Although Zhou Ma was just pretending to be sick, he looked haggard as if he was really sick.

She basically doesn't leave the yard now, although she is only pretending, and there are no outsiders in and out of the house, but in order to prevent those servants borrowed from the Zhenguo Mansion from seeing the truth, she still pretends to be more like a patient with limited mobility as much as possible, and asks the girls around her to boil some tonic medicine in the yard, and use the smell of medicine to bluff people. However, the housekeepers still have to report to her every day, so even if she is just pretending to be sick, she is still busy every day, and she has no time to rest.

Ma brought his granddaughter Begonia to visit and gave her a little respite so that she could take a break from her busy routine work.

When Ma Shi saw her like this, he couldn't help but say, "Why does the eldest sister want to be tired like this?!" Now that you have the power of the housekeeper, you don't have to look at the old woman's face in the West Courtyard anymore, why do you have to live a little easier, why are you more haggard than before?! ”

Zhou Mashi sneered: "I just took over the feed, and there are many messy things, isn't this busy?" After sorting out the affairs of the family in equal amounts, it will not be so tired. You can rest assured, rated to take care of yourself. Now it's just been idle for many years, and suddenly busy, I won't get used to it for a while. ”

Ma Shi said: "How many things can you be busy with during the New Year?" In the past, when Mrs. Ma was in charge of the house, she didn't see her working so hard. ”

Zhou Ma touched his nose, embarrassed to argue. This is actually her own pot as well.

Mrs. Ma's housekeeper is easy, because she has already cultivated enough helpers, and every housekeeper can share her worries. But Zhou Ma's family has not been at home for many years, and he has not trained enough helpers, and the most capable Ma Li and his wife have already given it to their sister, and there are only two girls left around to be credible, both of whom are still young and inexperienced. And the original housekeepers and ladies in the family either fell to the side of Mrs. Ma in the West Courtyard, and they couldn't use it at all, or they were suspected by Zhou Shigong and went directly to the village. She didn't prepare in advance, and her subordinates were short of manpower, so what else could she do except work hard herself?

The male and female servants borrowed from the Zhenguo Mansion were available, but first, they were the manpower of the long house, and Zhou Shigong didn't mind letting them wait for his own life, but he was not willing to let them meddle in the affairs of buying money and grain; Second, these people will have to go back to the Zhenguo Mansion sooner or later, if they are used to them, once they leave in the future, Zhou Ma will still have to be blind, it is better to choose their own people from the servants who can be used!

It's just that the number of servants who are still in the third room of the Zhou family is really limited, and it happens to be during the first month, and it is inconvenient for Zhou Ma's family to buy people, and there is still a shortage of people under him, so he is so tired. But she believes that everything will ease after the beginning of spring.

Ma Shi listened to Zhou Ma's defense, and he didn't say much, so he could only ask: "If the eldest sister is really short of people, how about returning Ma Li and his wife to you?" ”

Zhou Mashi smiled and waved his hand: "What was given to you is yours, so I won't ask them back!" However, the amount has already been told to the people in the other village, after the beginning of the spring, they will allocate four rooms to enter the house to wait, and then the amount will no longer have to worry about the selection of the lady in charge! ”

Okay. Ma didn't ask much about the housekeeping of the eldest sister's family, only asked her about her daily life and diet these days, and found that she couldn't even guarantee three meals when she was busy, and couldn't help but get angry.

Zhou Ma could only bow his head and accept his sister's count. Although she is pretending to be sick, she has been feeling a little unwell recently, which has something to do with the irregular diet in the first month. However, during the New Year, the three rooms of the Zhou family have been low on the day, and they do not invite guests or guests, and it is so cold that it doesn't look like they are in the New Year. Zhou Shigong has been living in the study room in the outer courtyard, and the long room is also behind closed doors, Zhou Ma sent his granddaughter to the Zhenguo Mansion, and he slacked off on food. When she was busy, she didn't even eat the main meal, only stuffed a few pieces of snacks even if she had eaten, and she turned a deaf ear to the words that the girls persuaded her, until her granddaughter came home and found out, she was persuaded to change it. Now she has leaked her mouth in front of her little sister for a while, and she has been counted down by her little sister for a few words, which is really common.

