After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

After Meng Wan sent Mother Kong to see her for the third time, Mother Fan could no longer hide in the house and not go out.

She sat at the table, drinking porridge while listening to the little girl who served her talking about what happened yesterday.

Mother Fan put down the bowl and asked, "Where is Second Master?"

"He went out early in the morning. Cai'er chased him to the gate and asked if he was coming back for lunch, but Erye didn't say a word."

"Did you go upstairs to ask for water last night?"

The little girl blushed and shook her head, "No, I got up early and went to the back room. Mrs. Ying was still complaining. If she had known that she hadn't asked for water in the past two days, she wouldn't have stayed up so late."

Mother Fan wiped her mouth and sighed. She couldn't control the Second Master even after the wedding. After a month, when there were no more taboos, wouldn't the Second Master be reluctant to even return to the inner house?

When the little girl saw that Mother Fan had finished her meal, she asked cautiously, "Mom, Sister Dongmei..."

Mother Fan said impatiently, "I know, I'll go now."

Dongmei came to call me early in the morning. I knew what it was about. Yesterday, I gathered everyone in the yard with the roster and asked them a lot of nonsense. The roster was not returned. What was there to understand? This was to take power away from me.

If she had known it would be like this, she would be just a servant, and she had always hoped that the Second Mistress would come in earlier and take charge of Qinghe Garden. But thinking about it is one thing, and actually facing it is another. How could she trust Qinghe Garden to this Second Mistress, who has a new story every day? Qinghe Garden is the only place where the Second Master can quietly miss the late Princess.

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"Let Gu He take you back. Just tell Mother Liu what I told you to do that day. Let Qin and Feng come in to see me this afternoon."

Meng Wan's two maids, Gu He and Qin Shi, moved into the back street of Zhou's house yesterday. Meng Wan wanted to send them to her own dowry shop.

Wang gave Meng Wan three shops, two farms, and the house in Jinming Hutong. The shops were all in good locations and had good profits. Meng Wan didn't want to change the original shopkeepers, who were used to the job and had been doing it for a long time. She just let Gu He be the head shopkeeper of all the shops, just like a general manager.

The other family's maid was surnamed Zheng, the second child, and his wife was surnamed Feng. Feng was the eldest daughter of Meng Wan's wet nurse, Yongqing. Zheng Er had been living on Wang's farm and was an expert at farming.

Chuan'er nodded, folded up the letter Zhou Yu had written to Meng Wan yesterday and put it in his arms, "Second Madam, do you have any other instructions?"

Meng Wan supported his forehead and thought for a while, "You don't have to rush back, chat with Mother Guo, and then go back to Qinyuan to take a look."

Chuan'er nodded in understanding, and when he saw that Meng Wan didn't say anything else, he kneeled down and took his leave.

After going down the stairs, she met Mama Fan who was walking up. Seeing that Chuan'er was dressed neatly and covered with a cloak, she was about to ask, but Chuan'er bowed to her, lifted the door curtain and said with a smile, "Mom is finally well again. Second Madam just told us that if she is still not feeling better, we should ask the doctor to come in and take a look."

After that, she said to Shan Ling that Madam Fan was here and asked her to pass the message. With this, Madam Fan couldn't go directly to the east room. She had no choice but to stand in the hall and wait, wondering what Chuan'er was going to do? Was he going back to the Marquis' Mansion to complain?

After a while, Shanling opened the door curtain of the east room and let herself in. Mother Fan looked at Shanling's silly face without a smile and felt the thick vein on her forehead twitching violently.

When they entered the house, Meng Wan was sitting on the warm kang. Mother Kong was standing beside him, nodding in response to something. Dongmei was holding a booklet, and she made a mark every time Meng Wan finished speaking.

Upon her arrival, the master and his two servants did not look at her, and no one greeted her, as if this person did not exist, and they continued to do what they were supposed to do.

Mother Fan stood for a while, thought about it, and then reluctantly bowed to Meng Wan. Meng Wan looked at Mother Fan after she bowed and then suddenly realized, "When did Mother Fan come in? Why didn't you remind me?"

