Chapter 743： will live

Zhulan explained: "Xuehan has been a housekeeper for many years, and she is approaching the age of marriage. In the past two years, she will be ready to marry, and she will no longer be a housekeeper in the future."

After a pause, he continued: "In the future, the four of you will take turns to manage the expenses of the family, one person for a month, the third daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law, I'm not worried, you and the second daughter-in-law need to learn more, and what you learn is your own. , you will have to manage your own house sooner or later."

Mrs Li responded quickly and asked cautiously, "Mother, do you want to split up the family?"

Zhu Lan smiled, "It's too early to split up, why wait for me and your father to take care of it."

Li's family is lost, so the family still has to be divided. "Mother, daughter-in-law doesn't want to divide the family."

Zhulan smiled and didn't answer. It doesn't matter whether she and Zhou Shuren are separated or not, but she and Zhou Shuren passed away, and the family still has to be divided, it's just a matter of time.

Xuehan held the ledger and put it in front of her sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, this is the ledger for the household expenses. You can take it back and have a look first."

Zhulan replied: "It will be next month in a few days, starting from next month, eldest daughter-in-law, your first housekeeper, try to familiarize yourself with this day, if there is anything you don't understand, ask Xuehan. , Yes, let Yulu help you as a housekeeper, she should learn too."

Mr. Li's eyes were a little straight. What about the six ledgers? "So many ledgers?"

Xuehan introduced, "The first is the monthly account book for the master and the servant, the second is for the kitchen, the third is for the sewing room, the fourth is for the cost of carriages and horses, and the fifth is for monthly repairs. Waiting for the expenses, the sixth book is the monthly expenses of the masters, and there are some detailed accounts, and I will send them to my sister-in-law later."

Li used to only manage the kitchen. At that time, there were very few people in the kitchen. Now there are only three cooks in the kitchen, and there are also a few servant girls who help the kitchen, the rough woman who washes the vegetables, and the woman who buys the vegetables. Wait, there are many servants in the kitchen.

Based on this calculation, the servants of the entire Zhou Mansion and the monthly expenses, Mr. Li’s head hurts a little, but she can look at her mother-in-law and grit her teeth, “Mother, my daughter-in-law will definitely not disappoint you. !"

Zhulan nodded with satisfaction, "This is what a sister-in-law should look like."

With a light-hearted sentence, Mrs. Li felt the pressure all of a sudden, thinking in her heart, she is the eldest daughter-in-law, and she should be a role model!

The Zhao clans were also very busy, and after that, Zhulan asked the daughters-in-law to go back.

Mrs. Li returned to the yard with the ledger, and took her daughter to read the ledger. Fortunately, she had a well-educated daughter.

When Mr. Zhao returned to the yard, Yushuang was carrying Xiao Wu to read, "Mother, what did grandma instruct you early in the morning?"

Zhao shi smiled and took over the little girl, "Good thing, in the future, your aunt and I will be the housekeeper, and you will also be the housekeeper."

She doesn't care about the power of the housekeeper, she is happy that her mother-in-law has a good bowl of water, and she doesn't favor anyone over the housekeeper.

Although the Zhou Mansion's backyard is stable, there are too many servants, and there are more people in the place. The Zhou Mansion's servants dare not talk about the master, but sometimes their attitudes are more or less different.

The kitchen is an example. In the past, the big room was respected, because the big room was the eldest son and the eldest grandson, and the servants were not stupid.

For Sifang, he has always been courting. Sifang has the county head, money and rank, and the younger brother is also going to be admitted to the imperial examination, so the servants are also holding it.

Later, the third room became prosperous, and the third room also got up.

The second room has always been weak. Because of the rules of the Zhou family, people dare not talk about it or neglect it, but the attitude can be felt.

Now the four daughters-in-law take turns to be the housekeeper. In the future, the servants will also live under her for a month, and their attitude will not be obvious in the future. She is really happy.

In the third room, Mr. Dong returned to the yard and said, "This is an opportunity given by my mother-in-law."

The old lady has always been a little careful, "The mistress values ​​you."

