Xiao Yi frowned, but did not refuse, the nurse cautiously retreated, and couldn't help but smile proudly when she couldn't see it around the corner.

Since Xiao Yi wanted to leave the housework to Wen Jin to take care of, the two came back from the garden and asked Xiao San and Ah Lai to tell Wen Jin all the accounts and family affairs.

The housework of the Xiao family is actually simpler than the Qian family, the lord of Yujie still has to deal with the people of the royal clan, there are many festivals a year, and the things that are sent to him are indispensable, Xiao Yi is alone, and deliberately does not socialize with the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Beijing, those military attaches who have a good relationship with him, he is also limited to eating and drinking together, and the female dependents are not involved at all, as for Zhao Yulan in the name of Concubine Qiao's cousin, several female relatives in the capital are now also because of her strange death, and the other party has cut off contact in order to avoid suspicion.

Although Xiao Yi is quite bland to Zhao Yulan, but the supply of money is not stingy, the consumption of the inner courtyard of the Xiao family is not small, Ah Lai temporarily acted as an agent for this time, she dared to spend the old examples in the account books, and she did not dare to move, and after a few months, she had a balance of thousands of taels of silver.

In order to let Xiao Yi hand over the military power with peace of mind, the first emperor gave a very generous material gift, in addition to the Guogong's Yulu, the Xiao family also has a farm five hundred miles away from the capital, five hectares of land, and there is a mountain in Zhili Province, Xiao Yi ordered people to plant spice trees such as peppercorns and large materials, as well as thousands of households, and a year, there are 18,000 taels of silver, and the Xiao family's life is very comfortable.

Xiao Yi gives 500 taels to the inner courtyard every month, in addition, every quarter, he also gives 300 taels of clothing money, New Year's Festival, New Year's festival money, clothing money, head money, etc., Wen Jin is on fire, this woman is likely to be the murderer of his mother, although Xiao Yi is affectionate to his mother, but he is also very generous to this woman, doesn't he know that for some women, providing a good material life is to show that he loves them?

Ah Lai saw that Wen Jin had been here for two days, and her mood suddenly fell down, and she could guess a little, she was embarrassed to defend her master: "Miss, the Zhao family was married by the Empress Dowager, and Grandpa Guo didn't dare to treat her badly, he misses your mother, and rarely cares about her on weekdays, so he can only use money to coax her not to make trouble, you have to be considerate of Grandpa Guo, these years, he has easily not smiled, and I look at it as a slave, and my heart hurts." ”

Wen Jin's heart was also sour, he was forced to surrender, and he couldn't make contributions in the field, which was sad enough for a general who was a soldier and an iron horse, and the loved one was framed and lost his life, and a pair of children were nowhere to be found, Xiao Yi's fate was really bitter.

Maybe it's because of the blood, Wen Jin's feelings for Xiao Yi seem to be a little out of control, when he is angry, he only feels that his heart is burned by fire, and he can't suppress it, and when he sympathizes, it is also sore and painful, and the tears can't stop falling down.

Ah Lai was so frightened that he almost knelt down: "Miss, what's wrong?" It's all bad for Ah Lai, Ah Lai is sorry Miss-"

"Come to Damu, don't say it, woo, I'm not blaming you, I'm not wronged, I just thought of my father's suffering, and I feel sad......"

"I know, I can feel Miss's thoughts."

The maid Chunming carefully beat Wen Jin's back, and when she calmed down, she hurriedly called warm water to let her wipe her face.

Chunming is the female bodyguard that Xiao Yi prepared for Wen Jin, although she is a little ignorant and not very thoughtful, but Wen Jin is very good to her, and she is patient when teaching, and in just a few days, the relationship between master and servant has become harmonious.

It took five days for Wen Jin to roughly adapt to the life of the Xiao family, and he also recognized all the servants, and then on the morning of the sixth day, he gathered the steward: "The things at home in the past few days have been completed by you consciously, and you have worked hard." ”

"It's not hard."

"Miss, hard work!"

"We should!" Several mothers in the inner courtyard hurriedly replied, their voices were gibberish, they probably noticed it, and they all quickly shut up.

