"Mother, don't cry, this is twenty taels of silver, you take it first." Yinshen'er had red eyes and said: "Miss is not thin on me, I often buy this and that, and I can't use the monthly silver, and I will give it to you and my brother in the future." ”

"Good boy, can you talk to the young lady and arrange a job for me, even if it is a sprinkler mother-in-law." Aunt Li begged.

Li Yu, who had been frowning, also said: "Yes, sister, we are young lady's people, and she will definitely not ignore us." ”

"Don't say anything like we're young ladies in the future! Do you hear that? The silver pendant couldn't help but scold.

"If you don't say it, you won't say it, in short, I believe that the young lady will not be like the eldest lady...... right and wrong," Li Yu muttered quietly.

"Shut up! As soon as the young lady returned home, there was a big mess of things waiting for her to deal with, and I heard that the eldest lady had always been resentful of the young lady, and the young lady gave in everywhere and just wanted to make this family happy. Don't say anything like that again! Especially about the eldest lady, let me hear one more sentence, you can go back to Ezhou. "The silver pendant said very harshly. Li Yu had always been afraid of his sister, so he kept his mouth shut.

When Yinzhu'er came back, Gui Mingyue didn't see her red and swollen eyelids, Gui Mingyue waited for her to speak, but she was still steady and silent, and didn't say a word about her mother and brother. Gui Mingyue knew that she was afraid of causing trouble to herself, so she sighed and said, "Let's go, let's go to the workshop first." ”

In the courtyard of the homecoming workshop, the craftsmen are thinking about their own affairs, the old people are excited in their hearts, and the newcomers are nervous.

Wearing a swallow fat red cross-collared silver sprinkled flower pleated skirt, a silver ball flower transparent light gauze short-sleeved gown, a high Lingyun bun, and the headdress is a pure gold single crown inlaid with rubies. This kind of red, if it is worn by others, will inevitably look tacky or charming. But wearing it on Gui Mingyue's body, it will make people feel as if she was born to wear it like this, atmospheric, bright, and full of brilliance, different from the hot and spicy Miss Leng who loves to wear red clothes in Leng Shangshufu, red on Gui Mingyue's body, it has a sense of harmony with a hint of majesty.

"Who's in charge here now?" Gui Mingyue sat on a carved wooden chair in the courtyard of the workshop, and shouted unhurriedly to the craftsmen standing in two rows below.

"Miss Hui's words, it's still Steward Song," Zhuang Dalijia was bold and stepped forward to reply: "It's just that today Steward Song said that she was in good health, so she took three days off." "I haven't seen the second miss for a few years, and the sense of majesty is even better, and she is more calm than before.

Yesterday returned to Mingyue, and everyone in the workshop knew about it, and today Steward Song was sick, and this illness also came in time.

"In that case, Jin Qi'er, you will visit Steward Song on my behalf." Gui Mingyue commanded.

At this time, from the crowd of craftsmen, a middle-aged woman walked out, and said earnestly: "Miss Qi'er probably doesn't know the address of Steward Song's house, I know, I'll show the way for the girl." ”

"Not necessarily! When I met Steward Song, you probably hadn't come to the workshop yet. You just stand here and listen to the young lady's lecture. "After traveling all the way, Jin Qi'er has also grown in knowledge and bearing, and she is no longer the cowardly and brainless little girl she was before.

After Jin Qi'er finished speaking, she went to herself.

The mother-in-law was only willing to retreat into the crowd.

"Now each of you can tell me about your name, surname, and person. How long have you been in the workshop? How did it come about? What kind of work did you do after you came, and how much did you get paid? Take your time and make it clear one by one. Gui Mingyue said: "Let's start with that mother." ”

"This ......" The people below began to talk to each other, and someone said unconvinced: "I was hired by the eldest lady for a lot of money, if it weren't for the eldest lady's face, I wouldn't have come to such a small village......

"Yes, now they are still interrogating us like prisoners, I don't know what the purpose is."

"Quiet!" The silver pendant beside Gui Mingyue shouted coldly: "When my young lady didn't let you speak, please keep quiet, there is an opportunity for you to speak freely." ”

"If you have any objections to such a trivial matter, I have no other way, the gate of the courtyard is there, and those who have objections can leave directly, of course, the wages will be paid back to everyone." Gui Mingyue didn't want to talk more.

This...... As soon as the second lady came up, she began to drive people away, and the new craftsmen who were not familiar with her temperament couldn't help but start muttering in their hearts, but several old craftsmen listened silently from beginning to end without much talk.

"Humph! Just go, this place has not been paid for several months, and I still think that I can't do it! Saying that, a man who prided himself as a master in Su Ri grabbed the door and left.

"Is there anything else to go?" Seeing that the man was gone, Gui Mingyue sneered and asked, "If you want to leave, hurry up now, and the arrears of wages will be paid to you together." ”

Hearing the words, you can also pay your salary, and a few more people walked in twos and threes. In the end, there was still a row left that did not move, and Gui Mingyue took a look, most of them were the old craftsmen he recruited, and most of them were villagers from Yu Village who had signed a contract.

"Yue'er is grateful to all of you who stayed, I know that everyone has worked hard in the past two years. Don't think about it, I want you to answer these questions just to learn more about your situation, and not to look at you differently just because you are new or have come in from another way. As long as you remember, as long as you are the craftsman in my Gui's workshop, I will treat Mingyue equally. Gui Mingyue said in a soothing tone.

