Seeing Fourth Sister Zhang coming in with a pale face, Third Sister Zhang said worriedly: "What's the matter?"

Fourth Sister Zhang snorted coldly and threw the cat in her hand to the ground. "Aim!" The cat screamed, fell to the ground, rolled over, shook its fur, and limped along the base of the wall to the back of the cabinet.

Third Sister Zhang saw it, frowned, and said, "Sharpen it very carefully, annoyed your hand!"

Fourth Sister Zhang gasped, sat at the table, poured a cup of tea, and was not idle, leaned her neck into her mouth, and said with a sinister face: "It's just a little beast, my sister is shivering at me."

When Third Sister Zhang saw her appearance, she couldn't help but be shocked: "Why are you angry like this, but uncle...... I said that the Zhang family is not good"

"The Zhang family is very mile, and it is not uncommon for people to raise people!" Third Sister Zhang twisted her eyebrows and said: "But the old man said, my sister and I don't expect to enter the Shen family, even if you are a concubine!" He also said that the old guy wanted to ruin his son's future, and if he had a cousin and a concubine, he would not be able to say that he was a good parent. ”

The embroidered canopy in Sanjie Zhang's hand fell to the ground all of a sudden, and her face was snow-white. She has been coaxed by Zhang Lao'an for a few years, although she knows that the two families are not matched now, she still has a little thought, thinking that Lao An will pity her and make decisions for her. Unexpectedly, Zhang Lao'an really planned to make her a concubine, and now Shen Juren has even opened his mouth to cut off this road.

Third Sister Zhang's body was shaky, tears fell, and she choked up: "Since I am disgusted so far, you and my sister still go home......"

Fourth Sister Zhang hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "Sister, don't be confused!" Go home to eat chaff vegetables, or watch the family chirp crookedly, you and I are at such an age, and you can still be an old girl at home, even if you and my sister are willing to be poor and willing to marry a small family, grandpa is willing to give you and me to prepare a dowry, not to mention counting on the dowry, I am afraid that I would like to use you and me to exchange for the dowry. When the time comes, she will either be a daughter-in-law for a lame fool or a concubine for an old man, and my sister will be willing."

Third Sister Zhang frowned and said with tears in her eyes, "If you don't go home, how can you ......?"

Fourth Sister Zhang's eyes rolled, the corners of her mouth were more sarcastic, and she murmured: "But when you and I are **, he, an old pervert, has become a righteous gentleman, and he really wants to uncover the skin of that old pervert!" The last sentence is unhearable.

Third Sister Zhang didn't listen to the truth, and asked, "What did my sister say?"

Fourth Sister Zhang smiled and said: "I said that the eldest cousin is a righteous gentleman, I heard that there seems to be a saying called 'what a gentleman deceives', as long as he really loves his sister and has his aunt and grandmother in charge, his uncle may not really stop ......"

*

Because he didn't stay outside for long, Shen Ruishen went home.

Walking to the gate of the side courtyard, Shen Rui saw that Liu Ya and a little maid were kicking shuttlecocks there, and another round-faced maid was clapping their hands beside him. Seeing Shen Rui come back, the two little maids stood honestly, and Liu Ya stared at the dim sum bag in Shen Rui's hand, her eyes lit up: "The second brother came back with dim sum."

"A pack of kidney bean cakes, a pack of fried fruits." Shen Rui casually gave her the paper buns: "Take them as snacks or make refreshments." ”

Liu Ya took it with a smile and led the two little maids to the tea room.

Dong Xi heard the movement and picked up the curtain and came out: "Why did the second brother talk carefully in the yard and pour the wind in his stomach." ”

After all, it is the early winter season, although Songjiang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, in the end it is the winter moon, the noon is good, and the morning and evening are cold.

When Shen Rui entered the house, he felt the heat coming to his face, and when he saw the red charcoal basin burning in the corner, he didn't smell the smoke at all, and couldn't help laughing: "Changshou, this kid went to buy charcoal."

