As soon as they returned to the room, Dou'er hurriedly came up and said: "The eldest lady came here earlier. It seemed that something happened. She sat and waited for a while, but when you didn't come back, she left."
Lin Jinrong hesitated and said: "It's already late at night, and I want to ask someone to go over and ask, but I'm afraid that she's asleep and disturbing her dreams would be unsightly."
Lu Yan was very tired after working all day, so he said: "It won't be anything important. If it was, I would have gone to Tingxue Pavilion long ago. It won't be too late to talk tomorrow. Let's go to sleep."
A night of silence.
The next day, the two of them went to pay their respects to Lin Yuzhen. Lu Yan asked Lu Yun, "Why did Ayun look for us last night?"
Lu Yun smiled and said: "It's nothing serious. I just heard my sister-in-law talk about it yesterday and wanted to talk to you. I heard that you went to Tingxue Pavilion..."
Lu Yan said: "Your sister-in-law wants to find two books to read. I will take her to find them." If Fan Bao wants to deal with Mrs. Meng, the less people know about it, the better.
Lu Yun lowered his eyes and smiled very faintly. He looked gloomy all morning after that.
However, Lin Jinrong said that since that day, every day after dinner, Lin Jinrong asked Fang Zhu to find one or two warehouse ladies to come to her room for questioning. With a pot of tea, a plate of fruits, and a spoon, people would sit down and chat.
Homely. Ask them about the situation at home, what personal difficulties they have, what their needs are, what good ideas and suggestions they have for managing things in the warehouse and at home, etc.
She consciously excluded the women who had a good relationship with Mrs. Meng, and placed Mrs. Hu in the middle. She spent a night alone talking to Mrs. Hu, and received the news that Fan Bao asked Mrs. Hu to bring. After three days, she
During daily inspections and checking accounts, it was very obvious that everyone had different attitudes towards her, and she also felt the subtle rejection of Mrs. Hu and her group by Mrs. Meng and others.
On the fourth day, Lin Jinrong's little day came. Lu Yan went to Mr. Zhu's place. It was said that he would not come back for half a month. That night, it was the turn of Mrs. Meng and her group.
The first person to come was Mrs. Meng's most capable general, from the Shi family, who was in charge of Jia Zi Library. From the moment she came in, Lin Jinrong realized that she was a little more superior than the previous ladies who were cautious.
Lin Jinrong glanced at Lychee lightly. Lychee understood and went to make tea. Then he was "accidentally" touched by the Shi family and broke the cup. The Shi family stood up and apologized. Lin Jinrong didn't say anything.
He spared her, but did not say not to spare her, so he kept her standing and replied. After talking for more than an hour, he told her that to adjust the management of Jiaku, only one of the two could be left, and the rest would take care of miscellaneous matters.
library.
Next came another capable officer under Mrs. Meng, known as Mrs. Yue, who was also in charge of Jiaku. I wonder if she got the news that someone was going to be adjusted, so she was cautious when she came in and showed her loyalty in every possible way. Lin Jinrong did not make things difficult for her.
, asked her to sit and answer, and rewarded her with a nice cup of tea, and then hinted to her that she might be allowed to stay and continue to manage the Jiaku. He also asked her that there was still one person missing in the sundries warehouse, who would be more suitable. Sister-in-law Yue said very cautiously
She said that she was clumsy and couldn't think of anyone more suitable. Lin Jinrong didn't force her. After all, she just needed someone to spread the news.
On the fifth day, people's hearts continued to fluctuate. Mrs. Meng could not sit still and was more flattering than ever. Mrs. Hu and others began to have energy. That night, two women from Yiku came, and Lin Jinrong met her at the same time.
After chatting, the two of them praised her and expressed that they did not want to change their position and asked them to continue to work hard. If they did well, they would be rewarded, if they did not do well, they would be punished. They also asked them to recommend who is more suitable to manage the sundries warehouse.
