The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 146 Wife agrees to open source projects
When Qiao Jiuxiu and Ye Duanyi were looking for their wife to talk about something, the wife had just finished breakfast. Although the meal had been reduced, for the wife, the breakfast was still too rich, so much that she didn't even move However, he was removed from the table.

Qiao Jiuxiu sighed, although she was dissatisfied in her heart, she didn't dare to say it in front of her wife.You must know that my wife is very particular about food. She often feels that eating is not only to fill her stomach, but also a symbol of status. It seems that there are some delicacies from mountains and seas. Only after she has a certain status can she eat them of.

Seeing Qiao Jiuxiu and Ye Duanyi coming, the wife asked them to sit down and asked Ruyi to go down and make tea for them.When my wife is talking about things, she likes to drink tea, and there is always a maid standing by her side to help mix the tea. This work is usually done by Ruyi, so as long as it is not talking about something too confidential, Ruyi can know from it one two.

"Jiu girl, do you have a general plan for saving money?" Madam took a breath and got straight to the point.Qiao Jiuxiu nodded slightly. She naturally had her own opinion, but she felt that today's wife seemed a little indifferent to her, not as enthusiastic as before.And for some reason, she faintly felt that his wife was dissatisfied with him.

She shouldn't have done anything wrong recently, but if she hadn't done anything wrong, why would the wife have such an expression.Qiao Jiuxiu felt more and more wrong, so she could only twitch the corners of her mouth lightly. Regardless of whether her wife was dissatisfied with her or not, there was nothing wrong with being careful when she was able to speak.Be careful when sailing for ten thousand years, especially in front of your wife, sometimes a wrong sentence may bring unimaginable consequences.

"Yesterday I went to the kitchen first and asked Uncle Wang in the kitchen. Uncle Wang said that Miss and Auntie's meals are wasted all year round. If you want to save money, you can start from this point, so I asked Uncle Wang to help. Since last night, the meals for the sisters and aunts have been lowered."

The wife nodded. Qiao Jiuxiu did it fairly well. With the appetite of the young ladies, I don't think they can eat the configuration of five dishes and one soup.It's a pity to waste it, especially at this critical moment, Qiao Jiuxiu did nothing wrong. "And then? Besides going to the kitchen, where did you go yesterday?"

"Returning to Madam, I also went to Aunt Qiaoyu, because every specific expenditure and income of the family is recorded on Aunt Qiaoyu's side. I want to know what are the necessary expenses in this season. What expenses can be withheld temporarily. I think this will also help in reducing expenditure." Qiao Jiuxiu said while observing his wife's expression, but the expression on his wife's current expression is too inscrutable, and she can't see it for a while. After all, I can only laugh with him and continue to speak cautiously.

"You still asked Qiaoyu to give you the ledger to look at." The wife suddenly changed her expression and became very serious when she said this, "When Qiaoyu came over, she said that your attitude was very firm at that time, and that if you If you don't give it to you, you will let Ruyi go and pick it up, Jiu girl, this Ruyi is my first-class maid, even I can't bear to let her do errands, you can order her?"

Qiao Jiuxiu was slightly speechless, and only then did she understand why his wife was angry.The reason why the wife is angry is because she has exceeded her authority, and Ruyi belongs to the wife, so she can only listen to the orders of the wife alone.But what she said yesterday was just to frighten Qiaoyu, and she didn't want Ruyi to make a trip.Besides, if you want to borrow Ruyi, you don't need to greet your wife first.

Seeing Qiao Jiuxiu being picked up by his wife, Ye Duanyi felt uncomfortable, thinking to help Qiao Jiuxiu out of the siege, so she hurriedly said, "Madam, you misunderstood Jiumei. The fact is that we want to get the account book , and then we can know the specific expenditure and income, but Qiaoyu doesn't give it to us, we have no choice, so we want to use your old man's face to ask her to lend us the account book."

Qiao Jiuxiu gave Ye Duanyi a sad look, it's fine if she doesn't explain, if she explains it like this, I'm afraid his wife will think too much.And it would be too unworthy for my wife to get angry with Ye Duanyi because of this matter, so I quickly said, "If there is no such thing, everything is my idea. If my wife wants to punish, Jiu Yatou is willing to bear it .”

The wife sighed. She will use Qiao Jiuxiu a lot in the next period of time, so she can't fall out now, lest she will feel embarrassed when she is used in the future, but she still needs to give Qiao Jiuxiu a warning, otherwise, she It's about to go to the sky with arrogance. "Jiu girl, I don't mean to blame you, but I think you are a smart person. There are some things you can do, and some things you can't do. Just remember, and I won't punish you this time."

