Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 53

On the second day after returning to the door, Lin Qingran met the mother and maid in Chenxiang Courtyard. Because Shao Ziyu had been brought by Master Shaohou for more than ten years, almost all the people in Chenxiang Courtyard were dismissed, leaving behind two mothers and maidservants. The four maids are in charge of taking care of the Chenxiang Courtyard. These two mothers were the dowry maids of Shao Ziyu's mother who married into the Shao family. After the death of the Fifth Master and his wife, they stayed in the Chenxiang Courtyard.

In addition to the two mothers and maidservants, the old lady in the long room sent her mother and maidservant over. Lin Qingran looked at the people standing there, and on the table beside them were the two mothers and maidservants from Chenxiangyuan. One of Chen's and Tian's mothers' deeds, and the rest of the deeds belong to the Shao family.

After a while, Lin Qingran said, "Although Chenxiang Courtyard is big, there are only me and Fifth Master. There is a shortage of people in the Zhuangzi. Mama Chen and your family are all in Shao's house. Why don't you go and fight for me and Fifth Master?" Zhuangzi on the edge of Lixi City."

That Mother Chen seemed to be honest and honest, but she was too honest. After inquiring, there were quite a few people who were bullied in Shao's mansion. She was married to a small outer courtyard steward in Shao's mansion, and she suffered a lot of grievances.

Lin Qingran didn't need this, but after all, she was the maid who served her mother-in-law in the past, so she gave her the status of being the mother in charge, and the whole family went to the village.

After recognizing their faces one by one, the assignment was made properly. Lin Qingran asked Mama Li and Mama Natian to get closer so that she could get acquainted with the affairs of Shao's mansion as soon as possible, so that she would not be stumbling when doing things in the future.

After waiting for these people to go out, Lin Qingran looked through the account book that Tian's mother had sent about the monthly case.

The Shao family is such a big family, and the five families live together. Like many big families, several generations have formed a rule.

The monthly rule before the separation is based on the number of people added to the house. After marrying a wife and having children, the number of people added will naturally increase, but the number of maid mothers and the number of masters in a house cannot exceed the maximum If there are more people who serve, the people in this room will come out by themselves. Those who live in the Shao's house will be raised by the Shao's family. If they come in after marriage and the body is not in the hands of the Shao's house, the Shao's family will pay half of the monthly salary, and the other half must be paid by themselves.

This is based on the monthly rate per head, and there is also the monthly expenses for one room. According to Tian's mother's account book, the monthly expenses of Chenxiangyuan in the past 11 years have been pitifully low.

The food in the Shao family is uniform. The big kitchen ordered someone to deliver the list one day in advance. They didn’t say what to eat, so they delivered it according to what they prepared in the kitchen. If you are satisfied, you can also eat in the yard by yourself. The Shao family will pay a part of the money for the cook, the maid for the fire, and all kinds of expenses, but not much.

The account books given by Tian’s mother are very detailed. It is not easy to manage a huge Shao family. There are no rules, and the rules are clear. Only those who do things understand

Two days later, the old lady sent someone to bring over the expenses of Chenxiangyuan, which was June's expenses. The masters of Chenxiangyuan were Lin Qingran and Shao Ziyu, with a total of 100 taels of silver. 50 taels is the monthly bill for two people, and 50 taels is the monthly expenses for the five-bedroom.

Lin Qingran saw what was clearly written in the booklet, and smiled, "It's quite polite."

The chess player on the side was puzzled, and there were only two ingots of silver and a piece of paper in the box, "Miss, this servant has inquired that even the fourth room with the least number of people has four or five hundred taels of silver a month, which is only 500 taels, what do you think?" polite."

Lin Qingran asked Si Qin to collect the money, with a smile on her face, "Why are you impolite? When I was not married, my mother gave us 15 taels a month in the Lin family. Naturally, it is enough to buy some rouge and gouache. Daddy The old lady gave 25 taels, and every season she had to make clothes and add anything else, you said, isn’t that considered polite?”

"That is to bully the few people here."

"How can this be regarded as bullying few people? We have few people here." Lin Qingran looked up at her and warned, "This is the Shao family, not the Lin family, so it follows the rules of the Shao family. Your uncle didn't come in." If you are an official, you don’t socialize with others, so naturally the cost will be less, and the old lady can’t make a mistake in doing this.” When you become an official, the cost is high, and you need to socialize, which will naturally increase the cost. The old lady is in charge of Shaoxing. After so many years at home, could it be that she made a mistake not long after she entered the door and was picked up by others?
During lunch, Shao Ziyu came back from the outside, the two of them sat down to eat quietly, and removed the table. Shao Ziyu handed Lin Qingran a stack of ledgers, and Lin Qingran flipped through them. What is recorded in the book, just look at the books, and the losses can be closed directly.

"This is a shop under the name of my parents in the past. The last few books are the shops in my mother's dowry. After my mother passed away, my uncle took care of these shops for my mother." Shao Ziyu explained, and Lin Qingran opened one of them. Pointing to the number, he asked, "Are you sure your uncle is taking care of it, not robbing?"

Shao Ziyu smiled, "Seven years ago, there was no profit sent over, and it was a loss every year."

Seeing his smiling face, Lin Qingran didn't care, and snorted softly, "The shop hasn't closed down for seven years, your uncle must have put a lot of money into it."

Hearing her sarcasm, Shao Ziyu smiled even more, "It seems that uncle should not spend so much money."

