He Angelica smiled slowly: "On one side is his mother-in-law, on the other hand is his fifth brother, these two are the masters of the family, and the composition is much more advanced than me, I can't reach other people's shoes with all my strength, how can I care about other people's mother-son love and hatred?" First, and secondly, I am now in the 'grounding', as soon as the 'foot' is out of the garden, before I can ask my mother-in-law about her well-being, someone will greet me with the family law. ”

Yitong was dissatisfied, and the reason for listening to her was high-sounding, but in fact, it was Mingzhe to protect himself. If Mrs. Su is her mother-in-law and encounters the same situation, see if she helps!

He Angelica seemed to have guessed what Yitong was thinking, she smiled clearly, and was not in a hurry to defend herself, until a cup of honey turtle jelly was used up, she said the last reason: "In this family, when my mother-in-law and the fifth master fight, either they don't help each other, or they secretly help the fifth master - this is what Meng Xuan specially instructed me before leaving, and I just do what I say now." ”

"What? Childe asked you to help the fifth master? How is this possible! Yitong's face was full of suspicion. He knows the family affairs of the Meng family very well, and the relationship between Gongzi and the Fifth Master has not crossed the brothers, how can Gongzi help the Fifth Master?

He Angelica played with the snow porcelain cup, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Why am I lying to you?" Yitong, you know, I'm a new daughter-in-law, I don't even know whether the fifth master Meng Chen's face is square or sharp, if it weren't for Meng Xuan's last words, I wouldn't even know that Meng Chen is the illegitimate son of the master. ”

Testament, words? I'm whoa, whoa! Yitong was so angry that she twisted her waist and paused, quite feminine. He asked suspiciously, "What did Childe say in his original words?" Why did he give such an order, did he foresee that something would happen at home? ”

"I didn't say much," He Angelica said lazily, "just briefly introduced to me some of our family's 'pattern distribution', so that I wouldn't be too surprised when I saw it with my own eyes." Meng Xuan also said that his fifth brother is not a bad person, but he is sick, and my medical skills are better than the doctors found outside, so Meng Xuan let me have time to take a look at Meng Chen's illness. ”

Although Yitong heard this, he still believed it: "The fifth master is sick? I never knew about it, and I never heard of him seeing a doctor take medicine! Grandma, wouldn't you heal him...... Want to meet him? ”

He Angelica was amused by Yitong's nervous face: "It's okay if you don't see it, it doesn't have much to do with me anyway, it's better for me to have more than one thing." Quick, call in the girls I picked out, and let me take a closer look. Oh yes, there is also a shortage of people in the plum garden, you convey to the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, send the more than 90 people I have selected, and ask the two aunts to pick a few good ones. ”

Yitong was full of helplessness, and asked with a bitter face: "The Meng family is in an eventful time, grandma really wants to stand by and watch the interests of the Meng family suffer and be indifferent?" Just now, the little one heard that his wife was ill, and no one took care of everything in the family, so he didn't know if the fifth master had put his wife under house arrest? ”

He Angelica comforted him with a smile: "There are many talents in the Meng family, I am thin, I dare not take the lead without authorization, naturally talented people come out to take care of the housework and stabilize the situation." Yitong, don't worry about it. ”

Yitong said without giving up: "I arranged the eyeliner outside the mansion to report that the master went to the imperial doctor Luo Junsong's house, and grandma, your second uncle Luo Chuangu and cousin Luo Chuanwu live there, and they are specifically looking for the master to do those illegal things." This also involves you, just imagine, their Luo family has reached the end of the road, what hole cards are not played? ”

When he said this, a gust of wind happened to blow outside the window, blowing the shadow of a banana leaf, and the shadow part was cast on He Angelica's face, covering her expression. When she was young, she smiled and said: "Don't worry about this, my father-in-law is forty out of fifty this year, and he is known as the 'undefeated general' on the battlefield and in the officialdom, and his wits and wits are all subordinates." My second uncle is a straw bale, and my cousin is a gentleman, and the two of them are not as tall as my father-in-law. No matter whether they come soft or hard, they are not the opponents of their father-in-law, otherwise the Luo family would have been developed a long time ago, so why bother others. ”

Yitong still went down worriedly. After a while, eight rustic little maids entered the outer hall and lined up, waiting anxiously for the master's grandmother's teaching.

