Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 83 Strengthening the Team
Sun Liu stared blankly at the eldest daughter who seemed to have changed into a different person. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in her heart, and she cried again, "My daughter, how did you get so much money? It can't be...it can't be ..." She choked with sobs, wondering in her heart that her daughter had become someone's housekeeper, but she couldn't ask any questions, wishing she could die immediately, it was all her fault.

It took Chun Equinox a while to understand what her mother meant, she blushed a little, quickly denied it, and told her mother what she could say about her wife's background, and then told her about the manpower the mansion wanted to recruit.

Her mother was relieved now, she just wiped away her tears, and before she could speak, she heard someone outside the door shouting, "I'll go." The people outside the door listened.Thinking of the rules in the house, her heart beat a little.

Looking up, it was the second sister-in-law Wu from the next door who came in with a bowl of breaded rice flour pancakes.Wu Ersao has lived with her neighbor for several years, because a man died a few years ago, and it is not easy to live alone with her seven-year-old son, Xiao Baoer.But she is strong and capable, and with the help of her neighbors on weekdays, she will survive.

Now that he interrupted his mother and daughter's conversation so disregarding etiquette, he probably hoped very much to enter the mansion and have a place to eat and drink.Thinking about it carefully, the situation of their mother and child is in line with the wife's conditions, and Chun Equinox's brows slowly relaxed. Seeing that her face was loose, Second Aunt Wu hurriedly put the things on the table, regardless of her seniority, and came directly to talk to Chun Equinox Seeing the ceremony, he apologized repeatedly, "Sister, my sister-in-law listened to your mother and daughter's private conversation outside the door. It is my sister-in-law's fault, but you also know what life my sister-in-law and Xiao Baoer live. How can you not be in a hurry when you have enough to eat and drink, and return the money. Please, for the sake of our neighbors for many years, please help your sister-in-law and your family to talk about how to accept our mother and daughter into the house. I can cook and sew, Little Bao'er can also be a servant with that young master."

Spring Equinox refused to ask Da Da to take advantage of her, and also returned her a gift, saying, "Second sister-in-law, did you hear clearly just now, 20 taels of money is a lot of money, but our wife told me that we must sign a death contract. You still Think about it carefully. After all, if Xiaobao becomes successful in the future, this slave status will be a shackle."

The second sister-in-law Wu sighed, "The death contract is also signed. I am a widow and I don't expect little Baoer to be able to take the imperial examination to honor his ancestors. I just want to raise him in safety. Now I meet a master who is also a widow. There is no more suitable opportunity, of course we have to sign."

Seeing that she was determined, Chun Equinox could only say, "Well then, Second Sister-in-law, you can think about it when you go back. If you still want to come with me, then come to my house tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, thank you so much, big sister. I'll definitely be there tomorrow morning." The second sister-in-law Wu thanked her repeatedly, and then hurried home as if she was afraid of the vernal equinox.

Mrs. Sun Liu didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and kept staring at the second daughter in a daze. At this time, she took the elder daughter's hand and said, "Eldest sister, take your second sister away, our family is too miserable." , she is a 12-year-old girl, she has grown up to this age, and she doesn't have a decent dress yet. I will follow you to the Lord's house, and I will not worry about food and clothing, and you will take care of me, so my mother can rest assured. Our family is poor, Even if she stays at home, I can't come up with a dowry, and I have to sell her for your younger siblings in the end, and then I'm not sure if I can meet a good master like you."

Erya heard her sister and mother mention her, put down her dress and came over, and said anxiously, "Mother, I won't leave, you are sick, I'm leaving, who will wash clothes and cook, and younger brothers and sisters, who will take care of you? "Unfortunately, Mrs. Sun Liu made up her mind, but she just gritted her teeth and refused to let go.

Chun Equinox asked about her mother's condition in detail, knowing that her heart disease was getting worse just because she missed her, so she agreed to take her sister back with her.She has a delicate mind, and when she couldn't sleep at night, she thought about it carefully. Madam is generous and treats the servants very leniently. This year, the income of the mansion should be at least sixty-seven thousand taels. , plus my sister's selling money, I can buy two acres of good land in the spring of next year, and the family's food will be guaranteed in the future, at least I won't be hungry.
At that moment, I took my younger sister out to do laundry together, and prepared to make dinner. When I saw my father in the evening, I told him about the plan again. Her father was an honest man, and he listened to her mother's decision in everything on weekdays, so of course he agreed. .

The family ate a good meal with the two boxes of snacks, and stayed for one night. When they opened the door on the second day, they saw Wu Ersao standing at the door leading Xiao Baoer, as if she was afraid that the spring equinox would leave the two of them behind. Spring Equinox had no choice but to welcome them in, drank two bowls of rice porridge together, ate a dry biscuit together, and then went to the side of the road according to the time, waiting for Mu Sanmu Si to drive a carriage to pick them up.

