Chapter 172: Xiaojiu Liwei

After finishing the accounts, make sure there is no problem with the accounts.
Then start to arrange things for the next few days.
The lady in charge of the Fuzhong came to the chamber to reply, ask for instructions, and get the right card...
There are many and complicated things, involving all aspects, and I have been busy until dinner time.
Until tomorrow morning, I have to keep busy.
"After a busy day, everyone is tired. Big sister, all my sisters, stop here today, and continue tomorrow. After dinner, go back to your room and rest well. Be sure to keep your energy up. Tomorrow will definitely be busier than today."
Gu Zhen said, "Second sister, also take care of your body. You just came back from the palace and you are busy with the housekeeping and director. I am worried that you will not be able to bear it."
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you for your eldest sister's concern. You are right, I have to take good care of my health. Okay, I will go back to the room and rest first."
The crowd dispersed.
Gu Yue walked at the back, staring bitterly at Gu Jiu's back, and then looked back at the Council Chamber. Finally, with a cold snort, he turned and left.
Back at Zhilan Academy, Gu Jiu was so tired that he was paralyzed.
Xiao Cui reported to her, "Girl, when you were busy in the Chamber in the afternoon, Aunt Bai came over. The servant asked her what was wrong, but she didn't say anything."
Gu Jiu remembered that she hadn't seen Aunt Bai for a long time.
She asked: "Auntie Bai will give birth soon."
Qingmei said: "Counting the time, it should be the end of next month. But it may be earlier."
Xiaocui said: "The slaves heard from the women that Aunt Bai has a sharp belly and this child must be a boy. He also said that Aunt Bai will have a good day. When she gives birth to a son, the master will spoil her more than before."
Gu Jiu smiled and said with deep meaning: "My wife is really generous. Not only did she send someone to take good care of Aunt Bai, she should provide the best food and clothing. If Aunt Bai gave birth to a son, then That's incredible."
"The girl said the opposite." Qing Zhu was upright.
Gu Jiu smiled without saying a word.
Qingmei said, "The slave and maid thought the girl had better not interfere with Aunt Bai's affairs. Otherwise, anything that happened would be counted on the girl."
Gu Jiu deeply agreed, "That's right. Xiao Cui, next time Aunt Bai finds her again, you will send her directly. I am not happy to disagree with her."
"The slave maid takes orders."
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Early the next morning, Gu Jiu got up early, and after finishing his housework, he crossed the road from the corner gate to the Hou Mansion.
The Hou Mansion was in a gloomy mist.
After a few days, Gu Mei lost a lot of weight, with dark circles around her eyes. I'm afraid I haven't slept well these days.
When she saw Gu Jiu, she looked excited, "Sister Xiao Jiu, you can count it. With your help, I can rest and sit down and drink some water."
"Sister Mei, what do you need me to do? Just ask."
Gu Mei said hurriedly, "Please also ask Sister Xiao Jiu to help me stare at the kitchen and the pantry. I made a running water table at home, and the kitchen lady didn't try her best, causing a lot of troubles, making people laugh at them."
Gu Jiu responded and said with concern: "Isn't the Jia family embarrassed sister Mei?"
Gu Mei shook her head, "I'm okay. It's mainly from the older brother's place, the Jia family is very rude to him. He accused the older brother of owing his sister-in-law, and the older brother didn't say a word, and didn't allow us to defend him. I looked really aggrieved.
I know the sister-in-law is gone, and the eldest brother feels uncomfortable, but he shouldn't let people pour dirty water on him for no reason. He will marry another wife in the future. If his reputation is bad, no good girl would marry him. Those who marry him are all unhealthy people. "
Gu Mei sighed deeply.
The female elders in the family are all crying in the palace and cannot get out.
The male elders leave early and return late, and wear the stars and moon every day, and they don't care about the affairs of the house. Things in the courtroom have already occupied all their energy.
All of Jia's funeral fell on Gu Mei and others.
