Xia Ruoyun and Zhang Caishu are also very much in favor of opening a tofu workshop, firstly, no one thinks that there is too much silver, and secondly, the tofu of the Xia family is indeed rare.

People who have been to Yulin Town and tasted Xiajia tofu are spreading it, and it is spread amazingly, which makes those who love food, especially women who love beauty and food, excited, and a few of them have seen the changes before and after the second miss of the Xu family returned to Yulin. However, you can't go to Yulin just to eat a bowl of tofu brain and drink a cup of soy milk, right?

When the three brothers and sisters of the Xia family arrived in the capital, many people had long been asking when they would open a tofu shop, where they would open it, and whether they could make a reservation like in Yulin. Even Princess Jing and the Lord of Ziqi asked Xia Ruoyun, and Xia Ruoyun had to reply at that time that Aunt Mei, who was in charge of the tofu trading in the Xia Mansion, would not enter Beijing until a few months later.

Just do it, Jin Xida immediately handed over the task of finding a store to his long-term followers Nantian and Beihai, and Liu's mother and Xia Ruoyun also stepped up their purchases, preparing to put some diligent and honest people to the tofu workshop. There are also housekeepers and tents who are also anxious to implement, the capital is not as good as Yulin Town, and many things that are done outside still need to be handled by housekeepers and big stewards.

Yao Xuelan and Princess Jing both helped to send more people to the summer house for the long-term Ya Po in their house, and seeing that they were another big customer, the two Ya Po were very active, and they each selected about 30 people to bring on the second day.

Liu's mother asked Shuyao to watch it too, my sister is getting older, there is Jin Xida as a stepfather, and then wait until the title of Shujie Gold List, and naturally I will not marry low in the future, learning to manage the inner house is a necessary condition for being a housewife in the future, and selecting and employing people is the first step.

Mother Liu is the main candidate, and Xia Ruoyun is just helping to consult on the side.

Xia Ruoyun came to the capital just to help her nephews and nieces settle down as soon as possible. There is no strong desire to control. She knew that although she was also the mother of everyone. But after all, it's a merchant family. The Xia family fell when she was as old as Shu Yao, and she was just a concubine, and her aunt who was born as a maid didn't know anything, and the rules, taboos, and rules of the official family were really half-understood to Xia Ruoyun.

But Mother Liu is different, she came out of the queen's palace, and she is exquisite, not to mention the official family, even the royal rules are clear. What kind of slave is suitable for the summer house, it is most suitable for Mother Liu to check it.

Among the candidates who have been in charge, there are nine of them brought over by the two Ya Women, and one of them is a middle-aged man named Ah Kui, who made Shu Yao's eyes light up, isn't this Uncle Kui, who was a great housekeeper in Murong Mansion in his previous life? By the way, Shu Yao recalled that the previous life was about this time, well, it seems to be a little later, close to the Chinese New Year, Uncle Kui entered the Murong Mansion and became a steward in charge of the management of the products of Zhuangzi. In less than a year, he was promoted to the second housekeeper. Shu Yao was about to be married to the Ma family, and Uncle Kui had already been promoted to the chief housekeeper that year.

At that time, Uncle Kui was also a man of the hour among the subordinates of Murong Mansion, and he was also a widower. The maids in the house like to talk about his gossip the most, and Shu Yao is the "eldest lady" who is not taken seriously, the maids and daughters-in-law have never taken her seriously, and they never shy away from seeing her, and they still talk about gossip with relish, so Shu Yao has heard a lot of things about Uncle Kui.

Uncle Kui is an official slave, the second housekeeper of the former Haizhou governor's family, and after the governor was convicted and beheaded, his family and subordinates were sold as official slaves. Uncle Kui was personally selected by Lord Murong to enter the mansion, and he liked that Uncle Kui had helped the old master's family take care of business, and he did it very well.

Uncle Kui only made one request to Lord Murong back then, that is, Murong Mansion must buy his eight-year-old daughter Zi'er at the same time, Zi'er is too weak to do heavy work, and Zi'er's future family affairs are up to him.

The three generations of official slaves cannot leave their nationality, and Zi'er can only marry a slave in the house in the future, or be an aunt to others. Uncle Kui's request is that Zi'er will never be an aunt in the future, and there is no problem in pointing it out to the people in the house, but the candidate must be nodded by Uncle Kui.

Those who fancy Uncle Kui's ability are very disdainful of his arrogant request, a slave is a slave, and the family affairs of a slave have always been decided by the master, when will it be the turn of the father, who is also a slave, to have the final say? No matter how capable such an arrogant minion is, he will not be able to do it.

Lord Murong accepted this request, and wrote a contract to Uncle Kui in black and white. After Zi'er entered the mansion, she went to Murong Zhi's courtyard to be a little maid and changed her name to Xiaoshuang.

