Steward Li took his family and welcomed Huilan and his party in at the door. Although the separation has only been around for about a month, everyone is very happy. Especially this time, it took a long time for Huilan to leave her nurturing mother behind, which made her feel the pleasure of skipping school.

There weren't many people left at home, and the people on duty came over one by one to greet her, and Hui Lan was in a good mood and became a fortune boy again.

Entering the room, the fruit and tea were ready, and a large blue and white porcelain jar was placed with shiny ice cubes. Huilan saw that the windows of the room were bright and clean, and there was no musty smell that had not been inhabited for a long time, and she was very satisfied. The housekeeper's mother reported the trivial matters at home, and praised Steward Li and the girl in her room.

Huilan praised the corals left behind and the housekeeper's mother, and then sent them to take a few little girls down to rest and talk first.

"Uncle Li, there are no outsiders here, don't be polite." Hui Lan greeted Steward Li. "Liu Ya, pour tea for your father."

Liu Ya hurriedly went to the pot to pour tea, and gave her father a salute, and the father and daughter were very happy to see each other. Steward Li smiled with relief, thanked and thanked, and then bowed down and sat down.

"If the girl doesn't come back, I'm going to go to the house to ask to see the girl." Steward Li said respectfully.

"That's just right, what's the matter with Uncle Li?" Hui Lan was curious.

"First, at the end of last month, a small official from the Ministry of Rites came over and asked our family to receive the silver of the second season of Xiangjun and this year's rice. I wanted to report to the girl to decide, should I get it together with the government, or should we get it ourselves? Steward Li replied solemnly.

Huilan almost choked on the red cherries, and she forgot that she was eating public grain, the legendary iron rice bowl.

swallowed the flesh in three or two strokes, and Hui Lan was very excited, "Uncle Li, what is my share of the countryman?" ”

Steward Li is obviously knowledgeable, "Xiangjun is a six-grade knighthood, according to the law of Daqin, there are one hundred and twenty taels of annual salary, two hundred stones of rice, eight sets of dresses, twenty-four pieces of silk and satin, and six leather goods; Cloth and satin dresses are distributed quarterly, Lu Mi is issued in July, and carbon leather goods are issued in October; There is also a reward at the end of the year, and there is no law on this. ”

This is quite comprehensive, she has food and clothing, even if she doesn't have a penny, she can't starve to death with these things, right?

secretly calculated her own expenses, Huilan was weak-minded, and she didn't know anything else, and the money was probably not enough!

"Is it appropriate to send these Lu rice to the public mansion?" Hui Lan was unsure.

Steward Li lowered his head and did not speak.

Well, she'll have to decide on this.

"That's it, let's stay at home and do the house. Keep the rice for your own food, and send the rest to the house over there. "Hui Lan clapped.

It's not that she's stingy, it's just that according to the rules among nobles, if a noble lady lives in a relative's house and brings her own dry food, it will be an absolute slap in the face. The Guogong Mansion has a big business, and it is definitely not that there is no right family, and it would be too bad to be said to be plotting to rob the orphan girl's family property.

"There are so many people in our family, is this rice enough?" Hui Lan really doesn't know much about these, how many catties is a stone, is a catty here 500 grams???

Steward Li smiled and explained her doubts, "Most of the people in my family are from the North, and they don't eat much rice on weekdays." One stone and ten buckets, one bucket and ten liters, a strong man's daily ration is only two liters. There are less than 80 people in our house, and this rice is enough to eat for a year. ”

While listening to Huilan, she mentally calculated, and the whole family had a unified ration, and she could eat about 600 stone a year. Her three-year-old Lu rice is enough for the whole family to eat for a year, and Hui Lan feels a little congested.

"The fruit on the Zhuangzi is ripe, it tastes good, and the condition is good, so I should send some fresh food to the Guogong Mansion." Steward Li said softly.

Hui Lan couldn't care about it anymore, and her eyes lit up when she looked at the red cherries and purple grapes on the table. There is no trouble that cannot be solved by good food, and if there is, there is less food, and Hui Lan takes it as the truth.

