Second Grandma Qi proposed to ask Dong'er to help when Xun Qingran was director. If this was before this morning, Xun Qingran would be very grateful, but Second Grandma Qi only proposed it now.

Xun Qingran smiled slightly, "Dong'er is someone who needs to be used in front of her second sister-in-law. Her second sister-in-law is like this, so she has to serve her second sister-in-law to make people feel at ease. How can she come and help me? I appreciate the beauty of her second sister-in-law."

"I have several experienced nannies here, but I don't lack one of her." Grandma Qi smiled and said, "But I have been in charge of my family for the past few years. I know the best of how my family is. Everyone is full of heart and it is hard to be honest and not slick. I know that my younger brother and sister can do it. I will send Dong'er over and let her do it, and even if I use her brother and sister, it is much more reliable than others."

When Xun Qingran saw that the second grandma Qi said this, she smiled and agreed.

Back from the pomegranate courtyard to Ningyuanju, seeing that there were no outsiders on the left and right, Mai Le said angrily: "Grandma is so easy to talk to just now. Miss Dong'er is indeed a good helper, but her first director was just when the personnel were unfamiliar. Why didn't the second grandma send her here? At this time, when grandma attacked the second master's grandma and the people below dared not cause trouble, she asked Dong'er to come over. There was no help, according to the maid, she saw that there was no excitement to watch, so she sent someone to listen to the gods."

Xun Qingran winked and told Malt not to talk nonsense, but turned around and asked Mama Song.

"What does Mama think?"

Madam Song took two steps forward and replied respectfully: "Grandma's handling is of course right."

"The Fourth Master specifically asked the nanny to help me. I also value the nanny very much. It's not to let the nanny say this to make me happy." Xun Qingran smiled, "I didn't intend to deal with these things, but I just refused. But since I took over, I have to do my best for myself and for the face of the Fourth Master, at least I can't make mistakes."

"Grandma said," said Madam Song. "I agree with my grandma, not to say good things to please my grandma. It is really a very proper way to deal with it. The second grandma sent Dong'er, and she had her own plans. If her grandma agreed, she might not let her second grandma do what she wanted. It is not that I flattered my grandma. I guess my grandma had already figured out a way to let Miss Dong'er make the best use of her."

Xun Qingran smiled and said nothing. Madam Song was right. Second Grandma Qi valued the power of the head of the family very much. Now she had no choice but to let go, but she would definitely not let go. She always had the intention to put Dong'er over here. Xun Qingran could understand this. Besides, Xun Qingran did not have the intention to keep the power of the housekeeper from now on. Of course, Xun Qingran also had his own plans. Second Grandma Qi sent someone kindly, so she should not waste her kindness. For example, the simplest thing is, what is the difficult job to do? Isn't there a suitable candidate now?

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It is already the twelfth lunar month, and the rents and New Year gifts on the villages are delivered one after another. According to the old rules of previous years, Qi Xiu, the second master of the Qi family, left behind the family for the New Year, and also for the gifts outside. The rest were distributed to the people of the side tribes who were dependent on the Qi Mansion according to the flower list for the New Year.

In the inner courtyard, as soon as Xun Qingran finished dealing with today's family affairs, Mrs. Qi Er sent someone to call her to the house of the New Year. It turned out that she was going to give New Year gifts to the palace's Xian Concubine and the palaces where they traveled.

"This is the gift list from last year. You can take people to the warehouse to check it out. You can roughly follow this list and estimate it yourself. You will prepare the New Year gifts for each company and publish a list to show me."

Xun Qingran took the order and agreed respectfully.

"There are also gifts from the Marquis' Mansion, and we will prepare them for a lot of money." Mrs. Qi Er said again.

A few days ago, the Zeng family's master had already entered Beijing and took Mrs. Zeng and his daughter Zeng Jing out of the Marquis' Mansion. The next day, he decided to marry Fang Xin, the Marquis of Dingyuan, and Zeng Jing, the third daughter of Zeng Jing. The wedding date was set on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Fang Xin was the Marquis who held real power, and the nephew of the second wife of Qi and the brother of the second grandmother of Qi. Naturally, this gift cannot be reduced.

"Go quickly, this matter cannot be delayed." Mrs. Qi Er ordered.

Xun Qingran retreated as she said, took the key, and went to the backyard warehouse to search for something.

When Mrs. Qi Er saw Xun Qingran leaving, she picked up the tea and took a sip, leaned on the pillow and breathed a sigh of relief. When Caidie saw it, she hurried over and gently helped Mrs. Qi Er pinch her shoulder.

"Miss has been exhausted these two days. Now that the errand has been arranged, my wife can breathe a sigh of relief." Caidie said softly.

"Yes." Mrs. Qi Er closed her eyes and nodded, "It is still beneficial to read the text and verbal words. It is hard to leave this matter to the man outside. It turns out that when the second grandma was in charge, it was not so convenient."

"The fourth grandma is from a scholarly family. Yesterday, a wife who heard from the news said that the second grandma wrote a few words on the bill and took them out. Not only the gentlemen in the account room were surprised, but even the masters and Qingke Guards in the study outside also gave thumbs up and praised them. They said that their pen tips were light and sharp, and they were worthy of being a girl from the Xun family in Yingchuan."

