You know, I'm annoying to that chapter. Wait for an hour and a half.

"The young master's monthly money is the same as Mrs. Tai, it is twenty taels in a month, two hundred and forty taels a year, and one thousand six hundred and eighty taels in seven years, plus the gold and silver bills given for the New Year's holiday, and the flower ingots for playing...... "The new girl Cang Lan made a "pop pop" sound on the abacus, Cang Cui originally came from Xingshi to ask for guilt, and every time she heard Cang Lan say, the uneasiness in her heart became even heavier......

Cang Lan sneered in her heart, the young master in this courtyard has been confused for so many years, and he threw all the silver to this girl, and he didn't even look at the annual amount, right, he didn't even have an account! What can be done if there is only such a thing as how much money you receive on a certain day in a certain year?

Silver also has good or bad quality, the eldest grandson of the dignified national mansion, and the master of the same food and clothing as the lady of the house, there are many silver cakes in the silver box that are not pure silver, and the color of these silver is blue and black, I am afraid that the color of one or two miles is less than eighty. Such a black amount of silver, even the subordinates will not accept the monthly money to the subordinates, and I don't know how these people exchanged it. With such a black hand and such greed, are they sure that they will not be able to stay in the master's room?

Besides, Young Master Rui has not touched the silver much for so many years, at most take some scattered silver beads, all the silver should be neat, and it has not been twisted and used, but she opened all the boxes in the small warehouse, and they did not dare to move the gold and silver bills.

If you want to say that everyone in this room doesn't know about it, she doesn't believe it. The big girl is two girls living in a side room, and whoever plays bad has another pair of eyes to watch, not to mention the rough girls who are waiting, if it is said that Cang Cui, who is in charge of the money, does such a betrayal of the lord alone, she doesn't believe it.

Now this verdant and vigorous ran to her room to make trouble, I am afraid that I will be used as a gunman. Running to embarrass her as a new girl? I don't want to think about what I did to be disgusted by the young master! I hate this kind of stupid and greedy person the most, and the wife in this house really uses everything, so she raises such a traitor to the first class!

"I won't say that the weighing is less than one hundred and sixty taels of silver, and thirty taels outside can make a medium-sized family live for a year, which is so much less, not to mention the quality of the silver...... "Cang Lan is not afraid of offending people, this group of girls will not be able to jump for long." As soon as I saw it, my heart was abrupt, I was going to take over this silver room, and I couldn't tell ten mouths in the future, so I had to take Young Master Rui to see it by himself and explain to him the quality of the silver. It's ridiculous that you still think that Young Master Rui is confused, and he doesn't know anything about money, he doesn't understand, but what are we used for? ”

Cang Cui fell to the ground on the spot.

"It was Young Master Rui who has served you for many years, and asked me to only write down the short amount of silver and the fire consumption that is not in the right condition, and did not report it to Mrs. and Mrs. Tai. Otherwise, the slave steals the master's property, and he is so greedy that it is not out of line to be killed in the house. Even if you are sent to the yamen, your family will be exiled by tattoos. I advise you to be a good errand and strive for meritorious service to make amends, the master is merciful, and you should stop thinking about other thoughts. ”

Cang Lan saw Cang Cui's cold sweat, her face was like gold paper, and she snorted coldly, "Sister, don't be like this, you thought I hit you inside." This is the silver house, thanks to you, I have to register and make a new account, you avoid suspicion! ”

The green rose from the ground and walked away in despair.

Cang Lan took a sip and continued to sort out her silver box.

Damn! With so many eighty percent of the silver cakes, even if you change one piece a month, it will take two or three years, how stupid is this young master who hasn't noticed at all? Or is it the same as what the master said, this Qingcang courtyard is full of holes, colluding from top to bottom, huddling together to treat this master as a fool?

I just hope that Sister Xi'er will come soon and rectify these Diao slaves.

There is a reason why this girl is so powerful. She is one of the outside girls who entered the house at the beginning of this year, and she has been □□ in the servant's room for half a year, and she has carefully studied the rules, and she is regarded as an outstanding person among the new recruits, so she was put into the master's room early to be retained.

