The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 56

Sitting in this ancestral hall, there are many people who look down on the behavior of the second old man, but those in the Xie family, as long as they guard their ancestral property and live, they will definitely not get mixed up with the second old man.The family has a few acres of land, and the Xie family usually takes care of it. Although it is not rich, at least it is hard to say that it is poor.Now that the Xie family house has reached this level, it has long been unknown how many generations have been bred. Although everyone's surname is Xie, there are not many families within the five households of the Xie family.

Seeing that the round-faced woman could speak so well, Mrs. Xu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, and also praised: "Jiaojiao, I said it early in the morning, justice is at ease, what you do is good, and you are not afraid of those gossips. Look at how well the quilts are stitched!"

Xie Yujiao was also happy, so she ordered her to go down and said: "You wait outside first, and then go back to Xie's house with us, I still have some questions to ask you slowly."

The woman only kowtowed her head in gratitude and withdrew.Seeing that the ancestor worship was over, Xie Yujiao turned around to bless the second old man and said, "If the second uncle has nothing else to do, then we will go back. The ancestral hall has been offering joss sticks for the past few days, please invite the second uncle Pay attention, send someone to watch over here."

At this time, the second old lady's complexion was already very bad. Seeing that Xie Yujiao was still speaking in such a neither humble nor overbearing way, she felt her chest was tight, but she couldn't find anything to refute her for a while, so she had to bite the bullet and said in a deep voice: " Since the young lady is busy, you should go first."

Xie Yujiao was overjoyed when she saw the emaciated look of the second old lady, but her face was still so calm, she just stepped forward to support Mrs. Xu, and the two left the gate of the ancestral hall.The common people at the gate got the copper coins scattered by Xie Jia, and all of them knelt down and kowtowed.Xie Yujiao helped Mrs. Xu into the sedan chair, turned around and got into the sedan chair at the back.

Zhang's mother took the woman who had just gone in to deliver the quilts, and the two followed from a distance.Mother Zhang held a hundred quilts in her hand, and seeing the exquisite workmanship, she asked, "Old sister, did you sew this quilt? At your age, can you still see the needlework?" ?”

The old woman was a warm person by nature, when she saw Zhang's mother asking her, she smiled and said: "At my age, I can't thread and make a living, this is done by my daughter-in-law, she is good at needlework at a young age. Speaking of which, my daughter-in-law has some relationship with your Xie family, I heard that people in the village are going to make hundreds of quilts, so she doesn't even rush this year's winter clothes, so let's get busy with this first?"

Zhang's mother was very curious when she heard this, and only asked, "How do you say it?"

"Isn't that... It's just that my daughter-in-law used to work as a servant in Jiang's family, and she was the nanny of the eldest aunt's two children! Later, when the child grew up, my daughter-in-law stopped going. Speaking of which, the eldest aunt is really a good person. Married To that bastard surnamed Jiang!" When the round-faced woman mentioned Jiang's surname, her face burst into flames, and she looked like she had a deep hatred like a sea.

Seeing that she was suddenly angry, Zhang's mother smiled and said, "Good people get rewarded, and wicked people get rewarded. Now that person is dead, you don't need to mention it anymore, old sister."

Hearing the words, the old lady still said angrily, "If such a person dies a hundred times, he deserves it. They deserve the Jiang family's death!"

Mother Zhang has lived in Xie's house for a long time now, and she also knows that these village women have no taboos when they talk like this, so she didn't say anything, just smiled and said: "Old sister, go to our house to drink a cup of tea, calm down .”

Xie Yujiao and Mrs. Xu went back to Xie's house and settled down in the main courtyard, so Mama Zhang invited the round-faced woman in.When Aunt Shen saw the Baijia quilt, she happily held it in her hands and turned over the husband and wife's quilts, wishing that Xie Chaozong would cover them up at this moment.Although Xie Yujiao saw that the quilts were quite clean, she was worried, so she told the girl, "Take off this quilt first, remove the outer cover and wash it, let it dry in the sun, and then sew it on." Get up and use it for the young master."

Aunt Shen knew that Xie Yujiao was well-informed, and thought that this was probably some kind of custom she didn't know about, so she didn't say anything, she just gave the quilt to the servant girl to take it down, and went inside to hold the child again.

When Xie Yujiao saw her, she just held her in her arms and said, "Auntie remembers to wash her hands when she hugged Chaozong. I don't know how many people have touched these quilts. It's not good if something dirty gets on Chaozong's body." .”

After hearing this, Aunt Shen realized that these small details were beyond her imagination as a village woman.

After a while, the round-faced woman had already arrived at the door, Xu invited her in, and asked the maid to bring her a pier, let her sit in the middle, and asked: "Is the land of our Xie family right?" No, it's just that apart from the people in Xie's house, they rarely take care of the affairs of other villages. They just let the housekeeper run away. When the master was there, he would go to other villages every now and then. Family, it must be inconvenient to go out to have a look, if you have any unsatisfactory life, just tell us Steward Tao, and he will tell us."

