Jiang Defu raised his head, smiled and signaled, then ignored it, continued to read the account book, and took a pen to record it from time to time.

For Mulberry, Jiang Defu ignoring her is more uncomfortable than slapping her in the face, and he is now the deputy housekeeper of the house, and his status is even higher than himself.

She went out in a rage and made her way to the courtyard.

The people gathered happily and waited to receive the reward.

According to the custom, the money should be given to the mothers-in-law and chiefs in charge, and they will divide them one by one to the people under their hands.

But the mulberry had to be sent by himself, saying that he was afraid that some people in charge would have bad intentions and be corrupt.

The heads of the mothers-in-law in charge of the affairs below also agree with this statement.

Mulberry began to give out rewards in the yard, and when she saw Mrs. Liu, she thought of the little girl who hit her yesterday, and even more thought of yesterday in full view of everyone, she was actually spat by Mrs. Liu.

The housekeeper didn't make decisions for herself, and the anger in her heart came out even after Jiang Defu ignored herself.

When handing out the reward, she deliberately skipped Mrs. Liu in the front row, Mrs. Liu only forgot about it, and it was not good to poke her face in front of everyone.

When he got to the back, Mulberry deliberately jumped over the big girl and went straight back.

"Alright, you all go down." Mulberry walked to the front, clasped his hands, and raised his head in an arrogant command.

Everyone else left, and only Mrs. Liu was still standing in place, with a smile on her face, and came over and asked, "Mulberry girl, you forgot to give my reward." ”

The big girl in the distance hadn't left yet, and she thought that the mulberry had forgotten to give, and when she saw that her aunt was still there, she didn't leave.

"What? I said Mother Liu, you are old, and your brain is not good, I sent it all the way to the past, how could it be that you are missing, it won't be that you are hiding it yourself, and you want to get more copies, right? ”

Mulberry clasped his hands, his face was gloomy, and he said in a sharp tone.

"Heaven and earth conscience, I have been in the house for many years, and I have never done such a bad thing, I think you are a personal vendetta and deliberately took it!" Mrs. Liu was also impatient, and pointed at her and scolded directly.

Mulberry's face turned pale with anger, and he threw the tea cup on the side towards Mrs. Liu, grinning coldly: "One bite has been in the house for many years, and I rely on the old and sell the old at a little age, I don't say that I have wronged me for no reason, I am in the yard of my wife, and I don't have a lady in your eyes?" ”

The cup only smashed at the feet of Mrs. Liu, and she was so angry that she rolled up her sleeves, crossed her waist and began to scold angrily:

"You shameless little hoof, not as old as a dog, you are full of intrigues and tricks, with your rotten mouth with black sores, you want to swallow my bounty into your stomach, you have the wrong idea!"

The quarrel between the two attracted the passing maids and onlookers.

At first, some people came to persuade them, saying, it's all the New Year, don't hurt the harmony, you are just serving in a house, and you can't look up and see ......

Mrs. Liu couldn't get her own reward, so she refused to let Mulberry leave, so she grabbed her hand and began to push.

When the commotion became loud, a maid ran to the yard of the housemother to complain, saying that Mother Liu was disobedient and wronged Mulberry for embezzling her reward.

Qin Nianbai listened very calmly, as if he had already known about it.

Then he asked the maid who came, "Who told you to come and tell me?" ”

This kind of thing is handled by the housekeeper, and all the trivial things have to be taken care of by yourself, what else do you need in this house?

The maid was blessed, and her expression was a little flustered, "Mrs. Hui, yes, it was the slave who watched Mother Liu bully Sister Sangyu......"

"Are you a servant of the house or a servant of the mulberry?" Without waiting for her to finish, Qin Nianbai tilted his head and asked directly.

The maid hurriedly knelt down in fright, and said to spare her life, but the sharp eyes of the lady were too terrible, and she couldn't hide her careful thoughts.

"Go, tell the housekeeper, no matter who is right or wrong, they will be fined a month's money, and whoever dares to keep to himself in the New Year's Eve will be kicked out together." Qin Nianbai said in a calm tone.

The maid hurriedly retreated.

Qin Nianbai did this, it was a warning to Mulberry, if she dared to use her power to cause trouble and bully others, the next time, she would be directly kicked out.

It seems that there must be a maid who can manage things by his side, Mulberry is a good manager of things, but his heart is too high and his ambition is too big.

Qin Nianbai still thought about giving her more time to experience and experience, but she was afraid that it would backfire.

Here, the maid came to the backyard with Qin Nianbai's order.

Mrs. Liu and Mulberry were still pushing and pushing, and a group of maids were pulling and pulling on the side.

The housekeeper hasn't come over yet, and when I asked, I found out that the housekeeper went out to run errands.

The little maid was in a hurry, so she could only go to the deputy housekeeper Jiang Defu and tell him Qin Nianbai's order. Ranwen

The farce in the backyard was over, and everyone dispersed, but Mulberry and Liu Pozi were not convinced.

