When the Chinese New Year is approaching, the busiest thing is the kitchen. Lin Zhu’s family has to feed nearly thirty people. Lin Zhu also stopped going into the kitchen under the persuasion of Dr. Zhang and others, so the Zhang sisters
The work of the two cooks brought here, Aunt Wang and Mama Cai, was much heavier.
Aunt Wang was a little better. She got Zhang Manyun's instructions, and Zhang Manyun gave her some rewards one after another, so she was quite enthusiastic when doing it. But Cai's mother was different. She was beaten by Lin Zhu from the moment she entered the kitchen.
Next, she only had to do rough work as a girl for several days, which really made her lose face. She wanted to cry and complained to Zhang Manqing, but she also scolded her. Now let alone the reward, it would be considered good if she didn't deduct the money.
Mother Cai also knew that she had to restrain her temper, so she has been honest since then, but now it is the Chinese New Year. In previous years, in Zhang Mansion, this was the time when the most rewards were given, but now they live in this country yard, and the rewards are estimated
There was nothing left to do, so Cai's mother complained.
"Well, I don't know what it will be like during the Chinese New Year this year. In previous years, the ladies in the mansion would give out rewards for good luck." Mother Cai muttered to the side while washing vegetables.
"Mother Cai, were there a lot of rewards given out during the Chinese New Year in the past?" Chunxing, a rough messenger sent to her by Zhang Manqing, approached Mother Cai and inquired curiously.
"No, at this time, the ladies in the house will always reward everyone. It will be very lively at that time." Mother Cai's voice was not low, and Aunt Wang and Xiao Qiu who were busy on the other side heard it.
"Aunt Wang, is what Mother Cai said true?" Xiaoqiu was also a little curious. Although she also sold herself to Zhang's house, her time was still short and she had never experienced such a good thing.
"Well, in previous years, the ladies in the mansion would give out some reward money, but it was only the respectable maids and women, and not many of them." Aunt Wang nodded, she had also envied Mother Cai before.
, he is very popular with the second lady. If he is rewarded, he can get a silver reward.
"What about this year?" Chunxing and Xiaoqiu were still most concerned about this. They asked Cai's mother and Aunt Wang respectively what was in their hearts.
Mother Cai's face looked a little ugly, because she hadn't heard anyone talk about the silver reward during the Chinese New Year. She couldn't sit still. When she heard Chun Xing ask her this question again, she felt irritated. Her voice sounded a little uncomfortable.
Great, "I didn't know, this isn't in our house. Okay, just go and do what you have to do." Chun Xing turned aside a little aggrieved.
"I can't say for sure," Aunt Wang on the other side kept talking to Xiao Qiu in a friendly manner. "But there should be some at the eldest lady's place. She always knows rewards and punishments clearly." Aunt Wang saw some movement from Cai's mother.
Xiao said to Xiaoqiu in a low voice.
"Then, what about here?" Xiaoqiu secretly pointed in the direction of Lin Zhu's room.
"Shh," Aunt Wang glared at her, "What are you pointing at? You can't offend the master of this family. He is kind and righteous. If you don't give it, we can't make irresponsible remarks behind his back. Do you understand?" Aunt Wang suddenly became serious.
Xiaoqiu was stunned when she got up. She nodded quickly, "I understand. Aunt Wang."
"Keep your mouth tight and don't go around asking random questions. If the eldest lady finds out, I won't be able to spare you. You are embarrassing her." Aunt Wang warned her again worriedly.
"I will never tell anyone." Xiaoqiu heard the seriousness of the matter and swore to heaven.
"However, I don't think Miss Zhu is a stingy person. Maybe there will be an unexpected surprise." Aunt Wang told Xiao Qiu her conjecture in a low voice. Her eyes lit up after hearing this, but she was very interested.
Didn't say it out loud.
"Miss, the Chinese New Year is about to come soon. Do the people who came here with us also get some reward? Some of them got it in previous years." Xiangqiao asked while combing Zhang Manyun's hair.
"What you said makes sense. We don't have to let all these hard work come out with us. We can't be happy during the Chinese New Year." Zhang Manyun understood very well that although the slaves below were bought by the family, if they don't give them some benefits, they can't make them happy.
Not so handy. "Although we don't have much silver when we come out this time, we can still deal with them. You go and take out a hundred taels of silver and find someone to exchange it for broken silver for easy reward. When we prepare for the New Year
Give it to your servants as a reward."
"Yes, Miss." Xiangqiao agreed, "But Miss, will we inform Miss Zhu? Maybe her family doesn't have this habit?" Xiangqiao has lived here for a long time and knows that Lin Zhu's family does not
There weren't many people. In fact, most of them were on Zhuangzi and wouldn't come to Lin's Village at all, so she didn't know.
"It's better not to let her spend money. After all, we make up the majority of the people in the house. Later, you can calm down a few respectable stewards and let them calm down." Zhang Manyun asked again.
