Ordinary clear day

Chapter 210 Housework
However, during the New Year this year, Zhang Bao went home, discussed with his wife and children for a few days, and decided to change the past field planting plan, no longer just planting rice, but mainly wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, peanuts, potatoes, etc. A variety of crops are supplemented.

In the past, when Zhang Bao was in Fengtian and Guangzhou, he was in charge of farming mainly rice, and other crops were only marginal, but he had never grown wheat.So in Fangshan, I saw that half of the Yu family's land was used for rice cultivation, so I bought it and changed all of it into rice fields.

However, he had been an official in Zhili for more than a year, and he also had some understanding of the farming methods in the north. He knew that the yield of wheat per mu was higher and it was more suitable for the soil quality of his field, so he changed his original intention.And because when Su Wanda, who was an official in Shandong, wrote a letter, he mentioned that the local people farmed and loved to interplant wheat and soybeans in turn, saying that soybeans can fertilize the fields.So Zhang Bao discussed with his family and set up a new planting plan for his own fields. Soybeans, corn, peanuts, etc. were planted in the spring, and wheat was planted in the autumn. On the fertile land that is not afraid of the cold wind, the tenants who are best at intensive cultivation are selected to manage it in order to strive for high yield.

Shuning also suggested planting rapeseed, but it would be planted on a small field reclaimed in the forest without occupying a large area of ​​land.

When she asked a year ago whether the production capacity in Baoding Zhuangzi could be handed over to her own grain store for sale, she realized that she had made a mistake.In fact, there are not many farmers growing rice around the capital, most of them grow wheat, and Baoding Zhuangzi is no exception.Therefore, the rice that can guarantee the source is only the part of the autumn harvest, the Lumi of each family member, and the bad grain from Tongzhou.She was not pedantic, so she asked Gu Quansheng to change the rice business into a grain business, and even started the business of flour, corn, peanuts, beans, etc. Most of the peanuts and beans were sold to the oil mill along with the rapeseed. Oil, another gain.

In fact, if she couldn't stand the oiliness of the oil shop, she would still want to open one next to the grain store.

Zhang Bao admired his daughter's open source project very much, and often lamented why she was not a son, but because of this she got her daughter's eyes, and said cheerfully, "My daughter is not bad."He personally changed the name of the grain store to "Shunfeng", and named the warehouse in Tongzhou to "Hengfu".In order to supervise the land replanting plan of his family, he specially rushed back to quickly deal with the accumulated affairs when the Zhili yamen opened a year later, then asked his boss for a month's leave and returned to Fangshan.

Tong Shi asked if it would be wrong to do so, but he smiled and said, "I'm just an assistant officer, but I'm just in charge of some trivial matters. What's the point if I'm missing? If it's wrong, Master Fantai won't do it either." Agree. What's more, Mr. Fei and Mr. Ye are still there, and nothing will happen." Only then did Tong feel relieved.

With an experienced father in charge, Shu Ning also felt relieved. Instead, she stayed in Beijing to take charge of Tongzhou's affairs, and picked Niu Xiaosan to be in charge of Hengfu's affairs.Tong felt that Niu Xiaosan was a bit more honest, and was afraid that he would be taken advantage of by others, so she gave him a smarter maid as his wife, made him a family, and took the other family to Tongzhou.

These industries in the family gradually got on the right track, and Zhang Bao personally sent his elder brother and younger brother to the expedition.At this time, it was almost March, everything in the fruit forest and lotus pond in the field was properly arranged, and the business of the grain bank was on the right track. Introduced two other colleagues to come.

Zhang Bao began to pack his bags and was ready to return to Baoding with his wife to take up his post.Old Mr. Fei Chengwang has written several times, saying that the chief minister is eagerly looking forward to Zhang Bao's return.It seems that Zhang Bao, the assistant official, is far more important than he imagined. After all, not every official can take care of those trivial daily affairs.Another official from Zhili's Canzheng Road, after realizing that he was not good at agricultural facts, finally let go of his prejudices and expressed his goodwill to Zhang Bao, saying that he would not interfere indiscriminately again.

Before Tong's departure, she privately returned the purse that Shuning had given to Changgui with silver bills, and said: "You silly girl, the dowry property was bought by your natal family for your daughter, so you pay for it with money from your own house. What? Take it back quickly. If you want to intervene, just choose the place you like, and the family will naturally pay for it."

But Shu Ning said: "My private money is also family money, why can't I use it? What's more, the family has used a lot of money recently. Since it is my future private property, I should contribute a share of the money."

