Through the Ring of Red Mansions

It didn't take a moment to see the gate of Langhuan Mountain Villa, but outside the gate were two or three high-headed horses with shiny coats and smooth coats. Jia Huan was wondering, but he saw an acquaintance named Cheng Ping under Long Si's men standing inside the gate, and met Jia Huan. He hurriedly came out and said, "Master Huan is here? My master originally said that the weather is good today, so he thought of coming over and sitting down. He is inside."

Jia Huan smiled and nodded. Seeing that Chengping was still staring at Baoyu, knowing that they were used to being cautious, he said, "This is my second brother."

Cheng Ping hurriedly said, "So it's the Second Master Bao of the Rong Mansion, I'm sorry."

Although Baoyu doesn't like reading and studying, he is very caring about etiquette. He never neglects in front of foreigners, and seeing that Jia Huan is very polite to that person, he also nods to Chengping with a warm face.In fact, Jia Huan appeared to be extra peaceful because he didn't know what the real identities of those people who usually followed Longsi were, coupled with his own habits of later generations.

What's more, if you ask those who are close to the emperor's side, the official rank of any one person must be a head higher than that of the official seventh-rank editor of the Imperial Academy. For example, Long Si easily went out without eunuchs. Jia Huan only knew that the man's surname was Shan, which is really rare, so he sent someone to inquire about it, and found out that there was only one father-in-law with the surname Shan in the palace, and he was working in the imperial study. Pin Nei Shiling, and Jia Zheng's member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, was only a fifth-rank official, and Jia Huan was really depressed because of this at the time.

But no matter what the reality is, Cheng Ping does not dare to take the big in front of Jia Huan now, so he leans aside to let Jia Huan and Baoyu go first, and after entering the door, Moyan Qingxiao and Xiuyun Jinyue go their separate ways.

Jia Huan took Baoyu to the study first, thinking that since Long Si was here, it was necessary to invite the two of them to meet.

Baoyu didn't know that the imposing man in front of him was his "brother-in-law". He only said that he was Jia Huan's good friend in the same year. Firstly, he didn't intend to talk to Baoyu, and secondly, Jia Huan didn't realize it. In fact, Long Si had a cold and unapproachable aura, which made Baoyu feel depressed. Therefore, they met for a while, but the two had nothing to say to each other. very.

Jia Huan also said that Baoyu had suffered from his "sluggishness" again, and he didn't like the study anyway, so he asked him to go outside to play, and told him, "Why don't you go to Xiuyun and tell her what you want to eat at noon. It’s no worse than our family.”

Long Si waited until he finished making arrangements, before asking, "Are you going to have dinner here today?"

Jia Huan said with a smile, "I just invited a lady on the stove who cooks Suzhou and Hangzhou dishes well. Are you free today? We haven't seen each other for a long time. Why don't you stay and have a taste, but Baoyu is not very disgusting." .”

Long Si glanced at him with a faint smile, and didn't agree. He just said, "When it comes to Chinese New Year, the family is naturally busier than usual. It's true that we haven't seen each other for some days. Just counting the situation in the past two months, why did you mess up here?" Is it like this?"

Jia Huan laughed and said, "What is this? Don't you say that I haven't looked for you yet? How capable are you? Even the old sage was invited out? I was shocked! So you said that you are the boss There are people, and now there are more than just people, I'm afraid they will reach the sky!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Long Si quietly, waiting to see how he would answer.

Unexpectedly, Long Si ignored it, but lazily smiled and said, "When the time comes, you will naturally know. I don't ask you now, and you don't ask me. But I said that I will take care of things here for you. If you want to thank me well, can you remember how to thank me now?"

Jia Huan couldn't make a trial once, and seeing Long Si's appearance, he also vaguely had a clue in his heart. Naturally, he knew that he also had many things to hide from him, but he didn't expect that Long Si would act like this. When she came out, she couldn't help but blushed, and she was embarrassed to ask why the name "Langhuan Mountain Villa" was named, so she said, "So you were waiting for me here? But I haven't thought it through yet, there is probably a It's just a thought, how about waiting for me to officially move here, and I'm ready to talk to you in detail?"

Long Si nodded after hearing this, and didn't ask any further questions, which made Jia Huan powerless for a while, and then he heard him say, "Those faucets and toilets you got are really easy to use. I don't know if it's inconvenient to put them in other prescriptions?"

Jia Huan couldn't imagine how Long Si used those facilities like modern people. He almost burst out laughing, and then forced himself to say, "Have you used them all? It's really convenient, isn't it? It's just that you've seen it too, just bury those pipes." It took a lot of work, if you want to install it in another house, you have to dig the ground, cut out the walls, lay the pipelines."

Long Si waited for him to laugh for a long time, then stretched out his hands to pinch his cheeks with a soothing expression, and said with a low smile, "Why do you laugh like this, after all, you are too young..."

Jia Huan had been inexplicably flustered by those eyes since just now, and he didn't dare to move, for fear of appearing too serious, he complained nonchalantly, "Don't pinch my face, why am I so young?"

Long Si pursed his lips and smiled, "In my opinion, everything is too small." After saying that, he got up and went out of the yard, stood for a while, and left with others without staying for lunch.

