Legend of Concubine’s Daughter Minglan Chapter 165: The housework of the head mother 2

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The hall next to the Neiyi Gate was very lively. The questioners were divided into three groups. Among them, the teenage girls were all written by Xiao Cui Xiu Wen Bi Si, and the rest were written by Dan Orange and Ruo Mei. Qin Sang Lvzhi asked the two groups; each of them had different lengths of time for questioning. The younger ones had a simple experience, and they were finished in a few words, while the older ones had a stack of stories to tell.

Dan Ju is careful, and took a few screens from the inside. If you ask questions like this, you don’t want others to listen to it. For example, Hao Dacheng’s wife on the needle thread was married second, and the previous man had been married for many years. The former was beaten to death when he was confiscated in the master’s house, and Hao Dacheng, the superintendent of the Outer Court, was also a slave to a sinful servant with a dead wife. So the widows and widows came together and gave birth to children.

The weather in Zhaohuitang is too big. Minglan always feels like the exhibition hall of a museum, so she moved to the side hall next to Zhaohuitang and listened to Mr. Gongsun's account. Gongsun Baishi’s leisurely appearance was more punctual than Sheng Hong. There were several stewards and accountants standing next to him. Ming Lan pointed to the ledger and asked a few questions, and they all answered one by one, which seemed very appropriate. Respectfully.

"Mr. For your hard work," Minglan turned to thank him, "What a man, Mr., but now he is here to take care of such trivial matters. It is really embarrassing for Mr."

Gongsun Baishi looked at Minglan’s finger-pointing account book, with a wry smile: "I am a madman, these are not my directors. Since the establishment of the capital, the old man is really miserable."

Ming Lan pointed to Xiao Tao to serve tea and smiled and said: "Why do you have to say this, sir, these trivial matters are to be handled by the governor, and I am afraid that the same is true; the so-called sledgehammer is used to kill chickens. Most of them are bad to kill."

The corners of Gongsun Baishi's mouth crooked, and he couldn't help smiling: "This is very true!"

During the conversation, he found that Minglan had a very elegant conversation and a very different way of thinking. He found it a bit interesting, but in the end he was not a Naqi slave of the Gu Mansion because of the difference between men and women. After speaking for a while, he got up and left and left. A servant was left to lead Minglan to the inner study.

"The younger one is called Gu Quan, and my wife calls me Xiao Quanzi." Gu Quan is 13 or 4 years old, with round face and narrow eyes, with a sharp smile, looking very clever, he walks in front of the side to give Ming Ming Lan led the way and said with a smile, "...The master is a small reinvention benefactor. Back then, the small one begs for food in the street. If it weren't for the master, there would be no bones left."

Minglan wanted to say that, but it is not visible, maybe you can become a helper.

Following a path outside Zhaohui Hall, passing through a hanging flower gate with a flower and tree barrier, Minglan arrived in front of the inner study door. These are two large rooms that are connected to each other on the left and right. Minglan nodded her head secretly. If Gu Tingye quarreled with herself in the future, she could completely sleep here in anger.

Stepping in, I saw the inner book case, painting case, piano table, confession, a few cases, everything is available, and the six windows facing south are bright and clean. They have just been sprayed and swept, and there are two huge mouths on the ground. Large beech wood box with metal corners. The four-sided bookshelves built by the wall were empty. Ming Lan turned around and looked at it. With a wry smile, he told Gu Quan to open the box, take out the stacks of books, and then sorted it out a bit like the Changbai study. Good class, directed by Ming Lan, Xiao Tao and Gu Quan sweating profusely moved the books into the bookshelf one by one.

Finger stroking the cover of a brand-new book, "The Analects", "The Daxue", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "Mencius", "Huainanzi"... The study is very well equipped, and Minglan was surprised to find several isolated books, but from the top Given the accumulation of dust, all of these books have only one purpose-furnishings. Therefore, she doesn't have to bother to reset the bookshelf classification. It is not good to have so many grids empty. It is true that she should go outside to search for more interesting essays.

