Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 254
Du Huanghua stayed for a few days, and went back to the capital with peace of mind when she saw that she was well. Du Xiaoyu was not under the control of her parents-in-law, except for going to the old lady of the Du family to greet her every few days, she lived a very comfortable life.

One day, Du Xian drove a carriage to the county, and Du Xiaoyu ran out to meet him. Seeing that the yard was full of things, he couldn't help saying angrily, "Father, I don't think it's troublesome. If you can't buy anything here, you have to send it over here." .”

"Your mother said, you are not in charge of the family and you don't know how expensive the firewood is. From now on, you will live with your son-in-law, and you have to worry about everything at home." He smiled and watched the servants move the things into the warehouse, "Besides, it's all from my own family. Why buy the ones grown in the field, isn’t it a waste of money? If you leave, the family won’t be able to eat it all.”

Du Xiaoyu just laughed, and asked about the situation at home. She was not there, so Du Xian had to take care of the rabbit house, herbal fields, and brassicas.

"Don't worry, it's very good. They all have experience and can't tire me. Your mother told you not to worry about your family. If there is something wrong, we will naturally tell you."

Du Xiaoyu nodded, and left Du Xian for lunch. After meeting his son-in-law, he went back.

"Why don't you live there for a few days?" Li Yuanqing flipped through the book, raised his head and said something.

She was slightly taken aback.

"I think you're restless, but you're homesick?" He looked softly, "Is there anything else you can't tell me?"

It is indeed the first time she has been away from home for so long, Du Xiaoyu smiled, "What will you do if I go back?" In recent days, she has been dealing with trivial matters at home, ranging from buying things in various rooms to small ones every day. The dishes in the day are all carefully thought out.

Li Yuanqing put down the book, spread his hands and said, "Do you think I can't live without you?" Before marrying her, she didn't come here like this.

She burst out laughing, then rolled her eyes again, "Then do you feel happy when I'm gone?"

"What are you talking about?" Li Yuanqing raised his eyebrows and reached out to touch her forehead.

It was just for fun, Du Xiaoyu smiled for a while, and said, "Then I'll go back tomorrow, mainly to see the brassicas, if all goes well, I can collect them in two months. Actually, I'm still quite worried Yes, if some strange disease occurs in the middle... But it can also accumulate experience, and it is not a good sign that everything is going smoothly."

Li Yuanqing groaned, and wrapped his arms around her waist, "Don't worry too much. If it doesn't work, you can plant it next year. It's right to learn more experience. How about I find you two people who know farming and have a look." ?” He is the county magistrate, the head of a county. In addition to adjudicating cases, he also inspects local people’s conditions, geography, products, and agricultural affairs.

"Do you know someone who can grow brassica?" Du Xiaoyu asked in surprise.

"If I know each other, I will persuade farmers to try planting this year. How can I wait until now?"

That's right, Du Xiaoyu shrugged.

"As you know in Sanli Village, there are two very influential people in the village over there, who know a lot about farming. The villagers will ask about what they want to plant, and the credit is obvious to all. The grain sold in Sanli Village every year is the highest in the entire county. It is the highest, which shows its good harvest."

"Of course that's good, you have to remember." Du Xiaoyu smiled happily. If he is very experienced, even if he encounters a sudden situation, he should be able to figure out a way to deal with it.

The two were talking, when Qingzhu knocked on the door outside, saying that the matchmaker had come.

A few days ago, Du Xiaoyu told the matchmaker that he wanted to find some maids. The matchmaker didn't expect the wife of the magistrate to come to the door in person. At that time, she said that there was no suitable one. After a delay, she came to the door after dark.

"I have brought a few girls with me, waiting at the door." Qingzhu complained quite a bit, "I asked her to come back tomorrow, but she refused, saying that it was already a few days late, and I was afraid that it would delay my wife's employment, and the servants had no choice but to ask Asked."

Caiping stood beside him, but he didn't speak, and only glanced at Qingzhu.

"Then you take her to the main room and wait." Du Xiaoyu stood up, and when she saw that the color screen was going to clean up the teacup on the table, she called out, "Let's put it away first, and you come too."

Qing Zhu was stunned immediately, bit her lower lip, turned and went out.

During this time, Du Xiaoyu watched. Although the color screen was outstanding, he did not take advantage of this advantage to do anything out of the ordinary. On the contrary, Qingzhu mentioned it a few times, saying that if there is a need at night, it would be more convenient to call them.

However, she still adopted Qing Zhu's advice, and now the two of them took turns sleeping in the side room, and the overall impression given by the color screen was that they were neither humble nor overbearing.

It can be seen that she doesn't seem to have any intention of being a housekeeper. Of course, she may be hiding it well.

As soon as Du Xiaoyu sat down, the matchmaker came in with a row of maids. She first kowtowed to her, and then asked those maids to kowtow too, and then said with a smile, "Because they are serving Madam, they were carefully selected and cost a lot of money. With a little effort, I only hope that my wife can see it, it is their good fortune."

The matchmaker was about 40 years old, with a blue stringed beanie and a brown long skirt. She was well-dressed and had a kind face, but she was not annoying.

