Qiao Wei's work and rest are very regular, and even the children are also regular, and there is no ambiguity about what to do at what point.
Chenshi (seven in the morning) is the time for a family of three to start breakfast. The child is young and eats slowly, and it takes about 20 minutes to finish eating. After that, Qiao Wei packs up the dishes and goes out with the child, and arrives at the private school at about four quarters. Just in time for the old scholar to start the class.
But today, that plan was disrupted.
The table that should be full of dishes is being occupied by blinding golden puppets. In front of the pile of puppets for "gathering people for warmth", there is a pot of fresh and refined white roses. There are two notes in clear handwriting, one was received by Qiao Wei on the night of her birthday, and the other was found this morning together with the gift, signed, Daddy.
The handwriting of the two notes is exactly the same, which means something is self-evident.
The corner of Qiao Wei's mouth twitched. How could this guy recognize the child rashly without her consent
During the showdown with her, he never mentioned the matter of recognizing the child, which made her think that he had no such plans for the time being, and he was just waiting here.
In fact, strictly speaking, today's matter is not without room for obstruction. With Ji Mingxiu's ability, if he really wants to bypass Qiao Wei, he can let Shi Qi send the things directly into Wang Shu and Jing Yun's room, and let Shi Qi go out of his way. I believe Qiao Wei will not be aware of his lightness.
The reason why it is placed in the front yard is that it is hoped that the decision-making power will be handed over to Qiao Wei.
It's just that no one expected that Qiao Wei, who was always the first to wake up, was not the first to find the gift, but was accidentally bumped into by Wang Shu, who used to stay in bed.
If it was just these weird gifts, it would be fine, Qiao Wei could still fool around that the child was made by her, but Jing Yun turned over the note and found out that Qiao Wei couldn't help but tell a lie.
"Did Daddy really give it to us?" Wang Shu hugged her new puppet and asked fondly.
Qiao Wei subconsciously wanted to refute, but she couldn't say anything when she met the child's expectant eyes.
"Is it Daddy? Mother." Wang Shu blinked his eyes and asked.
"This..." Qiao Wei pursed her lips, "I haven't communicated with your father for many years, I don't know if it is..."
Wang Shu lowered his eyes in disappointment, and caressed the puppet's clothes with his fleshy little hands. Qiao Wei's heart softened when she saw the silent look with a hint of sadness.
She has always known that the children yearn for their father, and no matter how hard she works and how capable she is, she can't fill the void in their hearts.
It's just that everything happened so suddenly that she was not used to it.
But she can't use her unaccustomed to deprive the children of their desire.
"Although there has been no news for many years, but judging from the handwriting, it looks like your father." Qiao Wei said with a faint smile.
Wang Shu's sad little face raised a bright smile: "I knew it was Daddy!"
From now on, she also has a father, she doesn't have to envy those children in the village, and she doesn't have to worry about who will scold her for being a bastard.
Because she is not.
She has a father.
Wang Shu hugged the puppet and smiled happily.
Seeing her daughter smiling, Qiao Wei suddenly felt that everything was worth it.
Qiao Wei rubbed her little head: "Okay, clean up the table and take my gift back to my room."
"Okay!" Wang Shu agreed very simply, jumped off the ground with the puppet in his arms, grabbed another one, and ran back to his room.
"Jing Yun." Qiao Wei looked at her son.
Jing Yun jumped off the ground quietly, and went back to the room with the box in his arms.
I don't know if it's Qiao Wei's illusion, but the son doesn't seem to be as excited as the daughter.
However, Jingyun himself is a stuffy person, and happiness and unhappiness are not completely written on his face, so Qiao Wei didn't take it to heart. When Wang Shu moved all the puppets on the table to his shelf bed, Qiao Wei went The kitchen brought over breakfast.
After breakfast, Qiao Wei planted the pot of white roses in the newly dug field in the front yard.
Qiao Wei sent the children to a private school, and when she returned to the mountain, she found that many farmers had come to apply for the job, most of them were men, and there were only three or four women. Aunt Zhao originally wanted to come, but was persuaded by Aunt Luo.
After all, Aunt Zhao is getting old, so cooking two meals a day is not a big deal, but if she is really busy from morning to night like Agui and Gu Qiniang, working overtime at night, her body may not be able to bear it.
