Good times are always short-lived. When the sun sets, the one-day tour of the original ecology, famous scenic spots, and the Xiangjiang River is over.
Several people woke up like a dream, and put down the water ladle one after another.
The awning boat seeped water. In order to prevent the ship from sinking, several people spent the whole day scooping water out with scoops. It can be said that it was a great exercise!
Several people drooped their heads and dragged their sore limbs, and returned to the village in a daze.
On the way, I ran into Aunt Luo and Luo Yongzhi.
Aunt Luo smiled and said, "How are you playing? Look at this tired one, you've been playing all day!"
It was a whole day of scooping water!
"Is the beach big?" Luo Yongzhi asked.
Xiao Wei took off his shoes, and the heel of the shoes fell down, pouring out a piece of mud: "Big, very big!"
The couple's eyes lit up, and Cuiyun asked, "Where's the boat?"
Bi'er rubbed her sleeves that were cut by the pieces of wood left by the boat, and said with a smile, "Beautiful, very beautiful!"
"Is there a little girl?" Luo Yongzhi asked hesitantly.
"Ha!" Agui raised his head and smiled, patted Luo Yongzhi on the shoulder, and said bewitchingly: "The beauty in the world."
"Xiaowei said handsome, handsome..." Cuiyun said again.
Qiniang smiled all over her face: "Handsome guy."
Cuiyun nodded furiously: "Yes, yes, this is it! Isn't he a very, very handsome son?"
Qiniang smiled and said, "Isn't that right? One glance will make you unforgettable forever, and you will recall his face in your dreams at midnight." And his hunchback.
The Luo family is so envious, if they knew it was so good, they should have gone too! It has been decided that when Luo Yongnian comes back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family will go out there together!
In August, the weather gradually cools down.
Qiao Wei had nothing to do, so she read the account books of the workshop. Qiniang was excellent in everything, except that she was not very literate. The accounts were kept by A Gui. It is clear at a glance.
At first, the workshop only recruited 30 people. Later, due to the need to catch up with the goods, two more people were added, making a total of 32 people. Each person had a basic salary of 900 Wen, and a commission for every three preserved eggs. Don’t look at it, it seems a bit small , But in fact, the processing process of preserved eggs is complicated, wrapping shells, washing shells, waxing and subpackaging, and each person is only responsible for one post. Strictly calculated, almost every preserved egg will cost a copper plate.
The fastest one is the big strong daughter-in-law, looking weak and weak, she thought she would be a meek girl, but she can do things faster than a man, she is in charge of waxing and packing, and she does it beautifully, after a day, Can do three or four hundred, and her speed is still improving.
A commission of three or four hundred cash a day, and a tael of silver in three days, this is simply something that a strong daughter-in-law could never have imagined before.
In addition, her father made baskets for the workshop, and the demand was high, which was also a good income.
Now her father couldn't make the baskets, so she recruited two apprentices from the village to make them together. The life of the family was much better than before.
Of course, not everyone is as capable as her. Some are naturally slow, and some don't work hard. Qiao Wei circled the name of the person with the lowest output and the highest damage rate.
She runs a workshop, not a charity organization. If she can't do well, she resigns and recruits again. She doesn't believe that there are still two people who do things in such a big village
"Little Joe, are you there?"
Outside the villa, the voice of the village chief suddenly sounded.
Qiao Wei closed the account book, got up and opened the door of the villa, and said, "Why do you come to my place when you have time?"
The village chief smiled heartily: "If you have nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Hall!" Then he put a basket of duck eggs on the table, "Here."
Qiao Wei looked at the neatly arranged duck eggs. There were twenty duck eggs in total. She smiled and asked, "Why are you giving me duck eggs? I don't get enough duck eggs every day here? You really want to give me eggs. Send me eggs." Order the eggs."
The village head said: "You want to eat bird eggs, I'll get you some someday."
Qiao Wei chuckled: "I'm just kidding you."
She wanted bird eggs for business, but she couldn't even get enough of the nests to get them between her teeth.
The village head pushed the basket towards Qiao Wei: "It's not for you to eat, but for you to see, are you satisfied with these eggs?"
Qiao Wei keenly caught the mystery in his words: "Someone wants to supply me?"
The village chief didn't answer her, but said, "Do you still remember the mute in Xicun?"
