Chen Defu worked very quickly. The more than 20,000 yuan that Yunchu gave him, plus some of the revenue from the shop, were all used to buy ice cubes.
In an ordinary summer, ice costs about one tael of silver per catty. It is cheaper to buy ice in spring, about five to six hundred cents. But this spring is too cold, and everyone thinks that summer will not be too hot, so the price of ice has dropped again and again. Chen Defu With a price of three hundred and fifty cents per catty, all the ice cellars around the capital were rented...
Yun Chu still remembered that this summer in his previous life, due to the unbearable heat, the price of ice was raised to almost the same as gold. The price was prohibitive compared to gold.
The ice cubes she bought for more than 30,000 taels of silver could be sold for at least 20,000 to 300,000 taels of silver.
With money, you can solve many things in the future.
I went to bed a little late at night and got up a little late in the morning. When Yunchu came out, all the aunts were here.
"lady."
"Mother."
Everyone said hello together.
Yun Chu raised his hand, and the people in the room dared to sit down.
They don't want to be severely punished by the madam for not following the rules.
Yun Chu glanced at her and said, "Why isn't Aunt Tao here?"
Aunt Jiang and Aunt Tao lived next door. She quickly stood up and replied: "Last night, Aunt Tao had vomiting and diarrhea. She said she felt a little unwell early in the morning. I will come later to say hello. Please don't blame me, madam."
Yun Chu frowned: "When a woman is pregnant, she will indeed feel uncomfortable here and there. Aunt Tao will give birth in three months, and it will not be easy for her to give birth to a child if she is too weak."
She looked at the maid beside her and ordered, "Tingxue, take some fetal supplements from my warehouse and send them to Aunt Tao's yard."
Tingxue nodded and went to do it.
Yun Chu's eyes fell on the little girl next to Aunt Jiang. This was Xie Xian, the second lady of the Xie Mansion. Her presence in the Xie Mansion was very low.
She vaguely remembered that when Xie Shiyun forced her to drink poison before she died, it was Xie Xian who rushed over crying and knocked over the bowl containing the poison.
In the entire Xie Mansion, only Sister Xian was crying bitterly because of her death.
Seeing her looking over, Xie Xian hid behind Aunt Jiang and whispered: "Mother."
"Sister Xian's courage is too little." Yun Chu said with a smile, "You can be enlightened at the age of three. Let Sister Xian go to school with you."
The Xie family hired a teacher to teach several children how to read. Only after they were enlightened would they, like Xie Shi'an, go to the academy run by the imperial academic administration office.
Aunt Jiang actually wanted her child to study for a long time.
But the eldest daughter, Xie Ping, only started to read and write when she was five years old. She was afraid that Sister Xian would be disliked by the eldest daughter if she went to school too early...
However, the madam had already made a request, so she naturally agreed. She pulled Xie Xian and said, "Why don't you thank your mother quickly?"
"The whole family won't say thank you anymore." Yun Chu waved his hand, "Stop hanging around here with me. Let's go back to work."
Everyone retreated.
Xie Ping stayed behind to continue studying housekeeping with Yun Chu.
After the teaching was almost done, Yun Chu said: "Mother Li brought a few carts of jujube trees into the house early in the morning. You can check it with the accounts. You can deal with the small problems by yourself. Come back and ask me about the big problems."
Xie Ping stood up: "Yes, mother."
She went with the ledger.
As soon as she left, Tingshuang came over and whispered: "Madam, all the supplements you ordered have been sent to Aunt Tao's yard. The maid stewed the bird's nest. As soon as Aunt Tao took a few sips, Mother He took it. I sent some pieces of brocade cloth over and said that I asked Aunt Tao to make some new clothes."
Tingfeng muttered: "In the past, our wife was pregnant, and the adults were not so considerate..."
Halfway through her words, she realized that saying this would make Madam sad, and she immediately covered her mouth.