Er Gouziniang also thought about coming, but she can do short-term work, but not long-term work. Her family is farming, and she can't get away when the farming is busy.
Xu Dazhuang's daughter-in-law did come, but unfortunately, she was not selected.
It's not that Qiao Wei discriminates against the girl's family, it's that the strong daughter-in-law is too thin, like a paper figure, Qiao Wei is afraid that the girl will faint after working hard all morning.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Liu also came.
Qiao Wei and Aunt Liu got into a fight too stiffly, slapped her in the face and threw her out of the carriage, so, how dare she come
Aunt Liu didn't want to come, but the creditors forced her too hard. This year's drought and bad harvest, if she doesn't do something, the family will be in trouble.
Her original plan was to go to the town, but the town was too far away to take care of her family. After much deliberation, Xiao Qiao's place was the most suitable.
The main reason, of course, is the high wages.
Er Gouziniang and Aunt Zhao only made food on the mountain for two months, and they earned five taels of silver. You know, women work outside, at most one tael a month, and Xiao Qiao's salary is more than twice that of others. , she is so short of money, can she not be tempted
It's just that I can't save face all the time.
She stood there awkwardly, feeling as if everyone was looking at her with colored eyes and pointing fingers at her.
"Aunt Liu, I'm sorry, I'm afraid you are not suitable." Qiao Wei said.
Aunt Liu was startled and said, "Why am I inappropriate? Xiao Qiao, you don't think I'm pleasing to you, and you don't want me on purpose, do you?"
This Aunt Liu is not too stupid, but if she is not stupid, why did she apply for the job here? Doesn't she know that she will definitely not admit her
Calling her a whore, calling her a pair of children are bastards, and kicking her son, she is out of her mind and wants to reject a lot of people, choose one who can cope with her
Yes yes yes, Liu Cuihua is poor, the harvest is not good, and people are chasing debts everywhere, but so what? Have a dime relationship with her? An adult, not a three-year-old child, should bear the consequences for his actions, and the consequence of bullying the three of them again and again is that she will never give her a hand when she is in trouble.
Aunt Liu ran down the mountain crying.
Someone cast a questioning look at Qiao Wei, but Qiao Wei ignored it.
Regarding Aunt Liu's matter, she has a clear conscience and doesn't care what others think.
Don't say that you have to have guts to be a person, she just doesn't have it.
When she was desperate, did Liu Cuihua reward her with a bite of food? Liu Cuihua can bully her and insult her vigorously, but in the end, if she cries or howls, it becomes her fault
I love it!
Aunt Luo is soft-hearted. She is a soft-hearted person. She feels that Liu Cuihua is not easy. She used to be domineering, but recently she must have known she was wrong. She sincerely repented before going up the mountain to seek a job. This is a good time for Qiao Wei and Liu Cuihua to reconcile. When people in the village see Qiao Wei in the future, they will praise her for her kindness.
Qiao Wei said patiently: "Godmother, those reputations are all false, the important thing is to live comfortably. You see, I only said that she is not suitable today, and Aunt Liu felt that I was deliberately targeting her. There is something not going well here, will she say that I am deliberately messing with her? With her hot temper, if she quarrels with someone, will she think that the other party has my instruction? You said that if I get her The workshop is over, do you still have a peaceful life?"
Not to mention, with Liu Cuihua's temper, she could really do these things.
Aunt Luo nodded: "It's because I didn't think about it."
In the end, Qiao Wei admitted two young people, a handsome young man and a clean and decent girl.
The hands of both of them are covered with thin calluses, which should be the result of long-term labor. Hard work and hard work are the basic qualities of employees. After all, the workshop is doing manual work, so I still care about this.
Xiao Wei stood out from dozens of people and was very happy. He finally lived up to the great trust of the village owner and successfully broke into the enemy camp.
And Bi Er was also very happy to be admitted, she was worse than her sister in the same industry in everything, but this time she beat her sister to be admitted, she will make persistent efforts to steal the formula for my wife!
Now it’s not time to remove the shells and wax, the output of the workshop, Gu Qiniang and Agui can complete seven or eighty eighty-eight, and it’s completely enough to share one of them. Qiao Wei carefully considered it and let Xiao Wei go. For the workshop, Bi'er is responsible for the logistics of the workshop, three meals a day, and cleaning of the villa.
