Chapter 253: Beginning to manage housework

After sending Liu Dongxing away, Wen Yi was silent at home for two days before she regained her spirits. Because Liu Dongxing had something to say first, she planned to take Mrs. Lu over to live immediately, but after hesitating, she suppressed this idea for the time being.

Now that everything at home has not been sorted out, at this time, take your grandmother over, when you encounter difficulties, you can ask your grandmother for advice, but she has always been accustomed to managing the family at home, and after studying for so many years, she has to ask her grandmother for help, will her grandmother be happy or angry? Wouldn't it be better for her to straighten things out first, gain a firm foothold in her husband's house, and then take her grandmother over and let her old man see the ability of her granddaughter who has taught her for many years?

Thinking so, Wen Yi only sent a personal girl to send some fresh fruits and vegetables and pastries to her grandmother in the small courtyard of the house, and asked her old man to say goodbye, but she didn't let people take a car to pick them up, and at the same time, invited Shu Cong'an and Shu Mama to come over and ask for the family's various income and expenditure account books and male and female servant women rosters to check.

Shu Cong'an decided in his mind that housework should be taken care of by the housekeeper, so he turned around and sent things over. And although Mama Shu also sent the roster and explained to Wen Yi the functions of everyone in the family, when she returned to her house, she couldn't help but say to her husband: "Big * Grandma, this is going to start housekeeping?" Look at her young age, can she manage it? ”

Shu Cong'an said: "I heard that when the big * grandmother was at home in the past, she also managed the family, but the Gu family is a big family, and now this house is not big, and there are not many people, how can you not manage it?" ”

Mama Shu wanted to speak and stopped, and only said after a while: "I'm just worried, the big * milk used to be the housekeeper at home, although it was a big family, the population of the family was simple, and there was an old lady Gu Liu watching above, she didn't need to take any big ideas, just take care of some small things, and she was in her hometown, and she was very familiar with people everywhere, so naturally she wouldn't make mistakes." Now that our uncle has settled down in the capital, where do you know the customs in Beijing? There is no elder in the family to watch, the uncle is not at home, and the big * milk is still young, so let's just hand over all the housework to her, in case something goes wrong, how can it be good? ”

Shu Cong'an disagreed: "What kind of mess can happen?" If the big * grandmother doesn't know the customs in Beijing and has some negligence, let's see it, just mention it. Since the uncle has made the big * milk housekeeper justifiable, why are you doing so much? ”

Mama Shu said with some grievances: "Am I the one who has nothing to do?" I'm just worried that the uncle has suffered countless hardships since he snacked, and now he is finally able to make a living, and he has come out on his own, and with this family business, he still has a good life to live. If at this time, there is something that the big * grandmother does not understand, there is a mess, and the uncle comes back, how can I explain to him? When the uncle was leaving, he repeatedly told me to take good care of the big * milk."

Shu Cong'an said: "Then you are good to take care of it, there is something wrong with the big * milk, you remind me, the people below are restless, you help to press it down, and then come, always pay attention to the body of the big * milk, don't let her tire herself." That's it. You don't have to worry about anything else. You know, it was the uncle who said that he wanted to let the big * milk housekeeper, and it was just an expedient measure to let our husband and wife watch it before, is it possible that you can still manage the housekeeper for the uncle for a lifetime? We are subordinates, and we must recognize our duties. Although the uncle is your grandmother, after all, he is the master, not your son, our son is still in the next room."

Mama Shu was a little annoyed and angry, and crossed her hands on her hips: "Who do you think I am?" When do I lose track of my part? ”

Shu Cong'an coughed dryly and lowered his head: "Yes, yes, the lady is naturally clear." Ah, I almost forgot, I have something to tell Brother Ping. At the same time, he walked quickly to the door, leaving Mama Shu alone in the house to get angry.

Wen Yi naturally didn't know about the quarrel between the Shu family and his wife. She first read the account book, then flipped through the roster, and then combined with the introduction made by Shu Cong'an and Mama Shu, she already had a general understanding of the situation in this family.

The industry outside the Liu family has only two Zhuangzi and two shops on the surface.

The two Zhuangzi are divided by Shangshufu, one is located on the other side of the Huai River in Jingnan, the area is not large, about three or four hundred acres, because it is the alluvial area of the riverbed, it is quite fertile, and there are more than two hundred taels of silver a year, but it is necessary to raise waterlogging; Another Zhuangzi, located at the foot of the mountain in the northeast of the capital, has a larger area, six or seven hundred acres, but most of it is inferior fields, and the rest are slightly better, but only medium, and the annual output is only about half of that Zhuangzi in the south of Beijing. When Liu Dongxing took over, he did not drive people away, but only promoted the original supervisor to be a steward, and the original steward was sent back in the name of "someone who did not dare to ask for the second uncle and two aunts", and the other place was not touched at all, and it was coincidental that it was from the same family as Wang Dewang's family. Now the stewards of these two Zhuangzi are quite peaceful, even if they have a move to fill their own pockets, they dare not go too far.