Mulberry thought that Jiang Defu was deliberately looking for her fault, she didn't believe that her wife would pass on such an order, it must be Jiang Defu who was confusing the public.

She snorted coldly at Jiang Defu, "Hmph, I'm not easy to handle, you'd better not be known to be wrong!" With that, he went back.

Mrs. Liu on the side was also puzzled, and tried to ask, "Steward Jiang, is that really what Madam said?" Obviously, it was that little slut who swallowed my bounty, and even her took my niece and swallowed it, so why did she punish me together? ”

Jiang Defu patted her on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Mother Liu, it's a shame that you are so old that you can't see things clearly, is Madam punishing you for this matter?" What kind of system do you make noise during the New Year? ”

"My bounty was taken away by that slut for nothing, I really can't swallow this breath, even if I return the bounty and punish it together, I will admit it!"

Mrs. Liu's face turned pale angrily, and when she mentioned the reward, her teeth trembled with hatred, that was two months' wages on weekdays!

"Calm down, nothing bad." Jiang Defu sighed, patted Mrs. Liu's shoulder again, and left.

In the evening, according to tradition, Welfare held a family banquet, and everyone from the He family came over, even the people from the Qin family.

As soon as the two families came over, they were all kinds of slapsticks and flatterers at Qin Nianbai and his wife, and the arrogant appearance before was gone.

He Wang also smiled and said that he wanted to send his daughter to the private school of Yonghou Mansion to study, after all, the news that those princes and ministers outside wanted to send the young lady of the family to study in the Hou Mansion had spread as early as a year ago.

If she gets acquainted with those nobles in the future, her daughter will also have the opportunity to marry into the lord's family, and she will be Amitabha.

Qin Nianbai also has the plan to take the child over to study, after all, Xiao Xue'er is a good seedling, if she is raised by He Wang's husband and wife, it will be a pity, so she agreed.

Then, several uncles also intended to send their ten-year-old grandsons together, and they began to say that the Yonghou Mansion School was good one by one.

Qin Nianbai simply agreed, she was in a high place, so she had to admit that they were all a big family, sharing honor and disgrace.

For the sake of the child, she no longer held a few uncles accountable, of course, provided that they would not do it again, otherwise, she would not be merciful.

He Yan was on the side, silent the whole time, and he respected his wife's wishes.

For example, the second uncle wants him to find a good position for his son, but he has a not very good idle position under him.

It was not a big deal to give it to his cousin, but Qin Nianbai gave him a look, and he hurriedly said no.

For Qin Nianbai, the cat can't be fed, otherwise it won't work, and people are the same.

……

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed, and someone came to the palace, saying that they would invite the princess and Yonghou to go to the palace tomorrow to spend the Lantern Festival.

Qin Nian entered the palace on the evening of the first day, and with peace, he first came to the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace to ask for peace.

"Oh, I haven't seen you for half a month, Xiao Ping'an has grown taller again! Get up quickly, don't even kneel. The Queen Mother couldn't close her mouth happily, and hurriedly helped up the two people she was worried about.

Qin Nianbai took the Queen Mother's hand and asked with concern: "Imperial Grandmother, how are you doing lately, how is the food?" How was your sleep? ”

If it weren't for the rules in the palace, she really wanted to take the Queen Mother to live in the Hou Mansion, but she hadn't seen her for half a month, and the Queen Mother seemed to be older, thinner, with more wrinkles on her face, and more vicissitudes in her eyes.

"The mourning family is very good, as long as you live well." The Queen Mother also said with a smile.

After dinner, they chatted for a while, and after the Queen Mother rested, Qin Nianbai came outside and pulled Aunt Yu to ask about the Queen Mother's situation these days.

Aunt Yu had a smile on her face, and she hastily revealed it, but her eyes seemed to hide a thousand words.

"Aunt Yu, why are you hiding it from me? You just said, isn't grandmother having a bad time these days? Qin Nianbai said pleadingly.

Aunt Yu sighed, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, go and rest, tomorrow is the end of the year, there are still many people coming, and you have to be tired." ”

"Grandmother is worried because of me, is she tired?" Qin Nianbai's eyes dimmed, his nose was sour, and he almost shed tears.

The more Aunt Yu didn't say anything, the more she felt it, and she began to blame herself in her heart.

The Queen Mother is over 70 years old, and she should be recuperating with peace of mind, but she still has to worry about herself.

Aunt Yu still didn't have any intention of saying anything, so she asked the shallots to send Qin Nianbai down, she was afraid that she would send it in person, and she couldn't help but go against the queen mother's will and tell Her Royal Highness the princess everything.

She pointed to the shallot, and smiled at Qin Nianbai: "Your Highness, the shallots are lively and careful, what do you lack, just tell her, you move neatly." ”

"Uh-huh, thank you Aunt Yu." Qin Nianbai nodded and smiled.

On the way back to the side hall to rest, Qin Nianbai asked the palace maid to retreat behind him, and asked the shallot, how is the queen mother doing these days.

The little girl hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't ask the slave maid, didn't Aunt Yu tell you, she is close to the queen mother, and she knows better than the slave maid." ”