Chapter 1080 387 Slaves (Thirteen More)
Mammy Zheng calmed down, smiled nonchalantly, and asked respectfully, "Eldest girl, please don't blame the servant for making a fuss, one hundred taels of silver is a lot, I don't know why the eldest girl wants so much silver?"
If this is an ordinary master, I am afraid that I will feel unhappy when asked by the steward, but Xiao Fei has always ignored this in the past, so she doesn't care, and explained: "Mother Zheng, I think the southern border may be this year. There will be heat, so I plan to serve herbal tea outside the North City Gate in a few days.”
Mammy Zheng was a little relieved, but at the same time there was a flash of surprise in her eyes. She has been a steward here for five or six years, and it was the first time that the eldest girl got on the sedan when she thought of Shi herbal tea.
Her shrewd Danfeng squinted her eyes and said with a sweet smile: "The eldest girl is really kind. The servant will bring you money. I just don't know how many days of herbal tea the girl plans to give? People go out to serve tea, or borrow some people from the palace?"
Mammy Zheng asked several questions in succession, Xiao Fei was stunned by the question, she hadn't thought about it so carefully, she just had an initial idea.
Looking at Xiao Fei's expression, Mammy Zheng has a lot of numbers, and her heart has settled a lot. She said attentively, "Miss, why don't you write a charter for the maid?"
Xiao Fei nodded: "Then I will trouble Mammy Zheng."
Mammy Zheng retreated behind her. On the same day, she not only brought the one hundred taels of silver, but also submitted the regulations of herbal tea to Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei looked at the list, raised her brows thoughtfully, remembering what Nangong Yue had said to her when she was in the capital: "Big sister, the servants can only be a helper, and can never replace the mistress of the house. Feeding in cooking... The ancients have a saying: To be in one's position, to be safe in one's position, to be sincere and not to go beyond the limits. If you even shirk your duties to others, wouldn't it be against the teachings of the sages..."
"Eldest girl, if there is nothing else, the servant will retire first."
Mammy Zheng was about to retire, but was stopped by Xiao Fei: "Mammy Zheng, I want to see the account books of Yuebiju over the past few years, as well as the roster of the servants."
This sentence made Mammy Zheng almost soft on her feet and her mind was spinning. This account book could not be taken out no matter what, if it was the eldest girl...
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she saw Xiao Fei looked at her suspiciously: "Mother Zheng, but what's the problem?"
Mammy Zheng's heart sank, and she smiled hurriedly: "Miss, there is no problem. It's just that at the beginning of the year, the small warehouse where the account books were kept leaked, and many account books were wet or soaked, and some suffered from It's wet and moldy, and slaves don't dare to use it to stain the girl's eyes."
Xiao Fei frowned slightly, even if she didn't care about these trivial matters on weekdays, she still felt something was wrong. This is too coincidental.
Xiao Fei's cold eyes looked sharply at Mammy Zheng, and said slowly: "Mammy Zheng, if that's the case, then please bring me this year's account book."
Mammy Zheng's heart beat fast for two beats. She knew that if she pushed back again, the eldest girl would be really suspicious.
Mammy Zheng took a deep breath and said to herself in her heart, where does the eldest girl know how to read accounts? It was just a whim. Even if it was given to her, she would be able to see what the doorway would be... The account books of hers can't be said to be flawless, but they are quite meticulous.
But even so, Madam Zheng was still restless, but she could only take orders: "Yes, eldest girl. The slave will go back and get the account book."
That night, several account books of Yue Biju this year and the roster of the servants in the hospital were put on Xiao Fei's bookcase, and Xiao Fei picked up the roster and flipped through it first.
On weekdays, Yuebiju's servants and Xiao Fei mainly came into contact with Nanny Yi, the nanny Zheng, Taoyao and Baizhou, two first-class maids, and four other second-class maids.
Xiao Fei originally only vaguely knew that there were still a few little maids and rough envoys in her yard. It was only after reading the roster today that she was sure that there were four third-class maids, eight rough envoy maids, and four rough envoys. son.
Xiao Fei thought of something, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Taoyao, are the second and fourth sisters like this in the courtyard as well?"
Taoyao, who was serving at the side, hurriedly explained: "Eldest girl, according to the rules of the palace, the daughter-in-law's yard is accompanied by these people, and the second girl and the others can only be matched with a first-class maid, except for the nurse and the steward. A second-class maidservant, two third-class maidservants, as well as four rough envoy maids and two rough envoy wives."
"So, my third sister and the second sister have different monthly schedules each month?" Xiao Fei speculated thoughtfully. She and the third sister are the direct daughters. Since the servants in the yard are configured differently, the monthly cases are also different in nine out of ten cases.
Taoyao nodded, her own girl has always made inferences about other things in reading, and she used to not pay attention to it before.
Xiao Fei put down the roster, picked up one of the account books, and then opened a page, and frowned slightly.
Bai Zhou asked cautiously, "Miss, but what's wrong with the accounts?"
Xiao Fei shook his head, a cold light flashed in his cold eyes, and Bai Zhou blinked suspiciously.
Xiao Fei turned a few more pages, but this time, she turned so fast that the two maids didn't understand the contents of the account book at all. What the hell is going on, girl?
Xiao Fei put down the one book in hand, picked up another one, and flipped through it quickly, "Wipe, wipe", there was a slight sound from the rapid fanning of the paper... Xiao Fei flipped through two or three account books in this way, don't look anymore.
She sat on the armchair behind the book desk, her eyes were slightly dazed, and she didn't speak for a while.
When Mammy Zheng told Xiao Fei that most of the account books of Yuebiju's regular year were destroyed, Xiao Fei already felt that something was wrong, but there was no evidence. Hope it's your own.
