Chapter 62: The Moth
Ou Mengmeng's previous three steps were all to buy time for the Jia family. First suppress the problems that may occur outside, and then turn back to deal with housekeeping in a relatively stable environment.
Yesterday I said that I want to open up sources and reduce expenditures, open source this, Ou Mengmeng herself is really not very good, she is best at opening a school. This, she asked Jia Yu to take over the small clan study, just to prepare for the future. This can also be put back in the way, and now the family study is for Jia Yu to play, so that they don't come out and mess around.
Throttling is to start sorting out from the inside, why did Ou Mengmeng let Jia Yu apply for the return of the plaque, so as to recover the rights of the Rong Mansion, in addition to the system, the focus is on substitution.
Mother Jia also knew that the family was exhausted, but she didn't dare to change it. In other words, she didn't dare to change before Wang Xifeng entered the door.
Because she knew very well what Mrs. Wang had done. changed, even if she didn't know anyone, she didn't want to fall into the hands of the boss. Of course, if she changes it in her hand, people outside will know the situation in Jiafu. This is absolutely intolerable to a good-looking old lady.
And Ou Mengmeng didn't care about them, so he thought that if he didn't change people, he wouldn't be able to clean up the old troubles drastically. For example, yesterday Jia Yu made a good start, getting rid of more than 100 people, regardless of whether there were wronged people in the middle, now that there are a quarter fewer personnel, they can do a lot.
But there is one thing that is very troublesome, and that is the Lai family. Yes, it's not Lai Da alone, the housekeepers of Rongning Erfu are all Lai Mama's sons. So the affairs of Rongning's second mansion were all influenced by a family. How stupid is the Jia family to indulge their subordinates so far?
Even if she didn't care about Ning Mansion, she had to think about Lai Da. She always has to find an opportunity to take Lai Da down, just like Zhou Rui's family, and make a lump sum deposit. But here's the problem, she has to find a reason!
Like Qianlong did, let He Shen be greedy alone, that is the treasury he left for his children and grandchildren, even if his son is so useless, the only merit in life is to destroy He Shen. But that also had to be Qianlong's death, and the country changed hands.
She wants to get Lai's family, it's really not for those greedy money, if she wants to take charge of the housework again, Lai's family will be unable to get over it.
Moreover, these days, there are so many things, if the Lai family didn't have a little vigilance, it wouldn't be them. When she felt that the time was right, she was afraid that this one would slip away. Don't say anything, they have a deed of sale, they can't run.
But Mama Lai relied on being Jia's mother's companion, so she let her grandson out early. is currently studying, and in a few years, she will be able to rely on the Jia family to donate an official, and then, put all the property in her grandson's name, so how can she get the money back. The Jia family, which is declining, and the Lai family, which is about to prosper, who is afraid of whom?
"Old lady!" Yuan Chun saw Ou Mengmeng eating in a daze, and hurriedly patted her gently.
Ou Mengmeng raised her head and moved her neck.
"You go back to Rongxi Hall and help your mother take care of the affairs of the second room. I told your uncle that all I needed was what was in the account books from more than 10 years ago. It should be said that the value is almost there. The income of more than ten years, you don't want it. Oh, your mother is stupid, you pay attention to the treasury, some things are marked, you have to point it out first, really change the plaque, these will be overdone, although the royal family will not let us hand it back, but to register and make a record, handed over to the royal record, it is a little memory to pass on to the descendants. Although Ou Mengmeng felt in her heart that it was better to hand them back, these things should not be light, they could not be heavy, they were really damaged, and they were all crimes. But she also knows that from another point of view, this family has a royal gift, which can add some protection to the family, why is Rongfu Rongxi Hall important, because in addition to the couplets written by King Dongping, most of them are inscribed by the imperial pen of the first two generations of emperors. A guest also knows that the Rong Mansion was once wide.
Yuan Chun nodded, ready to quit.
"Big sister!" Daiyu stopped Yuan Chun first, and looked back at Ou Mengmeng, "Old lady, it seems that something is wrong." ”
"So what's wrong with you?" Ou Mengmeng nodded, put down the bowl of sweet porridge, and looked at everyone with a smile, but she pointed to Daiyu and Qin Keqing, "Don't say it, you two don't say it, Tanchun will talk about it first, and Yingchun will talk about it." ”
Tanchun was stunned for a while, and now he is a little depressed, and in the old lady's heart, is he the stupidest one?
