The hall next to the Neiyi Gate was very lively. The people who asked questions were divided into three groups. Among them, the teenage girls were all asked by Xiao Cuixiu to ask Bisi, and the rest of the crowd were asked by Danju Ruomei and Qin Sanglu. Two groups came to ask questions; each person asked for different lengths of time. The younger ones had simple experiences and could finish them in a few words, while the older ones had a lot of stories to tell. [Ye*] [*]
Dan Ju was careful and took out a few screens to separate them. If the question concerned personal matters, it would not be unreasonable for others to listen. For example, Hao Dacheng's wife on the sewing thread was married for the second time. The previous man was married many years ago. The master was beaten to death when his house was confiscated, and Hao Dacheng, the steward of the outer courtyard, was also a criminal slave whose wife died, so the widower and widow got together and gave birth to children.
Chaohui Hall was so grand that Minglan always felt like a museum exhibition hall, so she moved to the side hall next to Chaohui Hall and listened to Mr. Gongsun hand over his account. Gongsun Baishi looked very handsome, stroking his long beard. She was even more punctual than Sheng Hong. There were several stewards and accounting clerks standing next to her. Minglan pointed at the account book and asked a few questions. They all answered one by one, looking very polite and respectful.
"Sir, thank you for your hard work," Minglan said in turn. "Sir, you are such a great person, and now you have to deal with such trivial matters. It is really embarrassing for you!"
Gongsun Baishi looked at the account book pointed by Ming Lan with a wry smile: "I am a wild person, and these are not my strengths. Ever since the governor established the government, I have been miserable."
Minglan pointed at Xiao Tao and served tea, and said with a smile: "Sir, why do you need to say this? I'm afraid the governor will take care of these trivial matters personally. It's said that you use a bull's knife to kill a chicken, but if you really use a bull's knife to kill a chicken, most of it is to kill a chicken." not good."
Gongsun Baishi tilted his lips and couldn't help but smile: "This is very true!"
During the conversation, he found that Minglan spoke elegantly and her thoughts were lively and different. He found it a bit interesting. However, there were differences between men and women, and he was not a slave of the Gu family. After talking for a while, he stood up and left, leaving a message when he left. The servant led Minglan to the inner study room.
"My name is Gu Quan, my wife can just call me Xiao Quan." Gu Quan is thirteen or fourteen years old, with a round face and narrow eyes. He smiles quickly and looks very smart. He walks in front to lead the way for Minglan, smiling happily. As he spoke, "... I am Xiao's benefactor. Back then, when Xiao was begging for food on the street, if it weren't for me, not even my bones would be left."
Minglan really wants to say it, but she doesn't know yet. Maybe you can become the gang leader.
Following an east-west passage outside Chaohui Hall, passing through a hanging flower door with a flower and tree barrier, Minglan arrived at the door of the inner study room. There were two large rooms connected to the left and right, with wing rooms on the left and right, and two small rooms in the front and back. The greenhouse and the balcony are all for rest. Minglan nodded secretly. If Gu Tingye quarreled with her in the future, she could sleep here in anger.
As soon as I stepped inside, I saw that there were writing desks, painting desks, piano tables, confession tables, and desks, all of which were available. The six windows facing the south were clear and clean, showing that they had just been swept. There were two huge iron corners on the floor. The large beech box. The bookshelves built against the wall were empty. Minglan turned around and looked at it again. She asked Gu Quan with a wry smile to open the box and take out all the books in piles. Then, just like Changbai's study, After a little sorting and sorting, Xiao Tao and Gu Quan, sweating profusely, moved the books into the bookshelves one by one under the direction of Minglan. (·~)
Her fingers touched the brand-new book covers, "The Analects of Confucius", "University", "Zhongyong", "Meng", "Huainan"... The study room is very complete and equipped. Minglan was also surprised to find a few unique books, but from the dust accumulation on them
Come on, all these books have only one purpose - decoration. Therefore, she doesn't have to bother to reset the bookshelf categories. It doesn't look good to have so many empty boxes. She will go out to search for some interesting unofficial history essays tomorrow.
it is true.
