There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 228

[Chapter 228, Taking Over the Kitchen]

After spring, Daohua has been very busy, busy with classes, and busy with patrolling various villages. At the same time, Mrs. Li also gave her a task, which is to learn to manage the kitchen.

“Mother, okay, why did you let me manage the kitchen?”

Daohua was a little reluctant, and wanted to turn down the errand, but there was no way, she had to learn too much every day. Chiseling women’s reds, playing the piano and burning incense, getting up in the morning to practice whips, and taking time to manage Zhuangzi and shops.

It can be said that it wakes up earlier than chickens, sleeps later than dogs, and is more social animals than social animals.

That is to say, the rewards are quite gratifying, otherwise, she would have given up the job.

What about the life of rice worms?

Mrs. Li gave her a white look: “Why is it so early? Mother thinks it’s too late. After August, you will be twelve. You should learn how to deal with housekeepers.

” Immediately my head became dizzy.

If it is put into modern times, at the age of twelve, he has just entered junior high school, but people in ancient times have already prepared for the matter of getting married in the future.

Mrs. Li ignored her daughter, who was pulling her face, and continued, “Don’t you love cooking? Just start by managing the kitchen, so you can get started.”

“After you get familiar with the kitchen, then take over the sewing room

” Hua hurriedly interrupted: “Mother, when did our family have a sewing room?”

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes at her daughter again: “You, just focus on your Zhuangzi shops, and don’t care about family affairs. .”

After finishing speaking, he paused and explained patiently.

“Nowadays our family has more chances to go out as guests. Your father is the governor of a state. You can’t be ashamed of this dress. In addition, there are more and more servants in the family. The change of clothes every season is a big expense. , Now that we have a sewing room, we don’t need to go out to buy clothes, and we can save a lot of money.”

“Although our family now has more sources of income, we can’t be extravagant and wasteful. In two years, when you are all grown up, you will have more places to spend your money.”

Daohua nodded.

Her mother is indeed good at managing housekeepers, and she can think of many things ahead.

Mrs. Li touched Daohua’s head: “We women can relax a bit when we are girls, but if we are too relaxed, we will have to make up for the sins we have suffered when we go to your husband’s house.”

“Mother knows that you are busy with schoolwork .” , but if you work harder now, you will be able to relax when you come to your in-law’s house in the future. At home, if you encounter something you don’t understand, you can still ask your mother

. Think about it for yourself, do you learn it at home, or do you learn it when you marry in the future?”

Daohua said depressedly: “Mother, I just learn it.” The

director of the family is a must for every regular wife, concubine On the contrary, she is comfortable, she doesn’t have to do anything, but she has to depend on others to live. Not only can she not control her own destiny, but even the children she has will be inferior to others.

In everything, there must be sacrifices.

If you enjoy the comfort, you must pay the corresponding price.

Mrs. Li smiled, quickly took the personnel register and the purchase account book from Pingtong, and put them directly into Daohua’s hands: “Take it back and familiarize yourself with it. If you don’t understand, or if you don’t know, just ask them.” Me.”

Daohua nodded, resigned to her fate and left with two booklets.

Daohuaxuan.

Daohua stood under the eaves of the porch to play with parrots, and in the yard stood the kitchen steward, Mrs. Ren, and the buyer Fanggui.

The two had been here for a while, there were chairs in the yard, and refreshments were prepared, Wang Man’er offered to sit down, but neither of them dared to stand respectfully, watching Daohua carefully.

Big girl.

To be honest, although it is a girl’s family, none of the Yan family’s servants dare to underestimate it.

For no other reason, if the eldest girl dared to challenge the master face to face, no one would dare to provoke her.

Besides, the eldest girl is really powerful, if there is any problem in the house, she will help the madam, the madam controls the situation, and the eldest girl is responsible for making up for the leak.

The Yan family held several banquets, and every time the guests left with a smile.

From this point, it can be seen that the eldest girl is a meticulous and thoughtful person.

Now that the eldest girl is in charge of the kitchen, they have to take good care of them.

Looking at the two people who were standing or not sitting in the yard, Daohua was a little speechless.

To be honest, she really didn’t think about giving the two of them a bad blow.

Without him, most of the Yan family’s food is taken from their own village. Even if they want to embezzle, they probably won’t find much chance.

She was teasing the bird because she simply didn’t know what to say to ease her embarrassment, but the two insisted on standing, which made her very helpless.

Dao Hua put down the parrot, walked over and sat down, “You guys sit too.”

At this time, Granny Ren and Fang Gui dared to sit down, but both of them only sat on the front edge, with their waists straight.

Daohua: “.”

Could it be that she looks like a domineering female president?

Look at the appearance of these two people, those who don’t know think how fierce she is!

“Mother asked me to take charge of the kitchen. Although I often go there, I don’t know much about many things. Please tell me about the situation there.”

Daohua paused for a while, then looked at Fang Gui: “I Why do you think you look familiar?”

Wang Man’er immediately answered with a smile: “Girl, you must think that Fang Biban looks like Mrs. Fang!”

Daohua suddenly said, “Yes, she looks like the lady in charge next to your mother.”

Fang Gui immediately smiled and said, “Back to the girl, Mrs. Fang is my older sister, and our sister and brother are somewhat alike.”

“Oh.” Daohua nodded, “No wonder.” Then he looked at Mrs. Ren, “The concierge There is a man called Ren Xiaogu, does he have something to do with you?”

Mrs. Ren immediately replied: “Ms. Hui, that’s my son.”

Daohua nodded again, picked up the teacup, and drank with downcast eyes.

Unknowingly, the Yan family, with its simple personnel, also began to move towards complicated relationships.

With the gradual increase of servants in the family, it will definitely become more and more difficult to be a steward.

No wonder the mother has been clamoring to find a good wife for the eldest brother, probably because of this aspect.

In a family with intricate relationships, it is not an easy task to manage everything properly.

Now she can be considered to understand Mrs. Li’s motherly heart. Let her take over the kitchen so early, thinking about it, she is afraid that she will not be able to gain a foothold in her in-law’s house in the future.

Seeing that Daohua stopped talking suddenly, Mrs. Ren and Fang Gui felt tense in their hearts. They recalled what they said just now, and there was nothing wrong with it.

After a while, Daohua put down her teacup: “The rules in the kitchen are still in accordance with my mother’s before. However, I have to add two.”

“First, no matter which room or which person yells in the kitchen Everything has to be registered.” She wanted to check the expenses of each house.

“Secondly, the data purchased before was not detailed enough. I will make a form later, and fill it in according to the form I gave in the future.”

The current purchase account book only writes the quantity and amount, and the source and contact information are all No, it is easy to cause corruption and false reporting of the amount in the middle of the purchase.

Both Mrs. Ren and Fang Gui responded respectfully, but felt a little bit bitter in their hearts.

When the eldest girl came up, although she didn’t seem to do anything, she cut off their invisible benefits.

Mrs. Ren is in charge of the kitchen, and she dares not take good things, but when the houses are in need of food, she will more or less make more, either to buy the maids under her hand, or to take them home secretly.

Nowadays, eating and drinking have to be registered and recorded, so there is little room for maneuvering.

The same is true for Fang Gui, he doesn’t dare to be greedy, but it is common to raise the price of some purchased items by a few pennies. Now that the purchase ledger has been replaced, with the shrewdness of a big girl, he has to be careful.

(end of this chapter)