I am a sister-in-law in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 49 Listening to Teachings
Qiao Jingjing went to her old mother's room according to her instructions.

Aunt Qiao already has her own room.

"Our family used to be a well-known family in Luoyang. Although it has fallen into decline now, it is not that shabby! Everyone has his own house!"

He Miaomiao and Qiao Manman had tidied up the house and were already standing on either side as their old mother asked.

pose.

As soon as Qiao Jingjing walked in, Aunt Qiao asked, "I heard that Governor Liu rewarded our family with two catties of gold?"

Qiao Jingjing said yes.

Aunt Qiao asked Qiao Jingjing to take out the gold and give it to her for safekeeping.

Qiao Jingjing hasn't spoken yet.

Her mother added:
"In the past, there was no mistress in charge of the family. This family is outrageous! You two sisters have been laughed at by others. I heard about it all the way back.

Let’s not talk about the past!In the past, there was nothing you could do. If you were laughed at as a motherless child, there was nothing you could do.It’s different now, your mother is back, and from now on you are no longer motherless children.

The Qiao family is no longer a family that is strong on the outside and does not do well on the inside.

The matter ahead is up to your father to decide.I'll take care of the backyard. "

Ok…

The old mother is still strong and seems to have suffered a lot in recent years, but she is not very old. She is estimated to be in her early forties.

Qiao Jingjing nodded.

He Miaomiao also nodded, and Qiao Manman nodded accordingly.

The old mother urged Qiao Jingjing to get the gold again.

Qiao Jingjing left.

Holding the gold, Qiao Jingjing passed by the old man's house, and Qiao Jingjing reported to the old man by the way: "Father, since my mother is back, she is in charge of all the big and small things in the family. Liu Taishou rewarded me with gold, and I will hand it over to my mother to subsidize the family." .I promised my mother, I will raise her!"

After hearing these words, Father Qiao felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find fault.

Wait until the old mother gets the gold.

She herself wrapped the gold in a brocade and put it under her pillow.

She looked matter-of-factly, turned around and asked Qiao Jingjing to stand closer to her: "Da Qiao, I have a few words to say to you."

After hearing this, He Miaomiao understood the intention of asking her and Xiao Qiao to retreat.

He Miaomiao motioned to Qiao Manman with her eyes.

But the old mother said: "I just let you listen, don't avoid it."

So, He Miaomiao motioned to Qiao Manman to stay still and stand up straight.

Listen to the teachings of the old mother.

"In those years, you were the eldest sister in the family. Others looked at you. You were the eldest sister. You were always talking about everything and taking care of it. Well...as far as I know, you are in charge of this family, right? decent.

Forget it, I don't care about you anymore.I'm back, from now on, you should listen to my teaching carefully.

You must ask my opinion on everything at home, big or small.If you are not Da Qiao, you can do whatever you want. If you are not Da Qiao, you can fight whoever you want.

One more thing, your marriage.

ah!These days, my head is going to explode.It turns out that you not only caused chaos in Cao Mengde's house, but also in Lujiang City!

I'm back, and I won't let you mess around anymore. "

When the old mother said something, Qiao Jingjing nodded.

When she was studying, the mother at home was like this and was very strict.

She understands.

As a mother, if you don't nag and take care of all aspects of your children's affairs, then you are an unqualified mother.

But as a child, I can listen to what my mother has to say.

For the rest, you have to figure it out yourself.

"There is one more thing I want to teach you! Since you are the eldest in the family, you should do more of everything. As for your two younger brothers, don't yell at them from now on."

Haha, Qiao Jingjing just ordered her two younger brothers to do rough work.

"Your two younger brothers are the sons of the Qiao family! They are the backbone of our family! Ouch, you are being ordered around by a woman like you, you are so majestic.

You girl, after all, you will marry someone, and once you get married, you will be splashed water.

Your daughter's family has not left the cabinet, and you call my Qiao family's sons, what face does this family have?Into what system?
In the past two days, you and Xiao Qiao have done all the work at home, and my daughter-in-law is dedicated to serving me.

Your two younger brothers are going to be officials in the future. If they like to read, they can read some. If they want to go out and make friends, they can just do it. You don’t care. "

When the old mother said this, Qiao Jingjing still lowered her head.

This old mother is not only nagging, but also patriarchal.

Hey!
It's been a tough day.

The future life of Qiao Er and Qiao San will be difficult.

If the old mother wanted to bully her, she had no choice but to pretend to be obedient, and then bully the person her old mother liked.

hum.

This is the way people in this world live when they have many children.

The big ones bully the young ones, and parents don't care.

With a mother who lived 800 years ago.

Arguing is useless.

Rely on practical actions to save yourself.

"Enough, I've thought of so much today. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, Aunt Qiao was going to drive her daughter and daughter-in-law out of the house.

At the end, she called the three back to her side.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow must be. I went to the city to buy a few maids and old women. Look, we are such a big family, and there is not even a rough maid in the house. What does it look like?
As the mistress of the house, my mother, I don’t have anyone around me to look after me decently? "

The old mother plucked her fingers.

Two old ladies, pretentious, and two little girls running errands and spreading news.

