When the Chinese New Year was approaching, the busiest thing was the kitchen, and Lin Zhu's family had nearly thirty people to eat, and Lin Zhu was also persuaded by Dr. Zhang and others to stop entering the kitchen, so the two cooks brought by the Zhang sisters, Aunt Wang and Cai's mother, had a lot of heavy work.

Aunt Wang is better, she got Zhang Manyun's instructions, and Zhang Manyun gave her some rewards one after another, so she was quite energetic, but Cai's mother was different, she was hung by Lin Zhu from the beginning of her time in the kitchen, and she only did rough girl's work for several days, which really made her lose face, and wanted Zhang Manqing to cry, and was reprimanded by her again, now let alone reward, it is good not to deduct money.

Cai's mother also knew that she was going to restrain her temperament, so she has been honest since then, but now it's the New Year, in Zhang's Mansion in previous years, this is the time when the most rewards are given, but they are now living in this rural courtyard, and the reward is estimated to be useless, so Cai's mother's complaints came out.

"Alas, I don't know what the New Year is like this year, in previous years, the ladies and ladies in the house wanted to be auspicious, but they were next to each other to give out rewards." Cai's mother muttered while washing the vegetables.

"Mother Cai, did you get a lot of bounties for the Chinese New Year before?" Chunxing, a rough girl sent by Zhang Manqing to her, approached Cai's mother and inquired curiously.

"No, when this comes, the ladies of the house will always reward people. Not to mention how lively it was at that time. Cai's mother's voice was not low, and Aunt Wang and Xiaoqiu, who were busy on the other side, heard it.

"Aunt Wang, is what Mother Cai said true?" Xiaoqiu was also a little curious. Although she also sold herself to Zhang's mansion, the time was still short, and she never caught up with such a good thing.

"Well, in previous years, the ladies in the house would give some rewards, but they were all those maids and ladies with heads and faces, and there were not many below." Aunt Wang nodded, she had also envied Mother Cai before, she was very embarrassed by the second lady, and she could get a silver reward after being rewarded.

"And what about this year?" Chunxing and Xiaoqiu are most concerned about this. They asked Cai's mother and Aunt Wang respectively what they wanted.

Cai's mother's face was a little ugly. Because I haven't heard anyone talk about it until now. She couldn't sit still when she heard Chun Xing ask her about the silver reward for the New Year, and she was upset. The voice is a little bit unpleasant. "I don't know. It's not in our house, okay, why should you go? Chun Xing turned aside a little aggrieved.

"I can't say anything about that." Aunt Wang on the other side kept talking to Xiaoqiu with a pleasant face, "But there should be one in the eldest lady, she has always rewarded and punished clearly." Seeing Cai's mother's movements, Aunt Wang whispered to Xiaoqiu.

"So, what about here?" Xiao Qiu secretly pointed in the direction of Lin Zhu's room.

"Shh," Aunt Wang glared at her, "What are you referring to?" The master of this family can't be offended, it's the benevolence and righteousness of the people who give it, and if you don't give it to us, you can't talk nonsense behind your back, do you know the truth? Aunt Wang's suddenly serious face was a little stunned, and she quickly nodded, "Zhilu said, Aunt Wang." ”

"Keep your mouth tight, don't ask around, if you let the eldest lady know, I can't spare you, you are disgraced by her." Aunt Wang was worried and instructed again.

"I don't say anything about it." Xiaoqiu heard the seriousness of the matter, so she swore by God.

"However, I don't look at this Miss Bamboo like a stingy person, maybe there will be a surprise." Aunt Wang whispered her conjecture to Xiaoqiu. Her eyes lit up when she listened, but she didn't say it in a funny way.

"Miss, it's about to be the New Year, do these people who came with us also have to give some rewards, some of them also got it in previous years." Xiangqiao asked while combing Zhang Manyun's hair.

"What you said makes sense, if you don't let these hardships follow us out, we can't be happier after the New Year." Zhang Manyun understands very well that although the minions below are bought by the family, if they don't give some benefits, they won't be so handy to call. "Let's come out this time, although we don't have much silver, we can deal with them, you go and take out a hundred taels of silver, find someone to exchange it for broken silver that is convenient for rewarding, and prepare to reward it to the next people during the New Year."

"Yes, miss." Xiangqiao agreed, "But, Miss, will we inform Miss Zhu?" Her family probably doesn't have this habit, right? "Xiangqiao has lived here for a long time, and she also knows that there are not many people in Lin Zhu's family, in fact, most of them are in Zhuangzi, and they will not come to Lin Family Village at all, so she doesn't know Lu Dao.

"It's still not necessary, it's not good to let her break the bank, after all, the people in our house account for the majority. Later, you can appease a few faceless stewards and let them calm down for a while. Zhang Manyun instructed again, she had followed her mother to give rewards to her subordinates in previous years, and she also knew that the Dao, especially those minions who had some roots in the house, valued these the most. If they also think about the New Year's reward here in Lin Zhu, then they will be embarrassed and thrown outside.

