SFS Chapter 270 Meeting the Managers
Chapter 270 Meeting the Managers
"Mother, this is a different time now. Now that you are the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, you naturally have to be more dignified."
Su Qingwan smiled and took a jade Buddha's hand hairpin from the tray held by the maid and put it in Jiang's hair.
After the other accessories were finished, Aunt Rong came in and said, "Madam, the stewards and maids from the inner and outer courtyards have arrived and are all waiting in the Green Shadow Garden in the outer courtyard."
Jiang was inevitably a little nervous, but when she thought of her child, she stood up firmly and walked outside.
Both mother and daughter got on the sedan chair, and Zhenzhu and others followed, and they went to Green Shadow Garden together.
The news that Jiang wanted to meet the managers of the inner and outer courtyards and the maids today had already spread.
In the courtyard of the second house, Xiao Kang straightened her hair and said with infinite contempt: "She really wants to be in charge of the Marquis's Mansion. She doesn't even consider whether she is the right material."
"Second Madam, shall we go take a look?" Madam Ji was also very curious.
"Of course I'm going. I'm waiting for Jiang to make a fool of himself today."
She was happy whenever she thought of Jiang being bullied by those mean servants. Now she was just waiting for Jiang to be unable to manage the Marquis' Mansion. Either she would hand over the housekeeper power herself, or the old Marquis would take away her housekeeper power.
But no matter which one it is, it's a good thing for her.
After all, the housekeeper power that has been handed over will not return to Liu, and it is time for me to take over.
The master and servants of the second house had just left the house, but Liu had already taken people to the outer courtyard.
"Madam, those people have been told off, and it is clear whose orders to obey." Nanny Zhou said confidently.
"That's great! We'll go to Changchun Garden later, and you can go to Green Shadow Garden to listen."
Changchun Garden is next to Luying Garden. It is the place where the Marquis's family listens to operas. It has been empty for a long time.
"Madam is the one who thinks things through." said Madam Zhou.
In this way, those disobedient slaves can be dealt with later, but I don’t think they are that stupid.
……
In the Green Shadow Garden, the mistress had not arrived yet, and everyone started talking.
"Why did they change the mistress out of nowhere?"
"I heard that the new mistress is a merchant girl from a small place. She probably smells like copper coins."
"On the day when the third wife came back, I met the third wife. She looked extremely poor and petty."
"A new emperor appoints new ministers. I don't know what the Third Madam is going to do. We are very busy!"
"That's right. We've been waiting for so long, but she hasn't arrived yet. She must still be sleeping. When the eldest lady was the housekeeper, there was no need to go through so much trouble."
"She doesn't know anything and will probably just give orders randomly. If something goes wrong, we will be in trouble too."
……
These voices were quite loud. Su Qingwan and Jiang had just stepped out of the sedan chair when they heard these words.
Jiang frowned. These people actually dared to talk about the master's family. They were so bold.
Su Qingwan knew the true colors of these managers better than Jiang. They had some power in their hands, but they forgot that this power was given by the Marquis' Mansion.
Hearing that the people in Green Movie Garden were still discussing and the voices were getting louder and louder, Jiang waved his hand and a group of people rushed directly into the Green Movie Theater. Not long after, applause was heard from inside.
"Clap clap clap!"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
The screams continued.
In Changchun Garden, which was only separated by a wall, Liu was stunned. She had been the housekeeper for so many years and had never punished the housekeepers on such a large scale.
How dare Jiang?
Isn't she afraid that all these stewards will quit their jobs, and the whole mansion will be in chaos?
Nanny Zhou hid behind the moon gate of Green Shadow Garden, fearing that she would be seen by the group of people. She didn't want to be slapped in the face for no reason.
If she had known earlier, she should have stayed in Changchun Garden. It is really unsafe to come here!
The main thing was that she never expected that the first step Jiang took when meeting the managers was to slap them in the face. Who could stand that?
"Mom, let's go in!" Su Qingwan said with a smile.
Jiang looked at her and smiled. Those who had dirty words deserved to be beaten.
The mother and daughter walked into the Green Shadow Garden.
Those who had just been beaten were assigned to stand on the same side, while those who had not been beaten were on the other side.
At first, the group of people were wondering how they were separated, but when they saw a few people standing in the corridor who were specifically counting the number of people, they understood.
The third lady was well prepared, so they didn't deserve the slap!
Jiang walked up the steps and sat on the chair that had been prepared long ago, while Su Qingwan sat on a chair beside her.
Both of them had various snacks and hot tea at hand, and they looked like they were going to have a long talk.
Nanny Zhou glanced inside secretly and thought that the style was really impressive, even more impressive than that of the eldest lady.
Xiaokang had also arrived at this time. Seeing Jiang, whom she looked down upon, sitting on the armchair, she felt extremely uncomfortable.
If the old marquis hadn't been blind, I should be the one sitting there today. Who the Jiang family is?
When Xiaokang came in, she was not as secretive as Nanny Zhou, she was very open and forthright.
For this, Jiang stood up and bowed, then sat down again.
"Bring out another chair." Jiang said.
She knew in her heart that Xiaokang came today to laugh at her, just like Nanny Zhou whom she had just seen. She was her eldest sister-in-law's confidant. It was estimated that her eldest sister-in-law was also here, but she just didn't show up.
Xiaokang snorted in his heart: You’re smart!
Su Qingwan didn't even look at Xiaokang the whole time. Last night, Li Yuncheng said that Su Zhiwen was coming back, so she had to send the mother and daughter from Lixiangyuan away quickly.
After Xiaokang sat down, Jiang took a sip of tea and looked at Aunt Rong.
Aunt Rong immediately shouted, "The stewards of each courtyard please come forward one by one and let the Third Madam recognize your face."
It was said that the Third Madam was asked to recognize faces, but in fact there were so many people, how could she recognize them all? It was nothing more than asking the people around the Third Madam to get familiar with these stewards and maids.
Everyone came forward one by one and said their names and the matters they were in charge of.
"Madam, my name is Chen Geng. Thanks to the old Marquis, I am in charge of the repairs of the houses in the Marquis's mansion."
"You are Chen Geng." Jiang remembered something and couldn't help but look at the man in front of her.
He was not tall, had a mustache, light eyebrows, and a pair of lively eyes. However, his cheeks were swollen, and it was obvious that he had just been beaten.
"The Third Madam actually knows me." Chen Geng was quite surprised.
Jiang thought to herself, I know you very well. According to those account books, you have made a lot of money from the Marquis' Mansion.
"Third sister-in-law, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you've only just become the housekeeper and you've messed up the housekeepers like this. I didn't see anything when I came in just now, but now I've seen several of them in a row, all with swollen faces. If the old marquis knew about this, I don't know what he would say to you."
Xiaokang's voice suddenly came.
Jiang and Su Qingwan both looked over.
"Since my second sister-in-law is not the mistress of the household, you don't have to worry about how I manage the household. At least your second room will be well fed and clothed."