Qiao Wei heard the old scholar mentioned it, and she has a vague impression. She is forty or fifty years old. His wife died of illness two years ago. He has only a married daughter and no son. Walking around, Ah Sheng didn't see him at the children's table. He was seen in the first two recruitments, but he was too old, and Qiao Wei didn't recruit him.
"He raised ducks?" Qiao Wei asked.
The village chief said: "I have raised dozens of duck eggs. I originally wanted to sell them in the town for money. I heard that you are in the duck egg business, so I wanted to ask you if there is still a shortage of duck eggs. He was too embarrassed to ask." , and found me."
This man is also pitiful. He has survived to middle age, his wife died, his daughter remarried, and he doesn't even have a hot meal when he returns home from farm work.
Qiao Wei sighed, and said with a smile on her face: "I'm missing it, as long as the duck itself is fine, just let him send it."
The village head was very happy, and said: "He doesn't raise much now, he can give you twenty or thirty a day, but he said that if you want, he can raise more."
It's a good feeling. She was worried about the lack of supply, and she was looking for eggs everywhere, until her eyes were blinded: "Then please tell the village chief that I can afford all the ducks he produces every day. If anyone else wants to Give me supplies, and I welcome it."
"Really?" The village chief's eyes lit up.
Qiao Wei smiled and made a gesture: "How can I deceive you about this kind of thing? Tell the village chief honestly, my current daily output is this amount, and if I count the consumption, I need more. I also ran out of buying goods everywhere. If you can buy the legs from the village, it will save a lot of trouble."
The village head looked at her gesturing, and couldn't recover for a long time. This girl, who kept quiet, managed to make such a big business. With such a brain, why did she almost starve to death
The village chief couldn't figure out how Qiao Wei became enlightened, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Anyway, now is not the time to think about these things: "Why don't I take you to the mute's house, how much do you need? Tell him yourself? I'm afraid I will tell him." He doesn't believe it."
Qiao Wei smiled: "Okay."
The two set off and went to the mute's house in the West Village.
The mute has a name, it's called Sledgehammer, because he can't speak, he was called a mute, but he didn't care, so the people in the village called him Shunkou, and even the village chief joined the ranks.
But in front of the sledgehammer, the village head was still too embarrassed to say that.
"Sledgehammer, are you at home?" The village chief led Qiao Wei into a somewhat messy courtyard, where farm tools were randomly placed, a few chickens and ducks were looking for food in the weeds, and a pair of trousers were drying on the clothesline. , A big wooden basin was roped down, and the unwashed clothes were soaked in water.
Sledgehammer was cooking in the kitchen. When he heard the sound, he stepped out and saw Qiao Wei next to the village chief. He was slightly taken aback.
The village chief smiled and said, "I called Xiao Qiao here, you can talk about the duck eggs yourself."
The sledgehammer couldn't speak, so he gestured with his hand.
This, this is different from the sign language that Qiao Wei knows.
Qiao Wei looked at the village head in confusion, and the village head said: "He said the house is in chaos, so he won't invite you to sit in. You wait, he will move the chair."
Sledgehammer brought out two big chairs for the village chief and Qiao Wei to sit on, while he himself sat on a small bench.
Qiao Wei cut to the chase and said, "It's like this, Uncle Big Hammer, I want more goods. How much do you think you can supply? I mean daily."
The sledgehammer made gestures.
The village chief said: "He said that now he has twenty-eight female ducks, and the ducks lay eggs every two days. He can provide you with fourteen a day, but if you need, he can raise hundreds of them. The more he has, the more he feeds."
Three or two gestures actually contain so much information! The village chief deserves to be an expert translator.
Qiao Wei smiled and said, "Then, why don't you offer me fifty to one hundred every day first?"
The sledgehammer gestured.
The village head said again: "Give him four months, and he will raise the ducklings."
Qiao Wei nodded: "No problem."
What she wants to do is long-term business, not overnight.
The village chief praised Sledgehammer and said: "Sledgehammer is very good at raising poultry. Chickens, ducks, geese, whatever, you can feed him here. For a year, the market for chicken is very good. Everyone in our village raises a few big hammers. Ten, as a result, there was chicken plague later, and all the chickens of the big guy died of illness, but the big hammer's chickens are fine!"
The sledgehammer looked inconspicuous, but I didn't expect to have such abilities. It really has three hundred and sixty-five lines, and it is the number one scholar in every line. Thinking of something, Qiao Wei's eyes moved, and she asked, "Uncle Big Hammer, do you know how to raise birds?"
