It's just that the old Marquis was too lenient with his servants in the past, and his management was relatively lax and casual. In addition, there was no mistress in the mansion to manage the household affairs. Over time, this fostered a lax and willful attitude among the servants, to the point that they would go on strike and refuse to do their work simply because of a rumor.
In a strict and demanding wealthy family, these people would have been driven out or sold off long ago.
Xie Jingrun had known about these things for a long time, but he didn't want to get involved, or perhaps he disdained to. Did he think that this was something for women in the inner quarters to manage, so he pushed her out and dumped the mess on her?
She strongly suspected that Xie Jingrun's real intention was to frame her.
This matter could be a big or small issue; if she doesn't handle it well, it could cause a major mess.
After all, the Marquis's mansion has many servants, and if things really get out of hand, she might not be able to control them.
However, she deliberately ignored them for five days and did nothing, and they really just dragged their feet day after day, doing nothing. Did they think the Marquis's mansion was a charity?
She has already given them the chance they deserved; it's their mistake that they didn't realize it and continued down the wrong path, so they shouldn't blame her.
Moreover, to be honest, the Marquis's mansion had few masters but a large number of servants, which inevitably fostered many cunning and opportunistic servants.
Now that Xie Jingrun has handed over the power of housekeeping to her, it is impossible for her to leave here in the short term. In order to make the days ahead easier and manage the servants more smoothly, she needs to take this opportunity to exert her authority and reduce the number of servants.
Servants are generally divided into two types: those with fixed contracts and those with flexible contracts.
Most servants with death contracts were born into the household and had no freedom. They had to stay in their master's house for life until they died. Servants with live contracts, on the other hand, were bought from outside. Generally, servants with live contracts could redeem themselves and leave when the contract expired.
She quickly looked up the names, positions, and salaries on the register, distributed the servants' wages, and returned the contracts they had signed when they entered the manor to them, indicating that after today, they were free and could leave the manor directly.
Logically speaking, it should be a great joy that they don't have to spend their own money to redeem their freedom, but most of the servants are unwilling to leave.
Firstly, they were used to staying at the Marquis's residence; secondly, the Marquis's residence offered better treatment and food, and they might not be able to find a better job if they left.
However, Rong Qingqing firmly rejected their request to stay, citing their lack of work.
In addition, they had indeed not done any work for five days. If this were in Beppu, they would have been kicked out long ago, not to mention they would have received their wages for the month.
So most of them were unwilling, but had no choice.
Things were going smoothly until one of the cooks, named Li Niangzi, refused to leave because of her seniority and even tried to incite the servants to cause trouble.
"When the old Marquis was alive, he treated us so kindly. Now that he's gone, what kind of things is the old lady doing? She's not giving us a way to live..." As she spoke, she began to cry and wipe away her tears.
Rong Qingqing laughed in anger, "Is the old Marquis's generosity an excuse for you to not work and just eat and drink for free? If you had any conscience, you should be working diligently for the Marquis's mansion. But look at yourselves, what have you done in the past five days? Don't say I didn't give you a chance."
From the very first day you did nothing, I haven't uttered a single word of criticism, yet you not only failed to reflect on your actions but have become even more unruly. Not only do you refuse to cook a single meal for your master, but you also eat and live for free in the Marquis's mansion. Is this how servants behave? And now, when things come to this, you're throwing a tantrum. I originally intended for you to leave with dignity, but since you don't even care about dignity, then don't blame me. Guards, throw Lady Li out!"
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