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Chapter 167 Delicate Heart

Seeing An Xiu'er's gloomy look, Madam Fu didn't say much to her, she just stood beside her quietly. After a while, she saw the old man carrying the medicine box in the mansion from a distance, and her face was pale. Shi Yixi: "The doctor is here."

An Xiu'er stretched out her hand and asked the doctor to take her pulse. After the doctor took her pulse, he only said that she was overthinking and needed a good rest, and gave her a prescription to calm the fetus and refresh the mind.

An Xiu'er reckoned that during this period of time, she would definitely not be able to stop taking the medicine, but it didn't matter, the bitter taste of the medicine was nothing to her, she was already used to it.

After thanking the doctor, An Xiu'er sat quietly in the lotus pavilion for a while, and then went to look for Mrs. Wu, and told her about the nanny in her yard.

Wu Shi seemed a little listless. After An Xiu'er told her, she only said that she could just figure it out. She was not in the mood right now.

An Xiu'er was a little speechless when she heard the words. She thought that Wu Shi would get better, but she didn't change much. However, An Xiu'er can understand her current behavior, it doesn't matter, as long as she doesn't make trouble. She's in charge

She ordered the woman to be arrested, summoned all the servant girls above the third class in the mansion, told them about this matter, and announced the fate of the woman in front of everyone's orders. Sold to the toothmaid.

If you make a mistake in a big family like this, it is very difficult to find a good employer, especially this woman is still a bit old. After she is sold, she can only do coolies for others. It's hard to have such an easy day today.

"Although this gossip is a trivial matter, our Zhang family can't tolerate people who gossip, and in my eyes, I can't tolerate this kind of trivial matter, so I hope you can take care of yourself in the future. Today, I will sell this woman. It's just because she is old, if other people make mistakes in the future, I will send him directly to the quarry, our Zhang family has nothing else, but there are several quarries, and they are in short supply."

An Xiu'er's voice was very soft, but everyone's hearts trembled when they heard it. Everyone had no doubts about the truth of her words. She really dared to do this, because she came from that soft and weak country. It has changed too much to become the person who stands here to make an example of others and set the rules.

After combating this phenomenon of gossip, An Xiu'er started to learn about the rules and etiquette of the servants. At this time, she began to thank Fu Nanny for coming, because it was Fu Nanny who taught her the rules, so she is now Qualified to speak for others.

After establishing the rules, she asked the steward to show her the account book of the mansion, and she told the steward that no matter who it is, anyone who has more than 1000 taels of silver to come to pay the bill must let her see it. And in the future, no matter whether it is the Zhang family's direct lineage or collateral lineage, they will not be able to withdraw money from the account so casually.

Her rules naturally make many people dissatisfied, but it doesn't matter, because she knows whose interests she has harmed, and whoever will be dissatisfied with her, so these jumping people are just moths of the Zhang family.

When Zhang Zhenan was here, he wanted to pull out these people, but unfortunately he hadn't had time, so let her settle the blame for these people.

In the past, she didn't care about the house, and her talent was useless, but now, when the housekeeper showed her the account books of the past few months, she quickly discovered the problem. They didn't even have the chance to make false accounts and balance accounts No.

Moreover, sometimes the accountant made a wrong calculation, and An Xiu'er would always find out that she was such a person that no one dared to underestimate her.

At the beginning, everyone was still optimistic about her position, guessing that she would definitely give up the pick soon, and they thought that they would do whatever they wanted, and they would get kickbacks, but they didn't expect that, She is even more powerful than Wu Shi, and also more severe than Wu Shi.

An Xiu'er knew that the manager of the purchase would get a lot of kickbacks. In the past, Zhang's family had a big business, and the Wu family had countless dowries. She didn't care about the money at all, but An Xiu'er was different. She ruled the family strictly.

She personally sent someone to inquire about the prices of some ingredients. If she wants to buy them, there is no upper limit. She knows that it is impossible for people who buy them not to take some kickbacks at all, but if they are too greedy like a mouse stealing oil , she doesn't allow it.

Under her management, the Zhang family gradually restored order, and the ladies in the county city began to hand in invitations again, but now they are not only here to visit the Wu family, but there are also many people I'm going to visit Anxiuer.

An Xiu'er has been in the Zhang family for more than a year, but before that, no one has ever thought of visiting her, and more people are waiting to see her fate, privately speculating how long it will take for her to be released. She was driven out, but she didn't expect that she would now gain a foothold in the Zhang family and gain the power of housekeeper.

