A light rain before dawn made the ground slightly wetter, and the blooming peach blossoms were also a little more crystalline, reflecting a colorful halo under the rising sun. Take a deep breath, the warm air is mixed with the freshness of green grass and the fragrance of peach blossoms, which makes people feel happy.

As soon as Jia Min got up in the morning, he made people stand up the window, put on his robe and stand in front of the window, admiring the peach blossoms of the tree, "No wonder Huang Laoxie wants to plant peach forests all over the place where he lives, this peach blossom can bloom, and it is really beautiful and intoxicating." ”

"Grandma, it just rained in the morning, and it's still cold, don't stand in front of the window, watch the cold, and have to drink bitter medicine soup." Mo Ju took the little girl and came in with toiletries, and when she saw Jia Min standing at the window and looking outside, she hurriedly came over to persuade her.

Coincidentally, Lin Ruhai came back from morning practice and walked into Songfeng Courtyard, and saw his beloved wife standing in front of the window, grinning, her white teeth shining in the sun, "Lady, get up." ”

Jia Min saw that he was in a very good mood, and his heart was also happy, and he replied with a smile: "You can see that you are very happy, but you picked up the silver in the morning." ”

"Hey, as soon as I came back, I saw the lady greeting me with a smile, how can this pleasure be compared to picking up money." Lin Ruhai laughed.

But when he entered the house, he immediately pulled Jia Min away from the window, "My husband is back, so I don't have to look anymore." ”

Jia Min smiled and spat him, "You're thick-skinned." ”

"Hey, it's okay." Lin Ruhai pulled Jia Min to sit down, "I'm here to serve our grandmother to wash and change clothes?" As he spoke, he really went to get a big handkerchief and hid it in front of Jia Min's placket.

Jia Min pushed him, "You really sit down, or go and see today's breakfast, don't get in the way here." ”

After the two talked and laughed and finished breakfast, Lin Ruhai went to school and worked hard for his own imperial examination. After Jia Min cleaned up here, he also planned to go to the main courtyard to ask for peace. Although since that time she threatened Mrs. Lin. The man hadn't looked for her much more, but his face was more ugly, so he didn't dare to speak ill of her anymore. It's just a trick to ignore her if you can, ignore her, unless necessary, just treat her as no one in the house, and don't talk to her. The subordinates in this mansion are all top-notch, and seeing Mrs. Lin's attitude towards Jia Min, they naturally followed suit.

Jia Min has money and people himself. and didn't need to be a housekeeper, they dared to be too lazy to pay attention to them, so that Cuizhu and a few people were so angry that they were all appeased by Jia Min. She laughed and teased: "Do you have to let people have a chance to be discouraged?" ”

Cuizhu and a few girls, thinking of Mrs. Lin's attitude now, were silent. What makes them even more suspenseful is the uncle's attitude towards his own girl. I am afraid that Lin Ruhai will move closer to Mrs. Lin and be bad for Jia Min, and that girl really has no place in the Lin family. Fortunately. The uncle treated the girl as always, and even more considerate and gentle, and went to fewer gatherings among classmates, so he went back to the house as early as possible every day to accompany his grandmother.

"Grandma. Our wife handed over the post, saying that she invited the wife, grandma and the girls in the house to come to the house to enjoy the flowers, and the post was sent to the wife, so the wife gave it back directly. Even the daughter-in-law from the Jia family didn't see her grandmother. Mama Yu whispered angrily, "And last time, Sister-in-law Lai came to see you." said that our grandmother was pregnant, but who knew that my wife didn't seem to hear it, let alone a congratulatory gift, and she didn't even send someone to Jia's house to ask, which was too much. "Isn't this obviously saying that their girl is not favored in Lin Hou's mansion, has there been such a slap in the face. It's not that all the girls from all families are married, and they are all proud, but the two in-laws are also coming and going, not like the Lin family, who have to become a life-and-death enemy and never get along with each other.