After arranging the bookshelf, Minglan began to organize the bookcases. There were purple stone inkstones from Huzhou, Yunyan inkstones from Southern Jiangsu, ink and white jade brush washers from Qionglin, a rack of purple rhino brushes ranging from fighting pens to small ones, and three stacks on one side of the table.
Minglan placed the piles of snow-white and delicate slippery paper with mud and gold one by one. As she placed them, she sighed to herself - tender and tender flowers, why do you only love cow dung?
After cleaning up the study, Minglan had just gone back to the house to beat her waist and legs to rest. Gu Shun, another boy with Gu Tingye, rushed back to the house and came to report to Minglan that Gu Tingye would not go back to the house for dinner at noon today, so Ming Ming
Lan ate it by herself. In fact, Minglan didn't mind. In fact, apart from giving birth, most things a woman could do alone, and eating lunch alone did not affect her appetite.
But as a good wife, Minglan still had to ask a few meaningful questions: "Then where are you going to eat?"
Gu Shun wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeves and gasped: "I heard that the court hall was very lively today. It took until the end of the afternoon to disperse the court. As soon as the court was over, the emperor summoned the master and others
The general went into the palace to discuss it and said that the rice was also used in it."
Minglan said softly, without any expression, but looked at Gu Shun's tiredness, and asked Xiao Tao to twist a cool wet handkerchief for Gu Shun to wipe his sweat. Xiao Tao bought one and got one free, and poured a bowl of tea for him.
He drinks.
Gu Shun drank the tea in one gulp, took a deep breath, smiled and thanked him, and then seeing Minglan's gloomy look, he added: "Madam, don't worry, this happened often before, sometimes the emperor summoned him, sometimes he summoned someone else."
The General took him away."
Minglan was just a little tired, but she was not surprised. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Look how tired you are. If this happens again, won't you have to be so tired all the time? You have to go back to find the master later."
"What did Madam say?!" Gu Shun's voice was bright and his face was full of excitement, "My life was given to me by my master, no matter how tired I am! As long as my wife snorts, my legs will be broken."
Don't say a word!"
Minglan laughed: "Just keep those legs of yours! Xiaotao, hurry up and give Brother Xiaoshun some fruit to eat, and grab some money to buy him snacks."
Xiao Tao hurriedly ran in, and when she came out, she was holding a porcelain plate full of golden candied dates in one hand, and a handful full of copper coins in the other hand. She poured them all into Gu Shun's pocket, and Gu Shun thanked him with a smile on his face and went out.
( ·~ )
Dan Ju had a bright mind and knew to ask the people in the kitchen first. After asking them early, he sent them to cook in the stove. Therefore, without delaying lunch, Minglan looked at the table of dishes and asked softly: "What's the name?"
Ruomei and the others should eat first and take a breather, and it won’t be too late to ask questions later in the afternoon.”
Xiao Tao folded up her sleeves three layers in a polite manner, raised her wrist to serve Ming Lan with rice and soup, and said in her mouth: "Don't worry, girl, Lu Zhi's hooves are very clever, and she won't starve herself."
Caihuan on the side also smiled and said: "Madam, don't worry, I just asked the little girl to ask, and I heard that the ladies in the kitchen personally carried the food baskets to deliver the meals."
Minglan then picked up her chopsticks and said with a smile, "You are smart."
Caihuan looked quite embarrassed: "I just came here, I'm stupid, and I don't understand the rules here, so I have to learn more by watching. I hope Madam Wan Wang doesn't dislike me."
Minglan swallowed a mouthful of fish gracefully and smiled: "Don't be in a hurry, just take your time. Horsepower is known from the distance, and people's hearts are known over time."
Caihuan smiled respectfully and added, "When I was with my wife in the past, I always heard her say that she is the most outstanding among the girls in my wife. She has a bright mind and knows how to use people well. The sisters in the courtyard are the most worry-free and well-behaved.
