The mother was slightly surprised and didn't know what her daughter wanted to ask, so she heard Zhu Yu say:

"I have been helping with the farm work at home. I am illiterate, but I am familiar with household affairs."

After Zhu Yu finished speaking, Qing Yu said,

"My servant father worked on the farm while attending school. He taught me a few words."

The mother took over the question, "Have you ever been blinded?"

"Yes, ma'am,"

"What about the Daughter's Book?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Can you count?" Wang Jinyi asked.

"Know a little bit."

"Qing'er, take Zhu Yu with you and help Jin'er get familiar with this place."

"Qingyu, follow your young lady."

After that, he looked at the nurse and said, "Let's go."

The wet nurse came forward, picked up the young lady from her seat, held her hand tightly, and followed her mother to the side room.

The so-called side houses are blue brick bungalows located in the side courtyards on both sides of the courtyard. The east side courtyard is the storehouse and account office, and the west side courtyard is the servants' housing.

Mother brought Wang Jinyi into the accounting office, and Zhu'er stood up to greet them.

"Zhu'er, can you see if the girl in Jin'er's room can keep some accounts? Let them set up an account book in their room. Your daughter has reached the age to receive monthly salary."

Zhu Yu called out to the maid who was busy with a pile of account books, "Ping'er."

Ping Er put down her pen and stood up. Zhu Yu said,

"This is the jade from the young lady's room. See if she can remember the running water in the young lady's room."

The mother watched the three people begin the assessment and then took her daughter back to her main house.

After all the servants had left, the mother placed her daughter in the middle of the room. She solemnly helped her daughter straighten her clothes and placed her two little hands at her sides.

Wang Jinyi blinked her big furry eyes and tilted her head to look at her mother in confusion. Her mother sat upright on the couch:

"Wang Jinyi, from today on, you are considered half an adult, and you have to keep your own accounts."

Wang Jinyi still tilted her head, her big furry eyes blinking. Her mother also looked at her daughter with her hair in a bun, hesitated for a moment and said:

"For families like ours, boys usually have their own accounts when they start school, and girls can also have their own accounts when they are 5 years old.

Once the account is established, you can receive the monthly salary from your family."

The mother stopped and thought for a moment. How could she make such a young child understand the truth behind this?

"Other people start learning to keep accounts at the age of 5, but my mother thinks my Jin'er is better, and she can do the same from today."

The mother got down from her seat and squatted in front of her daughter. She held her daughter's hands and softened her voice:

"Jin'er, can you understand?"

The reason why Wang Jinyi didn't react was that his consciousness was wandering and he hadn't recovered yet.

I kept asking myself, is it okay to set up an account at the age of three? Will it be too conspicuous?

However, seeing my mother still nervous in the morning, I couldn't bear to reject the good intentions of my relatives, so I nodded decisively.

The mother let out a long sigh, took a cushion and placed it in front of her daughter, then sat back in her previous position and straightened her posture.

: "Good! Now I can formally thank my mother."

"From today on, Wang Jinyi will keep her own accounts."

Wang Jinyi's little body trembled, thinking:

Oh my god! What is this? Fortunately, it is Ben Jinyi who is here. If it was the original Wang Jinyi, would she be scared? This is too formal!

Seeing his mother staring at him, Wang Jinyi knelt down and formally thanked his mother for teaching him how to manage the household.

When the ceremony was over, the mother helped her daughter up, took out a box, opened it, and took out two pearls.

"Jin'er, mother will give you two pearls as a reward. You can embroider them on your shoes in the future, or keep them as a dowry, or pass them on to your daughter."

This is the first private document you have obtained since you opened your account."

Wang Jinyi looked at the warm and smooth white pearls. Their crystal texture must have been worthy of being a dowry in that era.

It turns out that setting up an account means you can receive monthly wages. That’s great!

However, when Wang Jinyi heard that it was to start saving for a dowry, she felt disappointed! I haven't found the person I want to marry yet, so who should I marry?

Besides, how old am I? I'm already saving for my dowry? Isn't this wonderful life all for the dowry?

Bah! No! No, no! Just no!

: "Mother, don't!"

Seeing her daughter shaking her head like a rattle, the mother got down from her seat again, squatted in front of her daughter, and hugged her:

"This is something from my mother's mother's dowry. My mother gave it to Jin'er because she loved me. This is something from my grandmother. You must accept it and keep it well."

Wang Jinyi was filled with mixed feelings. It is said that mother and daughter are connected by heart. This is probably the case! The inheritance of this dowry is also another way of inheritance of bloodline without relying on surname!

Zhu Er returned with Qingyu and reported:

"Qingyu, you can keep a daily account for the young lady."

Qingyu took the account books from Ping'er and held them in her arms as she walked out of the storeroom and the study.

"Mom, I also want this in my room." Wang Jinyi pointed to the desk.

The mother glanced at Qing'er, and Qing'er smiled knowingly,

"I'll take a look. If we don't have Curry, I'll find a way."

The solution is probably to withdraw money from the public account of the petitioner. After all, the family has not been divided, and each family withdraws expenses from the public account.

This is what people often say: If you have a big family and a big business, you can’t keep up with your slow spending if you earn quickly!

What's more, this is the home of "clear-minded literati", and without "money from the market", they naturally need to be careful with their spending.

When they returned to the west wing, Zhu Yu had already familiarized himself with the young lady's daily necessities in the room and was packing up the young lady's dressing table. Looking at Zhu Yu's concentration, he didn't even notice the young lady and the others walked in, and he was still muttering to himself.

"Two necklaces, one silver necklace given by the old lady when I was one year old, a silver auspicious animal longevity locket given by my grandmother, and a pair of silver bracelets given by the eldest wife...

In addition, there was a pair of silver jewelry, a pair of silver bells, and the birth gift was a gold ingot from my grandmother, which was given by the eldest son of the family..."

Zhu Yu frowned and stared at the lid of the dressing box, muttering to herself, but she had forgotten it just after the lid was closed. She couldn't remember it even if she tried her best.

Wang Jinyi was very worried about Zhu Yu. The maids in the Wang family all started from the bottom, so that they were familiar with their masters. Once they were promoted to the rank of head maid, it would be easy for them to take charge.

Zhu Yu was born in a farming family, and her living habits and daily expenses were completely different from those of the Wang family. It was quite difficult for her to be the head maid of the young lady right after she was airdropped in by helicopter.

"Zhu Yu." Wang Jinyi called.

Zhu Yu didn't notice at all and continued to repeat it, continuing to get stuck and still couldn't remember it.

Qingyu walked over and gently touched Zhuyu's arm. Zhuyu woke up from her dream and hurriedly turned around and called out:

"Miss."

"Don't rush."

The nurse also spoke up:

"You'll remember everything after living here for a while."

"No, Sister Qing'er said that she only gave me three days to memorize everything in the young lady's room, and then she would test me. If I fail, my monthly salary will be deducted."

Wang Jinyi discovered that her mother was very strict in managing the family, and every head maid was almost a small housekeeper, knowing all of the master's belongings.

I really didn't realize that my mother is a management talent. If this happened in my previous life... my previous life, the one I can't go back to...

In my previous life, where are you, the person who protected me with his life?

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