Jia Min was stunned and raised his eyebrows, "Who did you listen to?" ”

"Now we can't find out any news, I still sent someone from my family to tell me, and I just found out." As long as Mama Yu thinks of it, I don't know how many people in the capital now, they are all waiting to see the jokes of their girls, and she hates it.

"What, you still have dealings with the Jia family?" Jia Min looked at Mama Yu with a smile, but she didn't expect that there were really people around her who were ventilating with the family.

Mama Yu lowered her head, took Jia Min's attitude, and whispered: "It's the slave's daughter-in-law, come to see the slave and tell the slave." ”

"Hehe, that's fine, if you have any words and letters in the future, I don't have to give them to others." Jia Min smiled faintly. Mama Yu contacted the Jia family because she was afraid that she would be bullied, and her mother's family was kept in the dark, and there was no one to support her.

Mama Yu's heart was relieved, "Just leave it to the old slave." She had just finished playing with Jia Min on the front foot here, and was intercepted at the second gate when she turned around, Wang Anjia looked at Mama Yu with a smile, "Yo, isn't this Sister Yu in the big grandmother's house, where are you going in a hurry?" ”

Mama Yu smiled: "Grandma sent me back to Rongguo Mansion to send some things to the grandma over there." ”

"Yo, this can't be done, my wife only issued a ban in the morning, and the people in the house are not allowed to leave the house without a token." Wang Anjia's whole collar glanced at Mama Yu proudly, "If you want to leave the house, you can only do it if your wife is ready." ”

Mama Yu was puzzled: "When did Mrs. say it, why didn't I hear the letter?" ”

"Mrs. said this morning, it's normal that Sister Yu didn't hear the letter, and now the Songfeng Courtyard ...... Hehe......" What she meant by her words, who in the house doesn't know that the eldest grandmother has offended his wife, and she is especially unwelcome, and she doesn't know something.

When Jia Min came back from the main courtyard, she saw Mama Yu coming back angrily, and she couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong, who made my mother angry?" ”

Mama Yu couldn't be angry, and learned from Jia Min what she was hindered by, Jia Min smiled, "I think it's a big deal, if you don't let me go out of the house, then don't go out, and it doesn't matter if you leave or right." ”

"But grandma, their words are too ugly?" Mama Yu's anger was hard to dissipate. At that time, there was also a sense of disparity, when their own girls were in charge of the house before, these people rushed to slap themselves, and now the wind is turning, and they are all following the high and low, sneering.

Jia Min picked up a book casually, turned the page he saw last time, and said nonchalantly: "If they want to say it, they can say it, their mouths are on others, who can control what she says." "I really dare to say it no matter how ugly it is, I just pulled my teeth out, and see if she dares next time.

She just coaxed Mama Yu down, and Mei Qing also came back with a blue face. When Jia Min saw it, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "What's wrong today." Don't all have a good face? ”

"Grandma, these people are too deceitful." Mei Qing cried, just now she went to the small kitchen to order lunch, the people in the small kitchen were all pushing back and forth, what did they want, and when they were in a hurry, they said, "If the big kitchen doesn't give it, we can't do it, right?" If the girl has the ability, she will talk to the steward of the big kitchen, and tell us what kind of power she has! ”

Jia Min sighed and put down the book. "You guys, you usually look amazing, don't you? Why is it that people are bullied to the head now, but there is no trick at all? When encountering this, directly ask someone to give them a few slaps, can I not support you, master? "Aren't the people in this house picking up persimmons and pinching them, looking at her wife's heart, everyone wants to come up and step on their feet, and they don't want to think about it, Mrs. Lin is more than forty years old this year. She can live for a few more years, and sooner or later the Lin family will be in charge of her family. Offended her very much today, aren't you afraid that she will settle accounts in the future? Or do they all think that they have to cry in the room now? Silenced by their bullying? Hmph, it's all wrong.

Mei Qing's eyes widened, she heard her right, grandma is encouraging her to go to the small kitchen to beat people?

"Huh. Let's gather all the people, I have a master for everything. Jia Min opened the book again and read it, the people on the second door. She can't take care of it, but the small kitchen is under the door of Songfeng Courtyard, and she dares to stab? These people have forgotten her methods.

