"Who are they?" Cheng Yunshuo looked at the two newcomers in Lu Lingjun's room.
"They are my maternal cousins and they are here to stay with me for a few days."
After making such a joke just now, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang both calmed down and became much calmer. They imitated Lu Lingjun's dignified appearance and did not dare to speak rashly.
Cheng Yunshuo glanced at the two of them and just nodded, "Let's eat."
"good."
During the meal, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang competed in a dignified competition. They came from a small family and didn't know much about etiquette. Looking at the delicacies on the table, they felt that they couldn't let go. They were afraid of showing off and making Cheng Yunshuo laugh. They were all like quails. He was eating his meal honestly.
Cheng Yunshuo didn't say much to Lu Lingjun because there were outsiders here today. He just took a few bites and went back.
When he left, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang seemed relieved.
After eating, Lu Lingjun looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "What's wrong with you two? Are you uncomfortable?"
Liu Qingping rolled her eyes, "Yes."
Liu Qingshuang couldn't help but said, "It feels like there are so many rules in the Hou Mansion."
Lu Lingjun smiled. After all, they were just a bunch of little girls who had never experienced anything. This little scene made them nervous.
If they went to a larger portal, or even in front of the emperor, everyone would be so frightened that they would lie on the ground and not dare to lift themselves up.
Lu Lingjun stayed with them for two days and took them around the Marquis Mansion. They saw the courtyard with its own large garden, saw the number of servants in the mansion many times more than the master, and saw a bunch of rare things. It opened my eyes for a while.
However, they only met Cheng Yunshuo on the first night. On the second night, Cheng Yunshuo knew that there was a female guest at home and did not come again, and they did not see each other again.
But this made them feel more at ease.
Eat more at every meal.
After staying there for only two days, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang were sent back, and Lu Lingjun also gave them many gifts.
After returning home, Ms. Liu immediately asked them how they were doing.
"How are you doing at the Hou Mansion?"
"Aunt, you are having a great time!"
"Sister Jun also gave us many things!"
Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang excitedly told Mrs. Liu what they had seen in the Hou Mansion and what Lu Lingjun had given them.
"Look, the jade hairpin on my head is made of jade!"
"Aunt, sister Jun gave me a gold bracelet, which is bigger than my mother's!"
Mrs. Liu looked at the two of them showing off such useless things, "You haven't seen the crown prince?"
"See you."
Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang nodded repeatedly.
"Then how are you and the Crown Prince doing?" Ms. Liu's eyes shone.
"My brother-in-law is also very nice. When we left, Sister Jun handed us two red envelopes and said they were from my brother-in-law."
Mrs. Liu looked at the red envelope she took out, "What red envelope do you want? I asked you, have you asked the prince to take a fancy to you two?"
When the Liu sisters heard this, the joy on their faces faded, "Auntie, what did you say?"
"We haven't even talked to my brother-in-law, so why would he take a liking to both of us?"
"That's right, we are just here to be guests. Why do we do that kind of thing?"
Liu: "..."
Hearing that neither of them said a word to Cheng Yunshuo, but still treated each other as guests, Mrs. Liu was so angry that her heart ached.
Why did she find these two fools?
He looks quite shrewd on weekdays, and he can compete for favors at home. Who knows that when he goes out, he is nothing!
A piece of mud cannot hold up the wall!
Madam Liu was so angry that her heart ached, she scolded the two of them for being stupid, and sent someone to tell them to go back to their shabby home!
Useless things!
After Lu Lingjun sent the people away, he had no time to spare, and his account books accumulated in the past two days.
As the New Year approaches, Mrs. Qin will also return home. She has to clear up the accounts and submit them to Mrs. Qin.
She checked an account, using the Arabic numerals Xing Dairong had learned, and quickly discovered something.
"Why does money come in and out of this account so frequently?"
Lu Lingjun frowned when he saw that there was no clear sign in this list, only an account book with records of debits and entries, "Who sent this account?"
"Back to you, Madam, it was sent by Butler Qian." Nanny An said.
Now there are a total of west stewards in the Hou Mansion.
They are Aunt Wen, Aunt Li, Butler Qian, and Aunt An.
Aunt Wen and Aunt Li are both from the Qin family, Aunt An is from Lu Lingjun, and Butler Qian is a domestic slave of the Hou Mansion.
Aunt Wen and Aunt An are in charge of the inner house. Aunt Li is in charge of part of the private property of the Qin family and part of the private property of the Hou Mansion, while the big housekeeper Qian is in charge of the property of the Hou Mansion.
"Call Butler Qian."
"yes."
After a while, a middle-aged man in his late fifties walked in.
"Young Madam, please look for me." Butler Qian looked at Lu Lingyun with a smile.
"Steward Qian, where does your account come from?" Lu Lingjun said politely to Steward Qian.
Lu Lingjun had a very good attitude towards the housekeeper of Western University at home.
The big housekeeper is different from the little housekeeper and the servants at the lowest level. They are the pillars of the Hou Mansion and the confidants of several masters.
None of them can be moved easily.
If Lu Lingjun wanted to truly be in charge of the family, he had to take over the power bit by bit from their top housekeepers.
Butler Qian took a look at the account book and said, "As far as I'm concerned, Madam, this is the ashes of the family."
"Grey birth?"
Lu Lingjun's brows tightened. She looked at the numbers on the account again and asked tentatively, "usury money?"
Shopkeeper Qian's eyes immediately shone and he looked at Lu Lingyun with approval, "Yes."
This young lady of theirs even knows about loan sharking, so it’s no wonder she plays a safe role in this family.
Of course Lu Lingjun knew about usury.
Usury money is loan money.
Many wealthy families will secretly make money through loan sharking. The interest on loan sharking is high, and the money is earned very quickly with very little risk.
On the one hand, it is because there is a mortgage, and on the other hand, the owner has a big business, and no one dares to rely on the usury owed by the big family.
Therefore, this usury, as a gray asset, is extremely favored by some large households.
However, Lu Lingjun shook his head.
"We can't release this loan money anymore."
Lending loan sharks is unethical and unethical. All the money they lend out is often made by gamblers. Those people are a group of people with no humanity. They sell their sons, daughters, wives and sons when they are desperate. It is very easy to lead to temptation. Come to court.
Whenever there is a lawsuit, it is a lawsuit involving human life.
Lu Lingjun served as an official with Li Wenxun in Jiangnan in his previous life. He hated people who made loan sharks the most, and few of them were clean.
She didn't expect that the Hou Mansion was also making loan sharks privately.
"Young Madam, this..."
"I would like to tell my parents that starting from today, no more loan sharks will be allowed."
Lu Lingjun closed the ledger and was very tough.
When Butler Qian saw Lu Lingjun's attitude, he didn't say anything and took over the usury account book. "Okay, young lady, I'll take back the back account and settle the matter."
"Well, go ahead."
