C75 (1/2)
”Old Mistress Jiang and the General's Wife are going to congratulate their uncle's family and have Sister Yuan take care of the house?” When the elder sister heard the news, she stood up in fright and said, ”Earlier, Sister Yuan was only interested in learning embroidery and managing household chores. Since it was not time to teach her, how can her butler handle it now? Although there weren't as many people in the general's residence as the He Residence, they all had their own origins and were not easy to control. If they had a problem, they were afraid that Sister Yuan would be a joke. If we lose face in front of them, it will be even harder to manage us in the future. ”
”The young lady is still young and hasn't been married for more than a month. Logically speaking, she shouldn't be the housekeeper. It's obvious that the wife of the general is trying to test the young lady!” She smiled and said, ”Grandmother, you don't have to worry too much. I just hope that nothing bad will happen in the next ten days.” The biggest task for the steward is nothing more than the monthly allowance and the various ways in and out of the kitchen. Furthermore, there are also people from the various residences. These three matters have nothing to do with each other. ”
”This is the end of July, the time when the kitchen checks out the bill. In two days it would be August, and it would be the day when the families would send out their monthly gifts of silver. ”On the first day of the new year, we still have to bring people from the mansion to pay our respects to the heavenly lord. On the second day, we can burn incense in the Confucius Mother Temple. At the beginning, it is time for us to dress everyone up, on the fourth day …” ”If Madame Jiang and the general were to leave in the middle of the month with the assistance of a capable mother, Sister Yuan would be able to deal with it at will. I'm afraid that Sister Yuan might not be able to handle this situation.”
Chun Ying said anxiously, ”What should I do? ”If I can get a good housekeeper mother to come to the General's House to help the young lady, I'll help her out. We'll talk about it after we get past this hurdle.”
”Now that we've heard about Sister Yuan, let's hurry and send the manager's mother over. If you don't know, you'll say that we're taking advantage of this time to go to the General's Estate to reap some benefits. Besides, Miss Yuan, you must not get involved with this family to prevent them from gossiping. ” The elder sister rejected Chun Ying's opinion, her heart was filled with anxiety. Because He Yuan was in a hurry to get married, he didn't have the time to help her manage her mother. He only had to follow the almonds and the two mothers who were in charge of the dowry. Originally, he thought that since Shang Jie and the others agreed to allow He Yuan to stay here for half the month, he would just have to slowly teach her about these housekeepers. Who knew that since the marriage was less than a month old, she would be the one to manage the family.
”Even so, you can't just watch this lady suffer in the General's Estate, right?”
Your sister saw that the girls were worried, so she said, ”Yes, we have to avoid suspicion. We can't go see Sister Yuan at this time, but Saying Bro can see Hua An. When I had written down the urgent matters that the steward wanted to take care of, I instructed my brother to go to the General's House and find a chance to give it to Sister Yuan. Also, if Hua An is able to back up Sister Yuan in secret, then no matter who it is, they wouldn't dare to be too excessive. ”
As for He Yuan, since the arrival of old madam Jiang and Shang Jie, the first two days had been quite peaceful. On the third day, he woke up and before he even had time to eat, Mother Gu had already brought a group of people to wait outside the small side hall, whispering to each other.
Since Jiang Huanan had left early in the morning, the almonds were afraid that He Yuan wouldn't be able to deal with these old women, so they hurriedly went to invite Mama Shang and Zuoxiang. Who knew that the little girl would come back and say, ”Sister Almond, Mama Shang and Sister Zuoxiang had eaten the wrong thing last night. They couldn't get out of bed this morning and are currently trying to inform the young madam that they're inviting a doctor to take a look!”
”What a coincidence!” Almond was flustered. ”Mistress allowed Mama Shang and Sister Yingxiang to take care of the Young Mistress's family. It's only been two days, and they've already gotten sick, so how can the Young Mistress handle this alone?” As she was speaking, she heard the murmurs outside grow louder and louder. She could not help but lift the curtain and say, ”Mothers, didn't you say that you would not come back at midnight every day? It's only a quarter to ten right now, and the young madam hasn't finished her meal. Is there something urgent for you all to come over so early? ”
”Yo, almonds, we're waiting. The people outside can't wait.” Pointing at Aunt Li who was in charge of the kitchen, she said, ”The peddlers who brought the fish and meat here today all have to settle the bill with Aunt Li. Since Aunt Li didn't dare to come in so early and bother the young madam, I had no choice but to take it. It was already the end of the month, and earlier dry goods stores had sent waiters to pay the bill. Everyone was waiting outside the mansion. If they had to wait for too long, they would have to say that they were the young madame's stewards. Since they were busy, they would naturally be late. Those who didn't know would think that the General's Estate wanted to renege on their debt. Our General's Estate has never done such a thing. Aren't I in a hurry? ”
When He Yuan and Chen Zhu were having their meal together, they heard the voice of a wife outside and snorted, ”Yesterday, Brother An was at the mansion, so they didn't dare to call out loud when they came. Now they're asking about Brother An and the rest's departure, so they let go of their throats and started talking.”
The moment Madame Jiang's monk Jane left the room, Chen Zhu felt that these women had become impolite and wanted the little girl to run twice. She had been muttering to herself, but when she heard the sound of the voices outside growing louder and more indignant, she said angrily, ”Madame has only been gone for two days, and they've already come and bullied you. How preposterous!”
Just as he was speaking, he heard the grandma outside talking louder and louder. He Yuan could only use a little girl to ask, ”Look who is outside? Please come in and speak. Those who do not know about this conversation outside the door will think that something big has happened. ”