Seeing that Mei Qing was about to go out in high spirits, Cuizhu hurriedly stopped her and persuaded: "You better rest, now that grandma is already very difficult in the house, don't make trouble for her." He also persuaded Jia Min: "Grandma, deal with it at noon, and when the uncle comes back in the evening, let the uncle go and talk to his wife." "As a daughter-in-law, it's better not to be tough with your wife.

Jia Min didn't raise his head and said, "I care about my people, what can my wife say." Mei Qing, you go to the clam tube, smash what should be smashed, hit what should be beaten, and then bring everyone to this courtyard to kneel, and then ask Mama Yu to call Wang An, and say I have something to ask him. ”

"Hey." Mei Qing was also very angry with the women in the small kitchen just now, and when she got out of the main room, she called several stout mothers-in-law, and went straight to the small kitchen with a fierce attitude.

In the small kitchen, several cooks were laughing with melon seeds, and they were also worried, "We have so contradicted the girl next to the big grandma, what if the big grandma is to blame?" ”

"Hmph, blame it, blame it, send me to the house from the sky, just right, I don't want to do it." One of the mothers-in-law pouted.

"Who said no, serving in this small kitchen, three meals a day with tricks, or not to say, there is no oil and water at all, who wants to do it, the old lady is not serving!"

"Who do you say you don't serve?" Mei Qing barged in and asked with a sneer.

"Yo, Miss Meiqing is back, what does Grandma want to eat?"

Mei Qing sneered: "It's not that you don't want to serve, it just so happens that the eldest grandmother is also thinking about changing people." As soon as she raised her hand, "Press these all back, grandma will send them down." ”

"Why...... "One of the mother-in-laws just jumped up, and was slapped in the face by the stout woman, and half of her face was swollen at that time, and the stout woman was not merciful, and grabbed the collar, and there were several big ear scrapers anyway, which made her eyes and ears buzz.......

The rest of the people in the kitchen didn't have time to make a quick confession, and a few tall and strong women brought by Mei Qing grabbed one by one, slapped honestly one another, and finally honestly arrived at Songfeng Courtyard, kneeling on the bluestone slab against the noon sun, and their heads were still dizzy.

At this time, Wang An also came over nervously, and as soon as he entered the Songfeng Courtyard, he saw several women kneeling in the courtyard with blue noses and swollen faces, all with blood on their mouths and noses, and they were beaten indistinctly when they looked at it. He had a sudden snort in his heart, is the eldest grandmother angry?

"Sister-in-law, call grandma back, it's Wang An who is here." He stood in the courtyard respectfully, and even gave Mama Yu a salute.

Mama Yu entered the house with a cold face, and came out after a while, and said firmly: "Grandma said, please think about it to Steward Wang, in the past three months, why has the account of the small kitchen increased by two hundred taels of silver." ”

Wang An was stunned, thinking about how he knew the accounts of the small kitchen. Wait, the small kitchen is the share of the grandmother and the uncle, and then increase the grandmother's own money, the rate of materials and whatevers goes from the big kitchen, and the big kitchen goes to Songfeng Courtyard once a month to settle the bill. Most of the time, the grandmother doesn't care too much, it is the Cuizhu girl who reconciles with the people in the big kitchen and then gives money. And the person in charge of delivering ingredients to the kitchenette is his sister-in-law. Before, the uncle had a big kitchen attack. It's just that the account is wrong, and his sister was transferred to the garden by the eldest girl. Some time ago, when his wife was back in charge of the house, he transferred his sister back to the big kitchen.

After thinking about it, the sweat on Wang An's face came down, "This...... In the first month, everything in the capital has a long price......"

"Wait, this is the price that the eldest grandmother has given to various places in the capital recently, Steward Wang will take a good look, right?" Mama Yu handed him a list and turned around to leave. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and turned around again: "Yo, I forgot to say something, this is what the uncle brought back." ”

As soon as he heard that Lin Ruhai took it back, Wang An wiped his face with his sleeve, compared the account with the list, and the more he looked at it, the whiter his face became, and finally his legs were weak, and he knelt down with a plop. While secretly scolding his sister in his heart for not remembering to eat, she was cleaned up for this last time, how dare she do it. While secretly worried, the uncle has long been dissatisfied with himself. If you don't have these stewards in the house, why don't you just keep an eye on him?

