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Chapter 31

Chapter 28

Shujia learned a lot of house fighting knowledge, and summed it up to a theoretical level, but it turned out...it was completely useless!

The new beautiful girl was thrown to work as a coolie, and the old aunt was still obediently nestling, not daring to act rashly anymore.Shujia’s daily life has returned to its original routine now, and it’s so regular that it’s outrageous!Shujia believes that her mother-in-law is fully capable of managing her family's one-acre three-point land.

It can be considered that these people are unlucky. Originally, it is a common thing to set up an outer room, whether it is in Beijing or stationed abroad.Oh, it's more convenient to be stationed abroad. In Beijing, maybe the parents and elders of this kind of Eight Banners aristocratic family live in the Forty-Nine City.This kind of letting go of a foreign job is really far away from the emperor and parents.The king and the father can't control it, it's all up to themselves.

But this is Hangzhou, Shi Wenbing is a military officer, Shi Lang and Yao Qisheng are still rolling up their sleeves to clean up the Zheng family in Fujian, and Shi Wenbing's predecessor was recruited by the imperial censor, he had better stay honestly in the camp under his command.According to the gift giver's intention, it is a gift with the person and the house. The problem is that he gave it away, and Shi Wenbing couldn't enjoy it often due to objective reasons and thought of him well, so it didn't work.I had no choice but to bite the bullet and send it to the house in the name of sending the maidservant to order, or just...

Anyone who wants to give gifts in the future should learn this lesson.According to Shujia's estimate, she, Ama, will also learn a lesson when receiving gifts in the future. The house should accept them and send the woman with bound feet away.

Never mind her!Shujia has a lot of things to do now.Her mother's belly is getting bigger day by day. From Beijing to Hangzhou, although it is said that the water and soil in the south support people and produce many beauties from Suzhou and Hangzhou, but after all, it is a change of place, and the water and soil are slightly unacceptable.Pregnant women often have various strange reactions, such as morning sickness, laziness, a sudden strange taste, or a drastic change in temperament.When I arrived at Sirut's place, I was already a proficient childbirth person, and there were fewer strange reactions, but I was a little lazy in the hot and humid summer, and it was inevitable that I would struggle with housework management.

Shujia got up every morning and went to her mother-in-law's place to talk with her and have breakfast.Then look at the managerial affairs of Sirut's family, and secretly write down the division of labor of each housekeeper's natal family. Things closely related to the family, such as the basic necessities of life of the wives and girls, while Zhang Lu's family is in charge of personnel affairs. One is close to the boss and the other controls the promotion and promotion of the subordinates in the house. It is hard to say who is more important.After finishing the work, I went to class. The following schedule was the same as before, but I added a walk in the morning and evening.

Sirut's ordinary director is not sitting on the main seat in the Ming room, but on the couch in the Xishao room.Shujia also stayed inside and listened, and Sirut followed the consistent purpose and brought Shuxian along with her.

Sirut wanted Shuxian to grow up every year. This year is the draft year. If nothing happens, she will be drafted in three years at the earliest, or six years at the latest.Regardless of whether you are good or not, you are about to get married. These housework chores cannot be learned in a short while, so naturally you have to start learning from an early age.Usually, if you study a little, you will have a reputation as a housekeeper, and you can add some capital to your relationship.

Because she is a concubine, she may not be selected. The identity of the daughter of the Shi family's concubine is a bit embarrassing.Shi Wenbing's title is not low, and his family's power is not small, his daughter can't be dismissed casually, generally no one except the emperor dares to ask her daughter to be a concubine, but it is slightly inappropriate to let a concubine be the first wife of the clan .No matter how good Shuxian's personal conditions are, she is still a little worried about her future.Maybe it's just putting down the brand and marrying on your own, then it is even more necessary to strengthen your personal qualities.Sirut doesn't want people to say that she doesn't know how to teach people, or that she is partial, and she still has her own daughter to marry.

Therefore, Shuxian, who was just an observer, was sometimes called by Sirut to ask for her opinion.You are right, there are praises, and there are pointers for incomprehensible places.

Furthermore, in Silut's view, Shuxian is calmer, and Shujia's mind seems to be more flexible, so that Shuxian can infect Shujia and make Shujia more stable.

Daily life is nothing more than trivial matters. As for personnel arrangements, buying and selling people, and money and food cashiers, there are not all the time.It's just by hearing and seeing, knowing what things have to be dealt with when living at home, and comprehending something from Sirut's way of handling.

