"What do you mean, Master Er? Do you want to turn your elbows outward and turn the muzzle of the gun to hit your own people?"
Jia Lian had already stood up and waved his hand towards Wang Xifeng:
"You've made too much of a fuss. Sister Xue is a relative of ours after all, so you can't speak so harshly."
After saying that, he turned to Baochai and said:
"Since Sister Xue really wants to learn, how about I go with you to see how you manage the household in Xiaohua Hall?"
Baochai smiled and said:
"Of course that's good. Second brother Lian is an expert in housekeeping and management, and I can also see the wise and think of each other."
"Second Master!" Wang Xifeng was already anxious.
Jia Lian waved his hand impatiently:
"You are still in confinement, it is best to rest more."
As he spoke, he stood up and walked out. When he reached the door, he turned around and told Ping'er:
"Serve your grandma and take a good rest in the house. If Xing'er comes to see me, tell him to go to the Little Flower Hall."
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"This Lian Er! A dead pervert!"
Wang Xifeng saw Jia Lian and Baochai leaving the hospital side by side through the window. She was so angry that she beat the kang with her fists and cursed through gritted teeth.
"He really thought that I could allow him to take that shameless guy as his little wife! Go ahead and dream!"
Ping'er stepped forward to rub Wang Xifeng's chest and whispered:
"Second Grandma is a fan of the authorities. I am a bystander. Second Master is not a fool. When he came to the door and turned around to tell me to serve grandma, he nuzzled at me. Didn't Second Grandma see that?"
Wang Xifeng sneered:
"You are also pretending to be a ghost in front of me? Do you think I am blind?
Yesterday, I told him that I would take concubines for him. It was just a joke, but you took it seriously? You thought that if he really allowed him to have multiple wives, you would be embarrassed, right?"
Ping'er immediately stopped talking.
After a long while, Wang Xifeng said again:
"I'm so angry that if I say a few words to you, why don't you give me a look on your face?"
Ping'er was helpless and could only laugh and said:
"Grandma gets angry and makes fun of me, but if I don't accept it, what can I do?"
Wang Xifeng calmed down at this time and sighed:
"I do have a bad temper. I can't hold my temper when it gets angry. You should be more patient."
When Ping'er saw that Sister Feng had understood, she said:
"Of course I know my grandma's temper best, but I would like to advise you not to be anxious in advance. If you get too angry, it will easily hurt your health.
I also know that grandma cares about the second master the most, but I have to understand the situation.
The second master in front of me was just at the mercy of grandma, but now the second master is no longer at the mercy of grandma, and grandma also has to judge the situation, and when it’s time to be softer, she said it would be better to be softer.”
She spoke so softly that Sister Feng couldn't help but nod her head, took Ping'er's hand and said:
"I'm not in a hurry now, but I figured it out. The second master won't follow her out for no reason. He asked me to rest in the room and asked me not to get involved. It seems that he is going to do something big again.
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Ping'er nodded and said:
"What grandma said is that the second master wants to 'borrow his river water to wash his own boat.'"
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But Jia Lian and Baochai walked all the way to the Little Flower Hall, and Baochai talked eloquently all the way, which seemed to be a good way to manage the family.
When we arrived at the Little Flower Hall, we heard that Brother Lan had a headache today, and Li Wan was taking care of him in the house. He couldn't come to ask for leave. Only Tanchun was in the Little Flower Hall, holding an account book and asking Wu Xindeng's family:
"Brother Huan and Brother Lang's government-funded money for their one-year home education has already been allocated, including pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and books. Why are there eight more taels of silver to spend on snacks and buying paper? Why?
In addition, there are eight taels of silver for carriages, horses, mules and sedans?
Since Brother Bao doesn't go to school, why does he still have eight taels of pen and ink money alone?
For daily use, men receive monthly money from each house. How come Brother Bao, Brother Huan and Brother Lang all have an additional eight taels of silver each year for books? What is the truth?"
Wu Xindeng replied politely:
"These are the rules passed down from the old years, and this is how we have always done them."
Tanchun sneered:
"Whenever I ask you, you just say 'the rules passed down from the old year.' But I want to ask, is it reasonable as long as they are the rules passed down from the old year?
You think I don’t know. If you were in front of Second Grandma Lian, you would have been diligent and diligent. But when you came to our place and you saw that Grandma Zhu was honest and I was a young girl, you would be careless.
What I’m asking you is that the money is spent unreasonably, and you’re just using this sentence to excuse me?”
Wu Xindeng simply lowered his head and became silent.
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Brothers Wu Xindeng and Wu Xinzhu were taken away by Mr. Lian. Wu Xindeng's family was so panicked that they cried and howled.
Fortunately, everyone in Lai came over to tell her: Brother Wu Xindeng and Brother Lai had made an agreement a long time ago. As long as everyone refused to admit it, nothing would happen in the end. The Wu Xindeng family saw that everyone in Lai was not in a hurry, so he
Only then did I feel relieved.
Later, when I heard that Qian Hua had disappeared again, Wu Xindeng's family panicked again.
It was Lai who came to tell her again: This must be Wu Xin's move to divert trouble to the east - as long as Jia Lian dared to touch Qian Hua, Qian Hua's daughter-in-law's cousin Zhou Rui's family would not be able to ignore it and would definitely incite Mrs. Wang to suppress Jia Lian.
.In this way, Wu Xindeng will be released soon.
Wu Xindeng was just relieved when the imperial edict came down again and Jia Lian became the head of the Rongguo Mansion.
This made Wu Xindeng's family feel very unsure. Even though everyone came to persuade him several times, Wu Xindeng's family was still so flustered that he couldn't eat.
Although Wu Xindeng's wife didn't say anything at this time, there were other wives outside talking to her, and the mother-in-law was waiting to watch the show.
As soon as Tanchun found something inappropriate, they would rush out of the second door and make up many jokes to make fun of.
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Seeing that the two of them were frozen, Baochai felt that this was an excellent opportunity to show Jia Lian his family management skills, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said to Tanchun:
"I've been away for a while, what happened?"
When Tanchun saw Baochai coming, he also smiled and said:
"Sister Bao is here just in time. These sisters-in-law are competing in the ring with me here."
Baochai showed a dignified and peaceful attitude and said:
"This sister-in-law is also doing things for her old age, and she has a decent reputation in this house. She must have a reason or a basis for doing things. Now that she said it was a 'rule passed down from the old year,' she is telling the truth.
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She first said good things to Wu Xindeng's family, and then talked to Tanchun with a smile:
"According to me, since there are rules passed down from the old years, it's okay to not move.
The way to govern a family is like governing a country. The most superior method is to ‘govern by doing nothing’.
The previous methods used by Feng Yatou were all about "man-based rule". The most tiring and labor-intensive method was high, caused anger and resentment, and the effect was not good.
Your current approach is also a 'rule of law', and you always want to formulate some new systems that are not partial to selfishness and do not follow the reality of the people. In the end, it will inevitably end up being cold and impersonal.
On the contrary, "governing by doing nothing" is the most brilliant and superior, "I do nothing and the people become themselves, I like to be quiet and the people are upright, I do nothing and the people are rich, I have no desires and the people are simple".
If they are wrong, we should be more tolerant. When they see that we are treating them more leniently, they will feel guilty and will naturally be influenced by it.
We have no desires and demands, so don’t always ask them to do something. They will naturally pursue simplicity and never cause trouble."
Tanchun was straightforward and asked:
"Isn't that just letting these slaves do whatever they want, and we don't care, just wait for them to do what they want?
We spend a lot of money in vain to support these many slaves, but we don’t make them work, just to beg them not to cause trouble?