The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 67
The big and small things in the mansion are still handled by Gu Huaixiu, but the old lady's birthday banquet is left to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen had just entered the house, and even Gu Huaixiu, the second young lady, had never held a birthday banquet for the old lady. It stands to reason that they had never experienced it before, and now the two sisters-in-law should be doing this together.But now, Mrs. Wu pointed to Mrs. Chen to do it. Isn't this cutting her face in front of the entire Zhang family?

I don't know if this old lady really doesn't understand these twists and turns, or if she deliberately wants to be disgusting and care about Huaixiu.

They want to do this well and make it beautiful, but Gu Huaishu is still worried about it.

If Mrs. Chen was allowed to handle this matter smoothly, regardless of where Gu Huaixiu would put her face, she would have been trampled on by the new bride who had just entered the door. The pair of cards, I'm afraid it will soon be in the hands of others.

"I think that in this mansion, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind... After watching her for half a year, the third young mistress wants to obediently put out her things when she enters the door."

"I dare not say that."

"I said you too, why are you still afraid of the Second Young Mistress?"

"You don't know...Anyway, you don't spread the gossip about the Second Young Mistress. Talking about the affairs of the masters behind your back will cut your tongue."

"You're scaring me, and you're still afraid of her when you say something behind your back?"

"...Forget it... let's go now."

It's not the first time that Gu Huaixiu has heard the maids' discussion, he always hears one or two sentences.

She didn't stop her footsteps, she went straight down the corridor, walked through the stone path in the middle, and was about to go back to the house.

Up and down the house, I don't know how many people are waiting to watch the show.

But, Gu Huaixiu didn't rush, and didn't show any clues at all, as if her posture was the norm.The power in the mansion is about to be given to someone else, and she doesn't see any anxiety.

Five or six days have passed in a blink of an eye, and on this day I bought a few bolts of satin, and Gu Huaishu asked the maids and women to notify each house, and each house took two bolts to make their own clothes.She just came out of the warehouse, but when she got halfway, Duoxi ran after her with small steps.

"Second young lady, something difficult happened in the warehouse..."

"Ok?"

Gu Huaishu paused, she just left, what could happen?
Some things are purchased uniformly in the mansion, recorded in the register, and then distributed to each house, the rules are extremely strict.

Today Gu Huaixiu said that if a room takes two bolts of satin, it stands to reason that no one can take more.

But today, the third young lady, Mrs. Chen, received the notice and came over to pick the satin.

"This satin has to be picked out to look good. If it arrives late, it will be gone."

Xiao Chen thought that she didn't bring many clothes. This year, she heard that the ladies in the capital had changed into fashionable styles. She also wanted to re-cut one or two clothes, so she couldn't wait to pick them out.

A few bolts of cloth were placed on the table, Mrs. Chen came in, coughed, and saw the river-blue Suzhou-Hangzhou damask at first sight, which looked very beautiful.

As she walked towards the river-blue satin, she asked, "Who has picked it?"

"If you go back to the third young lady, the second young lady has already sent it over. The eldest young lady asked Miss Tinglan to pick it just now, but the rest didn't come. If you have selected the satin, the younger one will be written down for you."

Hmph, it looks like someone else picked the leftovers.

Mrs. Chen only took a fancy to the river-blue satin, but felt that the lotus-colored eight-treasure pattern was beautiful, and also liked the autumn-scented satin next to it, which was actually pretty good.

He reached out and ordered these three horses, "Fennel, take these three horses away."

The old man who was in charge of the warehouse was a little dazed immediately, and reminded: "Third Young Mistress, this...you can only take two horses per room, this is what the Second Young Mistress said..."

"What did the second young mistress say? Listen to what she said, and what I said is not a word? It's all the young mistress in the mansion, so she is what she says? Isn't it just a piece of satin? Fennel You are hugged well, don't let it go!"