This Canglan's original name was Zhang Lan, the daughter of Mr. Li Rui's uncle Zhang Ning brought from Tongzhou when he returned to Beijing.

She is not a descendant of Zhang's mansion, but she has already been engaged to the son of another big steward in the mansion, and said that she would come to this mansion to be a girl for the young master, and she will go back when she is about to marry at the age of twenty.

She has the monthly money of the second-class girl in the house here, and her family also has another monthly money of the housekeeper in the Zhang Mansion, and when she goes back, both sides promise that the dowry is indispensable.

She and several other girls were all arranged by Zhang's house. She is literate and hyphenated, and the rules in Zhang's mansion have long been □□, so she came out quickly, and the others are not poor qualifications, but listen to the words of the master, deliberately stay in the servant room, find out the details of the other children, and make a good relationship by the way. In another month, they will all be released and sent to their masters.

At this time, Cang Cui and a few other girls are still dying. As everyone knows, after waiting for a month, other people will come in one after another, and when Mrs. Tai takes this money, there will be a few "sisters" left in this Qingcang Courtyard!

Hmph, I don't know how these girls are going to "make meritorious contributions".

Cang Cui left the silver room and returned to the house in despair, Cang Shu and Cang Yi, who had been waiting in her house for a long time, hurriedly came up, since Cang Lian was moved out of the West Garden with a rash, and after changing this Cang Lan over, they have always felt like a fish in their throats. Now Cangcui has received the miscellaneous errand that was originally managed by Canglian, but the newcomer has received the most important silver room, and they take advantage of Cangcui's belly to encourage her to make trouble, and it is best to take care of the girl.

She is from outside, she has no help in the house, and she is only eleven or twelve years old this year, what knowledge can she have? When the time comes, her attitude will be soft, her tone will be relaxed, and she will do business together, and she will not believe it.

"How? What did the little girl say? ”

"It's over, it's all over......"

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Did she find out? Green? What happened to you! Cangyi saw that something was wrong with Cangcui, and shook her shoulder vigorously. I'm in a hurry, you say! ”

"It's all over, it's all over, tattooed on the face...... Exile...... Kill ......" Cang Cui's eyes widened, and he said terrifying words, which frightened Cang Yi and Cang Shu into taking a few steps back.

"She's afraid she's scared, and she doesn't know what the new little girl used." Cangyi gritted his teeth and stepped forward to slap Cangcui.

Syllable!

"Let's discuss something! Don't be so scary! No matter how slippery they are, after all, they are only fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, and after nothing happened, Cang Cui was beaten like this, and she cried out "wow".

“…… Cang Lan had already told Young Master Rui! Young Master Rui knows everything! Cang Cui cried and said, "Cang Lan said that if she forced her again, she would sue Mrs. and Mrs. Tai, and let the yamen tie us up!" ”

At this time, Cang Shu and Cang Yi both changed their faces.

"Young Master knows? Then why didn't he ......" Cang Shu suddenly stopped, as if after the master came back from the North Garden, he was used to washing and dressing alone, and she had less time to serve her. Even the meal was retained by Young Master Rui and Young Master Ming in the Weishuang Hall together. There are foreign men there, and it is inconvenient for them to go over, so the master and her have long been estranged.

Cang Yi was thinking the same thing. She is in charge of her master's clothes, accessories, shoes and hats, etc., and she is also a maid who serves her closely, but for a period of time, the master has obviously rarely spoken to her, even if she tells something, she is also very cold.

"What to do? Shall we go to Madame to intercede? "They ran errands in Qingcang Courtyard, but they still went back to the Splendid Courtyard from time to time to meet Mrs. and report to Mrs. about the situation of the young master for a while. They all moved out of the splendid courtyard, and they are also good friends with the girls in the yard over there, and they are born in a family, and their parents and relatives are all running errands by the side of their wife, so they are different from the other girls in the courtyard.

"It's okay to be on the side, this time we were greedy for the master's money first, and if this matter is stabbed, Madame can't spare us, let alone protect us." Cang Shu bit his lower lip, "The house has been wearing filial piety for so many years, and he hasn't opened the house or gone out, if it weren't for the fact that the brothers in the family couldn't fish for any oil and water, why would we bother to do such dirty things!" ”

"I've done everything, and now I'm going to say these things! Think about how to make up for it. No, return all the money first, and then go to the young master to plead for mercy. We have been serving him for four or five years...... "Cangyi only got involved in this matter last year, and now he can't pay much money to stop it."

