The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 15

Xie Yujiao accompanied Mrs. Xu to Xikuayuan, and the two chatted while walking.Mrs. Xu looked up and saw the sly smile on Xie Yujiao's face, so she couldn't help but said, "You really are, if you talk about money with a woman, no matter how valuable you say it is, She can't afford to pay for it, besides, it's not a big deal if there is no child in any family who throws bowls and cups."

Xie Yujiao has already fully grasped Xu's temperament. She is still in the stage of being silly and sweet after Master Xie passed away, because she has never received any major setbacks since she was a child, and she still holds the concept of human nature being good.Xie Yujiao felt that it was a very happy thing for someone to live with such a state of mind until old age. At least she was carefree and didn't have to worry about trivial matters in life.Besides, Xie Yujiao's mother, Xu Shi, also went through this stage in her previous life, but Xie Yujiao was still young at that time, and the mother and daughter had to suffer too much in order to survive.Thinking of this, Xie Yujiao felt that Xu should live a more comfortable life, and she should be filial to her whatever she likes.

"Mother, that's what I said. It's just that the thoughts of these relatives are too obvious. If this doesn't give her a warning, if it's hers today and yours tomorrow, we won't be able to resist! Besides, Mr. The people brought by the aunt, you give them face, they still treat it as the double face you gave to the old aunt, so they can't recognize the master of Xie's mansion for no reason, just like this, when she goes out, I really want to Understand who is in charge of this Xie family."

Xie Yujiao had a pretty smile on her face, and she was beaming with joy when she spoke. Xu liked it when she saw it, and took her hand, her eyes were full of kindness, and she just smiled and said: From now on, you will be the master of the Xie family, and I just have a rest."

Xie Yujiao acted coquettishly and said, "Mom, if you want to rest now, you can rest. After a while, I've got everything in order, and it's the same when I come back to see."

"I don't have any worries about your housekeeper. What are you looking at! As long as you finish the burial of your father, there will be nothing to do."

Xie Yujiao has also been discussing this matter for the past few days. She knows that in ancient times, grand burials were popular for those who had some money at home.Especially for local tyrants like Mr. Xie who are somewhat well-known in the local area, if they run poorly, they will lose the reputation of Xie's family.But now a county magistrate has promised to write an inscription for him, and the Taoist monks who should be invited have also been invited. The water and land ashram has been bustling since the day before the burial. There will be less, and the face here is considered complete.

"Don't worry, mother. I have arranged this matter early in the morning. I will keep my father in a good and decent manner."

Mrs. Xu has watched Xie Yujiao Zhangluo's affairs for a while, and everything is done properly, and she never expected that she, a girl who does not go out of the door, can do this, and now she is already convinced. Just nodding vigorously.

Two days later, the county government personally sent someone to deliver Kang Guangshou's inscription. Xie Yujiao heard Liu Fugen read it in front of herself and Xu, and thought that this Kang Guangshou was worthy of being a number one scholar. I didn't blindly praise and exaggerate, and I didn't deliberately belittle Mr. Xie in my words. It was just a standard praise, and it was stated that because of the love of the people, the county magistrate was recommended to write it. For this inscription, I have completely left myself. .

However, he is a newcomer, if he really said that he wrote this inscription voluntarily, those secret villains will definitely think that he is in collusion with the Xie family, and they don't know how much benefit the Xie family has secretly received, so they make a clear statement in terms of words Some, also can be regarded as a good thing.

After Xu and Xie Yujiao heard about it, they both felt that it was appropriate, so they asked Liu Fugen to arrange to engrave the stele.Fortunately, the Chi-headed tortoises are all ready-made. As long as the inscription is engraved on the stele, the stele will be completed, and it won't take long to waste it.

The two arranged things down, and after breakfast in the living room, the servant girl came in and said, Aunt Shen came over to greet his wife.

Since Xie Yujiao invited all the aunts over last time, Mrs. Xu has not asked the aunts to come to pay her respects every day.But now that Xie's family is in Rexiao, the usual aunts often go to Xikuayuan to accompany Mrs. Xu to guard Mr. Xie, and they often meet each other.Now that Aunt Shen is taking advantage of this time to come to pay her respects, she must have something to return to Xie Yujiao, so Xu ordered someone to invite her in.

You can't go out inside Rexiao, but thanks to Mrs. Zheng's help, Aunt Shen asked Mrs. Zheng to pass on what Xie Yujiao said last time.Mrs. Zheng is also a talker, and she didn't know what method she used, but she convinced Aunt Shen's elder brother that the Shen family has already agreed, and when he is fully recovered, he will come to Xie's house and give it to Xu's family. He and Xie Yujiao greeted you.

