Chapter Eighty-Four: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
"We'll talk about it in the evening." Gu Daya drank all the water in the bowl and ran out excitedly.
Gu Qingzhu had to suppress the curiosity in his heart for the time being, seeing that they were all happy, it was not a bad thing to think about, so he didn't care much.
It will open tomorrow, and the work in the afternoon is not easy, Mama Guo helped Xiaolai to check everywhere, but she is a very meticulous person, even if a pot of flowers is not good-looking, she must adjust until she is satisfied, as for the debris and dust in the corners, she will not let go at all.
Fortunately, Gu Daya and the others are used to doing farm work, and they are not tired of doing this thing, but they are urged by their grandmother to numb their scalps, and the tribes have to go around.
At the end of the day, servants kept sending things outside, and Mama Guo ran around, and after a few trips, her legs couldn't move.
"Qingzhu, you bring a few smart people to the door and wait, but if you send anything, bring it in first and let me take a look and then settle it." Mama Guo sat in a chair, put her legs on a low stool, and Xiaolai knelt on the ground to massage her.
"Okay, I'll go." Gu Qingzhu put down the rag and took the eldest girls and them.
"Don't go, stand in front of me, someone will trip and fall in a while, who cares about you!" Mama Guo grabbed Gu Qingying, who wanted to follow.
"Oh." Gu Qingying pursed her lips and didn't dare to speak, only looked at her eldest sister aggrievedly and waved at her.
"Take it and eat it, I don't like people like a bitter gourd the most." Mama Guo took the walnut roll on the table and stuffed it into her hand.
"Oh." Gu Qingying buried her head in eating, the walnut rolls were crispy and crispy, and the children ate them little by little, so sweet that the corners of their mouths rose, and their eyebrows and eyes were opened, like a glutinous rice dumpling.
"This is how a child of this age should be." Mama Guo didn't know what to think of, and sighed.
"Mama is the best." Xiaolai looked up and smiled.
"You silly girl, get up quickly, it's cold on the ground, everyone else thinks I'm weird, and only you have served me all these years, and you haven't complained at all." Mama Guo's legs were relieved, and her face was rarely kind.
"I'm stupid, and no one else wants to see me, so I have to like it alone, so I can't serve it well." Xiao Lai quickly got up from the ground and patted the dust on his skirt.
"Look, that's what a stupid man said!" Mama Guo was amused by her.
I saw Gu Qingzhu on the verandah leading a group of girls in, all of them holding ebony trays in their hands, covered with red silk, which looked valuable.
The first Mama Gui and Mama Guo are old acquaintances, the two stand in one place, according to the list of delivery clearly, are some jade coral, bottles and cans of lacquer ornaments, Gui Mama told in every way when leaving, this is the family in the warehouse, must not damage a piece.
Many of these are Tan Zijin's mother's dowries, and Mama Guo is naturally a hundred times more concerned, and others are not allowed to touch them, only asking Gu Qingzhu to carefully place them on the tall Bogu shelf one by one.
Gu Erni looked up at the bottom, jealous in her heart, why did she work part-time, why did she have such a good life, she got her grandmother's blue eyes first!
People always can't bear their lives, she is angry, but her stomach is not angry, there is a grunt, a stinky fart slipped out uncontrollably, and her stomach hurts like a knife.
The people next to him covered their noses and avoided it.
"Which one ate too much at noon? The cheap life of eating bran swallow vegetables can't even save a little oil and water! Mama Guo waved her hand again and again and scolded in disgust.
Gu Erni clamped her legs, quietly stepped back, and hurriedly went to the backyard toilet, she had already gone to the toilet five times in one afternoon, and she really lost all her old books!
What's worse is that Peng Pearl and Jia Min are brushing the latrine, she came five times in a row, each time making the pit dirtier and smellier, they saw her again, their faces were green, and they couldn't wait to press her directly in the latrine and beat her.
Gu Qingzhu was concentrating on those valuable objects, Gu Daya and the others were holding on to the ladder frame, their eyes staring at her for a moment, for fear that something would go wrong, and they didn't dare to look back, so they didn't know that Gu Erni was greedy and spoiled her stomach.
In the evening, the front yard was still very lively, sending colorful silk, sending flowers and trees in an endless stream, and the house also sent a number of small families, and they did the work of climbing high and low, Gu Qingzhu and they only needed to work below.
