Shen Yuechen returned the account book to Zhu An and instructed: "The details of this account book are complicated and unclear, it looks very inconvenient, and I ask Manager Zhu to copy it again." ”

Recopy the ledger? Zhu An's eyes flashed slightly, but his face was silent, and he said with a smile: "Grandma, although the slave accidentally soiled a few accounts for a while, the general ledger and details of each month are done clearly, so why bother to recopy it again?" ”

Zhu An looked at Shen Yuechen's face, and there was a hint of nervousness in his heart, this new grandmother looked young but full of momentum, and she put on this posture for the first time - compared to the previous Qin family, it was really surpassing.

Shen Yuechen glanced at Zhu An meaningfully, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said in a light tone: "Manager Zhu, let me be blunt, this account book looks detailed, but it is not organized enough. The degree of clothing and consumption are different, and the high and low are different, so it is necessary to divide the equal examples, and indicate each case one by one. The items used in each of the various courtyards each month are distributed according to the quota rules, and the details look roughly the same, but the grade prices are different. In particular, objects such as tea hanging tea bowls and cargling towels are not things that need to be purchased every month, and they should be missing as much as they want. As for the trivial and small items such as head grease powder and candle incense, there is no need to reserve too much, just look at the account book that it is written in the account book that the west courtyard alone costs more than 30 taels of candles every month. In fact, it is possible to send someone to count once in the middle of the month, and if there is a shortage, let the people in the procurement office or the maids of each hospital take the cash and make up for it in time. ”

Zhu An's face turned red and white for a while when he heard this, and he couldn't speak for a while, but he felt that since this new young grandmother didn't give herself face, then he didn't need to be polite to her.

Li Shi and Chai Shi were also slightly stunned, only to feel that what she said was fresh and Taoist.

Shen Yuechen didn't want to be in the limelight today, or embarrass anyone, she couldn't get off the stage, she just wanted the Zhu family's head-and-face stewards to be afraid of herself, don't think that she is young and a stepfamily, so she doesn't understand anything and doesn't care about anything.

Zhu An saw that the eldest lady and the second lady didn't speak for themselves, so he had to bite the bullet and lowered his eyes slightly: "The eldest and young grandmother doesn't know, there has always been an old rule in the house, and the amount of silver money per month is personally cut by the old lady. ”

On the surface, these words are excusing herself, but secretly she is sarcastic about Shen Yuechen's troubles, things that even the old lady didn't ask, where is her turn to be mean to herself, even if she spends too much, it is the old man and the old lady's money, and she can't make her money.

Li Shi turned his head to look at Shen Yuechen, and said in his heart: She is not stupid, but she is too anxious, and she will use power to fight as soon as she comes up, so it is no wonder that people are dissatisfied with her. Since the old lady is bent on testing her abilities, I need not favor her, and see how she copes with it.

Shen Yuechen blinked his eyes slightly when he heard Zhu An's words, and naturally understood the meaning of his words, and then smiled casually: "Steward Zhu, I heard that you are also the old man in the family, and you are in charge of family affairs on weekdays, so you must be the most able to calculate...... Although I don't have a lot of time to marry into the Zhu Mansion, I often sit quiet and have the heart to calculate it for you, but I feel that the items in the courtyard are too expensive. It's not that I feel very sorry for those white flowers, but I'm afraid that I am not shrewd and thrifty enough, and I will spoil the hearts of my elders. ”

When she came here, she paused slightly, turned her head to look at Li Shi, bowed her head slightly and said meekly: "The old lady is kind and kind, and she feels sorry for us juniors, no matter what it is for food, it is all the best...... also often sent people to add and add, and the concubine was really grateful. The concubine never dared to snub the kindness of the ancestors, only thinking that she could cherish the diligence and thrift, and not waste things in vain, which could be regarded as a filial piety to the ancestors on weekdays. ”

Seeing that she said so sincerely, Li Shi couldn't help but feel a little warm and sour in his heart, and only said: "You are sensible." ”

Shen Yuechen continued to say softly: "The concubine serves the uncle every day, seeing that he goes out early and returns late every day, busy taking care of business matters, the concubine is a woman's family, and she has the heart to share his worries, but she is incompetent and incompetent, so she can't use her strength." The concubine watched the uncle work hard every day, and she felt very distressed, and she really hated to break a penny into two halves, and she just hoped that she could let the uncle rest a little longer......"

It is a small family to feel sorry for the silver, but the person who feels sorry for the money is a person with a heart.

After hearing this, Li Shi's eyes flickered slightly, and he was really coaxed by her words, his expression gradually softened, and he took the initiative to hold her hand, and said: "Good boy, if you can care for Jintang in such a way, it is the greatest filial piety to us." However, you are not allowed to deliberately wronged yourself and sincerely save money for your family. ”

Chai Shi was beside him, and he also changed his words, and deliberately raised his handkerchief to make a gesture and said: "It's so dignified, it's sad, my heart is sour." ”

Zhu An knew something was wrong when he heard this.