But in the old lady's gaze, she was stunned for a moment, thinking carefully about what she had just said. Tanchun thought about it, she had always been so strong, but after a while, she shook her head. This is a matter of the second room, she has a little idea in her heart, but she really doesn't dare to say it, it's better to pretend not to understand.
"Welcome Spring!" Ou Mengmeng looked at Yingchun.
"More than ten years ago, there weren't so many people in the house, right?" Yingchun hesitated for a moment, but still said in a low voice.
"That's what you mean?" Ou Mengmeng looked at Daiyu.
"Yes, when the second wife took over the Rong Mansion, the mansion was only afraid that the population was extremely simple. In the past few years, there have been more masters in the house, and there are more subordinates, plus the eldest brother Zhu and the second brother Lian have married and given birth to children...... There are also a lot of big things to do, so Lian's second sister-in-law also said yesterday that some people can't make ends meet. The second wife can't say that she has lost a lot over the years. Daiyu was embarrassed to say that Jia Zhu was doing a funeral, but she watched her father do her mother's funeral, so the real silver is not silver. The current Daiyu is a one-brain account book, and now she says that the second wife has taken advantage of the Rong Mansion for more than ten years, she really doesn't believe it.
"Tell me, although you didn't take over the Ning Mansion, you also need to know these things." Ou Mengmeng looked at Qin Keqing.
"The main thing is that the great-granddaughter-in-law doesn't know the housework income of the Rong Mansion over the years. Most people are Zhuangzi and shops. Zhuangzi actually has to rely on the sky for food, and his income is not fixed. Qin Keqing smiled timidly, she wanted to cry, she was a little daughter-in-law who had just passed the door, and now she was being managed by the wife and mother-in-law in the next room, she really felt that it was too difficult. It doesn't seem right to say who is right and who is wrong.
"So, Yuan'er, I vacated Qianyun Xuan, and there it will be used by your directors. You only have half a year to teach Sanchun and Daiyu. Ou Mengmeng didn't say anything else, only said that the place was vacated, and when she was on the council in the future, could she bring a few of them.
"Yes! However, it won't work today, the granddaughter will go to the wife first, the wife is sick, there are some things in the second room, and the granddaughter still has to deal with it, wait for it to be done, and then teach the sister and niece to see what to do with the housework. Yuan Chun said busily.
"Go ahead." Ou Mengmeng nodded and motioned for her to go. Waiting for Yuanchun to leave the lobby, Ou Mengmeng flicked Daiyu, "Know what happened wrong with you?" ”
"If the granddaughter is wrong, why should the grandmother continue?" Daiyu was stunned, she really didn't know what she was wrong, the main thing was that her grandmother didn't stop her, but just let her continue to ask.
"Yingchun, you say." Ou Mengmeng looked at Yingchun.
"That's the secret of the second room." Yingchun also gave up resistance and said directly.
"So, among you, your second sister is the smartest, you have to follow her well. Therefore, those who learn to play chess have a number in their hearts. Ou Mengmeng also praised it, and asked people to get a good chess piece and chessboard reward for Yingchun. Seeing Yingchun seeing the chess pieces, he nodded happily. Ou Mengmeng finally saw a little light on Yingchun's face, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, touching Xiao Xichun's head, "You, you want to learn from your sister." ”
Xichun is stunned, it's your business? Looking left and right, his face was sluggish. Qin Keqing smiled and hugged his little aunt, this is a kiss. Of course, Xichun is even more stunned, why is this his nephew and daughter-in-law? She was a little miserable, and the food was not fragrant.
Ou Meng smiled cutely, so she didn't ask Xichun, it was really not because she was from Dongfu, but really because it was too small. Kindergarten kids, why bother?
Let the mandarin duck take them to study the small kitchen, yesterday I already said that they have to keep filial piety, the small kitchen has to be cleaned up today, and the things are booked and sent out.
She asked her to comb her hair, put on loose clothes, and slowly walked around the courtyard, just thinking about what she should do.
Sometimes I feel that the Lai family is really a god-like existence in the Jia family, but it is also a way to borrow the scene, Lai Mama, how can it not allude to the contradiction of the court at this time, the cats and dogs in front of the old sage are all decent, so what should the new emperor do? There are old saints at the top, and at the bottom, these people are intertwined, and they can only test each other's limits. Otherwise, how to say it, this is a divine book, and every way of writing it is really full of deep meaning.