He Angelica's table of refreshments was removed, mint was waiting beside him, and a pair of dripping eyes looked at these newcomers curiously. Don't say that others don't know the criteria for choosing a girl, even she, a big girl, can't figure it out at all.

He Angelica looked at it with a smile, glanced at the eight girls who stood down, and said with a smile: "Madame allowed me a small right to be an 'independent director', and the first thing is to be autonomous in employing people, although my place is small, the rules are very different from other courtyards." Use those family children, I'm afraid that they don't want to learn new rules, laziness and slippery are still trivial things, if there is a second Lu Yao, then I will have a big head. ”

The lotus root happened to pass by the window, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but shrink for a while. Since Lu Yao's crime, Lotus Lotus, who was completely unaware of Lu Yao's rebellion, has also become timid. She and Lu Yao have always been in and out together, who knows if they will be regarded as the same party by Grandma Seven? This seventh grandmother looked weak, and when she came to the door yesterday, she was at stake.

She regretted that she volunteered to come to Seventh Grandma on an errand, and she didn't have any thoughts about the Seventh Master who was far away in the world. Looking back, the lotus root saw the housekeeper's daughter-in-law leading a large group of new maids to the plum garden, thinking that she was a clever person, and she was also top-notch in this group of people, why not seek to go in, be a personal servant, maybe the level can be raised to another level, and then make other plans in the future.

Thinking like this, she was afraid that He Angelica would not let her go, so she simply didn't ask her master's opinion, stuffed two money to the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, and went into the plum garden together.

Mint was sharp-eyed, and saw this scene in the house very really, and hurriedly returned to He Angelica: "Miss, look, that lotus root thinks that our bamboo garden is small, and she can't give full play to her talents, so she chooses Gao Zhi to fly!" What does it mean that she left so indistinctly? Shall I call her back and ask? ”

He Angelica smiled and stopped: "She has been serving quite diligently in the past few days, and the master and servant have a good gathering and dispersal, so it is better to avoid this experience, everyone knows in their hearts that it will be over." "Lotus is willing to leave by herself, and she can't ask for it. The maid who is too clever is often of little use, and there is something else that is generally disgusting, so it is just right to go.

Looking back, He Angelica used this example to teach the little girl a lesson: "Being a master and servant is also fate, and when fate comes, you will fulfill your duties, and you can do whatever you want, whether it is handing tea and water in front of you, or serving flowers and plants in the yard, sprinkling and sweeping pulp and washing, as long as you are diligent and willing to work, I know it in my heart." Unlike other courtyards, the maids here are not divided into one, two, three, or four, and they don't pay monthly money according to that level. In my place, the monthly money is four hundred yuan, one every three months, and if you do a good job, you will add one hundred to the monthly money until you fill up one or two pieces of silver. ”

The maids at the next station exchanged glances with each other, and felt that this system of monthly money sounded good. In Mengfu, the monthly routine of a first-class maid is one or two silver, but how many people can't be first-class after more than ten years, and they are just envious of others.

According to Grandma Seven, although the monthly money in the first three months is small, as long as it is done well, the money will rise every three months, which is much better than those second- and third-class maids who have no hope. I just don't know, what is the standard of "excellent work" that Grandma Seven said?

A bold girl asked this question, He Angelica smiled and said: "This is also simple, I said it alone, it doesn't matter, everyone says it's good, otherwise, if I am a stingy person, I receive the monthly money from the public and don't send it to you according to the amount, who will you go to complain about your grievances?" This remark hit the nail on the head of the maids, and everyone showed a little wry smile on their faces.

In a low laugh, she continued unhurriedly: "I have come up with a method called the 'grading system', where the eight of you cross to score others, and I and Mint also rate you. Because here I am the biggest, I have thirty points in my hand; Mint is my maid who knows my mind best, and she has ten points in her hands; In the end, each of you has five points in your hand, and each time you take turns, two of your companions will score you. The total is fifty points, as long as the score is greater than twenty-five points, her name will be added when the salary is raised; If it is more than 40 points, I will have another reward. ”

After listening to this, the first thing the maids did was not to break their fingers to count, but to greet Mint with their attentive and hot eyes, and to look at Mint in fear. If the people under them work together and score each other with perfect marks, there will be ten points; and then tie up the big girl mint, and get it very much; The thirty points mastered by the seventh grandmother will not be even stingy with five points, right?

