The year has come to the end of the year, and the things on the Zhuangzi are being sent everywhere, because of the rain this year, the harvest everywhere is not good.

Wang Xifeng is very clear about these situations, when the news of the heavy summer rain came, she knew that this year was not a bumper harvest year, just a few thousand taels of silver, and she didn't know how to spend this year. Fortunately, she has already handed over all the things prepared for the new year to Xue Baochai, anyway, she doesn't have to worry about it.

Xue Baochai was born in a family of businessmen, and he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he is the most sensitive to things like digital accounts. As early as when she was still living in Daguanyuan, she already felt that Jiafu was unable to make ends meet. But she didn't expect the situation to get so bad.

There are only orphans and widows left in the Xue family now, and after Xue Pan was exiled, no one even took care of the family's shop, but in this way, their family did not reach the point of borrowing money to live.

But after looking at Jiafu's account book, she knew why.

The Xue family is a businessman, mainly living on the income of the shop, and the business is poor for so many years, and the annual income is still a lot. The Jia family is the home of the eunuchs, and they can't do business and make profits with the people, and only a few shops are rented out, mainly relying on the harvest of the Zhuangzi, once they encounter natural disasters, it will directly affect the food and clothing in the house.

However, in the past few years, major disasters and small disasters have continued, either heavy rain or hail, the harvest is not good, the government is already nervous, and it is necessary to send silver to the palace.

Xue Baochai knew why Wang Xifeng was getting thinner and thinner the more housekeepers became, and he had so many worries every day, tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, thinking of ways to fill the shortfall, and he worked hard every day, and it was difficult to lose weight.

Although Jiafu is a mess, Xue Baochai is also willing.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although Jiafu has not been able to do it for the past two years, but the foundation is here, as long as she survives this while, she thinks of a few more ways to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and the days may be better again, and her status as a housekeeper grandmother is naturally more stable.

Xue Baochai has already married into the Jia family, so she is naturally looking forward to it getting better, even if she subsidizes her dowry, it is nothing, and this year is the first time she has done the New Year's event.

The Xue family doesn't have much else, but a lot of silver, otherwise Mrs. Wang wouldn't have been determined to tell her son about this daughter-in-law. A little leakage in Xue Baochai's hand is enough for the Jia family to have a fat year.

Xue Baochai made such a generous move, there was really no one in the family who didn't say that she was good, and even her winning Liwei a while ago was said to be as wise as a torch, and she could see at a glance that those people were not honest.

Wang Xifeng didn't say anything after knowing that Xue Baochai used her own silver to subsidize, didn't she subsidize the silver before, but unfortunately this matter was not a day or two, and she would know that she would regret it later, and it would be difficult to withdraw at that time.

Waiting for the New Year's affairs to be done here in Jiafu, everything is ready, and the lights are full of joy, just waiting for the New Year to arrive, there is news in the palace, the emperor is too great!

The whole country mourns, and this year will not pass.

Although the Emperor Taishang has already abdicated, his sense of presence in the court and the opposition is still very strong, that is, even the maids in the back house know that he is an old man.

Hearing the news that the Emperor Taishang was gone, there was a sudden cry inside and outside Jiafu.

Jiang Yan felt that the emperor should be relieved.

Seven or eight years ago, the emperor abdicated because his health was not good, so he chose the most desirable one among his sons as the heir. Who knows that it will become better when he retires, how can he be used to being the emperor in his old age, but the emperor is his own choice, and he can't let people retire anymore, fortunately, the emperor is filial, and he will discuss any major affairs with him.

The first year or two were fine, but as the emperor gradually gained a firm foothold in the court, the contradiction between the two became bigger and bigger. Emperor Taishang has a group of old ministers to support, the emperor has also promoted a lot of his own people, the emperor has been the emperor for decades, the emperor's identity naturally has an advantage, the two sides are equal, you come and go in the court, even where the drought has become an excuse for them to attack each other.

Now that the emperor is gone, the emperor is finally free of constraints, and I don't know whether the court will develop in a good or bad direction in the future.

Jiang Yan didn't care about these court affairs, she was too far away from her, and she listened to it as gossip when Xie Jingxing said it. Now I feel a little when I hear a cry.

Bijin smacked her beside her, "What do you think, you're so pretentious." ”

Jiang Yan sighed for a while, so she had to follow them to respond to the situation and cry a little or two, after all, they didn't even know what the name of the emperor was, where did they come from.

Fortunately, it is all face-saving projects in Jiafu, and it doesn't matter if you really cry or not, just howl twice with your throat, and it is not so easy for people to enter the palace, you must have real feelings, and the tears of crying will come down.

Poor Jia's mother is a lot old, and she has to support her sick body to go to the palace to guard the spirit. Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, and those who have a fate, also have to go, and they go out early and return late every day, and suddenly there are three masters left in the house: Wang Xifeng, Xue Baochai, and Li Kun.

Li Kun doesn't care about things, Wang Xifeng is determined to take care of his body, he is only responsible for a general matter, and the rest is handed over to others. Xue Baochai is busy with the affairs of the house every day, and he also has to arrange for Jia Mu and others to enter the palace, and he is very busy.

When the Xue family entered Beijing, they only brought part of their family, and Xue Baochai only brought two maids to get married, and four families to accompany the room.

It's the end of the year, it's not good to buy people at this time, and besides, the newly transferred little girl still needs to be trained, and she can't use it for a while, so Xue Baochai is ready to pick a few from the big girl to be promoted.

She has been in the room for a few months, and she found that these maids are all big on the surface, but in private, they have their own ideas, and they are not monolithic. It doesn't have to be impossible to make them your own.

Xue Baochai didn't mean to deal with the attackers, but since she has become the hostess, the people up and down in this courtyard should naturally listen to her, what is the matter of having a second master? If the attacker knows etiquette, he should also know to let go and be her aunt with peace of mind, and other things don't need to be taken care of.

Among the several big girls, Musk Yue has the best relationship with the attacker, and Bi Zhen is too impatient, I'm afraid that I can't convince people, but the other people can consider it.

Xue Baochai is most satisfied with Jiang Yan, and the others are okay, mainly coming in from the outside, too