As for the two shops, in fact, they can only be regarded as one and a half, one is located in Guihai City, it is a small shop, and it is currently being taken care of by Binglan's brother Wang Qingzhou and his wife, and the other half is a small shop opened by Liu Dongxing and Luo Mingmin in the capital, specializing in groceries in the north and south, and the business is okay. This half of the shop, the shopkeeper is hired outside, from the purchase to the sale, are all by the shopkeeper and the Luo family, Liu Dongxing only collects profits on a quarterly basis, and has not sent anyone to intervene, but from the books, the income brought to him by this shop accounts for more than eighty percent of his annual income.

Wen Yi guessed a few points in her heart. Liu Dongxing also has at least one field and a shop, which is in Shannan Town, in addition, whether there are other industries, it is difficult to say, but because there are people in Shangshufu at home, he has not been able to get rid of the influence of the second room for a day, and he does not dare to be careless for a day, so the income obtained from other industries is all counted on the north and south grocery stores, and he doesn't care about the affairs of the store, Shangshufu is willing to take care of it, and there is nowhere to start.

Thinking of this, she sent the girls out, went to open the top cabinet in the bedroom alone, opened the small drawer containing all kinds of contract documents, and found that Liu Dongxing also has a contract of ten hectares of medium land and two shops located in the more prosperous section of Beijing, the field is tenant for others to plant, only need to send someone to collect rent at the end of each year, and the shop is also rented to others to open a store, is a long-term contract, signed for ten years, pay rent once a year. The fields and pharmacies in Shannan Town were placed separately in an envelope, presumably because they would be honored to Dr. Xiao in the future.

Liu Dongxing's property is not much, but the sum of his annual income is almost equal to the silver income that the Gu family gets from the land in a year, and there is also some floating wealth, and I don't know where he got it from. After Wen Yi thought about it carefully, she relocked these land deeds and house deeds, and thought that when the family had floating wealth, she would buy a few more properties, and it would be better to have good land, and there was no need to deliberately hide the second room. Now that Liu Dongxing has split up and married a wife, if the second room dares to come cheekily to ask for family wealth, she will go back to the house and ask the elders of the Gu family and the elders of the long house to teach the third aunt a lesson.

Wen Yi's own dowry also has a grange, but it is located near Pingyang, near the area of Cannes, the high-quality fertile land, which was replaced by the other house when it was "returned" to the family land last year, about 500 acres of land. This inheritance can be said to be her foundation, which cannot be easily touched, and will be passed on to her children in the future. But because the marriage was done in a hurry, her grandmother, Mrs. Lu, was bent on compensating her granddaughter, so she gave her 3,000 taels of silver, not counting the rest of the antique jewelry, and two shops from the Lu family, which were in the capital. It's just that their ancestors and grandchildren have been away from Beijing for too long, and the Lu family has returned to their hometown, and no one has taken care of them for many years.

A few days ago, Mrs. Lu sent someone to find the shopkeeper of the two shops to come and interrogate, only to learn that one of the housekeepers in the early years ran away with the money, and the store also closed down, and the other person was still there, and passed the store to her son. Mrs. Lu had a decree and the deed of the store, so she didn't talk too much, so she directly sent someone to the government to ask the official to come forward, and with Mrs. Li's endorsement, she took the store back smoothly and counted it in Wen Yi's dowry. Wen Yi thought to herself, that son is still opening a store, and the business seems to be doing well, so it will be okay for him to continue to open, as long as he pays the rent on a monthly basis, but he has to find someone to help. When Mrs. Lu first got married, that shop was just an ordinary shop on an ordinary street, but now, the surrounding area is already a prosperous place, and it must not be difficult to sell.

Wen Yi spent half a day to calculate the family's property clearly, had made up her mind, and then focused on the family and others. This matter is not troublesome, she has been watching it for a few days, and she has already made a calculation, and she has already mentioned it to Liu Dongxing before, so she soon had a belly case, so she asked Shu Cong'an and Shu Mama to come in.

