In wealthy families, the chief steward of the outer courtyard is the housekeeper, and the chief steward of the inner courtyard is usually the head lady of the house. There was no elderly nanny in Chen Qiu's dowry. After leaving Xiyuan, Nanny Hua, who was left behind by the princess, focused most of her energy on taking care of Chen Qiu, and now even more on little An'an.
"Mu Qing, send this man to Black Hawk, and bring the fifty Black Cloud Guards that the emperor and I asked for. It's time to clean up our mansion." Mu Qing had just returned with Ye Chen and was talking to Mingyue. When she heard what Ye Chen said, she held Mingyue's hand tightly, and then had someone carry Madam Cai out together.
"I need to find someone to do the kitchen shopping. Let's separate the big kitchen and the small kitchen in the future. We can arrange banquets and other things on the spur of the moment. There are few people in my family, so it would be too extravagant to buy things for the big kitchen." Chen Qiu seemed to suddenly think of someone and laughed.
"Ms. Zhang?" How could she have forgotten that silly, tall lady?
"Yes, ma'am." A tall and strong woman walked forward and saluted Shen Qiu.
"Madam Zhang, are you willing to do the purchasing for the kitchen?" Chen Qiu tried to ask Madam Zhang.
Madam Zhang was a simple and honest person. "Madam, I am willing to do this, but I am illiterate and cannot do the accounting."
Chen Qiu pondered for a moment, "I remember that when the old Duke celebrated his birthday last year, you were also in charge of some things. How did you keep the accounts back then?"
Madam Zhang lowered her head, her voice a little shy but resonant, "I simply drew the items I bought on paper, then drew a bar behind them. A bar represented one tael of silver, and a circle represented ten taels. There were also some other symbols that only I could understand."
Chen Qiu looked at Ye Chen, his eyes curved with smile. This man was illiterate, but his brain was very useful. "Husband, what do you think?"
Since Ye Chen sat down, he held Chen Qiu's hand in his. Since Chen Qiu started practicing martial arts every day after her confinement, the calluses on her hands began to harden again.
Ye Chen smiled and said, "He is quite capable."
With Ye Chen's words, everything was settled. Chen Qiu turned to Xing'er and said, "Give her the kitchen shopping lady's sign. From now on, the shopping will be left to Madam Zhang."
Madam Zhang looked up at Chen Qiu, unable to believe that she was actually the lady in charge of purchasing. When Xing'er handed the sign to her, Madam Zhang pinched her face hard, and only took the sign from Xing'er's hand when she felt the pain.
Chen Qiu laughed up there, "Madam Zhang, take a few people you think are useful and accompany Xing'er to search Madam Cai's room. After that, her room will be yours."
Xing'er and Madam Zhang took the four maids out. "Alright, let's leave it at that. Chunlan, you come with me later. As for the rest of you, I know some of you are worried about whether Madam Cai's affairs will eventually be traced back to you. I can tell you now that I won't hold you accountable. Who doesn't want to eat something good?"
"But I don't want something like this to happen again. Eating is the most important thing for a person. From today on, your meals will return to their original state. You guys wait here for a while. The Black Cloud Guards are going to clean up the yard. Once they're done, you can do whatever you need to do."
After a while, Xing'er and Mu Qing came back. Madam Cai changed all the embezzled silver into silver notes, which amounted to 1,500 taels. "This is not just for this month, right? Who doesn't have selfish motives? There are loopholes in the purchasing work. It's harmless to take some kickbacks, but it's wrong to not let these people have enough to eat." After reading it, Chen Qiu handed the silver notes in his hand back to Xing'er.
"Mu Qing is back. Let him leave two people here. Let's go back to Qiuchen Courtyard and then we can start cleaning." Ye Chen just nodded, and then Mu Qing went out. He left two Black Cloud Guards at the door outside, and the others began to search the Ye Mansion.
When Chen Qiu and Ye Chen were almost at Qiuchen Courtyard, Chen Yue came over and glanced behind them, "What are you going to do?"
"Oh, nothing. It's just that the house was not so clean during the time we were away, so we cleaned it up." Ye Chen put Chen Qiu's hands behind his back.
"Then let me help. I'm pretty bored lately anyway, so where should I start?" Shen Yue walked to Mu Qing.
Afterwards they were divided into four teams and started searching in four directions, searching every moon and the orchard in the west.
When Chen Qiu and Ye Chen entered the yard, Xiao Hang was standing in the yard and Xing'er was still standing at the door. Chen Qiu knew at a glance that Lan Yu was still in the house, and it seemed that Lan Yu was not going to see Xiao Hang.
Ye Chen looked at Chen Qiu with a smile. Chen Qiu explained, "I called him over to discuss his marriage with Lan Yu, but Lan Yu said she didn't want to get married."
"I'm going to go see how Lan Yu is doing. You can take care of your friends yourself. Not to mention Lan Yu, I don't want to see him either."
Chen Qiu pulled his hand out of Ye Chen's and walked directly into the house. As soon as he reached the door, he said, "Chen Qiu, what did you say to Lan Yu? Why did he suddenly disappear from my life?"
Ye Chen's brows furrowed in a frown. Chen Qiu? Who allowed him to call Qiu'er in that tone? Chen Qiu slowly turned around and said, "Xiao Hang, your reputation in the martial arts world is undeserved."
"you……"
"What? Did Lan Yu ever do anything wrong to you? It was you who plucked her feathers. You could have returned them to her if you didn't want to, but you didn't. Since you didn't return them to her, you had to marry her, but you ran away. Lan Yu chased her from Ye Nan Kingdom to Dayin, but you didn't give her an explanation. In the end, it was Lan Yu who forced you, and you said you wanted to marry her. Lan Yu has been busy making up for the marriage, but what about you? Have you ever worried about it? Since you don't want to marry her, does that mean she doesn't want to marry you either? What a joke!" Xiao Hang was a little angry and embarrassed. He was about to argue with Shen Qiu, but was interrupted by Shen Qiu.
Not to mention how many times Lan Yu saved him, just from the time they spent together, Chen Qiu liked Lan Yu very much and had already regarded Lan Yu as his friend.
Such a good girl, she felt distressed just looking at her. If Lan Yu insisted on marrying Xiao Hang, she would have nothing to say. After all, it was her own choice, and even friends could not interfere in other people's lifelong affairs. Although she didn't know whether Lan Yu was just being cold to Xiao Hang or would really break up with him in the future, she wanted to help Lan Yu vent this anger.
Ye Chen didn't know what had happened, but after listening to Chen Qiu's words, he understood roughly what was going on. Lan Yu wasn't going to marry Xiao Hang? What about in their previous life? Oh, it seemed they weren't married either, but Lan Yu had always been by Xiao Hang's side. Ye Chen had spent the last ten years of his life in a daze, not paying attention to Xiao Hang's situation, only knowing that Xiao Hang had been wandering outside.
Now Lan Yu is going to give up Xiao Hang. Is this kid really going to follow the same path he took in his previous life?
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