Qiao Jiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief, the wife didn't punish herself, it's really great.Ye Duanyi also breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing that his wife's expression still did not ease, she must be angry about another matter.Sure enough, the wife continued to say, "Jiu girl, I want to tell you one more thing. You should never take the account book out of the recording room. You must know that the account book is the lifeblood of the entire Qiao Mansion. You are the young lady of the Qiao Mansion." , It doesn't matter if you read this thing, I'm afraid that some cat or dog will get the account book, which will be troublesome. Therefore, such a mistake can only be made this time."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, the wife's tone just now was considered good, if it were normal, she would definitely be furious.The wife saw that the punishment was almost done, and Qiao Jiuxiu was very smart, as long as she said something, she would do it well, and she didn't worry anymore, "By the way, tell me, what do you think about increasing income and reducing expenditure ?”

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Madam, I read the account books last night and found that Qiao's residence had two main expenditures in April and May, and these two expenditures cannot be saved. The first It is to store enough ice cubes for the summer. If you don’t prepare them now, it will not be cost-effective to wait until the ice price rises sharply in June. The second expenditure is to prepare for worshiping the Bodhisattva. It cannot be spared."

The wife nodded, Qiao Jiuxiu was just thinking, and Qiao's house had thousands of items of expenses that he didn't mention a month, but she could find the key points from it, then grasp the key points, and conduct necessary analysis.If time passes, she will definitely become a very good hostess.It's just that Qiao Jiuxiu's status is very embarrassing. As a concubine's daughter, if she is married to a high-ranking official, Hu Ah, she will definitely not be able to be a regular wife, but if she is a concubine, being too smart is not a good thing.

"If I remember correctly, these two expenses are very large, and they cannot be solved by reducing the supply of three meals alone. You should have other ideas." The wife quickly caught Qiao Jiuxiu's just now The point of the speech.Since the expense is huge and unavoidable, how should she deal with it?Since Qiao Jiuxiu dared to discuss this matter with her, it showed that she already had her own ideas.

"Returning to my wife, I do have my own ideas about this matter, but I still need your support for this idea, and I don't know whether I am right or wrong in thinking this way." Qiao Jiuxiu briefly explained her previous plan about selling jewelry to his wife. After talking about it, he emphasized that now is an extraordinary period, and he can find someone who is not so eye-catching in Qiao's mansion to go to the pawnshop, so that the pawnshop will not know that Qiao's mansion is pawning things.On the premise of saving face, they can also help tide over difficulties.

After listening to Qiao Jiuxiu's suggestion, the wife frowned slightly, as if she was considering the feasibility of this matter.There is a huge financial gap in the Qiao Mansion right now. If it is not filled, life in the next year will be greatly affected. At this time, it is indeed necessary to use the strength of everyone.Moreover, Qiao's Mansion has just taken root in the capital, and not many people know about Qiao's Mansion, so at this time, sending people to pawnshops to pawn, the chance of being discovered is not very high, but it is a very feasible method.

"Since Jiu Yatou already has her own ideas, let's do what you want." The wife nodded, "Tomorrow, I will hold a small meeting to share your ideas with everyone, and then those with more money Pay more, pay less for those with less money, and after we get over the difficulties, we will slowly compensate everyone."

Qiao Jiuxiu nodded, many of the wife's thoughts were similar to hers, but she saw that the wife took off the golden hairpin from her head and handed it to Qiao Jiuxiu, "Jiu girl, this is an extraordinary time, I want to lead by example, this thing You just donate to me."

Qiao Jiuxiu took the nobile from his wife carefully.Ye Duanyi on the side was also about to take off the jewelry on her head. Seeing this, the wife quickly stopped, "Duanyi, you don't want to participate. You just married into the family, and I will ask you to take it out for Qiao's family." My own jewelry, this is really too embarrassing."

Ye Duanyi shook her head, saying that since she married into the Qiao family, she is a member of the Qiao family, and she should serve the Qiao family and tide over the difficulties together.The wife couldn't resist, so she could only ask Ye Duanyi to donate jewelry and let her be in charge of this donation. Qiao Jiuxiu, as Ye Duanyi's deputy, assisted her in managing this matter.Qiao Jiuxiu readily accepted, and she would definitely handle this matter well with Ye Duanyi.

The wife nodded happily, and said that she was relieved to leave this matter to the two of them.Thinking that Ye Duanyi and Qiao Jiuxiu rarely come here together, and after finishing the business, they still want to say something considerate, so they looked at Ye Duanyi lightly, "Duanyi, how have you been with Shaotang lately?"

(End of this chapter)