After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 74

Shunzi followed Qin Yao and ate five meat buns in a row. When the good intentions were still not over, the logging work was over.

Because of the involution brought by Qin Yao, the work that originally took half a month to complete was completed in seven days.

After finishing work that day, I suddenly heard Ding Wu say: "The wood felled this time is enough. After a while, the big guy will go to the tool room to put the tools. Let's ask the housekeeper to settle the wages in the account room."

"It won't be used tomorrow."

Everyone nodded in despair, took their tools and went down the mountain to find the butler to settle the bill.

Because they worked so hard, their wages actually increased to twelve cents a day. After seven days of work, they earned a total of 84 cents.

No one was deducted money, and the top three got a little extra. They collected a hundred coins and strung them on a hemp rope. When they shook, they jingled and made a pleasant sound.

Shunzi was very happy. Although he failed to get a hundred coins, the 84 coins were more than ten coins more than expected.

The big guys all rushed from the villages, and it was a long way to go home, so they all dispersed after getting their wages.

Qin Yao and the cook took the remaining four meat buns and greeted Shang Shunzi. The two were going to go home together today.

Because she doesn't have to go to work tomorrow, Qin Yao doesn't want to rush home.

In a while, I plan to go to the town to see what shops are open. It would be even better if there are butchers.

"Miss Qin!"

The butler suddenly caught up.

Qin Yao and Shunzi turned around in doubt, and the housekeeper smiled at Qin Yao, "Miss Qin, can I take a step to talk?"

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows, Shunzi retreated to the door consciously, "Sister-in-law, I'll wait for you outside the door."

Qin Yao nodded, followed the housekeeper back to the courtyard, and looked at him suspiciously.

No one would give benefits to another person for no reason. In fact, the breakfast the cook prepared for her in the past few days has exceeded the standard. Qin Yao knew it, but she just pretended to be stupid if the other person didn't point it out.

The housekeeper couldn't bear to call her until now, and he didn't know what they wanted to do.

Butler Yu hesitated, as if he didn't know how to speak.

Qin Yao was a little impatient, "The butler has something to say, I'm rushing home, it's not safe to walk at night."

Only then did the housekeeper ask her: "Is Miss Qin free next?"

"Is there anything else to do?" Qin Yao asked.

The housekeeper smiled and said: "My master and young master are planning to go on a long trip in a few days, but they can't worry about Miss Qin, so they want to ask Mrs. Qin if she has free time. In about a month, she just needs to stay at the house to accompany her. Just my young lady."

As he said, he hurriedly added, "The salary is easy to talk about. If it is not convenient for you, Mrs. Qin, there are guest rooms in the house to live in, and there is also a kitchen for food. The cook has already understood your appetite. Keeping it will not make you hungry. Take a look, are you free?"

Qin Yao: "You want me to be your lady's temporary bodyguard?"

The housekeeper nodded happily, "Exactly."

Qin Yao asked again: "Food and lodging are included, the duration is one month, right?"

Seeing that she seemed interested, the housekeeper nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes!"

"How do you calculate the wages?"

Unexpectedly, she asked about the salary so soon. The housekeeper felt that there was a lot of hope, so he tentatively made a comparison, "How about two taels?"

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows, there is still room for a price increase.

I didn't expect that the salary of being a bodyguard was so high. If I had known this, she would have been a lumberjack and went directly to the city to apply for a bodyguard.

But just think about it this way, the dignitaries in the city have their own nursing homes, and it is almost impossible for them to recruit outsiders.

Ding Yuan's family may not really lack a nursing home, but just want to add another layer of protection for their daughter's safety.

According to her observations these days, the Ding family has no matron, only Master Ding. All the adults have left, leaving only a little girl, which is really worrying.

This place is still three miles away from the village where the Ding clan members live. Unless Miss Ding is sent to a relative's house to take care of her, otherwise the clan members will not be able to get there as soon as possible if something goes wrong.

But obviously, Ms. Ding does not want to live with relatives.

Qin Yao glanced at the housekeeper, and the housekeeper also glanced at her. Their eyes collided, and the housekeeper showed her a gentle smile.

Qin Yao asked him: "Butler Yu, after the completion of the Ding Clan School, will only the Ding family's children be accepted?"

"Madam Qin, do you want your children to attend classes in ethnology?" the housekeeper asked tentatively.

Qin Yao hummed, and the housekeeper suggested that she ask Master Ding for help. If there are only one or two foreigners, there is still hope.

But he didn't dare to give Qin Yao a guarantee, "It all depends on the arrangement of the patriarch, and the ethnology will not be completed until the end of the year at the earliest, it's still early."

The wood has just been cut down and needs to be dried for half a year. After that, the logs have to be made into usable wooden cubes and boards. The construction period is not fast.

Qin Yao knew that the housekeeper had already given her face by saying this, but she still asked one more question: "Is it okay for a girl?"

The butler was taken aback, and waved his hands again and again, "No, no, how can a woman enter the school, there has never been such a thing!"

That's what Qin Yao asked, but knowing that it was impossible, she still felt a little regretful.

She doesn't know what's going on elsewhere, but as far as Bauhinia Mansion is concerned, there are indeed no girls who go to school. If the daughter wants to read and practice calligraphy, she can only ask her husband to teach alone at home.

And there are very few families who can hire a husband for their daughter.

Miss Ding's family can read because her father can teach her.

If it were other wealthy ladies, not many of them could read. The kind that their parents loved very much would teach them how to read accounts and make plans so that they could help their husbands manage the affairs of the house when they marry into their husband's family.

Not to mention the daughters of ordinary people.

"Then I'll go back and prepare to come back in a few days." Qin Yao said.

She just agreed.

The butler was overjoyed. When sending Qin Yao out, he was afraid that she would forget the time, so he repeatedly told her that it would take five days at most, and she must arrive after five days.

Qin Yao agreed and called Shunzi, and the two of them went to the town together. Unfortunately, all the shops were closed. They only bought two packs of broad beans fried by him in front of a farmer.

Two coins per bag, wrapped in banana leaves, the size of an adult's palm, the broad beans are fried until they are cracked, and the salt has soaked in, it smells delicious.

Qin Yao put one packet into the bag she carried with her, held the other packet in her hand, and walked home while eating with Shunzi.

It is common for Shunzi to have adults buy snacks and take them home for their children to eat. Like Qin Yao, snacks cost two cents, one for the family, and one for herself. This is the first time I have seen it.

But when Qin Yao handed it over, he didn't hold back and grabbed a handful.

Only after eating it can I understand. No wonder children love to eat these things. It turns out that they are really satisfying, delicious and crunchy, and they make people feel better after eating them.

When the two reached Xiahe Village, only half of the sun's face was left hanging on the top of the mountain.

Qin Yao thought that the rice vat at home was almost empty, so she bought fifteen kilograms of fine rice from a family in Xiahe Village and spent all the one hundred wages she received today.

Liu Ji, who had been waiting for Qin Yao to get his wages back, almost vomited himself to death when he saw the bag of fine rice.

(End of this chapter)