Ping'er returned to the residence of her "grandmother" Sister Feng, and told what she had just seen and heard, Sister Feng bent over the bed to recuperate, and said with a smile: "Okay, good, what a third girl!" He praised Tanchun three times, and then said, "I think they want to discuss how to save it." You know, I've thought of all kinds of ways to save money in the past few years, and no one in my family doesn't hate me behind my back. It's just that it's helpless, the family always has more money to go out and less to come in, if you don't cook it earlier, you will lose it in a few years. ”

Ping'er said: "That's not the case! In the future, there will be three or four girls to marry, two or three young masters to marry, and an old lady (this is not finished, it will be sent to the end!). It all costs money. ”

Sister Feng smiled and said, "I've also considered this, and it's enough." Baoyu and Sister Lin marry and marry, and they can not use the money of the official (referring to the public ownership of the family), and the old lady has her own private money. (Note this sentence, I still think that Baoyu is going to marry Daiyu.) The second girl (Yingchun) is from the eldest master (Jia Yu), and we don't need to go out. For the other three or four, it is enough to spend 10,000 taels per person. Brother Huan married and spent three thousand taels of silver, which was enough (Jia Huan, hehe). As for the old lady, everything should be complete (the coffin crypt and everything is ready), but some sporadic expenses, no more than three or five thousand. So, it's not a big expense. I'm afraid that something will happen to me now, and it will be terrible. (It can be seen that the savings of Jiafu have sent away these weddings and funerals, and the balance is only enough for daily annual consumption expenses, and there is no money to deal with major events.) Now that I think about it, only Tanchun is a good arm. The eldest grandmother is a Buddha (Li Kun), which is not useful; The second girl (Yingchun) is even less useful (Yingchun's IQ is relatively low, which was inherited to her by Jia Yu and Mrs. Xing); The four girls are small (cherish spring); As for Baoyu, he is not the goods here (referring to Baoyu who does not understand the career economy), even if he is willing to do it, it is useless; Jalan is young; Lin Yatou and Bao Girl are good (referring to smart), but relatives, it is not good to take care of our family's affairs. Besides, one is a beauty lamp, which is broken when the wind blows; One is to make up her mind that 'don't do your own business, don't open your mouth, shake your head when you ask, and don't know' (clumsy, everyone's beautiful and reserved duty), and it is difficult for her to make more efforts. There is only one of the three girls (Tanchun) left, and she can say it in her heart, and she is a righteous person in our family (Miss Zheng), and Mrs. loves her again, although she is indifferent on the surface, it is because of Aunt Zhao's old thing, but in her heart she is the same as Baoyu. According to reason, we have her to help, and we should save worry. If it is said that I am selfish and treacherous, I am too poisonous, and I should withdraw and retreat. To chase hard (to the next person harsh), people hate it very much, secretly laughing and hiding a knife, the two of us only have four eyes (and a pair are blind and illiterate), two hearts, for a while, but it is broken. Taking advantage of the current juncture, as soon as she came out to cook, everyone temporarily relieved their hatred for us in the past. ——A sentence that exhausts the serious reality that the principal under the dictatorship has been attacked by his subordinates because of his "shrewdness and ability" and "exhaustive pursuit of hardship". Legalism is also not easy to use, just in response to the stupid thing I said earlier, Legalism works quickly, but it is only a short-term and short-term effect, and the long-term effect is not good, this Sister Feng has been forced to the end of the mountain and water for a year or two, and she wants to find a way out. And that Fan Ju has been the prime minister of the Qin State for 12 years, and suddenly recommended Cai Ze to be his own generation, but it was not Cai Ze who turned his tongue and said that he had defeated him, so he abdicated the throne and made way for Xian, but Li Dai Tao stiff.

