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Qiao Mingjin hid in the wing room, listening to the quarrel between sister Xiu and Wu Shi, shook her head and smiled.

It was really wise for her to choose this place and buy this house.

At least it's like the battle outside is about to be lifted, and no one is watching.If it is in a village, if there is any disturbance, people from the inner three floors and the outer three floors will be surrounded outside.

Of course, this may also be due to the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month when the households are all in Maodong, and no one wants to come out and wander around at this time.

"Third brother and sister, what's the matter with you hiding? Mother is still waiting for your reply!" Sun's voice sounded unwillingly from outside.

Qiao Mingjin watched Wan'er nestle into her arms with some fear, patted her comfortingly, touched her daughter's soft back and did not answer Sun's words.

Speaking of which, although Wan'er is getting brighter day by day, she still seems to have a natural fear of the Wu family.Every time I see Wu Shi, I will cringe, and when I see Wu Shi from a distance, I will run away.

"Mother." The daughter's soft voice sounded in her arms.

"Well, mother is here, don't be afraid. Mother peels peanuts for Wan'er to eat."

"Aunt also peels Yunluan." Xiao Yunluan also squeezed on the couch, nestling beside Qiao Mingjin.

"Okay. Auntie will peel Yunluan too."

"Sister, I'll go to the workshop and ask my cousin to come over." Ming Qi said bitterly while squeezing her hands.

"No need. Sister Xiu is here. Let's ignore them, they will leave soon."

After hearing this, Ming Qi sat down on the couch angrily.

Soon I heard sister Xiu say outside: "Auntie, you have to come to teach me because of this matter. I advise you to go back home. Don't say whether you like this candidate, just talk about Xiaoman's marriage. My elder brother is still there, and there is no reason for my sister-in-law to worry about the estate separation. This is why my uncle and aunt of the Qiao family don't dislike the other party's poverty, nor that the other party is a widow. You can't see it."

After a pause, he continued: "It's because Jin Niang has helped Lord Saturday a lot, and Lord Saturday said this, but how does Lord Saturday know who the Yue family is? Now my aunt has come here carelessly for this matter. You will be scolded all the time. Are you afraid of affecting Xiaoman's reputation? People who don't know think that Xiaoman can't get married."

Mrs. Wu almost didn't jump up when she heard this: "Who can't get married? Who do you say can't get married? How can my daughter not be able to get married if she is healthy! It's her Qiao family who can see such a poor and poor family, but my Xiaoman wants to marry Those who go to the city to enjoy themselves..."

Sister Xiu interrupted without waiting for Mrs. Wu to finish speaking: "Yes, look, my aunt doesn't like such a person, does she? Those who are good, I'm afraid it won't be the turn of Jinniang and her third sister, right? Jinniang and her You don’t even go out of the village often, so where do you know someone who owns a house? My aunt let her worry about Xiaoman’s marriage. I’m afraid she thinks too much of her.”

After hearing this, Sun said with a smile: "I didn't tell her to worry about Xiaoman's marriage. Besides, Jinniang doesn't know anyone. It's not about the sixth master of the Zhou family. He has good hands and eyes, so don't you know him a little bit?" Are you living a good life? My mother-in-law is just looking at Jin Niang, who has such a connection, but only thinks of her natal girl, and doesn't think of her husband's little girl right in front of her eyes."

Sister Xiu gave her a sideways look, and she was interested in this troublemaker who had nothing to do.He looked down upon the Sun family who wished for chaos in the world.

Hearing what she said at this time, he smiled and said: "So what if you don't think about you? You just said why did Jinniang think about you? Let's talk about it. When did you think about her? Let me tell you." She's here to worry about you. How funny."

Mrs. Sun was blocked by Sister Xiu for a while, unable to speak, so she only looked at Mrs. Wu.

Wu's eyes turned and she wanted to speak again, when she heard the courtyard door being pushed open vigorously, and her daughter Yue Xiaoman rushed in from outside.

"Mother, what are you going to do? Do you want your daughter to be a human again! If mother feels that her daughter's face is not enough, she will continue to stay with sister-in-law to argue, but she will never say that you are my mother!" Yue Xiaoman and his wife Eyes are red.He looked as if he hated having to know Mrs. Wu.

Seeing Yue Xiaoman coming in, Mrs. Wu was stunned.I heard my daughter say that again.Some panicked, so they hurried to coax.

The two women talked for a while, but they also became quiet.

Soon Yue Xiaoman restrained Wu Shi, and was about to drag her home.

He paused again, turned his head and said loudly to the wing room: "Sister-in-law, my mother is ignorant, so don't take it to heart. I'll take her home right now!"

"Okay." Qiao Mingjin replied inside without going out.

Sun watched the mother and daughter dragging out of the courtyard door, looked in the direction of the wing room, stamped their feet and followed Yu out.

Sister Xiu let out a piss, stepped forward and closed the courtyard door tightly before coming back.

"gone?"

"Let's go. I really don't know what to say. It's nothing to provoke this scolding."

Qiao Mingjin smiled, and didn't care, irrelevant people can do whatever they like, so what does it have to do with her?

