Reborn Noble Daughter and First Wife

Chapter 209 Layoff Crisis
One autumn rain and one cold, the old saying is true!Gu Qinglian stood in front of the window and looked at the vast raindrops outside the window. The raindrops were floating thinly and densely, like threads, and the trees, flowers and plants seemed to be covered with a mysterious veil, and the mist was heavy.

The arrival of the autumn rain makes everything colorful. This kind of rain scene was what she dreamed of in the past, but now she has no intention of appreciating it. She just stands there blankly, with a dignified face and a radiant look in her eyes. A trace of worry.

It all happened so unexpectedly, so suddenly.Unable to allow her to think about it, a heavy burden fell on her weak shoulders like a Mount Tai.

"Young Mistress, it's not good..." Cui'er rushed in hastily.

There's nothing wrong with it, it's already like this.Gu Qinglian recovered and looked at Cui'er calmly.She is already immune to the word 'bad'. Maybe it's because she has experienced too many hardships, and her body and mind have a great ability to resist pressure. Maybe it's also because she has compromised with the cruel reality, knowing that it is impossible. Escaping can only be faced with the truth.In short, she now has nothing to scare and scare her.

"What happened?" she asked lightly.

Tweety was panicked just now, seeing Gu Qinglian's calm face, she was stunned for a moment, swallowed a few times to calm herself down, "Eldest young mistress, Auntie Ding..."

"What's wrong with her?" Gu Qinglian heard that it was Ding Yan'er's business, so she turned around and continued to look at the intermittent rain falling outside the window.

Ever since Mr. Shen was imprisoned, Ding Yaner has not stopped for a long time, stealing and selling items from the Shen family, hiding antiques privately, and even fanning the flames everywhere to encourage her to separate the family. Does she still think that the Shen family is not chaotic, or what? By?Now I don't know what is going on.Now that there is a mess going on, Gu Qinglian has no time, let alone the heart, to take care of her affairs.

Seeing that Gu Qinglian didn't care about Auntie Ding's affairs at all, Cui'er frowned slightly, and said in a lower voice, "...Auntie Ding ran away with someone."

"What?" Gu Qinglian didn't quite believe what she heard, and stared at Cui'er with wide eyes.

It is not common for a married man to elope with other men in modern times, not to mention in ancient times, once the elopement person was caught, he would die.This Ding Yaner is really brave, and it also shocked Gu Qinglian quite a bit!

Tweety'er was so shocked that her hands were trembling with fright, so she mustered up her courage and said weakly: "Just now, Hongxiu came to report that Auntie Ding's room was found in a mess early this morning, and all valuables and All the money was swept away, and at first I thought it was a thief, but later I found a letter and a note on the dressing table, and I realized that she had run away."

When Gu Qinglian heard this, her heart trembled, and her face became even more serious. After a moment of silence, she turned around and saw Tweety standing tremblingly. Only then did she recover and realized that her tone and expression just now were too scary, so she softened her tone Said: "What about the letter, bring it to me to have a look!"

Tweety carefully presented it to her hand, Gu Qinglian opened it to read it, and sneered: It's really a 'touching' long letter!
The words in the letter were true and pure, saying that although she had feelings for Shen Congjia, but he had no feelings for her at all, as cold as ice.She also said that she and He Keming have been in love for a long time, and their true feelings are touching, but the heavens are not beautiful, and lovers are not allowed to get together. After struggling for these days, they finally couldn't deceive their feelings, so they decided to live together. I hope Shen Congjia understands their feelings, forgives them, and says that in the next life, he will definitely repay his kindness by being a cow and a horse.

Now, Old General Shen's funeral has just been finished, and Mrs. Shen is seriously ill. If she is told about Aunt Ding, I don't know how angry she will be.Forget it, let's go.

Gu Qinglian closed the letter slowly, and said to Tweety with a serious face: "You inform, this matter must not reach the ears of the wife, and anyone who leaks will be severely punished."

Seeing the sternness in Gu Qinglian's eyes, Cui'er immediately understood the severity of it, and went down to seal her mouth with lingering fear.

In any case, they are considered lovers who finally get married. Gu Qinglian thought about it and felt that this result is not too ridiculous.After all, Shen Congjia really has no emotion for Ding Yaner, if she stays in Shen's residence, she will not be like a living dead.To be honest, from Gu Qinglian's heart, she also didn't want to see such a beautiful 'flower' wither silently in Shen's residence.

When this matter reached Shen Congjia's ears, he didn't react too much, it seemed as if his own dog ran away with the neighbor's dog, and it had nothing to do with him.He is still busy with Master Shen's February [-]th affairs.On the contrary, the good-natured female family members in the mansion probably said some nasty things in private when they were angry, and they were all punished by Gu Qinglian one by one, and the matter was suppressed like this.

What Gu Qinglian must do every day now is to read the account book.She hardly ever went out, picked up the ledger left by Mrs. Shen every day and looked at it carefully.