Zhou Mashi repeatedly promised that he would not do it again, in order to divert Ma's attention, he hurriedly talked about the troubles he had encountered recently, mainly because the family's industry had been tossed by Mrs. Ma for many years, and it was generally not well managed and the deficit was serious. Zhou Shigong hoped that they could recover, but he had no idea, so he could only worry about it himself. She also has a headache for this, and wants her sister to help her come up with ideas. Haijiake has always been known for being good at business.

Ma was not interested in the industrial operation of the Zhou family's three houses: "The eldest sister really has no choice, so she will leave those properties to her brother-in-law to worry about." He is a big man, and he is an official, and everyone says that he is the smartest person in the Zhou family, can he still think of a way to solve the problems of his own industry? I really can't think of it, so I will deal with all those industries, sell them when they should sell, close them when they should close, and let him worry about making decisions by himself! lest you bother and work hard, and in the end you can't save it, and you will be blamed by him for being incompetent! ”

Ma is more concerned about Zhou Ma's recent troubles: "I heard that Mrs. Tang always wants to visit the patient? What's going on? Could it be that she still has a deep friendship with the one in the West Courtyard? Is she here to support him? ”

Zhou Mashi actually couldn't say it clearly: "In the past, they were very good, but Ah Jia didn't gossip about his family in private, and when Ah Jia first had an accident, she didn't come to the door to care, so it can be seen that each other is just good on the face." I don't think she's here to support the Ah family. If that's what she meant, she should have asked his master to talk to him directly......"

Mrs. Tang wanted to come to the third room of the Zhou family to visit the patient, but it was actually a private act and was not publicized. Every time she sent her henchmen to the third room of the Zhou family in a small car to pay respects, it seemed that there was some avoidance of people's eyes. Zhou Ma didn't know what she wanted to do, but Zhou Shigong clearly ordered that no one should be allowed to enter the West Courtyard to see Mrs. Ma, and Zhou Ma could only do so, refusing Mrs. Tang's request again and again.

Zhou Ma felt that Mrs. Tang should be a very polite and eye-catching person. has refused so many times, as long as she is not a fool, she should understand what she means, and she still insists on handing over the prayer post, which is too uninteresting. Between Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Ma, is there any grievance that no one else knows? Is she going to come to the door to find bad luck?

Zhou Ma whispered to Ma Shi: "Aren't you sick in the past two days? When Mrs. Tang sent someone to deliver the worship post, she took this as a reason and rejected her again, but who knew that she sent someone again yesterday, saying that she wanted to come to probe her illness! E-I'm really afraid that she is really here, and she will say that she wants to go by the way to ask for peace to the Ah family. What can I do then? You can't let anyone stop her......"

Seriously, Mrs. Tang was a little annoyed when she tossed so much. If it weren't for Zhou Shigong's insistence on refusing to alarm the long house, she would have been eager to run to the Duchess of Zhenguo to complain, and let the Duchess of Zhenguo persuade her nephew and daughter-in-law not to go to a relative's house to toss.

Zhou Ma told Ma about his troubles, and Haitang, who was originally sitting on the side, saw Zhou Yijun glaring at him, so he quietly got up and went out of the outer room with her.

Zhou Yijun still lives in the small cross-courtyard next to the three-room main courtyard of the Zhou family, although the place is not big, she lives with two girls alone, but she also lives spacious and comfortable.

After pulling Begonia into the door, she sent everyone away, poured tea for Begonia herself, and whispered to the latter a secret: "Mrs. Tang is probably unwilling to give up, and privately found a servant sent to our house by the Guogong Mansion to send a message to the West Courtyard......"

Begonia was taken aback: "Really fake? Did you catch someone? ”

Zhou Yijun nodded slightly: "The servant woman was stopped before she entered the West Courtyard." The grandmother didn't want to make a big fuss, so she didn't alarm anyone, but she had already written to tell the eldest sister......"

(End of chapter)