Wei Shuyi saw a bunch of unfamiliar faces standing at the foot of the stairs, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and looked at Sheng Hong timidly.
Sheng Wei was still worried about how to place these people, so he responded casually: "Oh, these people are sent by my eldest cousin. When he heard that you were pregnant, he sent some capable people to serve in your courtyard." "How does this work!"
Sheng Hong's careless words fell in Wei Shuyi's ears, but they made her panic.
If Sheng Hong wanted to allocate three or five more people to take care of her because of her pregnancy, Wei Shu would accept it.
But now there are fifteen people!
Even Wei Ruixuan and Lin Qige only have twenty or thirty servants. How can her small Qinyun Court be compared with those two places?
The eldest lady has a rough temperament and a sharp tongue. She can only complain a few words to give Wei Shuyi a look.
But don’t forget, there is also Lin Xiaoniang, a sweet-talking girl with a sharp sword!
If this matter reaches Lin Xiaoniang's ears and makes Lin Xiaoniang feel jealous of Wei Shuyi, I'm afraid Qinyun Yuan will never have a peaceful life in the future.
Thinking of the child in her belly, Wei Shuyi gritted his teeth and immediately knelt down to beg Sheng Hong to take back his life.
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone whispering softly in my ear: "Aunt, please relax, my nephew is here for everything."
Wei Shuyi was slightly startled when he heard this, stopped kneeling, and looked at Wei Chen behind him in surprise.
Wei Chen responded with a gentle smile, then took a few steps forward to Sheng Hong and asked, "Uncle, are all these servants here to serve my aunt?"
"Exactly."
Although Sheng Hong was quite upset at the moment, he always had an approachable smile on his face when talking to Wei Chen.
"Uncle is really thoughtful!"
Wei Chen deliberately ignored the fact that the person was sent by Sheng Wei and solemnly bowed to Sheng Hong.
"Your words are serious, my nephew, it's just a matter of duty." Sheng Hong smiled and waved his hand, seemingly to be modest, but he did not deny Wei Chen's praise of him, and kept his cousin's credit without hesitation.
Most of the time.
Seeing the grateful look in Wei Chen's eyes when he looked at him, Sheng Hong couldn't help but feel a little proud. With a wave of his hand, he handed over all the deeds of the dozen servants to Wei Shuyi.
The future troubles will be left to be solved slowly later. The atmosphere has been heightened to this point. Sheng Hong just wants to complete the outfit in front of Wei Chen today.
After Wei Chen leaves Yangzhou in a few days, he will quietly transfer the staff of Qinyun Academy to other places. Even with Wei Shuyi's gentle temperament, she will not dare to tell anyone.
Wei Shuyi looked at the deed handed over by Sheng Hong and wanted to refuse, but thinking of Wei Chen's previous words, he finally accepted it with all his strength.
Holding a thick stack of deeds, Wei Shuyi's hands couldn't help but tremble a little. Seeing this, Xiao Minglan silently stretched out her chubby hand and held her mother's hand.
After Sheng Hong finished pretending to be in front of Wei Chen, he thought he had won Wei Chen's favor, so he patted his butt and left with satisfaction, leaving room for Wei Chen to talk alone with Wei Shuyi.
After Sheng Hong left, Wei Shuyi told Xiaodie to settle the new servant, while he led Wei Chen into the house.
At this time, there were no outsiders. Wei Shuyi, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't hold it in anymore. He pointed at the stack of deeds on the table and asked: "How could the Sheng family's family suddenly show their kindness to me for no reason and send such a gift to me?"
There are many people here, Brother Chen, tell me, are you the one behind this?"
Wei Chen said seriously: "Yes, I asked Uncle Sheng to send it here."
"Brother Chen, you are confused!"
Wei Shuyi frowned and said sadly: "I know you have good intentions, but do you know that if you do this, not only will you not be able to help me, it will also make my situation in the Sheng family even more difficult!"
"Auntie, don't worry."
Wei Chen patiently explained: "My nephew knows that my aunt used to have no favor from her master, no support from her natal family, and her family and life were all in the hands of others. For the sake of her children, my aunt could only bear the humiliation and live a cautious life, for fear of causing Wei Ruixuan and Wei Ruixuan.
Lin Qige’s hostility is different now.”
"Different, what's the difference?"
Wei Shu was puzzled.
"The fifteen people outside are all natives of Youyang who I asked Uncle Sheng to carefully select. They all have clean family backgrounds, are loyal and willing to work. I have also made arrangements for their families in Youyang, and there will never be any second thoughts." Wei Chen looked at Wei Shuyi and said with a smile: "My nephew believes that with my aunt's intelligence and these loyal servants, I will be able to run Qinyun Court like an iron bucket, where a needle cannot be inserted and water cannot be poured."
Come in."
Hearing that Wei Chen had worked so hard for him behind the scenes, Wei Shuyi felt a warm current welling up from his heart, refreshing his heart and spleen. However, even though he was moved, Wei Shuyi still couldn't let go of his doubts.
"The monthly silver coins for all the servants in the house are all distributed by the government. There is no way around it. Except for the fact that Shouan Hall is an independent entity, no matter which house the servants are in, they will eventually be controlled by the housekeeper. Over time, people's hearts will inevitably change!
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Wei Shuyi's worries are also very realistic. If the problem of salary payment is not solved, even if those servants were really loyal when they first came to Qinyun Academy, they will be corrupted and won over sooner or later. No matter how many people there are, they are just decorations.
"This is also simple." Wei Chen wrote lightly: "On the basis of the monthly payment at home, just give another payment to the people in Qinyun Yuan separately, and it is more generous than the ordinary monthly payment."
Wei Shuyi said helplessly: "Brother Chen, you really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Look at my courtyard. I can't even burn charcoal. How can I support so many people?"
"Aunt, what do you think this is?"
Wei Chen said with a smile and took out ten banknotes from his arms, each with a face value of one hundred taels printed on them.
"One thousand taels of silver notes?"
Wei Shuyi looked at it intently and took a breath of cold air.
Wei Chen pushed the silver note in front of Wei Shuyi and said softly: "With one thousand taels of silver, let alone fifteen or six servants in your courtyard, you can afford to support a dozen more."
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Wei Shuyi looked at the banknotes in front of him with a complicated expression: "Did you earn all this money by running a wine shop with the Sheng family's family?"
"Yes, and this is just part of it. The family still has savings of ten thousand taels, and the dividends this year will only be more."
In order to convince Wei Shu, Wei Chen did not hide anything from her: "The most important thing about our Wei family now is money. In a few years, even the second wife of the entire Sheng family may not be able to match us in terms of financial resources." p>
"Huh..."
The information in Wei Chen's words was so shocking that Wei Shuyi took a long time to digest it before finally coming back to his senses, heaving a sigh of relief and saying with a wry smile: "Ruyi's letter said that the winery was making a fortune every day. I thought at the time
She exaggerated, but now it seems that I am just looking at the sky from the bottom of a well."