Zhu Jintang stood up and asked with a look of surprise, "Is it?" ”

This kind of thing is really unexpected. After all, in the past, grandmother and mother were in charge of everything in the family, but now Shen Yuechen is in charge, which can be said to be a great preference for her.

Shen Yuechen saw that he was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law said that she can't worry that her father-in-law has no one to take care of her, so she wants to rush to the capital and join them." So, I'll take care of the affairs of the family for the time being. To be honest, I was a little flattered. ”

Zhu Jintang smiled faintly when he heard this: "It's a matter of time or time, because you are the eldest daughter-in-law." ”

Although he said this, he still felt that it was not easy in his heart.

Come to think of it, during the days when his whereabouts were unknown, the relationship between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law deepened a lot.

If you think about it carefully, you have experienced so many ups and downs together, and you rely on each other to live, and your feelings will naturally become strong.

Zhu Jintang also felt a lot relieved in his heart, looked at Shen Yuechen's slightly shiny face, and said gently: "Since the elders trust you, you just do it well." You're so smart that you can handle it. ”

Shen Yuechen lowered her eyes slightly when she heard this, and only said: "Just do your best, concubine." ”

The two talked a little bit, and then stopped talking. Zhu Jintang has been very tired these days, and it is rare that things have taken a slight turn recently, so Shen Yuechen decided to let him rest and sleep.

After Zhu Jintang fell asleep, Shen Yuechen deliberately waited for him to fall asleep before getting up lightly.

During the second shift, she had to breastfeed the child, and she didn't want to wake up Zhu Jintang again, so she quietly got out of bed in advance, went outside to call Chun Ming and other maids to come in and serve her to dress and wash.

After finishing, Shen Yuechen took the account book given to her by Li Shi and went to the second room where the children rested.

Wu's mother and the two little maids were guarding the children while secretly napping.

When Mother Wu saw Shen Yuechen coming, she hurriedly put on her clothes and got up and said, "Why did Miss come over?" ”

Shen Yuechen glanced up at the two little people who were sleeping side by side on the bed, and said with a slight smile: "It's almost time for Brother Ming to wake up, I'll come over and take a look." ”

Mother Wu's face was tired, and her tone became distressed: "Miss, why is this difficult?" It's only been the second watch, you should have a good rest, and when the child wakes up, I will personally hug you. ”

Shen Yuechen said with a smile: "In that case, the uncle will also be woken up." ”

When Mother Wu heard this, she showed a clear look on her face.

It turned out that the young lady was feeling sorry for the eldest young master, so she deliberately got up early.

Mother Wu sighed helplessly: "It's good for Miss to feel sorry for the uncle, but you also have to learn to feel sorry for yourself." ”

Shen Yuechen patted her hand and said, "Mom, don't worry, I'm measured." ”

There was still a long time before Brother Xuan woke up, Shen Yuechen didn't waste time, sat under the lamp, and flipped through a few pages of the ledger.

Mother Wu looked at the ledger with some eyes, not like the ones that Miss usually reads, and couldn't help asking, "Miss, where is the ledger you see?" It's the first time I've seen it. ”

Shen Yuechen glanced up at her and said, "Mom has good eyesight." This is the account book of the family, and the eldest lady only handed it to me today, saying that it was for me to learn to be a housekeeper. ”

A hint of surprise flashed on Wu's mother face when she heard this, "Oh, this is a great thing." After saying this, she suddenly found that her voice was a little too loud, and she hurriedly lowered her voice and said: "It's not easy for Miss to survive today, and the eldest lady can be said to be extremely relieved to you now." ”

Shen Yuechen knew that she was happy for herself again, and nodded: "Yes, since the eldest lady gave me the opportunity to perform, I should do a good job." Mom don't stay here with me, go take a nap and lie down. ”

Wu's mother said, "What about you, Miss?" Do you want to stay up late again? ”

"I'll familiarize myself with the ledger first, and when I'm done, I'll just make up for it."

Wu's mother also knew that she couldn't persuade her, so she just lay down on the soft couch on the side, closed her eyes for a while, and got up from time to time to pay attention to the children's movements.

On the thick ledger, the family's expenses for the whole year of last year are recorded.

Shen Yuechen spent more than an hour hastily flipping through it, and found that Li's method of managing the accounts was very carefully recorded, although simple.

The expenditure income of the outside business is not written in the account book of the home, however, the big and small things of the inner house, whether it is food, clothing, and clothing every month, or the purchase of various items, including monthly money, favors and gifts, are clearly written and clear.

As the saying goes, if you don't know the price of firewood and rice.

Shen Yuechen used to just manage his own west courtyard, and his monthly expenses were only one hundred taels at most. But after she opened the account book of the whole inner house, she was alerted to the Zhu family, but it was only at the beginning of the year that it was less than two months old, and there were enough five hundred taels of silver to spend.

Shen Yuechen's heart tightened, she knew that there were nearly 100 taels of use, which was used in Brother Xuan'er's "washing three" ceremony.

What should be done must always be done, just feeling sorry for the silver, it can't help but make people feel stingy.

At the beginning of each year, the Zhu family put a full two thousand taels of silver into the books of the inner courtyard as a family. The money was taken from the account office according to the pairs.

In Shen Yuechen's opinion, two thousand taels of silver is definitely a large amount. However, on the Zhu family's books, it took less than five or six months at most, and it was exhausted.

Shen Yuechen has always been sensitive to money. She doesn't think it's because of her small family, but because she experienced the difficulty and hardship of making money when she was young.

It's not easy to make money, thinking about the fact that Zhu Jintang almost lost his life before, she couldn't help but be afraid for a while.

After Zhu Jintang's calculation, coupled with the turbulent situation in the imperial court.

Shen Yuechen really felt that as long as the family was together peacefully, it didn't matter if the days were lighter.

However, she also knew that her somewhat negative thoughts would not convince everyone in the Zhu family.

She slowly retracted her thoughts and returned her attention to the accounts.

The reason why Li asked her to be the housekeeper must be some other reason besides trust.

Shen Yuechen silently closed the account book, thinking to herself, this errand of the housekeeper is not easy to do, and if you want to make the family feel satisfied, it is not possible to put more effort into it. What's more, in terms of seniority, she is the younger generation in the family, and there are more than one or two things to pay attention to.

Xu is personality is dictatory, after thinking about it, Shen Yuechen still decided to manage family affairs in his own way, and reasonably arrange the expenses of each hospital and room, which can not be too frugal or wasted.