Bi'er was dumbfounded: She came to steal the formula, so what's the matter with arranging it to the villa
Xiao Wei was even more dumbfounded: He came to steal money, but he couldn't even enter the door of the villa, how could this be
Qiao Wei said: "The probationary period is one month, and the monthly fee is one tael. After the probationary period, those who are unqualified will be dismissed, and the remaining monthly money will be two taels, including board and lodging. You'd better live here, it doesn't matter if you don't live, but Go to work at four o'clock every day, and you are not allowed to be late. If there are no other questions, let's get familiar with the environment today and start working tomorrow."
Bi'er and Xiaowei wanted Qiao Wei to change them, but they were guilty, afraid that Qiao Wei would notice it if they mentioned it, and went to work honestly.
Agui stopped Qiao Wei: "Why do they get the same salary as us?"
Qiao Wei rubbed her chin in response to the old employee's complaints: "It's different, you don't have a probationary period, and once you come here, you will get two taels of it. After the probationary period, the basic salary will be the same as yours."
Agui didn't mean that at all, he thought that their servants who signed the death contract could get two taels, shouldn't those free agents get four taels
Is this woman stupid? !
Agui rolled his eyes and went to work.
Qiao Wei went to the town in the afternoon, found the farmers who owned the duck eggs, and asked them to increase the supply. Seeing that her business was so good, everyone readily agreed.
Qiao Wei replenished some ingredients for making preserved eggs, and bought a few dishes. On the first day of recruiting, she must have a good meal.
When returning to the village, the little guy happened to be out of school, and Qiao Wei took the children home.
After that, hand over the freshly cut pork belly, live fish and some side dishes to Gu Qiniang.
Bi'er has never met the eldest lady before, and Xu has never told Bi'er that the resident on Yanming Mountain is the eldest lady of Enbo Mansion, she just thought she was an ordinary little widow.
The little widow is very beautiful, this is Beer's first impression.
The little widow is very generous, this is Bi'er's second impression.
Gu Qiniang took Bi'er to the kitchen to cook. From tomorrow onwards, the kitchen will be Bi'er's.
Bi'er was quick to do things, and she played with tacit understanding. After a while, the two made a plate of braised pork with potatoes, a bowl of eggplant with sauce, a plate of stir-fried Chinese cabbage, and a spicy crucian carp.
Today is an even number, and the cottage can only eat fatty meat. Seeing the fragrant and oily braised pork and the fragrant fish on the table, Xiao Wei was so excited that he was about to cry.
Luo Yongzhi knew that Qiao Wei was recruiting, so he specially sent ten catties of prawns. Qiao Wei made two large pots of braised prawns, kept a bowl for himself, asked Jing Yun to send a bowl to the old scholar, and took the rest workshop.
Gu Qiniang and Agui have already seen Qiao Wei's "lavishness". Basically, they can eat whatever Qiao Wei eats. When it comes to food, Qiao Wei is never stingy or puts on airs.
It was the first time for Xiao Wei and Bi'er to see such a generous master. Xiao Wei had never seen the world, so let's not mention it for now. Bi'er worked under the Xu family, and the food was much worse than this. The food for the maids was not good. Well, it was rewarded by the master who couldn't finish eating, unlike Qiao Wei, who brought them over as soon as the pot was out. She saw it just now, and Qiao Wei asked the young master to send a bowl to Mr. Private School. Eating the same thing is simply unthinkable in a big house.
Bea was shocked.
What Luo Yongzhi sent were all fat and tender eight-money prawns. The meat was tender and plump, oily but not greasy, spicy but not dry. Even a child like Brother Zhong who doesn't like spicy food likes it very much.
Xiao Wei burst into tears after eating.
Woohoo, it's so delicious.
Compared with the food here, what he used to eat was like pig food...
Since it was the first day and she didn't bring a change of clothes, Bi Er had to go home. In fact, she lived in the country, but she had to report her situation here to Madam, didn't she? After living here, it will not be so easy to leave at will.
After dinner, Qiao Wei took Bi'er into the villa to familiarize herself with the environment: "... You clean the two courtyards every day, sweep out the fallen leaves in the pool, that's about it, I can do it myself in the house."
