Chapter 172 Xiaojiu Liwei

After calculating the account, make sure there is no problem with the account.

Then start planning things for the next few days.

The old man in charge of the house came to the council hall to answer, ask for instructions, and get the right card...

There are so many things and complex, involving all aspects, has been busy until the end of dinner time.

Until tomorrow morning, we have to continue to work.

"After a busy day, everyone is tired. Big sister, sisters, this is the end of today, and we will continue tomorrow. After dinner, everyone will go back to the room to rest well, and be sure to keep your spirits up. Tomorrow will definitely be busier than today."

Gu Zhen said: "Second sister should also take care of her health. You just came back from the palace, and you are busy with the housekeeper. I'm worried that you won't be able to take it all the way."

Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you eldest sister for your concern. You're right, I have to take good care of my body. Well, I'll go back to my room and rest first."

The crowd dispersed.

Gu Yue walked at the back, staring at Gu Jiu's back with hatred, and then looked back at the council hall. Finally, with a cold snort, he turned and left.

Back at Zhilan Courtyard, Gu Jiu was so tired that she was about to be paralyzed.

Xiaocui reported to her, "Girl, when you were busy in the council hall in the afternoon, Concubine Bai came over. The slave girl asked her what was the matter, but she didn't say anything."

Gu Jiu then remembered that she hadn't seen Concubine Bai for a long time.

She asked, "Aunt Bai is about to give birth."

Qingmei said: "Calculating the time, it should be born at the end of next month. But it may be earlier."

Xiaocui said, "The slaves heard from the wives that Concubine Bai has a pointy belly, and this child must be a boy. She also said that Concubine Bai has a good day, and when she gives birth to a son, the master will spoil her more than before."

Gu Jiu smiled and said with deep meaning: "Madam is really generous, she not only sent someone to take good care of Yiniang Bai, but also the food and clothing, and everything should be given to the best. If Yiniang Bai gave birth to a son, then It's amazing."

"The girl said the opposite." The girl Qingzhu was upright.

Gu Jiu smiled without saying a word.

Qingmei said: "Aunt Bai's affairs, the slave thinks it's better for the girl not to interfere. Otherwise, if anything happens, it will be blamed on the girl."

Gu Jiu agreed, "Exactly. Xiao Cui,

The next time Aunt Bai comes back, you send her directly. I am not happy to meet her. "

"Slaves take orders."

...

The next morning, Gu Jiu got up early, and after finishing his housework, he walked through the passage from the corner door to the Hou residence.

The Hou Mansion was filled with gloom and gloom.

In just a few days, Gu Mei lost a lot of weight, and the corners of her eyes were dark circles. I'm afraid I haven't slept well these days.

When she saw Gu Jiu, she was excited, "Sister Xiao Jiu, you can count on it. With your help, I can rest for a while and sit down and drink some water."

"What do you need me to do, Sister Mei? You can tell me."

Gu Mei hurriedly said: "I also asked sister Xiaojiu to help me keep an eye on the kitchen and the pantry. The kitchen lady didn't do her best to make a running water table at home, causing a lot of trouble and making people laugh at it."

Gu Jiu responded and said with concern, "Isn't there any embarrassment for Sister Mei from the Jia family?"

Gu Mei shook her head, "I'm fine. It's mainly the elder brother's place. The Jia family was very rude to him. He accused the elder brother of owing the elder sister-in-law, and the elder brother didn't say a word, and we were not allowed to defend him. I looked really embarrassed.

I know that my sister-in-law is gone, and my brother feels uncomfortable, but he shouldn't let people pour dirty water on him for no reason. He will marry again in the future. If his reputation is bad, how can a good girl marry him. The people who marry him are all wrong people. "

Gu Mei sighed deeply.

The female elders in the family were all crying in the palace, unable to escape.

The male elders go out early and return late, wear the stars and wear the moon every day, and don't care about the affairs of the house at all. The affairs of the court have already occupied all their energy.