Shen Yuechen held Li's palm back, turned his head to look at Zhu An again, and said with a clear gaze: "What the ancestors have rewarded is not only silver money but also kindness. Saving money is small, cherishing kindness is big, Zhu is in charge, don't you say? ”

Zhu An looked at Shen Yuechen's calm and smiling face, his heart was inexplicably empty, and a layer of cool cowardice also floated in his heart, only to feel that although this new grandmother was young, she was definitely not easy to provoke, with red mouth and white teeth, and clever words, she couldn't help but not have the squeamishness of a boudoir woman, but a little more calm and sophisticated that was not suitable for her age.

"The slave understands, the slave must follow the instructions of the eldest and young grandmother and recopy the account book as soon as possible." Whether you want to or not, you should accept it first, and if you talk back, I'm afraid that the eldest lady will also change her face.

When Shen Yuechen heard this, his heart was a little calmer, and when he saw that he was soft, he also smiled and said kindly: "Manager Zhu, you are a busy person, and I am not thoughtful enough, which makes you embarrassed." Why don't I copy this ledger myself? I carefully transcribed it in small letters, and it was more convenient for my mother and second lady to check it back. ”

Zhu An suddenly became anxious, hurriedly knelt on the ground with a thud, and said in a panic: "Grandma, this can't be helped!" ”

Li Shi also said in a loud voice: "You are thin, and you have a lot of things to do every day, you should take a good rest." ”

Shen Yuechen said with a smile: "Big lady, it doesn't matter if you are a concubine, the old lady asks the concubine to follow you to learn family affairs, and the concubine next to her is not fine, she can only write a few words." But just re-copying the account book, it's already a matter that Steward Zhu has taken care of, what I don't understand, just ask Steward Zhu. ”

Li Shi thought about it for a while, looked at Chai Shi again, and only heard her nod with a smile: "Sister-in-law, what the child said is so sincere, let's follow her." ”

Li Shi hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Okay, you can do whatever you like." ”

Shen Yuechen stood up when she heard this, and hurriedly blessed the two of them slightly. "The concubine has thanked the eldest lady and the second lady."

Zhu An had already seen beads of sweat on his forehead, and his heart was sudden.

Shen Yuechen looked at Zhu An quietly, and after a while, he smiled kindly and said, "Manager Zhu, please hurry up." In the future, it is inevitable that there will be times when you are tired, so please mention it more. ”

Zhu An didn't dare to get up easily, so he only knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "The eldest young grandmother is too elevated to be a slave." The slave must obey the orders of the young grandmother anytime and anywhere. ”

Shen Yuechen deliberately found a reason to put the account book in his own hands, in order to see it clearly. In just such a short period of time, you can find out the flaws, and if you take it back and look at it carefully, you may be able to see more cats.

When Zhu An exited the main room, he was already sweating profusely, and even his armpits were soaked. His always smart and agile brain suddenly couldn't turn around, and he was calm for a moment before he instructed the people around him: "When the chief steward comes back in the evening, inform me immediately." "The matter of the account book can be big or small, he has to discuss it with the chief steward Zhu Rong.

Zhu An touched a nose of ash in front of Shen Yuechen, which provoked the four mothers-in-law who were in charge of procurement outside to raise their minds. They all wanted to go through the motions, so it didn't matter much. Who knows, the new young grandmother is so powerful, and she taught Zhu An a lesson as soon as she appeared.

In the courtyard of the deep house, the most oily and watery errands are the procurement office and kitchen.

Although Shen Yuechen didn't know how powerful this was, he could vaguely guess a few points, these mothers-in-law were not small, and they were all related to the Zhu family. Needless to say, just the clothes on his body are not much worse than the serious master.

Not to mention dressing well, it is much more difficult to have a monthly routine. Mama Li only has 30 taels of silver a month, but each of them has nearly 30 taels of silver a month, not counting the benefits and dividends obtained from outside merchants.

The four mothers-in-law learned the lesson of Zhu An, and as soon as they came up, they respectfully kowtowed to say goodbye, and did not dare to slack off at all.

Shen Yuechen thought that they were also difficult to deal with, and he was afraid that he would not be able to win them over for a day or two, so he simply politely greeted a few words, and then accompanied Li Shi with a slight smile and didn't say a word.

Seeing this, those mothers-in-law secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After tossing around like this all morning, at the end of the day, Shen Yuechen was also prepared, and only asked Chun Ming to scatter the bag of broken gold prepared in advance to everyone, all as tea money for everyone.

Grace and power are good masters. She doesn't want to be a good person to bully, and she doesn't want to be that mean and stingy master.

Under the eaves, the maid sent by Yang's mother quietly hid outside and eavesdropped for a long time before running back to report.

When Mrs. Zhu heard that she had seen blood, she frowned slightly and said, "This is a bit too much......

Mother Yang said in a deep voice: "Old lady, it's not just blood. I heard that the eldest young grandmother also taught the second steward Zhu An a lesson......"

When the old lady heard this, she immediately became interested, put down the wooden fish mallet, took Mother Yang's hand, and slowly got up and said, "Go and call the inquiring maid in." ”

Mother Yang called a little maid who had not yet shown her head, and she hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The old lady just waved her hand and said, "Get up, tell everything that happened in the main room on the ground, and don't leave a word behind." ”