"I wonder if you have any questions? I'm going to start today, so let's talk about what you have. ”

Several mothers-in-law glanced at each other, and Mother Gong in the kitchen saluted and said, "The second lady wants to invite a few high-ranking ladies to come over to play, and the kitchen must prepare some snacks and a good table of noodles." ”

"Oh, she hasn't told me yet." This sentence does not mean that Gong's mother has transgressed, that is, the second lady does not understand the rules, and acted privately without informing her parents, Gong's mother was so frightened that she was in a cold sweat on her forehead, and secretly blamed herself for her lack of heart, when the nurse found herself, she should remind her, the eldest lady started to take care of the house for the first time today, and she became a chicken that set an example for monkeys, what can I do.

A few mothers have sympathy, some people gloat, the kitchen is a fat poor, the lady is careless, never check how much material is used in the kitchen, Gong's mother has not taken the owner's things to give favors, and they have not taken advantage of them, so although Gong's mother is jealous, and even what Gong's mother does to annoy people, they also endure it.

Gong's mother definitely didn't dare to go against Wen Jin, Grandpa Guo suddenly sold or sent most of the slaves in the family to Zhuangzi, which made the whole house panic, the more people were panicked, the more they got the blue eyes of the lady, the more they dealt with it simply, and they were not merciful, the people in the house didn't understand what was going on at first, and when they heard the news that the real eldest lady had found it, they guessed a few points, and they also believed that it was the lady behind who assassinated the previous lady.

No one expected that Grandpa Guo would let the eldest lady preside over the Xiao Mansion, but the eldest lady, now known as the second miss, also committed the crime of corruption and was sold, and the second lady had no way to protect it. From childhood to adulthood, Xiao Yi has always been indifferent to these three girls, never affectionate, praised, and never taught and reprimanded, people think that he doesn't love his daughter, and he thinks that his wife didn't give birth to a son, who wants the eldest lady to enter the house, and the performance of Grandpa Guo is completely different, and a group of servants understand that the feeling of Grandpa Guo is not that he doesn't love his daughter, but that he doesn't love his stepwife, and he doesn't love the daughter she gave birth to.

Wen Jin looked at a few mothers-in-law's eyes rolling around, a little unhappy, she didn't like servants to play with their hearts in front of their masters, there was nothing to do, they all let them pick out something, she cleared her throat and asked, "When is it?" "If it had been set before, she naturally couldn't allow it.

"Before I came to talk to the eldest lady, Mei Honggang said it."

"How can this be in time? Since she is a noble girl, where can she come? I have to send the post in advance, and people will reply to the post, and we will treat you. ”

"That's right, the eldest lady is right, but when I reminded Mei Hong, she still thought I was verbose, saying how the eldest lady treated, how could we be gimmicked." Gong's mother looked very aggrieved.

The reason why Gong's mother reported Xiao Qiyun's matter, instead of reminding the second lady to tell the eldest lady, is a temptation, since Wen Jin wants to take care of the middle and short, it is naturally impossible to agree to Xiao Qiyun and them to send workers at will, not to mention that outsiders are involved, Wen Jin must be even stricter: "Mother Gong, you are also an old man in the house, what should be done and what should not be done, don't you understand?" The second lady's maid is not right, you should clearly point it out, she is young, you are still young? ”

Mother Gong was reprimanded by Wen Jin, lowered her head and blushed, and naturally counted this account on Mei Hong's head, she didn't want to think about it, if she didn't want to test Wen Jin's bottom line, but what should she do, can she be beaten?

Several mothers saw that Wen Jin was doing things and speaking reasonably, and they all cheered up their spirits, and sure enough, in the following things, there was no unreasonable.

Wen Jin sent the housekeeper away, and wondered whether to invite Liangqing and Liangxi to come and walk around. Leaving the Qian Mansion, the people over there must be very worried, if he goes back to visit so soon, his father will inevitably have a sense of loss in his heart.

Wen Jin thought about it, so he asked Chunming to polish the ink and prepare to write a post.

Besides, Xiao Qiyun's maid Mei Hong, who was taught a lesson by Gong's mother, pouted and walked out of the kitchen, she used to walk sideways in the inner courtyard, those mothers who were in charge, which one did not bow her head and bow her waist when she saw it? Who would think that as soon as the eldest lady entered the house, the nurse was immediately beaten and sold, and the people in their yard became the most declining group in the house, and now, the second lady wanted a table of noodles, Mei Hong only felt that her heart was very blocked, and she walked into Zhilan Courtyard with a puff of anger.

