Chapter 270: Setting the Rules

Just as Ah Wu said, Nanny Xia, who had been idle for a while, was very excited when she heard that Mrs. Wei was going to "entrust her with an important task".

"It is my blessing that the old lady trusts me so much." Nanny Xia said with a smile.

Mrs. Wei also tactfully put forward a small request of her own. She tried to test it out: "...Of course, we are a small family, so we don't need to be too strict with the rules. But there are some basic rules that we should let them learn. What do you think?"

Nanny Xia agreed: "The old lady is right. Our Yu family is just starting out, and being too strict is not right. However, there is no order without rules, and the servants in the house should be taught a lesson first."

After hearing these well-organized words, Mrs. Wei nodded repeatedly. Mrs. Xia kept calling them "our Yu family", which made Mrs. Wei feel very comfortable.

"Then I'll trouble you to help me take care of the maids in this family." Mrs. Wei looked at Nanny Xia with trust.

Nanny Xia bowed to Mrs. Wei and said, "Old Madam, you are really embarrassing me. Although I was brought here by the Fourth Madam, I am also a member of the Yu family now. Old Madam, you are too polite to say 'trouble me'... As for the maids in the house, you can rest assured."

Mrs. Wei was very satisfied, and she privately told Bai Xiaofeng that the maids from such a big family were very tactful, and the way they acted and spoke made people feel as comfortable as a spring breeze.

Nanny Xia gathered all the maids from the main courtyard and the four side courtyards together.

Even Moliu and the two maids that Ah Wu brought with her as a dowry were not spared by Nanny Xia. She gathered them together and gave them a warning first, saying that the masters of the Yu family were all easy to talk to and kind, and never made things difficult for us, but as servants, we had to know what to say and what not to say, and what to do and what not to do.

After Nanny Xia finished beating, she called Shuanglian out alone.

Shuanglian's face flushed slightly.

Nanny Xia stared at Shuanglian's face. Considering that it was her first time, she sent the rest of the maids away to give her some face.

Shuanglian trembled a little: "Mother Xia, what do you want me to do?"

Nanny Xia said calmly, "Come with me."

Shuanglian didn't understand why, but the atmosphere created by Nanny Xia made her feel a little scared. She followed Nanny Xia tremblingly into the main courtyard and main room.

In the main room, not only was Mrs. Wei there, but also the three daughters-in-law, Li Chunhua, Bai Xiaofeng, and Awu, were all there, except for Su Rouer who was still bedridden with her pregnancy.

Shuanglian was startled.

Her knees buckled instinctively.

Mrs. Wei frowned slightly and said, "I've said before, we don't need to kneel."

In Wei's opinion, it was all right to follow the rules, just as they had to follow the law. But she still felt a headache from kneeling all the time.

Mrs. Wei had a very simple idea. She thought she was just a country woman, not an official. These maids were not her juniors, so why should they kneel to her?

Shuanglian stood there silent as a cicada.

Nanny Xia bowed and greeted Mrs. Wei and several other ladies, then she stood up and glanced at Shuanglian.

Mrs. Wei, Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng all looked at Nanny Xia eagerly, waiting for her to teach Shuanglian.

Nanny Xia then said helplessly, "Shuanglian, do you know why I called you here this time?"

Shuanglian's voice trembled: "I, I don't know."

"You don't know? Seeing how scared you look, even if you say you don't know, you should be able to guess it, right?" Nanny Xia said it with a very kind face, but the meaning behind her words made Shuanglian shudder again.

She lowered her head and said nothing. After a while, she spoke in a low voice with some grievance: "...But Madam Xia, I am the maid of the third room. If something happened to the fifth young master, I can't just not tell you, right?"

Nanny Xia raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course you should say it. But who told you to say it so rashly? ... Right now, thanks to the Third Madam's good fortune, it's just a slight miscarriage, which doesn't have much impact. If something really happens, can you bear the responsibility!"

By the end of her speech, Nanny Xia was almost speaking in a harsh tone.

Shuanglian was so frightened that her legs went limp and she fell to the ground.

Mrs. Wei frowned and wanted to say something, but Nanny Xia immediately shook her head gently at her.

Mrs. Wei endured it.

Nanny Xia said sternly: "The Third Madam is in a special period right now, so you must be more careful in your actions. I will give you a warning for now. If you do it again next time -"

Nanny Xia deliberately did not mention the punishment for the next offense, leaving it to Shuanglian's imagination.

Shuanglian was so frightened that her face turned pale. She raised her hand and repeatedly assured him, "I won't dare to do it again. Mother Xia, please believe me!"

Nanny Xia knocked her again, and only then did Shuanglian, with a pale face, get up and leave.

When Shuanglian went out, her legs were shaking.

Not to mention Aunt Wei, Li Chunhua and Bai Xiaofeng both looked at Aunt Xia with admiration.

Nanny Xia coughed and said, "...Is this how I handled it okay with you, Madam and the other ladies? Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Several people shook their heads in unison: "No!"

Nanny Xia suppressed her laughter, bowed, and politely left: "Then I will leave first."

After Aunt Xia left, Li Chunhua immediately said to Aunt Wei with great emotion: "Mother, Aunt Xia usually looks kind and gentle, and is easy to talk to, but when she was teaching Shuanglian to behave just now, I didn't even dare to say a word!"

Ah Wu smiled and said, "Nanny Xia is usually very easy to talk to. But this time, my third sister-in-law got pregnant and things were really urgent, so she spoke more harshly."

Mrs. Wei also said, "That's the way it should be. Be nice when it's time to be nice, and be serious when it's time to be serious. This will prevent any mistakes from happening again in the future."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking in the room when a maid came in and said that Zhao Meng's mother had brought Zhao Meng to see Ju Ge'er.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other.

Zhao Meng's father was the one who broke Ju Ge'er's head.

However, Zhao Meng's mother was a pitiful person, and Mrs. Wei did not want to make things difficult for her, so she asked people to invite Zhao Meng's mother and Zhao Meng in.

There were still bruises on Zhao Meng's mother's face. She was holding a basket of eggs in her hands, looking rather uneasy.

After she walked into the warm main house, she was immediately surprised by the exquisite ornaments on the display case that Ah Wu had brought. She seemed to have not expected that the Yu family was so luxurious now, and she didn't know what to do.

Mrs. Wei asked her to sit down and asked the maid to bring a cup of hot water for the guest.

Zhao Meng's mother felt even more embarrassed. She put the basket of eggs she brought on the small table beside her and dared to sit on only half of the chair. She was too ashamed to raise her head: "...Auntie Wei, I, I came to see Brother Ju. These eggs are for the child to nourish his body..."