Jia's funeral falls on Gu Mei and others.

Because of this, the Jia family has a lot of criticism.

It is too shabby and lacks respect to pick up the funeral for the Jia family.

Gu Mei complained a few words to Gu Jiu, and before the words were finished, a maid came over.

Gu Mei left in a hurry, while Gu Jiu took Gu Zhen and Gu Shan together to help cook the kitchen and the pantry.

It stands to reason that the kitchen of Hou's mansion should be in good order.

However, what Gu Jiu saw was passive sabotage. Some people sat on the threshold and ate melon seeds. They didn't even think about the fact that there was not enough food and drink on the water table, and the Hou Fu's face was put on hold.

Gu Jiu frowned slightly, "What's going on?"

No one answered her.

The old lady of the Hou residence didn't have to give Gu Jiu face at all.

It was the maid Panchun sent by Gu Mei to solve her doubts.

"Miss Qi, originally everyone was busy from the twelfth lunar month until the first lunar month. I finally looked forward to resting for a few days, but the eldest young grandmother died at this time.

The mansion is going to hold running water banquets and entertain the guests who come to pay their respects. Everyone has to work from morning to night, and there is no time to breathe.

Everyone has resentment in their hearts, plus the old lady, the ladies are not in the mansion, so it became like this. "

Gu Jiu smiled coldly, so it was.

Gu Zhen and Gu Shan are both a little empty. In this situation, what should they do? Shouldn't be able to handle it. Or deal with it.

"Second sister, Sister Mei sent us a hard job. It's not easy to do."

Gu Shan also said: "Second sister, let's ask Sister Mei about this. Listen to what Sister Mei means."

Gu Jiu asked her maid Panchun, "Is it all up to me to decide about the kitchen and the pantry?"

Panchun said: "My wife gave the errand to my girl, and my girl gave the errand to Miss Xiaojiu. It stands to reason that the size of the kitchen is something that girl Xiaojiu has to say."

Gu Jiu nodded slightly, "That's very good. Bring me the kitchen ledger, I don't need other months, I just need to know how much money is left on the kitchen ledger this month."

Panchun immediately took out the pair of cards and asked the little girl to go to the account room to fetch the account book.

The account book was brought over, and Ome and the others brought the seats and benches.

In front of the kitchen woman, Gu Jiu picked up the abacus and settled the account.

The crisp abacus sound was beating on the kitchen ladies. They looked at each other, not knowing what the second girl from the Gu residence next door wanted to do.

Of course, Gu Jiu's reckoning was fast and good-looking, which indeed shocked the servants of the Hou residence. But that didn't work.

The old ladies of the Hou residence still do not sell Gu Jiu's account.

After Gu Jiu settled the account, there was still a lot of money left on the account, which was enough.

Her eyes swept across everyone's faces, "The Hou Mansion has set up a funeral for the eldest young grandmother, and the kitchen needs to prepare a running water table. You are lazy and don't even care about rewarding money, which makes the Hou Mansion masters lose face in front of the guests.

When I say this, I don't expect you to listen. But I still have to ask one more question, can you handle the errand with your heart? "

Everyone was silent, and no one paid attention to Gu Jiu's question.

Gu Jiu sneered, "Very good, I know your attitude. It seems that you are planning to stay passive.

Panchun, holding the pair of cards, went to the account to pay one hundred taels of silver.

Qingmei, you and Panchun take the money to go to the fourth brother Gu Yu and Gu, and ask him to come forward and invite a group of cooks and helpers who can make running water tables for the Hou Mansion. Tell them that wages are negotiable.

In addition, let the buyer go out to buy fresh meat and vegetables immediately. If you are slack in buying and buying, you can tell him directly and don't do it again. Don't do anything with wages, you are a waste. "

"Why do you hire someone from outside to replace us?"

"Who are you?"

"This is Hou's mansion, not Gu's mansion. Miss Xiaojiu, look at the occasion."

