Fang Jinglan took the account book made of light yellow thread paper, it turned out that it was full of monthly silver from the people around each master. The old lady spent 30 taels of silver a month, and the 8 people in the old lady's house spent a total of 6 taels and 7 taels of silver per month. Then there is the Li family, the Li family monthly silver is 20 taels, the next 16 months of silver is 10 taels of six hanging money, followed by the real two taels of silver and 6 people 4 taels of eight hanging money of the month silver, Zhili is 2 taels and 6 4 taels of 5 hanging money, and the truth is about the same, Zhiyi is also 2 taels, but there are only 4 people under the people, and the next person is only 2 taels or four hundred dollars a month. Then there is Zhu's 2 taels of silver and 6 subordinates' 2 taels of 6 hanging coins, Rumei is 2 taels of silver, and 8 subordinates of 3 taels of silver per month.

When he turned to the moon silver of Ruqing, Li smiled slightly uncomfortably: "The Qing girl is 2 taels of silver, and the next person's monthly silver is 1,200 yuan, but because I put some needlework books or something for the Qing girl, it doesn't cost much, so I don't bother to calculate it separately, so I will total it on the next person's monthly example." ”

Fang Jinglan snorted slightly, undeniable, and continued to look down, this look made him see that something was wrong.

I saw that it was clearly written in black on the yellow paper, Zhang's moon silver was 5 taels, and there were 16 subordinates. There are two mothers-in-law, one tael of silver each and 500 money, 4 first-class girls, 1 tael of silver each, 4 second-class girls, 600 dollars of silver each, and 6 third-class girls, 500 monthly dollars each. A total of 11 taels of 400 money were spent. For example, there are 2 taels of good moon silver, 11 subordinates, a wet nurse, 200 taels of silver per month, 4 first-class girls, 800 monthly money each, 4 second-class girls, 600 monthly dollars each, and 2 rough maids, 500 dollars each. A total of 7 taels and 8 hanging money, 2 taels of Zhilian monthly silver, 10 subordinates, 1 wet nurse, one tael of 200 money, 2 big guys, 800 money each, 2 small girls, 500 money each, two first-class girls, 800 money each, two second-class girls, 500 money each, one rough mother-in-law, 500 months of money. A total of 6 taels and another 900 dollars.

Li Shi looked coldly at Fang Jinglan's face turning from red to blue, and then from blue to red, and he was greatly relieved, and said idly: "Has the master read carefully?" Do you want to reconcile your accounts again? Or do you want to ask them to verify it? ”

Fang Jinglan was silent, in fact, he couldn't find other words to refute, but he secretly hated the Zhang family for not knowing the importance of it, regardless of respect and humility, so that he couldn't raise his head in front of the Li family.

The Li family took a big advantage, his waist immediately straightened, and he stuffed the list that Fang Jinglan had seen just now into his hand, and said idly: "Master, carefully calculate your heart-to-heart person, where the money is spent." ”

Fang Jinglan couldn't stand up anymore, so he had to look at it obediently, only to see that Yiqingxuan last month, at the beginning of the month, purchased a complete set of Jingdezhen porcelain, spent 30 taels and 400 yuan, and in the middle of the month, he purchased the same porcelain again, spent 30 taels and 500 hanging money, and at the end of the month, he purchased a full set of thin-tire official kiln porcelain tea sets, spending 60 taels and 900 money. The sheep's horn palace lamp was replaced by three, the rouge gouache was purchased two sets, a total of 120 taels of new clothes were made, 115 taels of jewelry were purchased, 24 taels of new bedding, bedspreads, window screens, etc., 38 taels of silver silk lily incense were purchased, and 18 taels ---of new tables and chairs were replaced.

crumpled the bill, gritted his teeth and said, "This slut, do you really think of yourself as a lady in the palace?" It's so extravagant. ”

Although Fang Jinglan doesn't care about family affairs, he is not the kind of waste literati, and his family background is still relatively clear. When their brothers split up, because they had been not on good terms with their brothers and sisters for a long time, in order to compete for the family property, it took a lot of hard work because he also knew a little about the property in his name. At present, Fangfu has more than 1,300 acres of fertile land, these years the wind and rain are smooth, the rent collected can maintain Fangfu for the whole year, more than 30 shops, about a month can collect nearly 400 taels of silver rent, barely able to maintain Fangfu's current 10 masters hundreds of slaves spend in January, in addition to the stub silver in the silver village to eat some money, his own brother in Haining hometown business, he into some shares, can also share a lot of dividends every year, plus these years for the official also got some benefits, although not rich, but also rich, The old lady is a stepmother, and he is not good at remembering her expensive dowry, and the rich dowry brought by his wife Li is all used as Li's private house with 500 acres of fertile land and more than ten shops every year. He is a backbone literati, how can he be cheeky to use it, and the Li family has never handed it in. It is because all the expenses of the Fang Mansion over the years have been maintained by the ancestral property.

Fang Jinglan also knew that his family background was not as rich as outsiders imagined, and he was quite frugal, and he was not as extravagant and wasteful as other bureaucrats, but he didn't expect that Zhang's concubine was so extravagant, no matter how much he favored Zhang's family, no matter how much he attached importance to Zhang's children, the family property was current, the livelihood was in the back, and the rules were in the middle, which was absolutely intolerable.

