Chapter 29 Setting up a porridge shed
As the head of the family, although the old lady Qin has passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, his spirit is not bad, and after his burning eyes swept all the grandchildren and grandchildren in the house, he finally fell on the old lady Qin.
Everyone was like the little sheep that was targeted by Old Lady Qin, and they shrank so much that they wanted to bury their faces in the bowl.
Qin Shuang is very strange, in the past, the old lady Qin went to the court in the morning at this hour, how could she still be in the mansion today, and later she learned that it was because it had snowed for a few days and it was close to the end of the year, so she had a holiday in advance, and the old lady Qin did not go to the court.
As soon as the old lady Qin sat down, the maid immediately filled the porridge and put it in front of him, he drank two or three sips, and then slowly said: "This porridge shed, our Bofu should have been set up a long time ago, so many homeless people came to Beijing, and many people died, just because there was no food to make trouble, we also made a contribution, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue for future generations!" ”
Old lady Qin has more say than Qin Shuang, as soon as he spoke, no one dared to refute a word, but Old Madam Qin complained twice, "The house is even thrifty for the New Year, where is the money to set up a porridge shed, isn't this going to starve the family to death?" ”
"Shut up!" Old lady Qin was so angry that her beard couldn't stop trembling, "You are confused, it is because there are displaced people in Beijing and people have died, so you have to be thrifty, unless you are not afraid of being ruthlessly participated in by the imperial historian, you will be extravagant!" ”
After all, Mrs. Qin is just a woman who does not leave the door, although she is a lady of the first uncle's mansion, but how can she know the stakes involved, she was so frightened for a while that she only knotted her tongue.
Seeing that Old Madam Qin was bluffed, Old Madam Qin eased her expression and said to Qin Shuang: "Frost girl, you can have this tolerant and merciful heart, the old lady is very happy, you can talk about it again, who should be called to handle this matter?" ”
Qin Shuang was a little surprised in the face of the sudden question, she didn't expect anything in the first place, but if she didn't say it, she couldn't do it, she did her best, if she didn't do anything, she couldn't feel at ease, and now she heard the old lady ask her so solemnly, this is really going to decide to set up a porridge shed, but she really hasn't thought about it!
To do such a thing as a porridge shed, you must first be willing to endure hardships and work hard, and these ladies and wives in the Bofu are not suitable candidates.
But......
A bowl of water has to be flat, she doesn't want to be biased, "Master, in the final analysis, this matter is related to the face of the uncle's mansion, so it must be hasty, and the porridge shed must be run well, so it will be passed out, and others will also know that our uncle has set up a porridge shed, only if it is good!" ”
Old Lady Qin stroked her beard and nodded with satisfaction.
Seeing this, Qin Shuang then said: "Since this is the case, then there must be someone in charge, or let the eldest lady go, I have already decided to marry, I can also help, if the manpower is not enough, let the father and the second wife also come, in fact, we just need to watch a little bit in the back, and arrange a few mothers-in-law and maids to give porridge and hand out steamed buns, master, do you think this is appropriate?" ”
"Uh-huh, that's good!" Old lady Qin nodded, "It's proper, it's very proper, the frost girl's idea is good, I see that the Mansion of the Duke of Qi is also like this, as well as the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and the Old General's Mansion are like this, even if they are not family members, they are also able to speak in the mansion and rank high, this is soup porridge, it is a good thing, whoever goes is a matter with a light on their face!" ”
"So many big families give porridge, even the Guogong Mansion also gives porridge to the old general's mansion?"
Old Madam Qin was surprised, obviously thinking that soup soup was a face-losing thing in her heart, but she didn't admit that people who were more noble than the Bofu had set up porridge sheds, and thought that if the Bofu was not set up, wouldn't it be left behind.
So, her attitude began to change one hundred and eighty degrees, "Uncle, this porridge shack, we have to set it up earlier, and I think those homeless people will be less hungry!" ”
Qin Shuang pursed her lips without a trace.
Only Qin Yue was very angry, and Grandmother Fang Cai was still scolding Qin Shuang, a little slut, why did she turn to her now, and the grandfather, who even listened to her, was really angry with her.
She really wanted to scold Qin Shuang, but the old lady Qin was still there, she didn't have the courage to do so, so she was so angry that she broke a large piece of the veil.
After the matter of setting up the porridge shed is decided, it has to be implemented, first of all, the problem of rice and grain, this matter should have been handed over to the He family, after all, the He family is still in charge of the house, but Qin Shuang has a heart, if the silver is directly given to the He family, I am afraid that it will only be less and not more!
So she proposed to the old lady Qin: "Master, the rice grain in Beijing is definitely more expensive than before, so it's better to leave the matter of buying rice and grain to my father, let my father go to a nearby town to buy it, and ask someone to ride a fast horse, it should be a night of hard work, and you can rush back!" ”
Old Lady Qin squinted slightly, and immediately waved her hand, "Okay, frost girl, I'll leave this matter to you!" ”
Qin Shuang got the quasi-child, and happily went to the account to pay the silver, according to the old lady Qin, until the end of the year, a total of five days, a day of rice grain and manpower cost about fifty taels of silver, Qin Shuang paid two hundred and fifty taels of silver from the account.
Two hundred and twenty taels Qin Shuang handed over to Qin Sanye to buy rice and grain, and the remaining thirty taels were used to build a porridge shed and pay for the mother-in-law and maids.
After the matter was arranged, he was waiting for Qin Sanye's rice grain, and by the time the He family knew the news, there was not much silver left in Qin Shuang's hand.
When Old Madam Qin talked to her, she was not happy at first, and wanted to excuse herself, but then when she said that the money was coming out of the general ledger, He's eyes lit up, and she was busy responding.
"Okay, mother, this is a good thing, my daughter-in-law heard that many decent families have set up porridge sheds, although our uncle's mansion is not as good as those people, but the ancestor is also the founding uncle, this ancestral shadow, we can't insult it!"
After saying a basket of good words, she began to inquire quietly: "Mother, I just don't know how much money my father promised to set up a porridge shed for his daughter-in-law, and my daughter-in-law is also calculating!" ”
"Fifty taels a day, set up five days, a total of two hundred and fifty taels!" Old Madam Qin didn't hide it at all, and when she talked about this, she was even a little proud.
When He heard this, his eyes couldn't help but dim, but soon, she figured it out again, two hundred and fifty taels, how much money can this rice grain cost, and it has only been set up for five days, so many people have set up porridge sheds, presumably they can also have a lot of silver left, even if there are dozens of taels left, it is better than nothing, no matter how bad it is, the porridge is thinner and the steamed buns are smaller, which is also a common thing......
After looking at it, she took care of the account like the wind under her feet to pay the silver, although she was in charge of the house, but she couldn't help the old lady and the old lady were still alive, even if she was a housekeeper, she also got the old lady's other account room to pay the silver, in this regard, she was very depressed since she married in.
Who knows, what happened next was not only to make her depressed, she felt that this uncle's mansion was simply going to force her to death, and she was a dignified wife in charge, and she actually made a little cheap hoof out of a prostitute's belly ride on her head.
She still remembered what Hong Tent said, "The fifth girl has already taken the silver away, don't you know, big lady?" ”
Bullshit!
Can she know? If she could know, she would run to the account room?