Miss Lin Family of the Red Chamber

After buying the house, the three of Meng Yan and the others did not move immediately, because they needed to clean it up; although the original owner of the house had just left and the house was not as dirty as a house that had not been lived in for a long time, Meng Yan still felt a little awkward; Where someone else lived, even if that person has left, Meng Yan still feels that the house still retains the smell of the original owner; so she wants to clean the whole house from start to finish before moving in, so as to get rid of the smell of other people.

The mother and son walked around the whole house with excitement, and after Meng Yan asked to clean it up, both Meng Shi and Xiaobao agreed.Although the three have different personalities, they love cleanliness but they are the same.

However, although the house is only small, it is very laborious for Meng Yansan, who is one big and two small, to clean it. Obviously Meng Yan doesn't want to do such laborious and dirty work, so she proposed to buy it. .

"Mother, shall we buy some servants?"

Meng Shi, who was still excited to finally own her own house, looked at Meng Yan in surprise when she heard Meng Yan's words: "Buy someone?"

"Little girl, although we can get some money from buying ginseng, we can't squander it at will. Right now we don't have any source of income other than the money left over from selling ginseng, so we have to save it."

"But it takes a few days for us to clean up a house as big as my mother's?"

"Let's clean up a room first, come out and live there first, and then clean up slowly."

Three years of filial piety and six years of living in a nunnery for a total of nine years made Meng's temper frugal. In addition, she has always been poor, so she has developed a habit of saving as much as she can; She is used to doing it herself.

"Mother, the buyer is not only for cleaning and cleaning the house. Mother, we have to go out to buy vegetables every day when we live here, but we can't let you go alone, it's so dangerous. Besides, the little BMW will enter After learning, don’t let him go to the school alone. What if something happens. Also, although we still have a surplus in our hands, we can’t do nothing, so we have to think of a way to make money. I think we can save In addition to daily expenses, use the remaining money to buy some land or open a shop, so as to pay tribute. There must be someone to take care of the land and shop.

So our family needs at least one cook who can buy vegetables and cook, one older boy who can take and protect Xiaobao to school, one housekeeper who can take care of the field and shop for us, and two daily The cleaning maid.The daughter doesn't want her mother to work so hard in the kitchen every day, and hopes that her mother can take good care of her like a noble lady; she can't be compared to that person. "

Although Meng Yan didn't specify who that person was, Meng Shi could guess it, and a look of sadness flashed across her face.

Meng Yan did not give up the idea of ​​letting the Meng family return to the Lin Mansion.It's fine if she's alone, it doesn't matter if she goes back to the Lin Mansion or not, anyway, if she doesn't go back to the Lin Mansion with her cultivation now, she will be even less involved.But with Meng Shi and Xiaobao around, they must go back to the Lin Mansion.

Meng Shi is a woman who abides by the ancient Joan of Arc education, as long as Lin Ruhai is one more day, it is impossible for Meng Shi to remarry, in this case, Meng Yan will help her go back to the Lin Mansion.As for Xiaobao, who is a mortal or a blood brother, it is his dream to take the imperial examination; since Xiaobao wants to take the imperial examination, the Lin Fu's network resources should naturally be used by Xiaobao.

So she has to raise Meng Shi beautifully, even if she is not as beautiful as Jia Min, but no matter how beautiful she is, she can't stand the passing of time; and Meng Shi is nearly ten years younger than Jia Min, and she will take good care of her even after a few years. She must be younger and more beautiful than Jia Min, not to mention her extraordinary means.Men are all visual animals, and they all like beautiful women, even Lin Ruhai is no exception, not to mention that Meng Shi was originally his woman.

"That's what you said, but how much does it cost to buy a servant? If it costs a lot of money, then..." Jing Meng Yan mentioned Meng's family and thought it should be the same; but when she thought that it might cost A lot of money Meng Shi hesitated again.

"Mother, we don't know how much it is, why don't we go to the dental shop and find someone to ask about it, Xiaobao, what do you think?"

"It's up to you and your mother to decide."

Xiaobao looked away unnaturally.How could he know these things, he didn't need to worry about it in his previous life and he had no experience in this area, so he listened very carefully just now, so he looked a little embarrassed at Meng Yan's questioning eyes.

"In this case, let's buy someone first and then pack up and move."

Both Meng and Xiaobao agreed with Meng Yan's proposal, so the mother and son inquired about a more reputable Xingya in Yangzhou City to buy someone.Originally, according to what Meng Yan said, it would be enough to buy only five servants, but in the end, he bought ten servants for one hundred and fifty taels.

There are four members of the housekeeper's family, three members of the cook's family, one maid, and two wives.

The housekeeper, Uncle De, surnamed An Yuan, was the second-class steward of the rich family. Because the rich family lost, their family was sold by the original owner.Meng Yan plans to let Uncle De take care of the affairs outside the house; Uncle De's daughter-in-law, Mrs. An, takes care of the affairs of the house; Uncle De's 12-year-old son, Meng Yan, let him follow Xiaobao; Wait around.

Aunt Zhao, the cook, is in charge of the kitchen, Aunt Zhao's husband, Uncle Zhao, is in charge of shopping, and their ten-year-old son also goes to wait on Xiaobao.

The remaining 13-year-old maid went to wait on the Meng family, and the two women were responsible for cleaning the house.