She said with a smile: "The stewards of several fields in the family have done a good job before, as long as they wait until the end of the year and don't see anything wrong, they will continue to let them manage it, and it's nothing." I don't have to interfere in the shop. However, in the shop where I got married, there is a family that no one has yet rented, and the location is good. I want to ask Shu Ping to run an errand for me, go to Luo's house and ask Second Young Master Luo to see if his family is willing to take over, if the price is right, I will sell it to his family, or rent it. Can Schuber look at it? ”

Shu Cong'an saw that after she crossed the door, the first thing she did was to sell her dowry shop, but she was a little moved: "Big * milk, the money in the family is enough, and the small shop also knows that it is in a prosperous place, why sell it?" If you want to start a small business, it is ready-made, if you are annoying, it is easy to rent it out, but it is a pity to sell it. Nowadays, there are almost all the people in the capital, who doesn't want to buy more such shops? Few people will put it on the plate. ”

Wen Yi knew that he had misunderstood, and did not refute him: "In this case, please ask Shu Bo to pay more attention to me, if the Luo family is willing to rent, it will naturally be better, otherwise I will find another one." The rental fee does not have to be too high, as long as the store is honest and does serious business, the appointment does not have to be too long, and there is a room for reversal to meet the needs of the future. "Shu Cong's response.

Mama Shu heard the end from the beginning to the end, but she was secretly relieved. She is not afraid of the housekeeper of the housekeeper, she is afraid that the housekeeper is too young and vigorous, as soon as she takes over the housework, she will turn the world upside down, whether it is to install cronies or to be in charge of power, she must break the original stable situation of the Liu family, and now seeing Wen Yi Xiao Gui Cao Sui, she is also relieved, and thinks that Wen Yi has only married four girls, and has no family, that is, she has the heart to install cronies, and there is no one to insert, so her heart is even more settled.

But to her surprise, Wen Yi quickly turned the topic to the people used at home: "Now that I have entered the door, there are female dependents in the inner courtyard, and there are mostly young girls, Shu Ping used to be in charge of the weapons room, but now it seems that it is not very suitable." I have already discussed with my uncle, all the weapons in this armory room are packed up, packed into boxes, and in addition to sending people in to clean them every day, I will not choose another person to take care of them. Shu Ping is young and capable, so he simply went to the outer courtyard to help Shu Bo run errands and take care of things, if I have something to send someone out, there is also a reliable person to call. What does Schuber think? ”

Shu Cong'an naturally had no objections, and even if he responded, he would thank his son for his son. Mama Shu opened her mouth and didn't say anything. Wen Yi's words were originally right, how could there be a reason for the young manservant to enter and leave the inner courtyard every day? Besides, it is not ashamed to be the deputy steward in the outer courtyard and run errands for Lao Tzu. But she still couldn't help asking: "There were people running errands in the outer courtyard, and Brother Ping was added, will it be ......?"

Wen Yi smiled: "Mom refers to Ma Youcai, right?" I've already figured it out. Ma Youcai was originally on an errand in Shangshufu, and must be very familiar with the roads in the capital, and when I go out, I have to take a car, and there must always be someone who is familiar with the road with the car. Originally, Gu Wang led this errand, but he was still young, what can he understand? Dealing with people and things is not as stable as horses. From now on, let Ma Youcai be responsible for following the car, Gu Wang turned to the outer courtyard to listen to the errand and give Shu Ping a hand, if there are not enough people to go out with the car, he can go over to answer it. ”

When Mama Shu heard this, she was happy in her heart: "That's okay, Gu Wang's kid is wandering around all day long, looking restless, someone should be able to restrain him."

Wen Yi nodded, and asked again: "I heard that the outer study is taken care of by Lianxin?" ”

Mama Shu responded, and then showed hesitation: "Lianxin, this girl has always been honest and responsible, and she has done her errands very well, and she never goes to the uncle to ......."

Wen Yi smiled and said, "Where did Mama go?" I was thinking, since the house is divided into inside and outside, the rules should be set up, Lianxin is a girl, walking around in the outer courtyard, there is a lot of inconvenience, it is better to transfer to the inner courtyard. I also have a small study here, and when I am free, I read and write, and I am waiting for someone. The work in the inner courtyard is also lighter than that outside. As for the outer study, let the Ma family's Dabao go over and be responsible for cleaning the house every day. ”

Mama Shu has always liked Lianxin, and she was rejoicing that she had a good errand, but she was taken aback when she heard Wen Yi's last words. Without waiting for her to speak, Shu Cong'an had already spoken first: "Big * milk, Ma Dabao is illiterate, how can he wait in the study?" ”

Wen Yi smiled slightly: "Now that no one uses the outer study, what do you want a literate person to do?" All he had to do was clean up the house, don't let the books inside be bitten by insects, and don't tear the pages. ”

Mama Shu still wanted to speak, but Shu Cong'an had already woken up, hurriedly grabbed his wife, and responded with a smile: "The little one understands." "What about the rest of the place...... Big * milk thinks, is there anything else that needs to be changed? ”

This Schuber was a smart man. Wen Yi smiled: "That's all for the time being, the rest, let's talk about it when I think about it." I'm still young, and if there's anything inconsiderate, I ask Shu Bo and my mother to mention more. ”。.。

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