The sledgehammer smashed the back of his right hand with the back of his left hand.
The village head translated: "He said that eagles can be raised."
Uncle Sledgehammer was so humorous, Qiao Wei was amused: "There is no need for the eagle, I am afraid it will take my Xiaobai away, has Uncle Sledgehammer raised quail?"
Sledgehammer entered the house and came out with a cage. Inside were two fat and big quails. Sledgehammer gestured to the village chief.
The village head smiled and said, "He said that this pair of quails will be taken home for you to eat."
It looks like domesticated quails. This dumb uncle really knows how to raise quails. He is worried that he can't find a suitable quail dealer.
Although Boss Rong said it was good, it is impossible to raise poultry by himself, but raising poultry is a technical job, not as easy as Boss Rong thought, and if there is a slight mistake, as the village chief said, a plague will wipe out all the chickens. Then it will be worthless.
Qiao Wei pointed at the quail and said, "Uncle Sledgehammer, I also need quail eggs, can you supply them?"
The sledgehammer gave a thumbs up.
Qiao Wei understood this.
The sledgehammer gestured to the village head again, and the smile on the village head's face deepened: "Sledgehammer said that the quails will take less than fifty days from hatching to laying eggs, give him two and a half months, and he will be able to supply you. "
Qiao Wei felt that she really picked up a treasure. The quail eggs on the market were rare and expensive, and she couldn't buy more. Uncle Da Hammer is good, and he will start supplying her in October.
The village head said again: "How much do you want, Sledgehammer asked."
Qiao Wei said bluntly: "As much as you have, but Uncle Da Hammer, don't raise too much at once, you still have to do it step by step. My business here can't run away. No matter how much others provide me, I will still think about the people in the village. .”
To be honest, the village head is also afraid that when the sledgehammer is excited, he will raise poultry recklessly. If he gets sick or something, he will pay for it. Xiao Qiao is right, we have to proceed step by step. It is safe, and then slowly increase the supply.
The village head looked at the sledgehammer, and said "with ear to ear": "Did you hear the sledgehammer? Don't worry, take one step at a time, a man's stride is too big, and he will hurt his egg!"
"Pfft—" Qiao Wei couldn't hold back and smiled.
The business with Uncle Sledgehammer has been settled in this way. Qiao Wei's receiving price is lower than the retail price on the market, but the goods are on time and of high quality. The price can be increased after one month, and basically exceeds the market's wholesale price in three months. price.
After that, the village head took Qiao Wei to other people's houses and told them that if they had duck eggs, they could sell them to Qiao Wei.
Don't look at how few families are separated, but when they gather together, there are hundreds of them every month, and they deliver the goods to the door, so there is no need for Qiao Wei to collect them by herself.
The receiving price is the same as Uncle Sledgehammer's, some of them think it's cheap, they sell it for two pennies in Dao Town, but here it's one penny, so it's unreasonable.
When Qiao Wei heard this, she just laughed it off, comparing the retail price to her wholesale price, it's so dare to compare, how could it be said that after three months, her wholesale price was equal to the retail price of the market, and after half a year, it completely surpassed it?
If you don't sell it, you don't sell it, she is not bad.
Qiao Wei went back to the mountain, unexpected and reasonable, she saw Eunuch Cui waiting at the door, she smiled and greeted him: "Director Cui, what brought you here? Isn't the delivery tomorrow? ?”
Manager Cui waved his hand: "Don't mention it, the first batch of goods went wrong, and the miscellaneous family is scared. Is your batch okay?"
Qiao Wei knowingly asked: "I'm fine here, which batch of Cui Manager's goods went wrong?"
Director Cui sighed: "The Xu family of the Qiao family, the Za family mentioned it to you."
"Ah, her." Qiao Wei had an epiphany on her face.
Manager Cui said happily: "Fortunately, the miscellaneous family listened to you and asked her to sign a breach of contract agreement, otherwise she would not be able to deliver the goods, and the miscellaneous family would be the one to blame!"
Qiao Wei asked "worriedly", "Are you all right?"
"It's not a big problem to pay for some money." At the beginning, the cooperation with others was a pre-sale. After receiving the payment, he promised that if the other party could not deliver the goods on time, he would pay double the selling price. When he signed the agreement with Xu, there was an extra Xinyan'er wrote triple compensation, Xu's triple compensation to him, and he double compensation to others. In fact, he still made money, but his reputation was greatly reduced.
