Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Yang Ruoqing asked Rong Gu to prepare the dinner.

Rong Gu thought for a moment and suggested, "Madam, it's like this. The eldest daughter came back two days ago, and the family killed two chickens in a row."

"The old lady said that when the young lady returns to the camp, she should take two more chickens back with her."

"How about we kill the twisted duck in the backyard at night?"

Twisted duck?

"But is it the fried duck from the batch of chickens and ducks sent by my aunt in Zhoujia Village a few days ago?"

"Madam, you have a good memory. That's it." Aunt Rong said, "That twisted duck is very big. After it's slaughtered, including the skin, meat and duck offal, it must weigh about 6 or 7 pounds. In this way, we can roast the two ribs left over from the morning together. We don't need to buy other meat dishes at night. It's simple and practical."

Aunt Rong has made so much analysis, and in Yang Ruoqing's understanding, it is both face-saving and substantive.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you to arrange."

Yang Ruoqing turned and left the backyard.

After Yang Ruoqing left, Shaoyao came to Ronggu with a basket of vegetables. Looking at Yang Ruoqing's back as she walked away, Shaoyao was a little confused and asked Ronggu in a low voice: "Aunt, our master is a big businessman with a lot of money, and the male owner is also a general. Why do you have to be so frugal when it comes to food?"

Rong Gu turned around and saw the clear ignorance in Shaoyao's eyes. She smiled and said, "Even if it's the imperial kitchen in the palace, the expenses for food and drink have to be calculated."

"Madam is open-minded and won't care about these things, but we, as servants, naturally have to take the initiative to calculate and share the burden for the master."

When the host entertains guests, he cannot neglect them, but this wave of guests will not eat one or two meals at home. Instead, they will stay for a long time until the old man recovers.

If it is delicacies from land and sea for one or two meals, then it is no big deal. But if it is three meals a day, and you don’t know how many days it will last, then the expense will be very huge.

Even the royal family cannot be extravagant and wasteful, as the national treasury will be emptied by all kinds of unrestrained spending.

In the past, Rong Gu was the daughter of a wealthy family in the prefecture. She was the old lady's personal maid, and usually helped manage the expenses in the backyard.

Even the real mistresses of the family, the ladies and young mistresses, would praise Rong Gu and call her "girl" when they saw her.

Even the daughters of concubines or young ladies from side branches in the family were not treated as well as Rong Gu in the mansion.

Precisely because of her high position, Aunt Rong was well aware of the difficulties faced by being a housekeeper in a wealthy family.

The so-called glamour is all for outsiders to see. Inside, with so many mouths to feed and drink, money is spent like water every day.

When the income was not enough to cover the expenses, they had to consider their dignity. Madam and young madam would secretly lend money at high interest rates, use the interest to make ends meet, or quietly sell their hidden jewellery to make up for the shortfall... In a word, no matter how rich the host family was, there had to be someone to help calculate the expenses.

"So that's how it is. But, Miss Rong, will Madam think you are petty for helping her with this?" Shaoyao asked again.

Rong Gu smiled slightly, raised her hand and gently tucked a strand of Shaoyao's bangs behind her ear, and said softly, "No, Madam is an understanding person."

On the other side, Yang Ruoqing walked for a while, thinking back to Aunt Rong's previous suggestion, and was secretly satisfied.

Well, it was a wise decision to buy Rong Gu from Ren Yazi and let her help with the household management.

Aunt Rong understands her own thoughts and can do housework. The peonies and lily of the valley that she has trained will also be able to inherit her intelligence and cleverness.

Yang Ruoqing hired Rong Gu not only to take care of household affairs, but also to prepare for Luo Baobao's marriage in the future.

No matter where Luo Baobao marries in the future, even if her husband's family is in Changping Village, Yang Ruoqing will prepare for Luo Baobao to bring people from her parents' home to marry there.

Between Shaoyao and Lily of the Valley, Luo Baobao must take one away as a dowry.

Yang Ruoqing would choose between prosperity and peace. Rong Gu trained them well now, so Yang Ruoqing would not have to worry about it in the future.

……

Yang Ruoqing walked around the house and found that all the children were gone.

After asking Xingwang, I found out that Luo Baobao took them to the next door room to play, and Linglan followed them.

Yang Ruoqing then went to the fourth room next door.

In the yard of the fourth room, several children were playing together, not only Tuantuan and Yuanyuan, but also Xiao Sanzi and others.

Yongxiao also joined them, and Xiuxiu followed behind Yongxiao, fearing that he would be hit by his brothers and sisters who were chasing him.

Luo Baobao used to like playing with Xiuxiu very much. There was not much difference in age between them, only one or two years. At that time, Xiuxiu was still a girl waiting to be married.

Later, Xiuxiu met Li Wei, and after two or three years of marital turmoil, she returned to the starting point, where she was waiting to get married again.

However, because of Yongxiao's existence, Xiuxiu's mental age has quietly distanced herself from that of the real young girl Luo Baobao.

So now that Luo Baobao and Xiu Xiu are together, they have fewer and fewer common topics. However, if fourteen-year-old Xiu Hong were here, Luo Baobao and Xiu Hong would have more topics to talk about.

However, Xiuhong didn't come over at this time. Usually, it was Xiuhong who took care of Xiao Sanzi and Yongxiao.

At this moment, Yang Ruoqing came over.

Seeing the children playing in the yard, Yang Ruoqing glanced at them with a smile, then walked straight towards Luo Baobao.

"Girl, do you think your brothers are tired? If you are, go back and rest. I'll watch over you for a while."

"Mom, I'm not tired, how is my great grandfather?"

"The treatment has ended."

"What does the doctor say? Can it be cured?" Although Luo Baobao was in the courtyard of the fourth room, watching her brothers and not letting them touch dangerous things, or sneak out to play in the water or climb trees, she was always thinking about her great grandfather's condition...

"Don't worry, it can be cured." Yang Ruoqing said with a smile.

Luo Baobao observed Yang Ruoqing's expression carefully and felt that when his mother said this, her tone was very relaxed and her eyes were very bright, and she didn't seem to be lying.

Baby Luo also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it could be cured.

"Then you stay here and watch. I'll go to the kitchen." Before leaving, Yang Ruoqing stuffed a handful of snacks into Luo Baobao's hands. "The pine nuts that Aunt Rong fried earlier are very crispy."

"Wow, so crispy and fragrant." Luo Baobao shared half with Linglan beside him: "Let's eat together. I can't eat so much by myself."

"Thank you, miss."

"hey-hey."

In the kitchen of room four.

Liu Jinchuan packed Liangliang and tied him on her back. She was cooking with a spatula in hand, busy cooking.

Sun helped her put firewood into the stove, and Bao Suyun also helped. (End of this chapter)