Xiao Qiyun was playing in the yard with her two younger sisters, and when she saw Mei Hong's face, she knew that things were indeed as she expected. Her so-called banquet for the little sister was just trying Wen Jin, she didn't plan to do that, but now that she was really stopped, she felt that she couldn't get over her face.

Xiao Ayayun's nurse Mother Rong, as soon as she saw Xiao Qiyun's face, she knew that things were not good, and the second miss was just about to rush out, but she hugged her: "Second miss, second miss can't do this." ”

"What's not to do? Why did she stop me? ”

The two were tearing, and a voice came from outside the yard: "Is Mother Su there?" "It was Mama Chen who came in by Wen Jin's side, Mama Chen was sent by the county lord of Yujie to help Wen Jin, she was usually very silent, but she was very disciplined, in order to remind Wen Jin not to make mistakes.

"In, in!" Xiao Xuanyun's nurse hurriedly agreed.

"Mother Su, the master asked you to take care of the eldest lady's affairs temporarily, you are a servant and two masters, you are a little busy, but no matter what, you have to do things well, how can the second lady invite the noble lady of the high door to come to the house as a guest without informing in advance? Such a reckless thing, you should stop it. ”

Su's mother sweat beads fell down her forehead, lowered her head and reviewed herself repeatedly: "Yes, yes, a small negligence." ”

"Well, before Grandpa Guo doesn't find a new grandma for the second lady, I have to take care of my mother."

"Yes!"

Chen's mother turned to leave, her steps were very steady, and she was not at all surprised by the sound of "hmm" coming from behind the flower garden.

It was sent out by Xiao Qiyun by Xiao Ayayun's nurse Rong's mother, desperately covering her mouth.

"You let go, an old, dare to point fingers at my territory, see how I clean her up."

"Hey, my little ancestor, Second Miss, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads, and now all kinds of signs are very unfavorable to Mrs., saying that she harmed that woman, Grandpa Guo didn't send you two out of the house with illness, it's already the limit, so don't stir up trouble."

"That's just an expedient measure, I'm going to leave sooner or later, it's all called being kicked out, and I can't bear it, I just said a few good words for Juan Yun, and my father even sent her away, hum, and changed our order, forcing people to change their names to call me Second Miss, Jinyun, hum, Jinyun was also changed to a name, why? My mother said when she was dying, that are the two wild species-"

Mother Rong covered Xiao Ayayun's mouth, she looked around in a panic, and whispered: "Second Miss, if you kill yourself, don't blame me for not making it clear, you are older, Juan Yun and Ayayun are still young, and you have to rely on Xiao Mansion, you can't bear any grievances, so you can only take them to follow Mrs. and go to the Netherworld Mansion to find Lord Yama to support you." After saying that, she let go of her hand with a calm face, "You just shout loudly." ”

Xiao Qiyun stopped talking, stopped, and cursed fiercely: "My mother took you over, is it just for you to eat and drink for nothing?" Now, she died inexplicably, and you don't say anything about helping me, finding out the truth of the matter, and avenging her. ”

"Second Miss, why don't I want to? When Madame was there, this Xiao Mansion was her world, and the young ladies had a much more nourishing life, and even I followed the light, and lived better than ordinary wives. But as soon as my wife died, I didn't have a penny except for one or two silver and a month on the account, and your grandmother and brother were almost out of money to study, so why am I not angry? Not in a hurry? Not sad? If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, if you are disobedient, Juan Yun will dare to contradict your father, what is the result? Now, all of them have been sent to Zhuangzi, leaving this splendid Xiao Mansion to others, my good young lady, no matter how much she has been wronged, she has to stay, we are the sand in her embroidered shoes, we can't kill her, and we can't kill her. ”

Xiao Qiyun didn't speak for a while, and finally, she nodded: "But we are like this, swallowing our anger, how can we make her uncomfortable?" ”

"Second Miss, as long as we plan well, what can't we do? The key now is that you have to stay in the house, so you have to endure it, isn't there a saying that if you don't bear it, you will make a big plan? You rush out to make trouble now, that's the trap of the real people, don't forget that you are sick to stay in the house. ”

Xiao Qiyun snorted angrily and stopped the commotion, and after a long while, he said dejectedly: "How long will this endure?" ”

"Second Miss, if we want to do something, we must also think carefully, we can't be so reckless and reckless."

