[Red Mansions] The good life of the wife of the official family

Mrs. Li smiled, "Xiangsizi, I think of gold, silver and jade, and my sister-in-law is used to seeing them, so I sent this to my sister-in-law. One is because it is so rare, and the other is that it just fits my sister-in-law's mood. The second brother went It’s so far away, and I don’t know when I’ll be back.”

Zhao Zhihan still had a smile on her lips, closed the brocade box, and thanked Li Shi for her kindness in every possible way.He also said something that would not be mentioned in the past, and on the face of it, the relationship between the two was eased.At present, she doesn't want to offend anyone, let alone deal with it. She thinks that she will deal with it like mud.

After Mrs. Li left, Zhao Zhihan felt very heavy holding the brocade box in her hand.This beauty bean is also called acacia, and there is another one called chicken mother bead. The poem "Red beans are born in the southern country, this thing is the most lovesick" gives Acacia an unusual meaning of existence for red beans, but those who are interested in understanding it will know that this thing is not the most lovesick, but the most poisonous.

The shell of the acacia is relatively hard, and there will be no problem with wearing it as an ornament.However, if the shell of Acacia is broken, it will be highly poisonous if it touches the skin, and severe cases will directly die.

No matter whether it was eavesdropping or peeping, Zhao Zhihan didn't find out that Li Shi knew the poison of this lovesickness child.Thinking about it, I'm afraid Ma Daopo did something and didn't tell Li Shi.The only thing I can tell her is not to touch the string of beads, otherwise the spellcasting will not work.

After Mrs. Li left, Zhao Zhihan didn't dare to open the box again, and her heart kept feeling cold.If she didn't know about the toxicity of Acacia, even if she wanted to prevent Mrs. Li from wearing the bead, it would still be possible to reach out and touch it.As long as you touch it, there is almost a possibility of death.

Zhao Zhihan took a deep breath, suppressed the chill in her heart, and put the brocade box in a cabinet and locked it.She didn't see which beads or which beads were damaged, so she had to put them in the cabinet and lock them up.This is the safest way.

After receiving Li Shi's gift, Zhao Zhihan didn't mention it again, and just continued to think about the birthday banquet as if nothing had happened.In a day or two, it's time to go shopping, and she has to get everything in order.The next day, Chunliu, the eldest maid in Shi's room, came to find Zhao Zhihan, and told Zhao Zhihan everything about the birthday banquet.

Shi shi would not leave all the matters of the birthday banquet to her, and would definitely find someone to watch over her. Zhao Zhihan had already thought of that.And, the servants to purchase are all given by Shi Shi.In this way, Zhao Zhihan saved a lot of things.In terms of the prices of various things, these servants did not dare to quote randomly and get kickbacks.

There is only one thing, Shi Shi has always been in charge of these servants, and Caiyu in Shi Shi's room kept the accounts, so I dare not be too tricky about the money.But whether Zhao Zhihan can suppress these servants is Zhao Zhihan's own business.For this, Zhao Zhihan has just taken care of her yard, so she is quite confident.

Even though she has no experience herself, she knows what Sister Feng did in the book when she managed Qin Keqing's funeral in Ningguo Mansion.If these servants are to be submissive, they must either be physically punished or fined.The task is assigned, the rules are set, the rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and if you kill chickens to make an example, this matter is almost the same.

When they gathered on the first day, there was indeed a moth among these servants.They just rely on Zhao Zhihan and have no one to back them up, and they were extremely weak and never got involved before.No matter whether it is a mother-in-law or a maidservant, no one takes her seriously.It wasn't until she slapped and fined a woman in a calm manner, and asked Hongyi to explain her rules, rewards and punishments in detail, that Zhao Zhihan repositioned herself in her heart.This second wife is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Until the evening, Zhao Zhihan didn't see how many practical things she had done.In just one day, I have been rectifying those servants, and I am exhausted.After eating and washing, he lay on the bed and gasped for breath.Then when she heard Chunliu, the big maid in the big room, go back to report the situation to Shi Shi, she smiled silently.Because her behavior shocked Chunliu a bit, it wasn't a compliment, but it was a real compliment.

Then, after filtering out the gossip of the servants, I heard the fury of the third-fang Li.

How could Mrs. Li have thought that Zhao Zhihan would do this so smoothly, assigning tasks in a clear and orderly manner in one day, and the subordinates who should be suppressed should be suppressed, and the rules should be set.Now, both Shi Shi and Zhao Zhihan got good things, but she was the only one left. What good things did not fall, and her man was stolen.

"What are you doing? The second sister-in-law is taking good care of the housekeeper. Why are you unhappy?" This was Wang Zisheng's voice.

"Everyone else is fine, what about you? What about us? No official, no children, will there be a place for us in this family in the future?" Li's voice was full of anger, and he was yelling the whole time.

"It's my business not to have an official, and it's really not my business to have children." Wang Zisheng said.

"You..." Li Shi was stabbed at the fatal point, his anger almost rushed out of his head, and he couldn't suppress it, so he opened his eyes wide and said: "So you went to steal your sister-in-law, didn't you?"