Meng Shi, who bought the servant, arranged for them to go to the house to clean up first. The next day, Meng and Yan three people moved into the new home.After spending several days in this way, the three mothers and sons of the Meng family finally settled down in Yangzhou City.

Originally, the Meng family wanted to take care of the house, but seeing that Meng Yan was very assertive and seemed to be doing better than her as a mother, plus Meng Yan tried to argue that the Meng family should simply let Meng Yan be the housekeeper, and she only gave pointers from time to time .

As for Little Treasure, his whole mind is on studying and he doesn't care about these chores at all, because he is only five years old and too young to go to school, so he has to study at home first.And Meng Yan planned that if the master next door was good, she would let Meng Shi take Xiaobao to the next door to learn from her teacher sometime.

However, although these chores are not the case for Xiaobao, Meng Yan still finds time to talk to him from time to time, forcing Xiaobao to learn how to be a housekeeper under the excuse of not sweeping a house, even if he does not manage the house himself, he still needs to know What's the matter.

She can't live with her mother and Xiaobao for the rest of her life. For her mother's future stability, Xiaobao must also know how to manage the house. Otherwise, like Lin Ruhai, she was deceived by the housewife to murder her mother, so what? Got it.

The family settled down and Meng Yan started to sell the land to open a shop again.The fields around Yangzhou City are not easy to buy. Yangzhou City is not as good as Beijing City, where kicking a stone can hit a prince, but there is no shortage of high-ranking officials and wealthy households in Yangzhou City. Almost all the land around Yangzhou City has been annexed by these.Fortunately, there is Uncle De, Uncle De was originally a native of Yangzhou and the manager of a wealthy household, so he is very familiar with Yangzhou City and the surrounding towns and villages.

Meng Yan entrusted Uncle De to handle the matter of buying the land, and she only paid out the bank notes.

Because she didn't have much money, Meng Yan secretly sold two 300-year-old ginseng trees in another pharmacy without telling Meng Shi and Xiaobao, and got nearly 2 taels of silver, half of which was handed over to Uncle De to buy land, and the rest With 2000 taels, Uncle De bought a shop on Wang Street.

Uncle De is worthy of being the local snake in Yangzhou. Within a few days, he helped Meng Yan buy a [-]-mu and [-]-mu Zhuangzi around Yangzhou City. I have seen it, but it is a very good Zhuangzi.Uncle De is thoughtful, not only bought the Zhuangzi but also has tenants, Uncle De's ability to handle affairs has been affirmed by Meng Yan.

"Both Zhuangzi are good. Uncle De has worked hard. Later, I will ask Aunt Zhao to prepare a table for you to have a drink with Uncle Zhao."

In the spacious and comfortable carriage with a plain exterior, Meng Yan and Uncle De sat on both sides of a small table drinking tea and talking.Because Meng Yan is not yet seven years old, he is not bound by the restriction of different seats for men and women who are seven years old, so Uncle De was asked to enter the car to discuss matters.

This car was specially made according to the drawings provided by Meng Yan. The car was equipped with anti-vibration springs, and people sitting in the car did not shake as much as other carriages; there were mechanisms in the car to install and remove the table.The carriage used in the carriage is also specially made, and the table is inlaid with a whole piece of magnets. The bottom of the porcelain cup for drinking tea and the porcelain plate for snacks are covered with iron sleeves on the table so that they will not be shaken off.

"Miss, you are welcome. These are what old slaves should do." Uncle De took the teacup from Meng Yan with both hands modestly and respectfully.

Ander is very grateful to his young lady. If the young lady didn't make the decision to buy their family, they might have broken up early; let alone whether they can stay in the old place of Yangzhou City, they might be sold to various places by Yazi. .What's more, An De didn't underestimate Meng Yan because of her young age. In the past two months, he has seen how powerful the lady is when he orders her. There is a half-disagreement.

Although it has been two months, Ender still can't help but often think of the first time the lady asked him to give orders, and he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't breathe. Every time he thought of it, he was frightened and terrified.

How did Ander know that it was because Meng Yan released the monk's coercion to oppress him.

"What are the arrangements for the two Miss Zhuangzi, I hope this old servant will give you instructions as soon as possible."

"I haven't thought about Zhuangzi's matter yet, Uncle De, you can make the arrangements. If it doesn't work, just follow the original one and make the arrangements when I have free time."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Uncle De, how's the shop going? How's the progress of the renovation?"

Meng Yan is not in a hurry about Zhuangzi's affairs, Zhuangzi is slow to come in with money; now she is anxious about the shop, as long as the shop can be opened as a source of income for their family, it will be resolved.

"According to what the lady said, the only thing that needs to be delivered is the shelf. It's fine to wait for the shelf to be delivered."

"Go back to Uncle De and urge them to hurry up. The shop must be renovated three days before the opening. We still have two days to put the goods on the shelves."

"It's Miss, the old slave will go to the carpenter's shop to remind me when I get back."

Uncle De looked at Meng Yan and hesitated. The lady said that she wanted to open a shop, and he still didn't know what the lady was going to sell.Thinking of how the young lady had asked people to collect fresh flower petals, set up a workshop, and ordered porcelain vases in the past two months, he still couldn't figure it out.

"What's the matter? Uncle De?" His eyes swept over Meng Yan's face many times, and Meng Yan couldn't ignore it.

"Miss, please forgive this old slave for usurping me. I don't know what you want to sell in that shop?"