Sirut knew that the youngest daughter had more ideas, but she didn't think that Shuxian had no ideas. Since she was a child, Shuxian was no worse than Shujia in terms of self-control. As a supplement, in terms of perseverance, she is a bit stronger than Shujia.He is also very winky, but... the origin is a bit poor, and it is hard to say in terms of good fortune.

In comparison, Shujia's conditions are better. In terms of appearance, she may not be as delicate and graceful as Shuxian, but it fits everyone's definition of "blessing". Her small face is round, not like a round potato. On the contrary, her face shape is not bad, showing the appearance of an oval face, but she is a little fat, she looks very lucky, her eyes are in the shape of phoenix eyes, the corners of the eyes are slightly raised, and her nose is straight.

In addition, the daughter of the Earl's Mansion should be lucky no matter what, so she devoted herself to cultivating her mistress demeanor.

Sirut often reminds Shujia: "Don't make a show of yourself. If someone says that the second girl is very strong, and she can do everything clearly, it's really scary. Tell me, are you affected by these words?" Everything If you are too flamboyant, everyone will know you, and it will be inconvenient to do anything. If you express your personality too strongly, you will easily show your emotions and be targeted by others.

"It's enough to know in your heart. You are a girl, and there are some things that you can't say. But you can't just ignore everything. That way you show weakness, and you will be deceived and humiliated. Usually you want to know everything, but You can’t show it. When you really need it, don’t say it outright unless you have to. If you can see the problem, you have to think about how to cure it. Otherwise, don’t talk about it. Tell Er Niang. Do you understand?"

Shujia: Got it, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.To be a black-bellied BOSS hidden behind the scenes has more potential for survival.And, if you hit a snake and hit it seven inches, you either don't make a move, or you make a dead move.

"I told you before, don't make it public, it's not only about doing things, but also about your face," Sirut emphasized, "But whoever can stay with you quietly for two months and talk about you for the guests you usually meet product? It’s just that after meeting for a while, whatever you see and what you think of you, just say what you are.”

Shujia: My mother, I'm only six years old.

Day by day, Shujia secretly calculated that Sirut's delivery date was around the Chinese New Year, and that time was the busiest season of the year. [-]. The income needs to be settled. Although there is no need to hold an evaluation meeting for the one-year evaluation of the servants in the family, you must know it well, as well as the production and living plans for the next year, etc.

During this time, it was when Sirut gave birth and confinement, and she couldn't care about it at all.The social activities in the mansion also have to be suspended, but with my uncle and grandma around, can I let my sisters follow along for a while?Shujia thought wildly in her heart.

So in June, when it was time for the whole family to change and start making autumn clothes, Sirut's belly was already obvious, and Shujia lay down every day to listen to the movement.She didn't listen to what Sirut said, but just looked at the little bun in the future in awe, and started racing in her heart: what does it look like?Is it male or female or twins?
Sirut said angrily: "It looks fine on weekdays, but now I'm going to be stupid." Zhang Lu's family said with a smile: "The girl is going to be an older sister, no wonder she is so happy." Reporting the population of the family this year, How many male servants, how many female servants, how many first-class, how many second-class, how many third-class, how many sets of first-class clothes, how many sets of second-class clothes, how many sets of third-class clothes, what materials are used for each , How much can be driven out of the needle and thread at home, and how much needs to be done outside, and how much cloth, thread, and wages are needed.

The Fuhai family reported the autumn clothes that the master of the family wanted to buy this year: "The girls are all growing up, so they have to make new clothes; the wife is getting pregnant, and the old clothes can no longer be worn; the master's new clothes, the material We also need to re-select. We can do some needlework at home, and some have to be made outside. Also, the season is changing, and the jewelry of the wives and girls should also be exchanged for gold. Do you need to re-do it? ?”

Sirut listened to them one by one, and called the lady in the counting room to come over and get the numbers right. After a small abacus, he first matched the servant's clothes and money, and dealt out the right cards to do it.Then carefully determined the number of sets, colors, and materials for the family of four, and ordered two sets of clothes for each of the aunts, checked the prices, and sent someone to come over for an interview with an outside tailor on a date.

Finally, there is the issue of jewelry. Sirut has a lot of jewelry, but the two daughters have no jewelry.Sirut thinks that in the second half of the year, his figure will only become more out of shape and it will be difficult to move around, so he will play less. The daughters are young, and the focus is on bracelets and collars. This item saves a lot.

After finishing all this, Sirut felt that it might be time for her daughters to learn how to calculate.I mentioned it to Mr. Jiang before, but judging from the usual conversations of the daughters, they basically didn't learn much mathematics, which is not very good.

