I was a housekeeper in ancient times

Strike while the iron is hot, she said, and took Yu Muyan to Wan Jie'er and her sisters' room.

Sister Cuihong just took two meals from the kitchen and filled the table.

"Why are there so many dishes today?" Yu Muyan looked at Lin Weiqiao in confusion.

"Madam, these are two different meals. The one on the left, which is rich and varied, is the second lady's lunch. The few simple dishes on the right are for the third and seventh ladies."

The naked contempt and neglect were right in front of her. Yu Muyan was stunned. Although she knew that this was expected, she was still surprised. She looked at the table of food and remained silent for a long time.

Lin Weiqiao added, "Madam, it is important for a person to respect himself and be independent. If you don't respect yourself and treat yourself well, how can others respect you and treat you well? And your sisters will also be looked down upon. It was fine when Uncle was still around, but now everything is different."

At this time, Wan Jieer led Yue Jieer in and called sweetly, "Mom!"

Seeing such a sumptuous meal, Wan Jieer said happily, "Mom, what day is today? There are so many dishes. I haven't eaten honey-roasted quail and steamed shrimp for a long time."

"If you like it, eat more. Mom will ask them to cook more for you in the future." Yu Muyan forced a smile, picked up dishes for her two daughters, and stared in confusion, thinking for a long time.

Afterwards, Yu Muyan held Lin Weiqiao's hand, half begging and half helplessly saying: "Mom, what should I do? How can I prevent Wan Jieer and the others from being wronged?"

Lin Weiqiao said: "The grievances are given by others, it depends on whether you accept them or not. Madam, just remember that you don't have to look at anyone's face or bow to anyone. Madam is the wife of the Marquis of Pingrong, and you were personally conferred the title. Even if you leave the Lu family, you can still stand firm."

"Okay, I'll remember that..."

"As long as Madam and I are of the same mind, whatever I do will represent Madam's opinion. Madam, all you need to do is take good care of yourself, think about your sister, and think about the first wife first, and don't pay attention to what others say."

Once Yu Muyan is awakened, everything else will be easy.

Of course, Lin Weiqiao also knew that Yu Muyan's strengths were that he was easily influenced, and his weaknesses were also that he was easily influenced, and he would listen to anyone's words to some extent.

But it doesn’t matter. Even if Yu Muyan nodded, she could still persuade her to go back. Anyway, she has the key to the private vault and she is in charge of the financial lifeline of the first house.

She just didn't believe that anyone could snatch money from her.

The three-foot-thick ice did not form overnight. The fact that the status of the first wife is lower than that of the second wife is not a one-day or two-day thing. If you want to reverse the current situation of the first wife, you can't rush it. You have to take it step by step.

The days are still long.

It was a quiet afternoon. In the eastern corner of the servants' courtyard, on the mossy steps, sat Lin Weiqiao and her sister Huan. The mother and daughter ate without anyone's knowledge, their mouths full of oil.

Yu Muyan didn't use much of the lunch, so she gave the rest to Lin Weiqiao. Since Lin Weiqiao was a first-class companion, she naturally got the best dish, which was half a roasted chicken, half a box of fried meatballs, a few chestnut dumplings, and a plate of lotus crisps.

Lin Weiqiao originally wanted to enjoy these delicacies alone, but Huan Jieer seemed to have some kind of food tracker installed on her body. She showed up immediately as soon as she knew there was something delicious.

If the original owner wasn't a kind mother, she would really be so cruel as to eat her own cubs.

There was no choice but to give a piece of chicken wing to Sister Huan.

"Mom, you really want me to stay in the kitchen?" Sister Huan said, wiping the oil from her mouth.

"Do you want to eat one good meal, or eat every meal well?"

"Of course, eat well every meal."

"That's all. You stay in the main kitchen and become the main room's staff, the main room's spy. If the second room does anything special to me, you can tell me and I'll handle it. If this matter is not resolved, the fourth young lady's food will be bad in the future. If the fourth young lady's food is bad, what good food can you eat?"

Huan Jie'er agreed with this. Before the Fourth Young Lady disappeared, any delicious food in the room that the Fourth Young Lady couldn't finish would be given to her. She had also tasted all the delicacies.

Lin Weiqiao burped, "What work did you get assigned?"

Huan Jieer wrapped two chestnut dumplings in a handkerchief and put them in her arms, thinking that she would eat them when she was hungry in the afternoon. "Auntie Wu ignored me, and it was Madam Huang who arranged for me to learn how to make snacks. I was responsible for ordering flowers and so on. It was not tiring and very leisurely."

