The four wood-pasted gold-inlaid jade flower and bird pattern palace lamps hanging on the wall shone brightly, but the room was still a little bleak.

When Li Yuyuan was eating, he asked people to roll up all the curtains.

Sesame immediately took people there, and after a while, the small hall of the banquet room was twice as wide as before, but the room was still not bright.

Li Yuyuan finished eating all the steamed cakes on the steamer, looked up, and it was cloudy.

She put her chopsticks down, and Momoko and the others immediately brought mouthwash and wet handkerchiefs.

Li Yuyuan rinsed her mouth, and Gui Yuan helped her wipe the residue from her mouth, and after these procedures, breakfast was over.

Li Yuyuan asked at this time, "Has she cleaned up over there?" ”

Now the people in the yard already know that the little lady is going to send Mama Qian away, and the preparation she asks now must be how Mama Qian is prepared.

Peaches and longan didn't talk, and Cherry walked in from outside.

Li Yuyuan stood up and called her: "Come to the study." ”

When the master and servant arrived in the study, Li Yuyuan stood in front of the window and faced the cherry: "Did she refuse to go?" ”

Cherry loves to inquire, and when she heard that Li Yuyuan was going to send Mama Qian away, she went to Mama Qian early in the morning to see the situation.

Hurriedly replied: "The maid said a few words to the maid, and the maid kept crying, but she didn't say anything to let the maid intercede, she packed all the baggage, only brought the clothes of the four seasons, and nothing else." ”

Li Yuyuan thought for a while and said: "Go find Peaches and give her the four golden buns under my bedside table, the master and servant, as if I had treated her badly, so that I don't owe her." ”

One or two gold can be exchanged for sixty yuan, Li Yuanyuan's golden bun is cute and used for playing, one is about five taels, and this time it is 1,200 yuan.

A bucket of rice is 15 yuan, and Mama Qian is going to the Zhuangzi to support the elderly, and she has her own Zhuangren for her to eat and drink, and there is no cost at all, and this money is enough for her to spend for a few years.

Cherry thought to herself, the lady is the lady in the end, Mama Qian makes the lady sad so much, the lady still thinks about her, the lady is a good person.

Cherry was turning to go out, and the nurse said outside the curtain: "Lady, the maid has something to say." ”

Li Yuyuan gave Cherry a look, and Cherry hurriedly pulled up the bamboo curtain and invited the nurse in.

After the nurse saluted, she said: "The maid is incompetent, the old lady is going to celebrate her birthday, it turns out that the eldest lady borrowed a few couches and the cook from us early, but the maid only counted fifty couches for the eldest lady to use urgently, and the cook is ten, and it can't be transferred for the time being." ”

Li Yuyuan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Can't be drawn?" How many cooks do I have? ”

The nurse shook her head: "The account capital has not been handed over to the maid by the mother, how many are there, the maid doesn't know, and now there are only nine of us in the kitchen who are decent for cooking, even if the lady is wronged, they are all transferred out to lend to the eldest lady, and the manpower is not enough." ”

Li Yuyuan thought for a while and said, "Is it the eldest aunt who came to urge?" ”

"Yes, Ah Xiang came over and said it, after all, there are only two days, and Lady Tong is already on the way, so it will be there in three days."

Li Yuanyuan's aunt Li Tong, married to her son Chen Jialuo, is in the next county, Li Tong has to go back to her parents' house often if she has anything to do, the old lady's birthday, how could Li Xiaotong come back five days and three days in advance.

As soon as the aunt returns, the other guests will also go up one after another.

So the eldest aunt was in a hurry.

Li Yu said from afar: "I know, go and ask Mama Qian for the account book, where are those cooks?" Let her hand it over to you as soon as possible, and don't delay the big things at home. ”

In Li Yuanyuan's memory, Mama Qian would always tell her that this was made by a new chef from the family, and that was also made by a new chef, she heard it no less than fifty times, and every time she was rewarded, she also specially explained to Mama Qian, she likes to eat, and the monthly money of the cook is three times more than that of other people, why did she have nine cooks left?

