Eldest daughter

Chapter 338
In November, the cold winter is getting colder and colder. At the beginning of the month, there are several heavy snowfalls every now and then, and the whole Changle Town is already covered in white.

Good news has not yet come from the border battle, and the refugees have not dispersed. Although the addition of porridge sheds is not perfect, and there are various small problems, but overall, it is smooth.

But the porridge shed cannot be set up forever. After all, the supply of people is limited, so the porridge in this porridge shed is also thinner than when it was first started.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the refugees did not disperse, and the government also responded. The dilapidated temple where the refugees lived was also simply repaired, so as to keep them warm from the cold.

With these actions, Changle Town is still relatively calm, and there have been no conflicts between refugees and locals, and there have been no incidents of stealing chickens and dogs.

But this is not the case in some other places. It is always heard that there are refugees making troubles. Tan Zhuangtou wrote to say that because of Wang Yuaner's decision, he set up a small porridge shed in Zhuangzi to donate porridge, and there was no conflict, so Zhuangzi returned to the former calm.But the other Zhuangzi in the surrounding area are different. It is normal to steal chickens and dogs, and they even robbed houses.

Wang Yuan'er was overwhelmed when he read the letter, as expected, good will be rewarded with good, this is true, I hope this battle will be over soon, and those refugees can go back home sooner.

In mid-November, good news finally came that the Battle of Xiguan was over, and the Tatars were beaten back to the prairie. I heard that in this last battle, a little general surnamed Zhuo led 3000 people to cut off the enemy. On the back road of the army, he personally took the head of the enemy commander, and then recovered the lost city and won the battle.

As soon as the news came out, the whole country celebrated with joy. Wang Yuaner saw with his own eyes some refugees lying on the ground and crying bitterly. Some of them lost their homes and loved ones in the war, and now they can finally go home.

In late November, most of the refugees left one after another. After all, this is a foreign land, and people always have to return to their own place to be happy.

Although most of the refugees left, Wang Yuan'er still heard that there were still bandits entrenched in many places, especially when it was closed in recent years, it is more common to block roads and rob goods, and even the official roads outside Changle Town are also somewhat irregular. calm.

There is an old saying that a child who is used to beggars is lazy to be an official. Some people’s inferiority is probably like this. After becoming a bandit and enjoying the pleasure of getting something for nothing, they are unwilling to earn money with their own hands.

Wang Yuaner shook his head when he heard about someone being robbed by merchants who often come and went, human nature is always hard to find out.

As the year approached, Wang Yuan'er was also busy with accounting. Because of the food requisition, a series of corrupt officials were attacked. She took advantage of this to buy a lot of land in Tongzhou and neighboring towns, and also bought a small village in the suburbs of Beijing.

He had to be busy with business accounts, but what Wang Yuaner cared more about was the marriage of his third sister, Qinger, and he made an appointment with the Yan family to go to the Tongzhou two families to meet on the 26th.

When the appointed day came, Wang Yuan'er took Qing'er, who was dressed elegantly and refinedly, together with Aunt Cai and Sujuan, to Yan's house in Tongzhou.

This Yan family is also a scholarly family. The ancestors all have scholars. The family's future mainly depends on the income of the farmer. It is not very rich, but it is also a wealthy family. good.

The middleman of the two families was Liu Xiaosheng's wife, who led Wang Yuan'er and his party to Yan's house.

Wang Qing'er was a little nervous. In winter, her palms were sweating.

She is very clear that the families she met this time are different from those in the past. The Yan family is a real scholarly family, and they have their own rules. They are not considered wealthy, but their family status is more than that of their Wang family. 01:30 of.

To put it bluntly, being able to marry such a family is also the blessing of her Wang Qing'er's life.

"Auntie, why are you waiting here?" Mrs. Liu's crisp voice brought Wang Qing'er back to her senses.

Slightly raising her eyes to look forward, a woman wearing a dark red lotus jacket with twigs that is probably new and a skirt is standing there with the girl's hand, looking at them with a smile.

Wang Qing'er subconsciously leaned towards Wang Yuan'er, lowering her head nervously.

Wang Yuan'er was amused, and said in a low voice: "Don't panic, you are as bold as usual, you can be generous, we have the right to be a return guest."

Wang Qing'er hummed.

The two parties met each other, introduced each other, and after the ceremony, they went into the flower hall and sat down to talk.

After a while of gossip, Mrs. Yan looked at Wang Qing'er and boasted: "The third girl is beautiful and beautiful, and can read? Do you read?"

Wang Qing'er was a little shy, she stood up and blessed her first, then sat down and replied: "I know a few words, but I don't read much. I read it in my spare time, and my wife laughed."

"This is already rare in your farm family. Not to mention you, most people believe that women are virtuous if they are ignorant, and they often don't know a single word, let alone read and write." Mrs. Yan said with a smile: "I But I think that it is good for women to read and write, and they can have fun in their spare time, and when talking to their husbands, they will not be like chickens talking to ducks."

Wang Qing'er blushed and lowered her head.

Wang Yuan'er looked over and saw Mrs. Yan smiling slightly, her heart moved slightly.

Immediately afterwards, she asked Wang Qing'er if she could be a female celebrity.

