When she got up early this morning, Lin Qingyun had just gotten up and finished freshening up, but she saw Zijuan coming in with a wooden tray.

"Say hello to the big girl. Today is the beginning of the month, the eldest girl specially ordered me to send monthly money to the eldest girl's room, all according to the old practice, egret, acacia, lark, thrush four are first-class, each person a hanging money, peach, lotus, chrysanthemum, plum four is second-class, each person five hundred dollars. When the girl used to be at home, it was five taels a month, so she sent five taels to the eldest girl. Zijuan said, placing the tray on the table.

Lin Qingyun's eyes moved slightly, she sighed in her heart, and said quietly on her face: "I'm sorry for you to run, presumably my sister is also busy today, so I won't go over to disturb." ”

"Yes." Zijuan was blessed and retired.

Qingyun asked Bailu to accept the monthly money sent, and once again sighed at Daiyu's exquisite heart.

She remembered that the monthly money of the ladies in Jiafu was two taels, and Daiyu must have known that she had lived there, so it can be seen that her family's monthly price of five taels is too high. Daiyu is not only the only eldest lady of the Lin family, but the Lin family has no possibility of having children, and her parents have been more and more loving since she was a child, not to mention the money every five or two months a month, I am afraid that she will spend it as much as possible. The reason why Daiyu set five taels is intentional, Qingyun Topilin's family, penniless, although food and clothing are worry-free, but still need daily expenses, or reward people, or sisters, or additional purchases, etc., if the monthly money is too small enough to spend, I am afraid that I will not open my mouth to ask for it, but it is better to give it directly enough, and the name will not make people feel charity.

After breakfast, Qingyun began to do needlework.

In the memory of the original owner, he will do needlework, and generally Jiangnan daughters are good at embroidery, but now although they have inherited the memory and know the embroidery method, it is not so easy to get a needle. The ancients had a lot of requirements for women, and it was inevitable that women would be popular, not to mention that the skills were not pressing, this body is still small now, and it will be made up for after a few years of diligent practice.

I don't know when I heard a noise outside the courtyard, and I asked without raising my head, "Egret, what's wrong?" ”

The egret went out for a while and came back, with a little wonder on his face: "The two mothers-in-law actually fought in public, and the girl Lin called for questioning, and the two actually climbed on the first lady, and the girl said that it was ridiculous." ”

Qingyun frowned, put the needle and thread aside and went over there, for fear that Daiyu would be angry about it.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I felt that something was wrong, the whole courtyard was silent, and there were two mothers-in-law kneeling in the courtyard who were kowtowing and begging for mercy, and Daiyu stood at the door of the room, with a cold face, and there was still anger in her eyes.

It's clearly just a nine-year-old girl, although she has been angry, but she has never had a seizure, just because she understands the situation very well, she is no longer a young lady under the care of her parents, and now she has to be calm to stand steady. When her mother was alive, she had already suffered enough for her children, how could she be chewed after her death.

Qingyun stopped, feeling that Daiyu was soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, although such things would be sad, they might not be difficult to handle.

Sure enough, I saw Daiyu say: "You two should have been punished for eating wine when they were on errands, and now they are talking about the deceased master mother in front of me, how arrogant." Come on, and the two of them will each be kicked out with 20 boards and will never be hired. ”

These words are simple but have the sound of wind and thunder, and there is really a momentum of being in charge that people dare not look at directly.

And when it came to "being kicked out and never hired", the two mothers-in-law were already crying and begging. I am not afraid of being punished by the board, and never being hired is equivalent to ruining the future of a lifetime. They are all old slaves of the Lin family, and they can only serve the Lin family, but now that the Lin family does not use it, it means that the silver and rice are out every month, even if they don't starve to death, what hope is there in this life?

It can be seen that Daiyu is annoyed.

Aunt Xu rushed to hear the news earlier, but she didn't intervene like Qingyun, and she couldn't help but nod with satisfaction when she saw Daiyu's disposal at this time. While ordering everyone to disperse, he sighed with Qingyun: "In the past, I thought that the girl was weak and soft, but who knew that it was bad." In the end, Mrs. taught well, and in a trance it seemed that she saw Mrs. back then. ”

Daiyu is not soft-natured, but kind-hearted, does not hold grudges, and is unwilling to speculate on others with malice. In the past, she could be a woman in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but when necessary, she could also take on the responsibility of being a housekeeper, and she was well-versed in literature and ink, and her mind was sensitive, and she was afraid that she was no worse than Wang Xifeng, the hero in the fat powder pile.

"Sister Qingyun is here." Daiyu saw her, and her face was calm.

"Standing outside for a long day without getting tired? Go in and rest. Qingyun didn't mention what happened just now, and took her hand and entered the room together.

Daiyu said: "I knew that housework was complicated, and it wasn't until today that I really understood that my mother could cook properly in the world, but I was not as good." ”

Qingyun smiled: "What are you compared to your stepmother, you are still young, and when you marry in the future, you will naturally do well." ”

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red, and she rushed up to beat her reluctantly: "I thought you were a serious person, but I didn't know that you actually said these words to make fun of me, you are really the same as Lian's second sister-in-law." ”

"What's wrong with me? Could it be that you won't marry in the future? Qingyun deliberately played with her for a while, and only stopped to say mercy when she saw her panting slightly: "It's me who is wrong, I am wrong, I shouldn't say these nonsense." My sister is a lot, forgive me once. ”

Daiyu snorted lightly, turned around and sat on the side to look through the account book, and said, "Since this is the case, I will spare you." ”

"I knew my sister wasn't a stingy person."

didn't know that it was just this ordinary sentence, but Daiyu was stunned, and then tears suddenly rolled down.

