Qin Keqing felt warm in his heart, and then said: "Third Uncle, actually I am not here this time to file a complaint. Instead, I have discovered some situations and want to tell Third Uncle, so that Third Uncle can be on guard."
After saying that, Qin Keqing looked at Qingwen and the other girls.
Qingwen and others immediately understood and hurriedly avoided it.
After the women left, Qin Keqing said: "Third Uncle, I saw Butler Lai secretly summoning the following stewards, and I don't know what they are plotting."
"I'm afraid that they will do something detrimental to the house, so I came here to inform my third uncle so that he can be prepared."
Lai Sheng secretly summoned the following stewards?
After hearing the news, Jia Huan couldn't help but smile.
He's in a hurry, he's in a hurry, he's in a hurry!
This is the rhythm of jumping over the wall in a hurry.
Jia Huan smiled and said: "Brother Rong's family, your news is very timely. I know it and will make arrangements now. Just don't worry, they can't afford to cause trouble."
Hearing Jia Huan's words, Qin Keqing hurriedly said: "It's good if I can help my third uncle. It's getting late. Third uncle, please rest early. My nephew and wife will leave."
Jia Huan personally sent Qin Keqing to the hospital.
After Jia Huan came back, he called the six girls to him, and then said to Yuanyang: "Yuanyang, from now on, you will take care of the affairs of the inner house first."
"You have also seen that Qingwen and Caiyun are not in charge of things. If anyone talks nonsense in the future, just deal with it. If there is anyone who is disobedient, just come and tell me."
Yuanyang hesitated and said, "Yes, Third Master."
Both Qingwen and Caiyun looked a little ugly. Baozhu's complaint just now was almost a slap in their faces. It was because they failed to take care of the inner house that Qin Keqing suffered such great injustice.
Jia Huan looked at them and smiled and said, "Qingwen, Caiyun, don't think anything of it, you two. There is a hierarchy of learning, and there is a specialization in the arts. Everyone has his or her own strengths."
"For example, Qingwen's needlework is top-notch in the entire Jia family. Caiyun has an excellent memory and knows exactly where to put things."
"Xiaohong is actually very capable in managing things, but she has to keep an eye on the Provincial Family Home and can't tell her whereabouts. Xiaojixiang, um, can eat. Xiangling, can sleep. Haha, everyone has their strengths."
After Jia Huan finished speaking, Qingwen and Caiyun finally felt relieved.
Xiao Jixiang and Xiang Ling's faces were filled with dissatisfaction.
Xiao Jixiang couldn't help but said: "Third Master, not only can I eat, I can also sleep!"
Xiangling said weakly: "Third Master, I can also write poems!"
As the two little girls talked, all the girls laughed.
Next, Jia Huan began to teach the women rhythmic couplets.
I was shocked when I saw the new mandarin duck today.
She was already content to follow the third master.
I never expected that the third master would be so doting on the maid in the house.
The third master's favor is not the same as Baoyu's. Baoyu's kind simply wants to eat the rouge on other people's lips.
He doted on everyone he saw, even the girls in his wife's house, and even touched him when he saw him.
Yuanyang looked down upon him and never let him succeed.
The third master only doted on his own people, and this doting also taught the maids how to read and make progress.
How can one not love this?
Yuanyang followed Jia Mu and was already literate, but not very literate.
Now Jia Huan was teaching rhymed couplets, and she started to learn them too.
However, each girl's attitude towards learning is also different.
Of the six girls, four are serious about studying, one is not studying at all, and one is fishing in troubled waters.
The one who didn't learn at all was Xiang Ling. She had already memorized these things, so naturally she didn't need to learn them anymore. At this moment, I am reading hard with a book of poems.
It is Xiao Jixiang who fishes in troubled waters. This girl lives up to her name and is a living mascot.
While the other four girls were studying seriously, she was the only one with her eyes moving wildly, looking here and there, with no idea where her mind was.
This will be left to future generations, and he will look like a scumbag.
Jia Huan looked funny and didn't bother to talk to her.
Before the literacy class was over, the mother-in-law suddenly came to report that Butler Lin wanted to see her.
Is Lin Zhixiao here?
Jia Huan ordered people to invite Lin Zhixiao in.
After Lin Zhixiao greeted Jia Huan, he said: "The third master really has a clever plan. As expected by the third master, there are indeed a few stewards tonight who want to secretly burn those account books."
"I and my men were caught red-handed. Please tell me how to deal with these people."
Jia Huan said: "Tie them up and lock them in the woodshed. Wait until the accounts are checked tomorrow and deal with them together. By the way, send someone to follow Lai Sheng secretly to prevent him from causing any trouble again."
Lin Zhixiao said: "Yes, Third Master."
After Lin Zhixiao left, Qingwen asked hurriedly: "Third Master, when did you give the order to Butler Lin? How did you know that they were going to burn the account books tonight?"
Jia Huan said with a smile: "If I'm like you and know nothing, I'm afraid they will burn the account books and you won't even know. When the time comes and there is no evidence, how will we deal with those unscrupulous slaves?"
Qingwen pouted and said, "The third master knows how to laugh at us. We are just girls. We just serve the third master well. What can we do to be so smart?"
Jia Huan couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
Next, Jia Huan took a bath, and everyone took a rest.
The next day, the Xue family's accounting office gathered together for an hour again, and finally clarified the five years' accounts.
They rushed to report to Jia Huanhui: "Third Master, all the accounts for five years have been checked, and there is a total loss of 153,228 taels of silver."
It took five years to actually make a loss of 150,000?
Just over 30,000 taels of silver a year? so little?
But think about it again, the Jia family has been deteriorating in recent years, and is close to being unable to make ends meet.
I'm afraid there won't be much money left for them to be greedy for.
Jia Huan calculated it and found that Ningguo Mansion's annual income, including all the profits from Zhuangzi, land, shops, etc., was only about 100,000 taels of silver.
This year's income is not as much as one month's share of his perfume business.
And of these, Lai Sheng embezzled more than 30,000 taels in one year, almost one-third of it. He was really a big rat.
Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "Steward Lin, please call Lai Sheng and all the housekeepers in the house."
Lin Zhixiao responded: "Yes, Third Master."
Then I sent someone to call for someone.
Not long after, Lai Sheng and two young housekeepers came in.
The population of Ningguo Mansion is smaller than that of Rongguo Mansion. After all, Rongguo Mansion has two rooms, while Ningguo Mansion only has one room, and they are all from the same lineage.
However, in the Ningguo Mansion, it is not just the three housekeepers, one big, two small, who are so pitiful.
There are also several housekeepers who were captured last night when they were going to burn the accounting room, and are still being detained in the woodshed.
(End of chapter)