In this way, they will be added and subtracted, and within two years, they will all become first-class maids for one or two silver, that is, they will do a job of chopping wood and carrying water, and as long as they have silver, they have nothing to complain about. I heard that in other yards, there can be three or four first-class maids, which is too much, and according to Grandma Seven's method, the monthly money will only increase, not decrease, and in the end, everyone will become a first-class maid!

Mint glanced at He Angelica worriedly, Miss's account was not wrong, right?

Just imagine, if the current eight little maids, if they rise to one or two taels of silver in two years, it will cost nearly 100 taels per year just to distribute the monthly bills, and in the long run, how much will it cost? The monthly example of 80 maids approved by the public middle school is only more than 200 taels a year, and now only eight people are called, and a small half will be used? Could it be that the young lady forgot that the subordinates of the plum garden next door also have to receive money from her. Even if the young lady has money, she won't bring such a waste, right?

Seeing that everyone was very moved, He Angelica said again: "Ugly words are ahead, there are good and difficult places to be treated anywhere, and the monthly money in the bamboo garden is a reward, but there is a reward for everything, and there is a punishment, is this punishment-" Everyone's hearts were immediately hung up, and they didn't know how heavy the punishment of the seventh grandmother was, and the rules were not very tricky.

He Angelica smiled softly and comforted everyone: "Don't be afraid, I am a bloodless person, so I never punish corporal punishment." The reward is silver, and the punishment is also fine, and if you disobey the discipline or refuse to be punished, you can also follow the lotus root and leave without a squeak, and I will not chase you. Of course, you are not satisfied with the reward and punishment system of Zhuyuan, you can leave now, and the next door is still electing, and it will be too late to pass now. ”

What the?! If you do something wrong and don't want to be fined, can you just leave? The maids didn't believe that there was such a good thing in the world, but looking at the expression of the seventh grandmother, it didn't look like she was joking. That's a ...... That's great! With such a great master and grandmother, who is willing to leave?

So the eight maids kowtowed to He Angelica and went down to do what they had to do. Mint looked at their twittering backs, and reminded He Angelica worriedly: "Miss, after all, this is not Luofu, a place to come out after living in a year or two, plus the persecution of the Sun family, I have to buy people's hearts with silver, and compare with the Sun family." Miss is going to live here for a long time, if you want to keep doing this, how much money do you have to add to this in private, Miss? ”

He Angelica put a sour plum into his mouth, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Mint, you are very reasonable, I also want to save some money from this example for the long term, take care of the abandoned plum forest, or use it in more important places." No matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, I don't like to use too many people, of course, the more saving, the better, how can I put silver money on this? ”

Mint wondered: "Then since this is the case, the young lady still pays monthly rules according to the level of maids in Mengfu, only two second-class ones are issued, and the rest are third-class, don't you save money?" ”

He Danggui pointed to the west and grimaced at Mint: "I'll save it here, and I'll choose a few more maids over there, what's the point of saving me." Although there are rules for aunts to use a few maids and a few grandmothers, but the three gardens are all in the name of the seventh master, not to mention his identity, those who are rough and up, they keep a hundred is not enough. As long as one of the two aunts can plan to make a plan, she must use enough money of two hundred and fifty taels a year in the three gardens. It's not that I have the intention to deduct their expenses and leave the money in my own purse, but we three young heroines, we don't go out of the door, and there is really no need to make so many people. ”

Mint opened her mouth wide and asked, "So, Miss, this move of yours is actually to save money?" But how can this method save money? ”

"Otherwise, why do you think I've spent so much time talking to the girls for most of the day?" He Angelica smiled coincidentally, "As for whether this 'grading system' of the bamboo garden can save money for the three gardens together, let's wait and see." ”

"Heh, the county lord's methods are clever, and Chen admires it to the fullest."

I don't know when, there is a person sitting next to the big red sandalwood carving case in the inner room, with a white ribbon tied in black hair, a Jiuzhai Begonia auspicious cloud shirt, covered with a dark soft Luo light yarn, a silver fine silk long tassel around the waist, and a piece of mutton fat jade jue tied on it. Looking at the man's face, he saw that the eyebrows were long and the temples were long, the eyes were slender and gentle, the bridge of the nose was straight, and the skin was fair. His person is bright and handsome, rich and elegant, he calls himself "Chen", about the fifth son Meng Chen.