Tingshuang lowered his head and said, "My lord is busy with official duties and cannot care about such a trivial matter. It should be said that Mother He is considerate."
Yun Chu took a sip of tea.
It seemed that He couldn't wait to take action.
She had tried her best to cooperate and hoped that He would not disappoint her.
At this time, there was a sudden commotion in the yard.
Immediately afterwards, Xie Ping ran in with an ugly face: "Mom, those women don't take me as the eldest lady seriously at all, and they always say some irritating words. You need to cure them..."
The voices of mothers-in-law sounded outside: "Madam, you have to make the decision for us. Although we are rough ladies, we are still human beings. How could the Xie Mansion treat us so harshly..."
Xie Ping's face turned red with anger.
Yun Chu patted her hand, motioning her to calm down, and then walked out.
Mother-in-laws, every word you say to me clearly explains the whole story of the future.
The matter was very simple. Xie Ping just went to reconcile the accounts. Zaoshu and the accounts were reconciled. There was nothing wrong. After the matter was done, she was ready to leave.
A woman suddenly said she was thirsty and asked if she could have some tea cooked in the Xie Mansion kitchen and delivered to everyone.
This woman had obviously heard about the cancellation of afternoon tea and was deliberately testing the situation.
How could Xie Ping think so much, and took advantage of the mother-in-law's question to announce the cancellation of tea and snacks every afternoon.
These words were like pouring oil into hot water, causing a group of people to boil instantly.
"Madam, the old slaves do the hardest and most tiring errands for the lowest wages every day. Now they don't even have tea to moisten their mouths. I can't help but feel chilled."
"The maids who serve in the courtyard get so much monthly money, and they can still drink the tea and eat the endless snacks from the masters. Why don't you go and operate on the maids?"
"The eldest lady has just become the housekeeper of the madam, and the old slaves are having a hard time. What should we do in the future?"
"Let me say, the eldest lady is not suitable for a housekeeper at all!"
"The eldest lady was born out of a foreign wife. Only a concubine would try to bully us mothers-in-law to save a few dollars..."
"..."
Xie Ping firmly grasped the veil in her hand.
What she hates the most is for her servants to say that she was born out of an illegitimate wife. This is worse than a slap in the face.
Yun Chu placed the tea cup heavily on the table, and then the ladies became quiet.
"How dare you, mother-in-laws, not to take the master of the Xie family seriously when the contract of sale is still in the hands of the Xie family?" She let out a cold air, "The eldest lady of the Xie family is in my name, that is You are an upright and legitimate eldest lady, and if I hear you say these ignorant words again, I will sell them out directly!"
The women, who had been talking a lot just now, suddenly fell silent.
They are not afraid of the eldest lady because the eldest lady's status is not high-profile, but the madam is different. She is the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion...
Xie Ping looked at Yun Chu with gratitude.
Her mother had been getting angry frequently in the past two days. She thought her mother would blame her, that her mother would take away her housekeeping rights just like punishing An Geer for being jealous...
"But..." Yunchu's voice softened, "I gave Sister Ping the housekeeping rights. Since she proposed to waive afternoon tea and snacks, I naturally will not object."
The faces of the women were all full of disappointment.
Madam won’t make the decision for them anymore, is this all she needs to admit...
"But, you are indeed working hard." Yunchu's voice became softer, "How about this, the monthly salary of all the rough ladies will be increased by fifty cents. Do you have any objections?"
Hearing this, the women's eyes widened in disbelief.
A few cups of tea and some melon seed snacks every afternoon are gone in the stomach after eating them. The monthly money is a solid copper coin, so it feels better to have it in your pocket.
"No objection, old slaves have no objection!" The ladies smiled happily, "Thank you madam, old slaves, continue your work."
After everyone left, Yun Chu turned to look at Xie Ping: "The implementation of any new measures will encounter resistance. Don't be scared by those women. You can do it with confidence and boldness. I will always be here."
Xie Ping said gratefully: "The mother I know."
