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Chapter 168 Bought so many things

After listening to Nanny Zhong's explanation, Zhou Biyao couldn't help frowning: "Since it's something that ordinary farmers have, doesn't it mean that Mrs. Qi's family doesn't have it and needs to buy it temporarily? Could it be that her family's life was very difficult before she became the sixth master? , her family can't afford this thing?"

Grandma Zhong couldn't resist Zhou Biyao's questioning, "That's not necessarily true. Although stone mills are common, they are not something that ordinary farmers need from time to time, so not every family has them. Generally, when farmers need to use them, they will have stone mills. Some people borrowed it, and finally left some flour and other things as a reward."

"Oh, so to speak, Mrs. Qi's family didn't need this thing before, but it may be used frequently in the future." Zhou Biyao defined it to herself, and then asked, "Sister Qi, Mrs. Qi and Rong Liu After the meeting with the master, she said that she was going to buy a stone mill, did she receive an errand related to using the stone mill, or did she cunningly find such an excuse to get rid of me?"

Grandma Zhong was stunned, Second Miss asked this, the Sixth Master is the prince, how could the matter sent by the prince be done with a stone mill?It is also unlikely that it will be used as a reason to get rid of Second Miss.

But she couldn't speak directly, so she could only say vaguely: "If it's an auxiliary thing, it's not impossible."

Zhou Biyao nodded, and asked again: "Before, Mrs. Qi's affairs were told by the inquisitors and my brother. This time when I saw Mrs. Qi herself, Mammy felt that she really has such a great ability, that she can be better than Liu Ye's subordinates. people?"

"Well, this servant girl sees that Mrs. Qi is a slightly shrewd woman, and I really don't see anything else."

After Zhou Biyao met Ye Xinyan, many of her previous cognitions became no longer clear. How can such a woman be placed in the eyes of the most honorable royal son in the world?

Even if this woman looks better.However, there are a lot of better-looking women in the whole world, and she is not the only one who is not inferior to Mrs. Qi.

Think about Ye Xinyan's two nuns and a servant girl, even though they are all dressed in coarse cloth and don't have any accessories or jewelry, but judging by their manners and demeanor, they are not ordinary household slaves.

She had only seen such an imposing domestic slave at a flower party in the servant's mansion with her mother when her father returned to Beijing to report on his duties.Those are the slaves of the famous families in the capital.

It seems that I need to ask my brother to find out, what is the origin of this lady Qi, and what kind of family is her husband's family in the past.

Thinking of the scene when she saw Ye Xinyan on the street just now, Zhou Biyao had a second thought and asked, "Mummy, do you know that if a big manager is like the manager of the sixth master, the monthly monthly silver can have How many?"

"It depends on the manager who is in charge of the business of the manor. I don't know the exact amount of monthly silver," Zhong Nanny said quickly, "However, there should be a hundred taels of silver. If you do a good job, there will be more money at the end of the year." Bonus, that’s a lot of money.”

That's it.

"Oh, with this kind of income and Liu Ye's strong backer, I think Mrs. Qi will live a prosperous life even if she doesn't marry." Zhou Biyao said to herself.

"Don't marry?" Nanny Zhong didn't understand how the second young lady, a boudoir woman, would talk about such a topic, and the meaning that this topic can be extended seems to be not very good.

Seeing Nanny Zhong's troubled expression, Zhou Biyao couldn't help laughing and said: "I think that, like Mrs. Qi, not only pretending to be an abandoned woman, but also walking around the street with a few servants behind her, I'm afraid it's a bit of a joke. Sophisticated people are unwilling to accept such a daughter-in-law."

"That's true." Nanny Zhong heaved a sigh of relief. The Second Miss always has different ideas from others. Fortunately, this time, this idea can be used as a reference for the young lady to achieve the effect of being strict with herself.

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Ye Xinyan really needed a stone mill, and after understanding Miss Tuesday's intentions, she really wanted to get rid of her entanglement.

So, after getting rid of Zhou Biyao, she really bought a stone mill, a rather big one.He paid the mason a full deposit and carriage fees, and asked the mason to hire an ox cart and send it to the second room of Qi's family in Qinghe Village.

She didn't count as cheating Zhou Biyao. Although there was no stone mill in the car on her way back to the village, it was packed full.After buying the stone mill, Ye Xinyan hired a carriage, walked all the way to find shops and merchants, and bought enough tarpaulins, tarpaulins, and a few pieces of cooked furs.

The price of these things is really expensive, especially the fur, which directly caused her to not have enough money, so she borrowed some from Nanny Liu with a shameless face, and then bought all the materials she planned.

Seeing that Ye Xinyan's eyes were filled with annoyance and displeasure, Liu Mama couldn't help being amused: "The silver that the servants carry on their bodies is for the master's emergency needs. If the eldest lady needs it, There are still quite a few servants here, which should be enough for the eldest lady."

She is a domestic slave sent by Prince Yu's Mansion, and she has emergency money given by Wan Bo, the housekeeper of the Prince's Mansion, so she will not lose face of the Prince's Mansion because of a little money.

"Okay." Ye Xinyan didn't feel at all calm because of Mammy Liu's explanation, "During the time Mammy stayed at Qi's house, I handed over the money that I can use in my hands to save money. Always with Mammy's own money."

The ox cart was slow to move, and there was a stone mill on it. Even if the ox cart hired by the stonemason left early enough, it almost fell behind and arrived at Qinghe Village at the same time as Ye Xinyan's carriage.

It was almost noon at this time, and Nanny Zhou who stayed at home had already led the other three to prepare lunch.

Qi Younian, Zhang Wusi, and Wang Qiao also came back from the cattle farm construction site, and sat on the outside kang that was temporarily cleaned up, chatting, waiting for Ye Xinyan to come back, and having dinner together.

The sound of horseshoes outside and the sound of wheels rolling on the ground can be heard from far and near.Nanny Zhou went out to watch, and saw two carriages approaching one behind the other, and then saw Ye Xinyan and the three of them in the carriage crowded with the goods, hurriedly opened the gate of the courtyard, and asked: "What are these?" Are the things going to be unloaded in the yard?"

"Yes, unload it in the yard first."

The carriage moved a little slowly in front of the gate, Ye Xinyan jumped off the shaft, startling Zhou Nanny, "Mistress, be careful, you can't do this in the future, the car can only come down when it stops."

The courtyard door of the second room of the Qi family was rebuilt. When making rice tofu, it was changed into two doors, which were wide enough for the convenience of entering and exiting carriages, tables, chairs and utensils.

The three of Qi Younian heard the movement in the courtyard, so they also came out of the room to watch.

Suddenly seeing the many things on the two cars, Qi Younian asked, "What is Ye Zi going to do? How did you buy so many things?"

Ye Xinyan greeted Zhang Wusi first, nodded to Wang Qiao, and then said to Qi Younian: "Yesterday you were too late to drink and chat with Fourth Grandpa, and I didn't have time to discuss with you. Our house will take some time to get ready." Once it’s built, you can’t always squeeze the three of you into the work shed. I’m thinking of building a tent first to deal with emergencies.”

　Thank you Shuiyueying, okay.

　　Let's discuss it, and add a small chapter tomorrow, would you like to thank a few book friends for their rewards and your monthly ticket support?

　　It's not that I'm lazy, I'm really busy.

　　
　
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