Afterwards, Mrs. Zheng scolded her lightly, which was basically painless and was clearly just for show.
Having been Mrs. Sun's daughter-in-law for so many years, Mrs. Zheng is often annoyed by her mother-in-law. However, due to the word filial piety, she, as a daughter-in-law, has no business talking back and is basically tolerant. Ye Qinglan faced her face
She was fighting against Sun in such a vigorous manner that Sun was so angry that she couldn't say anything, which made her feel so happy.
Ye Qinglan was truly submissive and well-behaved in front of Mrs. Zheng, never talking back. No matter what Mrs. Zheng said, she would nod obediently.
"...If grandma says anything from now on, you are not allowed to talk back." Mrs. Zheng thought for a moment and added: "Even if she is making trouble unreasonably, you have to think carefully and don't really make her angry.
"
...Ye Qinglan held back her laughter and nodded seriously in agreement.
Mrs. Zheng talked for a long time, and she felt very happy and satisfied when she saw that Ye Qinglan was well-behaved and obedient. Although Ye Qinglan was eloquent, she was very docile, respectful and submissive to her mother-in-law.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Zheng's tone became softer: "It's been a few months since you came here, and you can help me with some household chores. From tomorrow on, you can stay with me and learn to handle the daily affairs of the house.
Already."
Ye Qinglan was startled, and then said modestly: "My daughter-in-law is not very talented and has little learning, but she is stupid by nature. I'm afraid she won't be able to learn well!"
There was a smile in Mrs. Zheng's eyes: "Do you still need to say these polite words in front of me? If you are also stupid by nature, there are not many smart people in the world."
The praise from her mother-in-law made Ye Qinglan's heart warm. Knowing that Mrs. Zheng really wanted to teach her how to be a mistress, she no longer refused: "It's better to be respectful than to obey."
At this time, not everyone can be the head of an official mansion or a noble family. She has to take care of all the trivial matters in the mansion and take care of all the servants in the mansion, including marriages and other matters.
, as well as all kinds of human relationships, etc., everything is well understood. The level of tediousness is probably comparable to being the general manager of a small and medium-sized company.
Of course, such a heavy burden cannot be taken over casually. Generally speaking, a newly married daughter-in-law has to wait for at least a few years to have a son and establish a foothold in the family before she has the opportunity to contact the people in the family.
Affairs. First, learn from your mother-in-law for a while. Once you get the hang of it, your mother-in-law will mostly arrange some leisure or insignificant errands for your daughter-in-law to take care of, which is equivalent to an internship period. If you do well, you can become a formal official
Helped with housework.
Before leaving the cabinet, Mrs. Xue also taught her how to read account books and the like. However, Mrs. Xue’s focus was to torment her, and she didn’t teach her anything at all. To say the least, even if Mrs. Xue wanted to teach her, she might not be able to.
He has that vision and ability. After all, Mrs. Xue has never been in charge of family affairs for so many years since she was married to Changyuan Bofu. In other words, during those years in Zhengzhou, she was just a householder for a few years. With Mrs. Zheng,
Compared to a matron of Madam's level, she is definitely not even a little bit worse.
Mrs. Zheng wanted to train her to be a director of the family, so naturally she couldn't hold back, so she simply agreed generously.
Mrs. Zheng was very satisfied with her performance and casually gave instructions: "In that case, I will get up earlier in the future. Many of the mothers in charge of the house will come to Jingxinyuan at midnight to collect the cards.
If you want to learn, you have to let all the mothers in charge see it."
There are still some words that Mrs. Zheng has not said. Ye Qinglan is young after all. He has just passed the door and there are so many servants in the house. I am afraid that Ye Qinglan will not even recognize them all. Now he has to learn to be a director of the house, at least he must first get to know all the important people.
The stewards, and then slowly explore their temperament and work characteristics. With Mrs. Zheng in charge, there is no need to worry about some tricky or slippery steward mother secretly causing trouble.
Of course, a smart person will know everything at the first glance. Ye Qinglan responded quickly, with sincere gratitude in her eyes: "Thank you, mother-in-law. My daughter-in-law will definitely learn from it."
Mrs. Zheng smiled and nodded.
The next morning, as soon as it was nine o'clock, Ye Qinglan got up.
Gu Xinian was in a daze, feeling a chill in his arms, and then he woke up. He opened his sleepy eyes and asked, "It's not yet dawn, why don't you sleep more?"
Ye Qinglan had already put on her clothes neatly, and smiled when she heard this: "Didn't I tell you last night? From now on, I will learn from my mother-in-law to take care of the chores in the house. All mothers in charge are
I'll go to Jingxinyuan to collect my cards at the right time. Of course I have to get up early and go there."
With that said, he called the maids into the house to help him wash up.
Without the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms, Gu Xinian no longer had the interest to stay in bed, so he got up and dressed. After everything was packed, the couple went to Jingxinyuan together.