Sister Feng then said: "Although I know that you understand it very well, I still want to tell you: although she is cautious in her words on the surface, she is literate and literate and more powerful than me. Therefore, if she refutes me, you can not tell the difference after listening to it, you have to be more and more respectful, and only say that she refutes it correctly. Don't be afraid that I don't have a face. ”

Ping'er didn't wait for her to finish, so she smiled and said, "You are too confused, I have just acted like this, and this son will tell me." ”

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Hehe, then you understand better than me." But you are anxious again, and your mouth is full of "you" and "me". ”

Ping'er said: "Say 'you', you don't follow, this is not my mouth, you beat again." Isn't it true that you haven't tasted it on your face? "Hehe, it's not allowed to say 'you', call the other party in person in a third-person tone, such as calling Liu Bei to call "Did Uncle Huang eat today?" And you can't shout, "Have you eaten today, old Bei." "That will make Liu Bei angry to death. This is to the Exalted. Ping'er should have spoken to Sister Feng: "Did Grandma eat today?" When I spoke to my father, it had to be, "Headmaster, have you eaten?" It's not okay to say "I", you have to say "small". So I said to my dad, which adds up, "Did the principal eat?" The stupid thing has been eaten. ”

It's all courtesy.

Sister Feng smiled and said: "You little hoof, how many times do you have to hold it and say it (referring to the fact that you used the last time Jia Lian raped you and slapped me in the mouth as a handle and said it repeatedly). I'm sick like this, and you still scare me. Come and sit down, there's no one anyway, let's have dinner together. That is, it stands to reason that Ping'er can't eat with her, she has to wait for her to finish eating, and Ping'er will go down to eat. (So it's not okay for a fool to eat before the headmaster.) ）

Because there are no outsiders here, they are not polite and let Ping'er eat together.

Na Ping'er could only agree. As she spoke, at this time, the little girls served the food and put it on the small kang table, and Sister Feng and Ping'er ate it together. Ping'er bent one knee on the edge of the kang, and half of her body was still standing under the kang, eating like this. Sometimes, when the slave makes this kind of etiquette, he is also very moved. After humiliation for a long time, it becomes enjoyment. Those ministers were spanked by the emperor and shouted "Long live", and the same was true. The relationship between the dictator and the despotized has become a relationship between the sadist and the abused, and each other feels good.

After Ping'er finished eating, he went to the "meeting hall" in the Grand View Garden to see what Tanchun called him to discuss. When Ping'er arrived, they had been discussing for a while. Tanchun ordered her to sit on the pedal (look at this place, it's not as high as the toilet). Tanchun then said: "We have two taels of silver a month, but someone came to ask for it again, asking for fat powder money, and each person is the standard of two taels." This is just like the eight taels of the public school fee just now, they are all overlapping. Why didn't your grandma think of that? ”

This is another shot at Sister Feng.

Ping'er hurriedly smiled and said: "There is such a reason for this: the comprador received the two taels according to the standard of two taels per person, went out to buy the head grease powder, and then distributed it to the girls in each room. The girls' two taels a month were not for buying this, but they were all some pocket money, and they used it directly when they encountered some expenses by chance. Now I watched coldly, and the girls in each room sent people to go out with cash to buy these things. I wondered if the things bought by the compradors were not serious goods, and they used some unacceptable things to prevaricate. ”

Tanchun Li Kun smiled and said (note, you see Baochai doesn't laugh and say, she just doesn't say): "You also pay attention to it." The goods they brought just couldn't be used, so we all had to use the two taels of silver, and ask the mother-in-law or the mother-in-law's brothers, brothers and sons to go out and buy them, and they could only use them when they bought them. I don't know what's going on with the compradors, but I bought the broken shop and gave it to us. ”

Ping'er smiled and said: "The comprador bought like that, if he bought the good one, how could other compradors be willing to give up with him, and said that he made a bad heart to take away the jobs of our other compradors." So that's all they have to do. "This only talks about the phenomenon, but it is still not the reason, the root cause is still to get kickbacks. If you get a rebate, you can't buy high quality. Merchants have to make money, too.

Tanchun said: "So I feel uncomfortable in my heart. The money is set up for two taels more, but it is to buy useless things. Therefore, it is better to abolish the money of these two or two heads of grease powder. (Refuted an ugly rule from Sister Feng's era.) That's one thing. Second, when I went to visit you during the New Year's Festival, their garden was not half the size of ours, and there were many fewer trees and flowers. Who knew that after chatting with his daughter (neither the girl nor the girl here), I knew that in this garden, in addition to the flowers they wore and the bamboo shoots, fish and shrimp they ate, there were still people who took it a year, and at the end of the year, two hundred taels of silver came out. Only then did I know that a broken lotus leaf and a dead grass can be sold for money. ”

Baochai smiled and said: "It's really a joke (what the rich lady said), I don't even know this." Even if you don't know, you still read books, haven't you read Zhu Fuzi's "Non-Self-Abandonment Essay"? Zhu Xi wrote "Don't Give Up Essay", which said that stubborn stones, dung, and grass ash are all valuable, and you shouldn't throw them away yourself.

