But for now, it's a good situation.

The atmosphere of the Xu family is too loose, and it is not a bad thing to tighten the strings for these subordinates.

Although Jin Niang did not grow up in a strict environment, she also knew that the atmosphere of the Xu family was a little loose. In the final analysis, it was because of Xu's mother's inaction, and the sister-in-law who was in charge earlier heard that people were very charitable, and no one was afraid of her.

That is to say, the hostesses of the two housekeepers before and after are not strong, and the courage and appetite of the leading servants have been raised, so that they can do so many ridiculous and bold things.

Jin Niang sighed in her heart, and continued to look through the gift lists exchanged with various families in recent years. From these things, it is easy to see who you have a good relationship with, and who you are just mediocre, which one needs to be treated carefully, and which one only needs to maintain a general relationship.

was busy working, Qingmiao came in from outside, "Second lady, the second son is looking for you, let you go to the warehouse." ”

Jin Niang responded, thinking about what Xu Erlang asked her to do in the treasury at this time? While quickly changing his clothes, he led Qinghe to the warehouse.

The Xu family's warehouse covers a wide area and is a separate two-entry courtyard. Just from the scale of this small courtyard and the number of rooms in the courtyard, it is not difficult to imagine how rich the Xu family's property was earlier, and how full this treasury was.

Xu Erlang was standing in the courtyard, and there were more than a dozen people kneeling scattered on his side. There were men, women and children, all of them trembling all over their bodies, cold sweat on their foreheads as if they had been washed with water, and even worse, some people were already drowning in fright.

Jin Niang pretended not to see it, walked up to Xu Erlang and asked, "What is my husband looking for me to do?" ”

Xu Erlang handed over a bunch of keys, "This is the key to the warehouse, you can take over the warehouse in the future." Then you send someone to re-register the contents of the contents, and if they are fake or seriously damaged, you will also watch and deal with them. ”

Jin Niang replied "Okay" and handed it to Qingmiao to open the door of the warehouse, and she turned back to Xu Erlang and said, "I have limited knowledge, and I am afraid that some objects cannot be distinguished from the real and the fake. ”

"Yes, send him later."

Jin Niang nodded, and waited until the dust in the warehouse cleared before walking in, at this time Xu Erlang had already left the small courtyard where the warehouse was located. Leaving together, there were also the stewards and grandmothers who managed the treasury earlier, the maids and servants who were responsible for cleaning the warehouse, in short, this time Xu Erlang caught fire, and the staff in the treasury was cleaned from top to bottom.

When Jinniang came out of the warehouse, night had already fallen.

Before she knew it, she was busy from morning to night, no wonder she was tired and stiff.

Xu Erlang didn't go back to the room that night, Jin Niang slept after dinner, and didn't notice anything unusual in the house. Or when she got up early the next day and saw the trembling and soulless appearance of the maids, Jin Niang asked Qinghe in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

"Husband, madam, the second son, put the housekeeper in charge of purchasing, steward, hit the board, in public, and beat him to death in public!"

Jin Niang's heart fluttered, her hands shook, and a cup of honey tea spilled a little.

Qing He didn't notice this, and she was also panicking. But after the words began, it was not so difficult to spit out, Qing He continued to tremble and said, "Not only that, the gentleman in the bookkeeper of the house, his two apprentices, as well as a few masters in the kitchen, and a few grandmothers in charge of needlework were all pulled out and sold by the second son. ”

Jin Niang slowly felt a little panic in her heart, and nodded at this, it is better to sell it and still have her life, than to be killed. She thought that Xu Erlang's movements were quite fast, she started cleaning up yesterday, and she disposed of people today, and she was really resolute.

Jin Niang asked curiously, "Do you know where it was sold?" ”

"I heard that he was sold to the military camp in the northwest to do hard labor." Qing He had palpitations, "There was a commotion outside early in the morning, and a few little maids in the courtyard ran out to see if they were curious." As a result, when he came back, his legs and feet were weak, his face was pale, and one of them vomited all over his body, and he couldn't cry. ”

He added, "The second prince asked people to bring out the things copied from the housekeeper, the account room and a few grandmothers last night, gold, silver, jewelry, antique vases, everything, these are small heads. Second lady, do you know where the big head is? The second son actually found a few people to buy real estate outside, they not only bought a few small courtyards, but even Zhuangzi shops, and there were not ten wives and beautiful concubines in the family, but also eight, all of whom wore gold and silver. Some even set up an outer room. I heard that they are spending a lot of money outside one by one, and they are very arrogant. ”

Speaking of this, Qing He was angry, "Those grandmothers are in charge, including Mr. Accounts, how much silver is a month, even if they bring the master's reward, it is not enough for ten taels of silver." The result is good, they wear gold and silver, and they also buy a large family property, which must be greedy for things in the house. These people are all black-hearted, the masters take a fancy to them, and leave things to them, and their consciences are eaten by dogs one by one, and they are not afraid of going to hell after they die. ”

Qinghe was chattering, and there was a sound outside, but it was Xu Pianpian who came over with Mama Wu.

Xu Pianpian's little face was also miserable, and when she came in, she asked, "Second sister-in-law, I heard that the second brother beat Mr. Ledger to death?" ”

Jin Niang asked her to sit down and take a breath, and said something slowly.

She whispered softly, "I just heard about this, what, where did you get the news?" ”

"It was the little maid in the courtyard who went out to see, and when she turned around, she was so frightened that she couldn't walk, and she was still carried back. Second sister-in-law, is Mr. Bookkeeper really so hateful? How could he be beaten to death if he coveted how much money he had in the house, and it would be better to sell him than to die, right? ”

Jin Niang didn't know how much Mr. Accounts was greedy, but if she could provoke Xu Erlang to kill him mercilessly, it was not just as simple as being greedy for a few thousand taels.

She looked at Qing He, Qing He made a gesture, Xu Pianpian saw it, and muttered in despair, "Three thousand taels...... Well, that's a lot. ”

Qing He said, "If it's three thousand taels, the second son won't be furious." It's 30,000 taels and four girls, this is all cash silver, which is the cash found in the courtyard that the bookkeeper bought outside, as for other antiques, Zhuangzi, shops and whatever, these have not been discounted. ”

Xu Pianpian's hand trembled, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and fell to pieces.

Hearing this, Mama Wu also exclaimed, "So much? ”

Her face changed, and after reminiscing, she couldn't help but slap herself in the face, "It's all the old slave's fault, if the old slave is more attentive and keeps a closer look, where will so many things be stolen?" ”

When Jin Niang heard this, she said, "Can I blame you here?" Mama, don't blame yourself, this is only to blame for the greed of the villain, and it has nothing to do with you, Mama. ”

"Why doesn't it matter? If I stare at ...... more"

Jin Niang waved her hand, "If you keep an eye on it more, it won't be easy to give ......" Jin Niang gave a thumbs up, "Explain over there." "Earlier, the eldest lady was in charge of the house, but you, as the mother of Xu, had to use the grandmother, and when the eldest lady was in charge of the house, you kept an eye on it, and the eldest lady couldn't think that Mother Xu was trying to find fault? This is a contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and it is not certain what is heavy.

So it's really not to blame Mama Wu, if you want to blame it, you can only blame those people for being bold and insatiable; If you want to blame, you can only blame Mother Xu and the eldest lady for not being strict, which raised the appetite of these people and made them lawless.

A few people were talking in the house, and a little girl ran in in a hurry outside, and Jinniang asked her when she saw this, "What's the matter?" "Why are there so many things this early in the morning?

"Second son, second son asked people to tie back several Zhuangzi's Zhuang heads."