The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 733

Although Yang Aoqun is only the concubine's daughter-in-law of the eldest family, pregnancy is a happy event after all, Su Yunduo decided to give all the servants in the mansion an extra three months' monthly money to celebrate.

It's just that her decision hasn't been implemented yet, when she heard the news of Yang Aoqun's pregnancy, several aunts came to Xiaofengyuan to inquire whether it was true or not.

It is impossible for Yang Aoqun to be false about her pregnancy, and Su Yunduo believes that it is impossible for Yang Aoqun to report false news to her.

The correspondence between her and Yang Aoqun has a special mark, which is difficult for ordinary people to find, but Su Yunduo can tell the authenticity of the letter at a glance.

If Yang Aoqun's letter of good news was false, unless Yang Aoqun was restrained to the point where his life was at stake, but this is absolutely impossible, after all, this letter came through a special channel.

Knowing that Yang Aoqun was really pregnant, the aunts looked at Su Yunduo with a feeling that Su Yunduo couldn't describe in words, it was too complicated!
Fortunately, Su Yunduo's psychological endurance is not bad, and he couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up in his heart, and it's really rare to be able to deal with it calmly under the worried or pityful eyes of several aunts.

Su Yunduo told several aunts that he planned to give all the servants in the mansion an additional three-month monthly payment as a celebration, but unexpectedly encountered unprecedented unanimous opposition, which surprised Su Yunduo.

When Lu Yuhua was pregnant, although she hadn't married into the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, it was heard that Mrs. An immediately asked Mrs. Xu, who was in charge of the gift at that time, to give all the servants an extra month's silver to celebrate.

Lu Yuhua is the granddaughter of a married concubine, and the child in her womb was born with the surname Chen instead of Lu, and she was given an extra month's silver. Lu Jinzhen is also a concubine, but he is a grandson, and the child in Yang Aoqun's belly is the Duke of Zhen The descendants of the government, surnamed Lu!

It shouldn't be an exaggeration for Yang Aoqun to be paid an extra three months' monthly payment for her pregnancy. Why did she attract the unanimous opposition of several aunts? !
Seeing that Su Yunduo seemed to be a bit disapproving, the aunts became a little anxious and tried to persuade Su Yunduo.

Although the words of the aunts' objections are different, the meaning of objection among them is very unified.

"Brother Zhen's daughter-in-law's pregnancy is indeed a happy event, and we were very happy to hear that. But they are not in the mansion after all, so there is no need to pay the servants extra monthly money because of this."

Yang Aoqun and the others are in the border town, shouldn't they celebrate their happy event?

Then Lu Jinhua was married back then!
This is an era when it is generally accepted that "a married daughter throws water out". Even if a married girl is pregnant, she must be celebrated, but how can a married daughter-in-law who is pregnant not show any signs of pregnancy is absolutely unjustifiable!
Could there be another story?

But it shouldn't be possible. Lu Jinzhen went to the border town with Lu Da when he was 15 years old. From then on, Bei Shi ate fast and recited Buddha in the Small Buddha Hall, and rarely appeared in front of everyone. There may be something to do with it.

So what is the reason for the aunts to object?
"Brother Kang's daughter-in-law, you have been at home for more than half a year. You should know that there are at least five or six hundred servants in our Duke's mansion. That's not counting the people in the shop outside and in Zhuangzi. You can count three months. How much is silver?"

Su Yunduo has been in charge of the family for more than half a year, so he knows how many servants there are in the mansion, and how much money he needs to pay every month is even more clear.

Although she was not as long as the aunts in the mansion, she actually knew more than the aunts.

The aunts only know the approximate number of servants in the mansion, but Su Yunduo can report the exact number and the monthly silver amount of each servant. The number of guards and spies.

Even if the total amount is far more than what the aunts know, Su Yunduo doesn't think it's a troublesome thing to pay the extra monthly money for three months.

"Brother Kang's daughter-in-law, give all the servants an additional three months of monthly silver, so you don't worry about being misunderstood as being pregnant?"

Well, maybe this is the point of the aunts' objection to the extra moon silver, no wonder they look at her so strangely!
Su Yunduo finally grasped the point.

Speaking of which, the aunts in the Zhen Guogong's mansion have their own selfish intentions, and there will be some friction with each other, but they are not difficult to deal with, and they still love Su Yunduo.

Su Yunduo doesn't think there is anything wrong with the occasional conflicts between aunts and daughters due to selfishness. As long as a person has such and such selfishness, she also has it herself, so she always thinks that as long as the heart is not bad, it is fine.

Of course, Su Yunduo also understood in her heart that worrying about her being misunderstood was just one of the main points, and the aunts probably didn't want to lose a lot of money to the public because of Yang Aoqun who was not in the capital.