Bi'er walked all the way to the pool in the backyard, looking around the house from time to time. After all, it is a country house without the heritage of the Enbo Mansion. The furnishings are very simple, but simple does not mean cheap, such as in Wangshu's house The canopy bed, those golden peacocks on it are real gold and silver, but this bed is too cheap, how can people use real gold for things bought for more than ten taels of silver? Qiao Wei always thought it was fake.
Besides, the Babu bed in Qiao Wei's room is really more beautiful than any bed in Ember House.
Bi'er remembered that the eldest lady also had a small Babu bed, which was in the style of a canopy bed, but the fence was higher, and it looked like a small house, but it was not as big as the little widow's. all available.
Missy's bed cost more than 200 taels, this one... starts at 500 taels, right
Bi'er's heart trembled.
No wonder Madam asked her to steal the formula, this little widow is really rich.
Bi'er didn't know golden nanmu, but she could tell that the beams were expensive, and the pool was obviously white marble!
There is also a white marble pool in the Enbo Mansion, which was originally built for the eldest lady when Uncle Zheng was alive. It is said that he spent all of Uncle Zheng's private money and made the old lady very angry.
After the death of Uncle Zheng and his wife, the pool was sealed up, but she used to sweep there when she was a rough envoy and maid, and she was very impressed by the pool made of white marble.
"Have you recognized the place?" Qiao Wei clapped her hands and asked.
Bi'er respectfully said: "Returning to Madam, I understand."
Qiao Wei nodded: "It's getting late, you go back."
"Yes, ma'am." Bi'er turned and left the villa.
Qiao Wei was a little tired after tossing around all day, so she went to take a shower first, and then went back to the bedroom, only to find that Wang Shu was still awake, and even her elder brother Jing Yun was breathing evenly.
Qiao Wei walked to the bed wiping her wet hair, and asked amusedly, "Why aren't you sleeping? Waiting for mother to come with me?"
Wang Shu smiled and shook his head.
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows: "Why is that?"
Wang Shu giggled into the bed, grabbed a little puppet from inside: "My father gave it to me!"
Qiao Wei chuckled, puppet, what is she doing, this little girl was so excited that she couldn't sleep.
"There's one more!" Qiao Wei pulled out another golden puppet from the cup.
Wang Shu loves golden things, such as golden abacus, golden peacock, and golden totem bed. She only discovered this recently, and she doesn't know how Mingxiu knew. I am overjoyed.
However, although they are all golden, they have different styles, different hairstyles, and even the size of the eyes have been treated.
It can be seen that the master who made the doll really put his heart into it.
"They are my younger sisters." Wang Shu hugged the two most beautiful little guys in his arms, and looked at them tenderly and dotingly, "I named them."
Qiao Wei just laughed: "The name is already up? What is it called?"
Wang Shuru said: "The sister on the left is Xiaochun, and the sister on the right is Xiaoyu. They are all my sisters. I will not let others bully them. I will protect them and I will wash their hair."
As soon as the voice fell, there was a pop, and sister Xiao Yu's head was washed (pull) off by Wang Shu...
Qiao Wei: "..."
noob:"… "
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But it was said that after Bi'er left the village, she went to the town in Father Shuan's carriage, and then hired a carriage from the town to return to the capital.
The elder sister who was traveling with her returned home early to report the situation to Mrs. Xu. Knowing that Bi'er was recruited, Mrs. Xu rewarded Bi'er with a few silver nudes.
When Bi'er got home, the old lady had already taken the money to buy food for her younger brother, and she met Mrs. Xu in the small garden: "Ma'am."
Mrs. Xu took her hand and patted it lightly: "You did a good job."
Bi'er didn't dare to take the credit: "Thank you Madam for your compliment."
Xu said kindly, "Did you get the formula?"
How could I get the formula on the first day this time? Bi'er felt that Madam was a little anxious, but she would not show it on her face: "Not yet, I have been assigned to Madam Qiao's house, and I have no access to the formula for the time being."
"What?" Mrs. Xu frowned, and let go of Bi'er's hand, "Did she find out something, deliberately not letting you enter the workshop?"
