Chapter 62: Everything is under her Control

June 15, 2023Ai Hrist

When Shi Qingluo saw the best product of the main Xiao family and listened to her, she told Xiao Hanzheng to leave and go home.

After returning home, Shi Qingluo took out some made rock candies and handed them to Xiao Hanyi.

“Yi’er, give these candies to your little friends, let them hang around the gate of the main house, and see who especially visits before dinner.”

“If anyone gives you useful news, give him an extra candy.”

Sugar was very expensive these days, the villagers were reluctant to buy sugar for their families, let alone for their children.

Most of the children in the village have never eaten sugar since childhood.

Candies were not available in Daliang yet. She just made it to sweeten Xiao Baili and Xiao Hanyi’s mouth. After all, it was more convenient to eat than white sugar.

This time, she wanted the kids to watch, so they can know who in the village might be related to the Wu family.

In the future, if they make a fortune in the village, she will not bring the other party together.

Xiao Hanyi looked at the candies with some reluctance: “Sister-in-law, these are candies, do you want to give them to them?”

Shi Qingluo smiled and rubbed Xiao Hanyi’s head: “If you want someone to do things for you, how can you do it well if you don’t give benefits?”

“If you give up something, you will gain something.”

“You have to learn to look far ahead slowly. Things that can be bought with money or made by yourself are not a problem, and there is nothing to be reluctant about.”

“After you finish this, I can make it again.”

Xiao Hanyi was very sensible and well-behaved, but his vision was still too limited. In the future, she will be taught him to see far.

Xiao Hanyi nodded half-understood: “I understand. My sister-in-law wants me to bribe the people who do things for me so that they will be more attentive.”

“We should be generous when we should be generous, and don’t lose because of reluctance.”

Shi Qingluo smiled and nodded, “Yes, our Hanyi is smart.”

Xiao Hanyi likes his sister-in-law to praise him: “It’s all taught by my sister-in-law, so I’ll go find my friends.”

“Go.” Shi Qingluo waved her hand.

Xiao Hanzheng does not interfere with how his little wife teaches his younger siblings.

He also doesn’t want his younger brother and sister to have the kind of temperament that was easy to be fooled by others. His little wife taught them well.

He looked at Shi Qingluo and asked: “What kind of house do you want to build? Do you have an idea? I’ll draw it.”

Shi Qinglou replied: “I have a lot of ideas.”

“Let’s go, let’s go back to the house and draw it. I also want to change the structure of the house, and I don’t want to use the current type.”

She took Xiao Hanzheng’s hand and walked towards the room.

Xiao Hanzheng held her hand back and entered the room together.

He then took out a brush and paper, write down Shi Qingluo’s requirements and suggestions bit by bit, and then start drawing again after synthesis.

On the other side, an old woman in the village went to the main Xiao Family’s house to visit.

Her son works as a servant in the Wu family’s Inn. Just now, he went home on purpose to ask her to encourage Old Lady Xiao to make trouble.

So she took the initiative to come.

After she came to the door, she kept mentioning that Xiao Hanzheng’s family had earned six hundred taels of silver from the Wu Family. Her tone was full of envy and bitterness.

It also has other meanings. If you have six hundred taels, you can do so many things, how many things you can buy after you go to the capital, etc?

Old Lady Xiao and the others were calm on the surface, but they were in great pain in their hearts.

They repeatedly comforted themselves, countless six hundred taels were waiting for them after going to the capital.

In addition, Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng were not easy to mess with, and they had to rely on those two people to make up ideas, so they could only forcibly hold back.

Shi Qingluo’s early suppression was very effective, otherwise, the Wu Family’s plan would have been successful.

The old woman almost instigated here and there.

She knew Old Lady Xiao and the other’s temperament very well. Not expressing their position doesn’t mean not causing trouble.

Xiao Xiucai’s family has six hundred taels, the main Xiao Family will never let it go.

