My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 441 What's Wrong Again?

Gu Jinghui seemed to be about to leave, standing by the door, hesitantly saying, “By the way, when I just came back, what difficulties were you talking about?”

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "No hurry, it's more important for my husband to go find Mr. Songshan first."

Gu Jinghui stopped moving after hearing this. He stood still and asked, "Really not in a hurry?"

Qin Yuan nodded and said, "I'm really not in a hurry. It's just that the price of pepper has dropped sharply recently, and I'm thinking about how to settle the share of money for the housekeepers."

Gu Jinghui was relieved and reminded her again and again: "I'll go then. You can have a good meal by yourself. I'll be back as soon as I'm done. If you feel sleepy, go to bed early. It's the same if you get up tomorrow morning."

Qin Yuan smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, I understand. Go ahead."

Gu Jinghui finally decided to leave.

Hongye came in again and laughed softly, "The Marquis is like this, it seems like he's going to be gone for a long time. I mean, it seems like after this incident, the Marquis and the young lady are getting back together and are even closer."

Cui Ming said angrily, "You are the only one who talks too much. If you don't speak out, then you won't understand."

Hongye chuckled.

Qin Yuan said to her, "Just now the Marquis found an important task for you to do."

"What's wrong?" Hongye couldn't help but become nervous.

Cui Ming pursed her lips and smiled softly.

Qin Yuan said, "The Marquis is going to talk to Mr. Songshan and ask him to ask the kitchen to prepare some dishes that southerners like to eat and send them to him. I said Hongye has found out everything about Mr. Songshan's preferences."

Hongye groaned and said, "I heard from Brother Qi a few days ago that Mr. Songshan complained that he had nothing to do in the mansion all day, and then Sixth Master pestered him to recite poetry."

Qin Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

Hongye said, "I'll go and prepare it right away and get some rice wine."

Qin Yuan nodded and said, "All right, you decide everything."

Hongye then went about his business.

Not long after, the meal was ready, but Hongye was unwilling to serve the food.

Cui Ming had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll go and send it off."

Qin Yuan asked curiously: "What's the matter with this?"

Hongye didn't even look at her, and said, "...What can I do to be weird?...I just don't want to move. I've been stuck in the small kitchen for so long that I smell all over. I'm too lazy to change clothes...I'm afraid I'll stink the great scholar Mr. Songshan."

Qin Yuan glanced at Hong Ye and said, "Really?"

"That's right, I'm tired and want to take a break."

Hongye insisted.

Cui Ming said, "Okay, okay, I'll go. Mr. Songshan's talk is very interesting, it would be good to listen for a while."

Seeing that Qin Yuan stopped asking questions, Hongye breathed a sigh of relief.

Cui Ming brought a few maids and carried the food boxes to the front yard.

Qin Yuan then remembered to ask Hongye: "Last time you went to help Mr. Songshan decorate the yard, did you ever hear him mention his family?"

If you want to keep a great talent like Mr. Matsuyama, you have to take good care of his family.

Hongye shook her head: "Not yet, let me ask Brother Qi."

Qin Yuan nodded: "Please keep this in mind for me. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and Mr. Songshan will inevitably be homesick. If we can arrange things for his family and other matters as soon as possible, he will definitely be happy."

Hongye said, "Yes." After thinking for a while, she said, "Hasn't the kitchen been trying to make new mooncake molds before? Because of the work in the mansion, they put it aside temporarily. Now they are asked to make it again? Otherwise, there will be no good mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival gifts."

Qin Yuan nodded: "Things have been happening one after another. We have to arrange the gifts for everyone. If we wait until the funeral is over to deal with these things, I'm afraid it will be too late."

The two discussed a few more things.

Qin Yuan asked: "These days, who have you been watching coldly to see if they can be used?"

Hongye said, "I looked at some people before, but after talking to Hongmian and Mozhu, I felt that they were not very suitable. Now it seems that none of them are as good as Manager Qian. However, there is a good candidate for the position of Accountant Sun."

Qin Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Tell me about it."

Hongye said, "This person was mentioned by Gu Shiliu. Both Butler Han and Butler Cao agreed that he was an accountant under Accountant Sun. His surname is Wan, and he is also a family son in the mansion. His ancestors served in the army and managed money and food. He was also going to go to the northern frontier with the Marquis, but he was weak and had been sick all the time. He recovered in the past two years and came to the mansion to manage the accounts, working under Accountant Sun."

Qin Yuan said: "It turns out that this is a family tradition."

Hongye nodded: "The maids all said that he was very filial to his mother. Because of his weak health, he didn't want to delay others, so he never got married. A few years ago, his brother passed away, and his sister-in-law couldn't keep him and remarried. He brought his nephews and nieces to live with him to raise them. He must be a good person."

All that remains is the ability to manage accounts.

It's hard to judge this red leaf.

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's gather all the accountants together some other day and let them compete."

Hongye looked at Qin Yuan with admiration: "Miss, are you going to give them a test?"

"Yes, in the next two days," Qin Yuan said, "Now that the accountant and the inner courtyard housekeeper are all settled, I can save a lot of trouble. The Marquis also wants to hand over his private property to me to manage, and I have to take care of his own dowry shop. Fortunately, I have Shen Changle to use, otherwise I would not have the time to make a collection of poems."

As they were talking, Cui Ming came back and said with a smile, "Miss, the Marquis invites you to come over and have dinner with him."

Qin Yuan was surprised: "Why do you want me to go again?"

Cui Ming laughed loudly: "That's right, Mr. Songshan said that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, but he and the Marquis are only two together."

Red leaves also smiled.

Qin Yuan: “…”

Cui Ming managed to suppress her laughter and said, "How come Mr. Gu Liu is sitting there too?"

Hongye also giggled.

Qin Yuan smiled and shook her head: "It's good that Sixth Master is here. We can discuss the account and the Xu family's affairs. We don't have to avoid Mr. Songshan about these matters."

Cui Ming said, "Maybe the Marquis is also thinking of this."

Hongye said, "Why don't you ask Mr. Songshan about his family?"

Qin Yuan said: "I see. Are you still unwilling to follow me to the front yard?"

Hongye was a little embarrassed, but still said, "How about I sort out the list for the Mid-Autumn Festival in the house today? Besides, Hongmian and Mozhu have checked the items and the accounts carefully, and I still need to check them."

Qin Yuan knew that Lord Gu had probably told Hong Ye about Sixteen, so she nodded and said, "Since you are tired from walking around these past few days, just take a rest."

Then he asked Cui Ming, "Do you want to stay in Wutong Garden too?"

Cui Ming shook her head and said, "I stay in the sewing room all day, it's nothing."

Qin Yuan took Cui Ming to the front yard.

On the way, he asked, "Why didn't the Marquis go to Mr. Songshan's yard to discuss matters?"

Cuiming said, "Shen Changle went to talk to Sixth Master about carving, and happened to run into Mr. Songshan commenting on Sixth Master's poems. The three of them talked for a long time, and the Marquis came later, but they were talking in the front yard. When I was delivering the food, I ran into Shen Changle. He was so happy, as if he was about to become rich, and stopped me and talked for a long time."