Xiao Chen became angry immediately, and she also felt the pressure in Zhang's mansion now. After all, Gu Huaishu was not as easy to deal with as she imagined, so she had no idea what to do.

But if she lets it go now, where will she put her face?
It's better to go all the way to the end.

Thinking about it, Xiao Chen didn't pay attention to the shocked expressions of the servants in the warehouse, and walked away with her maid, Fenix.

Gu Huaishu over here listened to Duoxi explain the matter clearly, and had already arrived at the courtyard of the second room.

Qing Dai lifted the curtain, Gu Huaixiu entered the room, sat down, adjusted the light purple thin satin shirt, breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "The third young lady hasn't gone back yet, right? Go and see the eldest young mistress, and see her pass by in a while, so you go to the storeroom to find someone who is quick-spoken and ask for satin. There are only so many satin in the storeroom. Where did it come from again?"

Duoxi bowed, and said again: "You said at the beginning that the river blue satin was the best and left it to the old lady, but... the third young lady also took it away."

Gu Huaixiu almost fell out of laughter when he heard the words, he had to go early for any good things on weekdays, so as not to be preempted by others.

But the satin was so beautiful, anyone would see it at first sight, but Mrs. Chen was so stupid, she took it away if she liked it, and didn't think about why others kept these satins.

No matter how careful you are, you should know that this is reserved for others. She is so ignorant of the rules when she comes here.

No, rather than not knowing the rules, it is better to say that no one has ever taught them.

Gu Huaishu heard that the brother of County Magistrate Chen is also a teacher and has no skills, but on weekdays his wife always talks about the girl's family wanting to be rich and pampered by everything.It's a pity that the family background is not good, even if they are rich, they will not raise everyone's ladies.

According to Gu Huaishu's intention, if she has children in the future, she can raise them as she pleases, and she must not be like the Chen family.

She waved her hand and sat on the kang to set the chessboard.

After studying a game of chess and land for half a year, Gu Huaishu was a little tired.

She yawned: "Just talk about the satin and that's it. I don't care about the river blue satin."

Anyway, the old madam's favorite daughter-in-law wouldn't let her wear it well, and she didn't pick up beautiful satin for her sleeves.

With a hook of her lips, Gu Huaishu had already started to play chess, and the maids below knew that she would not talk much for a long time, so they all retreated to the outside room to wait.

Duoxi hurriedly went to the storeroom to find someone, a man named Yi Bai, who usually learns accounting from Mr. Accountant, he is his apprentice, and he is also the most eloquent.Now that he heard that the second young mistress wanted a servant, Yi Bai quickly booked a ticket and walked towards the eldest young mistress.

There are four masters in the family, the elder and the second master live in the east, the third master and the fourth son live in the west, and the three young wives have to go through a large garden to the east every day.When she came, it was lively and noisy, and the second room didn't want to hear it.

In the past, the maids hated the mannerisms over there, but now they think it's just right for her to be lively when she comes, so we hurried over to make trouble when we heard the news.

Yi Bai just stood outside and let someone pass the message, and Mrs. Chen called someone to come in.

Her health has improved a lot, and now Mrs. Chen is coming to talk with her, life is not so boring.

The maid of the Second Young Mistress said she was looking for Yuyan for something, but what happened?
What the Chen family is most afraid of is that Yuyan will cause trouble, not to mention that now Gu Huaishou is in charge of the affairs of the mansion, so he cannot be easily offended.She knew that although Zhang Tingzan was the only one in the house, among the three brothers below, the second brother was probably the one who cared the most. If there was any conflict between the sisters-in-law, it would be difficult for the two brothers to deal with it.

All along, Chen Shi has played the role of a good wife and loving mother. She was half leaning on the couch, and she had already seen the servant come in.

As soon as he entered the door, Yi Bai stopped, and saluted neatly and crisply outside: "Greetings to the eldest and second young mistresses, hello grandmas."