Wang Qing'er replied: "I can do it, but I'm not good at it. Female celebrities and cooking skills, I am better at cooking."

"Oh?" Madam Yan became interested, her eyes brighter than before.

"My third younger sister has been a glutton since she was a child, and she is extremely picky about what she eats, so she has studied it a lot." Wang Yuan'er thought for a while and said, "Our family also has a tea shed shop, in addition to fragrant dried marinated eggs The snacks, the rest of the side dishes and dim sum buns are all figured out by her, and the taste is not bad."

"This is really rare. Our girl, telling her to come into the kitchen is like killing her." Mrs. Yan said with a smile, and then asked: "I heard from my niece that your The third girl is in charge of the tea shed?"

"She was in charge at the very beginning, and there was no one around for a while, and the work was not busy, so I took care of it first." Wang Yuan'er didn't hide it, and told the truth: "It's because she hasn't engaged in marriage yet, so let her take care of it. I'm going to be engaged to become a big girl, but I can't take care of it like this, after all, it's a girl who is waiting to be married."

This is to tell Mrs. Yan that once she is engaged, Wang Qing'er will naturally not show her face.

Mrs. Yan knew their family well, she nodded and said: "It's hard for you sisters and children, and the children of poor families are already in charge of the family, my girl is not so sensible!"

"Mother, who do you think is ignorant?" Suddenly, there was a sweet voice at the door.

From everyone's point of view, a pretty girl who was only thirteen or fourteen was walking in, and behind her was followed by a tall man who was well-mannered, bookish, and dressed in a blue robe.

Presumably these are Mrs. Yan's sons and daughters.

"There are guests here, you just barged in so rashly, where have you learned the rules?" Mrs. Yan said angrily.

Both Wang Yuan'er and Wang Qing'er stood up, turned their bodies slightly, and avoided them.

That Mr. Yan also felt rash, first bowed his hands to apologize, then saluted Mrs. Yan, and then left.

Wang Qing'er came to see him, so he boldly took a quick look at Mr. Yan, just in time to meet his gaze, couldn't help being startled, and quickly lowered his head.

Mr. Yan was also taken aback when he saw Wang Qing'er, and hurriedly pleaded guilty and left.

As soon as he left, Miss Yan sized up the two sisters Wang Yuaner, her eyes fell on Wang Qinger, and she asked innocently, "Are these the sisters of the Wang family in Changle Town?"

Both Wang Yuan'er and Qing'er were slightly blessed.

"I heard that my sister is good at doing business. Do you usually read? Do you read the Book of Poetry on Women's Precepts?" Miss Yan walked up to Qing'er, looked at her and asked.

Wang Yuan'er frowned slightly, and looked away at Miss Yan. Her face was innocent, but in her eyes, there was disdain and contempt.

Wang Qing'er is sincere, she pretended not to understand what she was saying, and replied: "I don't read the Book of Songs very much."

Ms. Yan showed such an expression that she really did, and said: "My elder brother can compose poems. If you don't read the Book of Songs, how can you speak well? My cousin Xin can also compose poems. Both her and elder brother's poems are very good. OK……"

"Yin'er, what are you talking nonsense in front of the guests, why don't you come over?" Mrs. Yan stopped her, and said apologetically to Wang Yuan'er and the others: "This child is usually a chatterbox, and he is used to familiarity. Introductory." He glared at Yan Yin again.

Wang Yuan'er smiled slightly: "Miss Yan is innocent and very nice." It's just that she didn't have much smile in her eyes.

Cousin Xin?It seems that they don't know enough about this scholarly family.

Wang Qing'er frowned and remained silent.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Mrs. Yan invited them to have lunch again. Wang Yuan'er wanted to refuse, but when she saw Yan Yin, she readily agreed and looked at Aunt Cai silently.

After lunch, Wang Yuaner and the others left. As soon as they left, Mrs. Yan looked at Yan Yin with a downcast face.

"Yin'er, who taught you to say those words? What about reading or the Book of Songs." Every sentence is full of sarcasm.

"Mother, don't you really want to hire that rough mountain girl for elder brother? She's a business girl, how can she match my elder brother? She's so vulgar, she doesn't have to spoil my elder brother." Yan Yin was not afraid of Mrs. Yan at all, and said Watching Jiao'er rush over: "She is married, what will my cousin Xin do?"

Madam Yan's face became more serious, and she slapped the table: "Who taught you these bastard words, what about marriage, what about dirty, you can say that too?"

Yan Yin was frightened, stood there with her neck curled up and called weakly: "Mother..."

"You are a big girl, you are not ashamed to say these things? Go back and copy fifty female precepts for me." Madam Yan said with a cold face.

Yan Yin wanted to say no, but when she saw her stare, she stomped her feet and walked away with her mouth pouted.

"Ma'am, Miss is also concerned about the young master." A nanny comforted Mrs. Yan.

Mrs. Yan sneered: "Concerned? I think it's true that someone is using her mouth to spread the word."

"What does Madam mean by this?" Mammy looked to the east, where the old lady's niece and granddaughter lived, and she couldn't help sighing in her heart.

Two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fight, I really don't know who will win!
(End of this chapter)