The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 31

Xie Yujiao stood in the large open space at the entrance of the warehouse, watching those people move things calmly, more than 5000 cotton-padded jackets, and a lot of money!This was the last good thing Mr. Xie did during his lifetime, and now Xie Yujiao has done it for him.

Xie Yujiao stood aside and watched for a while, then remembered that Shen Shihu seemed to have said something to herself just now, so she turned to ask him, "What did Brother Shen say? I didn't hear clearly just now."

Shen Shihu was about half a foot away from Xie Yujiao because he was afraid that the people they worked with would smell bad and suffocate her.But when Xie Yujiao said that she didn't hear him, the young men who were working heard him with sharp eyes and ears, and they all laughed at him for slapping his ass on the ponytail.

Shen Shihu hissed towards them twice, and then said again: "It's such a hot day, what is the eldest lady doing here? When you come, they don't have the heart to work."

Xie Yujiao listened to the first two sentences as quite normal, but who knew that the latter was a bit outrageous.After hearing this, the magpie raised his eyes and glanced at the group of young people working. Sure enough, he saw a few people looking over here from time to time, and stared back at those people with just one look.

Xie Yujiao doesn't think it has anything to do with it. To put it bluntly, these villagers have never seen a beautiful girl before. Compared with those modern perverts, they are more honest. Struggling and self-blaming for a long time!
After Liu Fugen entertained Kang Guangshou, he came to Xie Yujiao and said, "Miss, go under the shed too, and have a cup of tea with the magistrate."

Xie Yujiao nodded, turned around and walked towards the shed. When she was outside the shed, the magpie put away the umbrella, and Xie Yujiao ordered: "Go find some bowls in the storeroom, wash them and make a pot of tea for those who carry the cotton-padded jackets. "

Shen Shihu was following behind them at this time, hearing Xie Yujiao's words, he couldn't help but feel grateful again.This eldest lady looks cold and indifferent, but she is a rare kind-hearted person. I am afraid that she was originally a warm-hearted person, because she is young, and Master Xie is gone, so she is forced to act like this Come.If she was also weak, those uncles in the Xie family would have bullied their mother and daughter to death early in the morning.

Kang Guangshou was already sitting in the gazebo at this time. He had just seen those cotton-padded jackets. Except for the slightly worrying quality of the ones that were taken to the farm to make at the beginning, the more than 3000 pieces in the back were all good, both in size and thickness. Well, it seems that Miss Xie is a bit more appropriate than her father in arranging things.

When Kang Guangshou saw Xie Yujiao coming in, he stood up himself, cupped his hands to her and said, "Please trouble Miss Xie to come here in person, don't dare to act."

Xie Yujiao then smiled and said: "There is nothing to be afraid of, maybe this is the last time that our Xie family house can serve the court." While alive, he spends his money as he wants, but now that Mr. Xie is gone, although Xie Yujiao can spend money willfully, but the uncles in the family are also very talkative. He has absolute management power, but if he spread money to do good deeds like this to Mr. Xie, I'm afraid it would be impossible.

Kang Guangshou also understood Xie Yujiao's situation and what was going on in Xie's family recently, so with an embarrassed smile on his face, he said, "No matter what, the court will still remember Master Xie's kindness."

After a while, Liu Fugen counted all the goods clearly, and ran over to report: "Back to the eldest lady, there are still a hundred or so pieces from the house, and the rest have been counted properly." Liu Fugen looked at Xie Yujiao, and went there for a while. Whether the hundreds of pieces of clothes are ready or not, the eldest girl took over the job herself, if it is not finished, it would be a bit embarrassing, so he didn't dare to ask in detail.

Hearing this, Xie Yujiao just put down the teacup, turned to Kang Guangshou and said, "Master Kang, it's busy farming these two days, and tomorrow the warehouse will be piled up with this year's wheat and rapeseed, so I really can't put it down here." As for the rest of the hundred or so items, I will ask the second steward to deliver them to you in person after they are finished at my house."

In ancient times, carriage fees were not cheap, and Xie Yujiao had also read the account books. The people who could afford carriages were much richer than the modern ones.

Kang Guangshou just came here for the first time, and he has a deep understanding of one thing. No matter how popular he was in the capital, now in Jiangning, he can only eat people's mouth and treat people softly.This batch of cotton-padded jackets was urgently urged, and he was a new official, so he naturally had to do this first job well.

"Miss Xie, you're being polite. When it's ready, send someone to the yamen to say something. I'll send a carriage to pick it up."

Seeing Kang Guangshou's humble attitude, Xie Yujiao naturally treated him with courtesy, and said, "It's not worth letting the second housekeeper take over 100 pieces of clothes, so you don't have to be polite, Mr. Kang."