She will wait for the main Xiao Family to make trouble so that she could send her son to the Wu Family to collect the reward.

But even if the sky turn dark, she didn’t see Old Lady Xiao going to Xiao Xiucai’s house to make trouble.

She couldn’t help being a little disappointed and wanted to wait until tomorrow to see it.

She didn’t know that just after she left Lao Xiao’s house, two village children rushed to Xiao Hanyi to sell her out excitedly.

As soon as Xiao Hanyi got the news and came back, Xiao Hanzheng remembered it.

“This old lady’s son seems to be working as a servant in the county. It seems that the inn is run by the Wu family.”

His little wife was really powerful, everything was under her control.

Shi Qingluo said: “Nine times out of ten, this servant came back and asked his mother to go and encourage the old lady.”

Once this matter was confirmed: “Let’s not take their family to do whatever we do in the future.”

She was generous when she has to be generous, but also narrow-minded when she has to be narrow-minded.

As long as someone wanted to plot against her or has plotted against her, she will not be merciful.

This coincided with Xiao Hanzheng’s appetite, he raised his hand to hook her hair next to her ear: “Okay, let’s not take them.”

The two of them didn’t talk about it anymore, they discussed the general appearance and characteristics of the new house to be built and drew it.

Seeing that her husband drew out the house she wanted to build, she found that he was very good at drawing.

The main point was, he was really good. He does everything according to her ideas, such as building separate toilets, washrooms, and showers.

She needed plumbing if she wants to have a flush toilet and a shower.

Iron was very expensive, and the government has restrictions on the purchase of iron, so it cannot be used to build pipelines.

So her little husband will help her to go out and order pottery pipes. The price was cheap and there was no limit.

At that time, it will be installed outside, wrapped with straw plant, etc., so that it will be easy to replace if it broke.

After dinner, Shi Qingluo took Xiao Hanzheng for a walk near the bamboo forest by the river and discussed the blueprint together.

When it was late, the two went back while holding hands.

The next day, the patriarch asked his son to go to the county seat to ask about the price of the bamboo forest and the mountain deed.

When the patriarch’s son came back in the morning, the patriarch sent someone to call Xiao Hanzheng over.

After a quarter of an hour, Xiao Hanzheng went home.

“My lady, you can buy the mountain in the bamboo forest. It costs thirty-five taels of silver. You can do it now.”

“Then the government will send someone to measure it, and I will go to the county to apply for the mountain deed.”

He found that since Mo Qingling became the county magistrate, the efficiency of the county government has been much higher.

In the past, even if you wait for several days, it will still not be done.

What’s more, if you ask repeatedly, you may not hear anything for a month or two unless you put money into it.

Xiao Hanzheng was still thinking that if the former county magistrate was still there, he would have to find a way to pull him down.

Fortunately, Mo Qingling was here.

Shi Qingluo pointed to the small wooden box where the silver was placed: “You take the silver and go with the patriarch’s son.”

She didn’t hide the money but put it in a small wooden box. She and her husband could take it by themselves if they wanted to use it.

In ancient times, if you want to do business in the county government and other places, you need the men in the family to take action. The women can’t get involved.

There were no special circumstances, so she will not intentionally violate these. She has no intention of going along.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded: “Okay, I’ll do it.”

Sure enough, Xiao Hanzheng got the deeds on the same day.

He also hired craftsmen who specialize in house repairs in the county to be responsible for the construction and overall control and recruited people in the village to assist in the repairs.

Not only can they earn ten cents a day, but they also get breakfast and lunch.

Now that the busy farming season was over, many strong men in the village went to the Xiao Family’s house to help build the new house.

Shi Qingluo also asked Mrs. Kong to invite several women with good character to cook especially.

The next day, when the craftsmen from the county seat came, their new house began to be built.

The main Xiao Family felt overwhelmed after hearing that and was eager to sell the old house and land one after another, wanting to leave as soon as possible.

In this way, they don’t have to keep thinking about it and lose their mind.