Gu Mingzhu looked at the more than ten account books that Mama Deng had held, and her eyes slid over the dense small characters on them, ten lines at a glance, without stopping at all.

Mama Deng on the side was a little uneasy, and looked up from time to time to quietly look at Gu Mingzhu's expression, she knew in her heart that these account books were left by Luo Shi privately, and they were very different from the contents of the public accounts.

After the old lady took charge of the house, she forced Luo to hand over these account books and lock them in her room, but she did not order anyone to make another set of account books to stay in the account room, after all, Luo was no longer successful, and she didn't have to watch out for anyone, so she kept using this set of account books.

But he didn't expect that one day this set of account books would fall into Gu Mingzhu's hands, which made Deng Mama fidget on the side, trembling for fear that Gu Mingzhu would see something.

She looked at Gu Mingzhu's expression and did not change, and she saw that those account books were just flipped through by hand, and she didn't stay long, so she felt a little at ease, after all, the eldest lady was just a boudoir lady, and she had never learned to be a housekeeper, where could she understand these, she just wanted to do it.

She thought so, and the housekeepers also thought so, they all lowered their heads and waited impatiently for Gu Mingzhu to speak, and secretly complained in their hearts, this eldest lady is really doing enough, where can she understand what account books.

After waiting for a while, Gu Mingzhu raised his head, but sighed: "I can't see anything in this account book for a while, but I just see that there is indeed no money in the account of Xifu, and the money and silver have been used to buy those spices, and even the cash and silver on the shop have been spent." ”

The hearts of several housekeepers and grandmothers hung in their throats, and they looked at Gu Mingzhu anxiously: "Big lady, how is this good?" The whole house is waiting for the monthly money, as well as the money in the kitchen......"

Gu Mingzhu put down the account book: "Everyone knows the current situation, and there is no other way, only to open source and reduce expenditure, and think of a way to get through the current difficulty." ”

She looked at a few housekeepers: "Although I have asked the old lady to help take care of my Dongfu, but this time the old lady is also sick, and there is no money and silver in the public account. ”

As she spoke, she raised her clear eyes and looked at the housekeepers: "It's a good thing to be less dragged down, isn't it?" ”

Mama Deng and several housekeepers were stunned, this is ...... Do you want to separate the East and the West? But the wealth of the East Mansion is all in the West Mansion, is the eldest lady going to get back the property of the East Mansion?

Gu Mingzhu naturally knew their thoughts, and said with a smile: "The old lady is still sick, I am just worrying about the old lady." ”

Several of the grandmothers in charge didn't dare to speak, and they all looked at Mama Deng, after all, she was the old lady who was waiting, and she should take the idea.

Mama Deng snorted for a long time before she squeezed out a sentence: "What the eldest lady said is that the old lady has not woken up yet, and I am afraid that such a big thing will have to wait for the old lady to wake up before she can make the decision." ”

She knew best how the old lady could agree.

Gu Mingzhu was not in a hurry, and smiled: "It's okay, I'll talk to the old lady when the old lady wakes up." ”

"It's just that this month's money can't be delayed, so someone went to tell Mama Han that the monthly money of our Dongfu should be put together first, and the people who served in front of us couldn't be unsure." She instructed Abi.

Hearing this, the eyes of several housekeepers flashed slightly, and their faces changed and changed, I didn't think that the eldest lady could still have such courage, and this son was willing to advance the monthly money of the people around her, unlike these subordinates in Xifu, who didn't know when they would receive the monthly money.

Gu Mingzhu said to the chef steward Wang Mama again: "You can also see, it's not that I don't want to buy money and silver with you, it's that this account has been emptied, and there is no money left, so I have to save money." ”

"Now it's not like before, the rations of each courtyard are halved."

These words frightened a few grandmothers, the ration of each courtyard is fixed, if it is halved, I am afraid that I will be wronged by the ladies and ladies, and there will be trouble, not to mention that the old lady and the eldest lady Luo are still sick, and several ladies are delicate and expensive, where have they been wronged.

Gu Mingzhu picked lightly: "Otherwise, where can I get this lot of money and honeysuckle, I can't watch it cut off in a few days." ”

The housekeepers didn't dare to say more, they also knew the current situation, so they had to go out of the room with a bitter face, but Mama Deng was called by Gu Mingzhu, she looked at Mama Deng with a smile: "Mama Lao will go with me to see the old lady." ”

Seeing that she didn't look at the account books any more, Mama Deng relieved herself, and hurriedly agreed to let people take away the account books, and accompanied Gu Mingzhu to Mrs. Gu's room.

Gu Mingyue was sitting on the edge of Mrs. Gu's couch with the decoction at this moment, looking at the old lady Gu who had not woken up yet, gently blowing the decoction for her, and sighing from time to time.

Hearing that Gu Mingzhu was coming, her expression changed slightly, she put down the decoction and got up to greet her: "Big sister is here." ”

Gu Mingzhu looked at the old lady Gu who was asleep on the couch, glanced at the decoction on the side again, and nodded: "With you waiting in front of you, the old lady is also relieved to come." ”

Gu Mingyue lowered her head but her face was full of sadness: "It's just that the old lady hasn't woken up yet." ”

Gu Mingzhu sat down on the side of the couch, picked up the bowl of soup and looked at it: "What kind of medicine is this, what else did the doctor say?" ”

"It's just that I want the old lady to have a good life, and don't bother anymore." Gu Mingyue refused to sit on the couch, but walked to the old lady Gu's couch and gently tucked the silk quilt for the old lady.

Gu Mingzhu slowly put down the decoction and nodded with Gu Mingyue: "Then you have to take care of the old lady." ”

Gu Mingyue looked at her, but she felt a little strange in her heart, could it be that the eldest sister deliberately went this way just to tell herself these words?

She didn't understand a little, but she didn't see anything wrong, so she bowed her head and promised: "The affairs of the house still have to worry about the big sister." ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled and got up: "It's okay, I'm just helping to take care of it for a few days, and when the old lady is well, I will ask the old lady to make a decision." ”

She chatted with Gu Mingyue for a few words, and then took Ah Bi and Xiaokui out of Songshou Courtyard and went back to Dongfu.

After getting out of the side gate of Xifu and getting on the covered bridge, Gu Mingzhu sank his face and instructed Abi: "Go and tell Zhang Qin to go to Xifu with me tomorrow and get those account books back." ”

That account book was the best evidence that Old Madam Gu and Luo had embezzled the Dongfu family wealth in private, and she couldn't help but get it.

Abi was a little worried: "But if the old lady wakes up, I'm afraid she won't let the lady read the account books anymore." ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled coldly: "It's okay, she can't stop me." ”