Chapter 256: Convincing People with Virtue (II)

The Liu family's house in Yangliver Hutong has undergone another personnel change, and it has become more and more orderly.

In the inner courtyard, there are two first-class girls waiting for the master's daily life in the main house, one is Qiuguo and the other is Binglan, the former is in charge of Wen Yi's clothes and jewelry, and the latter is in charge of the key to the small warehouse. There are also four second-class girls, Hexiang, Zijin, Lianxin and the new Runxin, that is, the eldest daughter of the Shu family, who got Wen Yi's name. Among these four people, Lotus Xiang is in charge of the main house and the wing room, Zijin is in charge of the weapon room, and Lianxin is in charge of the small study and Wen Yi's correspondence, and the next post and letter are sent to the messengers. In addition, rough work such as sweeping the floor, watering flowers and planting trees in the yard was taken care of by Chuyue with a newly bought eleven or twelve-year-old girl.

In the outer courtyard, Shu Ping took Gu Wang to run errands, Ma Youcai followed the car, Ma Dabao was in the study, the concierge was Wang Dewang's two sons, and there was a newly bought fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who followed him to learn errands. Shu An, the youngest son of the Shu family, is only nine years old, articulate and eloquent, and is responsible for passing words between the inner and outer courtyards.

In the backyard, a person was also added to the sewing room, in addition to the original granddaughter of the Wang family, Zhaodi and the eyes of the Ma family, and the youngest daughter of the Shu family, Wen Yi, was also newly given a new name, called "Shuangzhi". Because of this pair of young people, but good needlework, Wen Yi also ordered her to be responsible for the purse, handkerchief, shoes and socks and coats used in the inner courtyard, so that she did not have to touch the four seasons clothes of the family. Among the three people in the sewing room, the leader is the oldest Wang Zhaodi.

There is no change in the manpower of the kitchen for the time being, but Chun Shi is clearly under Feng Xi's hands, but Wen Yi also instructed Shu Bo to pay attention to the fact that there are good cooks in the market, and they must be innocent, have good skills, and be honest.

After this change, Shu Bo is still in charge of the family's affairs, but Shu Mama is left with only two messengers, the supervisor and the inspection portal, and the power in her hands is greatly reduced. The former did not complain, but said to his wife a few times in private: "Look at the big * milk doing things, that is, Dafang knows that you have said so many bastard things, but you still don't take it to heart, and you still reuse our children." Now that Brother Ping is the deputy steward, when I am older, I will pass on the position of housekeeper to him, and we can retire with peace of mind, wouldn't it be better? The two girls also got a good errand, the eldest girl entered the inner courtyard, and when the ice blue niece went out, the first-class position was hers, and the future was decent. Although the second girl is in the needlework room, she has the eldest niece of the Wang family to take care of her, and she is not afraid of suffering. Look at it, how good the big * milk is, you always complain about her"

Although Mama Shu knew that the manpower adjustment in the home was beneficial to her family, she always felt unsteady, and after listening to her husband's words, she couldn't help but refuse: "It's just a small favor, you were bought by her, don't look at her generosity at the moment, when she turns her face in the future, she will drive our whole family out, and it is just a matter of moving her mouth." She is still wary of our family, otherwise she let Brother Ping run errands outside, why would she send a Gu boy to follow? The two girls in our family are good, why did she only let the big girl go into the inner courtyard to wait? Anyone with eyes can see that the second girl looks better than her sister, and she does needlework well, and her temperament is also supple. ”

Seeing her so stubborn, Shu Bo couldn't help but have a headache: "Okay, the two girls are almost the same, the second girl is just a little more delicate than her sister, and compared with the girls who married her with the big * milk, it is far worse Uncle is just looking at you and me, and being kind to them, where can I look at each other differently?" Besides, the second girl's needlework is good, and it is common sense to go to the needlework room. The big girl has the most careful thoughts, and she follows me all the year round to learn some accounting skills, and she goes to the inner courtyard to be a big girl, which is the most suitable place. The big * milk is very well arranged, you are clearly picking bones in the egg, and what do you say about creation or not, that is what you can say? I'm going to leave you here today, even if the family is too poor to survive, I won't let my own daughter be a little girl, and you will give me the heart to die as soon as possible."