Tong smiled: "Take it back. If you are worried about spending too much money at home, you can make up your own mind and choose a land that is cheap and has good production. I have asked Changfu Changgui and Quansheng to pay more attention. Go pick it out, as long as Chang Fu has seen it and there is no problem, then you don’t have to ask me.”

Shu Ning was a little surprised, but soon realized that this was her mother's recognition of her housekeeper's performance in recent months, and she was also very happy, so she took the purse back.

The parents took the younger brother to take up the post together, and Xiaobao also returned to Fangshan with the little Liu family. Shuning stayed because she wanted to help take care of the pregnant Zhenzhen.But the confinement sister-in-laws trained earlier are obviously very capable, and there is no problem even if she is not there, so within a few days Shuning planned to go back to Fangshan to take care of the housework. For this reason, she asked Zhenzhen: "I am not in the house, you alone Can people do it?" Zhenzhen cast a glance at her, and said, "You underestimate me too much, and now I'm about to be a mother, do I still need my sister-in-law to take care of me? Besides, there are Uncle Changfu and Ermo Well. Your brother will also take good care of me." She stroked her chubby belly with a faint smile on her face.

Shu Ning nodded: "Well, anyway, you are no longer shy now, and your diet is normal. If you have anything to do, go to Ermo and those daughters-in-law. If you don't have anything in the house, just send it away." People are coming for me."

Zhenzhen smiled and said: "You say that, I really want to ask you for someone. Huzi went to Baoding with Suyun, and the new guy next to your brother is clumsy. Go back and pick someone who is smarter."

Shu Ning complied, and was about to go back to her room to tidy up, but someone came to report that Lu Yun of the eldest room had come to ask the third girl and the fourth grandmother to talk with the order of the eldest wife and the eldest grandmother.Shuning and Zhenzhen didn't know what was going on, and looked at each other suspiciously.

Nala and Li came to ask for help.Mrs. Li has just been diagnosed and found out that she is pregnant again, and it has been two months.The one son and one daughter she gave birth to before were not in good health, and all kinds of disasters and disasters happened, most likely because they didn't take good care of them during pregnancy.She had some concerns in her heart, and planned to have a healthy child this time, so she discussed with her mother-in-law and wanted to borrow two daughter-in-laws from Zhenzhen to take care of her.

After thinking about it, Zhenzhen still agreed, but said she would transfer them back when she gave birth.Mrs. Li hurriedly agreed, thanked him solemnly, and then talked about another matter.

It turned out that she planned to temporarily put aside the housework and concentrate on waiting for the delivery, but since Jinbao left, Nala has been bedridden and has no energy to take care of the house.Sitara is inexperienced, and the child is young, so he can't do it alone.Since Jin Bao was conferred the title, she only went back to the mansion during the Chinese New Year, and usually only lived in the outer house, saying that she was busy with housework and was powerless.Therefore, the Nala clan solemnly asked Shuning to come forward to manage the affairs of the Talla Mansion.

Shu Ning was stunned for a while, she had never managed such a large mansion, but she also had some experience in managing Fangshan Bieyuan in the past few months.Thinking about coming to Tatara Mansion is actually equivalent to more than two Fangshan courtyards, but it does not refer to houses, but personnel and affairs.She is also eager to try, this is an excellent opportunity to practice.However, managing a baron's mansion is not an easy task. The water here is getting deep, and she has some concerns in her heart.

In addition, she was worried that once the control was taken down, the tail would be too big to lose, and it would be difficult to get out in the future.She still has a lot of things to do by herself, the dowry will start to be arranged, the fields and forests in Fangshan need to be taken care of, and the affairs of grain and warehouses must also be taken care of. Can not ignore.What's more, what Tongying said, she hasn't visited the location of the small house in the future.

So after thinking about it, she agreed to temporarily take care of the housework for a month. What happens after a month depends on Nala's physical condition and Sitara's adaptation process.Mrs. Nala and Mrs. Li didn't agree, so they hurriedly called Mrs. Sitara and explained everything clearly, which made the latter heave a sigh of relief.

The first thing Shu Ning did after taking office was to call all the managers and respectable mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law together, and said: "Thanks to the favor of my aunt and sister-in-law, I will temporarily take over the affairs of the mansion, and I have to make some things clear first. He has always had a good temper, but he will not soften his heart towards those who do not obey the rules. Anyone who has unclean hands and feet, who loves to gamble and fight, who loves to chew his master's tongue, and who does not do things but drags others down, give them up as soon as possible. I've changed it, otherwise I'll catch you and lose face for several lifetimes, don't blame me for not reminding me in advance."