"The girls who study in other people naturally work on this. Several girls in his family have to practice calligraphy since childhood, and the same is true for the big grandma's family." Mrs. Qi Er nodded and said.

"Madam, there are also strange girls around the fourth grandma, who are also literate. I heard that the words are written well, and that malt is still planning to plan on it. It envies the little girls in our mansion." Caidie's tone was also full of envy.

Mrs. Qi Er picked up the Buddhist beads in her hand and didn't say anything. Originally, she thought that Xun Qingran was just an outstanding person, but in other aspects, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Seeing that Mrs. Qi didn't speak, Caidie's heart turned a little, and hurriedly smiled, "My maid is still thinking, the fourth grandma is already like this. The fourth girl of Xun's mansion and the niece of the wife, once she came to the capital, she had the reputation of being a talented woman. I don't know how smart and capable she can do that."

Mrs. Qi Er's face darkened, she opened her eyes and put down the Buddhist beads in her hand.

Seeing this, Caidie hurriedly knelt down, "The maid is talking nonsense and says the wrong thing. Please punish her."

"Get up, what did you say wrong?" Mrs. Qi Er waved his hand and asked Caidie to get up. "If you don't say it, I've almost forgotten these two days. Go and call," Mrs. Qi Er lowered her head and thought, "Go and call Zhang Yong's family."

Seeing that Mrs. Qi Er had no intention of blame, Caidie hurriedly got up from the ground and walked out and called Zhang Yong's family in.

Mrs. Qi Er's low voice instructed Zhang Yong's family, and Caidie only heard the words "Go..., I want to see you..." intermittently.

After Madam Qi Er gave the order, she gave Zhang Yong's family a few more words before sending the person out.

Xun Qingran was in the warehouse. She was not in a hurry to pick the New Year's Eve, but took the booklet from her wife who was in charge of the warehouse and counted them one by one.

When the various items in the warehouse were met, they asked someone to move them out and put them aside. After more than an hour of busy work, the master and servant finally picked up the things. Xun Qingran wrote a list and asked someone to carry them to the prayer hall to let Mrs. Qi look at them.

Mrs. Qi Er read all the things according to the list and nodded.

"It's still acceptable." There must be some increase or decrease. Xun Qingran wrote down one by one and went to the warehouse again before Mrs. Qi was satisfied.

"You show the old lady all the order and things to see if there are any increase or decrease in the old lady, and you will do as you like."

Xun Qingran agreed and brought people to Yinianju, Rong's family.

Rong asked Xun Qingran to read the list to her. After thinking for a while, she said, "It's okay. You only thicken the New Year ceremony of the Minister of the Interior Chai Mansion. His old lady believed in Buddhism. You replaced the Western amber bonsai in the list with Guanyin. I remember that there was a jasper in the warehouse, so I changed the one. If it was gone, it would be possible to replace the coral statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. There is also the Li family, minus 10%. I won't tell you the reason, you must know it."

Xun Qingran nodded. She had heard about the Li family's incident in Rong's family before.

"That's it. Go and discuss with your second wife and send people to send them to you." Rong said.

"Thank you for your advice from the old lady." Xun Qingran smiled and blessed her. Mrs. Qi Er asked her to prepare the New Year's gift according to the old year's order, and then made the increase and decrease. She also made the increase and decrease on the gift list. Mrs. Qi Er didn't even explain and advised her, but Rong said it clearly to her. Xun Qingran could naturally feel this difference.

Here we handled the New Year gifts and arranged for people to go to the various prefectures to see them off. It was getting late. Xun Qingran went to Rong's side to invite An, and then returned to Ningyuanju for dinner.

Due to the hard work recently, Xun Qingran specially ordered the kitchen to prepare a table of mats to deliver them. A table was placed on the kang and another table was placed on the ground. Xun Qingran sat alone on the kang and asked Madam Song to come and sit together. Madam Song refused.

"Grandma gives food and lets the servants eat with him. It is a great grace. There is no reason why the servants eat with him on the table. Grandma values ​​the servants, and the servants should be more polite and should not break the rules." Madam Song said.

Xun Qingran couldn't force her, so she had to let her and Platycodon and Malt each sit down on the floor.

After the master and servant had dinner, Madam Song took her people to remove the wine and food.

Xun Qingran kept a few girls in the house and talked and sucked food.

"Grandma, my wife asked my grandma to prepare the gifts for the years. My wife went to my second grandma's yard. I don't know what to discuss with my second grandma, so Dong'er brought someone to prepare some gold and silver, things, and rulers, one by one. The maid looked at me and some of them were not fewer than those in these families. I don't know who it was for, and she was carrying grandma." Baozhu whispered in Xun Qingran's ear when he saw that there were no outsiders.

Xun Qingran blinked. Giving New Year gifts was a big deal. From this, she knew that the second wife of Qi could not reveal the background of the Qi Mansion to her. The annual gift list was all the families that were in contact with the Qi Mansion on the open side. Who were the gifts in secret?

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