Facing her son who has been away all year round, Mrs. Chu sighed with distress.Facing two grandchildren who only see each other once a year, it is extremely rare.So much so that Chu Rui, the eldest grandson, had to stand aside.Sitting on the sidelines, the couple can only be qualified listeners.

Chu Jie only had one month's vacation. After attending Chu Rui's wedding, he had to leave the day after tomorrow.

The Chu family is going to hold a family banquet for them.

And the job of hosting the family banquet fell to Gu Fuyun.

Although Gu Fuyun is a bride, with the protection of Mrs. Chu and Chu Rui, no servant dares to neglect her.Although the population of the Duke's Mansion is simple, the servants are all well-trained, and there is no need for Gu Fuyun to order anything, just set the menu, and someone will carry it out.

Although it was just a family banquet, other branches of the Chu family in the capital would also be invited to have fun together. According to preliminary statistics, there should be eight tables of guests.

Autumn is crisp, and it is the season to eat hairy crabs. In addition to preparing hairy crabs, seasonal fruits and vegetables are also a major expense.

For expenditures exceeding one hundred taels of silver, the owner needs to issue a token before going to the account room to collect the account.

Gu Fuyun was sitting in the Hebai Hall of Wanyue Hall, checking the purchase books.

No matter what era, purchasing is a fat job, and no matter how you prevent it, you can't stop corruption.Gu Fuyun also understands that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. As long as the corruption is not too excessive, she can bear it.Before helping Zhou's housekeeper in Gu's house, Zhou has always personally asked about the purchase bills.Just to prevent unnecessary corruption.

Gu Fuyun also believed that buying this piece must not be relaxed.

Therefore, facing the purchased bills, let Qing Hong, who is fine-tuned to settle the accounts, do the accounting first, and then let Shuqing do the second accounting.

When the other servants saw that the young lady's dowry maid could not only understand the bills, but also make calculations logically, they quickly put away their contempt.

Qinghong checked the accounts, while Qingjuan was counting the quantity.

"Fifty first-class hairy crabs." After counting, Qingjuan quickly realized that they were not the same, and picked up a hairy crab, "This one is so small, it is second-class at most. The price of second-class and first-class is not the same Far."

Seeing this, Zhou Baoyun's family, who was in charge of the purchase, quickly explained: "Young lady doesn't know that first-class hairy crabs occasionally get mixed in with a few smaller ones. This is also a common thing."

Qingjuan raised her eyebrows: "Nurse Zhou, don't bully me because I'm young and don't understand the tricks here. In the Gu family, which one of us didn't learn housekeeping from the girl? We also often go out to buy for the young lady. The market, not to mention a few treasures, is at least clear. The hairy crabs are graded according to their size. It is impossible to let such a small one get mixed up in the first class. I can see that you are the only one who is shoddy and corrupt. .”

Zhou Baoyun's family hurriedly called Zhuang Tianqu, saying that all the crabs she bought were first-class crabs, but when she passed them, she didn't check them carefully, so the merchant mixed up a few small ones.

Qingjuan sneered, and pointed to the gate in the basket: "I recognized one or two small ones, but how do you explain that there are so many?"

Substandard products have always been a specialty of purchasing, taking ordinary products and pretending to be first-class products, and earning the difference from it.

How can Zhou Baoyun's family dare to admit that they deliberately shoddy the second for the sake of cheapness?So she could only insist that the merchant deliberately deceived her, and she was also deceived by the merchant.

Qingjuan sneered, and directly exposed Zhou Baoyun's family's trick: "Which merchant is it? Let's go to him immediately and ask him to make up the price difference, and we have to report to the official for disposal. How dare you pretend to be a good one at the Duke's mansion? It’s not that I don’t want to do business anymore.”

Zhou Baoyun's family almost knelt down, and hurriedly said: "Miss Qingjuan, calm down, all mistakes are my fault. I will go to the merchant now and ask them to replace it with a fresh one."

Qingjuan said relentlessly: "No, if you dare to pretend to be good at the Duke's mansion, you must report to the officials."

The complexion of Zhou Baoyun's family changed drastically. Is the young lady trying to take this opportunity to deal with her so that her own people can take over?After all, buying is indeed a fat job.As the mistress of the house, how could she not take this fat job into her own hands?
Thinking of this, Zhou Baoyun's family's face is ashen. No matter how majestic she is in the Duke's mansion, she is just a slave after all. The wealth and lives of the whole family are in the hands of the master.If the young lady really wanted to touch her, it would only be a matter of one word.And her bottom is really not clean.

The fate of Nanny Liao's family is still at stake.

Just when Zhou Baoyun's family was panicking, Gu Fuyun said: "You are also an old man who buys goods, and you are still being tricked by the merchants, passing them off as good ones. What can I say about you?"

Zhou Baoyun's forehead was dripping with cold sweat.

Gu Fuyun said again: "You are also an old man in the Duke's Mansion. It would be unreasonable to change your job for such a trivial matter. I am not that kind of harsh person, so let's change it immediately. As soon as you wait for the hairy crabs, this matter will be exposed. Let’s not make an example.”

Zhou Baoyun's family thought that if it was light, they would lose their errand, or if it was serious, they would be beaten with a board. They didn't expect the young lady to lift it up high, put it down lightly, and immediately came back alive, and hurriedly said: "Thank you young lady for your kindness. I will go and exchange it now."

Gu Fuyun said: "That's all for now, I'll give you another chance to reform. If there is another time, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Zhou Baoyun hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Young Madam is kind, the slaves will never dare again."

These fifty hairy crabs, conservatively estimated, made this slave pay ten taels of silver.With so many mouths to eat in the Duke's Mansion, one can imagine how rich the food is here.

Gu Fuyun also didn't want to be too harsh on his servants, but he also didn't want to let these people become slaves to suck the blood of their masters.

So Gu Fuyun quickly said: "I'll give you a month to be on the errand, if you make any mistakes, you can only let other managers take over your errands."

Taking advantage of this matter to take down Zhou Baoyun's family is not impossible, but as a bride, she took the most lucrative purchases as soon as she took office.In the future, if he doesn't catch the other party's fault, he will continue to use her.

……

With this episode, other managers in charge of sewing, washing, carriages and horses, sedan halls, banquets, etc. did not dare to play tricks anymore. .

On the fifth day after Gu Fuyun married into the Chu family, the Chu family's family banquet was held as scheduled.As a daughter-in-law, Gu Fuyun not only has to greet guests, but also has to deal with various emergencies.Fortunately, the stewards of the Duke's Mansion are all battle-tested, they each perform their duties and cooperate with each other, and the bride is not easy to fool, so they all put away their small thoughts and put their heart into their errands, so there is no need for Gu Fuyun to do everything by himself.

After the banquet started, after everyone was seated, Gu Fuyun also cleaned his hands, sat down and prepared to eat.

She didn't have the self-consciousness of a daughter-in-law serving her mother-in-law. After sitting down very naturally, she realized that the female relatives were looking at her strangely. She couldn't help wondering, and looked up at everyone.

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