Wang Zisheng's face froze instantly, turned slightly pale, then stood up with his sleeves thrown up and said, "I think you are crazy, you dare to say anything crazy."

"Yes, I'm crazy, she has it all! It's not yours, tell me whose it is? If it was someone else's, I would have stabbed it to the old lady long ago, and let her have the life she has now? I feel ashamed, I feel ashamed for you, I can't say that!" After Li Shi shouted, his eyes widened with excitement stared at Wang Zisheng.

"Crazy." Wang Zisheng glanced at her, turned and left the room.He didn't dare to confront this tigress in his family, otherwise he would have been slapped on him a few times earlier.As a man, how much breath is held in my heart.However, it was indeed his fault.But no matter what, he won't admit it.Knowing that Shi Shi was pregnant, I felt uneasy, but I didn't dare to have a private meeting with Shi Shi anymore.

On the one hand, Mrs. Li saw that Zhao Zhihan was not affected by Ma Daopo's actions, so she no longer placed her hopes on the theory of ghosts and gods.She didn't break up with Shi Shi, she just swallowed the dumb loss, while still maintaining a relationship with Zhao Zhihan.

As for Zhao Zhihan, she didn't put her mind on these messy relationships, she only wanted to know what she knew.Most of her thoughts were naturally on the birthday banquet.She went through all the things that the servants went out to buy, and then made an account by herself.At the same time, Caiyu sent by the Shi family is also doing accounts.Caiyu's accounts are to be reported officially, and as many accounts are recorded, how much money will be taken from the officials.

On this day, the procurement was about the same, so Zhao Zhihan came to see the accounts of Caiyuji.Caiyu didn't know that she kept all the accounts in secret, thinking that she must not understand the accounts, so she gave her the accounts.Zhao Zhihan glanced at it briefly, and found that the money for each item was more than what the servants actually spent.Shi Shi has covered the sky with one hand in the Wang family for so long, thinking that this thing is also done routinely, he does not know how much money he has eaten in private.

Zhao Zhihan finished skimming through the accounts, Caiyu came over and stretched out her hand to take it, Zhao Zhihan flinched and didn't give it to her, just looked at her and said: "The eldest lady is currently sick and doesn't care about things, I think you wrote down these accounts according to the quotations of the servants ?”

"Yes, ma'am, I have written everything down. I am going to show it to the eldest wife. If there is nothing wrong with the wife, I will send it to the eldest wife." Caiyu said very frankly.

"What kind of punishment will a servant get if he makes false accounts privately?" Zhao Zhihan looked down at the account book and said these words lightly.

"Huh?" Caiyu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhao Zhihan, "What did Madam say?"

"Let me tell you, you are an accountant servant who made false accounts privately, how should I punish you?" Zhao Zhihan raised her head, her voice was a little louder, and she looked at Caiyu.

The corners of Caiyu's mouth froze, and she said for a long while: "Mrs... madam, you are joking, how dare you dare? Every account is recorded according to the price quoted by the people below. If the wife doesn't believe it, just call them here Check it out."

Those servants are all members of the Shi family, and she, Zhao Zhihan, is not stupid.Even if the price was not quoted at the beginning, because of Shi's status, he would say that the account was correct.But these fake accounts are absolutely true, and that's why she, Zhao Zhihan, wants to be in charge, no matter what she thinks of, she has to get Shi to spit out some.

Zhao Zhihan looked at Caiyu, cleared her throat and said, "Hongyi, bring me the ledger that I remember."

"Hey." Hong Yi agreed, and went to get the ledger, Caiyu's face turned pale.She is a bookkeeper in Shi's house, and she doesn't cause any troubles on weekdays, and she hasn't entangled much with others.With Zhao Zhihan following him like this, and Shi's absence, he was already panicking.

Naturally, she couldn't say that it was Shi Shi's idea to eat money, Shi Shi was her master.Can't say, then she has to bear the blame.She didn't know what Zhao Zhihan would do, but seeing Zhao Zhihan's calm face would make some unexpected moves from time to time, she was terrified in her heart.

Hongyi brought the account book and sent it to Caiyu.Caiyu took it, and hesitantly raised her hand to turn over a page. It was indeed a real account, and every item was remembered in detail, and she even knew which shop the purchased items came from.Even if Shi Shi can buy every servant, but no one has managed every shop.As long as Zhao Zhihan went to the shop owner to ask the price of the Wang family's birthday banquet, everything would be overwhelmed.

Caiyu read two pages, but couldn't read any more, her fingers trembling slightly.She couldn't figure out what Zhao Zhihan wanted to do, she just stood still, her eyes flickering, waiting for Zhao Zhihan to speak.

Zhao Zhihan saw her expression in his eyes, and said: "Let me ask you again, what punishment will a servant get for making false accounts privately? You dare to make money from officials, I think you don't want to live anymore. You don’t need to report to the Yamen, the family law is enough for you.”

Caiyu was so startled that she was covered in cold sweat, "thumped" and knelt down on the ground, "I beg my wife to spare my life."