Tanchun said: "Of course I have seen it, but it is just a vain metaphor. "Yes, a stubborn person like Zhu Xi, writing about what is worth something, of course it is too vulgar and indecent, he said this, it is a metaphor for the humble and poor people, and it is also a bit useful, the emperor should not throw them away. It's better to recruit the court and raise it as a baby. It's a metaphor for talent.

Baochai said: "What Zhu Zi said is all a vain metaphor, that sentence is also true." You've only been doing things for two days, and you've seen Zhu Zi as vain, and you won't even see Confucius as vain in the future! ”

Tanchun said: "You are such a well-informed person, but you haven't seen Zishu? In the past, there were clouds in "Jizi": the field of Denglilu, the person who is in the realm of strategy, steals the words of Yao Shun, and remembers the way of Confucius and Mencius. ”

Baochai smiled and said, "What about the next sentence? ”

Tanchun smiled and said: 'Now I only take the quote out of context and read the following sentence, I can't scold myself for not doing it? ”

The two of them discussed knowledge here, and the two people next to them listened stupidly, and Li Kun said: "You two, call someone to come, don't talk about serious things, talk about learning here." ”

Baochai said: "Learning is also right. If you mention it with knowledge in this small matter, the little thing will be advanced (belonging to those who are full of food). If you don't take knowledge, you will flow into the customs. Of course, there is some truth, but according to this, there are many Chinese scriptures, and this habit has been formed, even if you do great bad and evil things, you can find some sentences from the scriptures to find reasons for yourself. Mentioning knowledge is not customary, but it is also hypocritical.

Of course, the three of them also made fun of each other, and after laughing once, they continued to talk about serious things. Tanchun said: "Our garden, in this way, can have four hundred taels of interest." But it's also like relying on everyone to wrap it out (to outsiders), and give birth to silver, which is also a small vessel, not like what people like us should do. But these many valuable things in the garden, built in vain, are also tyrannical things. It is better to pick out a few old mothers in the garden who know the things of the garden honestly, and send them to take care of the cooking, and you don't have to say in advance how much interest and profits you will pay as if you are contracting to outsiders, just let them pay some filial piety in the last year. In this way, the things in a garden are repaired and taken care of, and the flowers and trees naturally grow better and better year by year (the contractor prunes them); second, they can use this to generate some income and work hard in vain; the third saves the wages of the gardeners and grass; Fourth, at the end of the year, we also get some filial piety money. ”

Baochai was standing underground looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall (secretly writing that she didn't care much about these things of drilling money and settling accounts, it was Ya), Tanchun said a benefit, she nodded, and after speaking, she smiled and said: "Good, there will be no hunger in three years!" Li Kun also smiled and said: "This is a good idea." Ping'er said, "The girl has to tell me about this." Although our grandmother has this heart, it is not easy to export. Now that the girls live in the garden, she doesn't say that she will add more things to play with them, but asks someone to supervise the repairs in order to save money. ”

Baochai hurriedly walked over, touched Ping'er's face and smiled: "You open your mouth, I'll see what your tongue is made of." From early to now, it is always the third girl who thinks of it, and your grandmother also thinks of it, but she must have a reason not to do it. At this time, he said that because it was the garden where the girl lived, it was not easy to cut out the thumbnail to save money, you are really a good mouth. ”

That Ping'er is used to being loyal to Sister Feng, and she will inevitably have to defend Sister Feng, if you don't let her say this, she has nothing to say about her attendance.