Sister Xiu sat down on the couch, complained, and said: "It's a pity that Xiao Man has been raised carefully since she was a child. Her mother has never been willing to let her do the work in the field. She has raised her delicate skin and delicate skin." Meat, with her appearance, she can be said to be a good friend. It's just that her mother has high eyes and low hands, and she doesn't like this one, and she doesn't like that one. It's useless to delay her for so long. "

Qiao Mingjin didn't speak, just pushed the roasted seeds and nuts basket towards her.

What kind of person is Mrs. Wu, doesn't she see clearly?

Even the daughter-in-law's dowry has to be calculated, isn't it just so that this daughter can marry a noble family?I don't know what kind of family to choose.

This is beyond her control.

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Steward Zhou came over and conveyed Zhou Yanqing's intentions.

One is to discuss the time of the workshop's holiday and the start of work after the new year, and the other is to let Qiao Mingjin see when he has time to go to the city so that he can check the accounts.

Now at the end of the year, Zhou Yanqing is busy with various affairs, reconciling accounts, settling accounts, sending annual gifts to Beijing, and dealing with people everywhere. It has been a while since I saw him. .

Zhou Guanshi and Zhou Yanqing mean that the holiday will start on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, and work will not start until the [-]th of the first lunar month.

Qiao Mingjin knew that the transportation was inconvenient nowadays, and some people left their hometowns to make a living. They had to go back to their hometowns to worship their ancestors during the New Year, and it would take a lot of time to go back and forth on the road.

Furthermore, when entering the twelfth lunar month, men are required to be in charge of the new year, offering sacrifices to the stove, cleaning, worshiping ancestors, preparing new year's goods, etc. It is impossible for a family to have no man in charge.So this leave cannot be released until the end of the day.

Qiao Mingjin led Manager Zhou to the workshop and told everyone about the holidays and the arrangements for the start of work after the year. The masters in the workshop were very happy after hearing this.

One month's vacation this year is enough for them to arrange their family affairs.

Since entering the twelfth lunar month, people's hearts have been floating.

The two of them made an agreement with the masters that they would arrange for them to return home after she went to the city to settle the bills, pay her wages and year-end bonus in two days.

The masters agreed happily.

When Guanshi left, he took away several root carvings that had been made in the workshop.

Recently, due to the large number of people praying to Bodhisattva, most of the works produced in the workshop are Dripping Guanyin, Longevity Star, Arhat, and God of Wealth.There are also a few small root carving works suitable for the occasion, which are also very good to buy as gifts during the year, so I don’t worry if no one wants them.

After Zhou Guanshi had seen it, he had someone carefully carry it into the car, and asked Yun Jin to escort him away.

On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Qiao Mingjin took Yunjin, He Shi and three children into the city.

In addition to going to the city to settle accounts, I also plan to buy some necessities for the New Year.

The day after tomorrow, father He and others will go home, and Yunjin and others will also return to Yunjia Village. Qiao Mingjin is going to buy some things for Yunjin to send to Qiao's house.

Now that there is a carriage, it is more convenient, and it will arrive in less than two hours.This is because there are children in the car, and the slippery road is much slower than before.

With a carriage and a large carriage covered with thick felt, it doesn't matter if there is a strong wind blowing and light snow falling outside.Charcoal was burning in the carriage, and it was covered with thick curtains, so it didn't feel cold.

Wan'er and Yunluan were still very excited and lifted up the thick curtain to explore the scenery, shouting and screaming along the way.

Ming Qi was afraid of the cold, so he just circled around the charcoal basin and peeled melon seeds to eat.

After entering the city, first of all, we stored up our chariots and horses.Let He and Ming Qi take their two children to go shopping first, while she and Yun Jin went to the Zhou family woodware shop to find Zhou Yanqing.

Zhou's woodware shop is in a good location, and the whole street is full of people coming and going.Perhaps because of the Chinese New Year, there are more people on the street.From a distance, I saw many people coming in and out of the carpentry shop.

The large root carving of the peacock was still placed in the middle of the shop, and there were still people in twos and threes watching it.

The shop is very large, neatly tidied up, and the clerk is also very enthusiastic. He regards Qiao Mingjin as a customer who came to buy things, and introduces Qiao Mingjin enthusiastically.

He also led her to the peacock root carving and introduced it in detail, including what kind of wood, what kind of paint, the rough technical process, and how to maintain it.

It is said that if you like this kind of root carving ornaments, you can also customize the desired shape according to the customer's wishes.

Qiao Mingjin was very surprised.

The usual good guy is naturally eloquent, but he is so familiar with everything, he speaks immediately, and spares no effort to promote the works in the store for the store without making the customers disgusted. This skill is not far behind the shopping guide in the store in the previous life How many.

Qiao Mingjin listened to him with a smile, but didn't show any intention of buying it.But he wasn't annoyed either. Seeing that Qiao Mingjin was willing to listen, he was also willing to explain in detail.

The boy didn't stop talking until Stone heard the sound coming from the backyard.

Only then did the boy know that Qiao Mingjin was a guest of the owner who had been waiting all morning.Feeling very embarrassed, she scratched her head and bowed to Qiao Mingjin with a smile.

Qiao Mingjin gave him a tael of silver as a reward and even praised him a few words.

The young man was overwhelmed with flattery, and thanked Qiao Mingjin repeatedly with the reward of one tael.

Stone tapped him twice, and then led Qiao Mingjin to the backyard. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)