"I've seen Miss." As soon as the steward came in, he knelt down and bowed to Qu Miaoling.

Qu Miaoling looked at the man below, thin and small, with a dark face, looking very shrewd, about forty years old.

Looks like a proper person.

"You're the steward of the orchard?"

"The slave Liu Gang is the steward of the orchard."

"If I'm not mistaken, there is no clause in the deed that I need to compensate you for! If the deed is settled, then you will be responsible for your own profits and losses, and you only need to pay us rent. ”

Qu Miaoling is not a fool, he still knows these common senses.

If this person in charge only wants her to help, then she will not agree, this time the rain is menacing, and there must be more than one flooded orchard yard, does she want every family to help?

What did that become!

Qu Miaoling's expression gradually became serious.

"Miss, don't you be so serious, listen to him." Gentle and very considerate of Liu Gang, she spoke for him.

Qu Miaoling glanced at her softly, in the end, she had compromised.

"Say, what are you looking for me for!"

"The slave has nothing else to ask for, please have pity on our family of three and exempt this year's taxes!"

Tax-exempt?

How can this be.

Once this precedent is set, there will be countless people who will come to plead for mercy in the future, will she have to agree?

Suddenly, Liu Gang's wife stabbed his son, and his son howled and cried, "Miss, please, we can't eat, please!" ”

Although the child was not very old, his body was soaked and shivering, and his mother and relatives were also in ragged clothes.

Only then did Qu Miaoling choose notice that Liu Gang was wearing the same tattered clothes as the mother and son.

Qu Miaoling frowned, "Steward Liu, if I'm not mistaken, no matter how low the annual income of the orchard is, it won't make your family of three even unable to fill their stomachs!" ”

Facing Qu Miaoling's suspicious eyes, Steward Liu burst into tears, "Miss, don't you know, according to the harvest of our orchard, it is no problem to eat and clothe yourself, but——"

"Don't say that because of this heavy rain, all the fruit in the orchard has been confiscated."

"Of course not, Miss, the minions have a hard time, they took over the orchard because it can make money, and the minions took their families to serve the fruit trees, but they are safe, this is the benefactor of the minions, after the death of the lord of Huiling, the rent of the orchard is getting more and more year by year, and this year it has risen to eighty taels of silver, and the minions are really unbearable, so they came to ask Miss!"

"Please be gracious, Miss!" Mother and son shouted together.

"Eighty taels!" shouted softly, she was a first-class maid in the Hou Mansion, and a month's monthly silver was only three taels of silver.

Qu Miaoling's expression gradually became serious, "Eighty taels? Gently, you bring the orchard's ledger and I'll take a look. ”

Gently took out the book in the middle of the upper right corner of the table and spread it out in front of Qu Miaoling's eyes.

"Steward Liu, you just said that your rent was only increased after the death of the county lord of Huiling?"

"Miss Hui? At the beginning, that is, thirteen years ago, it was twenty taels a year, and then it rose by thirty taels in two or three years, and this year it rose to eighty taels. ”

Liu Gang cried.

His son couldn't stop crying.

"Miss, they are so pitiful!" Gently moved, and her eyes turned red.

Qu Miaoling looked at the account book with a condensed face, and it was clearly written that the rent was thirty taels, and in the item that collected the rent, it was also clearly written thirty taels.

"Huh."

There is really no "problem" in this ledger, and every account is remembered clearly, without the slightest mistake or omission.

Qu Miaoling sneered and roared, and continued to ask: "Don't worry, I will deal with this matter, the rent you pay more is converted into years, and the rent in the future can be paid less by five years, how about it?" ”

Steward Liu was overjoyed.

"Thank you, Miss, thank you, Miss!" A family of three bowed together.

"Steward Liu, do you know my mother?"

Qu Miaoling accepted this salute and said.

"Miss Hui, the slave was working under the lord of Huiling County, and then the master passed away, and the slave came to the orchard as a steward and paid rent to the house every year."

I see.

"Since you know that the rent is unreasonable, why don't you come to the house to report it?"

"Miss Hui, the minion has not only been here, but also come several times, but no one pays attention to the villain at all."

"Haven't you thought about renting this garden?"

Steward Liu sighed, "The slave wants to, but it's difficult!" ”

"Miss, the deed signed by the Hou Mansion and his subordinates has always liked to use the death deed, and the Hou Mansion will not let people go, and the slaves will not be able to leave at all."

Qu Miaoling nodded, it turned out to be like this, "Then why did you come to me?" Now the head of the Hou Mansion is the Wen family! ”

"Miss, you are the daughter of the old master of the minion, the slave thinks, the lord of Huiling is a good master, you must be like her."

Liu Gang said, and slapped his ass again.

Qu Miaoling smiled, not delighted by Liu Gang's praise, she continued to flip through the accounts related to the orchard.