Since there is nothing bad about this idea, Tanchun and Li Kunchuan's mother-in-law came in for a meeting, and said this meaning, and everyone saw and listened, and they were all unwilling, this one said: "That piece of bamboo is handed over to me to manage, and in a year's work, you can grow one more piece, you can pay more bamboo shoots to eat in the garden, and you can also pay some money and grain (such as the money from selling bamboo shoots)." The other said, "Give me that rice field, and I will not have to spend any more money to buy the food of these birds and birds for a year, and I will be able to pay for the grain (the money for buying grain)." ”

After the mothers-in-law expressed their public opinion, Tanchun told them to go out and wait. Here Tanchun asked Baochai again: "What do you think?" Baochai said: "Ordinary people do things in an anticlimactic way, and it sounds good to hear them say this, but there is no benefit, and they can't persevere." Tanchun nodded yes. So Tanchun took out the booklet, selected three people, and pointed it out to everyone. The three of them discussed together, Ping'er took a pen to record, and the three of them said: "This old mother is proper, and the family has been making bamboo for generations, so I will hand over all the bamboo to her." This old Tian's mother was originally farming, and the vegetables and rice in the area of Daoxiang Village were given to her to cultivate. ”

Li Kun said: "There are also good things here in Wuyuan, those herbs and spices are now selling well in the incense shops outside, and there are the most in Wuyuan, and the interest is the largest." There is also Yihong Courtyard, a year of roses, as well as roses, all kinds of flowers in the moon season, how many grow? It's also valuable, even if the flowers are dried up, and if you sell them to the tea shop, it's worth a few dollars. ”

Tanchun said: "I just don't know who knows how to play with flowers and plants." ”

Ping'er smiled and said, "Miss Bao's maid Jin Ying's mother will get this, but tell her to go." Baochai said: "This decision can't be made, you mothers-in-law and mothers-in-law here haven't taken their turn yet, I made someone out of it, but let that person underestimate me." I think it's better to let Mingyan's mother go. She has a very good relationship with Jin Ying's mother, she doesn't understand, and if she wants to ask Jin Ying's mother, she will ask Jin Ying's mother, and no one can care. It's just that she doesn't care about it, and leaves it to Jin Ying's mother to take care of, that is also their private relationship, some people gossip, and they can't complain about us. This means that Mingyan's mother hangs up, so that everyone has nothing to say, and it is okay to actually subcontract it to Jin Ying's mother. Hehe, it seems that the children of cadres have already come up with the idea of finding a trust to invest in real estate and do business.

Li Kun Ping'er said: "Extremely." ”

Tanchun said: "It's good, I'm afraid that the two of them will fight each other because of the benefits of making this flower and plant, and they will forget their righteousness." ”

Baochai said: "No, the former Jin Ying also recognized Mingyan's mother as a godmother, please eat and drink, the two of them are fine." ”

So Tanchun settled on this. Then a few more people were ordered.

After that, Tanchun recruited the mothers-in-law again and announced: so-and-so is in charge of the bamboo in a certain place, so-and-so is in charge of the flowers and plants on the ground in a certain place, and so-and-so is in charge of the dung on the ground somewhere (this is made up by the kid, but according to Zhu Zi, since this is also profitable, it must also be used), etc., etc., the things on the ground you are in charge of, except for how much is used at home according to the law (the family refers to the house), the rest is up to you to take out and sell, and you can sell it for money, and you will settle accounts together at the end of the year. (Settle accounts, and the public will share it with you.) ）

The mother-in-law who got the land, just like the peasants who had contracted the production to the household, was overjoyed, and those who didn't get the land and errands only complained that they usually had poor character and no skills. For a while, each was happy and sorrowful.

Tanchun said again: "I remembered one more thing. At the end of the year, the accounts will naturally be counted in the account room, that is, there is an extra layer of housekeepers on it, and when it comes to them, they have to peel off another layer of skin. According to the old practice of our family, no matter how much profit they get in a year, if the master gets a full share, they get half a share (they take a third of the profit), not counting what they steal and fish. Our limited profits were reported up, and they divided them up a lot. It's better that this idea is our own idea anyway, so we won't report it to them, and we will settle the accounts ourselves. ”