The cooks in Hou Mansion all shouted and accused Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu smiled contemptuously, "Wang Yi."

"The servant is here."

Gu Jiu was not polite to the people in the kitchen, "Kick out all these people who don't work. If anyone dares to resist, call me, don't give them face. Don't stop."

Wang Yi rolled up his sleeves and rushed up to beat someone.

In the kitchen courtyard, for a while, ghosts were crying. Cursing, crying, and making a fuss.

Qingmei took Panchun and left, and went to the accountant to pay the money. Then he went to the front yard to find Gu Yu and asked him to help him come forward to invite the cooks and helpers of the flowing table.

Gu Yu readily agreed, "It's a simple matter. In my family, many people rely on making banquets for big families to make money to support their families. You wait, I'll go and invite them in person, and I'll be sure to bring them within an hour."

"Master Gu Yu, thank you so much. My girl's problem has been solved." Qingmei looked grateful.

Gu Yu said: "It's nothing. It's my sister Gu Jiu that surprised me, she can think of inviting people from outside to make running water mats. This idea is very good. People invited from outside will get as much wages as they do. Hou's cooks are much easier to use."

Gu Yu borrowed the horses from the Hou Mansion and went out to invite people.

Qingmei goes back to life.

Gu Zhen and Gu Shan were very worried when they watched the cook from Hou's house being thrown out of the courtyard.

"Second sister, is it really okay to do this? After all, this is the Hou's Mansion. If the aunt in the hall and the others are to blame, what should we do?"

Gu Jiu looked calm and said, "Fourth younger sister, don't worry, if Aunt Hall and the others pursue this matter, the responsibility is entirely on me, and you will not be implicated."

Gu Shan looked embarrassed and hurriedly said: "Second sister misunderstood, I didn't mean that. I want to say, after all, this is not my own home, should I give respect to the servants of the Hou residence."

Gu Jiu smiled coldly, "Give them dignity, who will give us dignity, and honor the deceased sister-in-law in the hall?

The sister-in-law in the lobby is gone, and the funeral has caught up with the national mourning. The servants were full of resentment because of the extra days of hard work, as if someone owed them a few hundred taels of silver.

I don't want to look at their faces, and they don't need to look at me. It just so happened that I invited a cook from outside to make a running water table and make a day-to-day payment. Everyone was able to clear the money and the goods. It was simple and clear, and it saved all kinds of troubles. "

"This, is this really good?" Gu Shan was worried.

I have never heard that when a Hou's mansion holds a running water banquet, it invites the cook from outside. That's a shameful thing.

It's like telling the whole world that I have no money and can't support enough cooks, so I can only ask the cooks to help from outside when making a banquet.

It feels so humiliating.

However, Gu Jiu didn't think so.

Gu Jiu is very pragmatic. What face is not face, has already lost all face in front of the guests, where is there any face to speak of.

At this time, I can't care about my face, so I quickly make the table and put it on the table, so that the guests don't complain anymore.

The decency of the servants, the face of the Hou Mansion, the fact that he is an outsider should not interfere too much, etc., all of which are spicy chickens.

Worrying about those things is just a waste of time. Seeing that there are only two hours left until noon, and no food and drink will be served at that time, that is the real shame.

Gu Zhen didn't care, but in her heart she felt that Gu Jiu handled things neatly and she had to study hard.

Gu Shan struggled for a while, and seeing that she couldn't convince Gu Jiu, she could only sigh and give up.

Panchun was finally free, and hurried to Gu Mei's side to report.

"Miss, it's not good. Miss Xiaojiu took the right card and spent one hundred taels from the accountant to ask Master Gu Yu to invite cooks and helpers from outside. She will also bring all the people in the kitchen, including the cook, with helpers. They all kicked out. It is said that since they are unwilling to work hard, they will all get out. The cooks are cursing and saying they want to sue. Girl, what should I do now?"

