I was a housekeeper in ancient times

Manager Li quickly selected a few embroiderers and brought some embroidery works for her to review. As a rough person, she could only tell what looked good and what didn't, and she really couldn't tell anything else.

She took out a snow-blue handkerchief with the words "Longevity and Good Fortune" in it and pulled it hard. Hmm, the quality was quite good.

"They are waiting at the Bai residence. Why don't you go over and take a look, mom?"

"That's fine. Hey, I think Madam Li is free right now, why not ask her to come along? It'll be more lively."

When Li Niangzi was mentioned, Manager Li's eyes flickered, as if he was reluctant. He smiled awkwardly and said, "She often works in the mansion and rarely goes out. What does she know? It's better for mother to take a look at it herself."

She nodded, thinking, don't Steward Li and his wife usually look very loving? Why is Steward Li still unwilling to take Madam Li out now?

Was it because he thought Mrs. Li was embarrassing? Or did the couple have a quarrel? Or was there some other reason?

She shook her head, without thinking much, and led Hong Luo away.

Mugua was busy with Chuqing Pavilion's affairs recently, and he also had to find time to rescue his sister who was a child bride, so he had no time. Zhu'er was also busy, but Hongluo was young and not busy.

When they arrived at the Bai residence, there were already five or six embroiderers working on their embroidery. When they saw them coming, they all stood up and said, "Mother Lin, how are you?"

At this moment, Lin Weiqiao felt like the Empress Dowager selecting concubines for the Emperor.

These embroiderers were all married women, a little older, looking to be in their twenties or almost thirty. One of them was pregnant, looking to be five or six months pregnant.

She pointed at the embroiderer in surprise and asked Manager Li: "Is this okay?"

Manager Li smiled and said, "It's just embroidery, not heavy work, it won't be a problem."

When she thought about it, she felt that the world was difficult and it was not easy to make a living. She had to go out to work even when she was pregnant.

She probably asked these embroiderers how many years they had worked, where they embroidered before, and what patterns they were good at embroidering.

Among them there was one with the surname Cao, ranked twelfth, called Cao Twelve Niang. She seemed to be the leader of these embroiderers. She spoke the most and was very talkative, so much so that she seemed as if she were the mistress of the Bai residence.

After asking a few simple questions, I looked at their respective embroidery works. The stitches were fine and the patterns were rich, so there would be no problem in doing business with them.

Lin Weiqiao first asked them to embroider some basic samples, such as mandarin ducks playing in the water and peonies blooming to symbolize many children and good fortune, and then, based on this, embroider some novel and eye-catching ones.

In addition to handkerchiefs, there are also sachets, sweat towels and other small items that can be embroidered. And new products must be released regularly, and the products cannot be too monotonous, which will easily lead to aesthetic fatigue.

After the embroiderer was hired, the Bai residence had someone to live in, and a cook and maid were hired, and the Bai residence finally had a homely feel again.

"Mom, it's pretty good here." Hong Luo squatted on the ground playing with insects.

"Of course, once the business here stabilizes, we can come and stay for a few days."

Lin Weiqiao was talking while eating the preserved fruit drink that Manager Li had someone buy for her. It was really refreshing. She turned around and saw Manager Li and Cao Shier Niang talking in the front corridor. The two were close to each other, talking and laughing. Cao Shier Niang even hit Manager Li.

Manager Li was not angry, nor did he fight back, and even looked a little doting? Why did the two of them look like they were flirting?

Her heart skipped a beat and she turned her head back silently, her mind full of thoughts.

It can't be possible? Manager Li looks honest, not like a playboy, and he and Madam Li are also very respectful to each other, so how could it be... I hope she is overthinking it?

After returning to the Bo's Mansion, she set about checking the accounts of the big kitchen. She did what she said and rushed into the big kitchen in a hurry, catching Aunt Wu and others off guard.

When she learned that she actually wanted to see the account book, Aunt Wu was so angry that she picked up a kitchen knife and slammed it hard on the chopping board with a fierce momentum as if she wanted to kill someone.

Lin Weiqiao remained calm and crossed her arms, "Why, you dare to keep accounts but I can't read them?"

Aunt Wu snorted coldly, "It's not that I can't, but why should I, Mother Lin?"

"Because I am Madam's chambermaid, and I am doing things according to Madam's wishes! If you are not satisfied, then go and complain to our Madam. I am also surprised, Madam, are you feeling guilty? I just asked to see the account book, and you are so anxious."

"Mom, you're overthinking it. It's been so many years, why did you just remember to watch it?"

"If you didn't see it before, that's in the past. If you want to see it now, that's in the present. Auntie, are you not going to give it to me?"

"My mother said so, how can I not give it to her?"

Aunt Wu said this with gritted teeth. Although the account book had been redone long ago, she was still very reluctant in her heart and felt that she was being suppressed by Lin Weiqiao in every way.

After getting the account book, Lin Weiqiao moved a bamboo chair and sat under the eaves, reading it carefully. Hong Luo, who was eating candied crisps, asked curiously, "Mom, can you understand it?"

What a joke! Of course she couldn't understand it, but she could tell at a glance that the account book was newly made. Not only were the handwriting on it sloppy, but it looked very new. The whole account book was clean and tidy. How could it look like an account book that had been used for many years?

She pretended to watch carefully for a few incense sticks, but in fact she was just taking a break and thinking about what to eat for lunch. She turned around and saw Mrs. Huang making scrambled eggs without any side dishes, just some minced ginger, which smelled very fragrant.

She put down the account book, stood up and saw that there was a new wound on Huang Niangzi's wrist. She was startled, but seeing that Huang Niangzi was busy, she did not disturb her.

She took a look around and saw Aunt Mu Ju, who was in charge of purchasing, directing people to bring in the purchased vegetables.

She leaned over and asked, "Aunt Muju, where did you buy these vegetables? Why don't they look fresh?"

Aunt Mu Ju was not happy when she heard her ask this. "Mom, what time is it now? If you pick them from the fields and take them to the market, I will buy them back. Doesn't it take time? Fruits and vegetables are not fresh after they leave the field. If you want fresh ones, you can go to the fields and pick them yourself."

She was speechless and just asked casually, "Is it necessary to be so stressed?"

She asked again how much each dish cost, and Aunt Mu Ju lied and said she couldn't remember, and said she had the account book and she could check it herself.

Wait for Aunt Mu Ju to take all the things she needs to buy today to the cooler in the big kitchen and lock it.

She stopped him, "What's the meaning of this? You don't want people to see it?"

Aunt Mu Ju said, "Mother Lin, there are all new things in there. If you don't lock it up, dust will get in, insects and rats will get in, or someone will steal it. Will you be responsible for it?"

She said nothing, but sneered in her heart. There was no need to check the accounts. Just looking at Aunt Wu and Aunt Mu Ju, she knew that they must have embezzled a lot of money.

Just because there are fake accounts doesn't mean she can't check the real accounts.

The fake accounts are full of loopholes, and there are many secrets in the big kitchen.

After leaving the kitchen, she wanted to find another servant to avoid troubling Papaya, but then she thought that Papaya was the most trustworthy one at the moment.