At this time, the people below breathed a sigh of relief.

The mother-in-law took a deep breath, got up and swallowed her saliva, and returned: "My man's surname is Song, he is from Songjia Village, and he is the same as Song Steward...... It's a fellow villager, I've been in the workshop for two years, and I learned a few furs from the master of Yufu, and now the Song steward in the workshop is doing chores around ......"

"What kind of work can you do when you come to the workshop? How much is a month's salary? The silver pendant asked without raising his head.

"Work ......" the mother-in-law stumbled with a somewhat embarrassed face: "That's it...... Collect the jewelry made by the apprentice craftsman and check whether the craftsmanship is up to standard......" said with a red face and a red head.

Gui Mingyue asked, "So you haven't made jewelry yourself, so how do you check whether others are qualified?" ”

When the people below heard this, they also showed expressions of disbelief on their faces for a long time.

The mother-in-law hurriedly said, "Miss, I'll watch it!" It really would! ”

Gui Mingyue asked the tortoiseshell to bring her two hairpin rings that were being made, and this woman could see the advantages and disadvantages at a glance. Gui Mingyue nodded, having craftsmanship does not mean that she has the ability to appreciate, although this mother-in-law is not good at craftsmanship and has a lot of careful thinking, but it seems to be useful at present.

"Okay, are there any people who do the same work as Mrs. Song?" Gui Mingyue asked again.

At this time, six people came out one after another, which means that all the craftsmen added up to twenty or thirty people, and there were six people who were responsible for checking the quality of appreciation.

"Tell me your names, and who else recommended them."

It turned out that three of them were related to the Song steward, two were brought by the leading craftsman who left, and one was an old craftsman who really knew how to make hairpins.

Gui Mingyue also asked them to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the hairpin ring craftsmanship, the old craftsman quickly and accurately pointed it out, and another one also said it, and the remaining four couldn't say why.

"Alright, you four, go to the side and wait for the pay." Gui Mingyue pointed at the four people without hesitation and said.

The four of them had to retreat to the side.

This is Jin Qi'er coming back from an errand, followed by the embarrassed Steward Song, Jin Qian'er leaned into Gui Mingyue's ear and whispered a few words, Gui Mingyue looked at Steward Song with a mocking expression.

"Meet Miss, I was a little unhappy this morning, but I didn't expect to be tired of Miss Qian'er coming to visit in person, and now it's all right, it's all right." Steward Song peeked at the people who had been dismissed, and then looked down, there were several craftsmen who loved to make trouble in the past few days were also gone, and I couldn't help but be surprised that the second lady was so determined to drive people directly, without those craftsmen, as far as she could see, the situation of the second miss in this workshop would be more difficult.

"I don't know what Steward Song is busy with in the workshop on weekdays?" Gui Mingyue went straight to the point and said unceremoniously.

The second lady used to call herself Sister Song, but this time she didn't give herself face in front of the heavy craftsman. On weekdays, the eldest lady has a discussion with herself about everything. Steward Song has been in the limelight in the past two years, and at the beginning, he encouraged the old craftsmen who didn't listen to him to raise their wages, which angered the eldest lady and expelled them all.

Steward Song saw that Gui Mingyue was looking at him with burning eyes, just waiting for himself to reply, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "What I need to do before is to obey the instructions of the eldest lady, and also convey the instructions of the eldest lady to the people below......" Saying that, he glanced at Gui Mingyue, and then changed a flattering smile and said: "Now that the second lady is in charge of the workshop, then I am the only second lady who is the first to look forward." ”

With these words, she removed her own responsibilities cleanly, and all she did was to listen to Gui Jingxue's orders, and what went wrong had nothing to do with her. and expressed his sincerity to Gui Mingyue in time, the second lady is a kind and wealthy person in the past day, so she must be able to pass the test smoothly this time.

Who knows that Gui Mingyue didn't plan to fill any more harmony this time, whether it is in management or craftsmanship in the workshop, there is a big problem, this problem is like a cancer, if you don't get rid of it, you can't do it!

"I remember that Steward Song was also a skilled master in our workshop, it seems that the craftsmanship has been rusty in recent years, and I have found so many special people who are responsible for inspecting the jewelry process, I think there is no extra work in this workshop to arrange for Steward Song, it is better to settle the salary, and everyone should get together and disperse." Today's Gui Mingyue speaks, and she doesn't intend to leave a trace of affection and leeway.

"You! You are so hasty! Aren't you afraid that the workshop will not be able to do it from now on? Steward Song said meanly.

"If you think so much about the workshop, you should have thought that with you corpses and vegetarian people, the workshop will never come out!" In the face of such a person and such a thing, it is necessary to cut through the mess quickly.

"Okay, since the second miss is so ruthless, don't blame us for being polite!" Steward Song greeted him and beckoned down, and said: "Over the years, we have no merit and hard work, and our wages have not been paid for several months. Let's go, follow such an owner, and want to have a good life in the future? ”

Under the instigation of Steward Song, the people below began to move, after all, in the past three or four years, Steward Song's residual power is still there, and there are some people whose hands and feet are not very clean in her hands.

When Jin Qi'er saw so many people and wanted to leave, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious.