The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 207

Li Geng's family couldn't help but feel a little uneasy - she was in charge of the purchases of the small kitchens in the various courtyards, and it was a lucrative job, and it was easy for Seventh Lady to handle her.Usually relying on being an old man in the mansion, he thought that he was so lukewarm towards Mrs. Fifth Young Master, so he didn't flatter Mrs. Seven. Now that Mrs. Seven is showing off her prestige, she is the first to be intimidated by her aura, and she is more courageous than usual Weakened by three points, looking at Qin Niangzi's faint expression, I feel guilty from the bottom of my heart, thinking about what I have done these years, no matter how you look at it, it is all loopholes, and I can't lift my head up up.

She bent her waist slightly, stood respectfully on the ground, watched Qin Niangzi drink a cup of tea slowly, and finally couldn't help asking, "Young madam...do you have something to tell me?"

Seventh Lady raised her eyes, as if she just thought of Li Geng's family, she smiled slightly, waved her hands, and said casually, "Sit down."

Lixia and Shangyuan clapped their hands immediately, and a middle-aged mother came in with a small couple, placed it next to Li Geng's house, and then quietly retreated.Li Geng's family sat down on the little table in fear, raised his head to look earnestly at Qiniangzi, and wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve.

Qin Niangzi saw that she had established a prestige, so she didn't take Joe again. "I just want to ask you, which restaurant do we usually use when we set up wine and dinner at home?"

Li Xia explained clearly to Li Geng's family, "Mrs. Ming'er wants her family members to have a feast of wine together. Young Madam is asking you. On such an occasion, do you usually make it at home, or go outside to order a banquet?" Come in."

When Li Geng's family heard that they were not going to attack her, they immediately became happy, as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, and immediately knew everything without saying anything. "If there are any happy events and banquets for guests at home, it must be chosen in Fushoutang, Zhongxintang, Qinghetang, and Tonghetang. The female relatives of the family have a drink. If they are tired of eating the taste at home, Mrs. Tai likes it so much. Yuhua Terrace and Chunhua Tower ordered a few Jiangnan dishes to fill the table, but most of them were cooked at home. According to Mrs. Shao, it was because there was a happy event and everyone wanted to sit and eat together Play, then according to the wishes of the servant girl, go to Chunhua Building and order a Cui Gai Shark's Fin, Zao Ni Recipe - all the dishes that Mrs. Tai loves to eat, no matter what to add, we will prepare more than ten dishes by ourselves, which is not enough. It's very extravagant, and it's very eye-catching, and it doesn't cost much. The young lady thought it was good, and the younger one went down to ask someone to prepare it."

During weddings, she has always been in charge of the little maids passing the dishes and serving the dishes, and arranging for the cooks in the restaurant outside to set up the stove to cook. Of course, she is most familiar with the serious banquet at home. Li Geng's family not only didn't take Joe, but also answered very frankly, and told Qin Niangzi a lot of examples from previous years. Qin Niangzi was also very satisfied with what she heard. I will hand it over to you directly, and you will be the one to draw up the recipe, just let me have a look at it."

Li Geng's family was overwhelmed by the flattery, and they forced themselves to suppress their joy and humility, "Young Madam is over-rewarded, and this kind of thing, slaves don't dare to be the masters, and we still need Young Madam to check to be at ease. The slaves are just making up their minds on the sidelines!"

Qin Niangzi looked at her and smiled, but didn't say much, but said again, "By the way, how many people do you have under your command?"

After asking about the details of Li Geng's family's daily work, he said, "The files I just mentioned will be delivered to you later. As for Li Geng's mother, please be more careful and write a work report for me to see. Tell me about your usual work, and then write a file for several of your subordinates, describing their abilities and personalities... But write it well, I want to set an example for other mothers."

Li Geng's family was almost stunned - could such an honor be given to her?
In normal times, instead of feeling flattered, she might feel a little annoyed: After all, for these housekeepers who only know a few hundred words, writing a report is not an easy job.But being frightened by Seventh Lady, chilled, and scooped up, the current Li Geng's family has already become a mess, and as soon as Seventh Lady finished speaking, she nodded impatiently, "Young Madam, don't worry, this servant will definitely work hard. I won't let the young lady fall in love with me by mistake!"

Seventh Lady smiled and said a few words of encouragement before sending her off, "Go down and do things. You just need to give me this report within three days. Write it carefully and don't rush it."

Watching her leave the house, she sent Zhongyuan again, "Go to Peng Hu's house, Lin Shan's house, Sheng Jin's house, and Lei Xianqing's house to say hello. Peng Hu's house wants to buy some extra fruits and vegetables. This is for her and Li Geng's family discussed, the menu was drafted and sent to the old mother for a look, the old mother nodded and did so. Lin Shan's family had to prepare for the gold and silver dishes, Sheng Jin's family had to arrange the maids, and Lei Xianqing's family had to Talk to the stewards outside, and settle the bill with the people in Chunhua Building."

