Chapter 167 The first lesson of a rich lady
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Early in the morning.
Xiao He, the official who welcomed her yesterday, brought a large stack of indentures.
Giving away indentures instead of selling them, how can you look down on someone?
Xiao He had a nightmare when he went back home last night.
Although he had experienced the counter-thieves breaking into the city and had seen murders in the capital city,
he had never seen such a beautiful woman being killed in person.
Most men, whether they are counter-thieves or not, would not want to kill such a beautiful girl the first time they see her.
The Jiang family is more or less abnormal and too scary.
Xiao He thought about it all night, and when he woke up in the morning, the first thing he did was to rush over to deliver the indentures.
Other counter-thieves did not care, but Lord Sima should care.
He also made a deliberate observation yesterday.
He was specifically responsible for welcoming and entertaining the counter-thieves who were recruited, and he was very familiar with this matter.
When other thieves' families saw this tall gate and deep courtyard, they all looked excited and their voices became loud, unable to hide their joy.
As for the Jiang Sima family, not to mention his family, even a servant was very calm, and looked at the courtyard with a lot of complaints.
It is said that to observe the most genuine reaction of a family, just look at the baby of that family.
Because babies are too young and can't hide, the reaction of children is generally the most genuine reaction of the family.
As a result, the child was the calmest, and it seemed that he was picky in his eyes.
Xiao He was so nervous that he was worried whether the background check was wrong.
The Jiang Er family couldn't be ordinary, and Jiang Er's face couldn't be ordinary.
Looking at Jiang Sima's face, it can also be understood why his family didn't even look at Xiao Fengxian and killed him with a sword.
The little phoenix fairy is not as good-looking as Jiang Sima.
Of course, Xiao He did not dare to look at it for too long. Anyway
, judging from the performance of the youngest baby of the Jiang family, not only was their family not intimidated by the mansion, but they also found many faults.
It’s just that the eldest daughter of the Jiang family behaves a little ignorant, but she is definitely pretending. She is the only daughter-in-law of the Meng family in the capital, and the Meng family is a single-line family. Everyone in the capital knows this.
Some time ago, someone came to the capital to buy a house. Wasn’t it the Meng family? That house is not smaller than this one.
Thinking about it this way, it feels like they are getting more and more embarrassed. They use these things to test Jiang Sima, the official, but what’s the point of testing? It’s not as good as what he originally had.
The indenture was delivered early in the morning, and he was received by the nanny who held Jiang Sima’s young daughter yesterday.
Jiang Sima didn't come, Xiao He didn't feel that he was neglected, but was relieved.
As a result, the nanny took the indenture and looked through it, and sat there and asked him with a amiable face: "Master He, what about the indentures of the maids Liu Yue, Qing He, and Lu Cao? We only gave one person here. If they are caught, we dare not take them. Either return them, or send the whole family here. What do you think?"
Master He, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was asked this question, and sweat broke out on his forehead again.
... Why was he caught by an old nanny?
Why does the phrase "a whole family" sound so unsettling here?
Xiao He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes, yes, you are absolutely right. I will send their family members and their deeds here right away."
Xiao He received the new task and trotted back.
Yin Gu looked at this man and felt that he was unreliable, only caring about the future and not the future, and had no future.
Xiao Huang in Ming County was better than him. At least he was thorough and thoughtful.
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In the morning, no strange maids came to her. It was still her aunt who helped her dress and wash.
Breakfast was also made by her mother and sister.
Except that the place was a little bigger, it felt like being at home, with no big difference.
It was just that my brother-in-law seemed to have a bump on his forehead.
My brother-in-law's head was a little soft and often had a bump.
Jiang Mianmian finished her breakfast leisurely. She ate a bowl of noodles, a bowl of wontons, and ate a vegetable, spitting out half of the vegetable stem. She was obviously a picky eater.
After dinner,
her aunt took her mother, sister, and her to sort out the maids and servants in the mansion.
Her brother-in-law, brother, and father went out together.
Everyone was gathered by her aunt.
They had just arrived last night, and they were not allowed to run around.
So many people are now gathered in the large courtyard in the middle, which is like a square like a playground.
Jiang Mianmian, her mother, aunt, and sister were in the house together, and they could be seen by looking outside.
There were men and women, old and young, and even some in costumes. A rough count showed that there were more than a hundred people.
You wouldn't know until you see it, and you'll be shocked when you see it.
Jiang Mianmian thought that there were only a few people in her family, and she could count them with one hand.
There were more than a hundred servants, which was too many.
Qin Luoxia also thought it was too many.
Everyone in the village was in charge of their own affairs, and the people that her husband had recruited were all capable and productive.
She took a glance, one hundred and forty-seven.
If they all lived in this mansion, they would have to receive salaries every month in the future. Her husband's money would never be enough, and she couldn't go hunting and selling to make money.
As Mrs. Sima, Qin Luoxia was a little bit unable to change her mindset.
Jiang Yu was also under a lot of pressure looking at so many people.
How much food would so many people need to eat in one meal? How much is enough?
In the morning, she and her mother went to the kitchen and saw a storehouse next to the kitchen. There were several buckets of coarse grains and fine grains, as well as a room full of vegetables and meat. She thought the people in this city were really nice, preparing so many delicious foods.
Now that there are so many people, how many days will it be enough to eat?
There was also a lot of fabric prepared in the bedroom, all new, enough to make clothes for the whole family for a year.
But there are so many people, not enough for each person.
Worried.
Aunt Yin listened to the mother and daughter talking, speechless.
The younger girl was fine, the younger one did not speak.
Jiang Mianmian was looking at the dense crowd below, the dark pressure of heads, thinking about when she and her classmates went to the hospital for internship, whether the director had the same feeling when seeing these interns.
While waiting for the servants to gather and line up quietly, the aunt was not idle either.
"Madam, the indentures of these people are all here. You can pick out some suitable people to stay. If they are not suitable, I can let the pawnbroker take them away directly."
Aunt Yin looked at Qin's expression and added, "The pawnbroker will give you money."
"There are maids serving in the house, maids doing rough work, servants running errands, people working in the yard, inner and outer courtyards. Generally, they are from one household to another. If you want to sell them, it is best to sell them one by one. There are also some singers and opera singers. These people are of lower class. They are generally alone and have no family."
Aunt Yin explained.
Jiang Mianmian sat obediently and listened carefully.
In the future, she will have to adapt to living in the mansion. Just
think about having someone to serve her, someone to fan her in the summer, someone to swat mosquitoes, someone to warm her hands in the winter, and having clothes and food provided for her. This kind of life seems to be pretty good.
Mianmian moved her little butt and sat comfortably. She continued to listen to her aunt's lecture. She felt that she was very adaptable to the life of the ruling class.
Then she heard her aunt say: "When dealing with maids and servants, if you are dissatisfied or don't like something, don't beat or scold them. It's not that you can't beat or scold them, but if they are injured, they can't work. They are all family property, just like your own livestock. If they are beaten and can't work, you will still lose it."
"And if you beat and scold them too much, even if the injury heals, you will feel resentful in your heart, and you will still not dare to use them. If you see someone who is not suitable, just sell them directly, and there is no need to learn any house fighting! Teach maids and servants, with the indenture in hand, we have the power of life and death."
Seeing that the mother and daughter were listening obediently, Aunt Yin continued:
"As for some others, if they know too much, have seen too much, are corrupt, and are worried about being sold out and making irresponsible remarks, then they can be killed to avoid future troubles."
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