Dong Xi was a little embarrassed, hesitated, and said, "When I sent it in the afternoon, someone followed me, and the maid didn't ask much." I'm afraid it's not good-looking, so how can I hide it from people with such two bags. ”

The master and servant were talking, when they saw Liu Ya come in and said, "Second brother, the longevity brother is here, waiting outside." ”

"Let him in." Shen Ruidao.

Liu Ya turned around and walked out, and then led Changshou in.

"Why did you buy charcoal in such a hurry," Shen Rui asked directly.

Although this charcoal is not worth a few silver coins, there are still two elders in this family, and Changshou is a little hasty and reckless.

Changshou listened to it and hurriedly said: "Second brother, this charcoal was not bought by the villain, but was sent by the villain by Steward Zhao during the day." ”

"Steward Zhao Qing" Shen Rui was a little hesitant: "How did he think of sending this?"

Changshou said: "After the second brother went to school early, the villain grinded his teeth with a few little brothers in the gatehouse, and when Steward Zhao came over, he asked the villain's second brother how he lived in the past two days, and there was something unpleasant." The villain saw that he really asked, remembered the charcoal in the second brother's house, and mentioned two sentences. Who thought about it for a while, Steward Zhao asked someone to take the small one to the warehouse to receive the charcoal, and the one who received it was this silver frost charcoal. ”

Nothing to do, either a traitor or a thief, Shen Rui did not have a good impression of the housekeeper in the fourth room.

"It's not that in the past few years, all the courtyards have used pine charcoal, how can there be silver frost charcoal in the warehouse," Shen Rui frowned and said: "But I can ask, where is the Jinyuan used?"

Changshou said: "The villains have inquired clearly, all the courtyards now use pine charcoal, only the master's study is heavy, and the books can't help but smoke, and they still use silver frost charcoal." I heard that it was left over from previous years, but there should be a lot of treasury, and Steward Zhao said that the second brother would look for him if he ran out here. ”

Shen Rui was speechless when he heard this.

Regardless of whether this charcoal is left over from three years ago, if Steward Zhao can be so "generous", there must be a lot of stock.

There are only a few people in this family and two sons, and the second class is second class, and even Zhang Lao'an's people are "reduced"

What is the important place in the study is just that after the death of the Sun family, Shen Juren often lived in the study, and his living and sleeping place. What did he think, he used good charcoal himself and gave Zhang Lao'an a second class

Shen Rui would not think about holding "grievances" for Zhang Laoanren, but Shen Juren's behavior was too inappropriate, and it would be "unfilial" when it was spread outside, and it would not affect the reputation of one person, but the entire fourth room would be implicated.

Shen Rui frowned and said nothing, so he listened to Changshou and said: "By the way, second brother, I heard that the old man had a quarrel with Lao Anren this afternoon, and after that, there was a little maid over there who was beaten by the board......"

Shen Rui asked Changshou to inquire about the affairs of the family, which was supposed to prevent problems before they happened, but after listening to these messes, it also affected his mood. For a while, he was a little envious of Shen Jin, who was not at home.

Zhang Laoan's treatment of his subordinates is becoming more and more tyrannical, and Shen Juren does not give Zhang Lao'an face at all, and the two mothers and sons have a deep disagreement.

In this family, Shen Rui had to stay in this house for at least nearly two years, and he was really worried that the war would burn on him. He rubbed his forehead, thinking about whether to persuade Shen Juren, but he felt that he didn't have that much energy. Although he didn't have much contact, he could also see that Shen Juren had a paranoid personality and couldn't hear persuasion, so why should he ask for hardship.

When you encounter such trouble, how to when

Shen Rui's heart moved, thinking of someone, but remembering last night's "change of maid" move, he shook his head again. It's just that "the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth".

