Seeing that everyone was silent, Shen Wan said again: "Is there such a thing as a drop in food? If you don't tell me, how can I solve it?"
When everyone heard this, they all felt very strange. It was not the eldest lady who had handed over the food. How could she know if such a thing happened? Instead, she came to ask them.
"Is there any? Doesn't the eldest lady know best?" I don't know who said it.
"That's right! Madam, you should know best." Several people also echoed.
Shen Wan said: "Of course I asked you because I didn't know clearly, because I have not lowered the food standards in the house. But I heard that you are complaining that the food standards have dropped, so naturally I want to ask and find out. , then I realized what went wrong.”
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at Aunt Zhang standing in the front row. But she told them that it was the eldest lady who had lowered everyone's food standards, so they had no meat to eat! But the eldest lady said that she had not lowered the food standards. , what is going on? In front of so many people, the eldest lady can’t lie!
"The food for our servants has indeed dropped. In the past, there were large pieces of meat in the dishes, but now there is only minced meat that can only be found after rummaging for a long time."
"Also, the rice noodles used to be white, but now they are yellow."
"Aunt Zhang, should you give me an explanation?" Shen Wan asked, looking at the calm and composed Aunt Zhang.
Nanny Zhang frowned and said: "I have already said that I need sixty taels of silver, but madam, you only give fifty taels. In order to make the people in this house have enough food and meat, just If you can buy poorer aged rice, buy less meat, chop the meat into minced meat and fry it in vegetables for everyone to eat."
Oh! This lady is really lying! She kept saying that she had not surrendered, but when Aunt Zhang asked for sixty taels, she only gave her fifty taels.
"You fart," Qiu Ju couldn't hold back for a while and said an indecent word.
"You came to pay me two days ago. We have clearly calculated it with you. According to the previous food standards, we gave you fifty taels of silver to buy ingredients, which is just a lot more. From my point of view, you are obviously the one who bought the ingredients from me. silver."
"The conscience of heaven and earth, if I am greedy for money, I will die a good death. Miss Qiu Ju, you can't just rely on your being the eldest lady to just accuse people with empty words!" Mrs. Zhang slapped her thigh and shouted.
Shen Wan smiled and said: "You will find out if you have been wronged. Please tell me how much money you spent on buying ingredients in the past two days? Which stall did you buy it at? How much money is left? When will we go find the stall owner? You’ll know it soon.”
Grandma Zhang swallowed her saliva. She didn't expect that the lady would be so serious and would go directly to the stall owner to verify. She originally wanted to use the reason why the price of the ingredients had increased when the lady asked her to inquire. Come to prevaricate her!
Fortunately, she usually buys from fixed stalls and shops, and the stall owners and shopkeepers are all familiar with her. Moreover, the people in charge of purchasing in any big family will make some money from it. The stall owners and shopkeepers They also know that if they really go to verify it, they will cover it up for themselves.
Grandma Zhang took out her little account book from her pocket and read: "I bought one thousand kilograms of rice flour for sixteen taels, five hundred kilograms of noodles for eight taels of silver, one hundred kilograms of pork for five taels, and chickens and ducks for five taels each. It only costs five cents for a car, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar..."
Grandma Zhang read a lot and finally said: "A total of thirty-five taels of silver were spent, and there are still fifteen taels of silver left."
Qiu Ju frowned and said, "A thousand taels of old rice costs sixteen taels? It was clearly calculated last time, and new rice only costs fifteen taels of silver."
"Hey..." Nanny Zhang sighed and said, "Girl, you don't know, the price of rice and meat have gone up this month, and they are not the original prices."
Qiu Ju hasn't bought rice this month, but she doesn't know that the price of rice has gone up.
Because it snowed heavily near the end of the year, the price of rice, vegetables, and meat have increased.
A maid said: "I have also heard that the price of rice and meat has increased recently."
Therefore, maybe these fifty taels are really not enough!
"Which shop did you buy your rice noodles from?" Shen Wan looked at Aunt Zhang and asked. The rice noodles accounted for a large portion, so you only need to verify the rice noodles to know whether the nanny Zhang was greedy for money.
Aunt Zhang hesitated and said, "Chenji Grain and Oil Shop."
Shen Wan nodded, thought for a while and said to Qiu Ju: "Go and invite the shopkeeper of Chenji Grain and Oil Store, and tell him that there is something wrong with the rice and noodles you bought from him."
"Slave, go right away."
"Wait." Shen Wan waved to Qiu Ju and asked her to come over with her ear. Qiu Ju understood, so she bent down and put her ear close to her.
After Shen Wan whispered a few words into Qiu Ju's ear, Qiu Ju nodded, left the main hall, and had someone hitch a carriage and leave the general's mansion.
Madam Zhang felt more relieved when she saw that Shen Wan only went to Chenji Grain and Oil Store. She and the shopkeeper Wang of Chenji Grain and Oil Store have known each other for more than ten years. Moreover, when buying grain and oil from Chenji, she would always say " By offering a price one or two cents higher than the actual price, Shopkeeper Wang can also make some money from it. She did this to prevent a situation like today from happening.
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