The round-faced lady had a smile on her face, she seemed a little embarrassed, she just smiled and said: "This year, the eldest girl waived our land rent for a year, which is already a great thing, so there is nothing unsatisfactory. Yes, we are used to being bullied by the bullies of the Jiang family, and now we can live such a life, I am really grateful."

Xie Yujiao saw that this woman was honest and honest, and she was not greedy, so she felt sorry for them.It's just that the land rent exemption can only be done in the first year, otherwise the tenants of the Xie family's thousands of households will all be in trouble.

"Let you rest and recuperate this year, but you can't neglect the work in the field just because you don't pay the rent this year. Although my side is exempt, the imperial court still needs it. The imperial court has been fighting these two days, so I don't know. There will be a tax increase one day, so it’s better to prepare more!”

The round-faced woman nodded vigorously after hearing this, and said: "In the past, every time the Jiang family asked us about rent collection, they would say that the court wanted to collect it, and that the soldiers at the frontier gate would have nothing to eat, so We just came to collect it, and we farmers don’t understand these things. He said so, and we didn’t dare not pay the rent. Later, after hearing what Steward Tao said, we realized that the court didn’t raise the rent at all. The Jiang family has been cheated!"

When the round-faced woman said this, she still had an expression of gnashing her teeth, wishing to swallow the Jiang family alive.It was not easy for the Zhuang family to live in ancient times. It is really unreasonable for the Jiang family to do this. The most important thing is that they exploited the people like this, and in a blink of an eye they said that they were not enough to pay the court's tax, and asked the Xie family to make up for this hole.That's why Mr. Xie tolerated it again and again for the sake of his aunt. If Xie Yujiao was in charge at that time, he would definitely not tolerate the Jiang family.

As we were talking here, the aunt outside brought two children over. It turned out that after hearing what the round-faced woman said just now, Mama Zhang thought that since she was an old acquaintance with the aunt, she might as well invite them to meet.Sure enough, the eldest aunt glanced in at the door, then greeted her with a smile and said, "Isn't this the Li family's grandma?"

The Li family woman turned her head and saw the eldest aunt leading the two children. She said with a smile on her face, "Young lady, how are you!" Said: "I'm bah bah, what's the young mistress, now it's better to call her a big aunt!"

The eldest aunt just smiled, pulled the two children and said: "This is the mother-in-law of your nanny's family."

After hearing this, the two children timidly called mother-in-law. Grandma Li stood up happily, wishing to touch their little cheeks with her hands. She felt a little embarrassed for a moment, so she smiled awkwardly and said, "If I had known today, My son has such good fortune to come to the mansion, so I should let my daughter-in-law come with me, she is nagging at home thinking about you all day long!"

The eldest aunt said: "The children also miss her, but now they don't have to go in the past. If they think about it, they can call her into the house anyway. Now the road is far away and it's inconvenient."

Xie Yujiao glanced at her two cousins. The elder Baozhen was already seven years old, but she was a bit of a governor. The younger Baozhen was only three years old. It stands to reason that a nanny should be hired to take care of her. Now the eldest aunt lives in the old aunt. Over there, except for an old lady who went out to marry and came back, there were only two little maids serving her.The old aunt and grandma don't seem like people who can take care of children, so the two girls are basically taken by the aunt and grandma alone, and they can't get rid of their hands.

Xie Yujiao thought for a while, and then asked, "Grandma of the Li family, I wonder what your wife is doing at home now? Is anyone taking care of the children at home? I have been thinking about finding another one for Baozhen and Baozhu. Nanny, it’s better to be familiar with it than to be born. If your daughter-in-law is willing, why not let her come to our house, but the distance is a little bit far, but other things are fine, what do you think? "

Mrs. Li was so happy when she heard the words, she didn't realize it for a long time, and she was stunned for a long time before she opened her mouth and said: "The eldest girl is telling the truth? My daughter-in-law is idle at home, and the two children are grown up, so they don't cling to her." , the family does not lack her labor, and now she is doing some needlework at home to subsidize the family! If this can come to the house, it will be a great thing."

The great aunt was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and it took a moment to realize that although she was happy in her heart, she was a little embarrassed, but in front of Mrs. Li, she couldn't bear to refuse, and she was more grateful to Xie Yujiao. a bit.

Several people chatted in the living room for a while, Xie Yujiao saw that it was getting late, so she ordered Mama Zhang to send a car to take Mrs. Li back to Jiangjia Village.Seeing that Mrs. Li was gone, the eldest aunt said, "Why does Jiaojiao need to spend money? Both of your cousins ​​are grown up and don't nurse anymore. Why do you need a nanny?"

Xie Yujiao just smiled and said: "It's not necessarily that only nursing children need a nanny, they just help take care of the children. Baozhen is still young, and how many of the little maids can take care of the children. After a while, I will also take care of the children." We must find a nanny for Chaozong, and we can't make Aunt Shen so tired."

(End of this chapter)