Winning every step of the Red Mansion

Wang Xifeng glanced at Chun Po who was kneeling on the ground, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.Still looking at his nails, he said, "Sister Chunpo, why are you doing this? I'm just asking about the account. What are you doing kneeling down? If there is no problem with the account, I will ask my sister to guide me well."

At this time Chun Po knelt on the ground already trembling, knelt and walked two steps, hugged Wang Xifeng's weeping legs and said: "Second Mistress, this is the first time for me, please see that in the past I served the old lady with all my heart Please forgive me this time."

Wang Xifeng sighed: "Do your best? It's fine if you don't mention the old lady. I'm really angry when I mention the old lady. The old lady doesn't love any of you girls? I will hand over my dowry property to you If you take care of yourself, you can still get a good bonus every year. You are also someone who has stayed in the house. Our house is not as good as the top, but it is definitely more than the bottom. How much is the maid's monthly salary? Even us Grandmas and wives, if you only talk about the monthly money, the bonuses you get for a year are far less than you who earn a living for a month." Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows at this time, she was usually kind to people, but today she suddenly became like this, even the usual follower Everyone jumped down, but they didn't dare to come forward to persuade them.

Wang Xifeng slowed down and said again: "Do you know that people's hearts are not enough to swallow like a snake? Which of you girls' ability to read accounts is not taught by the old lady? Do you think the old lady will not be able to see it if you do this?"

Chunzhu was too scared to speak at this time, but just knelt and cried and begged.Wang Xifeng sighed and said: "Your family has a fixed number of things you can have and how many things you should have. I don't need to check this kind of thing, and someone will figure it out for you. The old lady is sympathetic to you and won't let you If you care about it, do you really dare to act so boldly?"

Chunzhu begged Wang Xifeng bitterly to no avail, suddenly remembered and said: "Second Mistress, if you won't forgive me, let me ask the old lady, let the old lady forgive me this time."

Wang Xifeng shook her head: "Do you know why the old lady handed over all the work to me? The old lady just didn't want to make herself sad. In the past, the personal servant girl who I took painstakingly taught, after a few years, turned out to be a maid because of money. So I lost all my past affection, not to mention the old lady, even I feel chilled."

Chun Po was stunned when he heard these words, and regretted in his heart whether he should have done it at the beginning, but so what, the matter has come to this point, and it is hard to undo it.

Wang Xifeng paused and said: "You have written down every detail of the sneaky things you have done in this business these years, and brought them to me to see, and then wait for the release." After finishing speaking, she raised her head and let the women Zizi took the spring pod down, and went to a steward's room to write about all the things he had done in the past.

In the evening, what Chun Po had written was handed over to Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng looked at it with a frown.He let out a long sigh after reading it, and said to Ping'er: "You'd better ask the old lady about this matter, for fear that the old lady will be sad if she sees it."

Early the next morning, Wang Xifeng went to find Jia's mother and wanted to ask for advice.After all, Wang Xifeng is a smart person. Although the old lady taught him to handle this kind of matter with full discretion, it is always safer to ask.Shi Fei'er looked at what Chun Po had written for a while, then said in silence for a moment: "Where is she now?"

"Kneeling at the door. I just asked yesterday, and I didn't ask the woman in charge to scold her. I just arranged for her to write down what she did in the past. The old lady asked me to ask her to come in and give it to you Please be safe?" Wang Xifeng said cautiously, looking at Jia Mu's face.

Shi Fei'er waved her hand: "I said it yesterday, you will have the final say in the future. Since I leave it to you, I will let you handle it. The family rules and old rules are all there, so don't ask me I mean, even though she served me with me for a few years in the past, I think I treated her well. If something like this happened today, if she begged me face to face, I would inevitably harden my heart and deal with it according to the rules. But this example cannot be opened, so you really don’t have to ask me about these things after today. I believe that you will deal with it fairly. Don’t worry, since I believe in you, I will not question your style of conduct. Again, if I can't even trust my family, it's too miserable." Shi Fei'er waved her hand and said, "I'm tired too, you just go and take care of it yourself."

Wang Xifeng nodded and took Chunpo away, and returned to her own courtyard. Wang Xifeng said to Chunpo, "It's inconvenient for the old lady to see you. Since I took over this matter, I will handle it. According to family rules and old rules, you are going to Take twenty boards and distribute them to Zhuangzi, recover all the silver taels corrupted by ink, and send them to Zhuangzi together with everyone involved in this matter."

Chun Po cried and said: "Second Grandma, please take it lightly, for the old lady's sake. Beating a dog also depends on the owner, otherwise the old lady will lose face."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Ha, now you are worried about the face of the old lady. When you do such a thing, why don't you think about the face of the old lady? I have seen it too often to press me with such words. If If I let you go, what is the use of the rules in this mansion? If I let you go, I will lose all the face of Jia's house." Wang Xifeng paused and said: "I usually look down on you the most The one who uses the master to oppress others, if you really miss the master's kindness, then you should be more careful in your actions. But then again, you have been in the Jia mansion for so long, and I will only punish you. You yourself were in the Jia mansion in the past I won’t move you if I earn a reward from the master, so it should be enough for your family to survive, so let’s ask for more blessings in the future.”

