ch 89 - Expansion of The House; A Deal Was Made 2 (1/2)
ch 89 - Expansion of The House; A Deal Was Made (2)
“Naturally, mom, you know that as well. Everybody wants to get their hands on our goods. Have we not arranged for the mythical beasts to block the paths, the visitors would have broken down our doors!”
“That is certainly the true!” interjected Cheng Biyuan, “But, these are just the small timers. When the others show up, I’m afraid even the mythical beasts wouldn’t be able to stop them without your commands!”
Mrs. Cheng paused for a second and looked as though she had though of something too. Cheng Xiao Xiao didn’t seem to be too concerned, “Dad, we don’t need to worry ourselves about big shots or small timers. Why don’t we cross that bridge when we come to it. It’s not like we can stop them from coming, would you agree?”
Cheng Biyuan nodded and said to his own wife, “Yuqin, why don’t you take a look and see what we need and make a list. I’ll have Innkeeper Zhu get them all for us. As for any items needed for the construction of our house, I’ll make a note as well!”
“Okay, I will do that!” Mrs. Cheng nodded, then looking at the two maids standing not far behind her daughter, “Xiao Xiao, we’ve added more members to our household but there are a lot to teach. I don’t think I can hand hold them too much. We need to figure out something.”
“Mom, I see what you mean!”
Cheng Xiao Xiao thought for a little bit, then said, “But, now is not a good time for us to hire from the outside. If we look for helpers from the outside right now, I’m afraid we will be bringing in spies and just causing ourselves more headaches. Since Innkeeper Zhu will be in and out of our place the next few days, why don’t have him give them some pointers?”
“Okay, I guess that will work.” Mrs. Cheng understood why her daughter said what she said, so there was no reason to ask for more.
As a matter of fact, Mrs. Cheng was born into a big family. It wasn’t that she didn’t know how to manage the servants, but that all the ones they have recently added were regular village girls. There were a lot of things that she couldn’t be too explicit about; she didn’t want the villagers to say she was bullying young kids.
According popular believe, follow rules is a person’s gentility and set of principles. Let it be a dynasty, an organization, a school, or a family, rules are always necessary. Whether you are the masters or the servants, there are standard set of rules. If these don’t become a natural part of one’s behavior, everything will be a mess, so everybody must follow these predefined set of rules.