Aunt Shen still had a bit of shyness on her face, as if she had received the great favor of Xie's family, she whispered: "Thanks to the doctor you invited, my brother can get up now, but it's not easy yet, my mother The trustee brought me a message, let him come into the mansion when he is well."

Xie Yujiao was just doing favors. After all, she wanted to hire someone who is capable to take care of the nursing home. She had been thinking about it for a while, but she was too busy with things recently. A person, just ran into.

"Don't be too polite, Auntie. It's not for the pleasure of inviting him here. Now in our house, except for a few servants who run errands, the others are all female relatives. Those servants who run errands are not very capable. If two robbers come in, they may run faster than rabbits. Besides, there are already fifty or sixty households of refugees in Xiejiazhai, and there may be a few more households after a while. , I was thinking, apart from our family, this Xie’s house has to set up a security team, we can’t control other places, at least in this area, we also want to let the common people live and work in peace and contentment.”

Xu originally thought that Xie Yujiao invited Aunt Shen's elder brother to come because she saw that their family was in trouble, and wanted to find a way to help their family. Who would have thought that she really had such a small calculation in her heart, and Xu couldn't help it. He said, "So, you have to hire someone else?"

Xie Yujiao just smiled and said: "You don't need to hire anyone. At home, Aunt Shen's elder brother taught those servants a few boxing skills, and they can handle it. As for those outside, I will ask the big housekeeper to ask which tenants The family is willing to send a strong man to patrol Xie's house three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, without paying them any money, just exempting their family from renting the first floor of the land, that's enough."

A few days ago, Xie Yujiao came up with this countermeasure after listening to Tao Laixi, the chief housekeeper, about the Xie family house.Xie's house is not a small village with only a dozen or so households. If you shout from the east, everyone in the west can hear it.Now there are about [-] households in the Xie family house. Except for the [-] or [-] families of the Xie family, the other [-] households are also tenants of the Xie family, including refugees resettled from the north. If there are some human life lawsuits, it is inevitable that Xie's family will be involved.

What's more, if the harshness is ignored, the local villagers will only think that the refugees who came here are restless, and the refugees will inevitably feel that the villagers here are simple and easy to bully, and instead they have become Weifu in Xie's house.If she doesn't show some skill, she will really not be able to do this matter of taking in refugees in the future.

Mrs. Xu lives deep in the house, so she doesn't know about these things. When Xie Yujiao brought it up, she asked, "What's the matter? Are you restless outside? Usually, there are people in the village who commit crimes. It's fine if a few housekeepers come forward to persuade them." Worst of all, as long as your father stands up and says something, they won't dare to do anything."

But how did Mrs. Xu know that Mr. Xie's promises are based on the status of the Xie family and his personal charm. Nowadays, there is no such person in the Xie family. Although Xie Yujiao is powerful, in the eyes of the villagers outside, she is just a girl. , when something happened, there had to be someone who could talk, since there was no such person now, Xie Yujiao wanted to raise such a person, and when words didn't work, she would use her fists.

"Mother, don't worry, Xie's house is safe and sound, but now that the north is fighting hard, I'm afraid that some unknown refugees will come and harm the people here, so please be careful."

Aunt Shen looked at Xie Yujiao's ability, and she was envious and admired in her heart. Thinking that she could only stay in this courtyard now, it was inevitable that she felt a little lonely, so she just laughed and said, "My brother knows a few of us. The village will fight hard, and when the time comes, ask them if they want to take up this job, and the land rent for one floor will be reduced, and after a year, there will be a few taels of silver."

Among these aunts, Mrs. Xu originally liked Aunt Shen the most. At that time, Mrs. Xu asked a matchmaker to inquire secretly, and heard that Aunt Shen pulled a few younger siblings when she was at home, and she had to be filial to her parents. Going to the ground, because the family is poor and can't afford the dowry money, so she has been staying in her boudoir, and Xu Shi sent someone to ask.

Later, I only heard that his family was reluctant, but it was just difficult at that time, her old lady was too sick and had no money to buy medicine, so Aunt Shen came in voluntarily. He carried Aunt Shen in gracefully.Seeing that she has a strong body, with a thin waist and round buttocks, she looks like a child-bearing posture. She just pushed Master Xie into her room every three days. Originally, she thought that within half a year, good news would definitely come out. Knowing that Mr. Xie couldn't afford to fall ill, he stayed until the beginning of spring.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but feel uncomfortable again. Seeing Mrs. Xu's appearance, Aunt Shen lowered her head slightly, thought for a while and then said: "Has Madam eaten breakfast too much? If so, the maidservant will accompany you Ma'am, go sit down in the Xikuan courtyard."

(End of this chapter)