"There are grapes, cherries, and apricots, and they all grew well this year. That Zhuangzi is surrounded by mountains, and the grain of hundreds of acres of forest land is not as good as that of 100 acres of middle fields, and it is impossible to make ends meet every year. It was Steward Zhou who suggested to the old man to plant fruit trees instead, and he began to have a surplus in three years. He knew that the girl was going home tonight, and sent a proper person to deliver a few baskets this morning, and was about to ask the girl to show her. Steward Li replied clearly, and praised his colleague by the way.

Huilan nodded, her father left her two housekeepers and two mothers, who are definitely not mediocre and have to rely on them.

Huilan then praised Uncle Zhou, and then asked about the situation of the two of them in Zhuangzi.

Steward Li is now staying behind, and his biggest task is to manage the Li family and the shops and houses in the city, communicate with the Grange, and ensure that Huilan is not out of touch with the family. Of course, I know the recent situation of the Grange and Steward Zhou, "I am about to report to the girl, this spring has good rain, and it is a good year." Although the summer harvest has not yet ended, this year's grain output should be higher than usual. ”

"Okay, Uncle Li and Uncle Zhou have worked hard." A good harvest is a good thing in any era, and of course Huilan is happy.

"Just about to ask the girl to show me, is the food still disposed of as usual?" Steward Li solemnly asked.

"What was the old example?" Where does Hui Lan understand this.

Of course, Steward Li knew that she didn't understand, so he patiently explained to her, "The old man set the rule for the next year, the new grain is stored for two years, and then the warehouse will be released in the third year. If it is a good year, sell it at the price, and if it is a famine year, consider the disaster relief. ”

Hui Lan pondered for a long time before she figured out that she would store the grain of the current year and last year, and ensure that there was two years of grain in the granary when it came out of the year before last.

This is also very good, as long as the storage conditions are guaranteed, the wheat can still be stored for several years.

Hui Lan nodded, "Then let's do it as usual, just pay attention to moisture and fire prevention, don't be careless." ”

Steward Li was very pleased, of course he should go.

Then she said a few more homely words, and Hui Lan sent Steward Li and Liu Ya back to talk, and asked him to arrange for the little girls to take turns to rest by the way.

It's hot, and the fruit doesn't go through. Hui Lan then asked Qingguo to go down and instruct the housekeeper's mother to leave a little of each fruit for the family to taste, and the rest were sent to the Guogong Mansion while it was still early.

"Leave what you want for everyone to taste, just eat it fresh." Hui Lan didn't want to eat alone, in the summer, it is estimated that it is more expensive to buy ice stored fruits than fresh fruits.

Qingguo took the order, and Huilan got out of her chair, stretched, and entered the small study.

I don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, and Huilan listened to it for a long time, and the sense of crisis rose.

The stagnant water is afraid of scooping, she can't do it, she can't eat the old book, she has to calculate the annual income and expenditure.

Pulled a few pieces of paper, took out the carbon strip in the purse and began to settle the score.

Income: The grange is more than 100 hectares, and the income from selling agricultural products is 5,000 taels a year.

There are five shops, and the annual rental income is 1,000 taels.

There are three houses, and the annual rental income is 500 taels

And a few of her ......

Expenditure: The monthly reward of the next person is estimated to be more than 2,000 taels a year.

Buying seeds and hiring tenant farmer helpers, several.

Daily household use, several.

There are also a number of unknown expenditures......

In this way, Huilan has a toothache, and she can't make ends meet, but she doesn't have much surplus. Money is the guts of people, and as an independent woman, financial security is the most important.

Huilan's apple face wrinkled into a bun, let's not talk about the industry. She had ten taels a month, and her aunt was afraid that she would not have enough to spend, so she subsidized her twenty taels. This money is enough for her to eat a snack every month, give a reward and pay a double salary to the maids' mothers. Maybe it's not enough, all she can use now is the pocket money given by her uncle.

Fortunately, she is now filial piety, not suitable for going out, and her pocket money is barely usable.

Thinking of this, Hui Lan let out a sigh, take your time, it's not very urgent. Moreover, she is a little girl, and she is not a business wizard, and she can turn an idea into gold in the blink of an eye. Now that we have a sense of crisis, we are already a phased victory.

Huilan has always been a big-hearted person and never troubles herself. She's not waiting for money to save her life