Qiao Wei invited Manager Cui into the house, and made him a cup of Longjing: "You... haven't paid the money yet, have you?"
Mr. Cui said, "There are still three days." Even though he knew that he would pay out, he just wanted to keep the money in his hands for a few more days, "Your Longjing is not bad, is this year's new tea?"
Qiao Wei nodded and smiled: "Yes."
Director Cui is a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he knows best where the good things go. However, the production of Longjing this year is small, and there is no market to sell it. All of them have entered the palace. The emperor likes Longjing. The Ministry of Internal Affairs dare not neglect, and sent them all to the emperor. .
The emperor kept ten catties for himself, and gave ten catties each to the prince and the noble concubine, and the rest went into the prime minister's pocket.
If the lady's Dragon Well was not rewarded by the emperor himself, then it was given by the other three. Who could it be? Prince? Concubine? Prime Minister
The prince and the noble concubine had a relationship with Qiao Shi at the prince's birthday banquet. Qiao rescued the choking prince. Could it be the prince who gave it to him
Or... the imperial concubine who watched the whole treatment process
It can't be the prime minister, the prime minister never came that day.
Countless guesses flashed through Mr. Cui's mind. The most important thing for those in their line of work is to sort out the deep-seated relationship between people. Otherwise, even disposing of a eunuch who cleans up may affect the huge relationship behind him. net.
"There aren't many Longjing teas this year." Director Cui laughed.
Qiao Wei knew what he was thinking, but deliberately kept it hidden, pretending to be stupid: "It's quite a few."
This is what I don't intend to tell him.
Manager Cui is a sensible person, so he doesn't ask any more questions right now. Anyway, no matter who is behind her, whoever can afford to give away this Dragon Well is not something that a mere head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can afford to offend: "You seem to have something to say just now. Miscellaneous say?"
Qiao Wei filled the Dragon Well with Manager Cui: "I happen to have a batch of extra goods here, I don't know if Eunuch Cui wants it."
Director Cui's eyes moved: "How many do you have?"
"Twenty thousand."
Isn't this exactly the amount you need
Director Cui looked at Qiao Wei in a daze, and after a while, he seemed to understand something: "Mrs. Qiao, don't you..."
Have you been waiting here
He remembered that when he first asked her to supply, she said she couldn't do so much.
Qiao Wei sighed and said, "I didn't plan to do so much at first, but something happened in our village later, you should know about the tax increase this year, right?"
Director Cui knew about this, and many families who couldn't pay the taxes sold their sons into the palace to be eunuchs.
Qiao Wei continued: "Most of our villages can't afford to pay taxes. The government imposes corvees. Everyone doesn't want to go. I couldn't bear it, so I helped them pay the taxes. In return, they came to work in my workshop. Dozens of people Well, I am forced to make so many, and I am worried about how to sell them."
If you want to say that, Manager Cui understands: "So that's the case, I thought..."
Qiao Wei smiled "bitterly": "Do you think I plotted against Mrs. Qiao on purpose? How can I be so capable?" Skip why I did this.
Director Cui was taken by Qiao Wei, and for a moment he forgot to ask Qiao Wei if there was any festival with Xu. He only felt that what Qiao Wei said was very reasonable. Xu's formula is his own, and people are his own. There is no way to intervene.
Returning to his senses, Manager Cui smiled and said: "I like dealing with kind people the most, just for your kindness to the folks, I want all your goods!"
…
After Manager Cui left, Qiao Wei sat in the room and counted the banknotes, because it solved Manager Cui's urgent need, and the price that Manager Cui gave was much higher than usual, one hundred coins, and the total was two thousand taels Well, this money is only a fraction of Xu's compensation to Manager Cui, and Manager Cui doesn't feel any pain at all.
Qiao Wei is not too small, after all, this is a windfall, and after Manager Cui tasted the sweetness, he assigned Qiao Wei all the business for the next year.
Qiao Wei hummed a little song and folded the bank notes one by one. The lock was not secure. She bent down and found a new lock from the cabinet. As soon as she sat up, she felt a dark shadow flashing past her eyes.
She quickly grabbed the messy little black claw, and the black claw was pinching a silver note: "Is it itchy again?"
Pearl stuck out her tongue.
This little monkey is good at everything, but he has a problem with taking advantage of others.
