people were all old people in the house, and they had been in the house for some years, and they all knew that Mu Huanyan was a coffin boy, and they were not favored by Mu Yaotian, so of course they didn't take it seriously.

Mu Huanyan sat down on the chair in front of the wooden desk in the middle, "Steward Mu, make a pot of tea for Miss Ben." ”

Mu Fang was stunned, he didn't expect Mu Huanyan to call himself like this in front of everyone so soon, but the face had to be passable, Mu Fang asked a rough envoy in the room to pour tea, and was immediately stopped by Mu Huanyan.

"Steward Mu, I just want to drink a cup of tea you made, aren't you willing to serve me?" The corners of Mu Huanyan's mouth rose, and a smile bloomed on his face, Mu Fang thought to himself, Madame has never called herself like this, and this Mu Huanyan is too faceless.

Poured a cup of tea over with a hard head, Mu Huanyan took the teacup, gently dialed the tea leaves in the cup with the tea lid, took a sip slowly, and then looked at everyone, "Have you all eaten early in the morning?" If you don't eat it, I'll have someone bring you a bun. ”

Wang and Siya stood behind Mu Huanyan, and they wanted to laugh but held back.

The head of the person in charge turned relatively quickly, and when he heard this, he naturally understood what Mu Huanyan meant, so he said again in unison: "I've seen the eldest lady." ”

The voice was obviously a little louder than Fang Cai, Mu Huanyan put down the teacup and said: "Let me inform you, my mother has been unwell recently, and she is recuperating in Zhiyuanju, and the affairs of the house will be handled by me for the time being, I am not familiar with home, and please introduce yourself in turn, and report to me your name and the affairs you are in charge of." ”

At the old lady's place, Mu Huanyan was modest and said that she didn't understand housekeeping, but in her previous life, she took care of Ning Wang's Mansion in an orderly manner and did all the things that a woman behind a successful man should do. As for these stewards of the Mu family, except for Mu Fang, who she had contact with a few times in her previous life, others basically knew very little.

After everyone introduced them one by one, Mu Huanyan also understood clearly. The steward of the field is called Lu Fa, who is not big, with dark skin, and often goes to the field to dry, so he should be a loyal person in terms of skin color. The manager of the account room is called Luo Pinshou, tall and thin, with slender fingers, a good abacus, managing the income and expenditure of the government and the registration files of the personnel in each room. The person who supplies and supplies the purchase in the house is called Chen Chong, this is a fat difference, since the surname is Chen, Mu Huanyan guessed that it must be a figure related to Mrs. Chen, such a good position, Chen will not do it casually for others. The others were some of these individuals' assistants.

"Steward Mu, I don't have anything important to do today, you can show me the information in the hands of each steward in a while, I can also understand the current situation at home, everyone can do their jobs, let's go to work."

Chen Chong spoke first: "Our materials have been archived, and after the monthly materials are sorted out, Mrs. will put them in a paper bag and wax to seal them after reading and confirming that they are correct, and all of them will be placed in the archives, and they cannot be opened without special circumstances." ”

Mu Huanyan squinted at Chen Chong, "Now it's a special situation, my mother is not in good health, I am in charge of the house, I naturally have to understand the current situation of the family first, does Steward Chen mean that I don't have the right to see these materials?" Mu Huanyan spoke unhurriedly, forcing Chen Chong with a rhetorical tone.

"Xiao naturally doesn't mean that, it's just that it's too troublesome to go through the information now."

"If Steward Chen finds it troublesome, I can consider asking my father or my grandmother for advice, and then someone else will do it, I don't think others will be troublesome."

What are these words? Want to make a substitution? Chen wanted to grit his teeth angrily.

Mu Fang didn't expect Mu Huanyan to be so thoughtful, she was just a boudoir lady, and she lived in the South Courtyard all the year round, how could she understand this, she brought her over, she originally planned to take a look at the flowers, go through the scene, and also have a housekeeper on her face, and everyone should deal with the matter, but in her words, she asked her father and the old lady one by one, this is obviously to Liwei, and now she is favored by the old lady, and she does not dare to offend lightly, and the lady is recuperating again, why Mu Fang is still recuperating in his heart. At this time, he understood that this eldest lady was not easy to mess with, and this was not the time to offend her.

So Steward Chen reprimanded Chen Chong: "You too, the eldest lady will do what the eldest lady says if you tell me, but it's just a wax seal, and it will be sealed after you see it." Then he smiled and said to Mu Huanyan: "Chen Chong has always been rigorous, and he is not very good at speaking, he doesn't think like this in his heart, so don't be like him." ”

"Of course I won't ...... with a subordinate" Before the words "subordinate" Mu Huanyan changed his words again: "I won't worry about managing Chen." "These people are all members of the Chen family one by one, they are in cahoots with her wolf bèi, and they are acting for the tiger, Mu Huanyan will never give them a good look, and only by treating these people can they cut off the wings of the Chen family, Mu Huanyan must take this opportunity to cultivate his henchmen.

It didn't take long for the various stewards to carry a large pile of materials to Mu Huanyan's desk.

"Miss, there are so many, when do you want to see it? The maid should go back to the Xingju to prepare lunch for you first. Siya didn't understand any of this, so she felt that she could serve the eldest lady's food, clothing, housing and transportation well.

"Or the nurse, you can go back first, I'll be here alone to read the information for a while, and I'll call me at lunchtime."

Mu Huanyan first took the file of the character information and began to read it, she must now have a clear understanding of the net worth and background of the people in the house, these big families in the capital are very cautious about employing people, so they basically have everyone's information.

After flipping through the scroll and looking at it for a while, the corner of her eye felt that the people in the steward's room were looking at her strangely, and even bowed their heads in twos and threes.

Mu Huanyan pondered for a while, owed something, then took the book and covered his face, and pretended to sleep.

After about an hour, Mu Huanyan was still pretending to be asleep, and the people in the steward thought she was asleep, so they all sat down and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Chong said to Lu Fa: "I really thought that this eldest lady had any real skills, it turned out to be a scare person, isn't it just a vase that can only be used as an ornament, and lo and behold, I only fell asleep like that after watching it." ”

Lu Fa smiled: "Don't you understand this?" This is called the three fires of the new official taking office. ”

Listening to their conversation, Mu Huanyan laughed twice in her heart, if she was soft when she first came, they would definitely think that she was easy to bully and didn't take her seriously, so they stood up for a while. Now pretending to be asleep is to make them think that she is just a paper tiger, and then it is easier for them to relax their vigilance, and only when their vigilance is lowered can they be full of loopholes and they can grasp more information.