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

Yes, it is wrong.

It would be a huge mistake to get in her way!
Under Liu Ji's confused and innocent gaze, Qin Yao threw the tattered clothes that were not even sewn properly in his hand and said coldly:
"If you want to buy new clothes, just tell me. Why do you have to act so poor? People will think that I, Qin Yao, can't even afford to buy you a piece of clothing!"

He glanced at Liu Fei.

Liu Fei said hurriedly: "Third sister-in-law is generous, we all know that."

Qin Yao nodded with satisfaction.

He turned his attention to Liu Ji, who looked stunned, and asked unhappily, "How much silver do you want?"

Liu Ji asked tentatively: "What about the fifty taels?"

Qin Yao didn't even blink, threw him a fifty-liang note, and warned:
"If you want money, just tell me. There's no need to pretend like this. If you do it again, I'll tear you to shreds like this dress!"

Liu Ji held the fifty-liang note in his hand, his eyes moving back and forth between Qin Yao's unhappy face and the tattered clothes on the ground.

Hmm. How is this not considered an unexpected gain?

Liu Ji tried his best to purse his lips, afraid that he would laugh out loud with joy.

He uttered "hmm" twice seriously, confirmed Qin Yao's reaction with his eyes, and put the money into his arms.

As for the 'junk' thrown on the ground, no one cared.

Anyway, by the time dinner was served, the rag had wisely disappeared.

That night.

Liu Ji hummed a song as he brought out the foot-washing water from his wife's room.

His way was blocked by a tall figure.

Awang spread his hands: "Give it to me."

Liu Ji played dumb: "What?"

Awang took out the tattered piece of clothing that no one cared about from behind him - his torn clothes.

"Ahem!" Liu Ji coughed twice guiltily, poured out the foot washing water first, then reluctantly took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and handed it to him.

Awang took the silver and said, "Fifty-fifty, fifty taels. The master still owes me twenty-four and a half taels."

Finally, seeing Liu Ji's incredulous expression, he threatened:

"If you don't give it to me, tell Madam that the master deliberately tore my clothes this morning and took them away. Madam spent five taels of silver to make this dress. It's made of silk and has a bamboo leaf pattern jacquard."

"Shh, shh, shh!" Liu Ji was afraid that if Awang continued talking, the people in the room would hear him, so he quickly signaled him to be quiet.

Reluctantly, he gave the remaining silver to Awang.

"Thank you sir."

Awang was satisfied, and left with an awkward yet polite smile on his face.

Liu Ji touched his chin, squinted his eyes and looked at the tall figure going away, his heart full of disappointment.

Awang is no longer the sunny, cheerful and simple boy he knew!
Qin Yao knew nothing about the private transaction between the two.

I had a good sleep.

After the whole family had breakfast together, they began to prepare actively for the arrival of New Year’s Eve tomorrow.

In Qin Yao's opinion, this year's New Year's Eve is very different.

Because her relatives are also around.

The family gets together to cut red paper, write couplets, hang red lanterns, and prepare food in advance.

Qin Yao originally built an island in the kitchen just to make it convenient for her to eat simple meals there.

Unexpectedly, it has now become the best place for the whole family to make dumplings together.

According to the custom in Wangcheng, dumplings must be included in the New Year’s Eve dinner.

And you have to gather eight kinds of fillings, which makes the preparation very cumbersome.

Fortunately, there were many people, and amid the noise of the children, we managed to prepare everything in one morning.

The neighbors in the neighborhood were in high spirits, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time.

The children from each family stole the firecrackers from their homes and secretly set them off in the alleys.

Sure enough, after a while, the alley was filled with the sounds of adults scolding and children screaming and running wildly.

At times like this, the four brothers and sisters of Qin Yao's family were always particularly proud. Holding half a string of firecrackers in one hand and incense in the other, the four brothers and sisters strode out of the house.

Wang Chengyang and his group of boys, girls and children who were still running wildly all looked over with envy and exclaimed "Wow" in surprise.

From then on, everyone in Kuanzhengfang knew about it.

Qin Yao and his wife are the most open-minded parents in this neighborhood.

Qin Yao and other adults sat by the charcoal stove in the main hall, leisurely eating melon seeds.

The whole family sat together neatly, not talking about the political situation or the imperial examinations, but just chatting about light gossip, looking very relaxed.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang outside the door and a cannon exploded with an extremely loud bang.

Then there was the sound of a frightened horse neighing.

Just as the adults in the house were worried, things outside the door became quiet again.

I only heard Erlang and Sanlang running into the room and reporting, "Si Niang's classmates came to our house to give us New Year gifts!"

Qin Yao and his wife looked at each other. This was very strange.

No one expected that there could be such a deep friendship between little girls.

Erlang was older and more observant than Sanlang, and added, "The elders of Si Niang's classmate are here too."

Qin Feng said to Qin Yao and his wife, "Then you have to go out and pick her up."

The two men stood up and followed Erlang and Saburo to the gate.

A man dressed as a coachman was already unloading the carriage outside the door.

Qin Yao felt that the driver's aura was somewhat familiar. She looked up and saw that the driver was looking up at her.

It's an ordinary face.

He gave her a weird smile.

Because the fake leather was torn!
Qin Yao's eyes darkened. It was Lin Wei.

The man in the carriage
"Mother-in-law, you're here too!" Si Niang called out in surprise.

Qin Yao and Liu Ji walked forward, and Xu Jiajia, dressed in a red fur coat, jumped off the carriage first, then reached out to pull her aunt who got off later.

Xu Wenqing was wearing a plain purple jacket, a dark brown fur hat on her head, and a little makeup. She looked very healthy, just like an ordinary noble lady.

But as soon as the noble lady raised her head, Liu Ji's knees went weak and he was about to kneel down.

Qin Yao grabbed his elbow in time and lifted him up, so he did not kneel down.

"Madam, is this the elder of Si Niang's classmate?"

Liu Ji's teeth were chattering as he tried hard to smile at Xu Wenqing who was walking over with Si Niang and Xu Jiajia.

But his face was twitching uncontrollably, and the smile looked weird no matter how you looked at it.

After Si Niang introduced her parents and mother-in-law to each other, she found that her parents did not respond, so she called out to remind them, "Mother?"

Qin Yao immediately pinched Liu Ji to clear his mind, and whispered quickly:

"Just calm down and treat her like your daughter's classmate or elder."

Liu Ji nodded secretly. He knew that nobles always liked to play the role of incognito visits, so he just pretended not to know her true identity.

"Aunt Xu, please come in and sit down!" Liu Ji greeted.

He is best at acting.

He had no idea that the old lady in front of him was the extremely powerful Empress Dowager!

Qin Yao called Awang out and took the Xu family's coachman to park the carriage and entertain the family well.

Awang recognized the driver's identity at a glance by the familiar aroma of meat buns on him.

But if the master can act, he can act too.

He calmly led the person to the back door, parked the carriage, and led the coachman who was looking around into the kitchen.

There were no meat buns today, so I bribed him with the pork dumplings made by my uncle.

Lin Wei finished two large plates in a row and wiped his mouth with satisfaction: "Ah~, so delicious! Hehe."

Awang smiled: "As long as you are happy." (End of this chapter)