Because it is only a small industry in the Hou Mansion, there are not many records in the account book, only a few pages.

The more she looked at it, the tighter her brow furrowed.

"Gentle, you take them away!"

Responding gently, he lowered himself to help Liu Gang's wife and son, "Steward Liu, I'll send you out of the house." ”

Steward Liu pushed away gently, kowtowed to Qu Miaoling again, and said, "Miss, there is one more thing for the minion, please be the master!" ”

This time, Liu Gang's voice was even more sad than just now.

It was like weeping blood.

"Steward Liu, if you have any grievances, let's talk about them together." Seeing that the child and Liu Chen were reluctant to get up, she said anxiously.

"But you get up first, it's cold on the ground, don't let the child get sick."

Steward Liu thought about it, and stood up in the end.

"Steward Liu, say it!" Qu Miaoling also said.

"Miss Hui, the minion didn't want to bother you with this matter, but-"

"Long story short."

Steward Liu sighed and said: "Miss, there is a young sister in the slave's family, double ten, it is the same age as flowers, originally, she has told a Xiucai about family affairs, the two are happy, when they are preparing to organize a wedding, Liu Pu, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, forcibly married my sister for his nephew, and forced her to take her home, I reasoned with him, but was injured by his subordinates, and he was bedridden for half a year before getting up. ”

Steward Liu paused, stretched out his hand to wipe his tear-soaked eyes, and continued: "Just this year, I took my wife and son to visit relatives at Liu Pu's house, but they stopped us and didn't let us in at all...... It's simply not human! ”

Steward Liu was in tears.

The little boy also cried, "They beat my aunt, and my aunt hurts!" ”

The child's mother hurriedly held her son in her arms and comforted her.

Hearing her anger softly, she couldn't help but say, "Miss, that Liu Pu has been doing evil in the mansion for many years, and there is no maid in the mansion who does not hate him." ”

Qu Miaoling nodded, she had met with him a few times with this Liu steward.

The sharp-beaked monkey gills are not a good thing at first glance.

It's just that he didn't expect that this Liu Pu's nephew is not a good thing!

He was also Wen's dog leg to embarrass her before, and she kept an account of all of this.

"But Miss, I heard that Liu Pu is a member of the Wen family, or a right-hand man, if we move him, will we have a conflict with Mrs.!"

Gently thought about it.

"Madame's people?" When Steward Liu heard this, he was immediately shocked.

He hurriedly knelt down again, and didn't even dare to stand with his wife and children, seeing the three of them kneeling together, Qu Miaoling hurriedly shouted.

"Miss, Liu Pu is not a human being at all, if he continues to let Liu Pu run rampant, I am afraid that the century-old reputation of the Hou Mansion will be buried in him!"

Steward Liu said, buttoning his head heavily.

"What lady's people, all the people in this mansion are all members of the Qu family!" Qu Miaoling suddenly stood up and said coldly.

"Gentle, you go, call him over to me!"

Gently hurried to go.

Asking along the Hou Mansion, a little girl timidly pointed to a place, and then left in a hurry.

Gently pursed his lips, this Liu Pu, the shelf is quite big, and he looks like the owner of the Hou Mansion.

Steward Liu was sitting in the account room, beside him was the only bookkeeper, Liu Pu looked at the account book in his hand page by page, and commented on the bookkeeper's bookkeeping method from time to time.

"Lao Zhang, you can't remember this account, I didn't confess last time, why didn't you remember it according to what I said!"

Liu Pu pointed fingers, and the account room heard cold sweat on his forehead, especially when Liu Pu "snapped" the account book and showed murderous intent in his eyes, "snapped", and cold sweat hit the ground.

Cracks and makes a splash.

"Who are you!" Just when the bookkeeper was honestly frightened, Liu Pu suddenly looked outside and said.

"I'm a first-class girl in Wanzhen Academy, gentle, Miss called you, hurry up."

Softly said and turned around.

But I heard Liu Pu behind him snort disdainfully, "What? Wanzhen-in? Haven't you heard of it, is it the courtyard where the concubines have a room? ”

Liu Pu also picked his nostrils as he spoke, looking indifferent.

"This, what is gentle, you tell your young lady or Mrs., in this mansion, no one dares to talk to me Liu Pu like this, you want to find me, you let her come in person!"

Liu Pu shouted at the account room as he spoke, "Lao Zhang, send off guests!" ”

The bookkeeper obviously knew Qingrou, and he said softly to Qingrou with a bitter face: "Qingrou girl, I'm really sorry, look, will you come back later?" Steward Liu is in a bad mood today! ”

"He's in a bad mood?"

"Gentle girl, don't embarrass the villain, I still have to beg for food under Steward Liu, so you can go out."

"No, Miss said let me bring Steward Liu over, Lao Zhang, do you want to go against Miss?"

The wry smile on Lao Zhang's face was heavier.