Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 37 Performing their duties
Mu Ai wore a brocade shirt with moonlight and cloud patterns, a tooth-colored peacock pattern skirt, and a white jade butterfly-shaped hairpin on her temples. She walked slowly into the hall, her whole body was gentle and elegant, reflecting the rising The sun, like a goddess with a halo, is dazzling.This made everyone look at it for a long time without reacting, and they were surprised in their hearts. Although the clothes were completely different from yesterday, they could still tell the facial features clearly. became a lady...

When Mu Ai took the main seat, everyone woke up.Without waiting for orders from the Xiao Mansion, they respectfully bowed their heads and knelt down, and Ah Da and Ah Er also followed everyone else's example, but after a while, the two suddenly raised their heads again and exclaimed, "Ah, are you woman."

Mu Ai raised her eyes and recognized it. It was the two brothers who hugged her thigh yesterday. Seeing their faces change from blue to white, she knew that they were afraid of punishment, so she said softly, "Yes, I am a woman. When you enter the city, you wear men’s clothes.”

Then he slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and said, "I settled here half a year ago as a widow, set up a female household, and bought this family business. I don't care what hardships you have encountered before, or what status you were in , since you have entered the gate of my Muxian mansion, you are the people of my Muxian mansion. This is the place where you will live for a long time in the future. I am not a harsh person, and you will definitely not treat you badly here, but , you also have to do your best. If anyone thinks that my widow master is easy to bully, then don't blame me for being cruel. Our house has just been newly built, and there are not many rules. There are only two rules for the time being. You must keep them in mind. The first one is to be cautious. I hate people who talk too much. From now on in this yard, it doesn’t matter what you say, but as long as you go out of the gate, even if you are one step away, you can’t talk about anything in this yard, including eating every day. What, what to drink, and even which corner grows flowers and plants are counted. The second rule is loyalty. I hate people who betray me the most, so you have to know it in your heart. Do you understand?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they all responded respectfully and in low voices.Mu Ai didn't care whether they were sincerely respectful or not, and then said, "Okay, I hope you really listen to it, otherwise you will regret it in the future, don't blame me for not explaining it in advance, maybe you don't understand what I said now, but, In the future, you will gradually know that it is your blessing to be able to come to my Muxian mansion. Okay, let’s not talk about gossip, and now I will arrange your duties.” Then, she pointed to the four maidservants and said, “You four will Just be my personal maid, and her name will be Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice, and you should get used to the affairs of the inner courtyard for two days, and then divide them into details."

The four handsome maidservants obviously knew more about the rules than others, so they bowed politely and responded crisply, "Yes, ma'am."

Mu Ai nodded in satisfaction, and then pointed to the couple, "This uncle's surname is Guo, I asked yesterday, and you said you can read and your wife is also good at cooking, right?"

"Yes, ma'am." The two men bowed their heads and took two steps forward to answer.

"Uncle Guo will be the housekeeper of this mansion in the future. You are responsible for the specific daily affairs of the mansion. By the way, keep the daily expenses in the account book. Aunt Guo, in the future, will be in charge of the big kitchen in the outer courtyard. Three meals a day, let everyone Eat well. These can be done."

The husband and wife did not seem to have thought that they would be entrusted with the important task of the housekeeper, and there were incredible surprises in their eyes.Quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank Madam for trusting, we husband and wife will definitely do things for Madam wholeheartedly in the future."

"Okay, get up." Mu Ai was not used to being kneeled by others, but the first day was the time to stand up, so she had to put aside the inappropriate words like equality in her heart.Then, pointing to the five children, he said, "You five, two boys, will be called Qingfeng and Mingyue from now on, and do what you can under the hands of Steward Guo. You three little girls, just follow the spring equinox and the rest Four, let's do some small chores like cleaning. As for the six of you," she said here, pointing to the few strong laborers standing in the back row, "the names are arranged in order from Muyi to Muer. Mu Liu, according to the steward's instructions, next year the spring will be opened, and there will be many things to be busy in the field."

All that is left is the old man and the guards appointed last night. Mu Ai thought for a while, "Grandpa, I remember your surname is Wen, right? Uncle Wen, I will be in charge of the porter from now on. Let me know if you have anything to do. , and this one is left..." She paused for a moment before she remembered that she had never asked this person's name.

"My surname is Ouyang, and my name is Jingwu." Fortunately, the man answered with a wink. He didn't say much, but he was concise and clear.

Mu Ai raised her eyebrows, and continued, "Ouyang will be our house's guard for ten years from now on, and he can leave freely after ten years. Alright, have you understood their responsibilities?"

"Yes, ma'am." Everyone's voices were obviously much higher this time, especially the old man, who was slightly crying. When everyone was bought yesterday, they were all panicked, afraid that they would be a mean buyer. , was used as a coolie.Now that I have listened to the master's arrangement, I have a bottom line in my heart, and I am not so panicked.

Mu Ai suddenly saw Xiao Fu who was guarding the door, and explained to Steward Guo, "If Steward Guo is unclear, you can ask this Steward Xiao for advice. He has been in charge of everything in our house for the past few months. .”

Steward Guo hurriedly greeted Xiao Fu politely.

After thinking about it carefully, Mu Ai seemed to have nothing left behind, and said casually, "Okay, let's all go down."

Everyone knelt down and kowtowed again, and then went out under the leadership of Guo Steward.Mu Ai was obviously relieved. She had never been a class leader from elementary school to university, and she had no management experience at all. After graduation, she started wandering outside again. She had never been in a company, admonishing and arranging things to so many people. This is the first time I have experienced it, and it is indeed much more tiring than I imagined. I hope that there are a few all-round management talents among these people, so that she can save a lot of energy...

Unknowingly, the weather is approaching the end of November, the first snow since winter fell last night, the sky and the earth are silvery white, the winter wheat in the field has already been sown, and the farmers are completely idle up.

Early in the morning, just after dawn, Muai woke up, lay down on Xuanruan's big carved bed for a while, but still didn't feel sleepy, the room was kept warm because of the ground heat that had started a few days earlier The warm temperature is very comfortable.With her long hair loose, she was only wearing a jade-colored outer shirt that she usually wears at home. She leaned against the head of the bed, took out an apple and gnawed on it.Thinking of the excitement of the housewarming banquet last night, she still had a headache. Her new house has been built for a month, and her grandma's house and ancestral hall have already been repaired. According to her idea, find a day with good weather and put a few The table wine is fine, but grandma decided to look at the date, and after going through the hundred flower calendar several times, she finally settled on yesterday, which is an auspicious day.Because the ancestral hall and grandma's house are also considered newly built, I decided to do good things to the end, kill an extra pig, steam a few more pots of steamed buns, and hold a banquet together.So, after the whole village gathered at the ancestral hall to pay respects to their ancestors, they all came to her house, where they were busy slaughtering pigs, cooking and serving wine, which was even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.

(End of this chapter)