Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 60 Family Affairs (1)

Seeing her generous and uncompromising appearance, the old lady felt even happier, and said: "Well, you have always been a proper child, remember to learn more about everything, and if you don't understand or don't understand anything, you should ask me carefully." Ask your mother for advice."

Shen Yuechen was blessed again, "Yes, I would like to follow the old lady's orders."

The old lady nodded with a smile, leaned lazily on the soft pillow, sighed slightly, and suddenly squeezed her shoulders with her hands, "The future will belong to you young people. There are many and complicated things in the house. Cooking is not easy, and your parents are already old, so it's time for them to enjoy the happiness. People, it's always impossible to be dissatisfied..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Shi said: "Mother, why are you so old, mother is now in her prime." After speaking, she quickly got up and wanted to give her a shoulder massage.

The old lady waved her hand: "No way, how can I let you do such things? You sit, sit."

Shen Yuechen heard the words, immediately got up and walked over, said with a smile: "Mother, please let the concubine come."

She is a junior, and it is her duty to serve her elders, but in Li Shi's eyes at this moment, she suddenly felt a little flattering.

The old lady only hoped that they would put on a show and order them inadvertently. After a while, she waved her hand and motioned for them to back down.

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Chai were going to the main hall to do some business, and Shen Yuechen followed them, beating faintly in her heart, secretly making up her mind that since she had agreed to the old lady, she couldn't just talk about it, she must show some achievements.Even if Li Shi is unhappy, she can't do nothing.Taking charge of family affairs is equivalent to establishing a foundation in Zhu's family. It is related to her dignity and status, and no carelessness is allowed.

After they had left, Mrs. Zhu took Mama Yang to the Buddhist hall, twirling the beads and beating the wooden fish lightly. After a while, she said slowly: "Mama Yang, What do you think of that child, Moondust?"

Yang Ma stood quietly with her hands down, and said softly: "I think that the eldest mistress has a gentle temperament and a quick mind. She is a person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside."

"Oh?" The wooden fish in the old lady's hand stopped for a while, and said: "Tell me about it?"

Mother Yang continued: "The old man thinks that the young mistress looks gentle and quiet, but in fact she is a very thoughtful person..."

The old lady twirled the beads and nodded slightly: "Well, your eyes are still poisoned."

Women who were born in deep houses and boudoirs seemed to be quiet in speech and gentle in temperament, but once they got married, they would turn into another look.

Mama Yang lowered her head: "I'm being rude, I hope Madam will make amends."

"Whether it's a crime or not, I just like to hear you tell the truth." The old lady looked at the Avalokitesvara statue on the altar, and continued: "Please pay attention to me and see how the child is doing things?"

Mother Yang smiled: "Yes, I understand."

The old lady is not someone who likes to be whim, the reason why Shen Yuechen is going to work with Li Shi and Chai Shi today is to test her quality.If she can handle it properly, then it's good. If she can't stand up to difficulties, can't hold the scene, and doesn't manage well, it's not a big problem. It can also be said that she is young and needs experience, so just mention it.

Distributing the monthly bills is not a big deal at all, it is enough to pass the account and receive the money.It's just that, after the women in charge of the various courtyards received their money, there were still many trivial matters to report and ask for instructions.

There are too many trivial matters in the inner house... A few days ago, an old aunt who was next to the old man died of illness, and it would cost 100 taels of silver to attend the funeral... Yesterday morning, there was another visit from outside the gate A few impoverished relatives who couldn't afford it came to the door to give gifts, and they only sent two baskets of jujubes, but they took back ten taels of silver for travel expenses... and among the maids and wives, the idea was neither painful nor itchy. Little things like who and who gambled money, got into trouble after getting into a fight, or the family father died and had to take leave to go home and wear mourning... Shen Yuechen listened to it all morning, drank three cups of tea, but still felt that his head was heavy .Li Shi was quite calm, as if he was no longer surprised by the strangeness, he only called the woman in charge to come to him, reward what should be rewarded, punish what should be punished, reprimand what should be reprimanded, and if there is something that needs to be done to relieve anger , he would let the woman beside him do it for him, and only beat the troublemaker until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, sobbing and choking.

Mrs. Chai also had clear rewards and punishments. Qianqianyu pointed at the women who were still crying after being beaten and said, "Don't think that you are decent after staying in the mansion for a long time. If you are lazy during the day, Greedy mouth at night, no one is useful. The face of slaves is given by the master. Since you don’t know good and bad, don’t blame us masters for being unkind. In the afternoon, send someone to find the toothmaid, and take these Sell ​​all the heartless things, so as not to keep them in the eyes!"

Selling oneself as a slave, being able to follow the master without worrying about food and clothing is a good life.If they are taken away by those unscrupulous women again, the consequences will be unspeakable. The younger ones will be sent to brothels or private kilns, and the older ones will be sent to some dirty places. Those low-class people who speak and behave rudely will work like cows and horses until they die of exhaustion.