Qiao Wei took back the banknote and put it in the box: "What else?"
Pearl shrugged, no!
Qiao Wei took out her other little paw that was hidden behind her back, and looked at the bank note that she had squeezed into a ball: "What is this?"
Pearl looked up at the sky.
Qiao Wei hates crumpling things the most, she can't even bear the curled corners of the pages, Qiao Wei gave the little monkey a hard look: "If you dare to rub my things again, I'll throw you on the beam!"
There is a little white poisonous snake on the beam.
Pearl pulled out the handkerchief that was wrapped around her tail, and "cryed" out of nowhere.
Qiao Wei said sharply, "The handkerchief is mine too!"
Pearl ran as fast as she could!
Qiao Wei grabbed her tail and lifted it up: "Open your mouth!"
Pearl covered her mouth.
Qiao Wei slapped her ass hard!
"squeak-"
A small ingot fell out of her mouth...
…
How helpless life is if you don't even let me take the sheep by hand.
Putting one hand on her heart, Pearl left the house in grief, went to the door, and bumped into a person.
The man was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the little monkey, and was about to say, isn't this the little thief who stole shrimp balls from Rongji? The little thief grabbed his clothes, wiped his "tears", blew his "nose" hard, coughed like a terminally ill patient, and staggered away from Boss Rong. Pass.
What a poor little monkey, Boss Rong's heart is about to break.
Boss Rong sniffed, rubbed his moist eye sockets, put his face together and entered Qiao Wei's room.
Outside the gate, Zhu'er weighed the jade pendant in her hand, and happily went down the mountain!
…
Qiao Wei made a cup of tea for Boss Rong: "Did you make an appointment? Either don't come, or come together?"
"Who?" Boss Rong looked around.
Qiao Wei said: "Director Cui came here just now."
Boss Rong frowned: "He came to urge the delivery again? What's the matter with that guy? Shang Rongji kept urging him for three days, and even came to your house to urge him after the work. Isn't it the delivery date?"
Qiao Wei smiled: "Business in the palace is not easy, and he will be responsible for any mistakes. By the way, what do you want from me?"
"Have you finished handling your personal affairs?" Boss Rong asked.
Qiao Wei thought for a while: "Almost."
Boss Rong said excitedly: "I saw a Zhuangzi a few days ago. It is very big, the environment is good, and the price is not expensive. It is outside the capital, close to the capital and the town. It is very suitable to build a factory. Do you want to go there?" Take a look?"
Qiao Wei explained to Bi'er, and asked her to go to the private school to pick up the children from school, eat in the small courtyard at noon and evening, and then took the boss's carriage to the big village near the capital.
The manor is bigger than what the boss described, about ten acres, more than enough for processing or farming.
Boss Rong pointed to a deserted field and said: "The owner of the village said that it was originally for farming, but her family was not short of money, and she didn't have the time to take care of it, so she left the village idle."
Qiao Wei can tell that the soil is still quite fertile, but there are a few mountains around, which are a bit desolate: "Since there is no shortage of money, why do you want to sell it?"
Boss Rong said: "It seems that something went wrong in the business and needs capital turnover."
While speaking, several people came to the main courtyard of the manor.
However, what surprised Qiao Wei was that the person sitting in the main room was none other than Mrs. Xu who "hadn't seen her for a long time".
After only a few days of seeing each other, Mrs. Xu has lost a lot of weight, her face is haggard, her complexion is dull, her dark circles are puffy, and there are fine lines around her eyes, which cannot be covered even with thick makeup powder.
Seemingly seeing Qiao Wei, Mrs. Xu stood up in shock.
Qiao Wei smiled sweetly: "So it's Second Aunt's Zhuangzi."
Boss Rong narrowed his eyes: "Second Aunt?"
"Yes." Qiao Wei introduced with a smile, "Second uncle is my father's half-brother, and this Mrs. Qiao is my good second aunt."
Boss Rong looked at a loss: "How can you have such a rich second aunt?"
Qiao Wei said with a smile: "Yes, how can such a poor country widow like me have such a rich second aunt?"
Boss Rong could hear the smell of gunpowder, and Xiao Qiao was so poor that he set up a street stall outside. If the other party was really her second aunt but ignored her, then the relationship between the two... can be imagined.
Xu settled down, looked at Boss Rong and said, "Boss Rong, you came here today to order Zhuang Zi, right?"