Seeing that Fang Jinglan was finally angry, Li was proud, and said gloatingly: "Yes, the lady in the palace may not be as majestic as her, she can have whatever she wants." ”

Fang Jinglan glared at her, "You are the master mother, why don't you stop it?" On the contrary, she is still allowed to be so extravagant and wasteful? ”

Li sneered: "Do I dare to stop it?" As long as I disagree slightly, people will cry and say that the master ordered it. Again, people are right, she only spent the money of the Fang Mansion, not my own dowry. Why should I stop people from being annoying? ”

Fang Jinglan was blocked so that he couldn't say a word, although he knew that the Li family was suspected of quibbling, but he was at a loss, and he didn't dare to do anything to her, so he could only curse the Zhang family secretly.

However, Fang Jinglan finally had his senses, although he wanted to fly to Yiqingxuan immediately to teach the Zhang family, he did not forget his business, and after calming down a little, he said to the Li family: "Madame is so hard, it is indeed the husband's fault to pick thorns in Mrs. everywhere for her husband." I'm going to accompany my wife. As he spoke, he made a gesture to the Li family.

Li was flattered, and hurriedly waved his hand to the side, "Don't don't, master, you can torture the concubine." As the housewife of Fangfu, I didn't take care of the house, I didn't save money for the master, and I didn't take care of the locking of the inner house for the master, but let the master worry about it everywhere, the concubine is already at ease, and the master is like this, won't the concubine be ashamed of herself? ”

Fang Jinglan listened, and his heart was even more uncomfortable, he knew that the Li family deliberately took the opportunity to ridicule him, complaining that he ignored the rules and spoiled the Zhang family to lawlessness, so that she did not dare to discipline her, so she had to let the Zhang family behave recklessly, extravagant and wasteful, and extravagant.

Fang Jinglan took a deep breath, swallowed the annoyance and embarrassment in his heart, and said slowly: "Madame is very right, it is all the fault of the husband, the madam is so hard working, but the husband still causes trouble for the madame, it really shouldn't be." Now, the husband finally knows his mistake, so he assures his wife that in the future, all matters in the house will be decided by the lady, and if anyone dares to say another word, I will immediately send her down. ”

Li Shi was overjoyed, "Is this true?" ”

Fang Jinglan's voice was firm: "Speaking for my husband counts, and there is no regret." ”

Li was overjoyed and said happily: "This is what the master said." ”

"Don't worry, I'm always the talk."

"Then the first thing I did was to lay off the redundant subordinates in Zhang's house, and the master didn't object?"

"It's up to Madame to decide."

"If the Zhang family cries in front of the master and complains that the concubine bullied her, what will the master do?"

"This ---" Fang Jinglan hesitated slightly, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "As long as Mrs. acts according to the rules, she doesn't care about her husband." ”

"If the Zhang family buys jewelry, clothes, porcelain, and new gadgets in the future, I will refuse them all, can the master be willing?"

"Madame is in charge." is no longer a naïve scholar who does not know current affairs, Fang Jinglan has been rolling in officialdom for many years and knows the benefits of silver. Fangfu does not have thousands of wealth, so it is good to be able to save it.

"If the Zhang family cries to the lord and complains that the concubine abuses her, how will the lord be treated?"

Fang Jinglan gritted his teeth and said, "You don't have to report this matter to me again, Madam will deal with it." If the Zhang family is not satisfied, let the old lady be the master. ”

The Li family is overjoyed, the old lady has always disliked the Zhang family, and it is estimated that the Zhang family will not cry to the old lady even if she wants to cry.

After Fang Jinglan was happy with the Li family, he asked coldly: "What should Mrs. do about the matter of the sunny girl?" ”

Li froze, staring, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Mother Liu was afraid that Li would be led by Fang Jinglan by the nose while being happy, so she hurriedly answered for Li: "Master, when the affairs in the house are over, the old woman will immediately find someone to go and buy some sensible girls to serve the four girls." ”

Li finally came back to his senses and nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, what Mother Liu said is very true." That's what I want to do. ”

Fang Jinglan stared at her meaningfully, "Then there is Mrs. Lao." Then he turned to Ruqing and said gently: "Qing girl is a sensible person, although you have been angry with your mother, you have never seen you make a fuss." Speaking of which, it is because the Father has neglected you so much. ”

Ruqing lowered her head shyly and whispered: "Daddy is the head of the family, how can he worry so much, it is the daughter's unfilial piety, and it makes Daddy and Mother worry about it." She also admires this cheap father, although some behavioral ideas (like to hug left and right, and want to have peace in the family) make her despised, but standing as a father, it is really rare for him to think about his children like this. And circling between wives and concubines, it has finally not reached the point where Se Ling Zhi is faint.

In this battle, she won the battle, and she got what she wanted--- the attention of the people around the Li family, and a more decent life than before.

The Li family is also considered a victory, with the help of Liu's mother, she turned defeat into victory, and with the help of her strength, she skillfully transferred the fire that Fang Jinglan burned on herself to Aunt Zhang, and got the great power to suppress Aunt Zhang with the disposal she dreamed of.