Bi'er was afraid that Mrs. Xu would blame herself, so she hurriedly said: "It's not Madam, it's because she doesn't have a maid in the house, let me do the cleaning first, and when the production volume increases in the future, I will still go to the workshop to help."
"How long will I have to wait?" Xu asked impatiently. Normally, she is not a person who is anxious to get angry, but she has suffered many setbacks under Qiao Wei's hands, so she is inevitably impetuous.
Bier dared not say a word.
Mrs. Xu also knew that she was too hasty, but this is really no wonder to her. Recently, the business of Ganoderma Lucidum Hall has been declining, and some troubles have happened to a few shops in her hand, which is difficult to maintain. The eldest son is about to get engaged, and there are expenses everywhere. Need a way to make money.
Resisting her impatience, Xu said: "I heard that she built a new house, have you visited it?"
Bi'er nodded: "I have seen Madam, it is very big and beautiful, and the things used are better than those in our Ember Mansion."
These words are a bit exaggerated. No matter how good Qiao Wei's things are, there are only a few of them. On the whole, it is not the same as the heritage of a century-old family.
Mrs. Xu believed the truth, since that girl is Rong Ji's second in charge and has started business with the palace, she must earn more than Lingzhitang.
In fact, Qiao Wei has not yet received Rongji's dividend and the payment from the palace.
The taste in Xu's heart made her feel sour, "Don't tell others about this, neither can you, nor can your brothers and sisters, do you understand?"
"Your servant understands." Bi'er obediently responded.
Xu talked to Bi'er again, and when she heard that Qiao Wei's Babu bed was more beautiful than hers, she was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Damn girl, actually use such a good thing!
Mentioning the white marble pool again, Xu's face turned so dark that it was the bottom of the pot.
Of course, it wasn't just the Xu family who had a bad face, but also the third lady who was hiding behind the flowers.
The third lady has long felt that the second room is not normal, so she stared at Mrs. Xu more attentively. She came only in the middle of talking between Mrs. Xu and Bier. She didn't hear about the previous formula, but only heard Mrs. Xu caring desperately. The other party's house, Mrs. Qiao in Bi'er's mouth, is probably Da Qiao. It is also a Babu bed and a white marble pond. Hehe, this second sister-in-law is really hardworking.
That night, the third lady approached the old lady Meng Shi.
Meng Shi is the biological mother of the second master and the third master. She was just an aunt at first, and she took the seat of the old lady after the second master became the head of the family.
There is never a shortage of people in the mansion who follow the wind. In fact, the serious old lady is still alive, but her son is dead, her daughter-in-law is gone, and her granddaughter has been kicked out of the house. She has nothing to love, so she went to The Buddhist hall is often accompanied by green lights.
Earlier, Mrs. Meng was just helping to take care of the affairs of the mansion, and she didn't have the awareness to be called an old lady. I don't know who started it. Gradually, everyone called it that.
The second master is the current head of the family, and everyone has to act according to his face. His own mother is naturally qualified to be praised as an old ancestor.
As a result, Meng's seat became more stable.
But the fact that the Meng family is stable does not mean that all the sons and daughters-in-law are safe.
The same concubine, also the younger brother of Uncle Zheng, how come the second child inherits the title, but the third child drinks the northwest wind
The third wife is not to mention jealous of Mrs. Xu, thinking that one day the second house will be wiped out like the first house, so that she can sit in the seat of the head of the house as a matter of course, the third wife adds to the news she has heard. Repeatedly: "...Oh my God, my heart is bleeding! She kept saying that she didn't use our money to subsidize that little bitch who shamed the family, but look, the white marble pond! Pull up the bed! The beams of golden nanmu!"
The golden silk nanmu was fabricated by the third lady herself. Anyway, how did she smear the Xu family, although she was actually right.
The third lady added fuel to the fire: "Mother, look at her elbows turned outwards! You have been sleeping on this arhat bed for more than ten years, and she has not seen her replace you with a new one! Your beams are eaten by termites, right?" Didn’t she know that the third child came here to kill ants last time? Did she tell you to repair it? She tidied up her own yard, and moved in new furniture as if she didn’t need money! I don't say anything about my own yard, she is my second sister-in-law, and I am willing to spend money for her! But why use our money to subsidize a little bitch? She doesn't remember how the little bitch gave Joe The family is ashamed? The Qiao family was almost ransacked! It's all because of that little bitch!"