When Mama Shu heard this, her eyes turned red: "How can you think of me like this?" Am I just intent on making my daughter a little snob? But the uncle has suffered a lot since he was a child, and there is no one around him who knows the pain and heat, if the big * milk is sincere to the uncle, it will be okay, if not, our daughter is at least better than the people outside. Uncle Dare is not your grandmother, so you don't feel distressed? ”

Shu Bo stomped his feet angrily: "Listen to what kind of bastard you say?" If it had been another grandmother, I would have knocked you out with a stick" The wife was so stubborn that he was impatient: "The big * grandmother treats us well, not only generous and kind, but also lenient and merciful, reusing a few children in our family, and not caring about your nonsense." Think about it again, when I was taken away by the second lady, wasn't the eldest * grandmother who invited the old lady and the second uncle to Shangshu Mansion and rescue me? Be a man to be grateful to the picture if the big * milk is really close to the second lady, she hasn't married that day, why should she offend her mother's family for the uncle? ”

Mama Shu was stunned, speechless.

Shu Bo persuaded her earnestly: "I know that you are always worried that the uncle will suffer, but you don't want to think about it, the Gu family's business is not small, and the uncle is about to go on the expedition in a few days. This intention alone is rare in the world. You are not glad for the uncle, you can marry such a good wife, but you complain about this and find fault with that. Don't say that you are not a serious mother-in-law, or a serious mother-in-law, and you are not as unreasonable as you to ask yourself, if our Brother Ping and Brother An can marry such a good daughter-in-law, are you still picky? If you still don't understand, unload the errand as soon as possible, let me go home and stay, save me from making trouble again, and when the uncle comes back in the future, I can't explain" said and left angrily.

Seeing this, Mama Shu was so angry that she slapped the table, but when she calmed down and thought about it carefully, she couldn't help but regret it a little. Wen Yi went to Shangshu Mansion to rescue her husband before marriage, which she saw with her own eyes, and she was also wary at that time, and afterwards her husband came home safely with antiques, and she was happy for a few days. It's just that later, with anger and resentment all her life, she forgot all these past events. She just has a bad memory, how can she not know how to repay her?

Mama Shu hugged the needlework basket, pulled the cloth for a while, and muttered in her heart: Could it be that she really thinks too much?

Not to mention any changes in Mama Shu's thoughts, the personnel changes of the Liu family affected not only the Shu family, but also the Wang family, the Ma family and others.

The Wang family is naturally happy, Wang Dewang and his wife are old, and they are a little powerless to do other errands, but if they really stay in the backyard with nothing to do, they are not happy, for fear that they will make people laugh at eating rice. Now that he has received the messenger of the porter, it could not be more light. Because Liu Dongxing was not at home, Wen Yi easily did not go out, and there were few foreign visitors, so the porter was very idle every day, and there was a new servant to help him, so Wang Dewang simply taught the little guy how to be a good porter, how to speak, how to salute, how to judge the identity and origin of the visitor from the dress and speaking demeanor, etc. When he was young, he worked as an errand boy at the gate of Shangshu Mansion for a few years, and then he was transferred to do other errands. What's more, Wen Yi instructed Shu Bo to buy a small servant, and he would return to the concierge on weekdays to be disciplined by him, and he also understood the meaning behind it: When their family left the Liu family, this little guy would be the one to take over. Even the errands of the two granddaughters have candidates to succeed them, doesn't it mean that their Wang family will be able to go out in a short time? Thinking about it like this, he taught more attentively, and even Gu Wang and other young juniors slipped in front of him to teach.

The old man of the Wang family is living more and more energetically day by day, but the Ma family has a special taste in his heart. Ma Youcai led the messenger who went out with the master, all day long, he had to wait in the gatehouse, he disdained to pay attention to the people in the carriage and horse shed, but Wang Dewang and his wife disdained to ignore him, so there was only one Gu Wang left in the Communist Party of China to talk to him occasionally, and now Gu Wang also followed Wang Dewang to learn to send an envoy, and no one paid attention to him, and Ma Youcai's days were more and more depressed. It's just that his son Ma Dabao is too honest and conscientious, as long as Uncle Shu instructs "don't let people enter the study at will", he even blocks his own Lao Tzu from the door. Ma Youcai had the heart to beat and scold his son, but he was afraid that people would know, so he could only continue to be depressed.

His wife said to him: "When the big * milk spoke, I thought that our family was finally going to get up, and the big * milk was going to reuse us, and the result was ...... You have nothing to do every day, your daughter is in the sewing room, and you are not even as good as a new little girl, and Dabao is stupid and what about me? Now I can only cook for my subordinates in the kitchen, and I can't get my hands on the food in the inner courtyard at all. That day, I saw the fragrance of the vegetables made by Feng Xi, but I leaned over and tasted it, and the little girl named Chunshi treated me like a thief, and asked again and again, as if I would poison the dishes. A few girls and mothers-in-law of the Gu family are even more well-behaved, and I can't ask anything useful when I talk to them for a long time. This is clearly to prevent us, I said that the master, this lady's aunt, is it really separated from Mrs.? Do you want to go back to the house and talk to Madame, if you continue like this, we won't want to mess around here, sooner or later we will pack up our bags and leave?"

