Ms. Jiang was waiting for Liu Yun in the room. There were many account books spread out in front of the table. She was checking the accounts with an ugly face, recording something on the paper beside her.
"Aunt Jiang, are you looking for me?" Liu Yun didn't let anyone follow him in. He asked Wan Qing to wait outside. He walked into the room alone. He looked up and saw a table of account books. He raised his eyebrows and found a seat to sit down.
Got off.
"Originally, I didn't want to trouble the eldest lady, but..." Mrs. Jiang bit her lip, took down the booklet with notes on the side and handed it to Liu Yun, with a hesitant look on her face.
"It's just that Aunt Jiang didn't want to be a bad person, so she thought of me, an arrogant young lady who does all kinds of evil." Liu Yun took the booklet with a smile and flipped through a few pages, with appreciation flashing in his eyes. I have to say that Mrs. Jiang is indeed talented and worthy of it.
She is Luo Shao's sister.
Jiang didn't expect Liu Yun to be able to understand these account books. After all, the eldest lady was usually uneducated. She had also heard a little bit about the last poetry tasting meeting, but she only heard about the chess, calligraphy and painting and the account books and abacus in front of her.
It's something completely different, so what she wrote in her record book was very concise and clear.
In fact, Liu Yun in this life has not learned it yet, but in the previous life, Liu Yun secretly learned abacus and accounting in order to become the mistress of the Shen family. Now I think about it, in her previous life, she wanted to become Shen Yi's
A woman has learned so many things and can still put them to use now, which is considered a great achievement.
"Have you ever learned to keep accounts at home, Aunt Jiang?" She only knew that Mrs. Jiang came from a scholarly family, but she didn't expect that she could still keep accounts.
"Going back to the eldest lady, I used to work with my mother as housekeeper at home." Ms. Jiang lowered her head in embarrassment.
Yes, if someone who has never managed a house puts such a large Mu Mansion in her hands, although she manages it reluctantly, there is no big problem. Qianlan will go everywhere every day to inquire and come back to tell him.
Although Liu Yun did not do a good job regarding Jiang's housekeeper, it was also due to the limitations of her identity and the connections left in the house by the Lin family.
"No wonder Aunt Jiang is so powerful." Liu Yun returned the record book to Mrs. Jiang with a smile, and asked curiously: "Auntie, just tell me what help you need from me."
When her father handed over the management power to Liu Yun earlier, she had thought about wooing Mr. Jiang, but she had not thought that Mr. Jiang still had some ability. Now that she is doing well, she is very satisfied, at least.
It's good to be able to clear up the rules in the house without her having to do much, but the Lin family's deep-rooted connections still require her to do something personally, which she is also very clear about.
"The person in charge of purchasing in the mansion is a close confidant of the Second Madam. She has been in the mansion for many years. I..." Mrs. Jiang's face felt slightly hot. She didn't know whether it was because she was asking for help from a little girl who was much younger than herself, or because she was asking for help.
She actually wanted to use her master to establish prestige for herself. In short, she seemed very uncomfortable.
Liu Yun raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly. After all, he came from a scholarly family. Even if he had some scheming, he was not a treacherous person. Jiang wanted to use Liu Yun to establish her authority, and Liu Yun also wanted her to stand up.
At the cusp of the storm, it is just a mutually beneficial relationship, and no one takes advantage of anyone.
"I know her. Mother Cui is an old man from the Mu Mansion. Her daughter married Aunt Lin's distant relative and lived a pretty good life." Liu Yun actually always felt that Lin was a very capable person. She
Not only did she infiltrate her connections into the mansion, but she also used various means to win over the old people in the mansion. If not, how could she, the half-mistress, have such a stable position?
"Well, Mother Cui has been in Mu Mansion for many years, and I had to get these purchase accounts with great difficulty. I thought that she was an old man in the manor, and even some corruption could be tolerated, but I didn't expect that she would be greedy for numbers.
It's really..." Mrs. Jiang's cheeks were slightly red, as if she didn't know how to say these things.
Originally, for those in power, giving some sweeteners to the people below would make them more loyal to serve them, so corruption was allowed within a certain limit, so after the second lady took power, she still left the purchasing matters to Cui's mother.
, but she didn’t expect that she could earn five or six hundred taels per month over the years. After more than ten years, it was enough for her to buy several houses in Linyang City.
"Then what do you want to do now? Let her spit out all the money?" Liu Yun supported her head and smiled brightly. It was impossible for someone to spit out what she had swallowed.
"That's why I invited the eldest lady here to see what to do." Mrs. Jiang was somewhat curious about Liu Yun, but despite being curious, she still had to make plans for herself. She could offend Mother Cui and spread the matter.
But who knows whether the master will really stand on her side? In fact, until now, she has never understood the master's thoughts, and she would actually hand over the management power to the eldest lady who knows nothing.
However, Liu Yun said something irrelevant: "It turns out that the government's purchasing can be so greedy."
Five hundred taels per month, which means five or six thousand taels a year. In a few years, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be pocketed. No wonder Cui’s mother is so loyal to Lin. Even Cui’s mother can have so much money. Then Lin
His income will definitely be more.
"If we can deal with Mother Cui's matter, no one will bother her in the future, and we can also clear Aunt Lin's connections along the way, so that even if she is released in the future, she will not be able to interfere with the affairs of the house.
"However, Liu Yun thought silently about how to deal with Cui's mother's affairs.
"The eldest lady thinks that the master will let the second wife go?" Ms. Jiang frowned, she thought Ms. Lin would be kept under house arrest.
"After all, she is the biological mother of Hong Jing and Lan Xi." Liu Yun glanced at her and thought to himself, this Jiang family is really naive. Doesn't she know the reason why centipede insects can die but not freeze? This is why Liu Yun
Why do you want to deal with all Lin's people as soon as possible? In this way, even if Lin is released in the future, there will be no way to save the day.
Mrs. Jiang nodded silently, thinking about it, the master has always missed the old relationship. After all, Mrs. Lin is the mother of two children. Now, locking her up is just to explain to Mrs. Xia. As time goes by, when everyone forgets, she will eventually be released.
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"Aunt Jiang, you have been married to my father for so long, why are there still no news about your belly?" Liu Yun blinked and looked at her belly with a slightly troubled expression: "My dad really wants to have another child."
Mr. Jiang was thin-skinned. How could he have imagined that a little girl like Liu Yun would ask such a thing? She suddenly blushed and said coquettishly: "How can a child say such a thing?"
Liu Yun retorted nonchalantly: "Aunt Jiang, I'm already old enough."
"..." Mrs. Jiang chuckled. It was rare to see Liu Yun give such a childish answer, and he patiently answered her: "It also depends on fate."
"Aunt Jiang is blessed and will have children." In fact, what Liu Yun wanted to say was to ask her to work harder. After all, with the power of her grandmother, a new mistress might enter the house soon. Then,
If she had not been pregnant at that time, it would have been difficult for her to guarantee whether she would be able to gain a foothold in the house.
"Don't worry, eldest lady, I understand eldest lady's intentions and will not disappoint eldest lady." Ms. Jiang pursed her lips and said confidently.