After arranging the bookshelves, Minglan began to organize the bookcases, the purple stone inkstone from Huzhou, the cloud smoke inkstone from southern Jiangsu, the white jade ink wash from Qionglin, and the purple rhinoceros from a bucket pen to Xiaoqing, beside the table. On top of three stacks of snow-white delicate swallow papers, Minglan laid them out one by one, sighing secretly as they laid them out-soft and tender flowers, why do you only love cow dung?

After tidying up the study, when Ming Lan just returned to the room to beat his waist and legs to rest, Gu Tingye's other servant Gu Shun flew back to the house on horseback, and came to report Minglan Road. Gu Tingye will not be back to the house for dinner at noon today. , Let Minglan eat it herself. In fact, Minglan doesn't mind. In fact, apart from having children, women can do most things alone. Eating lunch alone does not affect appetite.

But as a good wife, Minglan still has to ask a few meanings: "Where can the lord go to eat?"

Gu Shun wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeves, and panted, "I heard that the hall is busy today. I have to fight until the end of the time. After a short time, the emperor called the master and Several other generals entered the palace to discuss, saying that the rice was used in it."

Ming Lan said softly, without any expression, but looked at Gu Shun tired and pitiful, and asked Xiao Tao to twist a cool wet kerchief for Gu Shun to wipe the sweat, and Xiao Tao bought one get one free, and even pour it. I gave him a bowl of tea.

Gu Shun took a sip of the tea, he took a sigh of relief, smiled and thanked Minglan, seeing that Minglan looked gloomy, and added: "Madam, don’t worry, this happened before, sometimes the emperor summoned it, sometimes The general next to you pulled it away."

Ming Lan is just a little tired, not unreasonable, she said with a smile: "Look at what makes you tired, if this happens again, why don't you always be so tired? You have to go back to find the master later. ."

"Where did the lady say?" Gu Shun's voice was bright and excited, "The little life is given by the master, so what do you say is not tired! As long as the master and wife snorted, the little one ran away. Never say a word!"

Ming Lan laughed: "Leave your leg! Little Tao, hurry up and give Xiaoshun some fruit, and then grab some money to buy him snacks."

Xiao Tao rushed in, and when she came out, she was holding a whole bisque plate of golden silk candied dates in one hand, and a handful of copper coins in the other. She poured her brain into Gu Shun’s pocket, and Gu Shun was smiling. Shane out.

Dan Ju’s brains are still bright, knowing that they should come to the kitchen for questioning first, and after asking them early, they sent them to stab the stove to cook, so it does not delay lunch, Ming Lan asked a table of dishes softly : "Call Ruomei and the others also eat first, take a breath, and it won't be too late to ask slowly in the afternoon."

Xiao Tao folds her sleeves three times in a regular manner, raises her wrist to serve Minglan and scoops soup and vegetables, and says in her mouth: "Don't worry, the girl, Luzhi's hoof is clever, she won't starve herself."

The Caihuan on the side also smiled and said: "Don't worry, Madam, I have asked the little girl to ask about Shicai. I heard that several aunts in the kitchen carried the food basket to deliver the food."

Ming Lan picked up the chopsticks and smiled: "You are smart."

Cai Huan's face was rather embarrassed: "I just came here, I am stupid, and I still don't understand the rules of Madam here, so I have to watch and learn more; Madam Wanwang should not dislike it."

Ming Lan gently swallowed the fish and smiled: "Don't worry, just take your time, Lu Yao knows the horsepower, I will see people's hearts over time."

Caihuan smiled respectfully and flattered, and said: "When I was with my wife, I always heard my wife boast that the ladies were the most outstanding, bright-eyed, and knowledgeable, and the sisters in the yard were the most economical. Be disciplined."