The times are developing and human beings are regressing, and Mr. Jiang's mathematics is just like that.Although the gentleman's six arts are clear, there are very few people who can treat the six emperors equally at this moment, and the number is not bad. How many "lords" will condescend to drive a car at this moment?Mr. Jiang is not too bad, at least he remembers ninety-nine table formulas, but he is very unfamiliar with abacus.Sirut also understood, and called the accountant to come over and teach.

There are not many women who can do abacus. Maybe a simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is fine, but it is still a bit short of teaching.Fortunately, Sirut's requirements are not high, as long as his daughter can add, subtract, multiply and divide, so Mama Yu, the accountant, was successfully elected.

Mama Yu is in her fifties. It is said that she has been in the Shi family for more than 40 years. The family used to be a small business with a small shop and learned a little. She had no choice but to sell her son and daughter, and she was also sold into the mansion.When he arrived in the mansion, because of this skill, he was assigned a small steward, and his life was able to live on.

Now being chosen to teach the girls is also a beautiful job.

Shujia doesn't need to learn mathematics at all. Although all the calculus and so on have been returned to the university teacher, the rest is still there, and even the abacus is not left behind.I am very grateful for the exam-oriented education back then. I almost forgot the content of free teaching in the later period, but I still remember what was crammed 20 years ago.So her abacus was fast, and she especially liked to hear the crisp sound. After Sirut knew about it, she was not allowed to touch the abacus any more.

Mr. Jiang heaved a sigh of relief. He is a dignified scholar. It is hard enough to teach little girls to read the Four Books for Girls, but to teach abacus is really a bit polite.

Shujia still goes to her Ama's study room every night. Since Xilute became pregnant, she has been in touch with a little housework. She listened to his Ama talk about "Three Kingdoms" and learned Manchu by the way. The relationship between father and daughter The relationship deepened day by day.If Shujia had any request, Shi Wenbing was very happy to agree.For example, she sometimes proposed that she would like to go to her uncle and grandmother every few days to ask for a greeting or something. The reason was: "It's not convenient for Er Niang to move, and we juniors can't be lazy."

In fact, she was bored at home and wanted to go out for a walk.Although it is changing from one yard to another, you can take a look at the street view on the way.The reason was justified, Shi Wenbing readily agreed, and said: "You sisters go together." So Shujia won the time to go to see her uncle and grandmother every three or five days, which is considered a Sunday.

Now when she is away from home, there is a big maid, a little maid and a nanny in her car.Chun Xi or Xia Xi sat in the car with one of the two wet nurses, and Hong Xiu or Qing Jin sat on the side of the car shaft.If Nanny Wu Ya or Nanny Yin is not around, Nanny He and Nanny Wang will be more relaxed about her. Once Shujia smiles and says, "Good mommy, let me take a look, otherwise you will only know when you arrive in Hangzhou." It's so boring what your own yard looks like."

Nanny Wang's heart had already softened, and she wanted to add a disclaimer clause: "The girl can only lift one corner, and she can't show her face." Shujia blinked, opened a small gap in the curtain, and brought her eyes closer. Take a closer look at the street scene that you have never seen before.

The street scene in the south is slightly different from that in the north. There are damp and watery people, and not all the bannermen are in the banner camps. There are also many Han Chinese, most of whom are servants of various families.Of course there are shops, but not many.Most people walking on the street walk slowly, with comfort.

When they arrived at the alley where Shi Lin's house was located, Mammy Wang never let her approach the curtain again.Shujia accepted it as soon as she saw it, and sat down honestly.

When you arrive at Shi Lin's house, enter the backyard through the corner gate, and then go to see Shi Lin's wife.Since this kind of frequent visits became a custom, Shujia felt more and more that her decision was very wise.The old lady was also lonely at home. On the day of the third regular visit, the two of them had just arrived outside the courtyard when a woman came to greet them: "Come here. The old lady has been saying that the two girls should come over." The big girl next to my uncle and grandmother had already opened the curtain.

After entering the house, the old lady and the two little girls greeted each other obediently, and then they either took out their own needles and threads, or asked someone to offer some newly made snacks at home, or helped Sirut to bring some gadgets, the old lady felt even more heartbroken. happy.After commenting one by one, they will also rummage through and point out the shortcomings of the two people's needlework: "It would be better if the tip here is half an inch longer." Or "Try using green thread next time."

In Shujia's words, this way, my uncle and grandmother are also happy, and I can get a chance to relax, so why not do it?Win-win.

Once the great-aunt is happy, if there is communication and it is inconvenient for Sirut, she will be more kind when she smooths things out on her behalf.

(End of this chapter)