Wang Xifeng waved her hand and asked the woman in charge to take him down, ignoring Chun Po and continued to cry and plead for mercy.Wang Xifeng took a few sips from the tea bowl and said, "Tell the maids who helped take care of Jiamu's livelihood about how to deal with the spring pods today, and let them think about it in their own hearts. If they want to say something or do something, hurry up." Don't be late, I only have three days to spare."

Naturally, this kind of words spread the fastest, so they rushed over with a sense of wit, and Wang Xifeng didn't see them, but just gave them a pen and paper, and asked him to write by himself.I only leave one sentence, and if I do something myself, I don’t know God and Earth. If I ignore the light and avoid the serious, not only can I not be punished lightly, but I will be severely punished.

After such a rectification, a lot of greedy people were naturally found out.After all, money is now, and kindness also depends on it.Wang Xifeng has dealt with it according to the family rules, so naturally there will be a few lucky ones. Wang Xifeng waited for three days, and when he saw that there was no movement, he directly took action to rectify it. After it was tied up, the staff was responsible for forty, and Dao Zhuangzi was sent up, but all his property was confiscated.Originally, many servants in the mansion always felt that Wang Xifeng was a generous person, but they never thought that she would be so angry when she got angry. Many people put away their past smiles, and this can be regarded as incidentally rectifying Jia's mansion. some.

On this day, Wang Xifeng had a rare free time, so she sat down to talk for a while, and Ping'er came to report that it was the egret.Wang Xifeng got up quickly and asked someone to welcome Bailu in, but Bailu followed the rules of the mansion, so Wang Xifeng waited for a while before sitting sideways.

In all fairness, Wang Xifeng admired this Bailu the most. She was the first to take the old lady's errand out, and this person had a righteous heart. After working for many years, there was no mistake, and she never took any silver that should not have been greedy.Wang Xifeng didn't really believe it at first, so she checked it secretly, and she really did it quietly, so she felt admiration.

Wang Xifeng pulled the egret and said: "Sister, what kind of wind brought you here today, I was muttering a few days ago, after these busy days, I still have to ask my sister for some advice."

Bailu smiled and said, "I should have come earlier, but I know that Second Mistress is busy here and you don't have time, so I delayed until today. I do have something to report to Second Mistress."

"Sister, just tell me if you have something to say." Wang Xifeng replied with a smile.

"It's not for anything else, I'm here to ask Second Mistress to resign." Bai Lu replied with a smile.

"Please resign?" Wang Xifeng was stunned, "It's very good, why do you resign, sister, don't fool me. Besides, my sister has been working hard to help the old lady take care of a lot of things all these years. If you resign, how can I find someone to take over? Sister Bailu, don't make things difficult for me."

"Thanks to the old lady, now I am too old and lack energy, and secondly, because the old lady graciously let me out of the house, my dog ​​is also blessed by the old lady. Yes, I came back after getting a good reputation. I will leave Beijing to take up a post in a few days. My second grandma and I have only this son, so naturally I have to go with him. Therefore, I am here to resign, and I will ask the second grandma for approval. .” Egret said slowly.

"If my sister leaves, I really don't want to part with it." Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Isn't it because my sister felt cold because I dealt with those people a few days ago, that's why I thought of leaving."

"Second Mistress, what is this about? It's just a coincidence." Bai Lu shook his head again and again, "My sisters were all good in the first place, after all, they were carefully selected by the old lady and brought with them for many years, and they look like this now , If I say that I don't feel distressed, it is naturally a lie, after all, sisters have been together, and they have supported each other when they came out to do things. It's just that people's hearts will change, and there is nothing they can do about it." Bai Lu sighed and shook his head.

"However, Second Mistress doesn't have to worry about manpower. I still have a few candidates to recommend for this business, but it's up to Second Mistress to make up her own mind. It’s not good to have only one person in charge. The gold and silver are much more powerful than the oil pan. It’s best to rotate it every three to five years after taking office. This method was taught to me by the old lady. Second Mistress, look at the Fuchu The stewards who are in charge of the money are not always rotated every three years, and they have to be checked after they leave the post, so that there will be fewer Lai Da in the mansion. But the old lady also loves us, and she is not willing to let our sisters rotate, so it will be disappointing. Thanks to the kindness of the old lady."

Both of them couldn't help but sighed, but Wang Xifeng was naturally reluctant, but after all, Bailu's reason for resigning was very good, and he had no choice but to ask him to tell the old lady.Naturally, Bailu went too, dragging Jiamu to talk for a while, and then reluctantly left the mansion.

After Bailu left, Shi Feier thought to himself, the human heart is the most difficult thing to figure out in this world, but it is a blessing for me to be able to help someone like Bailu here.