spring cloud warm

Chapter 215

On the first day of October, there was frost on the ground early in the morning, with a shiny layer, so you need to be extra careful when walking up.

Still in the open space of the vestibule, the servants of the Zheng family gathered together one after another, with different expressions.

The housekeeper sent a message, telling them all to come here, saying that the grandma wanted to give a lecture.

Many of them have already packed their luggage. Although they didn't make an official announcement, they also vaguely heard that they were going to drive people away.

Those who stayed naturally knew it long ago, and most of those who didn't get the hint were going to leave.

Ah Mino also came back, and came over to pass on a message to everyone: "Grandma said the weather is too cold, so she told everyone to crowd in the flower hall on the east side."

The East Flower Hall is the place used by the Zheng family to entertain guests. It is very spacious and can accommodate dozens or hundreds of people.

After everyone walked in, they found that not only the grandma Xu Chunjun was there, but also his wife Fang Shi.

But after thinking about it, although the wife is no longer in charge of the house, she still needs to be informed about important matters such as layoffs.

After that, Zheng Zhenglong, the big housekeeper, also came in, and Lou Qian, the accountant, came in with the account book and put it on the table next to Xu Chunjun.

Because Xu Chunjun said that he had to explain to everyone that the reduction was due to the family's difficulties, so he had to bring the account book for everyone to see.

But Lou Qian knew in his heart that this was just a pretense.Who has the leisure to look through the books at this time?
Zheng Long saw that people were almost there, so he cleared his throat and said, "Everyone be quiet, listen to Grandma's instructions!"

Everyone stopped whispering and turned their eyes to Xu Chunjun.

Today's Xu Chunjun is wearing a dark green soft satin padded jacket with a snow green cotton damask skirt underneath. His expression is as usual, gentle and elegant, calm and demure.

Just as she was about to speak, the concierge came in from the outside and said, "Grandma, my aunt sent someone to deliver things, and she also said that she wanted to take the old lady to live there for a while."

"Let them all come here first! We don't have a single reception at the moment, and it's not easy to let them suffer from the cold in the yard. After we finish our work, we will take them to the old lady's side." Xu Chunjun said.

She was right, now that his wife and she are here, it's not good to leave everyone behind.

People from the Lu family came in.Except for the two women, the rest were young men.

It's okay, after all, it takes strength to lift things, and the old lady has to be carried there.

"It's really a bit neglectful," Xu Chunjun smiled and apologized to Ye Mama, who was the leader, "You guys, please bear with me."

"Grandma, you're welcome. You go ahead, we're not in a hurry." Mama Ye led her back to the side.

Just now Xu Chunjun said to the crowd: "A few days ago I discussed with the housekeeper that a group of people in our mansion should be kicked out, and I called everyone here today for this purpose."

As she spoke, she raised a piece of paper in her hand, folded the paper in half several times, and vaguely saw words inside.

"This piece of paper was given to me by the housekeeper, but I'm not in a hurry to announce it." Xu Chunjun looked around for a week, and said unhurriedly, "Because before that, I have to deal with a few people first."

No one expected that she would have such a skill, but at this time, who would dare to stop her?

After all, she is now the official head of the Zheng family.

Feng looked at her husband with some unease, and Zheng Long returned her a calm look.

Although he didn't know beforehand that Xu Chunjun would deal with people, but he felt that with Xu Chunjun's ability, he could deal with some small fish and shrimp at most, and he couldn't find himself at all.

Over the years, he has already learned not to be surprised, even if Xu Chunjun asked him, he would never panic.

"Yu Xingzu," Xu Chunjun said, calling Yu Daxia by his real name, "you have been the comprador of the back kitchen for so many years in the mansion, and filled your own pockets with second-best ones. The food for the master is moldy and rotten, but you eat spicy food for yourself. , as a blessing. Can you admit it?"

When everyone heard it, they immediately understood.

A few days ago, Zhu's mother in the wife's yard had an argument with Yu Daxia, so she went to the grandma for comment.

The eldest grandma didn't pursue it at all at the time. It seems that she didn't let it go lightly, but she didn't let it go, and then checked it out.

Yu Daxia of course refused to admit it, and quibbled: "Grandma, don't wrong a good person. Since when did I buy something secondhand? Our family has limited money, so I can't buy anything good!"

"I knew you would say that, but you can't hide the sky with your mouth." Xu Chunjun smiled, not aggressive at all, "Lvzhi, you take someone to the back kitchen now, and eat all the rice, noodles and vegetables he bought. Bring it in for everyone to see."

Lushi took Aunt Huang, Aunt Zuo, and A Li and A Mino from their yard.

After a few people went there, they brought some of everything, and everyone saw that the rice was old rice with worms, the dried vegetables were moldy, and the green vegetables were yellow and sickly.

The meat was not fresh either, two white striped chickens were skinny, and there was no meat in the whole body, and a dead fish was almost dried up.

"You said that the money on the account is limited, but you have not under-reported every time you pay the account," Xu Chunjun continued, "You should buy good things according to the price. How do you say this?"

Yu Daxia looked at the accountant with his eyes, but the accountant hurriedly turned his face away.

Xu Chunjun smiled and said: "You don't have to deny it anymore, and I don't want to waste time with you. I know who you bought things from in the past, and those people have also called them. They can do the same with you right."

After saying that, he asked someone to take Yu Daxia down: "Lvzhen and Ah Mino, you two go to watch their confrontation. I have arranged for someone to write it down in detail, and then hand it over to the yamen."

"Lou Qian, do you know about Yu Xingzu?" After Yu Daxia was taken away, Xu Chunjun asked the accountant with a smile, "He comes to you every day to pay the account, have you never doubted it?"

Lou Qian quickly explained: "Grandma, forgive me. I'm just an account manager. How do I know the price of rice and vegetables? I'm a down-and-out nerd. If I read a lot, I become stupid. It's not commonplace. I'm not good at making a living. What's more, I'm just a bookkeeper, with a master at the top and a housekeeper in the middle, so it's not my turn to investigate these things anyway!"

"The books you have read for so many years are in vain. At least you don't know the word benevolence and righteousness." Xu Chunjun smiled lightly. Talking about the key point, "Let's not talk about it, the account books of the past five years are full of loopholes.

On the 870th day of the fourth month of the Yichou year, the old lady's birthday money was added up to [-] taels in one place. There was a gift list for the wife, but it was not summed up.

You only remember 780 taels.

In the twelfth lunar month of the Bingyin year, the concubine of my aunt's family came out of the cabinet, and our family brought 100 taels of silver.

I saw this account when I was at my aunt's house, but you recorded 200 taels.

This is bulk.

In addition, all our family's expenses are [-]% higher than normal prices on average, and most of them have recorded a lot of odds on the books, which makes it difficult to calculate.But when you are in the general ledger, you have to add some more for each transaction, whether it is a few dollars or one or two.

It can add up to a lot, these together, it is not a small sum.

Let's talk about this year, the repairs in the mansion in the past few months, whether it's wages or materials, all of them are more than 55% higher than the market price.This is not counted, the wood used is obviously only [-] square meters, but you have recorded [-] square meters.Even if you are not familiar with business affairs, when you keep accounts, you always need to count the numbers before you keep them.Were you dazzled? "

(End of this chapter)