Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 83 Li Wei (3)

Although such a incident happened at home, the old lady was not really angry in her heart, at most she just felt upset and had a stern face.

She looked at Shen Yuechen's gentle eyebrows, and said lightly: "This time, it's not your fault. They are all old people in the house, with careful thinking, and a belly full of twists and turns. It's okay to bully you when you are young and inexperienced." Yes. You are young and have a soft heart, you have to cheer up in the future and stop being bullied by those dirty things."

Shen Yuechen replied in a soft voice: "Thank you, old lady, for reminding me, I remember it."

The old lady picked up the tea bowl and stirred the tea leaves lightly, "Madam Li is not here, and there is no one in charge in your yard, what should we do in the future?"

Shen Yuechen thought for a while and said: "I'm bold, I want to ask the old lady and wife to give me a chance to take care of the west courtyard by myself."

The old lady raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Are you in charge alone? Can you do it?"

Shen Yuechen said with a serious expression: "I will definitely do my best, put more thought into it, and take care of the housework well. But if there is anything I don't understand, I will never make up my own mind. I will definitely come to ask the old lady and wife in person, and invite the elders to come. make a decision."

Hearing this, the old lady thought for a moment, looked up at Li Shi and Chai Shi, and asked, "What do you think?"

Li Shi was a little uneasy, looked at Shen Yuechen and said: "You are a half-old child with a thin face and a soft heart, and you are not tough enough in your actions. How can you control the old and young in that yard? If the cooking is not good, isn't it? It's even more troublesome..."

Shen Yuechen looked up into Li Shi's eyes, and said softly: "Ma'am, I know that I still have many shortcomings, but there is always a first time in everything, so please give me a chance to experience myself."

Seeing her sincerity, Li wanted to agree, but was afraid that she would not live up to her expectations.

Mrs. Chai didn't take it seriously, just ate tea with a smile and said: "Since this child is so sincere and wants to share the family's worries wholeheartedly, I think the old lady and sister-in-law should follow her. Besides, she is the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law. Sooner or later, you are the one who wants to be the master of the house, the sooner you learn, the sooner you succeed, in the future, the sister-in-law will be able to sneak away a few years earlier."

After thinking about it for a while, Li decided to let the old lady make up her mind, and asked, "I want her to practice and practice. Old lady, what do you think?"

The old lady has long wanted to find an opportunity to try Shen Yuechen's abilities. She can write and count, and she caught Li Nanny and Zhu An's painful feet in time yesterday. confused.

Nanny Li and Zhu An did it to themselves, and it happened that they gave her a chance, so they simply let her try it out and see how it goes.

The old lady pondered slightly: "Alright, you need to practice first, so that you can know where you are lacking and where you are lacking."

Shen Yuechen was overjoyed when he heard the words, and was about to kowtow to thank him, but the old lady continued: "However, to be on the safe side, I will only give you a month. You still have to take care of it, if you don’t take care of it thoroughly, it’s not too late to ask others to take care of the aftermath.”

One month... Shen Yuechen suddenly felt the pressure doubled, but at least it was the respect given to her by the old lady.

Shen Yuechen immediately kowtowed to thank him: "I understand, I thank the old lady, the eldest lady, and the second lady for their trust."

As soon as she finished speaking, someone hurriedly came in from outside and replied: "Go back to the old lady, Madam Li didn't stop her... She's out of breath, but the second steward still has some breath left."

Hearing this, the old lady sighed softly: "Bury what should be buried, and what should be thrown out should be thrown out."

The man took the order and withdrew again.

Shen Yuechen's curled fingers trembled slightly. Nanny Li was really dead, but this matter probably hasn't really come to an end yet.The ledger is still in her hands, and Zhu An has not yet spit out the money he has been greedy for, so someone has to come forward to finish it off.

Sure enough, the old lady waved her hand and signaled Shen Yuechen to get up, "Bring that ledger."

Shen Yuechen offered it with both hands, but who knows, the old lady still didn't even look at it, she just grabbed the ledger, threw it lightly on Zhu Rong's face, and said in a deep voice: "You led him in, if he gets into trouble, let him go You come to make up, as much as the shortfall, you can make up as much, if you dare to lose more than half a tael, I will ask you."

Zhu Rong hugged the account book tightly, fell on the ground, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Yes, yes, my servants have remembered it."

As long as the old lady didn't take his anger out on him, he would be willing to take any amount of money, and he could earn more when the money was gone. As long as he could stay in Zhu's house, there would be plenty of opportunities to make money in the future.

Shen Yuechen walked all the way from the upper room back to the west courtyard, his palms were covered with cold sweat.Another human life was lost right under her nose. Although she had prepared for it long ago, when she heard it with her own ears, her heart still skipped a beat, and she couldn't tell if it was uncomfortable or frightening.However, at this time, she couldn't care less about others, and she was still a dead person.

The old lady only gave her a month. The time was short and there were so many things that she couldn't be distracted.