Cangcui's face turned even paler, "Where can I make up for it!" At the beginning of the year, my two elder brothers married wives, and most of the money was already used. Now call them to make up ......."

"If you don't make up for it, your family will go to jail!" Cang Shu slapped the table, "This time I was poked out, either I made up for it, or I tied it all up and sent it to the yamen, you just told your family!" Let your sister get this kind of money to marry a daughter-in-law, and now you can't do it? I'm going home! ”

She doesn't want to be kicked out, and she doesn't want to tattoo her face! She can't afford to lose this man!

In the Splendid Courtyard, Fang's was "talking" with Li Ming, who came back from class.

When his children went back to study in the house, they had more contact. Fang's family is busy, and he has to take care of the housekeeper during the day, and there are not many grandmothers who see his son in a day. She thought that the child was getting older, and when she was ten years old, she would also move out of the East Garden to live alone, and she couldn't help but feel a mother's heart, and she asked for warmth every day.

If it was before, Li Ming would have been flattered when he saw that his mother was so good to him. It's just that since he read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and learned the truth of being a man with two clever gentlemen, his resentment against his mother's snubbing of his brother in the past has been much lighter, and similarly, he has also looked down on expectations a lot.

"I heard that the old lady added another dish to Rui'er yesterday? Why didn't you get it? Did you make Grandma angry? ”

Li Ming's face suddenly became strange.

Fang's heart was overjoyed. Sure enough, it's a child, and even a dish can be saved!

Li Ming deeply sympathized with his brother. Yesterday, when they were eating in the Weishuang Hall, Grandma suddenly sent someone to bring a jar over, indicating that it was for the elder brother, saying that it could "suck off the fat". The elder brother happily brought out a bowl, but found that it was beans, and when he tasted it again, he almost lost his teeth.

It turned out that the jar was all vinegar-soaked fried soybeans, not to mention the strange taste, but also sour and unpalatable, eat that spoonful, I can't eat at noon, everything I eat is that taste. He only secretly took one and ate it, and was spit out by the strange smell. I heard my brother say that my grandmother didn't know where to get a lot of strange recipes, and they all made them for him to try.

Li Ming looked at his small body, he used to feel that he was not as tall and strong as his brother, and he was a little sad, but now that he thinks about it, his figure is really good, and he is always happy!

Thinking of this, Li Ming said with affection: "I was added that dish, I'm afraid that my brother made my grandmother angry again." ”

It's scary for grandma to get angry! She never scolded them, but she was more uncomfortable than scolding them.

She broke the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to them! Do not say! Please listen to the next breakdown, there will be no more! Is it okay to not be able to sleep all night?

Fang's only regarded his son as a stiff-mouthed, and said more kindly: "Your brother has no father and no mother, grandma must take care of him more, you are a younger brother, you must know how to be humble, it is just a dish, you will inherit the family business in the future, the whole house is yours, now you let him be better, good." ”

"I've been used to it for a long time, mother, you don't have to worry about me feeling uncomfortable. Haven't you always done that? Li Ming looked at his mother inexplicably, she had always cared more about her brother than him, why was she suddenly worried about her grandmother's unfairness now? And grandma is very good, no eccentricity. ”

He also has the "bamboo dragonfly" made by his grandmother especially for him, saying that he reads every day, his eyes are broken, and he has nothing to do to go to an open place to play, so he can exercise and exercise his eyes. My brother doesn't have any of this! A toy that can fly into the sky by himself, my brother's eyes are straight!

Hehe, grandma said that he is old, this is not for older children to play, it is better to be a younger brother, it is better to be a younger brother!

Seeing his son smirk, Fang didn't know why he felt that something was wrong. Seeing that his son said that he still had to do his homework, Fang had no choice but to leave the house in wonder.

