Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 5 Butler
Entering Mrs. Zhuang's courtyard, the maid raised her voice and announced, "Biao Miss, Second Miss, Fourth Miss, Fifth Miss, come to greet the old lady."

Entering the east living room, Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Zou's grandma Liao, Mrs. Wu's second grandma, and the third girl Zhuang Qingyan have all arrived.

Zhuang Qingyan is the second wife's prostitute, she looks exactly like the old lady Zhuang when she was young.

Duck egg face, phoenix eyes, hanging eyebrows.

Seeing the sisters coming in, she stood up, and waited for Jiang Changning and the others to greet the old lady and the two ladies and take their seats before she sat down.

"Ning girl." Old lady Zhuang called out.

"Old lady." Jiang Changning stood up and bowed his head respectfully.

"So many things happened on your way to Beijing, why don't you tell me?" Mrs. Zhuang thought that she was kind to Jiang Changning by taking him into the mansion to raise him.

Jiang Changning was very dissatisfied with hiding so many things.

If she had known that Jiang Changning had the golden lock left by the empress dowager, she would definitely be able to plan something for the dealer.

She had long forgotten that she brought Jiang Changning over to raise him for the sake of the Jiang family's wealth.

The old lady Zhuang brought Jiang Changning to the dealer for other reasons, and Jiang's father actually didn't want Jiang Changning to go to the dealer.

He was worried that if his daughter entered the house, it would be as deep as the sea, and she would be involuntary and at the mercy of others.

But Jiang Changning was young and was a daughter, so he had to depend on others.

Although the dealer is not good, he can protect his daughter for a while.

Jiang Changning obeyed his father's order, restrained his sharpness, and obediently entered the dealer's house to be a weak cousin who needed protection.

Secretly, Jiang Changning relied on his father's arrangement before his death to control the Jiang family's business.

When Jiang Changning first entered the mansion, the Zhuang family not only got part of the Jiang family's property, Jiang Changning also handed over [-] silver bills to the old lady Zhuang in public.

Rather than saying that the banker raised Jiang Changning, it is better to say that the two parties are mutually beneficial.

It is true that the dealer has a feeling of support for Jiang Changning, but the money from the Jiang family has really made up for the shortage of the dealer.

The old lady Zhuang asked the teacher to ask the crime, and as expected by Jiang Shaoning, she lowered her eyes and said: "I thought the big brother would tell the old lady."

Jiang Changning really didn't think about telling about Jin Suo, but she didn't think about hiding the matter of saving Concubine Li and the third prince.

After all, I couldn't hide it, Zhuang Jiwen who went to pick her up to Beijing was an insider.

But why didn't Zhuang Jiwen mention it?

Now that Zhuang Jiwen has died of illness, no one knows the reason.

Jiang Changning used Zhuang Jiwen to cover up the matter.

Mrs. Zhuang couldn't ask any more questions, so she talked about the two women, "Both Qin and Lin are old people who have served me by my side for many years. You are young and incompetent. I will ask them to serve you by your side. In order to remind you more."

"Thank you, old lady, for thinking about me. Since Zhou's mother left the house, there is no one around me who can remind me of my old mother." Jiang Changning leaned forward and smiled.

"Biao girl is really lucky to be favored by the old lady." Zou said with a smile.

"If there is an old man in a family, if there is a treasure, everyone is a lucky person if there is an old lady around." Jiang Changning didn't bother to guess what Zou's words meant, and deliberately gave the old lady a small compliment.

Zou said with a smile: "No, we are all lucky people."

The old lady Zhuang smiled cheerfully, looking happy.

At this time, the maid came in and said, "Old lady, the morning meal is ready."

"Let's go eat." Mrs. Zhuang handed her hand to Zhuang Qingyan.

In the Zhuang family, the girl who was really favored by Mrs. Zhuang was Zhuang Qingyan who was exactly like her.

The main dish is chicken porridge, shrimp porridge, steamed buns, siu mai and steamed buns, and eight dishes of side dishes.

Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zou sat at the side drinking tea to accompany them, Mrs. Liao placed the chopsticks, and Mrs. Wu took the soup.

Eat without speaking, sleep without speaking.

At the dining table, no one was gossiping, and it was rare and quiet.

After the meal, except for Zhuang Qingyan who stayed with Mrs. Zhuang, everyone left.

Wu's is still in charge of the dealer's house now. When Liao married in, Wu handed over part of the housekeeping power to her.

But once Zhuang Jiwen died, Wu took back the housekeeping right from her on the grounds that Liao should concentrate on taking care of her daughter Zhuang Nianyun.

After Zhuang Qingyu and Jiang Changning turned 14 years old, Mrs. Wu should have taught them housekeeping.

But Wu Shi never liked Zhuang Qingyu, a concubine, nor Jiang Changning, a cousin, and was unwilling to teach them.

But today, Mrs. Wu said: "Hong girl, Ning girl, come with me to hug the mansion. It's time for such a big girl to learn to be a director of the house."

Zhuang Qingyu and Jiang Changning looked at each other in surprise, and said in unison: "Yes."

Inside and outside the building where the business is discussed, there are servants from all over the dealer.

The dealer has been passed down for five generations. There are many masters and servants. There are more than 1000 people on the roster.

It's just that not many of the dealer's heirs have made great achievements, and they are gradually showing signs of decline.

Mrs. Wu went in and sat down on the front seat, while Zhuang Qingyu and Jiang Changning sat on the chairs beside them.

The stewards came in one by one, and they were all trivial matters.

At this time, Wu's accompanying room, Zhu Xiao's family, led a young nun in, "Ma'am, the little master of Yun Ju'an has something to report."

The little nun bowed to Mrs. Wu and said: "I feel that the teacher is seriously ill, and I'm afraid it won't last for a few days."

Wu was stunned for a moment, Zhu Xiao's family came to her ear and reminded her in a low voice, "It's Aunt Fang who used to be by the old man's side."

After Mrs. Zhuang died of illness, he left behind one wife and five concubines. Except Aunt He, who gave birth to a daughter for him, stayed in the mansion for the elderly.

Every year, the dealer will send a hundred taels of silver to the nunnery for four people to spend.

Wu suddenly realized, and asked, "Have you read it, Sir?"

"I asked the doctor to read it, and he also boiled the medicine to drink, but the doctor said that the master is too serious to get up, and I am afraid that he will die soon." The little nun said.

"The medicine stone is ineffective, there is no way to do it, go to the tent to pay ten taels of silver, and if the teacher is gone, let's bury her properly, there is no need to go back and forth." Wu took a sign and handed it to Zhu Xiao's family.

Zhu Xiao's family took the sign and led the little nun out.

Mrs. Wu dealt with the matter all morning, while Zhuang Qingyu and Jiang Changning watched and listened all morning.

After finishing the matter, Mrs. Wu sent them away without saying a word to the two girls, "You guys are tired after sitting here for a long time, go back to your room and rest."

The two girls saluted her and led the maid back to the courtyard.

After entering the house, Xiulan and Fu Cui came forward to help Jiang Changning change, "Miss, are you tired?"

"Just sit there, there's no need to be tired." Jiang Changning took off the white jade bracelet and wisteria ring on his right hand, and put them on the dressing table.

"The eldest lady is not sincerely trying to teach the girl, but just showing off." Fangju said angrily.

"There's nothing to be angry about. I didn't expect her to teach me." Jiang Changning smiled, "What's more, I understand everything I need to know, and I don't need her to teach me."

There is not much difference between managing a house and managing a company.

As long as the right people are arranged in the right position, let them perform their duties,

The accounts are clear, all things are done according to the rules, and both kindness and power are emphasized.

If you can manage the company well, you can manage your family well.

After living here for more than ten years, she almost forgot that she used to be a strong white-collar woman in a multinational company.

(End of this chapter)