What he said was calm, how could Lin Qingran not guess the reason for this matter, when his father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away, he was so young, how could he know how to take care of the shop, and the Shao family took care of the shop under his father-in-law's name , Tun swallowed some, at least it was still being given to him, but the dowry shops under the mother-in-law's name, after being handed over to the Zhu family to take care of them, there was no return. If he pursued and verified, it would be his shrewdness. So he can only be so indifferent.

It is easy to die, but difficult to live, and it is even more difficult to live safe and sound.

Lin Qingran felt sorry for him, but if she was a time-traveling body, she fell into the Shao family, showed superhuman intelligence at the age of six, and took care of the shop left by her parents. She must have been treated as a monster and killed every minute up.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Qingran's mouth turned up slightly, "Well, they shouldn't be spending so much money."

"Madam, do you have any suggestions?" Shao Ziyu cooperated.

Lin Qingran blushed slightly, raised her voice, and said cheerfully, "Since the loss is so severe, then sell the shop, and the goods inside are enough to pay the severance pay of the shopkeeper."

At the end, Lin Qingran asked him, "The contract for this shop is in your hands."

Shao Ziyu nodded, Lin Qingran smiled and said, "Then send a letter to Zhu's house to inform uncle that these shops are going to be sold, and send someone to the shop by the way, inform them to clear the goods and dismiss them, and send the notice of selling the shop to the uncle." Post it."

Shao Ziyu looked at the smile on her face, the light coming in from the window made her eyes brighter, without the slightest affectation, he couldn't get tired of seeing that kind of smile
In the afternoon, Shao Ziyu wrote a letter and sent it to Zhu's house. Lin Qingran had already asked Guanyan to take people to those shops to count the remaining goods, calculate the remaining money, and find someone to sell the goods after discussing with him. Afterwards, the shopkeeper and the staff were dismissed, and the written notices were pasted directly on the door for resale.

It was already dark when the letter was delivered to Zhu's house. It was so late that Zhu's family would not rush to Shao's house in such a hurry. Early the next morning, Lin Qingran went to Master Shao to ask Ann to come back. Si Qin said, Zhu's second son Madam has been here for some time, so she is waiting in the front hall.

After entering the front hall, Si Hua greeted Second Madam Zhu, and Lin Qingran went in to salute her, "Second Aunt."

Mrs. Zhu looked at Lin Qingran's amiable look, and when she came, her questioning energy was half off, and she spoke more softly, "Ziyu is married, and I didn't come to see it. I just happened to be here today." Come and see you."

"Thank you, Second Aunt, for your concern." Lin Qingran looked at her and smiled.

Mrs. Zhu paused for a moment, and then she got to the point, "Qingran, Ziyu sent a letter yesterday, saying that he was going to sell the shop. What's going on? It's something left by his mother."

When it came to the topic, Lin Qingran's eyes darkened, "Second aunt, to tell you the truth, we don't want to sell mother-in-law's shop, and we really don't want to drag uncle and the others down. The account books sent over these years are all losses. The amount of loss in the past few years has been getting bigger and bigger, what should I do, I can’t pay money to support the shop, it’s better to sell it.”

Mrs. Zhu Er actually had nothing to refute. The account books sent to the Shao family were indeed a loss, but whether they were losing or making a profit, only they knew how much they earned and how much they lost.

It’s not about leaving a vase of calligraphy and painting. It’s just a thought. Opening a shop to do business, and continuing to lose money, isn’t it stupid.

Lin Qingran went on to say, "Yesterday, my husband sent someone to the shop to count the remaining goods. After selling them, I dismissed those shopkeepers. There should be some leftovers. I will send them to my uncle and the others as a thank you." The help from the past few years, the guys should have been dismissed yesterday afternoon, and the money will be settled this afternoon, and I will send it to my uncle and aunt.”

Mrs. Zhu Er looked at Lin Qingran suspiciously. Why didn't this matter happen before getting married? Why did she suddenly sell it after getting married? It must have been instigated by her nephew and daughter-in-law. My nephew doesn't care about anything and doesn't say anything. People, how can they still pay attention to the issue of whether they are losing money or not.

Then Mrs. Zhu's tone was a little displeased, "This is something left by Ziyu's mother, how can you sell it as soon as you say it, and it will be a loss. That is also the willingness of the Zhu family to save him something What about Ziyu, I have to talk to him properly!"

What is black can be said to be white, and he is willing to lose money even though he has made a lot of money, and he still uses this as an excuse to keep the shop to make money for himself. This is really something that a "pro-uncle" will do.

Lin Qingran picked up the teacup and lowered her head to take a sip, "Unfortunately, my husband is not in the house."

"This shop can't be sold!" Madam Zhu reprimanded her as an elder, "Ziyu's mother passed away early, and she left Ziyu with these things. This is the dowry from the Zhu family to his mother. You two children How can you be so confused, if you sell it, it will be gone!"

While Mrs. Zhu Er was talking, Si Qin came in and asked for instructions, "Miss, Guanyan is waiting in the courtyard, saying that the shop has been sold."

Lin Qingran put down the glass and looked at Mrs. Zhu Er with a smile, "I didn't expect it to be sold so soon, Second Aunt, my husband and I did this, but we don't want to drag you down, mother left more than this , we have in mind that she is the best, if you are thinking about that shop, you should rush to buy it now, it should be too late."

(End of this chapter)