"Mama Liu, why do you say that this old lady is like a different person? I used to never care about things before and after, but now I am looking for a master, caring about daily life, and telling them about books! Have you seen Ming'er's signs? He writes and draws every day, and follows the devil. "Fang's heart is unspeakably uncomfortable." I have raised the meat that fell from my stomach for seven or eight years, and there is not a day that I don't worry about it......"

"I don't know where the old lady got the ** soup. Now Ming'er's feelings for the old lady are deeper than with my biological mother......"

Mama Liu was also depressed. Her nephew was sent to Qingcang Courtyard by his wife, and said that he would be transferred to serve Young Master Ming after a while, but he didn't know why he seemed to have forgotten. His nephew went back and said several times, saying that Young Master Rui was learning things with a few gentlemen every day, but there was no book that was finished from beginning to end, and if this continued, her talented nephew would be abolished!

Now the old lady interfered in the homework of the two young masters again, and pointed out two scholars to the young master Rui, saying that there were still a few little girls, and they would send him to the courtyard after a month or two □□ they were ready, so her nephew would not be able to make up for it in the future.

It's just that she complains in her heart, and she still can't show dissatisfaction on her face. She had been waiting close to Fang's side, there was something in her stomach, and she had a smile on her face, and after a long time, she couldn't help but hold her breath.

Hearing Fang's words, Mama Liu suddenly thought of something else. She looked left and right at no one, and whispered:

The slave maid also felt that this lady had suddenly become very different since she was angry with Young Master Rui last time. I heard that I still write letters? This ordinary family invited Mr. to teach the child enlightenment, why it will take two or three years to get to the point of writing a letter by herself, and it has only been more than a year, and the illiterate Mrs. Tai will write a letter, which is really strange. ”

"And the card in the hands of the young master and the young master Ming...... "Mama Liu's voice lowered, "Forgive the slave and the maid for talking too much, this is too abnormal......"

Fang Clan originally just said it casually, and didn't think much about it at all, but he was taken aback by this Fang Mama's serious mention.

"What do you mean by that? The old lady used to pretend to be confused, but in fact she knew everything? ”

"No, the slave maid thinks that there are one after another dead people in the house, and the eldest lady is also not innocent......" Mama Liu's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance.

Fang Shi shook his body for some reason, as if he hadn't stood firmly.

Mama Liu hurriedly reached out to help.

“…… The slave is afraid that someone in the house has collided with something like a fox and a yellow fairy! ”

"The son is silent, and the strange power is confused!" Fang Shi glared at Mama Liu, "What nonsense are you talking about!" Even if you are my bride and mother, if you say such things in the house, you can't escape it! ”

Mama Liu disagreed. She had been serving the Fang clan for so long, if she really thought what she said was ridiculous, she would have left first with a straight face, without even looking at her, and she had been cold for a few days. Where would you pretend to be calm like this.

"Madam, you are from all backgrounds, and you have never seen these things in the countryside! How many people have been retaliated against because they inadvertently injured these 'great immortals'. Some old yellow immortals have gone to the human body, that is, to rob other people's wealth and come to enjoy happiness in the mortal world. The slave maid heard that there was an old woman who killed her daughter-in-law, and was finally discovered, and suddenly ran away with a tail behind her, and there were also some foxes who specialized in harming people's children! The more Mama Liu thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case.

"It turns out that there is an old man, full of evil spirits, and he is not afraid of ghosts and old demons. But after the old man's health began to deteriorate, first the uncle went, and then the eldest lady...... Young Master Rui inexplicably went to confront the old lady and was whipped, after the old lady woke up, she argued that she couldn't live on a hunger strike, and then she ate again and began to heal Young Master Rui......"

"This mansion, before the old man gave it to him, I heard that the dignitaries who lived in it were also beheaded after being convicted, and then this mansion was confiscated into the palace. This is so evil, the masters of three dynasties in a row have had a bloody disaster......"

Fang Shi shuddered, she suddenly felt that there were countless pairs of eyes looking at her in all directions.

"Let's say another unpleasant thing, the lady and the old man and wife have been harmonious for so many years, who in and outside the house is not envious? As long as the lord is in the house, he will stay in your room, why haven't you been pregnant for so long? Mama Liu looked at Fang's stomach, "I'm afraid that the demon in this mansion is the kind of person who wants to harm people's heirs, and it is a peerless portal!" ”

As soon as Mama Liu said this, the Fang clan couldn't calm down at all. She has been taking the medicine to condition her body, and she has also visited the very effective temple of sending children, and she has added a lot of sesame oil money, but there is no news in her stomach until now.