Minglan put down her chopsticks, picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup, glanced at Caihuan, and smiled faintly: "As long as you are not stupid and hopeless, and you are willing to work hard, you can always practice. Get up; what matters is affection. They have been with me for almost ten years, so they are closer to themselves. I know you are a good one. Take your time, let’s do more. Okay, you can eat too. In the afternoon, call Xiaotao to watch the door, you accompany me to have a look."

Caihuan's face suddenly brightened, and she went out happily.

After she went out, Minglan put down the spoon, pondered for a while, and asked in a low voice: "...What do you think of this person?"

"Talking a lot, I like to inquire." Little Tao pouted, "But the needle and thread are good, people are also diligent, rushing to do everything."

Ming Lan poked the rice with chopsticks: "It’s not unusual to like to inquire. Newcomers always want to know more, but I’m afraid... Forget it, I can’t be a soldier. Remember, Xiao Tao, don’t ask her to come into my house. Inside, there is a lot of work outside, enough for her to do."

Xiao Tao responded sternly: "If she is smart, she won't make her own way; well, the girl won't treat her badly."

"Hope..." Minglan lacks confidence, a common problem with legal workers.

After eating, Minglan touched her poor handful of small bones. She felt that it would be more reliable to get a quick sleep and fattening, and she would be resistant to it in the future; so she huffed and rolled into the bed; When I was confused, I was thinking about it these past two days in my head.

Mizhu Xingui in the capital city. Since the Hai family came in, there are ten masters in Shengfu, three aunts and four people in the house, a total of seventeen, and fifty-eight including servants, servants and servants. People; after Haishi gradually took care of things, Minglan often went to help take care of Brother Quan. Sometimes he heard only a few words, knowing that such a family would cost about four thousand taels a year, counting the general human relations.

The Wang family is shrewd, the Hai family is thrifty, the family is quite adequate, and there is still a lot of abundance. Counting the surplus of the farm shop and the example of Youyang’s hometown, he can save a lot of money every year to prepare for the marriage of his children and grandchildren. use.

As for your new home? Gu Tingye is a second-rank official with an annual salary of 150 taels and sixty-one shi of lumi. However, this kind of old rice is not even eaten by the servants of the Sheng Mansion. They usually go directly to the rice shop and folded into silver. Replenishing two hundred and twenty taels, a total of about five hundred taels can be obtained for a total of about five hundred taels. As usual, there should be Bing Jing and Tan Jing.

Minglan’s current field book indicates that Gu Tingye has two farms in the Yanmao River area on the outskirts of Beijing. One is called Heishanzhuang, with more than 80 hectares of fertile fields, and the other is called Guyanzhuang with hundreds of hectares. In the good land, the emperor also gave him half a mountain top and a hot spring village on the west mountain of the capital. All together, the total yield is about 5,000 taels.

Pies: There seems to be no commercial industry.

That day, Minglan asked Gu Tingye how much time could be spent in the mansion, but Gu Tingye did not say why, except that these fixed yields were controlled by Minglan, he also put fifty thousand taels of silver in the account room, saying that it was called Minglan looked at her for a while, and then asked him if it wasn't enough.

From a concubine with only one and a half moon money to a rich woman who can control such money, Minglan suddenly felt like she was paying a lot of money, and she wished to order three bowls of bird’s nest porridge every day, eat a bowl, and watch. Bowl, dump another bowl.

There are only a few people in Gu's house, how can they use so much! Minglan reminded herself repeatedly that she only has the right to use this money, she has no ownership, and can't be used indiscriminately... But can you take some, um, management fees?

Minglan despises herself, she seems to have the potential to be a corrupt criminal.

Gu Tingye, Minglan and Sister Rong are the masters, and the other two aunts and a girl Fengxian. According to the example of Ningyuan Hou’s mansion, Minglan belongs to the level of his wife, Yue Qian three Twelve taels (the salary increased twenty times after marriage). If the young lady (Minglan's future daughter-in-law) ranks twenty taels, both sister Rong and auntie are two taels.