As a big family in the county, every move of the Zhang family is naturally seen by those who are interested. They heard that the internal chaos of the Zhang family has been eliminated by An Xiuer, and they also want to come and have a look. The truth of this matter Fake, let's see how An Xiuer's butler ability is.

An Xiu'er naturally agreed to their visit. Although she didn't like dealing with these people, these things had to be done. As the mistress of the family, she had to bear these responsibilities.

However, during this period of time, Wu's condition seems to have improved a lot, and he can come out to accompany guests. In the past, An Xiu'er and Wu's came out, most of them were led by Wu, and An Xiu'er was just accompanying guests, but now they don't It's the same, now she is the leader, and Wu Shi is just assisting from the side.

It was the first time for An Xiuer to entertain guests, but she was still a little nervous, but she didn't have to be in a hurry. In her opinion, there are many ways to treat guests. Although it is complicated, it is actually very simple. As long as you treat others with your heart , Treat them as brothers and sisters, others will naturally feel your kindness.

Although An Xiu'er was entertaining guests for the first time, she put a lot of thought into designing the banquet. She originally thought that nothing would go wrong, but she didn't expect these ladies to praise her greatly after they returned, thinking that she is kind-hearted. And humble, getting along with her makes them feel very comfortable, like a spring breeze.

An Xiu'er didn't understand how the people in the city lived, so she used simple methods, such as inviting them to taste tea, she didn't use those high-priced famous teas, but found another way.

Knowing that these guests were coming, she asked the maids to prepare some clean jasmine flowers the day before, and put the jasmine flowers at the bottom of the bowl, but prepared another bowl, spread a layer of honey on the bottom of the bowl, and turned the two bowls upside down. Get up, put it in the ice cellar to keep it fresh, and take it out to make tea the next day. It has the fragrance of jasmine and the sweetness of honey. The two complement each other, but drinking it makes people feel comfortable.

Although these ingredients are very simple and the price is not expensive, these noble ladies feel very satisfied, because they have long been used to drinking those expensive tea leaves, and occasionally change to this one, the original flavor is refreshing and pleasant Suddenly, everyone in the county and city rushed to follow suit.

An Xiu'er did not expect that this small act of hers would become popular in the county town, which made her a little emotional. When she was in the countryside, when she wanted to buy silk flowers or fabrics, when the seller advertised , I always say that this is popular in the county and use it as a gimmick, but I never thought that one day, things I made by myself will become a fashion.

Not only rich and noble families like to make tea like this, but even some skillful women and girls among ordinary people have begun to imitate this method.

Anyway, as long as you pick jasmine without spending money, there are wild honey on the mountain. If you are afraid of being stung, there are beekeepers nowadays, so this honey is not difficult to find, and the price is not expensive.

A new way of brewing tea came up in the county city, not only the people in the city talked about it and improved it, but people outside the city gradually heard about it.

At this moment, in an ordinary farmhouse thirty miles outside the city, a beautiful young girl bounced into the main room, holding two combined bowls in her hand, offering treasures to the person sitting in the room. The two men said: "Yesterday I went to the pharmacy in the city to sell herbs, and learned a good way to make tea."

"What's the best way?" An old man stroked his beard and asked with a smile.

This old man is about six or seventy years old, with gray hair, dressed in gray clothes, and a kind expression. Although he is from the country, he has a peaceful temperament. clothes, but it can also be seen that he is mighty and extraordinary. After hearing the girl's words, he pursed his lips, and a smile appeared on his serious face.

"Look." The girl separated the two bowls with a smile, showed them the jasmine and honey at the bottom of the two bowls, and said, "The method I learned in the county yesterday, I heard it is It’s passed down from Zhang’s family in the county, this is the tea used by Mrs. Zhang’s family to entertain guests.”

"The Zhang family, that's a big family, I didn't expect their wife to have a delicate heart." The old man said slowly.

"Yes, I heard that their wives were originally from the countryside, but they were lucky enough to be able to marry such a rich family as wives." The girl said the gossip she heard from the county town, and treated it as a joke with the two. people share.

"You are not bad, isn't this a good man who fell from the sky for you?" The old man smiled and looked at the man opposite, and the man quickly clasped his fists with the old man and said, "Thank you for your life-saving grace." , but the matter of marriage remains to be discussed.”

The face of the girl at the side was originally dyed with two clusters of flying clouds, she was very beautiful, but after hearing what this man said, her face turned into a burning cloud, and her face was extremely red.

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