Because of this, the Jia family has a lot of criticism.
It is too shabby to be picky about the Houfu's funeral arrangements for Jia, and lack respect.
Gu Mei complained a few words with Gu Jiu, and before they were finished, a maid came over.
Gu Mei hurried away, and Gu Jiu took Gu Zhen and Gu Shan together to help prepare the kitchen and pantry.
It stands to reason that Hou’s kitchen should be in order, and the kitchen ladies have to work hard after taking the errands.
However, what Gu Jiu saw was passive sabotage. Someone just sat on the threshold and ate melon seeds. They didn't even think about where the running water table didn't have enough food and drink, and where the Hou Mansion's face was shelved.
Gu Jiu frowned slightly, "What's the matter?"
No one answered her.
The wife of Hou Mansion didn't need to give Gu Jiu face at all.
The maid sent by Gu Mei to her, Panchun, solved her doubts.
"Enjoy the second girl, everyone has been busy since the twelfth lunar month, and has been busy until the first month. Finally, I hoped to rest for a few days, but the grandma was gone at this time.
There is a running water table in the mansion to entertain the guests who come to memorial service. Everyone has to be busy from morning to night, and there is no time for breathing.
There was grievance in everyone, and the old lady, the wife was not in the house, and it became like this. "
Gu Jiu smiled coldly.
Both Gu Zhen and Gu Shan are a little frustrated. How do they manage this situation? There should be no way to manage it. Or just deal with it.
"Second sister, sister Mei sent us a drudgery. It's not easy to do."
Gu Shan also said: "Second Sister, ask Sister Mei about this matter. Listen to Sister Mei's meaning."
Gu Jiu asked the maid Panchun: "Is the kitchen and pantry all up to me?"
Panchun said: "Madam handed the errand to my girl, and my girl gave the errand to Miss Xiao Jiu. It stands to reason that Miss Xiao Jiu counts everything in the kitchen."
Gu Jiu nodded slightly, "It's so good. Bring me the kitchen account book. I don't need another month. I only need to know how much money is left on the kitchen account this month."
Panchun immediately took out a pair of cards and asked the little maid to go to the account room to fetch the account book.
The ledger was brought over, and Qiaomei and the others brought the benches.
Gu Jiu picked up an abacus to settle accounts in front of the kitchen woman.
The crisp sound of abacus beating the kitchen ladies. They looked at each other, wondering what the second girl in the next door Gu Mansion wanted to do.
Of course, Gu Jiu's quick and good-looking calculations really shocked the servants of the Hou Mansion. But this is useless.
The ladies of the Hou Mansion still don't sell Gu Jiu's account.
After Gu Jiu settled the account, there was still a lot of money left on the book, which was enough.
Her gaze swept across everyone's face, "Hou Mansion buys a funeral for the young and old grandma, and the kitchen needs to prepare a running table. You are passive and slow, and you are not rare even to reward money, which made the host of the Hou Mansion embarrassed in front of the guests.
When I say this, I don't expect you to listen. But I still have to ask, can you do the errand with your heart? "
Everyone was silent, and no one paid attention to Gu Jiu's question.
Gu Jiu smiled coldly, "Very good, I know your attitudes. It seems that you are planning to stay passive.
Panchun, holding the pair of cards, go to the book and spend a hundred taels of silver.
Qingmei, you and Panchun take the silver to find Brother Gu Yu and ask him to come forward and invite a group of cooks and helpers who can make water tables for the Hou Mansion. Tell them that wages are negotiable.
In addition, let me buy fresh meat and vegetables immediately. If you are even passive and sabotaged in purchasing, just tell him directly, don't do this job in the future. Don't do things with wages, and waste one. "
"Why do you ask someone to replace us from outside?"
"Who are you?"
"This is Hou's Mansion, not Gu's Mansion. Miss Xiao Jiu, please look at the occasion."