The two men carefully recommended one person, but it was one of the candidates who seemed to have been abandoned by her and was about to rush to guard the sundries warehouse. He was from the Shi family.
On the sixth night, it was the turn of Bingku's two women. The two came hand in hand, but Guiyuan drove one away without any pretense, leaving only one who was treated kindly. That night, the two women who were driven away were not called again.
The woman replied, and the woman surnamed Jia who was driven away was said to be so worried that she couldn't sleep.
On the seventh day, after Lin Jinrong checked the warehouse as usual, Mrs. Meng stopped her at the door of the warehouse and asked her to treat her to a meal. It was still a high-quality meal in Wuzhanglou. Lu Yan happened to go to Mr. Zhu's place.
There was no need to leave anyone to wait on him, so Lin Jinrong readily agreed and informed Lin Yuzhen that only Lychee was left to look after the house while the others were taken to eat and drink.
During the dinner, Mrs. Meng and others took turns, saying nice words, flattering, and trying their best to persuade everyone to drink. They tried to trick everyone in Lin Jinrong's room and asked if they wanted to adjust everyone's seats. Unexpectedly, Lin Jinrong only knew how to choose the best ones.
They ate and drank a lot, but the rest of the people, no matter how small or deep they were, the older ones and the younger ones had no idea what Lin Jinrong had in mind, let alone what he could pull off.
Mrs. Meng took Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Jia to drink Lin Jinrong's wine while she was drunk. She watched Lin Jinrong sob and shed a few tears. Lin Jinrong also scolded her a few times because of her drunkenness, showing an unprecedented arrogance and ferocity.
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On the eighth day, Lin Jinrong felt that it was almost time, and decided to ask Mrs. Lu to go down the steps of Tu's house and hand over the sewing room. After walking to Rongjing Residence, she met Mrs. Song.
Mrs. Song put on the air of an elder: "Arong, Mrs. Meng took the Shi family and Mrs. Jia to look for me today. She cried loudly when she entered the door, saying that she had offended you and was going to be kicked out. What happened?
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Lin Jinrong lowered his eyes but smiled silently.
Mrs. Song reminded her very kindly: "My nephew and daughter-in-law, don't think that my aunt is nosy. They are all servants of the old family. They have been working as servants for many years and have never made any mistakes. Of course they will not accept it if you suddenly change them all. Our family is like this
Over the years, from the old man to your father-in-law, the most important thing in dealing with people is to convince them with reason."
Lin Jinrong smiled and said: "Auntie, you taught me a lesson, but I never said who to replace? Where did they hear it? How did they offend me? Why didn't I know? The person who said this has a terrible heart.
If you tell me who it is, then we will really fight him out."
Mrs. Song looked at her doubtfully, but saw that she was smiling sweetly, and could not tell anything about it, so she said: "That's good, don't think I'm nosy."
Lin Jinrong nodded and said: "No, I am young and I still need my aunt to give me more guidance."
Mrs. Song said goodbye to her kindly.
Lin Jinrong entered Rongjing Residence, and the squirrel jumped up excitedly when he saw her. Old Mrs. Lu grabbed a handful of pine nuts and fed it to the squirrel, and said with a smile: "You have been very busy recently, how come you are free at this time today?"
Come?"
Lin Jinrong smiled and said, "I came here specifically to beg my grandmother today."
Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "Is it Mrs. Meng's business?"
Lin Jinrong guessed that Mrs. Song had just told her, so she felt a little ashamed: "It's my grandson's daughter-in-law who doesn't know how to deal with things. My grandma is laughing."
Mrs. Lu said: "You can convince people with reason."
Lin Jinrong pursed her lips and smiled: "My granddaughter-in-law has remembered it. I wonder if the third aunt's illness has recovered? I want to go see her, but always..."
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Today is the third update as usual. I love you all. Apart from loving you, I still love you. There are no other words that can express my feelings.
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