Chapter 320 Maoxuewang
Chapter 320 Maoxuewang
As Xiao Cui cleaned up the Liuting Pavilion, she couldn't help but complain, "This is too obvious. She used to run around everywhere, but now that you're the mistress, she won't come out? It's fine if she doesn't come out, but she doesn't even take money out. Now that the mansion has nothing, how can you be a housekeeper?"
When the old marquis was alive, there was a fief and salary. Now that he is gone, all of that is gone. Gu Changqing is a seventh-rank official, and that salary is not even enough to pay the servants monthly wages. The shops and farms in the marquis's mansion are just enough for the whole family to eat and drink, and if they need to buy some extra things occasionally, Sun Yuan still has to pay for it.
It was Sun Yuan who patched up the hole for the old marquis' burial. Now that the old marquis is gone, it was Sun Yuan who paid for it again. Some of the new clothes and things for the children in the family were also paid for by Sun Yuan. Now that he is sick, she doesn't care about him and doesn't pay for anything. Isn't this making things difficult for the ladies?
Xiao Cui felt sorry for An Ru, but An Ru was quietly looking at the courtyard he had not seen for a long time.
Three years ago, she had lived here. At that time, Su Jin was sitting in the main seat. She still remembered Su Jin's elegance and affectionate eyes. What a beautiful and elegant lady she was.
Now that the beauty has left, who would have thought that three years later, it would be me who would live here.
Thinking of this, she turned around and called her son Gu Zimu, pulled him, knelt down in front of the empty main seat, and kowtowed three times.
"Madam..."
Xiao Cui came over. She knew An Ru’s intention, so she knelt down and kowtowed as well.
"Madam, thank you for your kindness. If it weren't for you, our master would have died and there wouldn't be a situation like this. Now that we are living here, it's all because of you. Thank you very much."
The chubby Mu Ge'er tilted his head in confusion: "Mother, aren't you the eldest lady? How come there is another eldest lady?"
An Xiaoniang smiled and told the story of Su Jin. When she mentioned that the word "Mu" was given by Su Jin, the little girl opened her eyes wide, and they were shining brightly.
He suddenly wanted to see this mother.
After sending his son out to play, An Rucai said, "There's no need to say these words anymore. Whether Sun Yuan takes out the money or not is her own business. Others can't point fingers at her."
"But as a lady, you don't have even half as many people in your house as before..."
Xiao Cui curled her lips. She still remembered that when Su Jin was here, the two people serving in the room were Yuchuan and Jinchuan, and there was also a wet nurse, Su Mama, who was always with Su Jin. Outside the room there were four second-class maids, four third-class maids, six old women who cleaned the house and did odd jobs, plus a old woman who was a doorkeeper.
By this calculation, there are eighteen servants serving in Liuting Pavilion alone, but now, An Ru only has eight people at most, which is only a fraction of the total.
Xiao Cui felt unhappy. They were both the wives of the Marquis' Mansion, but there was too much difference, right? It was all because Sun Yuan didn't take out money.
An Ru said: "Now the mansion is in decline, and we can't afford to spend much money. I also want to cut down on expenses, so it's time to clear out the people in the mansion..."
Xiao Cui bit her lip and said nothing, but An Ru had already made up his mind. After cleaning up Liuting Pavilion, he went to the old lady again and told her his idea. However, Zou did not agree to the population cleanup, at least not before she died.
An Ru was a little confused and didn't know what Zou's intention was. She could only come back and find a solution elsewhere.
By the way, my sister has a private school. I wonder if I can send the kids there to study...
An Ru felt happy when she thought of Su Jin. She quickly sent a visiting card and went to meet him. After all, she was no longer a concubine but the mistress. She could finally walk through the door openly to meet Su Jin.
"You want the children of the Marquis' Mansion to come and study?"
Su Jin was a little surprised. An Ru was the most sober-minded concubine in the Marquis's Mansion. Now that she had become the mistress, she looked quite capable.
"Yes, Mr. Zhuzhi is famous, but this matter still depends on my sister. If my sister doesn't want to, then forget it."
An Ru didn't want to make things difficult for Su Jin. Mr. Zhuzhi was a very man of character. The emperor asked him to teach, but he didn't go. It was obvious that this man did not value power and wealth.
And it is people like this who are the hardest to hire.
"Okay, I'll ask and report back to you." Su Jin looked at Jin Chuan and said, "Go ask the kitchen if the maoxuewang is ready. An Ru is here, let her have a taste..."
Maoxuewang?
What is that?
An Ru looked curious, but she knew that she would be able to eat good food if she followed Su Jin.
"Brother Mu has grown up, come here, let your aunt take a look!"
After all, Su Jin was the adopted daughter of Marquis Yong'an, so it was not wrong to call her aunt. An Ru called the boy over. The boy was white and chubby, and Su Jin liked him very much.
"aunt!"
Mu Ge'er's voice is very childish and babyish, and his big eyes are blinking and as black as grapes. This boy doesn't look like Gu Changqing, but very much like An Ru, and he is also a good-looking guy.
"Well, you can stay here with your aunt from now on. I'll give you delicious food, okay?"
Gu Zimu nodded happily: "Thank you, aunt!"
The milk ball was good-looking and polite, which made Su Jin even happier. She took out the Napoleon cake and the wild strawberry bean paste snow meringue sent by Ning Ruolan and gave them to Mu Ge'er to eat. The little guy was young, but very frank and not timid at all. He thanked her and took the cake and ate it, which made Su Jin like it even more.
"Aunt's dim sum is so delicious. This is the first time I've seen and eaten it!"
Su Jin smiled and said, "Bring some back to eat later."
"Thank you, aunt. To express my gratitude, I will recite a poem for you!"
Mu Ge'er stood in front of Su Jin with a smile on his face, reciting: "The flower is not a flower, the fog is not a fog. It comes at midnight and leaves at dawn. How long does it take for it to come like a spring dream? It leaves like a morning cloud that is nowhere to be found."
As Su Jin listened, he actually felt a little dazed. Wasn't everything from his rebirth here to now just like what was said in the poem?
Life is like fog and lightning.
"Mother!"
Outside, Gu Zixuan walked in.
He had to observe mourning and did not have to go to court. He was like an idler at home. All he could do was go back to Yong'an Marquis' Mansion to burn incense every day, give some personal money to the old lady every once in a while, and then go home to eat, drink and have fun with Su Jin, and the day would pass.
In addition to Gu Zixuan, Yin Zhengnan will also come. This future son-in-law is like a happy person. He can always do something funny and make Su Jin laugh.
"My stepmother is here too?"
Gu Zixuan was quite polite to An Xiaoniang. After all, he had lived in his mother's yard before, so he knew her temperament and character well and he knew her well.
An Ru stood up and saluted: "Greetings, Duke Protector of the Country."
“It doesn’t have to be like this as a family.”
Gu Zixuan nodded and looked at Su Jin again: "Yin Zhengnan hired a monkey trainer to perform in the yard tonight. You don't have to pay for it, mother. Just prepare some food he likes. Now he has gone to the farm to pick watermelons. What do you think, mother?"
"Okay, go find Sui Yu and ask her to discuss this with Ruolan. Where's Brother Lu?"
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