Lucky Star Gao Zhao

Chapter 256

Gao Zhao made a list of what came to mind first, and then asked his aunt about her daily routine and expenses.Gao Cui was surprised that her niece's questions were all about the key points.

Gao Zhao wrote down the approximate total monthly expenses, how much each item would cost, the servant's monthly salary, and added something else.After summarizing everything, I read it to my aunt, and said: "Auntie, let's do this first, and then add any problems you encounter later, and you can only perfect it in practice."

"That's it, Zhao'er is really capable. It's better to know how to read. My aunt can't read, so I just need to remember it in my heart. Fortunately, your mother trusts my aunt, so she gave me this family. I thought I had to take care of it." Alright, never waste a copper coin, just report to your mother every day, and then take care of the kitchen, Zhao’er’s method is better, did Zhao’er ask Yulan?”

"I haven't seen Sister Qian yet, I thought of it myself."

Gao Cui stretched out her thumb and said: "No wonder your grandfather said that you are good at learning. This is also a skill. The mistress of a wealthy family must be able to settle accounts, so that she can take care of the family business. Mrs. Zhang Chen said that a capable mistress can help the family. Save a house, and when you meet a prodigal, you will not be able to get the dowry for your son to marry a daughter-in-law. It turns out that my aunt was worried that you would not live a life of extravagance. Now my aunt is relieved. If you have this ability, where will you marry? They can take care of the inner house."

Gao Zhao looked up triumphantly, "Don't worry, auntie, who am I? There is nothing I can't do."

Gao Cui smiled and said, "Alright then, make clothes for Dagu."

"How dare I wear it as an aunt?" Gao Zhaoxin said: Can I make a suspender skirt?

"Don't waste the fabric, you'd better settle the score, anyway, the female red will not let the servants make it, I have already started to teach Chunzhu to make clothes, and let Chunzhu make your inner clothes in the future, and Xianglan is strong, so I will make shoes , It is also hard work to put the soles of the shoes on.”

Gao Zhao giggled, her two maids were completely dominated by the aunt.

The next morning, Gao Zhao asked his mother and aunt to accompany him, and Qiao Yun listened in. He summoned all the servants in her living room, and began the first day's announcement of his appointment.

Jiang, as the mistress, announced the matter, and then Gao Zhao gave an opening speech of kindness and majesty, stipulated several rules with clear rewards and punishments, and officially promoted Mama Liu to be in charge of the kitchen, and Mama Wei to be in charge of the inner house. A mother came to the east wing to arrange the day's work.

They were so happy that they kowtowed, and when they got up, they showed their loyalty, and the others kowtowed, also showing their loyalty excitedly.

"The matchmaker will bring people in a few days. Mama Liu and Mama Wei will choose together. At that time, I will see your eyesight. There will be more and more people in the family in the future. Mama Liu and Mama Wei will have to work hard. If there is anything, I will find You are in charge."

Seeing her daughter's arrangement so well, Jiang was very surprised and very satisfied. Just like what the eldest sister said, there is nothing to be afraid of if you don't know how to work.

Gao Cui always had a serious face, and after her niece finished making arrangements, she sternly confessed that she would completely listen to the eldest lady, and sell the family if there was a private mover.

Mama Liu said about the silver taels needed to buy vegetables every day, and she took it back. The Gao family house does not need to have daily expenses for the time being, and Mama Wei has nothing to pay for.

After all the servants had left, Gao Zhao said, "What about me? Mother should be at ease now."

"Zhao'er is doing well, better than Auntie."

Gao Cui praised first, Jiang Shi also praised a few words.

Gao Zhao said modestly: "It's all taught by the ordinary mother and the eldest aunt, otherwise I wouldn't know it."

"Yes, yes, I usually talk to Zhao'er a lot."

Gao Cui thought it was her credit, her face glowed.

Gao Zhao got up to give blessings to the two, and gave a bunch of words of thanks, saying that he would still be inseparable from the teachings of his mother and aunt in the future.

Afterwards, she was accompanied by my aunt, who inspected the kitchen and the backyard, and the first job as the chief manager was successfully completed.

The two elders of the Gao family began to adapt to the life of the mistress, and she took Qiaoyun to Jia's house.

Jia Xibei had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw them coming in, he said, "Why is it so late? I thought your words didn't count, why don't you come."

"Am I that kind of person? Even if I don't come, I have to send someone to tell you that I have serious business today, and of course I have to deal with the serious business first."

"What's the matter? Are you starting to learn female celebrities? Do you want me to teach you? I can still embroider handkerchiefs."

"It's fine if the handkerchief embroidering maid can do it. I'm not an embroiderer. What I want to do is to take care of my inner courtyard in the future. This is a serious matter."

Jia Xibei asked curiously: "What do you mean? What about your aunt?"

"My mother and eldest aunt should take a good rest. I'm going to be fourteen, and it's time for me to do something. Let me ask you, you will marry into the Wang family in the future, and there are a bunch of servants in your yard. Do you want to let me go?" Your mother-in-law will take care of it for you?"

Jia Xibei said: "My mother said to give me a dowry and let the person in charge take care of it."

"The person in charge is to follow the master's arrangement to manage things. Don't let her make the decisions? It's not that you want to arrange these things. I am the one who arranges them. The house will not be messed up. Don't underestimate the trivial things in this house. For example, There are guests at home, let’s entertain, the steward asks the master what dishes to cook, you wave your hand: you can figure it out, and you can do it during the Chinese New Year. It's done, hee hee."

Jia Xibei said distressedly: "My mother told me that she also asked me to follow suit. Don't I find it annoying? I have to deal with all these long-winded things one by one, which is boring."

"You have to do it if it's not interesting. Is the scientific examination interesting? It's just that there are no women's scientific examinations, otherwise I must study hard to go to the scientific examination, and I can make a difference. Do I want to be trapped in this inner house as a bird without wings? Your family, Wang Xiaoer, is an official. When you go home and see the mess in the inner house, don’t think that he is working so hard outside. You can’t even take care of the inner house. You will have children in the future, and the children will eat, drink, and sleep, including teaching. Do you also expect the manager to make arrangements?"

Jia Xibei became anxious when he heard this, and said, "How can I not be as good as Wang Xiaoer? I will definitely make arrangements."

Gao Zhao sighed, and said, "I would rather go out than stay in the house. I asked my father when I was young, if I could dress up as a woman to take the scientific examination, and my father said no. The examination requires a body search, so I will learn those things. What do you do with the books you don’t understand? If you understand it, you don’t need to study hard, but I can’t do the housework well, so am I a waste? I’m [-] years old, it’s time for my mother and eldest aunt to rest , So I went, it was they who said that I would not let me take care of things when I was young, not because I don’t know how, I planned to bring Qiaoyun with me every time, so that I could learn it, and when she grows up, she will be able to do it without teaching.”

Jia Xibei became interested, "Then I'll see how you arrange it tomorrow, and I'll take care of it when I come back. When I get back to Beijing, I'll let my mother rest. I'm sure I'll scare my grandmother, hehe."

Gao Zhao was speechless, she could treat everything as fun.

(End of this chapter)