, she followed in previous years
Her mother had given rewards to her servants, and she also knew that those servants who had some foundation in the house valued these things the most. It would be embarrassing if they were also thinking about annual rewards here in Lin Zhu.
It's outside.
"Yes, miss, I'll tell them right away." Xiangqiao gave her a blessing and wanted to go out.
"Wait a minute." Zhang Manyun stood up from the dressing table and walked to Xiangqiao, "You and Shu Cui will also quietly tell you later. The second sister may not pay attention to this, so you have to let them prepare in advance.
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"Yes." Xiangqiao got the order and quickly went out to do errands.
Although Zhang Manqing is usually more delicate and arrogant, but this is the time to buy someone, of course she will not let him go easily. After hearing Shucui talk about Xiangqiao's purpose, she also nodded, "Since my sister said so,
, let’s do the same and tell them, as long as they don’t embarrass me, not only will I be rewarded, but I will also ask the second lady to give them some more rewards when they return to the house.”
"Yes, Miss, I will tell them now." Shu Cui is very pleased that her young lady can be so sensible at this time. She might not have thought of so much in the past, but she did not expect that this trip would make her understand a lot of things. What she did
The personal maid was very happy for Zhang Manqing.
In this way, the impetuous moods of the servants brought by Zhang Mansion were calmed down.
"Well, hehehe, you did a good job, you are worthy of being my granddaughter." After hearing Butler Zhang's report, Dr. Zhang also understood the recent behavior of the Zhang sisters, and was very happy with their reasonableness.
"Miss Sun, you are acting more and more like everyone else, and you are more thoughtful in your work. Thanks to the master's teachings." As an old man in the house, Butler Zhang said that although his comments on the young masters were a bit over the top, he did not take it lightly or seriously.
He was very pleased with the old doctor's flattery, so naturally he would not be harsh on him.
"It seems that going out for a walk has some effect. Now even the young girl behaves appropriately." Old doctor Zhang stroked his beard with a look of satisfaction in his eyes. "The ancients often said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.
You are truly sincere.”
Of course, Lin Zhu saw what the Zhang sisters did.
"Mother Chang, Sister Yun and Sister Qing are very good at doing things." Their actions not only appeased the servants and won people's hearts, but also gave Lin Zhu a lot of face, so it would not make it difficult for her to do it.
"Well, there is indeed some skill." Mother Chang nodded, "It is also a custom for the masters to reward their slaves during the New Year. Some slaves don't care about the few months of money at all. The masters'
The reward is the big one." Chang's mother told Lin Zhu again that the people in the palace
Concubine Lan, every New Year, she has to reward her servants no less than three to four thousand taels of silver, and some concubines who compete for favors will be rewarded even more. The servants below are all jealous, so go where there are more rewards.
Whichever way you lean, it has always been like this, and Chang’s mother is not surprised at all.
Lin Zhu stuck out her tongue after hearing this, thinking that she would need to prepare some scattered silver here. I wonder if the silver coins she prepared earlier can be used.
"Mother Chang, do you think the silver coins we have prepared this year are enough?" Lin Zhu discussed with Mother Chang in the room.
She had just prepared the gifts for Dr. Zhang and the others a few days ago. Although she had prepared some rewards together, she was still afraid that they would not be enough by then.
"I think it should be about the same. Like the old gentleman's guard, some people are trying to get the girl's rice wine. I don't think they care much about money." Chang's mother smiled and heard this from Chang Shi.
He told Lin Zhu a joke.
It turned out that after Mr. Du made the rice wine, in addition to the rice wine he gave to the two old men, he also gave some from other forest bamboos to everyone and let them all taste it. Unexpectedly, they all fell in love with the taste of the wine, and they knew
There wasn't a lot of wine, so I drank with great care.
"Well, let's include the wine for them, the steward and the guards plus a jar of rice wine, each of them will get ten taels of silver, and the ordinary servants will get five taels of silver." Lin Zhu added on to the original basis.
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They are the maids and wives of Sister Yun and Sister Qing. Mother Chang will also reward them with some silver locks according to their rank. The personal maid and the steward mother will add an extra piece of jewelry, and the rest will be given a piece of cloth or something like that.
Bar."
"The girl is very thoughtful. The reward should not be more than the two young ladies from the Zhang family, but you can make up for it with some things. These people are away from home and have some subsidies, so they will not look down on us." Chang's mother nodded,
Although the reward is not many, it has a very good effect on Lin Zhu. In the future, when Lin Zhu lives in the capital, he will inevitably have to deal with people from the Zhang family. The servants who have stayed in the Lin family will definitely remember her benefits.
It will also give her a good reputation in Zhang Mansion.
"Everyone in our family has worked hard this year. The reward will be the same as that given to the servants of my grandpa's family. Plus some clothing materials, snacks and meat." Of course Lin Zhu would not favor one over the other.
For my own servants, although there is no need
They come to serve, but what they do is much heavier than the people in the yard. Of course, they must be rewarded well. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, and your support.