This is also an exaggeration, isn't it just sleeping with a prince? As for being ransacked
But it is true that the emperor became angry. The second master's official career was hindered and he almost lost his official position.
"She really went to help that girl?" Mrs. Meng didn't believe it.
The third lady said: "Don't underestimate her feelings for that girl. The eldest brother and sister-in-law went early, and that girl was raised in the second room. It is impossible for her to have no feelings for her. She has no feelings and will not send her confidant maid to go Take care of Big Joe."
Meng's complexion became very ugly. She had a bad impression of Qiao Wei. First, Qiao Wei's father didn't crawl out of her belly; second, that girl was as proud as a peacock and never called her Grandmother, everyone called the old lady old lady, but she complained to the maid in private: "When can an aunt be called old lady? When my real grandmother died? It's not the old lady's turn to call her a monkey. Your Majesty."
Listen, listen, what are you talking about
When that kind of scandal happened back then, it was her kindness that didn't put this damn girl in a pig cage!
As for whether Mrs. Xu really has any feelings for Da Qiao, Mrs. Meng thinks she does.
In the past, Mrs. Xu pampered Da Qiao vigorously, and Mrs. Meng suspected that Mrs. Xu wanted to make Da Qiao a useless person, but now Mrs. Meng has a prejudice against Mrs. Xu, and feels that Mrs. Xu may really love Da Qiao. He was really against her mother-in-law.
It just so happened that the economy of Enbo Mansion was in short supply recently, and it happened that Da Qiao had built a new house. If Mrs. Xu did not use their money to subsidize Da Qiao, Mrs. Meng would not believe it.
"I heard one more thing." The third lady unreservedly reported the news that she had spent a lot of money to find out, "Do you still remember that Xi'er bought preserved eggs to please Mrs. Ji?"
I remember, of course I remembered, she was still eating at that time, she didn't have a real grandmother, but she gave it to an outsider, but when she thought about the future of the entire Enbo Mansion, the Meng family felt nothing to be angry about.
"What happened to that?" she asked in a low voice.
The third lady snorted, "Pine-cured eggs cost two hundred renminbi each, but they bought them five taels of silver each. Do you know whose pocket the money went into?"
"Big Joe?" Meng asked casually.
The third lady said: "That's right, it's Da Qiao! Da Qiao bought and sold preserved eggs. What do they mean by giving Da Qiao so much money? Isn't this subsidizing Da Qiao?"
Meng Shi was so angry that she trembled, and the thing that turned her elbows out, let it be a disaster to her son at first, but now she uses her money to subsidize that girl!
"Mother, we have to get the money back." The third lady said: "She has been evicted from the house and has no right to spend our money. The second sister-in-law wants to subsidize her, use her own money, don't embezzle ours."
Meng felt that what the third lady said was very reasonable. It was Xu's business how Xu made troubles, but Da Qiao, who had been expelled from the house, was not entitled to use their rations.
At dawn, Qiao Wei was woken up by the biological clock in her body, first subconsciously touched the children beside her, only touched one, and opened her eyes involuntarily.
Wang Shu was sleeping soundly on the belly of Xiaochun. Because Xiaoyu’s head was accidentally torn off last night, although she had sewn it up, she still felt a little “painful”. Wang Shu thoughtfully put Xiaoyu back on her shelf Got sick.
The son is not there.
Qiao Wei put on her shoes and went to Jingyun's room, and she saw a small thin figure sitting by the window reading a book.
But it wasn't the geography miscellaneous notes sent by Mingxiu, but the "Big Liang Zhi" that the old scholar bought for him.
Qiao Wei walked over and touched her son's head: "Why is it so early today?"
"I went to bed early yesterday and woke up this morning." Jing Yun said softly.
Read a book when you wake up, work so hard, how can you embarrass the scumbags
Ming can rely on talent, but must rely on hard work.
Qiao Wei kissed his small forehead: "Are you hungry? Mother, go make breakfast."
Jing Yun nodded.
Qiao Wei went to the kitchen.
Jing Yun set his eyes on those few geography miscellaneous journals, and stared at them for a while, but silently locked them in the drawer without opening them.