"
Minglan put down her chopsticks, picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup. She glanced at Caihuan and said with a faint smile: "As long as you are not hopelessly stupid, you can always practice rules and skills if you are willing to work hard and learn slowly.
It's just a matter of affection. They have been with me for almost ten years, so they are naturally closer. I know you are a good person, so take your time and let's just spend some time together. Okay, you can go have a meal too. In the afternoon
Ask Xiao Tao to guard the door, and you accompany me to the front to take a look."
Cai Huan's face suddenly lit up and she went out happily.
After she went out, Minglan put down the spoon, pondered for a while, and asked in a low voice: "...what do you think of this person?"
"She talks a lot and likes to inquire." Xiao Tao pouted, "But she is good at needlework, and she is also hard-working. She rushes to do everything."
Minglan poked at the rice with her chopsticks: "It's normal to be inquisitive. Newcomers always want to know more, but they're afraid...forget it, we can't fight with everything. Xiaotao, please remember, don't ask her to come into my house.
There is plenty of work outside, enough for her to do."
Xiao Tao responded seriously: "If she is smart, she will not make her own decisions; if she is good, the girl will not treat her badly."
"I hope..." Minglan lacked confidence, which is a common problem among legal professionals.
After eating, Minglan touched her poor little bones and felt that it would be more reliable to take a nap to increase fatness, so that she would not be able to resist in bed in the future. So she sighed and rolled into the bed; feeling dazed.
At this time, my mind was spinning like a revolving door with all the thoughts I had read these past two days.
Mi Zhuxingui in the capital, since Haishi entered the house, there are ten people in the Sheng Mansion, three aunts, four wives, a total of seventeen people, including maids, wives, servants and stewards, fifty-eight people below; Haishi
After gradually taking charge of things, Minglan often went to help take care of Brother Quan. Sometimes she heard a few words and learned that such a family's annual expenses, including normal favors, were about four thousand taels.
The Wang family is shrewd, while the Hai family is frugal, and their household income is quite adequate and abundant. Counting the surplus from the farm shop and the example of Yuyang's hometown, they can save a lot of money every year to prepare for their grandson's wedding.
As for his new home? Gu Tingye was a second-grade official with an annual salary of 150 taels and 61 shi of rice. However, even the servants of the Sheng Mansion would not eat this kind of old rice. They usually took it directly to the rice shop and folded it into silver, so
He is a military attache, and he also has two hundred and twenty taels of military supplies. His salary alone can get about five hundred taels. According to the usual practice, there should be Bing Jing and Tan Jing.
The land register that Minglan has obtained so far shows that Gu Tingye has two farms near the Yanmao River on the outskirts of Beijing. One is called Heishan Village, with more than 80 hectares of fertile land, and the other is called Guyan Village, with hundreds of hectares of fertile land. The emperor
He was also given half a hilltop and a hot spring village in the west mountain of the capital. All in all, the total income was about 5,000 taels.
Piece: There doesn't seem to be a commercial industry yet.
That day, Minglan asked Gu Tingye how much time he could spend in the house. Gu Tingye didn't tell him the reason. He only said that in addition to these fixed assets being at Minglan's disposal, he also put fifty thousand taels of silver in the accounting room, saying that Minglan was the one
The formation looked at the envoy first, and then asked him if it was not enough.
From a concubine with only one and a half of her monthly income to a rich woman with such money at her disposal, Minglan suddenly felt like she was a wealthy person. She wished she could order three bowls of bird's nest porridge every day, eat one bowl, look at another bowl, and then
Empty the bowl.
There are only a few people in the Gu family, how can they use so much! Minglan reminded herself repeatedly that she only has the right to use the money, not ownership, and cannot use it randomly... However, can she get some small, um, management fees?
Woolen cloth.
Minglan despises herself. It seems that she has the potential to be a corrupt criminal.
Gu Tingye, Minglan and Sister Rong are the principals, and there are two aunts and one girl, Fengxian. According to the rules of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, Minglan belongs to the wife level and earns thirty taels per month.