All the cook ladies of the Hou Mansion screamed and accused Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu smiled contemptuously, "Wang Yi."
"The servant is here."
Gu Jiu will not be polite to anyone in the kitchen, "Knock out all those who don't work. If anyone dares to resist, hit me, don't give them face. If anyone complains, just sue, this girl will definitely Don't stop."
Wang Yi rolled up his sleeves and rushed to hit someone.
In the kitchen yard, ghosts cried and howled. I scolded, cried, and made a mess.
Qingmei took Panchun and left, and went to the counter to spend the money. Then I found Gu Yu in the front yard and asked him to come forward and ask him to be the cook and helper for the running water table.
Gu Yu happily agreed, "It's simple. In my family, many people make money by making banquets for large families. You wait, I personally ask, and I promise to bring people within an hour."
"Master Gu Yu, thank you so much. My girl's problem has been solved." Qingmei looked grateful.
Gu Yu said, "This is nothing. Sister Gu Jiu surprised me. She was able to think of inviting people to make running water seats from outside. This is a good idea. People who are invited from outside will earn how much work they do. The chef of Hou Mansion is much easier to use."
Gu Yu borrowed horses from the Hou Mansion and went to the mansion to invite people.
Ome goes back to life.
Gu Zhen and Gu Shan were very worried when they watched the chef of the Hou Mansion being thrown out of the courtyard.
"Second sister, is it really okay to do this? After all, this is the Hou Mansion. What should I do if the auntie in the lobby should blame it."
Gu Jiu looked calm, and said, "The four sisters don't need to worry. If the auntie in the lobby and the others pursue this matter, the responsibility rests with me and you will not be involved.
Gu Shan looked embarrassed and hurriedly said: "Second sister has misunderstood, I didn't mean that. I mean, after all, this is not my own home, should I give a decent person to the next person in the Hou Mansion."
Gu Jiu sneered coldly, "Give them decentness, so who gives us decentness, and decentness to the deceased lobby sister-in-law?
The sister-in-law in the lobby is gone, and the funeral has caught up with the national funeral. Because of the hard work for a few days, the people were full of resentment, as if someone owed them a few hundred taels of silver.
I don't like to look at their faces, and they don't need to look at my faces. It just so happens that I invite a cook from the outside to make a water table and make a day's money. Everyone has money and money. Things are simple and clear, and they save all kinds of trouble. "
"Well, is this really good?" Gu Shan was worried.
I've never heard that when a Hou's house runs a water table, it invites cooks from outside. That's a shameful thing.
It's like telling the whole world that my family has no money and can't afford enough cooks, so I can only ask the cooks for help from outside when making banquets.
It feels so embarrassing.
However, Gu Jiu didn't think so.
Gu Jiu is very pragmatic. No matter what face is not face, they have already lost their face in front of the guests, where there is still face.
At this time, I can't take care of the top, so I quickly make the noodles and put them on the table so that the guests no longer complain.
No matter the decent dignity of the servant, the face of the Hou Mansion, the fact that you are an outsider, it is not too much to interfere, etc., all are spicy chicken.
Tangling those things is just a waste of time. Seeing that there are only two hours left before noon, and there is no wine or food on the table by then, that would be a real shame.
Gu Zhen didn't care, but she felt that Gu Jiu handled things neatly and neatly, and she had to study hard.
Gu Shan struggled for a while, but when she saw that she couldn't convince Gu Jiu, she sighed and gave up.
Panchun finally got free, and hurried to Gu Mei to report.
"Girl, it's okay. Miss Xiao Jiu took a pair of cards and spent a hundred taels of silver from the account room, and asked Master Gu Yu to invite the cook and helpers from outside. She would also take the kitchen owner, including the chef, to help They all rushed out. They said that since they didn't want to work hard, they all got out. The cooks scolded and said they wanted to sue. Girl, what should I do now?"
When Gu Qi and Gu Ying heard this, both frowned.