Qingyun was taken aback: "Sister, what's wrong?" Why are you crying? But did I offend that sentence? ”

Daiyu shook her head, just crying and not speaking.

At this time, fortunately, there is Zijuan, who has served for several years, Zijuan knows Daiyu the most, but there is no one who does not understand every look and action. At this time, I saw that she was crying suddenly, and after a little thought, I knew why.

"Don't get me wrong, big girl, it's not related to the big girl." Zijuan first appeased Qingyun, and then said to Daiyu funny: "The girl is crying again, look at the big girl." I know that the girl is wronged, and she loves to chew her tongue the most when she picks up the villain, what kind of person is the girl, and she really can't be angry about this. Besides, the sisters all know that the girl is a human being, so how can they ever say that the girl is a girl? Now that the girl has returned to her own house, she is the master of her own house, and she has the eldest girl as her companion, how comfortable she is, and she still wants to do those little things before, doesn't it make the lord and the eldest girl worry? ”

Daiyu stopped her tears and glared at Zijuan with disgust, but she couldn't stop laughing. Realizing that Qingyun was watching from the side, her face was red again, and she was very embarrassed: "Let my sister see the joke, it's all my sister who is ignorant, I said that I would never cry again, but I didn't hold back." ”

Qingyun also understood at this time that it must be those people in the Jia family who chewed their tongues, and Daiyu was delicate and sensitive, and she cried every time because of this. Xu is someone in the Jia family who talked about Daiyu's temperament, and her words made Daiyu feel sad. Calculating the time, now that the Xue family has not yet entered Beijing, although Mrs. Wang does not like Daiyu because of Jia Min, she can't afford to fight with Jia's mother so early, I am afraid that the letter with the Xue family has confirmed the good relationship of gold and jade, so it paved the way for the Xue family first.

After all, Mrs. Wang is the head of the house, if there is no her, how dare the next person talk about Mother Jia's granddaughter who attaches great importance to her beloved?

"Who can live without crying? Just don't cry too much, it's easy to hurt yourself. Qingyun deliberately diverted the topic, but whenever the Jia family was mentioned, six or seven times out of ten times had to cry, no wonder later generations said that Daiyu and the Jia family backlashed. Qingyun has a heart to guide on weekdays, and now it is not the situation in the original book, Daiyu is a lot more cheerful, and the little girl occasionally makes Qingyun smile with a stomachache.

"Sister, don't worry, I'm better now." Daiyu took out a gift list and handed it to her: "I was saying that I wanted the girl to send it to you, this is a gift from the Zhang family in Jinling, this is for you, I will ask someone to send it to you in a while." ”

Since coming to the Lin family, the Zhang family will send something every month or February, which is not valuable, but very intimate. Qingyun used to go back to the needlework she made, all for the Zhang family and his wife, and then put up some things for the festival, but the Lin family helped prepare them.

"I'm just making a wipe of my forehead, and I'm going to send it to Mrs. Zhang." Qingyun counted the silver money on hand, and there were also twenty or thirty taels, except for today's monthly money, the others were stuffed into the baggage by Mrs. Zhang when she first came, and she could buy something else.

"Sister Qingyun, don't be busy, Daddy said that the Zhang family's gift will be sent a few days later."

"Why is that?"

"Sister, haven't you forgotten, now in May, the palace exam is being held, and it won't be long before the list will be announced. Dad said that according to the skills of the third son of the Zhang family, as long as there is no accident, he will definitely be on the list, and when the report comes down and there is a result, he will send gifts together to congratulate him. ”

"Exactly, I forgot." In fact, there is not much difference, she is a girl's family in the end, and she is sending a heart, and it is the Lin family who really wants to give a big gift to congratulate.

Now Lin Ruhai asked Daiyu to take care of the house, and this gift list was naturally drawn up by Daiyu, so Daiyu looked through the gift book, and there were old examples of giving gifts from other families in previous years, referring to the pre-drawn and then handed over to Lin Ruhai for inspection.

Qingyun had nothing to do, and looked through the accounts of the shops again. Although the account books of this shop were sent, they were not actually managed by Daiyu, but were taken care of by the shopkeepers outside. The Lin family shop mostly deals in silk and satin cloth, hairpin ring incense powder, and the income is good, although the Grange is not as good, but it is increased every year, and a sum of money will be spent from it to increase the sacrificial field, repair the ancestral hall and donate it to the Lin family school.

Although Qingyun has no worries about food and clothing in the Lin family, and the father and daughter of the Lin family treat each other sincerely, they are not dissatisfied. It's just that she is not an ancient person after all, she is used to supporting herself, and now she is provided by the Lin family for every grass and paper, every food and every meal, and even the Lin family will plan it in the future, which really makes her panic. It's not so much "no merit", but psychological reasons, what if she doesn't have the Lin family? If you can make money yourself, it seems that you have confidence.

The dilemma she faced was that as a woman, she couldn't show her face, she had no money, and she had no way.

Now although she is Lin Ruhai's righteous daughter, she can be regarded as adhering to the teachings of scholars, and she must not personally get involved in business, otherwise once it spreads, it will put the Lin family in danger. She has no one to use, so she can only rely on the Lin family, but how to persuade Lin Ruhai to agree is a difficult problem.