Dong shi glanced at the old woman, but she thought in her heart that the dowry woman who was sent later was too careful. This affection is affection, but she cannot be held back. "Mother-in-law gives the opportunity to be a housekeeper, that is to give the opportunity to learn and exercise. Our daughters-in-law, and now the Zhou family is the servant of the household, the guests they receive are all learned, and the mother-in-law is cultivating our ability to be independent."

The old lady knew that she was wrong and did not dare to look into the eyes of the young lady. When the young lady first joined the Zhou family, she did not follow her. Later, when the Zhou family became an official, she was sent by the master. At that time, the young lady had a woman by her side. , she came, and the mother-in-law was transferred away.

This time, Miss Jingcheng is alone, and she has grown a lot, and she is becoming more and more dissatisfied with her. Her forehead is sweating, and she doesn't dare to say a word.

Dong shi looked away, people couldn't send it back, it was hitting her mother's face, and her face was not good-looking.

In the fourth room, Su Xuan is the most comfortable, and the housekeeper is also the most confident and capable.

Su Xuan looked at the sleeping children, and she wanted to marry her. "It's been a while, and I don't know where I've gone."

The old woman said: "The weather has been good recently, so it's very suitable for traveling. If you don't delay and hurry up, you should be walking one-third of the way."

Su Xuan felt that it was too slow. She had never separated since she got married. It would take many days to come back, and she missed Changzhi.

The old lady looked at Shi Chen, "County Lord, it's time for you to practice calligraphy."

Su Xuan, "..."

She didn't want it anymore, she didn't want it at all, she really regretted agreeing to practice calligraphy with Xianggong, this person will come back to check!

The Ministry of Household, Mr. Xiao did not arrange official business for Zhou Shuren, he really gave Zhou Shuren time to get acquainted with the Ministry of Household.

Zhou Shuren went to the Dirty Punishment Department, "I want all the financial information of the Dirty Punishment Department in the first half of this year."

Although the ambassador was puzzled, he respectfully found three thick account books, "The one on the left is the thickest one on the right of the account book recorded in the first half of the year. The records of the objects disposed of in the first half of this year, the middle one is The money account, my lord, everything you want is here."

Zhou Shuren looked at the thickest book, "In the first half of this year, we handled a lot of inventory from the Dirty Punishment Department."

The ambassador's tone was a little tired, "You need money everywhere. Master Shang Shu has basically dealt with all the items that are worth money in the past six months. There are some backlogs that were accumulated a few years ago, and the account book is so thick."

He and the deputy envoy had been very busy for a while. When the top was in a hurry, they were also in a hurry.

Zhou Shuren had long expected that the valuables would be disposed of. It would be a strange thing if it was still in the warehouse, and Shang Shu was not blind, so he couldn't see such a large sum of money.

Zhou Shuren said, "Take me to the warehouse to have a look."

The ambassador was very puzzled, but he still took the key and said hesitantly: "Sir, there are a lot of things in the warehouse, but there is really not much worth of silver. You know, the Ministry of Household, a few years ago, Cough, the treasury is also in a hurry to live with it."

Therefore, the emperor has indeed raided a lot of homes, but basically everything that can be dealt with has been dealt with, who keeps running out of money!

Zhou Shuren twitched the corners of his mouth, seeing how pitiful his tone was.

The ambassador said with some nostalgia: "Xiaguan has been working in the household department for several years, and the household department last year was the best year."

It's a pity that after the war, I just felt that I had some money in my hand, but the poor one wanted to bring it with me!

After speaking, he arrived at the warehouse, which is not the same as the warehouse in Zhou Shuren's impression, "This official thinks that the warehouse will take up a lot of space."

The ambassador laughed dryly, "If you can't save things, you won't have the chance to expand."

Zhou Shuren looked at the ambassador of the Dirty Punishment Department. This man said something interesting, "Open the door."

The locks of the warehouse are very new, and they are often opened at first glance. There is no old smell in the warehouse. It is very clean. There are a total of ten rooms as warehouses. There are not many things left in each item. Not to mention, the precious furniture is gone.

It's really a bit empty!

Zhou Shuren looked at the boxes that had been unsealed. The alleys were all visited by different categories. The rest were really worthless. The women's family had cleaned up a lot. Some of them were several years old. silver.

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