What is reflected in the accounts is not only income and expenditure issues, but also complicated interpersonal interactions, close and distant relationships, and finally mixed into a paste. Gu Qinglian felt a splitting headache after reading it all day. The plans of each house, there are some problems that have no solution at all, so they can only be consumed slowly. When the daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, the baton will be passed to the next generation, and continue to consume.

This is not the worst, Mr. Shen's [-], [-]... will continue, and the living expenses of each house have to be paid, and in two days it will be the day to pay the extra money.Now the money spent every day is like flowing water. Previously, in order to save Master Shen from prison, he asked his contacts to go through the back door, inquire about news, and clear the way. The savings of the Shen family for many years have been spent. Now there is no way to get money from the house. There is not much silver left, and a hundred or so mouths are still waiting to be fed, and the next thing is the worst.

Gu Qinglian's pocket is empty, and she has to face the people who receive the money every day. She really has two big heads.It is not an exaggeration to say that they are here to collect money. They are all like bullies who have come to collect protection fees. When they hear that they have no money, they are all angry. Chaotian also wanted to dig out the money, such a mess, really made Gu Qinglian's head burnt!

what to do!What else can be done, in order to save money, Gu Qinglian had to make a last resort decision: layoffs.

As soon as the news got out, all houses and courtyards exploded, people crying for their father and mother, people bumping into the wall to find their way to death, and some people scolded the eighteen generations of Gu Qinglian's ancestors all over the place, no matter if it was the master, maidservant, or individual. Everyone came to make trouble in Haitang Garden.

Gu Qinglian had no choice but to start from her own house. Except for Fangxin, Cui'er and two quicker maids, everyone else was sold off.But the masters in the other rooms are not difficult to deal with. Besides, Gu Qinglian has just come to power, and she doesn't have much prestige, and no one takes her seriously.Mrs. Shen was seriously ill and couldn't support her. This decision of hers only attracted scolding from everyone, but had no practical effect.

On this day, Haitang Court was still beset by people asking for money. When Gu Qinglian was sitting in the surrounded crowd, frowning, a tall man came, and the shadow attached to her Her whole body was enveloped in it. When she looked up, a sapphire blue brocade robe came into her eyes, and a pair of deep eyes looked at her quietly.

Shen Congjia gently lifted Gu Qinglian who was already weak, and squinted at the surrounding people with dark eyes, his face immediately sank.Everyone backed away in fear.

"What do you mean? Could it be that looking at Qinglian is easy to bully?" Shen Congjia's voice was as cold as a river in winter, and he stared at everyone majestically, saying every word.

Seeing Shen Congjia's dangerous expression, Aunt Wang immediately put on an apologetic expression, lowered her head and said softly: "Master, please calm down, we are just here to collect the daily silver taels as usual."

Shen Congjia solemnly looked at her and the catkins beside her, his eyes were deep and dark, looking straight at their hearts.Then he shouted loudly to everyone: "Now the house is difficult, I hope everyone can be of the same mind, now Qinglian is in charge of the family affairs, you must obey, if you don't obey, the family law will severely punish you!"

Although his voice was calm, he couldn't hide his commanding tone. Seeing the menacing look in his eyes, everyone became obedient.

Shen Congjia glanced at Gu Qinglian next to her. Her face was visibly thinner, her originally smooth and fair skin became dull, and her eyes were helpless. His heart was also inexplicably sour, and he said clearly: "You remember, you are my friend." His first wife, the young mistress of the Shen family who obeys every order!"

Seeing Shen Congjia's earnest and sincere face, Gu Qinglian stared at her expectantly, her eyes instantly became firm, Gu Qinglian nodded heavily, and said, "I see."

The words are clanging and resounding.

In just four words, after finishing speaking, Gu Qinglian felt her whole body was full of strength, and she also gave orders to the people around her: "This month's routine is suspended!"

With one word, everyone showed anger and sighed.

Shen Congjia's face gradually became solemn and stern, looking at them quietly, the female relatives also felt the chill in his eyes, and the room became completely silent.

Gu Qinglian continued her words: "From today onwards, layoffs will start, starting with a few concubine's courtyards!"

With Shen Congjia standing beside her, no one dared to refute. This order was finally passed and started to be implemented.Gu Qinglian felt that the mountain that was pressing on her body was removed, and the pressure was also a little less.

Gu Qinglian began to get busy under the dissatisfied and angry eyes of the women's family members. There were a lot of streamlined maids in each house and courtyard, and there were also a lot of desperate jobs during the period, but they still couldn't escape the fate of being sold.

Looking at the miserable scene, Gu Qinglian couldn't bear it, but she had no choice but to do cruel things for the survival of some people!

Only now can Gu Qinglian really understand why some people would not hesitate to frame others for their own survival. Although what she is doing now is not framing others, there is not much difference in essence!
After a whole day, she felt very tired and tired.

(End of this chapter)