In a large family, there are so many ostentations and so many trivial matters when we get together to have a meal casually. No wonder Mrs. Fifth said that she has a headache in taking care of it. Housework is like this, one after another, trivial but annoying.

But for Qin Niangzi, it’s good for her to move her mouth anyway, and the subordinates will naturally have the subordinates to do it, so she doesn’t feel bothered. Lixia went back to Xici's room and ordered some snacks to eat.

While pouring tea for Qiniangzi, Li Xia pouted, "Mrs. Tai is really..."

She is no better than Zhongyuan in the Dragon Boat Festival, she has always been steady, she seldom speaks ill of her masters, but today she seems to be unable to take it anymore, she only said this half a sentence, but she stopped talking.Seventh Lady looked at her and smiled, and said softly, "Actually, this is a good thing."

Li Xia glanced at Qiniangzi, was about to ask, but held back without asking, turned around and went out of the room to get some snacks for Qiniangzi.

Qin Niangzi couldn't help but feel a little relieved: this girl now knows how to advance and retreat.

Xu Fengjia was not very busy today. After paying his respects to Mrs. Tai in the morning, she went to the government office. At noon, she actually slipped back to eat.

"After the second brother-in-law was on the road, there wasn't much for me to do." He talked about work with Seventh Lady. "Besides, the northern border has been very peaceful for a while... Last winter was cold. If there is a bumper harvest this year, Bei Rong doesn't want to fight internally, and wants to herd well."

Although he killed a lot of Bei Rong, Xu Fengjia didn't have much contempt when mentioning these aliens.Qin Niangzi was a little curious, "I thought you were eager to kill all these barbarians..."

Xu Fengjia snorted through his nose, and said with a sneer, "Where is the end of killing? The more I tell you, the Beirong are also ordinary people who are struggling to survive. Those who want to fight have always been the people above."

When this question was mentioned, he didn't seem to be in a good mood, he just waved his hand and changed the subject carelessly. "Although I knew that grandma didn't like you very much, I never knew that she didn't like you for this reason."

Qin Niang smiled and showed him the gold ring on her hand, and said with a smile, "She doesn't like me wearing this thing, so why doesn't she like me?"

Seeing that Xu Fengjia didn't take it seriously, after thinking about it, she couldn't help admitting, "Well, I really don't like me very much either. How could my background catch my grandmother's eyes?"

When mentioning Qinianzi's background, Xu Fengjia felt a little unnatural. He carefully looked at Qinianzi's face, and said, "Fortunately, Dad is sensible. He didn't ask you to take over the housework. Arranging the banquet...Grandmother is a little bit petty."

Qin Niangzi just took over the housework, and there must be a time to get started. At this time, all the masters who are more sensible must try to make as few moths as possible, so that the regime will be stable and transitional.Mrs. Tai did the opposite. As soon as the housework was started, she asked Seventh Lady to hold a small banquet. This was clearly a problem for Seventh Lady.

Everyone could see Mrs. Tai's intentions, and Duke Ping of course could not fail to see it, so he used the excuse of Fourth Young Master's birthday to arrange an extra day for Seventh Lady to prepare.Several people are well aware of the twists and turns here.

"Grandmother is afraid that I will be too free, so she wants to find something for me to do." Qin Niangzi's eyes flickered, as if she had absorbed a little starlight in the night sky. "Believe it or not, even after this banquet, she has to continue to arrange some troublesome things for me to make me busier."

Xu Fengjia had already eaten two bowls of rice, and when she saw that Qin Niangzi had eaten less than half a bowl of rice, she put down her chopsticks, couldn't help but frowned, and persuaded, "At any rate, eat more, I think you usually eat a bowl of rice at night , why is your appetite so small today?"

Qin Niangzi was a little embarrassed, "I didn't know you came back to eat at noon, and you ate two small radish biscuits when it was almost lunch time, but you were already full."

Xu Fengjia frowned even tighter, he turned his head and shouted, "Lixia Shangyuan comes in!"

The two servant girls were originally talking outside the Xici Room, but when they heard the summons from the Shizi, they immediately pushed the door open and said in unison, "What is the Shizi's order?"

Xu Fengjia pointed to Qin Niangzi and said, "It's almost time for dinner, so your master is not allowed to eat snacks, so as not to delay the main meal, and if things go on like this, it will spoil your appetite. Do you know?"

Regardless of Seventh Lady's fine brows frowning slightly, the two little servant girls bowed and agreed with respectful faces, "The Master's order is true, and this servant has written it down." Then she went forward and changed the bone plates for the two of them. After drinking hot tea, he exited the room.

Seventh Lady was quite resentful, "This is still my dowry, isn't it? Why is it more attentive to listen to you than to listen to me?"

As soon as the words came out, she received a stare from Xu Fengjia. "I used to think you were very smart, but now I think you are very stupid. No one cares as much as you do... In terms of family affairs, I listen to you well, but you still have to listen to me about other things."

There is a bit of the domineering of the young general in these words.