Mrs. Zheng was quite satisfied to see that she came early. After having breakfast together, Gu Xinian went to the official office. Mrs. Zheng led Ye Qinglan to the east room where the directors usually work. Mrs. Zheng sat down and Ye Qinglan stood next to Mrs. Zheng.
Behind him, the mothers in charge came in one by one to say hello and briefly reported what they had to do for the day.
Mrs. Zheng listened indifferently, and occasionally asked a question or two. As long as she frowned slightly, the look of the mother in charge immediately became nervous, and she carefully explained the matter again. Mrs. Zheng listened, her brows relaxed, and the mother in charge
She would secretly breathe a sigh of relief. If Mrs. Zheng's face darkened slightly, the mother in charge would rack her brains to continue explaining.
Just listen to them one by one until all the cards are collected, which is about an hour later.
Then, another wave of housekeeper mothers came in, and this time they had to deal with the personnel issues in the house. It ranged from the marriage of a servant to a maid, to a servant who was sick and needed to recuperate and to allocate additional manpower, etc.
Report everything to Mrs. Zheng one by one.
By the time I finish all this work, it will be almost noon.
After having lunch and taking a nap for an hour, Mrs. Zheng got up to freshen up again, and then sat down in the east room again. This time she wanted to look at the account books and interrogate the accounts of the past month.
After checking the income of how many shops and farms there are in the house, the expenses will be calculated. The expenses of each yard, the monthly payment of all the servants, plus the amount of favors.
Expenditures, etc. At this time, the accounting method adopts a running style. Although the records are clear one by one, it is also very cumbersome. There are two account books in one month. It takes an afternoon to clear them all.
Obviously it's not enough.
Although Ye Qinglan had learned to read the account books, she still felt dizzy after reading them all afternoon. Mrs. Zheng, on the other hand, was only slightly tired, but in good spirits. She even joked to Ye Qinglan with a smile: "At the end of the day, it's
Don’t you feel very tired?”
Ye Qinglan didn't try to be brave and smiled calmly: "Yes, I didn't know until today how difficult it is to be a good matron. What I thought before was too simple."
The frankness and directness of her words won Mrs. Zheng's favor. She smiled kindly and said: "This is just the beginning. It is inevitable to feel dazzled when you come into contact with these things. In fact, after a while, you get used to it, and it will be fine." After a pause.
After a pause, he continued: "After I got married and gave birth to Xinian, I was asked to take care of the housework. Your grandmother didn't have much patience and didn't teach you anything in detail. I was in a hurry at first and suffered a lot. Wait.
It took about half a year before I gradually got used to it. You are smart and careful, and with me taking care of you, I estimate that within three months, you will be able to start taking care of some things."
Ye Qinglan felt warm in her heart and softly responded "Yes."
For the next few days, Ye Qinglan stayed with Mrs. Zheng. She had an excellent memory and quickly memorized all the famous steward mothers, and then silently observed everyone's personality, temperament, and behavior. Those stewards
They are all sophisticated, shrewd and tactful people, and it is natural to see that Mrs. Zheng is cultivating her with all her heart. She does not dare to show any slights to Ye Qinglan, a newly married young lady.
As time passed, Gu Xinian's brother and sister began to feel dissatisfied.
The first person who was dissatisfied was Gu Xiyu. She said coquettishly in front of Mrs. Zheng: "Mom, my sister-in-law is learning housekeeping from you every day, and she has no time to spend with me. I am so bored all day long. Don't let my sister-in-law learn this.
Okay, please let my sister-in-law spend more time with me!"
Mrs. Zheng usually dotes on this daughter the most and is almost obedient. But this time she scolded her with a straight face: "Yu'er, you are sixteen years old and a big girl. Why are you still so ignorant?"
!Your sister-in-law will always take over this task in the future. If you learn early, you will be able to master it faster in the future. You can also share some trivial matters with me. It’s better for you, you just want to play, write, and draw for fun all day long.
, I never want to learn serious things. Let’s see what you will do when you marry into your husband’s family in the future!”
Gu Xiyu was extremely aggrieved by being scolded, but she did not dare to talk back. She lowered her head and played with the corner of her clothes without saying a word.
Mrs. Zheng was soft-hearted after all. Seeing Gu Xiyu's appearance, she couldn't bear to criticize her anymore. She thought for a while and then said: "If you feel bored by yourself, come to Jing Xinyuan together in the future. Even if you don't understand some things, you won't understand."
It’s also good to watch and listen more.”
Gu Xiyu's little face suddenly wrinkled up, and she looked very pitiful: "But, I definitely can't understand or understand. Sister-in-law..." Her eyes drifted over for help.
Ye Qinglan stepped forward without hesitation: "Sister Xiyu is not interested in these things, so don't force her! Anyway, even if she gets married, she won't be able to manage a house for a while. She can just learn these things slowly in the future.
.”
Gu Xiyu nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
Mrs. Zheng looked angry, funny and helpless, so she had to let her go: "Forget it for now. When you have time in the future, you will always have to learn from it." (To be continued. If you like this
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