If it is said that their husband and wife have never had children, she will die of heart, at most she will take a concubine for her husband, and it is the same to take the child to her bottom and raise it, but she has Ming'er in the second year after she got married, and obviously the two have no problems at all.

"According to Mama's words, what should I do? Why don't you talk to the master, and let the master find a clever Taoist priest to take a look? Fang covered his heart uneasily, "Or go to the Great Mercy and Grace Temple to invite a Bodhisattva back?" ”

The master's character is the most face-saving, and at this time, if she wants to make a rumor that there is a demon in her house, she will be the first to be beaten!

"This slave doesn't have much to say. The slave and maid are just speculations, unreasonable and unfounded, and they want to talk to the master, for fear of being regarded as a woman's absurd words. I think it's better for Mrs. to discuss with her mother's family, find a spiritual goddess or Taoist priest to enter the house to see, no evil is of course the best, and you can always have a peace of mind. ”

Fang nodded, thinking about when to let his mother come over. Her mother was out and about, and she knew a lot of people, so she should know where to find a temple.

At this time, Gu Qing, who was in the Cloud Holding Courtyard, didn't know that the Fang clan was planning to find someone to come in to "catch demons", and she was busy with other things.

Ten days later, it was the day when the eldest daughter of Li Rui's uncle Zhang Ning's family turned fifteen years old. The eldest girl Zhang Yuan's courtesy, Zhao invited her to be a "guest".

The "guest" of this woman's ceremony has always been a female elder with both ability and political integrity and a prominent status. Anyone who gets an invitation from someone else's daughter to be a "guest" for his own girl will basically not shirk it. Because that's the best compliment to the invitees. Unless it's really sick or there is something white at home recently, I will agree.

Gu Qing really wanted to see this ancient woman's "coming-of-age ceremony". It's just that she doesn't know anything about this, she flipped through the old lady's memory, this old lady Qiu was fifteen years old, she found the mother-in-law of the next door to stick a wooden hairpin on her head, it is not complicated.

So a month ago, Zhao came to invite, and she honestly told Zhao about her worry about "not being talented enough".

At that time, Zhao said with a smile: "On the day of the ceremony, they are all their own family, and they are not going to do a big thing, the ceremony is not complicated, and when the time comes, call a lady to come over and talk to the old lady carefully." ”

Only then did Gu Qing agree.

The little fat man's uncle has done a lot for his fat man, and Gu Qing has always wanted to repay this family. She is now really putting herself as a grandmother who is raising her grandson. Therefore, Gu Qing, who has a lot of money, directly asked people to go to Zhang's Mansion to reply, saying that she had wrapped all the headdresses used by the eldest girl's ceremony, and when the time came, she would pick them out and send them to Zhang's Mansion.

What Gu Qing is doing now is to pick out the three things.

"How about this?" The table in front of Gu Qing was full of jewels, and the eyes of several girls didn't blink, and even Gu Qing was a little dizzy.

In Mrs. Qiu's jewelry box, I don't know how many jewelry Lao Guogong collected back then. It's just that the old lady thinks that the many things she wears are heavy, so she always picks up the light ones and wears them, and the others are stored in the box and sorted into categories. Now that other girls and girls are in the house, they naturally can't find some pure past, but how to be precious and suitable, Gu Qing doesn't know this standard.

She couldn't even tell her about the materials for many hair accessories.

So Gu Qing had to turn over a lot of hairpins, hair crowns and other things, and put them on the big table to choose them with Mama Hua.

Gu Qing looked at a table full of headdresses, and his heart was dark.

These heads are inlaid with real jewelry, and the materials they are made of are mostly valuable, and in modern times, any one taken out is worth a lot of money.

She has been here for so long, except for a few times when she has worn a life woman dress and touched the jewelry box a few times, and what she usually uses is the head and face in a few boxes on the dresser.

