Normally, some people would definitely make a fuss, thinking that Gu Qingling was going too far and wouldn't even let them use him as a servant.
But now the Yao family has just owed 8,000 taels of silver, and there is no balance in the account. Even if someone wants to open their mouth, they can't.
Gu Qingling came back with just one sentence: "Okay, you want to buy it with your own money, but I don't have any money anyway."
Not only did the servants "reduced", Gu Qingling also felt that the family's food and clothing expenses were also a bit high, so she took the account book and reduced everything. There were too many varieties of afternoon tea snacks, and there was no need to prepare so many portions. It was a waste, so how much was lost?
What kind of hair do girls make every year? There are too many clothes and they need to lose a few items; what kind of kitchen...
"Okay, that's all for now." Gu Qingling took the account book and calculated carefully, "In this way, our monthly expenses can be reduced by 30%, plus the number of servants sold, we can squeeze out some balance in the account.
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"This period has been hard for everyone. The Yao family is in trouble. Only when everyone shares the adversity and works together can the Yao family get through it."
"When the time comes and things are not so difficult at home, I will consider compensating everyone."
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Aunt Chen didn't have any thoughts about whether to compensate or not. She only asked one question: "Old lady, does your reward of 100 taels of silver still count?"
"We'll start checking after a month. Whoever can memorize it better will be given to whom." Gu Qingling looked at Old Aunt Chen, with a smile finally showing on her face, "Aunt Chen, I'm very optimistic about you, come on!"
Aunt Chen was heartbroken:...
--I bother!
——I still want you to take good care of me?
——Mom, in order to pay back the money for your son, even our monthly salary has been reduced, or are we not human?
Aunt Chen was just glad in her heart. Fortunately, she was smart. Master Yao pretended to be poor when borrowing money, otherwise he would have been "cheated" to death by this bitch.
After returning home, Aunt Chen told her third daughter-in-law to hide her dowry and not let the old godly woman discover it. Now that the Yao family is so poor, be careful that the old godly woman would "keep" it all.
"Yes, mother." Mrs. Yao San lowered her head and responded softly.
In fact, needless to say Aunt Chen, Mrs. Yao San did not dare to expose the money she had hidden in the bottom of the box. Although she came from an official family, she was just an unpopular concubine, and her dowry was not much.
With such a small amount of money, how could she "expose" it to others?
On the other side, Miss Yao Qi and Miss Yao Ba followed Aunt Zhang back to the yard. They were a little disappointed because the people in their yard were also sold.
Originally, as a young lady of the Yao family, even if she was a concubine, each person would have four maids, two women in charge, and several other maids, women, and servants to clean and wash clothes.
Now, except for the two maids, there are only one housekeeper and one maid for cleaning and washing clothes. As for the others, they have their own servants.
Yes, it is "public".
In addition to the servants of each house, Gu Qingling proposed a new concept, that is, "public servants".
It can't be said to be a new one. In addition to the servants of each house, there are many other servants who are not on duty in other places. They are just equivalent to this kind of servants who are closer to the master. This kind of servants
"Inferior" means not being taken seriously.
But things are different now. Gu Qingling does not allow each hospital to keep too many so-called "own people". Instead, he reuses these servants who do not belong to each hospital, but only belong to the "Yao family", and will re-divide their work responsibilities.
, and work standards.
Gu Qingling's big move directly disrupted Aunt Zhang's previous plan. She looked dull and silent, but in fact she was already furious. It could be said that she was even angrier than Aunt Chen.
"bump--"
In the Buddhist hall, Aunt Zhang was so angry that she threw the wooden fish out.
Good thing, Aunt Zhang didn't even pick up the wooden fish.
However, when she opened the door and called the maid in, she regained her kind and calm "old aunt face".
Some of the servants in the family were sold off, and the proportions in each hospital were also somewhat reduced. However, to Mrs. Yao, these were not the most important. What she was more worried about was the money owed by the Yao family.
Back in the yard, Mrs. Yao sent her daughter back to rest, but when she faced Uncle Yao, she had a cold face.
She had been married into the Yao family for so many years and had always followed her husband, but she never expected that this time, when it came to borrowing money, Uncle Yao didn't even say hello to her.
——What does he mean?
——Didn’t you take her into your heart?
——Did he sell the entire Yao family one day and she didn’t even know?
"Uncle Yao, you are quite capable now!"
Uncle Yao was originally happy that he had gained his mother's attention, but when he saw Mrs. Yao's cold face, he suddenly felt worse.
He knew that Mrs. Yao had always had objections to his mother's insistence on relinquishing the family power. She had finally found an excuse to "seize" the family power back, but as soon as something happened to his second brother, his mother found an excuse to take over the family power.
Going back can be said to be "a return to before liberation". It's strange that Mrs. Yao is not angry.
Uncle Yao doesn't blame Mrs. Yao for wanting to take power, but that's his mother, and there's nothing he can do about it.
"Ahem..." Uncle Yao coughed uncomfortably and said, "A few days ago, wasn't Xia Tao still saying that you were feeling unwell? It just so happened that while my mother was housekeeping, you should take good care of her..."
Before he could finish speaking, Mrs. Yao became angry: "How can I support you? You don't even tell me about such a big thing as borrowing money. I'm almost mad at you. Why should I support you?"
It's better to get angry as soon as possible so that the people behind you can move their positions."
"Yu'er, don't say angry words..." Uncle Yao lowered his head and called Mrs. Yao's nickname, coaxing in a low voice, "Sister Xin is still young. If you have any shortcomings, Sister Xin and I will
What should I do, Erke? Do you really want to leave us alone?"
"You... you know how to talk to Sister Xin." Mrs. Yao was so angry that she poked his forehead directly with her white and tender fingers, "Tell me for yourself, what about your second brother?
When can we repay that money? In the end, this money is not just for our big house? It’s not tens of taels or hundreds of taels. How long will it take to pay back that much money?”
Mrs. Yao was angry that the housekeeper's power was taken away, but what she was even more angry about was this.
Her man, who did such a big thing secretly, didn't even say hello to her. Doesn't this mean he doesn't take her seriously?
She doesn't mind that Uncle Yao talks about being brothers, but no matter what, she can't marry the elder brother, right?
When Mrs. Yao mentioned the money, Mr. Yao realized that it turned out that his wife had "misunderstood" that the money was borrowed from him.
His mother did attribute the credit to him, saying he borrowed it, but in fact...
Uncle Yao patiently explained to Mrs. Yao the origin of the money.
"Auction?" Mrs. Yao was stunned for a moment, "What auction? What is that? Didn't you say you borrowed it outside?"
