Qinghui Courtyard, Wen Zhu came in quietly, saw the salute, sat sideways in front of the bed, and whispered gossip.
"I really let the eldest grandmother say, the mother who holds the cloud is indeed seriously ill.
There is an aunt who lives in the same yard as the Yun family, Xiaorui's aunt is Wang's sister-in-law, who works in the kitchen, so I went to the kitchen to find Wang's sister-in-law, gave her a hundred yuan, said that the grandmother's mouth was tasteless, and asked her to bother to cook a few more flavorful dishes.
Sister-in-law Wang took a hundred dollars, stuffed me with a handful of peanuts, and told me to sit and talk for a while before leaving. ” Wen Zhu spoke slowly and softly, exuding a heartfelt sincerity.
"Sister-in-law Wang said: This is the first time in this house to take money to tell things, the grandmother entered the city of Pali, she knew that the grandmother knew how to be polite and generous, and in the future, there was a grandmother in charge of the house, and their hard life would be over."
Li Tong snorted, in the past, the reward she gave every month was not less than their monthly money, and their hard days were over, but her hard days began.
"Sister-in-law Wang's belly was full of resentment, saying that the old lady and these lords ordered several times for a meal, even if Gu Niangzi was like this, she was embarrassed to shake her two empty paws and said: If there are cloud legs, just steam a dish with honey."
Wen Zhu learned the tone of Wang's sister-in-law, "Look at what I said, it looks like she is a princess who eats dragon liver and phoenix gall all the year round, and she came to our house, and she was wronged and steamed with honey and steamed a plate of cloud legs, phew, what a big face, I said to her girl, what about cloud legs, there is no only one plate of leftover chicken feet from the master."
Shui Lian burst out laughing next to her.
"How can Sister-in-law Wang talk like that."
"In this house, if she can have a seizure, she will be the lady of the Gu family."
Wen Zhu also smiled, "Sister-in-law Wang also said that Gu Niangzi and her girl want to eat a lot of oil and meat the most, but they have to pretend, once, Mrs. thought her chicken soup was stewed greasy, and called her over to reprimand, Gu Niangzi followed her next and said to her: Chicken soup is just a fresh and sweet taste, not to mention such a layer of oil, there is a star and a half star, and it makes people have no appetite when they look at it." ” Li Tong listened attentively, when she presided over the feeding in the past, not to mention the aunt, she was a little cheeky girl-in-law, she let the kitchen do whatever she wanted, she was never harsh on eating, she was not harsh on anyone, she could eat for a few dollars "Later, when it came to monthly money, sister-in-law Wang said that the house already owed her a year and two months of monthly money.
Li Tong's eyes drooped slightly, the monthly money was calculated by her own hands, and at that time, she was distressed while calculating, and she felt sorry that the fairy-like young man she loved was so embarrassed "Sister-in-law Wang is so good that the eldest lady and the second lady are counted."
Wen Zhu said while looking at Li Tong's face, according to their standards, this Jiang Mansion and all the subordinates in the mansion are extremely chaotic and have no rules, such as Sister-in-law Wang, who dares to gossip about the master's family so recklessly.
"said that if it weren't for the eldest lady and the second lady who hurt the eldest grandmother, the eldest grandmother would definitely take over the housekeeper at this time, and she would have made up the monthly money for everyone a long time ago, and said that the eldest lady and the second lady are a pair of-stirring sticks and troublemakers, no matter what happens, if they let the two of them get their hands dirty, then it will not be fine."
"From the monthly money to the illness of Zhuyun A-Niang, sister-in-law Wang said that Zhuyun's mother has been sick for four or five years, and when she gave birth to Zhuyun's younger brother, there was no money to buy charcoal in the confinement, the house was too cold, and the root of the disease fell when it was frozen.
Li Tong listened quietly, she knew Mrs.
Chen's temper too well, in Mrs.
Chen's eyes, as long as she was her servant, there was only one unswerving loyalty to her, and the other seven emotions and six desires, joys, sorrows, and joys did not exist, even if she starved them to death, they were also loyal to her, and had no second thoughts.
That's why she dared to save people's monthly money first.
"The family of Zhuyun is a slave in this house, all relying on monthly money, this disease has been delayed year by year, and several doctors who have seen it have said that the root of Zhuyun's mother's disease is too bad, and if you want to be cured, you have to eat ginseng soup.
Last year, when the house made up the monthly money, Zhuyun and her father calculated the monthly money of the family for a year, which was enough to buy a ginseng, who knew that Zhuyun only got two taels of silver, and the rest was said to be Mrs. who took it to add a new skirt to the second lady.
The night before, her mother almost couldn't get up in one breath, and she was in a hurry, so she asked Wang's sister-in-law every day how her mother was. ” Li Tong listened expressionlessly.
Last time, because of Jiang Huanzhang's words, she held on and took over the middle feed in this house, the first thing was the monthly money that people were in arrears, but the Jiang family was full of confused accounts from top to bottom, from inside to outside, and there was an expenditure of monthly money on the general ledger every month, but the inner house did not issue details, and several housekeepers and grandmothers had their own statements, and Mrs.
Chen didn't know anything.
She was determined to take care of the Jiang Mansion properly and in an orderly manner, so she naturally had to wait for it to be checked before reissuing it, but she didn't wait for her to find out, and on Mrs.
Chen's birthday, the hall was full of guests, kneeling in front of her in public, knocking her head dripping with blood, saying that her mother was sick and dying, and immediately waited for her 800 yuan monthly money to save her life, and begged her to reward her with the monthly money Li Tong's forehead suddenly jumped with a painful heart, just like when she stood in the eyes of everyone that day, Gu Niangzi persuaded her: "People like ours pay the most attention to generosity and kindness, but don't take silver money too seriously."
It seems that it was from that time that she had a reputation for being harsh on money "Coincidentally, Sister Zhuyun went to the kitchen to spread the word, saying that Mrs. had a heartache and that dinner was lighter, and Sister-in-law Wang asked her if she had begged Mrs.
Wang, and Touyun said no, Sister-in-law Wang pointed to me and said to Touyun, it is better to ask for grandma, grandma has silver, just leak a little is enough, Zhuyun looked at me and didn't speak, I didn't dare to answer without grandma's orders."
"It's easy, let's keep a big box of old ginseng."
Water Lotus smiled.
"Don't worry about such a foolish person."
Li Tong said coldly.
Li Tong's steep turn was too fast, Wenzhu and Shuilian were stunned, and looked at each other.
"Grandma didn't say that she made friends with Zhuyun, but she also had ears and eyes," Wen Zhu couldn't help but ask
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