She thought it would be a lot if she brought three people, but she didn't expect Dongzhi to be more powerful than her, and took eight people. Fortunately, Mu Sanduo hired a carriage, and three of the young men sat separately from them. As for being awkward in a car.Because the road is far away, we need to get on the road as soon as possible, and before we can take a closer look, Spring Equinox bid farewell to his parents and younger siblings, and took his younger sister, Wu Ersao, mother and son into the carriage.

Stumbling along the way, he finally rushed back to the mansion before sunset.During the spring equinox and winter solstice, I was busy going to my wife's place for vacation, so I handed over all the people they brought to Aunt Guo and the housekeeper.

Mu Ai had just been to the west courtyard to visit the old lady. By chance, the shrew Gu was not there. The old lady said that she went to wash clothes by the river. The arrangements were meticulous, and I went to the river to do laundry every day.A little anxious to change Mu Ai's bad impression of Gu Shi.

Mu Ai responded with a smile on her face, but she really didn't think so in her heart. All the daughter-in-laws of the Gu family must do these things. There is no reason for others to do it. It is an advantage for the Gu family. Besides, Nor did she think that a man with a crippled right arm could do any work.

It can only be said that the old lady's expectations of Gu's are too low, so any normal thing she does will be infinitely magnified by the old lady.However, it is a pity that the wife is so devoted. It is impossible for her and Mrs. Gu to get along happily. Who can have a heart-to-heart relationship with a shrew who is always thinking about her own family property, especially when the object of concern is a person who suffers from "private property is sacred and inviolable" For modern people who have been educated for many years, it is quite self-restraint to go up and beat her up.

After chatting with the old lady for a while, Mu Ai came back and stared at Shuan Shuan writing big characters.Adhering to the policy of encouraging education, I barely picked out a few good strokes in the tracing book, and praised a few words, so that the little girl shook her little head happily.

On the spring equinox, the two entered the house to greet Mu Ai, and Mu Ai simply asked Shuan Shuan to take care of Simba who was running wildly in the yard, and took the opportunity to relax for a while, then asked a few words about their home situation, and listened to what they said carefully. The number of people who returned and their backgrounds, the three on the vernal equinox are not mentioned, only the eight on the winter solstice, one of the three 11-year-old girls is her own sister, and the other two are the eldest daughters of neighbors, both of whom are poor. , I heard that food and clothing are good here, so I asked the winter solstice to bring it.The seven or eight-year-old boy was a child of her distant relatives. Because her only father died of illness a few days ago, no relatives were willing to provide food to support him.The little daughter-in-law in her twenties is also the youngest daughter of the Dongzhi family's neighbor's daughter named Roulan. The year before last, she married her in-law's family dozens of miles away. After getting it back, she didn't want to be idle at home and get looked down upon by her sister-in-law, so she offered to sell it to do the work. The other three strong laborers were all neighbors near his house. The family had no property and had many sons. There is no hope for a wife, so it is better to sell yourself as a servant, work hard, and still have a full stomach.

Mu Ai nodded, and asked Qiufen to watch them all wash up, then called people into the hall, and then changed into a more luxurious brocade dress under the service of Chunfen, with lily temples on her head, and two A gold hairpin inlaid with gemstones turned around in front of the mirror in satisfaction.

Spring Equinox recalled the scene when she entered the mansion for the first time, couldn't help but smiled and said, "Ma'am, when I saw you for the first time, I thought you were a fairy descending to earth, but the longer I stayed with you, the more I realized that I was right." .”

"What kind of fairy, I'm afraid that you will bully me, a widow, and I want to suppress you first. Okay, let's go." Mu Ai replied with a smile, turned and went out to the hall.

Guo Huai stood on the left side of the main seat, and there were eleven people standing in three rows in the middle, including men and women, big and small.Seeing Mu Ai lift her legs to step into the threshold, they knelt down and kowtowed to her together under Guo Huai's signal.Mu Ai slowly walked to the main seat and sat down, and then made a sound for them to get up.

While asking some simple questions one by one, while looking at everyone's expressions without any trace, I have to say that the vernal equinox and winter solstice have good eyesight. From these people's perspective, the women are also capable and smart, and the men's eyes are also very clear. Looking around.

He also asked Guo Huai in detail about the bedding and living arrangements at home, and seeing that everything was well arranged, he was asked to start writing the contract, and asked Chunfeng to take out the money, and after pressing his fingerprints one by one, he directly gave the money to the selling body, and then gave it to him. They changed their names again, and the male was the same as before. Ruyi, the remaining two girls are Yiran and Changle.The two little boys first followed Guo Huai to learn the rules of the school, and Wu Ersao and Roulan first followed Aunt Guo to help in the kitchen.Everyone knelt down and kowtowed, Xia Zhi led them down to eat.

　Red Wine continued to jump and shout:

　　Support the genuine version, support the genuine version,

　　Ask for pink, ask for pink! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)