Chapter 196: Who Are You Fooling?
After speaking, Fang Caiwei glared, then she slapped herself lightly, and said with a smile: "It's the old slave who is talking nonsense, the master's business, where can I talk nonsense here?" Grandma, today the warehouse has to take materials to make winter clothes for the tailors, and Xin's mother may not be busy alone, so I will help her, and I will retire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
After saying that, Fang Caiwei was stunned for a long time, and then listened to Aunt Mei say softly: "Grandma doesn't have to think about it, this is all done by the second grandmother herself, and it has nothing to do with us." She couldn't help sighing and said: "I naturally know the reason, just thinking that the second brother and sister were impulsive and made such a big move, she is not afraid that it will be difficult to clean up in the future?" Alas! That's it, we can only be ourselves, by the way, don't let the reed know about this, otherwise the little girl doesn't know how to worry about her father, evil, evil. ”
The fact that the Wen family returned to their parents' house did not make any waves in the Hou Mansion. Mrs. Chang understands the root of the matter in her heart, so she is naturally not angry, and secretly says that she is a woman's family, and she doesn't pay attention to three obedience and four virtues, and she even dares to quarrel with her husband, so that everyone knows, and she used to think that she was a sensible person, but now it seems that I was simply blinded by lard at that time. It's really strange, how can our Hou Mansion naturally recruit shrews, just now Cai Wei has become better, and it hasn't made me happy for a few days, this Wen family is like being possessed by the previous Cai Wei, so hateful.
Because of the order, it was only said that the second grandmother would go back to save her relatives for the past two days, and all the big and small things in the house would be handed over to the eldest grandmother, and everything would be reported to her. The subordinates didn't say it on the surface, but secretly understood in their hearts that the house was about to change, and they never expected the second grandmother to use such a stupid trick, didn't this give the little errand you worked hard to maintain before to the eldest grandmother?
The burden on her shoulders is a lot heavier, but this trivial matter is not in Fang Caiwei's eyes, not to mention that now she has green branches around her, Aunt Mei, including Wu Pozi Liao Pozi, etc., they are all capable officers, so although there are two more errands, the courtyard of the big house is still in order, and there are a lot more personnel than before, but under the education and guidance of the people in the courtyard, they are all orderly and not chaotic at all.
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"The second master said that he would make a big waterwheel for the grange, if it can be done, next year he can cooperate with the canal to divert the water from the river to irrigate the farmland, and his little maid will report to the slave and maid here, and let the slave and maid come to the grandmother to withdraw the silver."
Fang Caiwei was behind the desk, looking at a few dense pieces of white paper in her hand, and when she heard this, she raised her head and asked Lu Zhidao: "Do you know this for the waterwheel to irrigate the farmland?" ”
Green Branch shook his head and said, "I've never heard of such a thing, the slave knows about the windmill, but I don't know what the waterwheel is." ”
So, the watermill has not yet appeared in this era? Even if it did, it was probably mostly in the south, and it was a small water wheel. Well, the second brother is a scientific invention and creation, I heard that he likes to fiddle with these, and there are many friends in this area, if it can really be made into a big waterwheel, it is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, at that time, the Hou Mansion will not only rely on the support of the master's contribution to the country.
Thinking of this, Fang Caiwei no longer hesitated, nodded and said, "Okay, just give the second master a hundred taels of silver, and let him concentrate on studying this waterwheel." Bess dealt a pair of cards and asked Su's mother to go to the account office to get the silver. ”
Everyone in the room widened their eyes, no one expected Fang Caiwei to be so generous, when they wanted to come, the second master of his own family was out of tune, even the master hated him for being unproductive, and when his wife was the housekeeper, he never dared to ask for silver for this, and now he was just bullying Fang Caiwei to refute him, so he had the courage to come over and give it a try.
Thinking of the grandmother's awesomeness, everyone is generally not optimistic about Jing Zexian's attempt, and feels that if the grandmother does not refute it on the spot, it will be considered to treat him well, and at most allocate ten taels or twenty taels to let him lose, which is benevolence and righteousness. No one expected that the eldest grandmother would dial out a hundred taels at once, is this still the shrewd grandmother? Didn't she know the weight of a hundred taels of silver? Although Concubine Shuniang is now favored, the Zhenning Marquis Mansion has just recovered a breath of vitality, one hundred taels of silver, which is also a heavy sum of money, just to give the second master a loser? That's a lot of money.
Thinking in his heart, he couldn't help but turn his mind away, and suddenly heard Bessie shouting: "Aunt He stepped forward to reply." ”
A woman in her forties hurriedly walked over, saluted respectfully, and then said with a smile: "The slave is here to withdraw the window paper and lantern silver, and it will be winter in two days, and all the window paper must be changed before and after, as well as the lanterns, and the wife only instructed a few days ago, saying that now the eldest lady is a mother, and the house should add some joy, usually there are too few lanterns at the door of each room, and most of them are old, so let all the new red lanterns be hung, and they are hung everywhere, and what they want is this rich and peaceful atmosphere." ”
Fang Caiwei nodded and said, "That's right, you show me the accounts." ”
Aunt He groped in her arms for a while, took out a slip and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Window paper and lanterns and candles, it is estimated that these silver are enough." ”
Fang Caiwei's eyes did not leave a few blank pieces of paper in her hand, Bisi took the list, turned around and handed it to her, Fang Caiwei took it and only looked at it twice, then sneered and said: "Who are you trying to fool with such a list?" Feelings for a Miao family, a Chen family, and those who were kicked out of the kitchen are not enough for you to recognize who I am, yes or no? ”
This Aunt He suddenly broke down in a cold sweat, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The old slave doesn't dare, even if he lends the old slave two guts, he never dares to fool the grandmother, grandma listens to me carefully......"
Without waiting to finish speaking, he listened to Fang Caiwei say: "Who has time to talk to you?" Green Branch, you go and talk to her, and there will be another time, she won't have to do this errand. Who's next? Step forward and talk back. ”
Lu Zhi agreed, and pulled the mother-in-law to the side, except for the one who was reporting, the other daughters-in-law and housekeepers did not dare to come out, and they all looked at Aunt He from the corner of their eyes, only to see that she began to say a few words, but slowly, her face became more and more pale, and finally she simply lowered her head and said nothing.
Lu Zhi walked over, took a pen and paper to make a new list, handed it to Aunt He and said, "Okay, let's go and get the silver according to this." Did you hear grandma's words just now? Be careful next time. ”
Aunt He lowered her head and agreed, and retreated with a red face, several daughters-in-law who had just finished reporting the matter here were waiting for her outside, and when they saw her come out, they all surrounded her, and said: "You are so smart, what's wrong today?" Don't know how shrewd the big grandmother is? How could you do such a foolish thing? ”