"Hurry up, don't be too polite, what's the matter with Second Young Mistress asking you to come?"

Mrs. Chen asked a question, but Mrs. Chen next to her snorted, glanced at Yi Bai who was standing outside, and turned her face away.

It's just that she didn't expect that the boy in the treasury's opening had something to do with her.

"It's not about looking for the eldest young lady, but the third young lady. The cloth, silver and tea leaves in the mansion, including rouge and gouache, are all regulated. You should take as much as you want, and you will remember it when you buy it." On the ledger, each room has its own number. Just now, the bookkeeper at the treasury found that the third young lady took three horses from here, so there are no other houses."

Yi Bai was actually trembling in his heart, the Second Young Mistress clearly wanted to slap the Third Young Mistress in the face in front of the whole family.

Rules are dead, people are alive.

Generally speaking, it's not a big deal for someone in the house to take an extra box of rouge powder or a piece of satin, as long as it's not for those ignorant maids making a fuss, the warehouse will turn a blind eye.

When the third young mistress took away the things just now, the husband didn't say anything.In the past, when this kind of thing happened, the Second Young Mistress didn't say anything, and let them go.

But now...

The second young lady directly asked someone to ask for satin, and spread the word to the whole mansion, so the third young lady had no place to save her face.

Not to mention Yi Bai himself, even Mrs. Chen was startled when she heard this.

But she immediately looked at her cousin, who has now become a sister-in-law, her younger brother and sister.

Little Chen's face turned red and white, but he stood up immediately, smashed the teacup on the table, and said angrily: "What kind of small belly? Is there a shortage of such a piece of satin in the warehouse? I just took an extra piece. Do you want to be so fussy? Those who don’t know just think how poor the Zhang family is!”

"Yu Yan!"

Chen is the one who is so angry, why does he feel that his cousin, when she doesn't meet Gu Huaixiu, she still thinks she is cute and cute, but when she meets Gu Huaixiu, she feels so stupid!
It is really enough to dare to say these words.

Originally, Mrs. Chen wanted to reprimand Mrs. Chen to suppress this matter, so as not to embarrass the Chen family, but Mrs. Chen didn't expect that Mrs. Chen didn't appreciate it at all.

Recently, people around Xiao Chen have been praising her, saying that the first young mistress is weak and can't manage the house, and the second young mistress is not liked by the old lady. Now they are looking at me who just walked in.As long as the birthday banquet is done and the old lady is happy, won't the match in the mansion be handy in the future?
What is a bolt of satin now?How many taels of silver is a piece of satin?

Most of the people in the treasury had asked Gu Huaishu for instructions before they dared to embarrass themselves so blatantly.

She would never think that her behavior would embarrass others. For a while, Xiao Chen sneered: "Cousin, you are a young mistress, are you afraid that she will fail? I don't understand, our house also It's not just this piece of satin that is missing, she dared to order the people in the warehouse to come and get it!"

Yi Bai didn't expect the three young mistresses here to be so difficult to mess with, but he felt that the three young mistresses were really unreasonable.

He paused, and said bluntly: "Third young lady, there are rules in the house, and the rules are like this, nothing can be broken."

"You! You are just a servant, and you dare to argue with me?!" Xiao Chen felt that what she said was very reasonable, and she was a little proud for a while. How could she think that a servant who suddenly came out would dare to refute herself? "It's really a bear's heart and a leopard's guts! Who will have the final say in this mansion in the future, it's still not certain!"

"Who has the final say now, the small ones don't know, but the warehouse has its own rules, please don't break these rules, it will be difficult for everyone later..."

These words are all polite. To put it another way, unless you are the old lady who sent the words, or the master approves and can change the rules for you, otherwise it will be your fault if you break the rules.

If you don't have the second young lady's ability to hold the rules in your hands, don't come out and break the rules and throw face.