But--
This is really unexpected!
Xiao Fei's mind was even colder. She didn't know whether she was more disappointed with Mammy Zheng or more disappointed with herself.
Over the years, I have been addicted to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I don’t care about everything, and I have unknowingly indulged the servants around me to this point. First, I was the nanny Yi Ma, and now I am the steward... How many things are left to do by myself Blind, blind, blind? !
Xiao Fei suddenly stood up, "Let's go to Bixiao Hall..." Before she could finish her sentence, she changed her tone thoughtfully, "Forget it, it's better tomorrow morning. Taoyao, tomorrow morning, you order the small kitchen to steam some rose rice. Cake, I'll give it to my sister-in-law to taste."
"Yes, big girl." Taoyao replied with a smile.
That night, the light in the small study went out early, which also made the interested person breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly said: She knew that the second girl's elm head must not be able to see any tricks!
The night passed quickly...
The next day, Xiao Fei and Tao Yao, who was carrying a mahogany food box, went to Bixiaotang together.
When Nangongyue saw the account books she took out with a plate of hot rose rice cakes, she couldn't help but startled, and then a smile flashed in her eyes: Sister Fei, who has always had one bowel to the end, now also learns to Turned.
Nangong Yue first and Xiao Fei used a few pieces of sweet and glutinous rose rice cakes together, and then opened one of the account books. After turning over the pages, she couldn't help but raise her brows.
This book is well done!
Sister Fei's skills are really growing, and she actually sees the problem.
Nangong Yue tilted her head and asked curiously, "Sister Fei, how did you see the problem with this account book?"
Xiao Fei pointed solemnly at the page that Nangong Yue had opened, and said, "Ink marks. The ink marks in these account books are all new..." Mammy Zheng was worried! Before sending the account book to her, she made another copy, but she didn't know that even if she dried the ink, the fresh ink was different from the old one.
As soon as she opened it, she smelled the new ink, so what else was there to see!
Even if Mammy Zheng's accounts are done well, so what? If there is no ghost in her heart, why should she do the accounting again! ?
Thinking about it, Xiao Fei's eyes darkened again. Although it was hateful to say that slaves bully the master, she was used to it. In the past, the elder sister-in-law was in charge of the huge palace, and there was no trouble in the palace, and she was just a small moon and green house. With so many people, she couldn't figure it out. It's no wonder that the servants have feelings for her. Contempt, want to fool her, manipulate her!
If she wants to build her prestige, she must first sort out this confused account first, otherwise even if she confronts Mammy Zheng, she will only be fooled again, and she will be speechless.
Nangong Yue was stunned, the corner of her mouth twitched, and she smiled. The smile gradually spread from the corner of her mouth to the bottom of her eyes, smudged in her bright black eyes...
Sister Fei is still so interesting! Pity that Mammy Zheng was guilty of being a thief and wanted to round up the accounts more completely, but she didn't know that she was showing her fault! Originally, if Xiao Fei only checked whether the numbers on the account book were correct, he might not be able to see the problem.
Yes, as the saying goes, "water flows thousands of miles to the sea". There is more than one way to accomplish something, she has her own way, and Sister Fei will also have her own!
Que'er also couldn't help but covered her mouth to laugh, probably apart from the eldest son, only the eldest girl could tease the eldest concubine like this!
The eldest girl is obviously not Lily's kind of lively and funny temperament, but sometimes her words and actions are very interesting... um, or different, people can't help but smile.
Nangong Yue motioned Que'er to move the chair over, and asked Xiao Fei to sit beside her and explain it to her in detail.
Xiao Fei nodded in response from time to time.
According to the rules of the palace, Yuebiju's servants, including nurses, stewards, maids, and wives, are paid by the public, and as a daughter-in-law, she can get thirty taels per month from the public. These thirty-two months are a lot according to reason. Ordinary girls' homes not only can't be spent, but also have a lot left, but Xiao Fei is not.
Xiao Fei buys a lot of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, books, etc. every month. Sometimes, when he sees a precious orphan, he doesn't care about the price. These elegant things are more expensive than the snacks that little girls like to eat on weekdays. There are too many. For Xiao Fei, the monthly case is often not enough, but she has Xiao Fang's biological mother to subsidize her 10 taels of silver every month, and there are other silver taels during the festival.
Except for the silver subsidized by Xiao Fang's nanny Yi Ma, the money given by the public is basically in the hands of the steward's mother Zheng Ma. Generally speaking, Xiao Fei only needs money to buy books. When it was not enough, I took some scraps of silver from Madam Zheng. In the past, Mammy Zheng always took out the money without saying a word, and never shied away, so Xiao Fei always felt that she was doing a good job, but she didn't want to...
Xiao Fei pursed his lips bitterly.
Nangong Yue opened another February account book, turned to the last page, and asked Xiao Fei, "What do you think is wrong with this account book?"
Xiao Fei looked at the last number in the account book, and shook her head helplessly: "I'm not here, neither are Taoyao and Baizhou, this month Biju's expenses are not small at all..." It's like living in the palace. At the end of the month of February, there were only fifty taels of silver left in the monthly example of thirty taels.
"And here..." She pointed to one of the items. According to the account book, in February, Yue Biju re-pasted all the window papers, "It turns out that the paper used to paste the windows was signed with the Xue Tao I used in my daily life. The five-cloud sign is just as valuable." Xue Tao sign, five-cloud sign and quicksand paper are already the most valuable rice paper.
Hearing this, Queer and Thrushi on the side exchanged glances secretly, saying that the eldest girl does not eat the incense of the world, but once it involves piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is really clear.
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