Uncle Kui was indeed loyal to the Murong family later, and made a great contribution to the resurrection of those half-dead shops in Murong Mansion, and Uncle Kui was very good at managing people, and he couldn't hide any small actions from him, I heard that those people under him didn't dare to cheat and cheat, which is also the reason why he was a foreign slave who could become the big butler of Murong Mansion in just a few years.

That Xiaoshuang is also a capable person, in addition to being relatively weak, the schoolgirl Hong learns cooking skills faster than others, and she is also well-behaved, Xiao Ding's and Murong Zhi's mother and daughter are so picky that they are very satisfied with her, plus the relationship between Uncle Kui, they are also good to Xiaoshuang, only being a female celebrity, occasionally making some snacks to eat, and generally not calling her for other work.

Shu Yao remembered that Murong Qing had quarreled with Xiao Ding's several times, and wanted to ask Xiao Shuang to go to her yard, but Murong Zhi refused to let go.

However, when Shu Yao entered Beijing for the second time, he heard that the Murong family had been deceived in trading not long ago, and the caravan was robbed and suffered serious losses. And the small courtyard of Uncle Kui's house broke out in a fire on the night of the incident, and both father and daughter were burned to death.

At that time, many people in the capital were quietly talking about it, it was Murong Hui, the young master of Murong Mansion, who raped Xiaoshuang, the daughter of the great housekeeper Uncle Kui, and the maid had never said a word since she was ruined. Murong Shangshu and Uncle Murong punished Murong Hui heavily, and promised to raise Xiaoshuang as an aunt and enjoy the treatment of a noble concubine, but the big housekeeper agreed at that time, but he didn't expect to give Murong Mansion a heavy blow silently in less than half a month.

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Shu Yao came back to his senses from his memories, and Uncle Kui was telling Mother Liu and Xia Ruoyun his only request: "The slave knows that this request is a bit presumptuous, but the slave only has such a request, and he will do his best to repay the master's family in the future." ”

Xia Ruoyun and Liu's mother frowned at the same time, it is not a problem to buy that little girl, it doesn't matter if she is weak and can't do rough work. They don't have to dominate the little girl's future affairs. That was at least 10 years later. It's just that. This person is too arrogant, just an official slave, where does he get the confidence? Will such a person be disciplined and behaved? Can you be faithful?

Mother Liu waved her hand, and before she could open her mouth to ask Uncle Kui to retreat, Shu Yao preemptively said: "We answered, when my stepfather and eldest brother come back, we will write a contract to you, and you can rest assured that it is written in black and white." Your little daughter...... Well...... What is your name? Come with me in the future. Aunt, Mother Liu. I like that little girl, so I'll buy her, okay? ”

Xia Ruoyun smiled "poof": "How old are you?" I'm still a little girl, right? The niece and nephew, who has always been ghostly, sat on the side for a long time without saying a word, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she agreed to Akui, where was Xia Ruoxue willing to lose the face of her villain. Moreover, in Xia Ruoyun's view, even if he is a housekeeper, he is just a slave who sells his body in the hands of the master's family. Jin Xida and Shujie are not easy to fool, and what about Mother Liu, if this Akui is really arrogant. When the time comes, it's sold. Besides, he treasures his daughter so much. That girl following Shu Yao was also a constraint to him.

"Miss Xie Lu, Miss Xie Xie. She called Zi'er, Zi'er came, and quickly kowtowed to the girl. Uncle Kui knelt down and kowtowed to Shu Yao with a look of surprise, "Rest assured, the slave is not a person who doesn't know what to do, and the slave father and daughter will definitely be loyal to the master and do things well." Zi'er will not be an aunt in the future, and being able to marry an honest person is her mother's explanation to the slave before she died, and the slave already owes Zi'er and her mother a lot, which is the most important thing to do for their mother and daughter. ”

Mother Liu had similar thoughts to Xia Ruoyun, and she didn't want to lose Shu Yao's face in front of Ya Po and the subordinates. I have seen a lot of people these days, and it is rare for the girl to take a fancy to a maid herself, and Na Akui seems to be capable, and has also helped the old master's family take care of business, except for being a little arrogant, the others are the best among these stewards.

At this time, I saw Uncle Kui's father and daughter kowtowing to Shu Yao excitedly, and after listening to Uncle Kui's words, I was even more satisfied, it seemed that the girl's vision was good.

Shu Yao smiled: "You guys get up, Zi'er, the names of the maids in the house are all finished with brocade, and then you will be called Zijin." ”

Zi'er kowtowed again obediently: "Zijin Xie girl gave her name." ”

Uncle Kui is also very happy, it is natural for the master to change the name of the slave, and the girl retains the word "purple" is already a tolerance for them. His deceased lady liked purple the most, so he named his daughter "Zi'er", and now "Zijin" sounds better than "Zi'er", where is he not happy?