Just as Boss Rong was about to say yes, he glanced at Qiao Wei who was beside him, and then changed his words: "I'm taking our big boss here for a walk, whether or not to buy your Zhuangzi mainly depends on what our big boss wants."
It can be said that Qiao Wei has a long face.
Xu's pupils shrank: "Is she your master?"
Boss Rong said: "Yes! I'm running errands for her! I can't say whether you buy it or not, I have to nod the boss!"
Then you still call yourself the boss? !
Mrs. Xu tightened her handkerchief.
Qiao Wei said leisurely: "Second Aunt, how many years have you lived in this poor village, and the price is 1,800 taels when you open it. Do you think others are fools?"
Mrs. Xu said coldly, "Don't you see how big my Zhuangzi is?"
Qiao Wei smiled faintly: "Da is also an abandoned village. It costs hundreds of taels of silver to find someone to clean it up, weed the grass, dig the ground, and build a new house. Your land has not been planted for many years. The soil quality is not good, and the head There may not be any harvest for a few years, and the surrounding mountains occupy the orientation of water, fire, and earth in the five elements. I have to dig out the mountain first, tell me, I will take so much trouble!"
Mrs. Xu doesn't understand Fengshui, but she was a little confused when she heard her talk: "My natal family is going to marry Zhuangzi to me as a dowry. I don't want to sell it, but it's just... I can't take care of it."
Is it really out of money
Qiao Wei looked at her with a smile: "Then Second Aunt, find someone else, Shopkeeper Rong, let's go."
Boss Rong followed Qiao Wei's pace.
Xu was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat that he stopped the two of them: "One thousand and five! I'll sell it to you for one thousand and five hundred taels!"
Qiao Wei said without turning her head: "Five hundred taels, one more copper plate is out of the question."
Xu was so angry that she wanted to slap her: "You are taking advantage of the fire!"
Qiao Wei looked back and smiled: "It's better than you getting into trouble."
Boss Rong pressed his heart, oh, what a strong smell of gunpowder!
The business was not negotiated in the end, and Xu was unwilling to sell such a big Zhuangzi at such a low price. She couldn't believe that she couldn't find a suitable buyer!
"Then Zhuangzi really has bad feng shui?" On the carriage, Boss Rong asked with lingering fears, business people are most afraid of feng shui.
Qiao Wei shook her head and smiled: "How do I know Feng Shui?"
Boss Rong was speechless, what a lie, even he almost believed it!
…
Mrs. Xu failed to sell Zhuangzi, and returned to the capital with a dark face. In the end, the house on Qingyang Road was not able to be bought, and the money in hand was not enough to compensate Mr. Cui, so he had to pay the compensation for several shops under his name. make up.
But in this way, she had no money at all.
The only one left is this Zhuangzi.
The carriage stopped in front of the rented house of the second room, the coachman put the small stool on the ground, Mrs. Xu got out of the carriage, the coachman suddenly said: "Madam, slave... I have something to report."
"What's the matter?" Xu asked impatiently.
The driver whispered: "The servant's mother is sick, and the servant has to go back to his hometown to take care of her. I'm afraid I won't be able to serve my wife any longer."
This kind of excuse was heard every day when Mrs. Xu moved into the rented small house.
Mrs. Xu looked at him coldly: "Shameless thing! Why did you kneel down and beg me to give you an errand? Now that I'm down and out, I want to run out one by one!"
The coachman dared not speak back.
Mrs. Xu was furious: "Get out! Get out of my wife quickly! Let me see you again, I will expose your skin!"
The coachman took out the packed bundle from under the seat of the carriage, saluted and ran away.
The empty yard was full of people walking and running, only Mama Lin and Danju were left.
Mother Lin was cooking in the kitchen, and Danju was washing the sheets that Qiao Zhongqing had soiled in the yard.
"Ma'am." Danju saluted.
"Where's the master?" Mrs. Xu asked wearily.
Danju said: "The emperor went to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors. As the accompanying imperial physician, the master will not be able to come back for half a month."
Half a month, heh, Mrs. Xu smiled mockingly.
Xu went to the kitchen.
Lin's mother put the sweet potato porridge into a bowl, and took a big spoon to scoop out the soup in the purple casserole: "Young master needs nourishment, we've eaten all the ginseng, and the chicken is gone."
Xu's heart stopped for a while: "Got it."