After being a servant for so many years, I have met many tyrannical masters, but which one has lasted for a long time?
Yi Bai also didn't understand in his heart. After following his master to settle accounts for so long, he always thought that the youngest mistress Chen was a?Good person, why is it like a different person if you change to her cousin?
"Okay, stop messing around! Where's the fennel?"

Mrs. Chen was dizzy when she heard this, she had only cultivated for a few days, but after being disturbed by them, she felt pain again.

For a piece of satin, Xiao Chen is so short-sighted, she doesn't have a private house in her hand to buy a piece of satin for Xiao Chen, is it worth haggling with the warehouse?

In the past few days, Xiao Chen has been too arrogant.

Her second younger brother and sister are not good people who can tolerate and let you go. If you tolerate you and let you in the front, it is mostly because of Chen's face.But as Yuyan's words and deeds became more and more excessive, she seemed to feel that she was the head of the house, and Gu Huaishu's bottom line was probably coming to an end.

Chen shi didn't know at all, Gu Huaishu had been planning to cheat little Chen shi a long time ago, so there was no problem of bottom line or bottom line.

Fennel hurried in and knelt down: "The servant is here."

"Immediately help your young mistress go back, and return the extra piece of satin to the warehouse."

Chen's tone was very serious, and he didn't care about the face of the people present at all.

If there weren't so many servants around now, she would have turned around and scolded Mrs. Chen bloody.

Xiao Chen couldn't accept it, and felt that her cousin was confused: "Cousin, return this satin, where will I put my face?"

"If you knew the rules, had some knowledge, and your eyelids were a little deeper, you wouldn't do such embarrassing things. Now you are still organizing the old lady's birthday banquet, and you should be more vigilant. If you fall, I will help you." You are sorry."

Chen always felt that little Chen would get into trouble sooner or later, but what could she do?
Now she also feels it, if there is a new brother and sister talking behind her back like this, she can't help it if she is Gu Huaixiu.

Forget it, Xiao Chen also fell when he fell.

Maybe the second younger brother and sister can save Xiao Chen from such an ugly fall for her sake.

After all, Xiao Chen's side was ordered by Chen, and she was wronged and unwilling, so she stomped her feet, lifted the curtain and ran back to her room.

Ever since she got married, Zhang Tinglu, the third master who was always said to not study hard, didn't go back to the house all day, just stayed in the study, and sometimes even spent the night in the study.

Everyone praised that the third master became mature and sensible after getting married, and knew how to work hard, so he was going to start a family and start a career.

But only Xiao Chen knows the hardship of being alone in the empty boudoir.

Biansheng talked to the old lady these few days, and the old lady said that she was capable and could persuade the third master to go back to the right path.

Xiao Chen could only swallow the grievances and sadness in her stomach.

It's fine if things in the boudoir are unsatisfactory, at least there is still some face, but now even this face has to be taken away, Xiao Chen is not reconciled, not at all!
She went back to the house and asked someone to bring out the three satin bolts. She didn't want to part with the beautiful river-blue one, and only put the lotus-colored one on the table.

"Fennel, pour some tea."

Xiao Chen shouted coldly.

Fennel was startled, thinking she was thirsty, and immediately poured her a cup of tea.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chen poured the cup of tea in her hand onto the satin, then threw the teacup, and said with a smile, "Just send this piece of satin back."

Fennel felt that her legs were weak, but she never thought that her young mistress would do such a thing.

She quickly dissuaded her: "Young Mistress, we will definitely be laughed at if we do this. Don't do this. If you don't want to part with the river-blue satin, how about we send it to the warehouse for the autumn-colored satin?"

"Bah! You little hoof is going to question me? If you tell you to take it, you can take it. Why waste so much talk? You little hoof, if you don't go, I'll break your leg!"

The voice was so loud that the maid standing outside could hear it.

A maid under the window was pruning flowers and plants, but when she heard the movement inside, she rolled her eyes, put down the scissors, and went to the second room.