Gu Qi and Gu Ying frowned upon hearing this.

"Sister Xiaojiu, why didn't you let us know before she did anything. Is it appropriate to invite cooks and helpers from outside? It's also troublesome for the cooks to come here if they make trouble."

Gu Mei said with a sullen face: "There's nothing inappropriate. I've long thought that those women in the kitchen are not pleasing to the eye, and I've always wanted to find an opportunity to clean them up.

All of them rely on the old man in the house, and they don't take us seriously at all. Have they heard half a sentence of what we said?

Xiaojiu sister's method is a little more intense, but I think it's good. They should be treated like this.

It's just my stupidity, I didn't think I could hire cooks and helpers from outside.

Otherwise, the matter will be done yesterday, so that there is no need for Xiaojiu's sister to be in a hurry. "

Gu Qi said: "Since the eldest sister thinks there is no problem, this matter will be done according to the idea of ​​sister Xiaojiu. When the old man and the others come back, we will go to the old lady to explain in person. If the old lady wants to blame, we can be blamed. Anger Xiaojiu sister."

Gu Mei nodded, "That's how it should be."

Gu Ying also said: "Sister Xiaojiu's approach has inspired me. The servants in the mansion see that the elders are not in the mansion, and they all slack off, and they don't take us seriously.

Just let the maids go out to publicize this incident and warn them that if they dare to slack off again, they will end up being kicked out just like the kitchen.

I would rather take out some money and ask for help from the Gu Mansion next door, instead of using them. Call them all faceless. "

Gu Mei nodded, "That's a good idea. The servants in the mansion should really beat it up. After I've been busy for a while, when I see the old lady and mother, I will also tell them that it's time for the mansion to release a group of servants. Otherwise, the slaves will bully the master, and everyone will think that they are more respectable than the master of the Hou residence."

Gu Jiu didn't know that her actions caused a lot of hatred for her.

Soon, Hou Mansion will set off a storm to clean up the servants.

Gu Yu worked quickly, and it didn't take an hour to invite five cooks and a dozen helpers.

Fresh meat dishes are also bought back.

The cooks work together according to the division of labor. Those who make hot dishes specialize in hot dishes, those who make cold dishes specialize in cold dishes, and those who make steamed dishes specialize in steamed dishes...

Due to the lack of time, the first batch of guests was about to go to the table, so they could only pick up some simple and easy-to-cook dishes and serve them on the table.

Other time-consuming and laborious dishes can only be done in the evening or tomorrow.

Gu Jiu asked Gu Zhen to stare at the kitchen, leaving Qingzhu to keep an account in the kitchen.

She and Gu Shan went to check the pantry.

The tea maids are more attentive than those in the kitchen.

Seeing Gu Jiu one by one, they all hurriedly immersed themselves in work, quick and thoughtful. The tea in the cups of the guests is always full and warm.

There has never been a situation where the guests have finished drinking the tea in their cups, and no one has refilled the water for a long time.

There is also no situation where the guests' tea is cold, but no one comes forward to change a cup of tea.

The tea maids are attentive and considerate, and they have done enough for Houfu.

Gu Jiu nodded secretly, and she just said, the servants of Hou Mansion are clearly well-trained, how could it be that the masters are not home, and everyone is slack at work.

She didn't know that the tea maids were so careless in their work, which had a lot to do with her standing in the kitchen.

At this moment, it was spread all over the mansion that Gu Jiu was majestic in the kitchen, how to teach dozens of people in the kitchen. How the people in the kitchen how to lose face and so on.

Some people even said that Gu Jiu's arms were so strong that some cooks were unconvinced and made a loud noise. Gu Jiu raised his arms and threw people out of the wall.

Fortunately, this rumor did not reach Gu Jiu's ears.

If Gu Jiu knew that someone called her a strong man, she would definitely find this person and torture her a hundred times.

This girl is obviously a weak and beautiful woman, how can she be slandered as a strong man.