What about the others?

The nurse was told to go out.

Li Yuyuan raised his head: "Wait." ”

Both the nurse and the cherry looked at her.

Li Yuyuan put down his hand: "You go first, I'll call you when I'm ready." ”

The nurse was commanded to go.

Li Yuyuan turned around and looked at the scenery outside the window in contemplation.

Cherry came over and asked puzzledly, "Lady, what's wrong with you?" Don't want to let Mama Qian go? ”

Li Yuyuan thought to herself, it was not a matter of reluctance, it was she who dealt with Mama Qian, and the eldest aunt came to borrow something.

Originally, she was going to send Mama Qian away in the afternoon, thinking that she would be able to leave after handing over the account book, but at this time, the yard under Mama Qian's management has a lot of problems, as if it really can't be separated from her.

Is the aunt giving her a hint? still knew that she was already disgusted with Mama Qian, so she deliberately brought it up at this time to protect Mama Qian.

Li Yu was far from answering Cherry's words, and shook his head secretly, the eldest aunt had greeted her before about borrowing things from others, even if she suspected anyone, she should not suspect the eldest aunt.

When Ah Xiang returned to the Qilin Courtyard, the Zhen family asked the housekeeper in the hall.

Ah Xiang listened to it for a while, it was all related to the old lady's birthday, Mrs. Liu was 60 years old, Li Yushan had news from there, and she would come back in person, so she had to prepare ceremoniously, and none of them could be sloppy.

After calculating how many ingredients he needed to buy, Zhen asked the housekeeper to go down to Zhang Luo, and then looked back at Ah Xiang and said, "Have you been there?" Have you seen Ah Yu? Is Mama Jiang easy to pick up? ”

Ah Xiang said: "I didn't see the lady, the subordinates of Xichi Courtyard are more regular than before, but when the maid talked to Mama Jiang, she obviously felt that she was a little powerless, and so far, the things that Mama Qian handled have not been handed over to her, even if she has the ability again, the account book has not been obtained, and the personnel and money matters are a little clueless." ”

Zhen asked, "Then Ah Yu didn't say anything?" Isn't Mama Qian leaving? Why haven't you handed over the books? ”

Ah Xiang shook her head: "This slave didn't ask at the time, Mama Jiang helped order fifty sets of couches of the same specification, and the cook, she said that she would wait for the account book to help count it, and see what it means, she should be able to get it in a while." ”

After all, they went too early.

Zhen nodded: "I'm afraid that Mama Qian won't want to leave and won't hand over the account book." ”

Ah Xiang pondered and asked, "Madam, do you want Mama Qian to go, or do you not want Mama Qian to go?" ”

There was a smile on the corner of Zhen's mouth: "How do you say this, you just ask directly, Ah Yu's people, we are not greedy for her to take possession of her, anyone who is in charge of the house is the same, I don't particularly want her to leave or stay." However, of course, such an unfaithful subordinate should be sent away as soon as possible. ”

Ah Xiang stepped forward and lowered her voice: "Then did we fall into Aunt Liu's trap this time?" The old lady never asks about the trivial things in the house, how do you know that you have borrowed something from the lady and urge you to count it? In this way, Mama Jiang can't handle it properly, doesn't she have to leave Mama Qian behind? ”

Zhen doesn't care who stays and who leaves, but others don't think so?

The only one who can control Mrs. Liu's nosy affairs is that aunt.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to Dongfu early in the morning to borrow things, it was all the old lady's urgency.

Zhen smiled faintly, raised his arm, and Ah Xiang hurriedly helped the master.

Zhen said: "I can't pretend to be sick anymore, so I have to do what I need to do, and Ah Yu is the same." ”

After Zhen finished speaking, he walked to the backyard, Ah Xiang frowned and shook his head, but he still hurriedly followed.