Chapter 453 The King of Hell releases his wife and benefactor
"What? Are you still worried that I will take it out secretly and spend it?"
Wang Xifeng refused to show weakness, but her tone was soft and coquettish.
"I'm not that short-sighted. I have seen money after all, so I won't be so jealous just because I saw this money."
While talking, he tied Jia Lian's clothes and then squatted down to put on Jia Lian's shoes.
Jia Lian quickly stopped:
"Come on, your enthusiasm is too much, and I'm not used to it."
Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes at Jia Lian:
"Today, Ping'er has something to do outside. I'll take care of you here. Just take advantage of it. Who told you to be like 'the sound of whips and golden stirrups, Qi He Kaige's return'?
If you return to court after victory, I will naturally welcome you."
Jia Lian smiled and put on his shoes:
"I feel sorry for you. You have to be busy with so many things while you are still in confinement."
Wang Xifeng proudly raised her head:
"Now that you say you feel sorry for me, I have no choice but to believe it."
Then, he smiled and glanced at Jia Lian;
"My second master, although I am just a clumsy wife who doesn't deserve to be on the stage, I'm not stupid at all.
Although the old lady said that the things and money copied from the Lai family would not be returned to the official, but that was not because the old lady was afraid that others would know how much money the Lai family had stolen from the Jia family.
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Now that the Lai family's affairs have become public, she can't keep her face off. Who told her that she misjudged the old lady of the Lai family, and then wrongly appointed Lai Da as the housekeeper?
Those things and money seem to be quite a lot, and they are not for you and me to spend privately. With the Jia family’s current virtue, won’t the remaining money have to be replenished in the future?
Tsk, my heart is like a bright mirror, how can I not understand it?"
While talking, Wang Xifeng went to the door, reached out and took the copper basin filled with water from the little girl's hand, and ordered:
"Come on, go ahead and get the food and drinks done."
Turning his head, he smiled and said to Jia Lian:
"Come, I'll wait for the second master to wash his hands here."
Jia Lian washed his hands, shook his head and said with a smile:
"They say you are the wife of the King of Hell, but now I look at it and it doesn't look like that."
"Who says it's different?"
Wang Xifeng immediately darkened her face.
"The second master was in front just now. He was really like the King of Hell who wanted to eat people. He scared so many people that they almost peed their pants.
I am your wife, how can I not be a serious ‘King of Hell’s Wife’?”
Jia Lian smiled and took the hand towel handed over by Sister Feng to wipe her hands:
"You are very well informed."
Wang Xifeng poured tea for Jia Lian again and handed it to her hand:
"What's so strange about this?
Don't tell me what you said or did before, the old lady, ladies, even Aunt Zhao already know about it.
In this house, there are connections everywhere, mouths everywhere, news flying everywhere, and gossip everywhere spreading faster than legs.
Think about it, which house doesn’t have a dozen maids and women? There are more than thirty in Baoyu’s house.
In addition to the fact that we have to take care of this home, there are naturally many things to do. How come there are so many things to do in other houses every day?
After the maid and mother-in-law took care of the little things in the house, naturally everyone was idle.
The young girls spend the whole day playing games and eating melon seeds. The older ones don't like to play, so naturally they like to gossip and inquire about gossip. They shuttle back and forth all day long. How many of them are not 'camel sellers from the Nine Kingdoms'?" .
Wang Xifeng's words touched Jia Lian's thoughts again.
There are indeed too many servants in the Jia family.
The most important thing is that there are too many useless servants.
Because these servants not only had enough to eat and drink at Jia's house, but also overeated and drank too much. Some of these servants had nothing serious to do every day, so they were so idle every day that their balls ached. They are just scheming among themselves, but they are also gossiping and spreading rumors. For their own benefit, or just to relieve their boredom, they are stirring up trouble behind the scenes and instigating the relationship between the Jia family.
Why keep these people?
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So, after the food and wine were served, and only the husband and wife were having a drink in the room, Jia Lian deliberately asked Wang Xifeng:
"We have less than twenty masters in this mansion, but we have to support hundreds of maids. What do you mean?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xifeng immediately put down her chopsticks, shook her head and sighed:
"Isn't that what you said?
The slaves in this mansion include family-born children born to our own slaves, as well as those bought from outside, those given to our family by others, and the companions who married into the Jia family.
, the accumulation over the past few decades is getting more and more, isn’t it?”
When Wang Xifeng mentioned this topic, she couldn't help but complain:
"There are too many girls and mothers-in-law everywhere now. I have already considered this matter in my mind and discussed it with my wife several times. In the end, isn't it because my wife thinks that I am nosy?
At the beginning, I said that there are maids and women everywhere who have nothing to do all day long, so why not let them go and save some money?
The wife said that now the girls in the family have been greatly wronged. There are only two or three girls each who are decent enough, and the rest are as virtuous as the imps in the temple.
He also said that Sister Lin's mother was so pampered and pampered before she came out of the imperial court. She was so dignified that she looked like a wealthy lady. Now the situation of these sisters is only slightly better than that of other girls. He also said that although our family is in dire straits, we are not this poor, and if we want to be frugal, we cannot wrong the girls anymore.
Later, I went to tell my wife that some of the girls were older and it was time for them to get married. This would prevent the girls from being too careless and causing trouble and regretting it when something scandalous happened.
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The wife said that she would ask the Zhou Rui family to wait for four or five daughters-in-law to search and find out those who are difficult to deal with and disobedient, especially the girls who are like fairies. When the time comes, they will find the wrong ones and kick them out. The result was the same.
No movement.
We are not frugal when we should be frugal, and we don’t have enough income when we should be frugal. How can we not keep our family’s financial resources from getting thinner and thinner?”
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See? This is the advantage of Wang Xifeng.
When the Jia family was in decline, Wang Xi's core thinking of "cost management" was quite necessary.
She understands that to reduce expenditures, we must tap into the potential to reduce costs and improve economic benefits.
Jia Lian recalled that when Wang Xifeng was co-managing the Ningguo Mansion, he said that the first problem with Dongfu was that the population was mixed and things were lost; the second problem was that people were not committed to matters and appointments were made on an ad hoc basis; the third problem was that they needed to spend too much money.
Excessive spending and false claims; the fourth thing, no matter how big or small the job is, the pain and joy are not equal; the fifth thing, the family is arrogant, those with dignity will not accept the shackles, and those without shame will not be able to make progress.
And she can not only see problems, but also come up with effective countermeasures.
She has established a clear job responsibility system, punishment mechanism, inspection system and total amount control, which all show that Wang Xifeng understands management and is also a pretty good middle and senior manager.
Of course, the most important thing is not to forget to strengthen supervision of Wang Xifeng herself, otherwise, her ability to cause trouble will be as great as her ability to manage.
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Jia Lian glanced at the ham stewed elbow that Wang Xifeng never got tired of, and smiled and put a chopstick into her bowl:
"Frugality is a must, and the extra maids and women must also find a way out. It's not just a matter of spending more money, but more importantly, those people are too idle and will inevitably cause trouble.
Just being frugal has to take steps. If the sudden cuts are too harsh, not only the old lady will not be able to bear it, but also if outsiders look at it, they will think that the Jia family has been ruined.
Regardless of officialdom or old friends, who doesn't have "two decent eyes and a rich heart"? If people see that we are showing defeat, they will no longer want to interact with us, then the Jia family will be doomed."<
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Wang Xifeng nodded immediately after hearing this, with a very happy expression on her face:
"It seems that you have thought everything through?"