When Baoyu saw that he and Jia Huan were the only ones left in the villa, he started to have a good time. He said that the stone was placed here to block the eyes, and then said that the acacia tree should not be planted there, and asked Jia Huan where it was. I found so many glass, and the sparkling ones embedded in the windows are extraordinarily beautiful. Standing in the room, they are quite bright, not as gloomy as the window screens.

Jia Huan stayed with Baoyu in the courtyard for a while, then called Moyan, Qingxiao, Xiuyun, Jinyue, and two villa stewards whom Yang Xiong had hired for him, one was Qin Yong, the other was Liu Dafu, and Long Si The sixteen servants and maidservants who had been assigned all stood in the vestibule, and Fang explained in detail his plan for the unified planning inside and outside the villa.

It is mainly to set up four major departments: the financial department, the human resources department, the comprehensive department (the word administration cannot be used casually in ancient times), and the procurement department.

The financial office is in charge of recording expenses and reporting accounts, and taking stock of the assets in the Fuzhong. Jia Huan is the manager himself, and Qin Yong is the deputy manager.

In the human resources room are the four people who have been following Jia Huan, Mo Yan, Qing Xiao, Xiu Yun, and Jin Yue. The score on the monthly schedule will be distributed to everyone.The human resources department's own performance assessment is a cross-assessment, plus Jia Huan's final assessment, which is combined to calculate the total score...

The general room is responsible for the affairs that are not busy due to the small number of people in the villa, but they are relatively fragmented, such as day and night patrols, sweeping and tidying everywhere, greetings at the gate and sending them to passers-by, and preparing cars for the master to go out in the villa. Ma, there are tea rooms, kitchens, and warehouses hanging below, so it is subdivided into three, the field team, the back office team, and the kitchen. Jia Huan's former chief follower, Wang Shun, was appointed as the supervisor.

As the name suggests, the Purchasing Room is a consumable of daily necessities and food materials, the addition of population in the villa during the holidays, the renovation of furniture and furnishings, including the flowers and trees in the villa, the addition of clothes by the master and servants, the human relations in the villa, etc. The warehouse is kept together with the general room.Therefore, Jia Huan hung the title, Liu Dafu checked the things, and went to the financial office to apply to Qin Yong. Qin Yong stamped his seal and approved, and then he could pay for the purchase from the financial department.

In addition, one of the above-mentioned people has one day off every half a month. If they do a good job, in addition to the monthly regulations, there are also red envelopes during the New Year.

Such a pie, with a clear division of responsibilities, covers the entire operation of the villa, is methodical, and has a reward mechanism. The servants can't help but take advantage of their wishes, rushing to get up early and return late, vying to get the full attendance that Jia Huan designed. prize. (The evil perfect attendance award T_T) Even if something goes wrong accidentally, the responsible person can be found quickly.

After Jia Huan finished dividing up the errands, he asked Qin Yong, Liu Dafu, and Wang Shun to choose the people they needed, and took them down to distribute the errands without mentioning it.

Baoyu watched it very interestingly. He used to only know how to play with the sisters and maids in Jia's mansion, or write a few lines of poems. Wrapping around Jia Huan, he said, "Although I have never heard of your method, but after thinking about it, it is extremely thorough. No matter where you are, there is no place that you can't control. From my point of view, I'm afraid this method It is also very useful to take it to our home."

Jia Huan didn't expect Baoyu to be quite discerning in the matter of housekeeping. It's not that he is full of good things and only has Chunhuaqiuyue in his mind, and he has never been forced to do it. It’s so worrying like a sister-in-law, it’s cheaper for the second elder brother to live at home, anyway, there is the second sister-in-law Lian to take care of the house, even if the second brother Lian and the second sister-in-law Lian go back with the eldest wife in the future, the eldest sister-in-law will still be there.”

Baoyu was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help saying, "Why did Second Brother Lian and Sister Feng go back to the eldest wife?"

Before Jia Huan could answer, he thought about it himself. If the eldest wife gets old in the future, Jia Lian's second elder brother will be the only one under the eldest master's knees. It doesn't mean that the two of them should go back to serve and then remember the widowed sister-in-law Li Wan. Sighing, "If sister-in-law could take care of it, she would have taken care of it long ago."

Seeing Baoyu's sad face, Jia Huan probably realized something, and suddenly saw Baoyu's brows loosen, and said with a smile, "it's too early for what will happen in the future, besides, there are old ladies and wives. Don't worry about us."

Jia Huan couldn't hold back what he was talking about, at least he didn't ask Baoyu the words "If the old lady and the lady are gone", she turned around and left first.

Baoyu was so stupid that he didn't know that he had offended Jia Huan, and he was watching Xiuyun and the maids set up a meal in the flower hall, but Jia Huan vomited, and put those Suzhou's milk bamboo shoots, Hangzhou's bamboo shoots on the dinner table. Sweet lotus root, water shield soup from the West Lake, Jinhua’s honey sauce fire recipe, Longjing’s dried shrimp, etc., all of which were very unpleasant to eat. I rushed to finish my meal early in the morning, saying that I was afraid that I would go back late. No matter Baoyu said that he hadn't had enough shopping, he immediately took his family back to the city.