"I need at least four people to serve me!
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, no matter what, there are two girl films, the daughter-in-law is also a young wife, and there must be a roommate in the son's room... In this way, the daughter-in-law is the same as me, four, and younger. "

With this calculation, Qiao Jingjing will go to the city tomorrow to buy at least three maids, old and young.

Out of the old mother's door.

Qiao Manman sent Qiao Jingjing back to her room.

It has been many years since she has lived the life of a young lady with people around her to serve her.

"Sister, my mother is right. If you want to have an identity, how can you do it if there is no one around to take care of you? But my mother must not know the situation at home. It is hard-earned to have a porridge and a meal. Dad no longer has a salary. , and the family has no savings. The food for this year was collected by my sister who managed Sangyuanzi the previous year.

Seeing that Prefect Liu rewarded the two catties of gold and the harvest this autumn, the family's situation is better this year.

If they were arranged according to mother's arrangement, there would suddenly be ten or twenty more female servants in the family.

When my mother inspects the house from front to back tomorrow, she will definitely invite the boy back again.This does not count as raising dozens of people. "

The old mother had already received these two pounds of gold by her pillow.

"Sister, I'd better clarify some things with my mother tomorrow."

Qiao Manman simply thought that their mother, like them, must have suffered a lot these years, knew how to be frugal, and was not the kind of person who only talked about ostentation.

Qiao Manman only guessed the first half correctly.

Early the next morning, the old mother did not get up first.

He asked his daughter-in-law, He Miaomiao, to stand in front of her room early in the morning to wait for her to wash her face, comb her hair, and dress her up.

He tied the few gold hairpins, silver hairpins, and carved wooden hairpins he had on his head.

In Qiao's mother's words, this is called losing without losing, lacking money without lacking ostentation.

The two sisters, Big Qiao and Little Qiao, cooked breakfast for the old mother in the kitchen.

Qiao Er carried water.

Qiao San chopped firewood and lit the fire.

The old mother's breakfast request was passed down by He Miaomiao who ran errands herself.

"Grandmother said she was hungry. If she wanted porridge made from round-grained rice this morning, duck fermented in wine, a plate of duck feet and duck tongue, freshly fried leeks, and freshly steamed pancakes."

The old mother of milfs is dressing up and tidying up in the room.

The two beautiful daughters were in the kitchen making breakfast.

She thought her two sons were sleeping late in her room.

In fact, she had already gotten up to help Qiao Jingjing do some hard work.

By the time breakfast was ready, the old mother was already impatient and said she had been hungry for a long time.

"You move so slowly, do you want to starve me to death?"

The old mother came to the table and took a few bites. The style and taste of these dishes were not bad.

Just after eating, he started to be picky again:
"Look at you two sisters, you don't look like ladies from all over the world. Your face is covered with soot. Is it too late? You know you have to make breakfast, don't you know how to get up earlier? You have to wait until the roosters crow and the sky is full of clouds. The fish belly is white, so you wake up, right? Tomorrow morning, add four more dishes, and the meal time will be half an hour earlier. If it is a quarter of an hour late, Da Qiao, be careful with your skin."

The old mother wiped her mouth after eating.

"Today, remember to take care of the maid's affairs. By the afternoon, the people I want must stand neatly in front of me. I will lecture them in the evening, do you understand?"

Qiao Jingjing promised well.

She walked out of the old mother's room, and without saying a word, she brought out Qiao Er Qiao San.

"My mother said, you two brothers can do the following things: practice swordplay in the yard, read under the porch, write poems and paint, and go out to make friends.

Laundry, cooking, and purchasing are all done by Manman and I. Why can't we look unkempt?

Do you think this is fair?

Am I the servant of this family, or the eldest sister of this family? "

Qiao Jingjing pointed to her father's door and asked her two younger brothers.

Qiao Er and Qiao San both shook their heads.

Even if their elder sister is dressed in clear soup noodles, she is also very good-looking.

She simply combed her hair, no hairpins or accessories.

"Sister, of course you are the eldest in the family."

"Sister, simple girls are also very cute. If you want any hair accessories, Qiao San and I will buy them for you."

"No, my dress is suitable for my status as a farm girl."

But the old mother couldn't understand it.

My mother had just severely criticized Qiao Jingjing's dress and the way she walked.

The old mother said that she walked too fast and did not show the gracefulness that a woman should have.

"Look at you, and see what you have brought Xiao Qiao into? What are you two called? You are really undereducated. When I was in Yecheng, I met a girl from the Zhen family who walked like a slut. Wave microsteps, look around brightly, wear jingle bells, and there is an endless stream of people who come to their house to ask for marriage. You two sisters, if there is one tenth of your family, which can catch up with your toe, our Qiao family will not be left in the cold. !"

The old mother got angry when she said it.

She remembered that her wife seemed to be responsible for this matter.

So he turned to Papa Qiao to discuss this big issue with Papa Qiao.

At that time, Qiao Jingjing and Qiao Manman were leisurely drinking a bowl of tea at the end of Peach Blossom Alley.

Her two brothers went around looking for maids to do menial work.

(End of this chapter)