208. Housework

However, he said that during the New Year this year, Zhang Bao went home, discussed with his wife and children for a few days, and decided to change the past field planting plan, no longer only planting rice, but mainly wheat, supplemented by rice, corn, soybeans, peanuts, potatoes and other crops.

In the past, when Zhang Bao was in Fengtian and Guangzhou, the agricultural affairs he was in charge of were mainly rice, and other crops were only a margin, but wheat was never planted. Therefore, when he saw that half of the Yu family's land was planted with rice in Fangshan, he bought it and simply changed it to rice fields.

However, he has been an official in Zhili for more than a year, and he also has some understanding of the farming methods in the north, and knows that the yield of wheat per mu is higher and more suitable for the soil quality in his own field, so he changed his original intention. When Su Wanda, who was an official in Shandong, wrote a letter, he once said that the local people farmed and loved to interplant wheat and soybeans in turn, saying that soybeans could fertilize the fields. Zhang Bao then discussed with his family and set a new planting plan for his own field, plowing soybeans, corn, peanuts and other things in the spring, planting wheat in the autumn, leaving only 100 acres of land to plant rice.

Shuning also suggested planting more rapeseed, but on small plots of land reclaimed in the forest, without taking up a large area of land.

When she asked about whether the production capacity of Baoding Zhuangzi could not be sold by her own grain store a few years ago, she realized that she had made a mistake. In fact, there are not many farmers who grow rice around the capital, most of them grow wheat, and Baoding Zhuangzi is no exception. Therefore, the only rice that can guarantee the source is the part of the autumn harvest of the family, the rice of everyone in the family, and the bad grain in Tongzhou. She was not pedantic, so she asked Gu Quansheng to change the rice store into a grain store, and even did businesses such as flour, corn, peanuts, and beans, most of which were repurchased to the oil mill together with rapeseed for oil extraction. Another gain.

In fact, if she couldn't stand the oiliness of the oil mill, she would still want to open one next to the grain store.

Zhang Bao is very appreciative of his daughter's open source plan, and often sighs why she is not a son. But because of this, he got his daughter's eyes, so he happily said, "My daughter is not bad." He personally changed the name of the grain store to "SF". He also named the pile house in Tongzhou "Hengfu". In order to supervise the replanting plan of the family's land, he specially rushed back to quickly deal with the affairs of the accumulation of land when the Zhili Yamen opened the government after the New Year, and then asked his boss for a month's leave and returned to Fangshan.

Tong asked if it would be inappropriate to do so. He smiled and said, "I'm just an auxiliary officer, but I'm just responsible for some trivial things, what's the matter if I'm missing?" If it's not right, the lord of the domain won't agree. What's more, Old Man Fei and Master Ye are still there, and they will be fine. Tong was relieved.

With her experienced father in charge, Shuning also relaxed, and she stayed in Beijing instead. was responsible for the affairs of Tongzhou, and Niu Xiaosan was selected as the steward to be responsible for the affairs of Hengfudi. Tong felt that Niu Xiaosan was a little more honest. was afraid that he would be taken advantage of, so he gave him a more clever maid as his wife. made him home. took another family member to Tongzhou.

These industries in the family are gradually on the right track, and Zhang Bao. also personally sent the eldest brother and younger brother on the expedition. At this time, it was nearly three months, everything in the field fruit forest and lotus pond was taken care of, the business of the grain store was on the right track, and the pile house in Tongzhou had just done a business of hundreds of stones, and obtained a hundred taels of silver, and the grain merchant also introduced two other peers.

Zhang Bao began to pack up and prepare to return to Baoding with his wife. Mr. Fei Chengwang has already written several times, saying that the political envoy is eager for Zhang Bao's return. It seems that Zhang Bao, the auxiliary officer, is far more important than he imagined, after all, not every official can take care of those trivial daily affairs. Another official, who was also a local official who was directly subordinate to the government, finally put aside his prejudices and showed favor to Zhang Bao, saying that he would no longer interfere indiscriminately.

Before leaving, Tong privately returned the purse with the silver ticket that Shuning gave to Changgui at the beginning, and said: "You stupid girl, the land and land for the marriage were purchased by your mother's family for your daughter, what are you doing with the money in your private house?" Take it back. If you want to intervene, just choose your favorite place, and the family will naturally pay for it. ”

Shu Ning said: "The money in my private house is also the family's money, why can't I use it?" What's more, my family has made a lot of money recently, and since it is my private property in the future, I should contribute a share of the money. ”

Tong smiled: "Take it back, if you are worried about spending too much money at home, make your own ideas and choose the cheap and well-produced land." I have asked Changfu Changgui and Quansheng to pay more attention, you can pick it, as long as Changfu has seen it, there is no problem, you don't have to ask me. ”

Shuning was a little surprised, but soon understood that this was her mother's recognition of her housekeeper's performance in recent months, and she was also very happy, so she took the purse back.

