Chapter 8: Windfall Wealth
Zhang Mengjie knew that if you really wanted to use the small kitchen, you had to have ingredients and firewood. Although she is nominally the queen, it is unlikely that someone else will willingly provide these things in her current situation.
It stands to reason that she should have a monthly rule, but she didn't know if she had received it not long after she entered the palace. After all, her ancestors were businessmen, and her father was a guard, so she really didn't have anything left?
"Qingfeng, is my carry-on bag still there?" In fact, Zhang Mengjie didn't know if she had a package with her, so she asked Qingfeng beside her.
Qingfeng said: "Yes, I forgot to tell my mother, I put it in the wooden cabinet under the dressing table in the mother's bedroom." ”
Hearing that she really brought a carry-on package, Zhang Mengjie wanted to know what was in it, so she asked them to clean up the mess and go to find the package by themselves.
Zhang Mengjie took out the package in the wooden cabinet and opened it and found that in addition to a few clothes, there were also a few sets of jewelry, and the rest was broken silver, which looked like a lot, but she really couldn't estimate how much silver there was in the form of RMB.
Zhang Mengjie looked at the clothes and felt that one of them was different from the others, but she couldn't tell what was the difference, anyway, it was weird. So she picked up the garment and looked at it carefully, and in a moment she found that there was a sewn pocket in the inner layer of the garment, and there seemed to be something hidden in it.
Zhang Mengjie picked up a pair of scissors on the dresser and opened the pocket, and found that what was hidden inside was a silver ticket. There were more than a million taels, more than a million taels, plus those broken silver. Although Zhang Mengjie didn't know whether the silver was left to her by her ancestors or Zhang Mengjie earned it herself, no matter what, she should have lived a good life before.
If Zhang Mengjie earned it herself in the past, it can be said that she can live outside the palace with her ability. Seeing that those clothes are so simple, she shouldn't be a person who is greedy for vanity, could it be that she has another secret in the palace? The people who know the reason are no longer there, I don't know if it's because she occupies this body, she really wants to complete her mind for the former Zhang Mengjie.
Originally, I planned to raise enough money to live outside the palace and then find a way to get out of the palace, but now the silver is not worried, what is the purpose of Zhang Mengjie's entry into the palace in the past?
"Niangniang, Niangniang, we have almost cleaned up, you can go and see if we can clean up." Zhang Mengjie heard Qingyu's voice and looked up to see Qingfeng Qingyu walking towards her.
Zhang Mengjie said: "Don't look, I'm not at ease with your work, it's really good for you to come, help me count how much broken silver there is." ”
Qingfeng and Qingyu counted a total of one hundred and seventy-five taels and thirty-two pieces of silver, and the two of them cleaned up Qingfeng and said, "Niangniang, there is nothing else to do, let's retire first." ”
Zhang Mengjie said: "Since both of you are here, I will tell you my plans, and in the future, Qingfeng will be responsible for the housekeeping of Luanfeng Palace, and Qingyu will be responsible for my daily life." ”
Qingyu said: "Niangniang, what is daily life?" ”
Zhang Mengjie said: "It's to change my clothes and dress up, as well as the ingredients for the small kitchen in the future and the purchases we need in the Luanfeng Palace." ”
Qingyu listened and said reluctantly: "Why? ”
Zhang Mengjie said: "Because you are cute, everyone likes you!" Of course, it can't be said that she can speak well, and she is the most suitable for communication: "Okay, in this case, these silver taels will be handed over to you to be responsible, and these are the others." Zhang Mengjie put the silver ticket in her hand and the broken silver together and handed it to them.
Qingfeng and Qingyu were shocked when they saw the amount of money on the silver ticket, especially Qingyu's open mouth was big enough to stuff an egg. It took a while for Qingfeng to react: "Niangniang, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." ”
Zhang Mengjie said: "I can trust you, the silver taels were originally used for flowers, and now that you are in charge of the Luanfeng Palace, you will definitely use the silver." ”
Qingfeng said: "Niangniang, I didn't mean that, Qingyu and I don't know where to put so many silver tickets, and the current Luanfeng Palace can't use so much silver, even if the broken silver is used up, isn't there still a monthly case." ”
Zhang Mengjie found that she had so much silver and really forgot about the monthly case: "Also, then you can keep the monthly case after that." After speaking, he put the silver ticket under the jewelry box in front of them, and asked them to take out five taels of silver: "You accompany me to the buying department now, and you must remember that I will still be your queen mother who has nothing in the future." ”
Zhang Mengjie led Qingfeng, Qingyu, and Zhou Li to the Purchasing Division, and the chief eunuch Qian San here immediately came out to greet him when he heard the news: "Slave Qian San sees the queen mother, the mother is a thousand years old!" ”
Zhang Mengjie said: "Father-in-law Qian doesn't have to be polite, get up!" ”
After Qian San got up, he said: "Niangniang, please!" ”
When Qian San entered the house, he found that Zhang Mengjie had only brought three people, and they were basically all his people, so he immediately said: "When is it, what should you do, why should you go, and hurry up to serve tea to the queen." After everyone went out, Qian San said to Zhang Mengjie: "I don't know what happened to the queen mother who came to buy the division today?" ”
Zhang Mengjie saw that there was no one else in the house: "Father-in-law Qian, this palace is not talking nonsense, I believe that Father-in-law Qian knows that the queen mother has set up a small kitchen for this palace in Luanfeng Palace, and now the small kitchen can be used." So the palace doesn't want to waste a piece of the queen mother's heart, and wants to use the small kitchen, Father-in-law Qian, can you see if the ingredients of Luanfeng Hall can be sent to Luanfeng Hall alone in the future? ”
Qian San said with an embarrassed face: "Isn't Niangniang a slave who is embarrassed?" ”
Zhang Mengjie glanced at Qingyu, and Qingyu immediately took out the broken silver and stuffed it into Qian San's hand and said: "Father-in-law Qian, now everyone in the palace knows that the Queen Mother has set up a small kitchen for the queen's mother, if we leave the small kitchen idle there, won't it be gossip." You say, don't you? ”
Qian San's eyes lit up when he saw the silver: "No merit is not unacceptable, this is unacceptable!" ”
Qian San's expression naturally did not escape Zhang Mengjie's eyes: "Father-in-law Qian has worked hard for the purchasing department, how can I say that there is no merit, and the palace should have the greatest credit in the palace." ”
Qian San listened to Zhang Mengjie's words and pretended to excuse himself and accepted it, Zhang Mengjie saw that Qian San received the money and knew that the matter was done: "What about Qian's father-in-law's ingredients?" ”
Qian San said: "Qingyu is right, everyone in the palace knows that the queen mother has set up a small kitchen for the queen, and it is not a matter of being idle there, so the slave will take the mother to get the ingredients, please mother!" ”
Qian San took them to the place where the vegetables were placed, it was early summer, there were not many vegetables in the season, and it was not like modern greenhouses to grow all kinds of vegetables all year round.
Zhang Mengjie picked potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, beans, long beans, coconut white, kelp, black fungus, eggs, fish and shrimp, because it was early summer, and the weather was starting to get hotter, so Zhang Mengjie asked for bacon, and told Qian San that fresh meat would come when needed.