After hearing Chai's words, the maids and women who were punished were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, unable to even kneel.

Li Shi was annoyed by their crying, so he just waved his hand and signaled his servants to pull them all down.

Unexpectedly, some of them were not reconciled, broke free from the restraints of the wives, and rushed forward as soon as they stood up, and threw themselves at Li Shi and Chai Shi's feet, ignoring the rules, hugging their bodies tightly. The calf begged bitterly.

Seeing this, Li frowned, and suddenly dropped the tea bowl in his hand on the ground, and the ground was covered with debris.

The rough envoy next to her even raised the feather duster and whipped them vigorously on their faces and bodies: "I don't know how to live or die, and dare to disturb the ladies, let's see if I don't beat you to death today."

The servant girl who was beaten was hiding and making noises, and her hands and feet accidentally touched the debris on the ground, and blood was seen immediately.

A big family has the dignity of a big family, discipline belongs to discipline, lessons belong to lessons, and they will never kill people easily.The wives beat them obediently, then stopped, waiting for orders from the wives.

Shen Yuechen stared at the scene in front of her in a daze, and was speechless for a while, only to hear Chai's voice from the side: "What are you still doing? Let them make trouble here, and bring them all to me quickly." There are [-] big boards outside the corner gates, and then they are sold at a low price, and they are not allowed to step into the Zhu family's gate again!"

Hearing the words, the woman hurriedly responded yes, and directly reached out and grabbed the hair of those troublemakers, dragging and dragging them out one by one to beat the board.

The room finally calmed down, Li Shi frowned, took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "Why is there always such a troublemaker?"

Mrs. Chai also picked up the newly replaced tea bowl, staring at Shen Yuechen out of the corner of her eye, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be angry, she's just some idiots with no eyesight. They only want to come to Zhu's house to eat delicious food and drink spicy food, but they don't want to drink spicy food. I thought that our Zhu family never raises useless waste..." When she said this, she deliberately looked at Shen Yuechen, smiled slightly, and said, "This sudden commotion made you startled, right?"

Shen Yuechen was naturally panicked, with thin sweat on his forehead, took out a handkerchief and wiped his temples, got up and saluted, "I'm fine, but it's troublesome for the eldest lady and the second lady."

Li Shi turned to look at her, and said calmly: "You are young and thin-skinned, today we will be the villain, but in the future we will let you do it."

After a while, the rough envoy from outside came in to reply, and only said that the few servants who had been dragged down just now had received twenty boards each, and two of them passed out halfway through.

Li Shi asked: "It's serious to send them out as soon as possible while you still have breath! Don't die in the mansion to add bad luck!"

The rough envoy nodded her head in agreement and went out.

Shen Yuechen listened, secretly clenched the brocade handkerchief in his hand.A total of twenty boards, let alone a woman, even a man with a strong body may not be able to hold it.Although it cannot be killed, it does not say that it cannot be disabled.

Although she has not personally experienced those methods of making women rough, she has heard a little bit about them.

Shen Yuechen looked at the blood-stained pieces of porcelain on the ground, and was secretly startled: It's just a lunar month, how could there be such a big commotion all of a sudden?
Seeing that her face turned pale, Mrs. Chai only smiled brightly and said: "Yuechen, you must remember that a slave is a slave and should not be tolerated easily. The Zhu family has strict rules, and the most unforgiving people are foolish people who are not good at things."

Shen Yuechen nodded, naturally took her words to heart, and immediately cheered up.

Zhu An, the second manager of the Zhu family, immediately held a big red book, in which the daily money expenditure of the mansion was written in detail.

Zhu An is Zhu Rong's nephew and also his apprentice. He has worked in Zhu's family for more than ten years, and he is also very good at observing words and deeds.

Zhu An explained the errands of everyone in the mansion in an orderly manner, and then called all the women in charge from all over the place to Shen Yuechen, letting her have a look at them one by one.

Shen Yuechen didn't have the opportunity to take care of family affairs in the Shen family before, but she wanted as much as her grandmother gave her, so she had no experience.Facing the powerful servants of the Shen family, she felt that while she was looking at them, they were also looking at herself.

For these servants, Mrs. Zhu is the real backbone of the Zhu family. Although the eldest lady and the second lady, although one is strict and the other is strong, they don't have any real power in their hands, and they can only vent their anger with small fish and shrimp.But now, this newly promoted young mistress looks even less lethal, her face is still childish, her eyes are bright, but she doesn't have any momentum.

Shen Yuechen ignored their focused gazes for the time being, just looked down at the ledger carefully, and saw that the handwriting on it was sometimes neat, sometimes scribbled, and occasionally there were a few places where the ink was smeared into one piece, and the paper was soaked. The content of the next page is also blurred.

She couldn't help being slightly surprised, and then asked, "Guard Zhu, are you usually responsible for writing this ledger?"

(End of this chapter)