Shu Yao turned her head to look at Mother Liu: "Mom, since Uncle Kui has been the second housekeeper, we have chosen him to be the housekeeper." It's better to let Uncle Kui pick the rest of the stewards and manservants, and let his aunt and mother test him. ”

Xia Ruoyun and Liu's mother thought about it, it's really a good idea! At that moment, let Zijin and Lan Jin stand behind Shu Yao together, and the other maids and women to be selected stood aside first, and the men all gathered over, and Uncle Kui began to take the lead in the selection of people.

Uncle Kui is obviously the one who often does this kind of thing, and he is not pretentious, and when he asked about the vacancies of male servants in the house and the number of people needed, he quickly changed his role, began to ask questions and eliminate people in an orderly and methodical manner, and soon selected eight people, including two candidates who could be in charge. Then he told the two Ya women the requirements for the next time they sent over, because according to Liu's mother's request just now, he still needs at least six male subordinates.

Xia Ruoyun and Liu's mother were very satisfied with Uncle Kui's performance, and the eight people he selected were immediately decided and handed over to him to arrange.

Mother Liu chose a few maids and mothers-in-law, and four of them, eight to ten years old, who looked quite smart, were put in the courtyard of Shuyao and started from the third-class maids, and were renamed Mei Jin, Lan Jin, Zhu Jin, and Ju Jin respectively.

This time, a total of twenty-eight people were selected, and Mother Liu asked the two Ya wives to send some more in five days, and they could just find Uncle Kui directly. The summer house, plus the tofu workshop and the shop, still need about ten to fifteen people.

The two Ya women naturally responded happily, especially the one who brought Uncle Kui to come, smiling so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and from now on, Xia Zhai must be her big patron.

Shujie studied hard in the study, and even the lunch was sent to the study by Yongjin, and Shuyao was not in a hurry to talk to him about Uncle Kui.

In the evening, Jin Xida came back from the palace and met Uncle Kui with Shujie and talked with him for a long time.

Jin Xida was very satisfied, and immediately decided to let Uncle Kui be the housekeeper of the summer house, and asked Shujie to write a contract to Uncle Kui, saying that in the future, Uncle Kui would decide the family affairs of Zijin himself.

The book on the first day of school came back with Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu is now staying in the summer house for three days and refusing to go back, and Hou Ye and Yao Xuelan are also up to him. They found that Xiao Wu had stayed in the Xia Mansion for nearly ten days, and he was much more obedient than before, practicing martial arts at the same time as Shuwen every day (he had just started to learn basic skills from Shujie), practicing big characters, and reviewing his homework, which made Yao Xuelan so happy, when did this little overlord be so well-behaved? Since he wants to be fresh and likes to play with Xiao Liang and Huohuo, let him stay in the summer house, and when the freshness is over, he will come back when he is embarrassed, the two families are so close, and he should come and go often.

In Yao Xuelan's eyes, the three Shujie are her nephews, Xiao Wu's cousins and cousins, there is nothing polite to be polite, and Jin Xida and Wei Yuanhou are also old friends for more than ten years.

Shujie and the three of them have no opinion, Aunt Lan and her mother are good sisters, although they have never been to the capital and have never seen Aunt Lan before, but they will receive rich New Year's gifts every year, and Niang often said that if it wasn't for Aunt Lan and the help of the Marquis of Weiyuan, she would not have left Murong Mansion so easily.

The father-in-law also said that in the past three years, Aunt Lan and the Marquis of Weiyuan have not stumbled on the Murong Mansion in the capital, and the Murong Mansion has been pressured by the emperor to punish the Xiao Ding family, and they dare not blatantly trouble the Xia Mansion anymore, and the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion has also worked hard.

Now Xiao Wu likes to live in the summer house, they naturally have no reason not to welcome it, and Xiao Wu is so cute and straightforward, one brother and sister, especially the book is so happy, as if he suddenly became taller.

Shuwen, Xiao Wu, Zhang Xu, and Zhong Jiayi, who came to the summer house as soon as he arrived at Mu Xiu, plus the little tail Zhang Chen, the summer house was lively and jubilant every day.

When I saw Zhong Jiayi this time, the most surprising thing was Shu Yao, the little fat dun was gone, practicing martial arts, plus being at the age of pulling out his head, Zhong Jiayi, who had just passed his twelfth birthday, was not "dun" at all now, and already had the posture of a tall young man.

Zhong Jiayi did not forget his promise, and when he saw that the palace had rewarded the snow lotus again, he urged his mother to make snow lotus cake, and sent two pieces to Shu Yao while it was hot, making Shu Yao cry and laugh. However, since Zhong Jiayi sent it over, it was not easy to refuse and let him take it back, so he personally cooked red bean and wolfberry cake and plum blossom cake that according to Zhong Jiayi said that her mother would never forget, each with a box, plus the Xia family's tofu brain and soybean milk that had just come out of the pot, and asked Zhong Jiayi to bring it back to the Zhongguo Mansion to Mrs. Shizi, which was also considered to be publicity in advance. (To be continued......)

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