Just thinking about it, when she saw that Dong Xi was about to stop talking, Shen Rui glanced at her and said, "It's still very troublesome, so I said it together." ”

Dong Xi handed over a small account book, which was new, and only two cashiers were recorded, one was Shen Rui's monthly money of two taels, and the other was the monthly money of the two maids in this courtyard of four hundred yuan. The third-class maid has a monthly money of two hundred Wen, this is the newly dialed monthly money of Xiao Tao and Xiao Xing Shen Rui's eyes narrowed, this Shen Juren is really brain pumped to the end, and he attacks indiscriminately.

Since Manager Zhao has shown his kindness, he even sent the silver frost charcoal over, so he won't have much trouble to embarrass here. The only one who can make the decision not to give Liu Ya and Dong Xiyue money is Shen Juren.

Even if these two maids are given monthly money according to the second-class example, each person is 600 wen per month, and one person is only 7,200 wen a year, and the two of them add up to only 20 taels of silver.

No matter how stingy Shen Juren was, he did not cut the number of people in the family, not just to leave the twenty taels of silver, but to slap Shen Li and Guo Shi in the face behind them. Zhang Laoanren only "demoted" these two to third-class servant treatment, and Shen Juren didn't even save the monthly money here.

Shen Li has already entered Beijing, and will pay attention to whether you give a little maid a monthly example In addition to taking care of Shen Rui's industry, the Guo family is very suspicious of other things in the fourth room, and he will not spread it out for such a trivial matter, and only Shen Rui is the most troubled.

really wants to find Shen Juren, Shen Rui, who is a son, went to dispute with his father for the sake of his maid's monthly money, and it was reasonable to be unreasonable.

can't pass like this easily, otherwise who knows if Shen Juren will gain an inch.

Shen Rui thought about it for a while, and then said to Changshou: "Go and invite Steward Zhao to come!"

After a while, Changshou invited Steward Zhao over.

is different from the bright dress in his memory, today's Steward Zhao is wearing half-worn clothes, and he only has a sandalwood hairpin on his head, which is much simpler.

When Shen Rui saw it, he didn't think so.

has been a housekeeper in the fourth room for twenty or thirty years, and the Sun family has always been generous during his lifetime, and the housekeeper Zhao has no family background anywhere, but now Shen Juren is "thrifty", and the servants of the four-room housekeeper have also begun to dress plainly.

"The old slave has seen the second brother." Steward Zhao's attitude was very respectful.

Shen Rui looked at the housekeeper, smiled slightly, and said, "I asked the big housekeeper to come over, just to ask about the old customs at home!"

Steward Zhao is a housekeeper, and he naturally knows about the monthly money in the account, so he sneered on his face and said with a forced smile: "I don't know what the second brother asks about the old practice."

Shen Rui didn't grind his teeth with him, and pointed to Dongxi and Liu Ya: "These two came to the house, how many waits do they count, how many people around the little brother will be arranged to serve the kitchen and arrange third-class meals, and even the monthly money will be saved in the account room." I remember the maidservants around my eldest brother, the two sisters of piano and chess were second-class, and the two sisters of calligraphy and painting were third-class. Could it be that my younger brother, the employment of people will be reduced, and there can only be two third-class maidservants under his name, and his relatives and parents will be sent to take care of my sisters, not to mention the first-class offerings, and even the second-class examples will not be in the fourth room, or that the two of them will not be able to eat the four-room month, for example, this month's example is even according to the arrangement of the big housekeeper, and the fourth room does not have their two months' money, so do I have to go next door and talk to the eldest aunt, and take the money from there; and the sixth brother in Beijing, I also want to get back Liu Ya's monthly money and ask the big housekeeper to teach me."

Steward Zhao has lived for half his life, and he didn't know that Shen Juren's move was inappropriate and wanted to offend his relatives, but he was a subordinate, and he couldn't stop it if he wanted to, so he poked this matter out early, hoping that Shen Rui would solve it, but he didn't expect Shen Rui to kick the ball back......