The parents brought the younger brother to take office together, Xiaobao also returned to Fangshan with Xiao Liu, and Shuning stayed because she wanted to help take care of Zhenzhen, who had a big belly. But the previously trained confinement ladies are obviously very capable, even if she is not there, there is no problem, so a few days later, Shuning planned to go back to Fangshan to take care of housework, for which she also specially asked Zhenzhen: "I'm not in the house, can you do it alone?" Zhenzhen glanced at her and said, "You also underestimate me too much, and now I am also about to become a mother, do you still want my sister-in-law to take care of me?" What's more, there are Uncle Changfu and the second sister-in-law. Your brother will take good care of me, too. She touched her round belly and exuded a faint smile on her face.

Shuning nodded: "Okay, anyway, you are no longer happy now, and your diet is normal." If there is anything, go to the second sister-in-law and the daughters-in-law, and ask for something, if there is nothing in this house, send someone to me. ”

Zhenzhen smiled: "You say this, I really want to ask you for someone, Huzi went to Baoding with Suyun, the new guy next to your brother is clumsy, you go back and pick a smarter one." Shuning responded, and was about to go back to the room to clean up, but someone came to report, saying that the green cloud of the big house was ordered by the eldest lady and the big *** to invite the third girl and the fourth grandmother to talk. Shuning and Zhenzhen didn't know what was going on, and looked at each other suspiciously.

Nala and Lee came to ask for help. Li has just been diagnosed and pregnant again, and it has been two months. The son and daughter she gave birth to before were not in good health, and they were in three disasters. It is most likely due to the fact that she did not recuperate well during pregnancy. She had some worries in her heart, and planned to have a healthy child this time, so she discussed it with her mother-in-law. I want to borrow two daughters-in-law from Zhenzhen to take care of them.

Jinjin thought about it and agreed. It's just that when they give birth, they will be transferred back. Li Shi was busy, and solemnly thanked him, and then talked about another thing.

It turned out that she planned to put aside her housework for a while and concentrate on giving birth. But the Nala clan has been bedridden since Jin Bao left, and he doesn't have the energy to take care of the reborn interstellar pharmacist. The Hitara clan was inexperienced, and the children were small, so they couldn't keep themselves busy. Since the Shen family was demoted to the knighthood, they have only returned to the house during the Chinese New Year, and usually only live in the outer house, saying that they are busy with housework and have no heart. Therefore, the Nala clan solemnly asked Shuning to come forward and manage the affairs of his Tara Mansion.

Shuning was stunned. She has never been in charge of such a big mansion, but in the past few months, she has managed the Fangshan Courtyard, and she has some experience. Thinking about it, Tatara Mansion is actually equivalent to more than two Difangshan Villas. But it's not about houses, it's about people and things. She was also a little eager to try. It's a great opportunity to put it into practice. However, managing a baron's palace is not an easy task. The water was so deep that she was a little worried.

Other than that. She was also worried that if she took it down, her tail would not fall off, and it would be difficult to get out in the future. She still has a lot of things to do, the dowry is about to be purchased, the fields and forests in Fangshan have to be taken care of, and the grain store and the real estate affairs have to be taken care of, even if she stays in his Tala Mansion, her sister-in-law Zhenzhen can't ignore it. What's more, as Tongying said, she hasn't seen the location of the small mansion in the future.

So after thinking about it, she agreed to take care of the housework for a month, and what happened after a month depended on Nala's physical condition and the adaptation process of the Hitara clan. Nala and Li did not agree, so they hurriedly called the Hitara clan to come and explain everything clearly, which made the latter breathe a sigh of relief.

The first thing Shuning did after taking office was to summon all the housekeepers and mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law with a face, and said: "Thanks to the promotion of the eldest aunt and sister-in-law, I will temporarily take over the affairs of this house, and some words must be made clear first." I've always been good-tempered, but I'm not soft-hearted when it comes to unruly people. Anyone who has unclean hands and feet, who loves to gamble and fight, who loves to chew the tongue of the master's family, and who drags others back if he doesn't do things, will change it for me as soon as possible, otherwise I will be caught and lose all my face for several lifetimes, but don't blame me for not reminding me in advance. She said this neither softly nor hard, but the listeners felt a chill and whispered underneath. Shuning felt that this situation was a bit like a private medium-sized enterprise, where a very young general manager suddenly parachuted in, as the niece of the boss, rather than a serious child, but he had to set up a position to deal with those old courtiers who had been on the construction site for decades. She swept a glance at everyone, and secretly had a plan in her heart.