(After marriage, the salary increased fifteen times). If you are the young mistress (Minglan's future daughter-in-law), it will be twenty taels. Sister Rong and Aunt Rong will both get twenty taels.
The trouble was that Miss Fengxian would only pay one tael a month for a marriage, but Gu Tingye had no intention of dealing with her at all. When Minglan asked about it that day, he was confused for a moment, but after the reminder, his face turned gloomy.
Later, Minglan secretly asked Xia He and found out that this Fengxian girl was originally a member of the family of a criminal who had not entered the Jiaofang Division (Qin Sang's knuckles cracked for a while when she heard this).
General Gan brought it and sent it to Gu Mansion (it is said that there are legal procedures).
At first, she was said to be good at all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. After being forgotten by Gu Tingye for seven or eight days, she couldn't help it. One night, she played the song "Qing Shui Liu Shang" in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, Yangchun Baixue encountered a dandy brother, and Gu Tingye had been in trouble since childhood.
He learned boxing and was good at street fighting and killing enemies in front of battle, but his cultural literacy was not up to par (Minglan secretly thought that if she sang "Eighteen Mo", Gu Tingye might be able to fight). In addition, he was extremely tired at the time and was beaten in his sleep.
When I woke up, I became even more angry. I immediately kicked down two doors, and the roar could be heard half a mile away.
Early the next morning, Gu Tingye asked someone to move her to the most remote west corner of the house.
After another month, Fengxian finally realized that vision may be more intuitive and important to men than hearing, so one night, she came to deliver supper in fluttering white clothes and thin clothes. She was very unlucky.
, she did not meet Gu Tingye who was busy with business, but she met Aunt Chang who happened to be tidying up in the house.
How well-educated could the wet nurse in the salt merchant's family be? Grandma Chang had a bad temper and a mean mouth. It was rumored that she had used a butcher's knife in her early years. She immediately ridiculed her and greeted her from the eighteenth generation of Fengxian's ancestors to her grandson.
The eighteenth generation, and vividly compared her technical level with that of brothel fans, which attracted all the servants and wives in the house to laugh and watch.
Aunt Chang's spittle flew up as she scolded her, and she still felt unhappy, so she chased her all the way to Jingfei Pavilion to continue her scolding. Now, Miss Fengxian gave up completely, crying with shame and anger and almost hanging herself (she didn't hang herself in the end, the Jiaofang Secretary said
She didn't commit suicide, so she must have strong nerves). Minglan guessed that it was because of this that she changed the name of the house to Lingding Pavilion.
Minglan seriously suspected that Grandma Chang was acting this way because of Gu Tingye's instructions. This guy had been involved in seventy-two hidden secrets of the three religions, and his thoughts were far more narrow-minded and sinister than those of the wealthy men next to him. For the gift sent by his senior boss,
', unable to drive her away, she simply fought fire with fire, and found a senior and senior nanny to humiliate her so that she would not have the face to go out.
After that, Miss Fengxian really didn't go out much, and half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
How much monthly payment should I give her? The more Minglan thought about it, the more dizzy she became. After a while, she fell into a deep sleep. The golden crow gradually turned away and the sun became warm. Minglan didn't know how long she slept. Finally, she asked Xiaotao to wake up.
"What's wrong?" Minglan still squinted her eyes. She looked sideways and saw that it was past noon.
Xiao Tao, however, looked excited. She leaned into Minglan's ear and whispered: "The fifth old lady is here!"
"So soon?" Minglan's eyes widened suddenly and she woke up, "She's the only one?"
"There are also her two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Di." Xiao Tao lowered her head and chewed her ears, smiling, "The girl is very knowledgeable about things. I called a few concierges to watch. It was true that someone had gone out, that Diao.
House's!"
Minglan sat on the bed blankly, sighing slightly: "We live so close, how can we not come to visit?" - She figured it out, working so hard, she should charge some management fees anyway!
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The number of words is a little short today. I have work to do in the unit, so I’ll make up for it next time. Don’t read the article with a pear, it’s half-dead and lukewarm. This is a farming article.