Because of the division of property among the houses, the aunts have more silver that they can use on their own initiative, and they take it for granted that the public share has shrunk severely.

Although the life in the mansion has not changed much before the division of production, in fact, the food and clothing are even better than before Su Yunduo took charge of the family.

But once a person is preconceived, even if the living standard does not fall but rises, he will still have an illusion in his heart.

Five or six hundred servants, if you add the servants in the shop and the village, the number will be even greater.

The benefits for the servants of the Duke of Zhen Guo’s mansion are pretty good, and the per capita cost is almost one tael of silver. Calculated in this way, the monthly silver for three months is several thousand taels. If so many taels of silver go out all at once, no matter how you think about it, it will affect the government. life here.

Besides, if the public rewards silver, there will definitely be many servants under the name of the big house, so will the servants under the names of other houses be rewarded?
Let it go, it hurts.

Don't post it, the relationship between servants is criss-crossed, and it will soon spread, how will they manage it then?

A concubine's daughter-in-law will be paid an additional three months of monthly silver when she becomes pregnant, so why not receive an extra half a year of monthly silver when Su Yunduo becomes pregnant in the future?

It hurts just thinking about it!
According to the usual practice in the mansion, brother Zhen's daughter-in-law is pregnant, and the mansion has to send this to the border town, which is another big expense.

The second girl, Lu Yumin's wedding date is approaching. Although Lu Yumin is the girl of the third room, An's has already sent a message.

Although after the division of production, the marriage expenses of the sons and daughters of each house will be borne by each house independently, the public house will still pay a fee, and the reception and delivery on the day of marriage will also be borne by the public house. The expenditure is really a lot.

Finding out the little thoughts of the aunts, Su Yunduo smiled faintly.

She is in charge of the inner house affairs of the Duke of Zhenguo, and she knows better than anyone else how much money the Duke has.

Although the property was divided, the money in the public house did not decrease but increased because of the increase in the income of Yujiefang.

The worries of the aunts made Su Yunduo a little speechless. Didn't they find that the living standard in the mansion has not decreased but has improved?
Faced with the unanimous opposition from the aunts, Su Yunduo decided to take a step back. If she did not guess wrong, An Shi received the good news, even if she didn't come back, she would send a letter back, and then act according to An Shi's instructions.

I saw Su Yunduo smiled lightly and said: "Aunts and nieces understand what the niece and daughter-in-law mean, let's put this matter aside for now, and wait for the news from grandma to come back. My husband has already sent a letter to grandparents yesterday, and the second sibling is pregnant. happy event."

The aunts were all choked up by Su Yunduo's words, and they all looked at Su Yunduo with some displeasure.

Su Yunduo has sent a letter to the old lady, and the old lady will refute Su Yunduo's face, which contrasts with the fact that they are not human inside and out!

Soon Su Yunduo said again: "Aunts, don't worry, it shouldn't take long for grandma and their letters to come back, because the letter written by father was sent to grandparents before my husband returned home yesterday."

Although Su Yunduo didn't say it clearly, the implication made the aunts greatly relieved.

Seeing the relief of the aunts, Su Yunduo was secretly happy in his heart, but his face was calm as usual.

Several women were talking without saying a word, and An's letter was also delivered to the mansion.

Su Yunduo looked at the letter carefully, and couldn't help but smile, An's idea coincided with hers, and it was also a three-month moon silver reward from the whole government, but An's involvement was wider, isn't it? All the masters and servants were rewarded for three months to celebrate.

But looking at the back, Su Yunduo's smile was not so pleasant, because An Shi, who had never spoken about the couple's birth before, finally joined the army of urging pregnancy!
Even An's couldn't hold back anymore, Su Yunduo had already foreseen that when Dongming Fang got the news, Ning's serial killings would be urgent!

Sighing secretly in his heart, Su Yunduo raised his head from the letter, and met the burning eyes of several aunts.

Well, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, Su Yunduo handed over the letter to the aunts to circulate.

It's just that the misunderstanding is gone, and then Su Yunduo was fed a large amount of pregnancy food, which is really indigestion!
Now that Mrs. An has spoken, it is natural for the aunts to object. As the Zhen Guo government rewarded three months of silver, the good news of Yang Aoqun's pregnancy gradually spread, and Su Yunduo and Lu Jinkang did as expected. Generally caught in wave after wave of pregnancy.

Even the Holy One and Precious Concubine became one of them, which made Su Yunduo unexpected, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Fortunately, the couple had already made preparations. Even if there was a wave of inducing pregnancy, they said what to do.

Although Yang Aoqun has to raise a baby, the business of "Yunshang" in the border town will not be interrupted because of this.

Before learning the news of Yang Aoqun's pregnancy, Su Yunduo had planned to develop baby products, the main product being duck down sleeping bags.