Ma Youcai listened to it, and thought about it, it was not a way to go on like this, so he said: "Now that I have an errand, I don't know when the big * milk will go out, I can't go away." When the eldest * grandmother goes to Shangshu Mansion to ask for peace, I will report to my wife. ”

But such a day does not come from the left, and neither can the right wait. Ma Youcai's wife was impatient: "Wait and wait, wait until when?" I see that the eldest * grandmother is really separated from Mrs., otherwise I won't see her go back to Shangshu Mansion to say hello to her after more than half a month. But we can't wait. When I was cooking yesterday, I just saw that the fish was good, so I left an extra one for my own house, and I was picked out by Chun Shi and counted it down in front of everyone. Eight lifetimes of face have been lost. What is a fish? Big * milk is clearly taking the opportunity to make trouble, to find our fault."

Ma Youcai frowned and said: "I'm afraid that if I go to Shangshu Mansion, the people in my family will know about it, and I will eat it." ”

"Afraid of what?" His wife rolled her eyes, "You wait until it's almost evening, and then the big * milk will not go out again, others asked, I only said that you went back to the house to rest, and even dinner had to be eaten at home." As long as you come back before the small corner door is locked in the dark, and give the door a little benefit, are you afraid that the upper authorities will know? ”

Ma Youcai thought about it, so he really complied, but he didn't expect that as soon as he left with his front foot, the back foot of the concierge asked Shu An to pass the letter into the inner courtyard. Wen Yi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and said to Shu An with a smile: "Brother An, go and see what the people of the Ma family are doing, then Ma Youcai is really far away?" ”

Shu An went out for a trip, and then replied: "The aunt of the Ma family is working under the kitchen, Brother Dabao went to the gatehouse to listen to Grandpa Wang's story, and the sister of the Ma family went back to her own house." Uncle Ma really walked away, and Grandma Wang said that she saw him turn the corner with her own eyes and disappear. ”

Wen Yi asked Qiu Guo to grab a handful of money to reward him, and then called Runxin: "Go, send a loud order to the outer courtyard, saying that I am going out tomorrow, please Shu Bo prepare the carriage and horses, and then call the people who follow the car, I want to give a few words." Runxin paused, and after a while, everyone in the house knew that the big * milk was going out tomorrow.

Ma Youcai's wife panicked, and even forgot to throw the spatula, so she ran over and asked, "Why did the big * milk suddenly say that she wanted to go out?" ”

He Xiang said with a straight face: "Miss Ming'er is going to Shangshu Mansion to greet the second lady, so I asked the person who followed the car to give a few words." What is my sister-in-law doing here? It's not where you stay. ”

Ma Youcai's wife secretly complained, but she was driven back to the backyard, and others laughed at her: "Why doesn't my sister-in-law look in the mirror to see if she has this decency, so she runs to pick up the messenger who goes out?" That's your man's job, you better work on the stove with peace of mind."

Ma Youcai had already gone to Shangshu Mansion, so naturally he couldn't see Wen Yi. Wen Yi asked people to ask his family, do you know where Ma Youcai went? His wife didn't dare to tell the truth, and his son and daughter didn't know, so Wang Dewang smiled and said: "Eighty percent went to drink, and he used to take this sip, but often because he was drunk, he delayed his errand." Big * just ask others. ”

Wen Yi had already asked, but he still made a look, asked again, and knew that Ma Youcai really had this problem, so he reprimanded: "I just arranged a decent errand for him, and the first time he went out, he made a mistake, which is really embarrassing for me." Since he doesn't take this errand seriously, then simply don't take it" and announced that when he went out tomorrow, he would temporarily borrow the two male servants brought by Mrs. Lu to follow the car. This position is up to Shu Bo to find a way to transfer people to fill it.

So, when Ma Youcai carried a five-dollar silver reward in his arms, and had two drinks with his old friends, he dreamed of getting ahead, and when he came back from Shangshufu, he knew that he had no errands, and the crime was still clearly "dereliction of duty", coupled with the smell of alcohol on his body, there was no way to justify it.

Shu Bo scolded him, asked him to return the long waist card that he went out with, returned to his house and talked to his wife, and asked with a smile: "How is it?" I said that the arrangement of big * milk has a deep meaning, don't you understand it now? ”

Mama Shu reluctantly closed her mouth, and said after a while: "Count me as a little more careful......".

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