"He's not your puppy." Seventh Lady gave Xu Fengjia a blank look, and turned her head away. "What are you called, what do you do?"

There was a bit of a smile in Xu Fengjia's words, "You are all mine, and you have to do whatever I tell you to do."

It's not the first time he said this, but when he said it this time, Qin Niangzi's mood was quite different from the last time.

She bit her lower lip, suppressed her smile, lowered her head to look at the delicate dishes, and did not reply.

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Li Geng's family sent both reports to Mingdetang the next day.

Before all the mothers in charge arrived, Li Geng's family stuffed two stacks of thick paper into Li Xia's hands, and said modestly, "I wrote it in a hurry, and I didn't pay much attention to it. Miss, please bear with me and transcribed it."

With this movement of hers, the mothers in charge who hadn't lined up yet, stopped in their tracks, and looked at Li Xia and Li Geng's family half suspiciously.

Seventh Lady hid a smile on her lips.

It is the commonality of people all over the world not to suffer from scarcity but to suffer from inequality.

If everyone is asked to write a copy of this material, I am afraid that these mothers in charge will feel overworked and will naturally complain in private.

But now Li Geng's family was beaming, and they handed over two thick stacks of materials to Li Xia, and they couldn't help thinking: Why should Li Geng's family write about these things, and I don't need them?Why does she have this face and I don't?

She kindly praised Li Geng's family, "Mom is really considerate in her errands! In the future, I will have more things to do, and I will leave them to you."

Li Geng's family couldn't hide their joy, "It's the Young Madam's compliment!"

As soon as everyone arrived and some household chores were distributed, she couldn't wait to report the progress of the work to Seventh Lady. "I've made an agreement with the people in Chunhua Building. There will be ten big dishes for each of the two tables, and they will be delivered on time tonight. We have prepared other dishes in our own small kitchen. Mrs. Tai picked up the table this morning to open the restaurant..."

Sheng Jin's family took a step forward, "The little maids are scheduled to gather outside the Liushang Hall as soon as the bell rings five times..."

Several mothers in charge also came forward to report, and naturally followed the rules set by Qin Niangzi at that time, and rehearsed the entire family banquet.

Qin Niangzi listened with a smile, and praised everyone kindly, "Sure enough, they are old people for several lifetimes. When they do things, they just make people feel at ease."

When the banquet was over, the old mother stayed to talk to her.

"Although Li Geng's family has the means to handle affairs, their temper has always been aloof..." The old mother praised Qin Niangzi, "It means that the young lady has such means, and within a day, she has tamed her temper."

Although it was a compliment, there was also a trace of doubt in her attitude: so many mothers in charge of Mrs. Xu's direct lineage, why did Seventh Lady choose the unreliable Li Geng's family...

This is the disadvantage of being in charge of a century-old family. It is good to rely on Mrs. Xu's support to become the head of the family. Of course, Mrs. Xu's direct line cannot be forgotten.

Seventh Lady smiled and explained to the old mother, "Now that I am the head of the house, if I guessed correctly, grandma probably won't stop for a while. The best way to torment me is to drink wine ?”

And Li Geng's family is usually in charge of serving and passing dishes around the banquet, and contacted the master chefs outside who are in charge of the mother who buys the noodles.

The old mother suddenly realized, and praised Qin Niangzi admiringly, "This kind of thinking is really sophisticated!"

She was a little curious again, "But why did Mrs. Tai want to torment you..."

After all, Mrs. Madam has a noble status, and arranging her in private still made the old mother blush.

Qin Niangzi smiled, but didn't answer directly, "It's just my guess, isn't it, it depends on how grandma will act in the future."

And urged the old mother. "You should go to the accounting office. I can't see it at this moment. I don't know what the two accountants said in private..."

The old mother smiled confidently, "Don't worry, Young Madam, the little girls serving in the counting room have all been replaced by our people. Even where the two mothers live, they have also placed a few people. If they If you communicate in private, the old man will definitely get the news."

"My old mother is doing things, I don't worry." Qin Niangzi pressed the old mother's shoulder appreciatively, "In the next few months, there will be many places to rely on you! It is the old helper left by my mother back then. You guys, I'm afraid we'll have to invite a few people to come out of the mountain to support the scene."

The old mother immediately smiled happily, and she got up to say goodbye, "Although there are manpower assigned, I will always watch it in person, so don't worry."

After the old mother came out of the house, Lixia followed Qiniangzi into the Xici room, and then praised her, "I really don't know how your heart grows! I always feel that it is more than that of the Shang Dynasty, and it has one more trick! "

Seventh Lady couldn't help laughing. "As for being in charge, what you rely on is to talk to people and talk to people."

She was thoughtful again, "I don't know if grandma is going to torment me with peace of mind."

Qin Niangzi guessed right, and Mrs. Tai really couldn't stop herself. After having a feast of wine that night, she had a stomach upset the next day. For a while, Qin Niangzi felt a little unwilling to touch the ground.

(End of this chapter)