Last autumn, he had streamlined the staff in the Tala Mansion once, and most of the people who stayed were a little relied on, seeing that Shuning was young and not a serious lady of the family, where would she be taken seriously? Only those who have seen her ability have relented tremblingly. Those who didn't care much found out that Shuning was basically Xiao Guicao, and then they started to despise it, and they still did what they wanted as before, and as a result, naturally someone was caught.

Shuning's punishment method will not hit or kill, nor will it be easy to pick people up, but for those who make small mistakes, they will be fined. Those who are rich in wealth naturally don't care, but there are also some who are shy in their pockets, and after finding that they have to advance the monthly money and reward money for the next few months or even a year, they quietly become regular.

For the more serious crimes, Shuning punished people to stand on the passage with the most people in the whole house, taking two hours as a leisurely time, and the maximum penalty was twelve hours a day, no need to kneel, just standing, but she would also send two other mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law to loudly tell the crime of the person who made the mistake, and kept talking, so that everyone who came and went could hear it clearly. In less than half a day, the whole house knew about it, and in another three or four days, even the people in Baoding Zhuangzi heard about it.

The thin-skinned ones will soon be too ashamed to see people, and they will not dare to commit it again in the future, for fear of experiencing the terrible experience of being pointed at in front of everyone's eyes again, but there are also those who are thick-skinned, not only do not care about the eyes of others, but also blatantly laugh with others.

For this kind of person, Shuning's method is to double the time on the basis of the previous punishment every time he commits a crime, and when he has accumulated thirty hours, he will drive people out of the house, and it is not a simple punishment, but a notice to all relatives and friends, even the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, saying that this person is no longer a slave of his Tala family, and what happens in the future has nothing to do with his Tala family.

Now the man panicked, and even had no chance to deceive in the name of his master's family, and asked for grace in every possible way, but he was scolded for thirty hours in a row, and everyone knew what kind of virtue he was, and they saw him unrepentant, not only did no one help him, but even his own family members were afraid that they would be affected by him, and refused to lend a hand. The man wanted to make trouble outside, but his name had long since become stinky, and who would believe him? He had no choice but to walk away, only eating at home and waiting for death.

In this process, those mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who were ordered to scold people tasted the sweetness. Because Shuning promised, they scolded for every hour, there was a subsidy of 20 yuan, in order to be able to scold for a longer time and scold wonderfully, they racked their annoyance to inquire about the privacy of the punished, and even did not let go of the five-year-old bedwetting, which fully satisfied the desire for gossip and the desire for money. When they finish scolding, receive the money, and their voices are hoarse, where will they have the strength to gossip about the master's family? And because of the benefits here, I went around asking about the privacy of my colleagues for future use. As a result, others were very guarded and stopped gossiping with them, lest they disown their relatives and scold them.

Nala and Li were dumbfounded, and the latter silently wrote down this method and decided to continue to use it in the future.

After more than half a month, the people in his Tala Mansion also realized how powerful the third girl was, and found that she had been underestimated in the past. This is the biological daughter of the three-room Tai Sui Niangniang, the young lady who came out, and she will soon marry into the Iron Hat Palace, maybe she will have a chance to get a fortune in the future. How easy is this aunt and grandmother? So they also reined in one by one, admonishing each other, endure for a month or two first, and wait for her to let go of the housekeeper power.

There are still some people who are active, and they have a thought, and they want to talk to this little master, if they can become her companions, and become a servant of the palace in the future, wouldn't they be more decent than being a servant of the baron's mansion? However, Shuning knew in her heart that even if she wanted to choose someone, she would only choose a reliable candidate among her own servants.

She managed the affairs of the house in an orderly manner, and also mentioned many things of the Hitara clan, and seeing that everything was going well, she also took the time to go back to Fangshan to take care of her household affairs, and even took a carriage to inspect a field in Liangxiang, but she felt that the field was a little worse, so she didn't buy it. After checking the accounts of the grain bank and the storehouse, he returned to the capital.

Nala specially invited her to the room, and after thanking her for her hard work recently, she made a request with some embarrassment: "Third girl, the day after tomorrow is the old man's sacrifice day, I want to take your second sister home to live for a few days, can you ...... Help the eldest aunt go to the Sibeile Mansion and ask? ”