"Yes, big sister." Xiao Xuanyun walked over, "Sister, Mother Rong is right. ”

"Then, Mother Rong, do you have any tricks?"

Mother Rong blinked her mung bean eyes, gritted her teeth and said, "Let me think about it." Oh, a few clever people in the yard are going to go out and inquire and see what that slut is doing. ”

Xiao Xuanyun nodded: "Mother Rong is right, naturally you have to stare at her to find flaws." ”

Xiao Qiyun finally stopped, big tears fell down her cheeks, she gritted her teeth for a long time before she hissed: "Okay, I'll bear it!" ”

Rong's mother put on a distressed look, and said pityingly: "Big, no, second miss, this person's heart is flesh and blood, before, you sisters, how beautiful and beautiful they were, now, she even refused to give a table of banquets, the old body thought of this, and was also distressed, but this person was under the eaves, and had to bow his head." ”

Xiao Qiyun cried even harder.

In the evening, it was rumored throughout the Xiao Mansion that Wen Jin was ruthless, and he didn't have any love for his sister, and he didn't even want to feast guests. Chunming passed the word for Wen Jin, and when he walked to the road, as long as he saw more than two servants talking, he didn't peek at her, and they all immediately dispersed, and when he said half of the words, he also stopped. She was so angry that she grabbed a servant woman who was washing vegetables in the kitchen and asked, the person saw that she was the first celebrity in front of the eldest lady, and Chunming threatened to send her away if she didn't tell the truth, so she knew what happened.

Wen Jin looked at Chunming, who was angry, thinking about it, this Xiao Qiyun is the master no matter what, if she wants to feast, she should also report to herself who is in charge, she notified the servants so much, obviously she didn't take herself seriously, and she deserved to be dismissed, what did she make trouble?

Especially in this Xiao Mansion, the subordinates are so crazy about the gossip of the master, are there any rules?

"Miss, there are three servants who have confessed that it is the third lady's nurse who is spreading nonsense."

"Then you go and call her."

When Chunming arrived at Zhilan Courtyard, he already knew the news, a group of maids blocked Su's mother behind him, and Xiao Xuanyun stood at the front.

"Third Miss, the eldest lady has something to ask Su's mother."

Xiao Xuanyun said coldly: "What is there to ask?" My nurse is not hers. ”

Xiao Ayayun even raised her arms, "Don't go!" Su's mother, you don't have to go. ”

Mother Su said with an embarrassed face: "Third Miss, the old slave should go for a trip, no matter what, it is the old slave who is at fault, and the old slave is willing to be punished." ”

"You are my person, you want to be punished, and I will punish you, what kind of east is she-" Xiao Xuanyun said fiercely, but before she finished speaking, she was covered by Rong's mother, and Xiao Xuanyun pushed Rong's mother away: "She was originally a country woman, and she didn't know where she came from, she deceived her father, and she dared to show off her power in Xiao's mansion!" ”

The people in the courtyard all looked at Chunming, with a provocation in their eyes, if Chunming called Wen Jin over and punished Xiao Juanyun, "Qian Wenjin just took over the Xiao family, and she can't get along with a few half-sisters", as long as this news spreads, no one will condemn Xiao Juanyun for doing something wrong, after all, she is small and ignorant, and all bad public opinion will come to Wen Jin. Chunming gritted her teeth in anger, and secretly admired the eldest lady for predicting the enemy's opportunity, she put on a straight face: "Mother Su, are you guilty?" Mother Rong was so happy in her heart, hmph, if Qian Wenjin couldn't get along with the third lady this time, as the eldest sister, she wouldn't be able to run away from the hat of "narrow-mindedness and vicious means", she gave Su's mother a color, and the latter immediately made a sincere and frightened appearance: "The old man is guilty, the old slave shouldn't go to the kitchen to order food without permission——"

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