The trouble is Miss Phoenix. If you are going through the room, you will pay a month or two, but Gu Tingye didn't mean to deal with her at all. When Ri Minglan asked, he was at a loss for a moment, but after reminding him, he was gloomy. .

Later, Minglan secretly asked Xia He and found out that the Phoenix Fairy was originally a family member of a criminal official who had not been in the Jiaofang Division (Qin Sang's knuckles rang for a long time), because she was still a clean person. Six months ago, he was brought into the Gu Mansion by General Gan Gan (it is said that there are legal procedures).

At first, she, who was known to know everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, couldn't help it after being forgotten by Gu Tingye for seven or eight days. One night, she played the song "Clear Water Flowing Goal" in the middle of the night. It’s a pity that Yangchun Baixue encountered a dude. Gu Tingye learned a lot since he was a child, is good at street fighting and killing enemies in front of the battle, and is not good at cultural literacy (Minglan secretly wonders if she sings 18 touches, maybe Gu Tingye can beat him). In addition, he was extremely tired at the time, and he became more annoyed when he was awakened in his sleep. He immediately kicked over two doors, and the roar could be heard half a mile away.

Early the next morning, Gu Tingye asked someone to move her to the most remote western corner of the mansion.

A few months later, Phoenix Fairy finally realized that for men, vision may be more intuitive and more important than hearing. So one night, she came to send supper in a thin white dress. Fortunately, she did not meet Bingzhu’s official Gu Tingye, but ran into Mother Chang who happened to be packing up in the house.

Where can the nanny in the salt merchant’s family get so high in cultivation? Mother Chang has a grumpy temper and a mean mouth. It is rumored that she had used a pig-killing knife in her early years. She immediately ridiculed her, from the eighteenth generation of Phoenix Fairy’s ancestor. Greetings to the eighteenth generation of the descendants, and compared her and the technical level of the brothel fantou vividly, attracting all the servants of the government to laugh and watch.

Mother Chang’s scolding saliva and stars splashed, still feeling unhappy, and she chased all the way to Jingfei Pavilion to continue cursing; this time, the Phoenix Fairy stopped cooking completely, and she almost hung herself in embarrassment and crying (in the end she didn’t hang herself, Jiaofang Si Li didn't commit suicide, presumably nerves are tough), Ming Lan guessed that it was because of this that she changed the name of the house to Lingding Pavilion.

Ming Lan seriously suspects that Mother Chang is doing this out of Gu Tingye’s instruction. This guy has been mixed up with the three teachings, nine streams and seventy-two secrets, and his mind is much better than that of the high-ranking men next to him. He sent it to the senior boss. The'gift' of Xie couldn't be beaten, and she simply used poison to fight poison, and found a senior mother with a seniority and seniority to humiliate her and tell her to go out without the face.

After that, Miss Phoenix did not go out much, and it was only half a year in a blink of an eye.

How much money should I give her? The more Ming Lan thought about it, the more drowsy her head became. After a while, she fell into a deep sleep. The golden crow gradually turned and the sun was warm. Ming Lan didn't know how long she slept, and finally she woke up Xiao Tao.

"What's the matter?" Minglan's eyes were still narrowed, and she turned her eyes sideways to see that it was past noon.

Xiao Tao was excited, she leaned to Minglan's ear, and whispered: "Five old ladies are here!"

"So fast?" Minglan suddenly opened his eyes wide and became sober, "Just her?"

"And her two daughters-in-laws, Mrs. Yang Da and Mrs. Di." Xiaotao lowered her head and bit her ears, grinning, "The girl is so beautiful, I called a few concierges to see that someone had indeed gone out. That's the Diao family!"

Minglan sat on the bed blankly, sighing slightly: "How can you not come to visit me if you live so close?"-She wants to understand, for working so hard, she should charge some management fees anyway !