Shen Yuechen took a long breath, and told Chun Ming, "Wait a while, call all the servants in our yard to gather in the yard, there must be no one left, I have something to explain."

"Yes." Chun Ming agreed and hurried to go.

Xu Shi, everyone was still worried about what happened last night, and they all acted swiftly.

It was only a cup of tea, and the maids and maids in the courtyard on the west side, as well as the guards, gathered neatly in the courtyard, waiting for the grandma to give her orders.

Shen Yuechen stood under the cool and airy eaves, while the servants stood with their heads bowed under the scorching sun.Although the sun is poisonous, no one dares to complain.

Shen Yuechen intentionally made them stand for a while longer before she said: "Nurse Li just passed away this morning. From now on, I will take care of everything in this yard, no matter how big or small. Although I am young, I also have My own rules. Now, since I am the housekeeper, you have to follow my rules and habits to handle affairs and errands. If you do well, you will be rewarded, and if you do wrong, you will be punished. You can decide for yourself."

Everyone lowered their heads and kept their ears upright, listening carefully.

"Because of the previous incident, there are not many people in the yard now, and everyone has to be more careful than before. If there is any urgent errand and you are really too busy, just tell me clearly, and I will take care of it." Immediately dispatching people to take care of it will not really make everyone suffer; but if someone is deliberately lazy and playing tricks in front of me, then don't blame me as the master, who is unkind, and deal with it strictly."

Although Shen Yuechen spoke calmly, everyone still felt that every word was extremely harsh.

After explaining his position and attitude, Shen Yuechen eased his tone a little, and continued: "Right now, there are two important matters in our yard. One is to prepare the luggage and car attendants for the uncle to go to Beijing. The second Zong is to establish new rules. I don’t care how you were on duty in the past. From now on, you must follow my rules. Starting tomorrow, you will each be divided into two groups, and you will take turns to watch the night every day. Do not procrastinate. On weekdays, without my order, no one is allowed to enter or leave the main room at will, let alone touch anything in the room, not even a piece of paper."

The crowd answered in unison.

Shen Yuechen immediately reached out to look at Wu Ma, and said, "Wu Ma, come here."

Wu Ma blessed her body and rushed to meet her.

Shen Yuechen took her hand, looked at everyone and said, "Mama Wu is the most capable old man around me, and she also knows my habits best. From now on, she will be the mother in charge of this yard, you must respect her .Including, the maids and servants of the aunts in each house are the same, you are not allowed to be in front of her, no matter how big or small."

In the past, Mama Wu was only in charge of the kitchen. Apart from cooking and making soup, she didn't have any real power in her hands. Now that Mammy Li is away, she will naturally become the most respectable person in the yard.

Shen Yuechen said everything that should be said, and was only going to say this once.After the scene last night, right now, no one dared to look down on her any more. Even in front of her, they wished they could be more careful.

After being so busy for less than half an hour, Shen Yuechen finally had time to go back to the room, and sat down to drink tea for a rest.

Chunming looked at the servants outside who didn't even dare to breathe, she was in a good mood, and said with a smile on her face: "Miss, after such a toss, no one will dare to underestimate you again."

Shen Yuechen leaned back, closed her eyes and meditated: "How can it be so easy? Because Nanny Li is an example in front, they will still have lingering fears, so they will naturally obey. In the future, it will be hard to say."

They are all big living people with arms, legs and mouths, and I'm afraid they won't be able to control them just by scaring them.

As a master, it is not enough to only have a temper, the key is to have ability, otherwise, don't expect the people below to be loyal to you.Moreover, one month is too short, and there is really no time to beat and scold and toss around every day.

Shen Yuechen pondered silently for a while, only to feel that neither being strict nor being loose, the best way is to give both kindness and majesty, with clear rewards and punishments.

Chun Ming saw the tired look on her face, and said softly, "Miss is tired, why don't you lie down and have a rest."

Shen Yuechen was lost in thought for a while, and then smiled slightly, and answered her words: "Well, that's fine, I'm a little tired, and I want to hang out for a while."

Chunming hurriedly nodded in response, "Maidservant, go get the young lady a basin of water to wipe her face." As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Wu Ma walking in slowly, holding a basin of warm water in her hand.

Chun Ming was slightly taken aback, only took the water basin down, and said with a smile: "Mom is still careful."

Wu Ma looked at Shen Yuechen with a gentle face, and said lightly, "Miss, I want to come over and discuss with you about the kitchen."

For Mama Wu, the kitchen is a top priority.Dozens of people in a courtyard have at least three meals a day from morning to night. It seems ordinary, but in fact it contains a lot of knowledge and exquisiteness.

Wu Ma was born as a cook when she was young, so she has the most experience and knowledge in the kitchen.Now that Shen Yuechen is in power for the first time, he has to manage people and establish rules, but at the same time, he also has to worry about the basic necessities of these dozens of people, which is definitely not easy.

Wu Ma felt that she really didn't have any other abilities and abilities to help Shen Yuechen's worries, so she could only work harder on the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)