Now that Yang Aoqun had the good news, and her due date should be at the end of winter and the beginning of twelfth lunar month, Su Yunduo moved forward the plan that was supposed to be delayed.

Along with it, there are wool products in advance.

After all, the northern city is colder earlier than the capital, and autumn is very short. Although it is a little early to send it at this time, it will be a little late if you wait for the next batch. It is better to send it along with this batch of new products border town.

Su Yunduo, the woolen product here in the capital, plans to wait until the August Festival before going on the market. As for whether it will sell well, Su Yunduo is not worried at all.

Because of his lack of experience, the first batch of wool that Chen Qiang bought back was basically raw wool, that is, wool that was cut from sheep without any treatment. Naturally, such wool had to go through several processes.

It has been nearly half a year since the first batch of wool was purchased. A few days ago, Su Yunduo got the wool that she was quite satisfied with. This is a blend of wool and cotton. Although it is far inferior to the softness of the wool yarn in the previous life, it is no longer sticky. .

According to Su Yunduo's requirements, the ratio of wool to cotton in this batch of wool is basically controlled at [-]% or [-]%, which is thick and thin, which makes Su Yunduo very satisfied.

The wool was sent directly to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Su Yunduo asked Zisu to choose two ingenious little girls in Jinxiufang, and asked the artisans in the mansion to make some bamboo needles of different thicknesses and lengths. Day time to teach the little girl to weave woolen products.

The two little girls and Zisu studied with Su Yunduo for a day, not only learned simple weaving, but even created new patterns by themselves. From the second crystal, the two little girls started to innovate and weaved several simple weaves. Wool products surprised Su Yunduo, and he sighed that the masters are among the people.

After learning simple weaving, Su Yunduo began to teach them how to weave sweater dresses. The little girls here started to learn needlework since they were young, and they all have the basics of sewing clothes. It was beyond Su Yunduo's expectation to learn how to knit sweaters. .

After five days, Su Yunduo felt that he had nothing to teach, and the two little girls were not only better than blue, but also better than blue, so Su Yunduo gave them two days to work together to weave a set of children's clothes according to her drawings. Sweater pants come out.

As a result, the two little girls completed the homework assigned by Su Yunduo in only one day, and also researched and woven small socks, small skirts, small hats, etc. Looking at the small and cute knitted products, Su Yunduo felt that he should have done it earlier. Some have a baby.

Now that the two little girls have already left the school, Su Yunduo naturally wanted to put them in suitable positions for them to display their talents, so today they summoned the two little girls to talk to Zisu, and gave Jinxiu Workshop a new task.

Su Yunduo handed over the sleeping bag design and weaving diagrams that he had drawn earlier to Zisu and said: "There are heating kangs in the border town, so it shouldn't be too cold in the house. Tell my mother, make this sleeping bag [-] times thicker and thinner first." Well, wait for the message from the border town to arrange mass production. My mother has never experienced wool knitting, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to give you much guidance. You two will be masters of wool knitting when you go back. Can wool products It depends on the two of you to sell well, do you have confidence?"

The two little girls looked at each other first, and then couldn't wait to express their heartfelt heart to Su Yunduo.

Su Yunduo nodded with a smile, and explained some precautions, asking them to directly contact Shi or Ning if they have anything to do, and Zisu for weaving problems.

Nowadays, Zisu basically doesn't wait around Su Yunduo very much, and goes around "Yunshang" and Jinxiufang every day to take care of these two places for Su Yunduo, and spends most of the rest of the time in her own room embroidering dowry.

Originally, Su Yunduo planned to go to Jinxiufang by himself today, but in the end he gave up the idea.

Just as she expected, after learning the news of Yang Aoqun's pregnancy, the Ning family not only made a special trip to the Zhen Guogong's mansion, but whenever she saw Su Yunduo or the people around Su Yunduo, they would come to induce pregnancy, which made Su Yunduo feel a little bit nervous. irritable.

Su Yunduo can understand Ning's mood, but it doesn't mean that she can accept Ning's serial death reminders.

The last time when Ning Shi came to Zhen Guogong Mansion, Su Yunduo had already explained to Ning Shi that she was actively preparing for pregnancy, but as long as Su Yunduo had not heard good news, Ning Shi's urging pregnancy would never stop, which made Su Yunduo really very helpless.

Since she didn't want to face Ning's nagging, Su Yunduo simply avoided going to Dongmingfang, since it was hot anyway, so she didn't bother to move.

Half a month after receiving the good news that Yang Aoqun was pregnant, along with the medical liquor sent to the border town, Su Yunduo also sent goods to the border town.

The goods sent to the border town this time were more than double the usual amount. Among them, a whole car was prepared for the baby in Yang Aoqun's stomach, and another car was specially prepared for Yang Aoqun, including special maternity clothes, medicinal materials needed by pregnant women, Prenatal pills and more.

(End of this chapter)