She said these words neither softly nor forcefully, but the listeners felt a chill and whispered among themselves.Shu Ning felt that this situation was a bit like a private medium-sized company suddenly parachuting a very young general manager. As the boss's niece instead of a serious prince's son, he wanted to show off his authority and deal with those who beat him up. An old courtier who has worked for decades.She glanced at everyone, and secretly made up her mind.

Last autumn, he had downsized the staff in his Tara mansion, and most of the people who stayed were somewhat dependent. Seeing that Shu Ning was young and not a serious lady of the family, how could she be taken seriously?Only those who have seen her ability before, restrained tremblingly.Those who didn't care too much, found that Shu Ning was basically Xiao Guicao, then became more contemptuous, and still did whatever they wanted as before, and naturally some people were caught.

Shu Ning's method of punishment is neither beating nor killing, nor is it easy to drive people out, but fines are imposed on those who have made minor mistakes.Those with rich net worth naturally don't care, but there are also some cash-strapped ones, and after finding out that they have to advance the monthly money and rewards for the next few months or even a year, they quietly become more polite.

For more serious crimes, Shu Ning punishes people to stand on the passageway with the most traffic in the whole house. Starting from two hours, the maximum penalty is twelve hours a day. No need to kneel, just stand, but she will still Another two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sent to speak loudly about the crimes of the wrongdoer, and they kept talking so that everyone who came and went could hear them clearly.In less than half a day, everyone in the whole government knew about it, and in three or four days, even the people in Baoding Zhuangzi heard about it.

Thin-skinned people are soon too ashamed to see people, and they dare not do it again in the future, for fear of experiencing the terrible experience of being pointed at by others in full view, but there are also thick-skinned people who not only don't care about other people's eyes, He also blatantly teases people.

For this kind of person, Shuning's method is to double the time of punishment on the basis of the previous punishment every time they commit a crime. It was to inform all relatives and friends, even the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture, that this man was no longer a slave of the Tatara family, and that what happened in the future had nothing to do with the Tatara family.

Now the man panicked, he didn't even have the chance to bluff and cheat in the name of his master, he tried every means to ask for grace, but he was scolded for thirty hours in a row, everyone knew what kind of virtue he was, and Seeing his unrepentant behavior with his own eyes, not only was no one willing to help, even his own family members were afraid of being implicated by him and refused to lend a helping hand.That man wanted to make a fuss outside, but his name had long been stinking on the street, who would believe him?He also had no choice but to leave in despair, only to eat at home and wait to die.

In the process, those mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law who were ordered to scold others have tasted the sweetness.Because Shuning promised that they would be subsidized with [-] Wen for every hour of scolding. In order to be able to scold for a long time and to scold wonderfully, they tried their best to inquire about the privacy of the punished, even the five-year-old bed-wetting incident. Not letting go, fully satisfying the desire for gossip, but also satisfying the desire for money.After they finished cursing, received the money, and their voices became hoarse, how could they have the energy to gossip about the master's family?And because of the benefits here, I went around to inquire about the privacy of my colleagues for future use.As a result, others were very defensive and never gossiped with them again, lest their relatives would deny them and scold them.

Nala's and Li's were dumbfounded, and the latter even memorized this method silently, and decided to continue to use it in the future.

After more than half a month, the people in his Tara mansion also realized how powerful the third girl is, and found that they really underestimated her in the past.This is the biological daughter of the third-bedroom Taisui empress, the daughter of the first wife, and she will soon marry into the Imperial Palace, maybe there will be a chance to make a Fujin Dangdang in the future.Is this aunt an easy-going generation?So they restrained themselves one by one, admonishing each other to endure it for a month or two, at least wait for her to let go of the power of housekeeper.

There are also some quick-witted ones, who had an idea to curry favor with this little master, if they could become her companion, wouldn't it be more honorable to be a servant of the palace than a servant of the baron's residence in the future?However, Shu Ning knew very well, even if she wanted to choose someone, she would only choose reliable candidates from her own servants.

She managed the affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner, and also mentioned many things about the Sitara family. Seeing that everything went well, she also took time to go back to Fangshan to take care of the family's affairs, and even took a carriage to inspect Liangxiang. A piece of property, I just felt that the field was a little worse, so I didn't buy it.After checking the accounts of the grain store and warehouse, he returned to the capital again.

Nala specially invited her to the room, and after thanking her for her hard work in recent days, she made a request with some embarrassment: "Third girl, the day after tomorrow is the memorial day for the old man, I want to take your second sister home to stay for a while, you Can you... help the eldest aunt to ask at Sibeile's residence?"

(There is something wrong with the computer, and I urgently asked someone to fix it. I thought it would be too late. Fortunately, I wrote something last night...)
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