Mother Qi's face was a little red, and she quickly knelt down.

Pei Shufan stared at Aunt Qi again.

Aunt Qi has never knelt down to give tea to Pei Shufan when she first entered the door. She was originally the eldest daughter of the Dingnan Hou Mansion, and she had never been so low-minded in her life.

Tong Ye also knew that Aunt Qi's identity was not ordinary, and he didn't dare to say anything about her. But looking at Madame's eyes, it seems that Aunt Qi can't have a special case today. Tong Ye smiled at Aunt Qi and said, "Aunt Qi knows what the etiquette of seeing the master mother in the concubine room is?" ”

Pei Shufan took the Ruyao bean green and three shrimp picture gaiwan teacup on the table on the side, gently stirred the tea with the tea lid, and lowered his eyes: "If Aunt Qi doesn't know, send it back to Dingnanhou Mansion, and come back when you learn the rules of being an aunt." ”

Aunt Qi's face turned red and turned white again, and finally she knelt down crookedly, and said respectfully: "I don't know what happened to Mrs. calling the concubine over?" In the end, Aunt Qi respects her identity and refuses to call herself a "concubine". Even by the side of Ningyuan Marquis Chu Huajin, he has always called himself a "concubine".

Pei Shufan smiled slightly, didn't dwell on the outrageous parts of her words, put down the teacup, and asked back to the truth: "Mother Qi went to the pulp washing room yesterday, I don't know what to do?" ”

Mother Qi saw that Mrs. had gone through a lot of trouble, and it was for this matter, so she hurriedly said: "Back to Mrs., the slave maid went to the pulp washing room to see her in-laws." It's going to be the New Year, and I want to discuss whether the two families will have a meal together. ”

"The steward of the pulp washing room, Qi Min's family, is it your in-laws?" Pei Shufan asked.

Mother Qi said: "Exactly." The slave's daughter married the son of the Qi Min family. ”

"Where is your daughter on duty?"

"The slave's daughter was not in good health, and by the grace of Aunt Qi, she was released with the son of the Qi family. Now the two of them are doing a small business outside. ”

Pei Shufan groaned. Aunt Qi is also from everyone, and she brought so many companions over, which was originally unruly. It's just that Aunt Qi has a special identity, and even the Hou Ye and Mrs. Tai have one eye open and one eye closed. Now it is very easy to clear out Aunt Qi's companion room. But in this way, isn't it more in line with the wishes of those families who have children? I also acquiesced to Aunt Qi bringing the accompanying room over, didn't she just want to mix up this pool of water more, but it had a check and balance effect? It's just that now it seems that there are advantages and disadvantages. I can't watch with the two children anymore in the future, this water can't be mixed anymore, it's better to count.

Pei Shufan had read the sign-in book and the confession of the mother-in-law in the pulp washing room, and knew that Qi's mother had just said a few words to Qi Min's family in the courtyard of the pulp washing room in the past, and it was less than a cup of tea before and after, so it should have nothing to do with them. But since they hit the muzzle, they can only be blamed for their bad luck.

"Go down first, and wait in the chamber. Tong Ye, call Aunt Lan over for me. ”

Aunt Qi and Mother Qi went down uneasily. Aunt Lan came in uneasily.

As soon as she entered the door, Aunt Lan knelt down and kowtowed to Pei Shufan with a plop and made a big salute.

Pei Shufan knew that Aunt Lan was born in a maid's house, and there would be no mistake in the ceremony. and Ningyuan Hou Chu Huajin is a childhood sweetheart, and she is also Chu Huajin's first woman. She was born beautiful, generous, and sensible, although she was the son of the Chu family, she was wealthy since she was a child, and her parents and brothers were in important positions in the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. As soon as he entered the mansion as an errand boy, he was a personal maid for Chu Huajin, the Marquis of Ningyuan, who was still a prince at that time, and later he was directly promoted to a room, and he also gave birth to Chu Huajin's eldest son. The means of opportunity are all first-class and good.

"What were you doing yesterday in the pulp washroom?" Pei Shufan asked at a split head, not to give Aunt Lan the effort to observe words and feelings.

Aunt Lan was taken aback, looked up and said, "The concubine went to the pulp washing room to find Aunt Cao." The concubine's cousin was ill with weakness, and the aunt begged the concubine several times to ask for a good ginseng for the cousin to go back to medicine. The former Hou Ye had just rewarded the concubine with a Kanto ginseng, and the concubine personally took it to the aunt and sent it. ”

These things were also recorded in the sign-in book that Pei Shufan looked at just now, but he didn't write down clearly what he was given.