"Everyone raise your head and ask Madam to have a look." When the prostitute gave the order, there was a hint of evil spirit.

Two girls shook their bodies immediately and raised their heads, and the others also raised their heads slowly, but they didn't dare to look directly at Du Xiaoyu, and kept their eyes on the ground.

"Children from poor families have never seen the world." The matchmaker hurriedly explained, "It will be good to have a good training with my wife in the future. I can guarantee that all of them are innocent."

Du Xiaoyu smiled, took two steps, and took a closer look at the girls. They were all about thirteen or fourteen years old, and their facial features were good, but two of them were sallow and thin, and they looked like they hadn't eaten enough. The appearance of eating, immediately felt a little uncomfortable.

Xu sold her daughter to a matchmaker because her family couldn't afford to support her, so she could be a maid for a rich man.

If she didn't buy it, and she didn't know which family it would fall into, she stood in front of a girl and asked, "What's your name? Where do you live?"

"Hui, Hui madam, servant girl, servant girl..." She was so trembling that she couldn't speak.

The matchmaker frowned. She didn't expect Du Xiaoyu to be the first to take a fancy to her, so she said, "Mrs. Hui, this girl's name is He Ju, and she's from Sanli Village."

Sanli Village?As mentioned earlier, Du Xiaoyu glanced at the timid He Ju again, "Who else is in your family?"

"His father is a gambler and owed a whole body of debts, so he sold her when he couldn't repay it." Seeing that Du Xiaoyu was always looking at He Ju, the prostitute said again, "Didn't Madam say she was going to buy four maids last time?" Ring?" Her eyes intentionally or unintentionally looked towards the third girl in this row.

Du Xiaoyu naturally followed along to look, and saw that the third girl was the best-looking one among them, with the corners of her eyes slightly upturned, as if Du Xiaoyu was looking at her, her jaw was slightly closed, showing a dignified look .

It was somewhat attractive, the corners of Du Xiaoyu's mouth twitched, his skin was still so white, it didn't look like he came from a poor family.

Or is it natural beauty?She smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

Seeing Du Xiaoyu standing in front of that girl, Qingzhu couldn't help but feel a little nervous, the color screen in the yard is already pretty enough, if there is another one, won't it make her more ordinary?

The maid raised her head gracefully, "Return to Ma'am, my servant's name is Fang Jinrong."

This name has no local taste at all. Du Xiaoyu looked at the matchmaker, who smiled and said, "She is smart, and she will definitely serve Madam well."

Du Xiaoyu nodded, asked the prostitute to bring the names of all the girls, and then asked Caiping and Qingzhu, "Which ones do you think are good?"

Qingzhu said first, "That Fang Jinrong, the maidservant will feel restless when she sees it, Madam definitely can't want her."

But Caiping didn't say anything, only said, "Madam has her own conclusions in her heart, slaves dare not speak nonsense."

Qingzhu's eyes were about to burst into flames when he heard this, and he secretly glanced at the color screen, as expected, he only knows how to please his master, but he is not sure what to think, who looks like that, but says he doesn't want to climb high branches, who would believe it!
Du Xiaoyu wrote down four names and handed them to the color screen, and then took out a bank note, "Go and tell the matchmaker that she doesn't need to see me."

The color screen looked down, Fang Jinrong's name was not on it, she went out with a calm expression.

Qingzhu also heaved a sigh of relief, it seems that Madam will still be wary of good looks, from this point of view, I am afraid that the color screen will not stay here for a long time, so she smiled slightly immediately.

The matchmaker didn't expect Du Xiaoyu to choose someone directly, her face turned a little ugly, and she murmured, "Why don't you choose carefully, madam is really determined?"

"Madam has already chosen, you don't need to say more." Cai Ping handed her the silver ticket, and stretched out his hand, "Here are the deeds of prostitution for them."

There was no room for change, the prostitute looked at Fang Jinrong, sighed, and had to take out the deed of sale.

Those four maids all came from poor families. Now that they were able to go to the county lord's house as servants, they didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow for a while, so they just followed the color screen and walked into the main room slowly.

As soon as Fang Jinrong came out of the courtyard, Fang Jinrong sternly said, "What did you say? You said you would definitely be able to send me in. That's good. The money has been collected, but the matter has not been done!"

The prostitute said helplessly, "What can I do? Madame doesn't like you, who can you blame? I told you to smear your face, but if you don't listen, no one will look at you like you are from the village."

Fang Jinrong stomped her feet angrily, "My girl's face is naturally white, what's the matter? Just being the wife of the county mistress is not superficial like those people, who would have thought that she would also be jealous of my appearance!"

The matchmaker shook her head, "Your family is not poor, why bother to be a maid?"

"What do you know?" Fang Jinrong gave her a white look, "It's really useless, give me back the money!"

The matchmaker knew her personality, so she hurriedly took out the money, saw her disappear into the night, and clicked her tongue again, "It's really a strange thing, she looks like a girl from a rich family, why is she rushing to become a maidservant?" ? Strange, really strange!"

Thank you for the reward of Piaosheng children's shoes~~
(End of this chapter)