There was a grandmother in the house, and Wang An didn't dare to beg for mercy loudly. Everybody knows it. He also knew in his heart that the eldest grandmother hadn't said it before, and today she called him to Songfeng Courtyard alone. It's definitely not that I want to make it public, but now it's up to the grandmother to see what she says.

After kneeling for two quarters of an hour, Mama Yu came out again, leaned over and whispered: "Grandma also asked me to ask Steward Wang, is there a relative of Steward Wang living in Mao'er Hutong on West Fourth Street?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Wang An almost didn't lie on the ground, he just set up a room there a few years ago, the courtyard of Wujin, newly decorated, although it is not as good as the house, but it is also much more magnificent than the ordinary poor Beijing officials. As a slave, it stands to reason that he has not returned to his master, he is not allowed to buy private property, and he can afford to sell such a large yard, it is definitely not his own money, where does this money come from, needless to say, everyone knows.

"And the 100 acres of land in the suburbs? Where is the oil and grain shop on West Street, Steward Wang is quite wealthy? Mama Yu said word by word.

Where did Wang An dare to say more, he crawled on the ground and swallowed countless heads, begging Mama Yu and said: "Mom, don't plead with the eldest grandmother, the little one knows that he is wrong, and he won't dare in the future." ”

Mama Yu smiled: "It's really feng shui in turn, today the eldest grandmother sent me to send some things to the eldest grandmother of Rongguo Mansion, but I was stopped by the sister-in-law of the Wang steward's family, and I begged her to come." ”

When Wang An heard this, he was so angry that he couldn't wait for his wife in front of him, so he immediately beat her. "That doesn't know how to offend my mother, and when I go home, I send her to vent her anger to my mother." Wang An smiled flatteringly, "I beg my mother to say good things to the little one in front of the big grandmother, so that I can spare the villain this time." ”

Mama Yu was so blocked today that she came out, with a smile on her face, and threw down three words: "Wait." Then he turned and went into the main room.

Cuizhu immediately brought tea over, "Mom, eat tea." He fanned her with a handkerchief again, "It's hard mom." ”

"It's not hard." Mama Yu just sat in the house and ate tea, talked and laughed with a few girls, and waited for an hour before going out of the house. Wang An was tired, sore and afraid, and he didn't know how to survive this hour, let alone the mothers-in-law kneeling outside. Ever since he was beaten and knelt down in Songfeng Courtyard, he began to regret it. Goodbye Wang An, the second housekeeper in the house, is also so obedient and close in the Songfeng Courtyard, he doesn't dare to get up at all, so he has to kneel when he kneels, and he doesn't even dare to stand up, he regrets and fears it, thinking that he is afraid that he will be miserable this time.

As soon as Wang An saw Mama Yu come out, he couldn't care about wiping his sweat, and he grinned very ugly, and before he was about to speak, he saw Mama Yu facing him behind him, "Uncle! ”

When Wang An heard this, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

Lin Ruhai's teacher was taken to the palace by Emperor Qixiang, and he couldn't come back in the afternoon, so he ran to Dongjie in a hurry and went to buy "He is like honey." So he ran home. This "he is like honey" is made of two small strips of meat from the youngest sister of the sheep - the lamb loin with slender fibers and shaped like bamboo shoots is made into a halal dish that resembles dried apricots, soft and smooth, sweet and fragrant like honey.

Jia Min doesn't like halal food very much, but he has a soft spot for "he is like honey". He found a family by chance on East Street some time ago, and it was very authentic, so he often went to buy it back and gave it to his wife. Today, I have a lot of time, I came back from shopping, thinking that I could have lunch with my wife, and Lin Ruhai's steps couldn't help but speed up.