"Why didn't Sister Xiao Jiu inform us before she did something? Is it appropriate to invite cooks and helpers from outside? It would be troublesome for the ladies to make trouble soon."
Gu Mei said with a sullen face: "There is nothing inappropriate. Those women in the kitchen, I have long seen them not pleasing to my eyes, and I have been looking for opportunities to clean them up.
One by one, they were old people in the Fuzhong, and didn't take us seriously. Have they ever heard half a sentence of what we said?
Although Xiao Jiu’s approach was a bit more intense, I thought it was very good. It's time to clean them up like this.
I just blame my stupid brain, I didn't expect to be able to hire cooks and helpers from outside before.
Otherwise, the matter was done yesterday, so sister Xiao Jiu wouldn't have to be in a hurry. "
Gu Qi said: "Since the big sister thinks it's okay, this matter should be handled according to the idea of ​​Xiaojiu's sister. When the old man and the others come back, we will go to the old lady to explain in person. If the old lady wants to blame, we should blame us. Angry sister Xiao Jiu."
Gu Mei nodded, "That's right."
Gu Ying also said: "Sister Xiao Jiu's method has inspired me. The servants in the mansion saw that the elders were not in the mansion, and all of them were passive and sabotaged, so they didn't take us seriously.
Just let the maid go out to publicize the incident and warn them that if they dare to be passive and sabotage, they will end up like the kitchen, and they will all be driven out.
I would rather take the money out and ask for help from the next door Gu Mansion, without using them. Call them all faceless. "
Gu Mei nodded, "This is a good method. The subordinates in the mansion should indeed be beaten. After I have finished this work, and met the old lady and mother, I will also tell them that it is time for the mansion to release a group of subordinates. . Otherwise, the slaves will deceive the master, and all of them will regard themselves as more decent than the master of the Hou Mansion."
Gu Jiu didn't know, but her actions caused her a lot of hatred.
Soon, the Hou Mansion will set off a storm to clear the people.
Gu Yu was quick to do things, and without an hour, he invited five cooks and a dozen helpers.
Fresh meat dishes were also bought.
The cooks work together in a division of labor. Those who make hot dishes specialize in hot dishes, those who make cold dishes specialize in cold dishes, and those who make steamed dishes specialize in steamed dishes...
Because of the tight schedule, the first group of guests was about to serve the noodles, so they could only pick up some simple and easy-to-cook dishes and serve them to the table.
Other time-consuming and laborious dishes can only be cooked in the evening or tomorrow.
Gu Jiu asked Gu Zhen to stare at the kitchen, leaving the green bamboo to keep accounts in the kitchen.
She and Gu Shan went to check the pantry.
Tea maids are more attentive than those in the kitchen.
When they saw Gu Jiu one by one, they all hurriedly immersed themselves in work, brisk and thoughtful. The tea in the guests' cups is always full and warm.
There is no situation where the customer has finished drinking the tea in the cup and no one refills the water for a long time.
There is no case where the guests’ tea is cold, but no one comes forward to change a cup of tea.
The tea maidservants were attentive and caring, and made a lot of face for the Hou Mansion.
Gu Jiu nodded secretly, and she said, the servants of the Hou Mansion are clearly well-trained, how could it be possible that the owners are not home, and all of them are passive and sabotaged.
She didn't know that the tea-water maids were so troublesome and caring, which had a lot to do with her standing in the kitchen.
At this meeting, the Hou Mansion spread all over Gu Jiu's prestige in the kitchen, how to teach dozens of people in the kitchen. How shame the people in the kitchen, etc.
Some people even said that Gu Jiu's arms were too strong, and some cooks were unconvinced and made a lot of noise. Gu Jiu raised his arms and threw people out of the wall.
Fortunately, these rumors did not reach Gu Jiu's ears.
If Gu Jiu knew that someone referred to her as a strong man, she would find this person and ravage him a hundred times.
This girl is obviously a weak and beautiful woman, how can she slander her as a strong man.