"This is good-looking, and the style is also elegant, how about using this?" Gu Qing took a fancy to a butterfly picking flowers at a glance, the style was good-looking, and it was not cheesy.

"Mrs. Tai......" Mama Hua sighed. That's a golden butterfly hairpin, and the hairpin can't be used in the ceremony, so you have to use it. ”

Mama Hua stretched out her hand and took a slender stick made of mutton fat and white jade on the table, "I think, this jade flute is not bad." ”

Well, the whole body is white and delicate, and it is really beautiful. But ......'

it! Isn't this the pin for the crown?

"Well, Mama Hua has a good eye, so let's use this." Gu Qing put down the butterfly hairpin as if nothing happened.

"Since the flute has been chosen, the following is the hairpin. How's this? ”

Hehe, she can't be wrong this time, right? She also remembered that the hairpin should be two strands, one long and one short, and if she found the wrong one, she would eat this one!

"This is a good thing, looking at the style, it looks like the shape in the court of the previous dynasty, and the woman outside imitates it. Although it is an imitation, the craftsmanship is not bad, and this green point is also good. "Mama Hua looked at the hairpin in the style of dragon and phoenix flower branches in Gu Qing's hand, and Luan Feng had a green feather in her mouth, which looked very luxurious." But this is a step shake, the eldest girl of the Zhang family is in the middle of the walk, the step shake is too coquettish, and you have to choose a dignified style. ”

'Step, step? Isn't it the same as hairpins? Isn't it just a small pendant underneath? ’

Gu Qing felt that his throat had begun to hurt.

was denied twice by Mama Hua, no matter how good Gu Qing's "interest" was, it was all lost. She casually took a bead flower to play with, and said to Mama Hua:

"I came from a poor background, I don't know what to pay attention to, Mama Hua has been in the palace for a long time, and I am familiar with these etiquettes, this girl's hairpin and crown are still Mama, you can pick it."

first took the hairpin as a hairpin, and then took the step as a hairpin, and even the girl on the side showed a little strange eyes, Gu Qing really didn't know what to do. Even if a woman who is no longer educated has always had to comb her hair since she was a child, she has made mistakes in the simplest common sense. In fact, she has made this kind of embarrassing thing several times in the past six months, and I don't know why these girls didn't show surprise at all.

Mrs. Qiu, what more humiliating things have you done before to make these girls feel strange? I want to light a pillar of incense for your old man, thank you for your "unruly"!

If you want to talk about Mama Hua, in fact, her heart is also up and down, no matter which master has a good temper, he will not be comfortable if he is slapped like this twice.

But if you really let Mrs. Tai take the golden hairpin and step shake to give the girl a "salute", she will lose even more face at that time.

Since the old man left, Mrs. Tai has often been a little confused, and she combs her hair casually on weekdays, and the headdress is also matched by the next person. Although I am much more energetic now than before, I still get confused from time to time, and my memory is much worse.

The Zhang family hasn't moved around for a long time, and they thought that the old lady was the same energetic appearance as before, but now Mrs. Tai has asked to be a 'Zhengbin' for the eldest girl of the Zhang family, and she really pinched a cold sweat for the girl who wanted to be in time.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime event for a girl!

'Broken! Hua Mama suddenly thought of something more serious.

'Does Mrs. Tai know how to comb her hair in a high bun?' ’

She had already imagined the eldest girl of the Zhang family kneeling there, and the helpless Mrs. Tai grabbed the comb for a long time and couldn't comb her hair in a bun. The back is to add "wearing a crown", but ordinary buns can't be added!

Mama suddenly fell into a state of extreme distress. She had completely ruined Mrs. Tai's mood, and now she had to ask about this kind of thing.

…… She had to think about whether she was going to get old. In a few years, I'm afraid that my life will be over.

Mama Hua sighed in her heart, and after a struggle, she finally opened her mouth:

"Mrs., when you make the second salute, you have to comb your hair in a high bun, although there is a praiser to help, but the person who holds the comb has to be you. You don't comb your hair for a long time, you just don't know this updo......"

Before she finished speaking, Gu Qing's eyes were already wide open, with an expression of "Ouch, what the hell is that".

Miss Zhang! You should burn a few more sticks of incense at home!