Dongmei smiled and put away the booklet, "I didn't see it either."

Mother Kong smiled and said, "I just figured out three or five people, and I'm so worried that I can't think of anything else." Then she pulled Mother Fan's hand and said, "Is your sister feeling better? If she's still not feeling well, why don't we call a doctor in to take a look? I just don't know who usually comes to the palace?"

Dongmei poured a cup of tea and handed it to Meng Wan. "Mother Kong, what are you looking at me for? We are new here and we don't even know which way the main door opens. We have spent a long time studying the various details of these three or five servants. How can we know which doctor usually treats the patients in the mansion?"

Mother Fan listened to the two people singing the same tune and understood clearly that this was Second Mistress warning her. Humph, now you know you can't do without me, right? A few servants from Qinghe Garden have kept you busy for a long time.

"I wonder what Second Madam wants me to do?" Seeing that Meng Wan had no intention of asking Dongmei to move the embroidery stool for her, Mother Fan went straight to the point.

"Originally, I wasn't in a hurry with you in the inner house, thinking that I could slowly get the hang of things in the garden. I didn't expect that I'd only been here for three days and I'd already exhausted you. I didn't think it through. You're naturally too busy to manage all the people and things in this big garden. From now on, let Madam Kong handle all the small matters of managing the maids and women."

Mother Fan really didn't expect Meng Wan to act so quickly. Judging from the troubles she had caused in the past few days, this garden is now relying on her. Dongmei just said that they have studied the situation of three or five people for a long time. What about the people in this yard? Moreover, there are also situations in other yards in the mansion. Without anyone who knows the ins and outs of the matter, this one item alone will take at least three to five months to figure out.

I thought she called me here today to ask me to help her sort out the servants' affairs. At that time, I also thought that if they brought it up, I would have to take it in hand and then take the opportunity to talk about her performance in the past few days so that she would know her importance.

Mother Fan's face turned pale and she was about to reply, but Meng Wan continued, "As for the daily expenses of Second Master and our garden, I think it's better for Mother Fan to take care of it. After all, Mother Fan knows about Second Master's personal connections over the years."

Hearing this, Mother Fan raised her head and glanced at Meng Wan. This was beyond her expectation. Thinking about it again, Second Mistress was right. The situation in each mansion was different, especially the external interpersonal relations. She had always been in charge of Qinghe Garden. She knew every family's situation and how to deal with them. Thinking of this, she felt a little more comfortable. In this way, there were two mothers in the garden, one in charge of people and the other in charge of money. It would sound good if she said this to others, and she would not be too embarrassed.

Meng Wan had thought carefully about allocating people and money like this. In view of Mother Fan's behavior in the past few days, Meng Wan gave up the idea that she could help him. But he couldn't take back her power all at once. First, she was Zhou Yu's wet nurse, and he had to give her face. Second, he had to use her to clean up the people in Qinghe Garden.

So, after thinking about it, let her continue to manage Zhou Yu's purse. After a few days of marriage, Hu Shi has not said that she will give Wang Shi's shop and farm as a dowry to her. Of course, now is not the time to ask for it.

She had also heard Liu gloating about the fact that Zhou Yu had squandered all the dowry left by his mother. Although Meng Wan believed that more than half of Wang's dowry had fallen into Hu's hands, Zhou Yu had no way to do anything about it. After all, he was a notorious playboy. After all, he earned hundreds of taels of silver just by "sleeping" with Xiao Meihua for one night.

Therefore, Meng Wan did not expect Zhou Yu to have too much floating money. In her opinion, apart from the monthly allowance from the mansion, Zhou Yu might have to be supplemented by Zhou Yingrong. Of course, she was not going to ask about this aspect. How did Zhou Yu handle these things in the past? Before Zhou Yu took the initiative to explain to her, she would not intervene.

Therefore, the most correct thing to do at the moment is to let Mother Fan continue to manage the money. Of course, this only applies to Zhou Yu.