Gu Huaishu quickly received the news.

The maid came to Duofu to talk about the matter, and Duofu skillfully stuffed a silver key into her hand, smiling sweetly: "Sister Xinmei is troubled."

The maid named Xin Mei felt her hand warm up as she touched the silver handle, and she hurried away for fear of being discovered.

Seeing that the man had left, Duofu came in and told Gu Huaishu.

When Gu Huaixiu heard this, she almost laughed, she pointed to Duo Huan and said, "Go and see how many bolts of new satin are left in the storeroom, if there are still people who haven't taken them, send them to another room, you Just bring me the account book by the way."

Duo Huan was a little puzzled, but he didn't understand the meaning.

As soon as she explained what Gu Huaixiu meant, the warehouse immediately sent the satin to the fourth son. As for the old lady, she was always the last one to pick. After all, everyone knows that the old lady has the habit of leaving the best to the old man. People, no one dares to grab.

But this time it's different, the Third Young Mistress took an extra one, it's missing!
How to do?
Don't let it loose for the time being, just wait for the third young lady to return Jiang Shuilan's satin.

Unexpectedly, the third young lady's satin was really sent back.

It's a pity that it's not Jiang Shuilan, but it's still a horse that was stained by tea!

The stewards were quite frightened, these are all new satin from this year, using old satin from last year will make the old lady unhappy.

Wang Fushun's family came in unhurriedly, just going to take the satin and leave, not wanting to see that the stewards were hesitating, wondering what they were hesitating about.

When she asked, she realized that such a thing had happened.

Wang Fushun's family is still in the hands of Gu Huaishu, and now that Mrs. Chen is so ignorant, she will not deliberately help Mrs. Chen.

She thought, Xiao Chen's west wind cannot overwhelm the east wind of Gu Huaixiu, if she doesn't have any bad thoughts, it's better to follow Gu Huaixiu.This young lady is a smart person, and it's not bad to follow her.

At that moment, Wang Fushun's family sighed secretly, and asked someone to take the two pieces of satin away with a cold face, and went back to report to the old lady.

Thinking about the recent changes in the third son, Wu felt very happy, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the third daughter-in-law was nice, sweet-talking, lovable, and she looked rich and fertile.

To marry a daughter-in-law, you have to marry like this.

When she was happy, Wang Fushun's family had already entered, but her face was not very good.

"Didn't you go to the warehouse to get the satin? What's the matter?"

The face of Wang Fushun's family was perplexed, and he let out a long sigh: "This old slave dare not say..."

This time, Wu Shi couldn't sit still anymore, and frowned and said, "You can say it if you have something to say, you are the only one who is strong in my body."

Only then did Wang Fushun's family tell the story, and finally said: "...Originally, the grandmothers in front of me liked the tight Jiangshui blue satin, but the rule is to leave the good things to you, the old lady. As a result, the third young lady probably didn't like it." How do you understand the rules, take it away when you like it...but...but she took an extra one, isn't there one missing here for you? After a long time of trouble, I finally got one back from the third young lady ……But……"

Speaking of this, she took out the lotus-colored satin, and there was a large piece of conspicuous tea stains on it, which was extremely ugly.

Wu's face turned dark, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"In this world, for most people, it's the daughter-in-law who leaves behind the mother-in-law..."

Gu Huaixiu counted the squares on the chessboard and talked to Qingdai, "Tell me, what expression does the old lady have now? A good daughter-in-law like the third young lady can't be found even with a lantern. Take your time... I will Let her see how satisfying the daughter-in-law here is... Sigh, I still haven't figured out how to get around this, and besieged."

Qing Dai pursed her lips and smiled, Gu Huaixiu's hypocritical and worrying appearance was really...

Hold back the indescribable badness!
Slap in the face, why do it yourself?
Just let the idiots fight each other. If she did it herself, it would still hurt her hands.

(End of this chapter)