The two chatted politely for a while, Xie Yujiao was holding a teacup to drink tea, and saw that the magpie was also brewing a pot of tea, and a few young men lifted their skirts to wipe their faces, and were squatting in the corner with tea bowls to drink tea too!People in ancient times worked very hard. Boys from poor families, if they can't study well, they can only spend their efforts to earn some money.

I saw Shen Shihu holding a bag in his left hand, a bag in his right hand, a bag on his shoulder, and a bag between his fingers, walking out of the warehouse.The muscles all over his body became bulging and powerful due to exertion, the lines on them were clearly visible, his arms were covered with a thin layer of sweat, and the sweat on his forehead had already slid down his cheeks.

Seeing him moving things like this, several young people applauded one after another, and even Kang Guangshou couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

After Shen Shihu moved this trip, he went to get a bowl of tea from the magpie, and his eyes drifted over to Xie Yujiao without paying attention.The white skirt was pulled to the ground slightly, and it was stained with dust from the ground, and it seemed that it was not as clean as before.After all, things on these scenes should not let a girl come out.

Xie Yujiao saw that the goods were all loaded into the car, and Kang Guangshou was about to get up to leave, so she also stood up and said: "In this case, the folk girl will not send Mrs. Kang, butler Liu, you and Mrs. Kang will go to the county government office together. , remember to bring back the receipt of this padded jacket, so we can keep it as a stub and use it for reconciliation at the end of the year."

Xie Yujiao looked through Master Xie's account book before, and found many stubs like this, and they would write notes later, such as offsetting how much food, rent and tax in a certain year. Then the common people handed over to Xie's family less, and it was the common people who got the benefits.

Kang Guangshou also knew about these old rules, so he just nodded in agreement, silently admiring Miss Xie in his heart, he really wouldn't suffer even the slightest loss.

When Xie Yujiao returned home, she didn't go back to her yard, but went to Xu's side, but she saw Zhang's mother and a few maids talking under the eaves. Mama Zhang is always by my side, but today she is outside, I don't know why?
Zhang's mother winked at Xie Yujiao, then lowered her voice and said, "Madam is sad in the room, do you want to go in and persuade her?"

Xie Yujiao became even more strange now, thinking that even Zhang's mother hadn't persuaded her, so why is Xu so upset?Now that Aunt Shen is also pregnant, it seems that the Xie family's life should have stabilized.

Seeing Xie Yujiao's puzzled face, Mama Zhang frowned and said in embarrassment: "Just now, my wife asked me to invite Mr. Dawei over, saying that it is free now, and I want to draw a picture for the master, so I am very happy." Excitedly, I invited someone over, and then my wife began to ask Mr. Dawei, how should this painting be painted? Mr. Dawei asked his wife, what do the master’s eyes look like? What does the nose look like? And the mouth and so on , asked everything carefully, and while asking, he was holding something in his hand and drawing on a piece of cloth. When he finished drawing, he showed it to his wife, and she immediately I was stunned, and said that it doesn't look like the old man at all!"

As Zhang's mother said, a sad expression appeared on her face, and she continued: "Later, my wife looked at it and thought it was a bit similar, but after thinking about it, she didn't think it was the same again, and finally she cried sadly, saying This is the only person who has been away for two months, how could she forget the master's appearance!"

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao was stunned for a moment, then asked with some uncertainty, "Is that why you cried?"

Mother Zhang just nodded and said, "No, it's just for this."

In fact, Xie Yujiao knew that Mrs. Xu was thinking of Mr. Xie again. The family was in a hurry a while ago, so Mrs. Xu couldn't care about it.Later, Aunt Shen became pregnant, and Mrs. Xu only cared about being happy.Now that everything in the family is on the right track, Mrs. Xu began to think of Mr. Xie again in emptiness and loneliness.

Xie Yujiao walked into the room, and sure enough, she saw Mrs. Xu holding the girdle made for Mr. Xie in her hand, sitting on a chair with red eyes, seeing Xie Yujiao coming in, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes in a hurry, and forced it out. With a hint of a smile, she said: "Jiaojiao is back, it's very hot outside, come and sit inside."

Xie Yujiao responded, walked to Xu's side, and only said: "I heard from Zhang's mother that Dawei can't draw, and he can't even draw my father. If this is the case, let's give him some pictures tomorrow." Yinzi, let him go, and find another painter from Dayong to draw a decent appearance for daddy."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu felt a little embarrassed, her face flushed slightly and she said, "He is very similar in the painting, but when I see your father, I feel uncomfortable."

Xie Yujiao also knew that in terms of ancient painting skills, the oil paintings painted by European painters in the Middle Ages could already be faked, and Dayong's painters were definitely not comparable.That Dawei looked a bit idle, but Xie Yujiao had seen a few of his works, so he was indeed a capable person.

Xie Yujiao couldn't help but burst out laughing and said, "Since this is the case, let's let him stay and finish the painting for Dad, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xu only nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)