"You have committed a big taboo by passing it on to each other like this." Pei Shufan covered the sign-in book, put it on the table next to him, and said coldly to Aunt Lan.

In the inner courtyard of large households, it has always been strictly controlled, and it is strictly forbidden for the slaves and maids in the inner court to pass things privately with the slaves and maids in the outer court. The reason is simple, once this opening is opened, there is no prevention. Something bad gets in, or something in the inner courtyard is smuggled out, it's a great thing.

Aunt Lan listened to Pei Shufan's words, but she was very angry. The inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion prohibits the private transmission of things, and it is forbidden to be a slave or maid. I am not a subordinate, I am already the master, how can this rule be applied to myself?

Pei Shufan didn't need to look at Aunt Lan to know what she thought, and waved his hand: "You go down first." Let Aunt Gui in. ”

Aunt Lan walked straight out, glanced at Aunt Gui at the door, didn't say anything, and went back to the ear room.

Mother Ning stayed in the ear room, not letting the aunt who came out talk in her ears.

When Aunt Gui entered the hall, she immediately knelt down, kowtowed to Pei Shufan, and asked with a smile: "Madam called the concubine over, what's the matter?" ”

Pei Shufan also asked with a smile: "What did Aunt Gui do when she went to the pulp washing room yesterday?" ”

Aunt Gui's face turned red all of a sudden, and she muttered, "Concubine, concubine went to talk to her sister-in-law." "One of the stewards of the pulp washing room, Gui Sheng's family, is Aunt Gui's sister-in-law.

Pei Shufan raised his eyebrows, snorted, and said, "There is a big incident in the pulp washing room, if you want to vomit like this, I want to help you, but I can't start." ”

Aunt Gui was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Pei Shufan was a little amused and said, "Did I ask you, or did you ask me?" ”

Aunt Gui hurriedly kowtowed and said, "It's the concubine who trespasses." Since the lady said that there was a big matter, the concubine couldn't care about face. The concubine went to find her sister-in-law, but she was really looking for her sister-in-law to share the dividends. The maiden relatives of the concubine and sister-in-law opened a small grain shop in the south of the capital, and the concubine also invested some money to join the gang. At the end of the year, there is a lot of money and New Year's gifts to be paid everywhere, and the concubine does not have enough money on hand, so she wants to withdraw this year's dividends from her sister-in-law in advance. ”

Pei Shufan didn't expect that Aunt Gui, who had always been silent, would actually partner in business with others, so he smiled and said: "Aunt Gui, you have ten taels of silver a month, and there is a boy who has twenty taels, a total of thirty taels." There are no first-class maids in your yard, only second-class and third-class women, and a few other wives who sprinkle and sweep, in total, there are less than ten people. Your monthly food, clothing, and daily expenses are all paid for in the house. During the New Year's holiday, Lord Hou and Mrs. Tai will give you extra rewards. Speaking of which, why don't you have enough money to spend? Do you want to do business with people to make up for it? - If you want to give a reward, you give a hundred taels to each of the people in your courtyard, and there is something left, why is it not enough to spend money? ”

Aunt Gui saw that Mrs. Che was as clear as her calculations, and she was a little stammered. She had a lot of money, and there were not many people in her court. But she is the son of the Hou Mansion, so she naturally knows that the people up and down in this mansion can be used at critical moments. She has always been very loose in her hands, and she knows that if the money is not spent, the benefits will not come to the door. She not only has to reward the subordinates in her yard, but also the subordinates who are on errands in some important places. Even in the courtyard of the lady, she used silver money to cage a few people......

Aunt Gui felt that she was different from Aunt Lan. Aunt Lan's parents and brothers are all in important positions in the Hou Mansion, and there is no shortage of money and money, and the subordinates are all rushing to worship Aunt Lan, so naturally there is no need for Aunt Lan to personally deal with the subordinates in the Hou Mansion. Although he is also a child of the family, his parents are honest, and he has been doing it for so many years, but he is just a steward in the Zhuangzi of the Hou Mansion, and he can't help the rights and wrongs of the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion at all. ——I want to get out of the way, for the sake of my son's future, I rely on myself to work up and down. There is no money without money.

"Madam, there are many people in the concubine's family, and the expenses are ......" Aunt Gui had no choice but to buckle her hat on her mother's family.

Pei Shufan chuckled lightly and said, "Your mother's family is really a lot. The people in the Manchu Mansion are all your mother's family. It is good to use the money on them, and someone will support you if there is something. ”

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There is a shift at 8 o'clock in the evening. O(∩_∩)O