Baochai smiled and said: "According to me, even we don't have to settle accounts ourselves." When settling accounts, it is not much to give this more and that less. It is better to do this, and whoever of them divides this piece of land and takes charge of the things on this piece (bamboo, or flowers, or rice), and gives them one thing to do. What's the matter, I also thought, the expenses that the girls and girls in our garden should have, but the hair oil, fat powder, incense, and paper, which have regulations, in addition to brooms, dustpans, dusters, and food for birds, deer, and rabbits. Let everyone who has been allotted land and things receive one thing to take care of. For example, she distributed the vegetables and rice in Daoxiang Village, and she paid for all the incense used in the garden. Everybody is destined to do so. We don't have to go to the account office to get money for these things. You do the math, how much this saves. ”

Na Ping'er calculated quickly, and said with a smile: "These cases combined, how can I save four hundred taels of silver a year." ”

Baochai smiled and said: "Yes, four hundred a year, eight hundred in two years, which is a lot." After the old mothers buy it, although they will still have surplus wealth, since they have worked hard for a year, they should also ask them to have some leftovers and subsidize their own families. Therefore, if you do this, you will have less than four hundred taels of silver a year in the outer account room (for buying these fat powders, etc.), and you will not feel tight; Inside, the old mothers also have to make up for it. Isn't that good? Also, the old mothers only provide these few things, which is too generous. Therefore, at the end of the year, no matter how much they earned, each of them took out a certain amount of money, and everyone gathered it together and distributed it to those people in the garden who did not get such an errand. Although these people didn't take care of these, they were also working hard day and night, closing the door, getting up early and going to bed late, raining heavily and snowing, carrying a sedan chair to support the boat, it was not easy. It's hard all year round, and since there is some interest in the garden, it should also be paid. Or to put it ugly, if you don't give it to them, they will complain in their hearts, steal to pick more fruit from you, pinch you a few more flowers, or hold back their and urine just don't pull it on your ground, and you still have nowhere to complain. They also have some benefits, and if you can't take care of them, they will take care of them for you. ”

After listening to these discussions, the mothers-in-law did not have to go to the account room to be exploited, nor did they have to find Sister Feng to settle the accounts unfairly, but they did not take out a certain amount of money a year to supply those who pulled the cart and carried the sedan chair, and they were all very happy, and they all said: "Yes." It's also better than going out and being rubbed by them, and that's less money. (The tent is outside the garden, so it says "go out.") Those who had no land or errands rejoiced when they heard that the money was in vain at the end of the year, and said, "They have worked hard, and they deserve some more money left." How do we 'sit firmly and eat three bets'? ”

Baochai smiled, so he took advantage of everyone's happiness to take out his flashlight and took the opportunity to tell them about not gambling at night, and talked about the negative consequences of gambling in society and family. The women all cheered and said, "What the girl said is very true." From now on, the girl and grandmother can rest assured, the girl and grandmother love us so much, we are no longer considerate, and the world will not tolerate it. ”

In this way, the reform work of exploring the spring and promoting the advantages and eliminating the disadvantages of Baochai began vigorously. The contribution of Tanchun is to reduce expenditure and open source, which is simply to rationally allocate idle resources and idle manpower. Baochai's contribution is to analyze the reasonable proportion of the public, individuals and others in the distribution of benefits. Baochai's can't be regarded as a very simple little thing, just such a small thing, our country has not been done well for 20 years from *** to **.

However, it is an undesirable failure for Baochai to let these contractors share the supply of fat powder or broom, because the cost of these fat powder and broom will not change too much, and the annual business prospects of the contracted business of roses or bamboo can change greatly, so it will come out in a few years, and the income and bearing of each other are unfair. So, in fact, it's better to "settle accounts" for commissions.

Baochai finished speaking to the mothers-in-law with a flashlight, and for a while, Lin Zhixiao's family came in with a gift list, saying that the people of the Zhen family in Jiangnan came to Beijing to congratulate and sent gifts by the way. It turned out that the Zhen family was a family friend of Jiafu, and they were also extremely wealthy, and they sent a lot of satin gifts. Li Kun, Tanchun, and Baochai looked at the gift list, went out to receive these gifts, and then reported to Jia's mother. Na Jia's mother naturally brought the representative of the other party's gift, and also received a good life to talk about condolences, and there was nothing else to say, so it was not a problem. Let's listen to the next breakdown.