She nodded, thinking that Mrs. Huang was one of the few people in the kitchen who was on the side of the main house.

She remembered that Mrs. Huang was considered an elder in the mansion. Several generations of her family had worked in the Lu family's big kitchen. She was a good cook and was a fair person.

According to seniority and skills, Huang Niangzi should be in charge of the big kitchen. After all, Huang Niangzi's father, Huang Chu, was the previous person in charge of the big kitchen and he worked diligently and wholeheartedly in the kitchen.

But after Ding got married, she forced her maid, Aunt Wu, to work in the big kitchen, and forced the chef Huang to move to the front yard, and let Aunt Wu be in charge of the big kitchen.

If we push Aunt Wu down and push Aunt Huang up, what is there to worry about!

She told Sister Huan that working was secondary, and the most important thing was to keep an eye on all directions and understand everything about the people and things in the kitchen.

To strike a snake, you must hit it at its most vulnerable part. You must find its weak spot before you can strike it.

Huan Jieer promised her, "Don't worry, mother. Leave this matter to me! Oh, by the way, my eldest sister brought a letter yesterday, but I forgot to show it to you."

As he said this, he took out a letter from his pocket and gave it to her.

She was about to open it and read it, but she heard Xiaohan calling her. She didn't bother to read it, stuffed the letter into her arms, got up and went out, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Han said, "Manager Li and his wife are here to see you."

She followed Xiaohan and saw Manager He and his wife waiting for her with an account book in their hands.

She asked: "What's wrong?"

Madam Li said, "Mother, didn't you tell him to buy some land and farm?"

"Yeah, did you buy it?"

"bought."

Manager Li said that there had been a lot of rain recently, and a large area of ​​low-lying paddy fields on the outskirts of the city were flooded. It was the beginning of spring, and the young seedlings planted there were drowned before they could take root. As a result, there were many paddy fields for sale at relatively low prices.

He thought it was suitable, so he bought ten acres, not too much, not too little, thinking that the rainfall every year was concentrated in spring and summer, and if it rained for two full months, wouldn't there be ten months to grow crops? It was easy to grow things in paddy fields, and it was also cost-effective to rent it out to nearby tenants at a low price.

You can't be in a hurry to buy land, you have to choose a suitable one.

He said that as for the farm, he hadn't seen any suitable one, but he came across a family that wanted to sell a house, which he thought was okay, so he wanted to ask her opinion.

"How big is the house?"

"It's not big, just a small house with one entrance, but it has a garden. The owner has taken good care of it, and it looks bright and clean. The location is also good, on Ningchang Street."

"If the price is right, I can consider it. It's always good to have more houses. But I don't know if the origin of this house is clean."

"Don't worry, mom. I asked someone to find out. The owner of this family is a wealthy family. We can find out about their generations."

"Okay, if you see a good deal, buy it. You can rent it out in the future or give it as a dowry to a girl. Both are good options. Oh, and by the way, this matter must be kept low-key and must not be leaked to anyone, let alone let the second wife know."

"Don't worry, mom. I know what I'm doing."

After dealing with the land issue, Madam Li took the account book and told her that after Yu Muyan was granted the title, all the relatives and friends who came to visit her gave her gifts.

Logically, Yu Muyan should have thanked the guests in person, but Yu Muyan was a new widow and it was not easy for her to entertain guests, so she thought about giving return gifts to each family.

"Everything that can be used as a gift from the Madam's private storehouse has been borrowed by the second wife. It is not appropriate to transfer the gifts sent by the east family to the west family."

"Is there still time to go out and buy some?"

"Of course it's still in time. Just buy it back and let the second wife know..."

"Then let them know that this is our own property and they can still take it by force."

This reminded Lin Weiqiao of the last time when Yu Muyan received the imperial edict, someone came to give gifts, and they were clearly sent to the first wife's house. Since the second wife couldn't intervene, they asked Madam Lu to come.

This made her so angry that she locked up the gifts that were sent to her. When Madam Lu sent someone to ask about it, she played dumb.

Madam Li continued, "Didn't Madam send gifts to the Lady of Huiyang County? The Lady of Huiyang County sent back quite a few gifts, including some for my daughter. I have already sent the gifts for my daughter, and the rest are in my private storehouse."

She nodded. No wonder Yu Muyan didn't like to worry about these things, and didn't care much about how the second house sucked the blood of the first house. Looking at the comings and goings, it would be difficult for Yu Muyan to be poor.

The dowry subsidized the Bo's family, but there were also other income and other things. The money kept rolling in. She was a born rich man.

After finishing these two things, she had to do other things. She stretched herself, she was born to be a worker.