Who knew that when I returned home, the people who knelt in the courtyard, those women, all had red and swollen faces and clear palm prints, and they looked like they had been slapped by someone. They knelt in the courtyard, they must have offended his wife? Lin Ruhai shook his head secretly, it was not good to offend anyone, he had to offend his wife. Thinking of his wife, he has been a lover of violent culture since he was a child, and when he was a girl, if it wasn't for the strict family and the close follow, he might be able to enter the underworld as a female boss. Later, when I got older, I learned to be a lady, so I gave up the hobby of beating people (I put it in online games to kill people). After wearing here, he noticed that his wife's hobby was on the rise.

"Wang An." Lin Ruhai smiled and swept the second housekeeper who was half a cut shorter, "What kind of mistake did you make?" "The chief housekeeper, the second housekeeper and the third housekeeper in the Hou Mansion were all appointed by his father, although he didn't dare to be disrespectful to him, but he was by no means as obedient as he is today.

"Uncle, the little one is wrong, it's wrong, I won't dare next time." Wang An immediately threw himself at Lin Ruhai's feet, hugged his thighs and cried muffled.

Lin Ruhai moved his legs and kicked the person to the side, "Ask grandma, if she spares you, you won't be held accountable." After speaking, Lin Ruhai carried a food box, broke away from Wang An's hand, and Shi Shiran went into the house.

"Mom......" Wang An looked up at Mama Yu pitifully.

Mama Yu said with a straight face: "Grandma said, no matter how busy Steward Wang is, you still have to take care of the people in the family and don't cause trouble for you!" ”

"Yes, yes, the little one will definitely be optimistic about the people in the family." Wang An kowtowed several times in a row, and knocked it solidly, banging, and his forehead turned blue in a few clicks.

Mama Yu waited for a while before raising her hand, "Okay." Grandma said that these cooks are not subject to discipline, and they have to ask Steward Wang to teach them well. ”

"It must be, the little one will deal with them immediately." Wang An got up, his legs hurt, he stumbled under his feet, he almost didn't fall down, he finally stabilized his body, stood in front of several mothers-in-law, and said in a loud voice: "Come with me." "Today, he is so embarrassed and is seen by others, and he has no choice but to let go of the people around his grandmother, but these mothers-in-law must not let go.

When Lin Ruhai entered the house, he found that his wife was playing chess leisurely, he put the food box on the table and asked, "Have you eaten?" "He's not coming back late, is he?

"No, I just developed all the cooks, and I can't eat it at noon." Jia Min smiled lightly, "It's just pity that Cuizhu and them are going to starve with me." ”

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he raised his thick eyebrows, "Who dares to starve my wife?" ”

"Probably not, if Wang An is on the way, he will send me a lot of the dishes I ordered today." Jia Min picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Lin Ruhai rubbed to Jia Min's side and asked mysteriously: "Why is Wang An so honest, what trick did you catch him?" ”

Jia Min casually picked up a book beside him that was not thin or thick, and handed it to Lin Ruhai, "Take a look, you'll know." ”

Lin Ruhai took it suspiciously, and looked at it with brilliance in his eyes, "Madam, I really admire my husband, when did you check this?" "Most of the books are the handles and mistakes of the big and small stewards and the housekeepers in the Hou Mansion, and even the time, place, and witnesses are clearly remembered. On Wang An's page, he remembered all the private property he had hidden, and when all of them were converted, it was enough to have 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver.

"Tut-tut, no wonder Wang An is so honest, it's not good if he is not honest." His wife is the lifeblood that grabbed him.

Jia Min smiled lightly, "Do you think my home for more than a year is for nothing?" "The handle that should be grasped must be caught, she was originally prepared to settle the account when she was in charge of the house in the future. Who would have thought that killing a Mrs. Lin halfway would make her have to expose these in advance.

"Call Xuan and a few people, and stare these housekeepers and stewards at home to death, I am shocked this time, I am afraid that they will transfer their private wealth!" Jia Min fell down, and the laughter made Lin Ruhai sweat, "Wife, don't laugh like that, I'm afraid!" (To be continued......)