"Yes, miss, I'll tell them at once." Xiangqiao gave her a blessing and wanted to go out.

"Wait a minute." Zhang Manyun stood up from the dresser and walked to Xiangqiao, "You will quietly tell Shucui later, the second sister may not pay attention to this, and you have to let them prepare in advance." ”

"Yes." Xiangqiao got the order and quickly went out to run errands.

Although Zhang Manqing is usually more delicate, but at this time it is time to buy people, of course she will not let it go easily, after listening to Shucui talk about Xiangqiao's intention, she also nodded, "Since my sister said so, then let's do the same, and instruct it, as long as they don't embarrass Miss Ben, not only will Miss Ben have a reward, but when she returns to the mansion, she will also let the second lady give them some rewards." ”

"Yes, miss, the slave will go and tell them." Shucui was very pleased that her young lady could be so reasonable at this time. In previous years, she may not have thought of so much, but she didn't expect that a trip would make her understand a lot of things, and she, who was a personal maid, was very happy for Zhang Manqing.

In this way, the subordinates brought by Zhang Fu were somewhat impetuous and calmed down.

"Well, hehehehe, well done, worthy of my granddaughter." When Dr. Zhang heard Steward Zhang's report, he also knew about the recent behavior of the Zhang sisters, and he was very happy with their reasoning.

"Miss Sun has become more and more person-like, and she is thoughtful, thanks to the master's teaching." As an old man in the house, although Steward Zhang commented on the little masters a little overstepping, he patted Dr. Zhang's ass lightly, which made him very useful, and naturally he would not criticize him.

"It seems that coming out for a walk still has some effect, and now even the young girl is acting in a measured manner." Doctor Zhang stroked his beard, and his eyes were full of satisfaction. "The ancients often said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books, and it is really not true that I am not deceived."

Of course, the actions of the Zhang sisters were also seen by Lin Zhu.

"Mother Chang, Sister Yun and Sister Qing are very good at being people." Their actions not only appeased the subordinates, bought people's hearts, but also gave Lin Zhu a lot of face, which would not make it difficult for her.

"Well, some wrists, indeed." Chang's mother nodded, "This is every New Year's Day, it is also a practice for masters to reward slaves, and some slaves don't care about the money at all, but the master's reward is the big one." Chang's mother told Lin Zhu again that Concubine Lan in the palace has to reward the minions below with no less than three or four thousand taels of silver every New Year's Day, and some powerful concubines who compete for favor will be rewarded even more. The eyes of the minions below are all thieves, and they can lean on which way there are many rewards, it has always been like this, and Chang's mother is not surprised.

Lin Zhu stuck out her tongue when she heard this, and said in her heart that she also had more scattered silver here, and I don't know if the silver bills she prepared before can be used.

"Mother Chang, do you think the silver bills we prepared this year are enough?" Lin Zhu discussed with Chang's mother in the house.

She had only prepared the gifts she was going to give to Dr. Zhang a few days ago, and although she had prepared some reward money together, she was still afraid that it would not be enough at that time.

"I think it should be about the same, like the old gentleman's guards, some people are beating the girl's rice wine, I don't think they care much about the money." Chang's mother smiled and told Lin Zhu the joke she heard from Chang Shi.

It turned out that after Old Man Du brewed the rice wine, in addition to the two old men, the other Lin Zhu also gave some to everyone, so that they could all taste it. Unexpectedly, they all liked the taste of this wine, and they knew that there were not many wines, so they cherished it when they drank it.

"Okay, count the wine for them as well, the steward and the guards plus a jar of rice wine, ten taels of silver per person, and five taels of silver for ordinary subordinates." Lin Zhu added to the original one. "For example, the maids and mothers-in-law on Sister Yun and Sister Qing's side, Chang's mother also rewards some silver bills according to their rank, and the personal maid and the housekeeper's mother add more jewelry, and the rest will give a piece of cloth or something."

"The girl is very thoughtful, the reward should not exceed the two young ladies of the Zhang family, but you can make up for it in things, these people are away from home, some subsidies, and they will not underestimate us." Mother Chang nodded, although the reward is not very much, but it has a very good effect on Lin Zhu, in the future, Lin Zhu will live in the capital, it is indispensable to deal with the people of the Zhang family, and the people who have stayed in the Lin family will definitely remember her benefits, and will also give her a good reputation in the Zhang Mansion.

"The people in our family have also worked hard this year, and the reward is compared to the descendants of the godfather's family. Add some clothes and materials, or some snacks and meat. "Of course, Lin Zhu will not favor one over the other, for his own subordinates, although they don't need to come to serve, but their words are much heavier than the people in the courtyard, of course, they should be rewarded. (To be continued......)