Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 321 Asking for Dowry (2)
So, Lin Xiaoqiao began to start again. Her new round of talent training plan, first of all, she spent 20 taels of silver to select four young men who looked more clever.

After the person bought it, Lin Xiaoqiao thought about letting go of the picker again, and sent him directly to Shunzi and Manzi, and asked them to bring out two apprentices.

Moreover, Lin Xiaoqiao issued a 'military order' for them. At the end of this year, she will conduct an assessment on these four people. If they pass the assessment, not only the apprentices will be rewarded, but also the masters will not be treated badly. If the assessment is passed, the apprentice is still fine, but the master will have to be punished.

Because of Lin Xiaoqiao's words, both Shunzi and Manzi taught their two apprentices very attentively. In addition to running the shop, they had to arrange time to come out and teach their own apprentices. Apprentices read and write, learn to calculate accounts and so on.

Because these four young men had zero foundation and were illiterate at first, so it was quite troublesome to teach them. After Shunzi and Manzi experienced their own apprenticeships, they also realized it more deeply. Lin Xiaoqiao used to The hard work of teaching the two of them, so the two of them respected and appreciated Lin Xiaoqiao more and more.

At the beginning of March, Lin Xiaoqiao's family only received the letter from Chen Xuewen and Lu Haojie to report their safety. There were two letters in total, one of which was for everyone to report their safety, and the other was for Widow Zheng alone. Perhaps because of the rush of time, Chen Xuewen did not write to Lin Xiaoqiao alone this time.

The letter declaring safety was opened by Lin Xiaoqiao and read by the big guy. The details in the letter were not very detailed. It just told everyone that they had arrived in the capital and found a place to stay, because they had to be busy in the future. I am preparing for the exam, so I will not write letters often, so that everyone can rest assured and wait for the news of the two of them taking the exam.

The date of signing the letter was February [-]th, but the date they received the letter was already the fifth day of March. Counting the days, the two of them were only a few days away from the day when they were going to take the exam.

After reading the letter, Mrs. Li and the others felt relieved, and Lin Xiaoqiao went back to the house to write a reply letter, and sent it to the capital together with the reply letter written by Widow Zheng to her son. , the trial may have ended.

In March, Li's belly had already started to show, and Lin Xiaoqiao could already see that her mother's belly was protruding a little.

Because she is recuperating well, so Li's fetus is also very stable. The fetus has been safely in the womb for more than three months, but Lin Xiaoqiao still insists on inviting the doctor to come over every ten days to give her a baby. Mother has a pulse check, she has to make sure that her mother is safe.

After thinking about it for two months, Lin Xiaoqiao's aunt has already decided to open a dry goods store in the town, so recently her little uncle has been running around all day long, looking for suitable stores and goods. source.

In addition, Mrs. Li was always thinking about her future son-in-law, who was about to take part in the examination, so she proposed to go to the mountain with Widow Zheng to burn incense and worship a Buddha or something, hoping that the Buddha would bless Chen Xuewen and Lu Haojie, and they would be able to do so after high school. Return safely.

However, Widow Zheng thought that Mrs. Li was pregnant and had limited mobility, so she didn't agree. Moreover, she didn't pay much attention to it. The so-called praying to God and worshiping Buddha, there are some things that can't be brought back just by praying to Buddha.

When she was still in the capital, she also went to the temple to burn incense during festivals, hoping that the Bodhisattva would bless her children in safety, but she still lost her daughter after all, so since then, Widow Zheng has not been very happy. Enthusiastic about these activities such as praying to God and worshiping Buddha.

Therefore, because of Widow Zheng's non-cooperation, Mrs. Li could only stop thinking about worshiping God and wait for news of the two of them at home.

Until the end of March, Lin Xiaoqiao and the others did not wait for the news of Chen Xuewen and Lu Haojie, but they waited for Zhou Shi and Liu Shi to come to their door.

Because, when the two of them came to the door, it was Hua San who opened the door, one of the servants who had just bought some time ago, Lin Xiaoqiao also forgot to explain those things to them, so Zhou Liuer's went very smoothly Enter, the door of the Lin family.

At that time, Lin Xiaoqiao was being pestered by Yu Lianer's little cousin, and played a small game of jumping grid with her. Hearing Aunt Lu's report, he habitually frowned.

"Does my mother know?" After getting the news, Lin Xiaoqiao's first reaction was that he didn't want her mother to deal with it. After all, now that Li Shi is pregnant, she can't be touched at all, and she can't be angry.

"The madam already knows, and the eldest miss also knows that they are already entertaining guests in the living room. It was the madam who asked the old slave to tell the second miss to go over quickly." Obviously, things did not go as she wished, Mrs. Li had already received the news, And met with those two people.

I really don't know, what's going to happen today, Lin Xiaoqiao sighed helplessly, then walked towards the main room.

When Lin Xiaoqiao stepped into the room, the faces of Li Shi and Lin Xiaoxi didn't seem very good-looking, obviously they were already annoyed.

Lin Xiaoqiao's complexion immediately darkened. She usually worked hard to keep Li's mood happy, but when the two of them came, Li was very angry. How could she still be in a good mood? Get up!
So, Lin Xiaoqiao went straight to his elder sister Lin Xiaoxi and sat down, and said in a rather unfriendly tone: "Hey - there are guests at home!"

Lin Xiaoqiao has already figured it out, anyway, Lin Erniu is not at home now, so there is no need for them to maintain superficial politeness.

Seeing Lin Xiaoqiao's attitude, Mrs. Zhou became angry, and reprimanded Lin Xiaoqiao: "Are you still in the rules? You don't say hello to your elders when you see them!"

Lin Xiaoqiao gave her a sarcastic look, and then said: "I've never heard of an elder who finds fault as soon as he arrives. May I ask why you two came to the door today? If you have nothing to do, please leave quickly. Recently, our family I have so many things to do, I don't have time to greet the two distinguished guests!"

"You—presumptuous!" Zhou was obviously deeply stimulated by Lin Xiaoqiao's sarcastic and ignorant attitude. In the past, Lin Xiaoqiao was still willing to maintain the superficial peace. show such an attitude.

Mrs. Liu quickly got up to suppress Mrs. Zhou's anger, and whispered something in her ear, and then the anger in Mrs. Zhou's eyes subsided, but she ignored Lin Xiaoqiao, and directed at Lin Xiaoqiao. Mrs. Li said: "Second daughter-in-law, how can the elder let the child be present when he talks about things? Do you have any rules?"

Just now, Mrs. Zhou was about to get angry, but Mrs. Liu reminded her not to forget the main purpose of coming today, and to remind her not to forget the cunning and shrewdness of Xiaoqiao girl, so it is best to If you want that girl to get rid of it, or today's matter, it is estimated that there will be no drama.

(End of this chapter)