After a while, he snorted coldly: "As long as you know what she is doing, she always likes to be smart and thinks that no one knows. If she continues to cause trouble and make small calculations in the future, you can't excuse her. You But you know that her current ambitions are all indulged by you, and it is you who have fed her ambitions step by step, so that she feels that she is worthy of the position of a real wife."
These were all old words mentioned again, and Mei Yuanqing withdrew after being scolded.
In Hongxia Pavilion, it's time for the monthly announcement.
As a result, the monthly allowances for the people below were not distributed for a long time, so many servants and maids gathered at the entrance of Wei Jingwei's yard to make a fuss.
The whole place is noisy and cannot be kept clean.
"I see that all the servants in Hongxia Pavilion have received their monthly salary, but we are the only ones who have not."
"That's right, it's okay for us to suffer a little, but we can't be careless about Ci'an Hall. The old lady's expenses are not small. Now she can't even pay the servants, who will take care of her attentively."
"Isn't that true? It's getting harder and harder to get money now. If the madam refuses, then we can only go to the old lady and talk to her. Do you think the madam's face will be tarnished by then, right? Tangtang The mistress of the Mei family actually owes her servants a monthly salary."
A fat servant girl snorted coldly after finishing speaking, and her voice became louder.
He stretched his neck while shouting, as if he was afraid that Wei Jingwei wouldn't hear.
Inside the room, Wei Jingwei was writing on the desk.
She decided to carry out the habit she had made in the boudoir before. Picking up a pen and writing can cultivate the mind.
Lian'er opened the door and walked in with a creak.
She snorted coldly and said: "Miss, there are some women coming to the door, and they are yelling."
Wei Jingwei continued to write, and the handwriting was very beautiful. After a while, she put down the pen and washed her hands.
He ordered: "Lian'er, please report these matters to Mei Xiaoqin. She is the housekeeper now, why did she come to my yard to ask for money."
Su Er spat, "They just bullied the weak and feared the strong. They didn't dare to confront Mei Xiaoqin. They were afraid of getting Mei Xiaoqin's back, so they had no choice but to come to Miss Mei's house and act recklessly. If it weren't for the fact that they were old servants of the Mei family. , I really want to kick them out one by one."
Su'er's chest heaved violently with anger, obviously she was very angry.
As a result, Lian'er went to Mei Xiaoqin and was beaten back shortly after. She imitated Mei Xiaoqin's embarrassed look and said: "I am also in a difficult situation now. I am not good at many things as a housekeeper for the first time, so I can only ask my sister-in-law to help me more." It’s a bit hot.”
After finishing the lesson, Lian'er said: "Miss, she clearly wants to call this matter back and wants you to handle it for her."
Wei Jingwei closed her eyes, is that such a good thing?
Why do I want to support this group of unruly slaves for the Mei family?
After thinking about it, her eyes suddenly lit up and she asked Su'er to come over and whisper. Su'er smiled, nodded and went out.
This move could be regarded as diverting trouble to the east. She didn't know whether it would be successful or not.
But Wei Jingwei felt that since life in her yard was not peaceful, other yards couldn't be too quiet, right?
Just find something for them to do.
Soon, Su'er came up with Xinna's Aunt Zhang's monthly expenses.
It stands to reason that every aunt should spend two taels of silver a month, and another two taels of silver per month, for a total of four taels of silver.
This is how my aunt is treated.
But the cost of Zhang Ruoruo's Zhuxi Courtyard is far more than this.
It is said that just last month it cost twenty taels to renovate the furnishings and tea cups in the house. In addition, she only likes the good ones, not the old ones, and does not use the bad ones.
It is also required to have more clothes, jewelry, etc., not to mention. In the winter, a charcoal fire was burning in her house all day long to ensure that the house was always warm. It was said to the outside world that she was in poor health.
Lin Lin finally figured it out and found that she needed forty taels per month just to cover her expenses.
When the news came out, it immediately aroused a series of reactions from everyone.
Many maids and maids felt that after Zhang Ruoruo spent so many years, no wonder his wife couldn't find the money to send them monthly reports.
But she was just a concubine, and she was so arrogant.
Everyone was very dissatisfied, so they deliberately made things difficult for them in some daily trivial matters.
These rumors soon spread to Ci'an Hall.
Mei's mother called the maid next to her and brought the account book to have someone read it to her.
She was so angry that her chest hurt most of the night.
This damn bitch actually spends so much money every month! This is outrageous.
She immediately ordered someone to cut Zhang Ruoruo's expenses.
But Zhang Ruoruo is not a fool. After these days, she is no longer the country girl she was at the beginning.
She didn't cry when something happened. She just cried gently and shed a few tears when Mei Yuanqing came, which would make her life a lot easier.
Mei Xiaoqin took the account book and the maid to Wei Jingwei's Hongxia Pavilion. As soon as she entered, she saw her drinking tea and eating snacks.
Thinking of how busy she was with her children these days, her running legs were almost broken.
The housekeeper's life was not as good as she thought. Instead, there were countless tedious things that came to her door, and she could not find peace no matter what.
At that moment, I felt a little regretful about taking over the butler job.
What's more, it seems that the Mei family cannot support such a large expenditure these days. In the past, it was impossible to rely on the Wei family to subsidize it...
After Mei Xiaoqin sat down, Su'er made tea for her. She took a sip and said with a smile, "The tea from sister-in-law is better. I'm afraid the tea in this whole yard is not as good as here."
Wei Jingwei put down the tea cup and understood what she meant as the smoke passed by.
It just means that she enjoys luxury alone, and even Ci'antang doesn't have such good tea outside.
She smiled, with a slight curve at the corner of her mouth, "This tea is not mine. It was sent by my grandmother a few days ago."
"So that's the case, but my sister-in-law is still so lucky."
After sitting in Hongxia Pavilion and having some tea, Mei Xiaoqin had some snacks.
After she opened her mouth to explain the purpose of her visit today, she frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, my brother said there is no need to reduce my aunt's expenses here. If you want to save, start somewhere else."
Wei Jingwei was shocked, Mei Yuanqing was really stubborn. Could it be that he couldn't see that the Mei family was in danger now, and they couldn't even pay the servant wife, so he still had to worry about Zhang Ruoruo?
She laughed and shook her head, and said after a moment: "It seems that your brother is really good to Aunt Zhang."
Mei Xiaoqin was stabbed, with a stern expression on her face.
She also didn't understand that although Zhang Ruoruo had a childhood sweetheart relationship with her brother, how could she still fall in love with Zhang Ruoruo after these years in Beijing and becoming an official.
"I can't talk about my brother's affairs. My sister-in-law should give me a charter." Mei Xiaoqin kicked the question back.