In a short time, the courtyard was hung with colorful silk, the open space was filled with colorful flowers, and a few half-sized elm trees were pulled up in strings of small red lanterns, and everywhere was filled with festivities, and a few smiles were added to the faces of the busy people.
According to local customs, the lights will not be turned off in the front yard of the weaving workshop tonight, which means that the future is bright and everything goes well.
Dinner was late tonight, and Mama Guo insisted on eating after finishing her work, so that she would be lazy and lazy when she was full, and she would have to scold people again.
Therefore, it was not until the beginning of the year, when the half-quarter moon climbed the treetops, that everyone finished the business at hand and dragged their tired bodies to the backyard to eat.
There were two men kneeling in the black rumbling patio, and before they could get closer, they smelled a disgusting stench.
"Xiaolai, why haven't these two people been sent out yet!" Mama Guo stepped on small broken steps, covered her nose and walked quickly.
"Hurry up, don't hurt me to be scolded!" Xiaolai stood in front of them and stomped his feet.
"Sister Xiaolai, you are the most bodhisattva-hearted, you talk to grandma, we won't dare next time." Jia Min wanted to hug Xiaolai's legs, but Xiaolai hurriedly jumped away, Jia Min suddenly knelt unsteadily, planted his head on the ground, and kowtowed firmly.
"It's useless for you to kowtow to me!" Xiaolai was hungry, and the aroma of the food attracted her, but these two big troubles stinked so much that she wanted to vomit.
Gu Qingzhu was walking over at this moment and whispered, "Mama called you!" ”
Mama Guo has always been served by a child, and she can't do it without a meal.
"Kneel, why bother in the first place!" Xiao Lai followed Gu Qingzhu with a huff.
The two figures sat down dejectedly, glanced at each other, clutching their stomachs silently.
Mama Guo ate and went to the front yard to sit again, ignoring the two people at all, and the others didn't dare to rest when they saw this, they were all sitting or standing in the courtyard, at this time, the lights in the courtyard were the most insect-catching, mosquitoes were rampant, buzzing, Gu Qingzhu took the ointment and wiped it around Gu Qingying, although it could not be completely avoided, but it was not so itchy.
"Qingzhu, give me your ointment." Mama Guo scratched her arms and saw a few big bags.
Xiaolai had already given her a potion, but it didn't work much, and when she saw Qingying still playing, she couldn't help but want to try Gu Qingzhu's ointment.
"I made it myself, you can use it." Gu Qingzhu handed the ointment to Xiaolai.
"Well, it's pretty cool, and it doesn't itch anymore." Mama Guo said with some surprise.
"If you think it's good, keep it, I still have some." Gu Qingzhu smiled and said.
At this moment, the half-hidden door opened, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door let Tan Zijin in: "Mama, why are you still here at this time?" ”
"Ming'er Weaving Workshop is about to open, I'm waiting for you here, you are busy harvesting silkworm cocoons, you must be tired." Mama Guo looked at her eldest lady with a loving face.
"Today is the last day of the silkworm market, but I am not busy, I asked the tailor shop to make the clothes of the female workers a few days ago, and it happened to be delivered to the house in the evening, I brought someone to carry it, by the way to see how the preparation was." Tan Zijin glanced at the courtyard and the lobby, and was very satisfied.
When the girls, who had been scattered outside, heard that clothes were being distributed, they immediately gathered around to look around.
"Qingzhu, you can send someone to assign it." Mama Guo waved her hand.
"Whoa." Gu Qingzhu took the eldest girl to open the box and get the clothes, and the other girls were eager to try, but they didn't dare to make a mistake, after all, they were still kneeling in the backyard.
"This batch only sent twenty sets of washing, is it enough?" Tan Zijin sat down next to the table and asked.
"I don't think I've recruited twenty today, sixteen or seventeen?" Mama Guo couldn't remember clearly, so she raised her voice and said outside: "Qingzhu, quickly bring the roster to the eldest lady!" ”
"Okay, right away." Gu Qingzhu agreed, told the eldest girl not to mess up, and ran to the backyard.
"Miss Gu likes you very much." Tan Zijin said with a smile.
"This girl is really good, not lazy, not flattering, serious and meticulous." Mama Guo praised two sentences in a low voice.
This is really unprecedented, and it surprised Xiaolai, who was standing on the side.
As he spoke, Gu Qingzhu ran back and handed the roster in his hand to Tan Zijin.
"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Gu." Tan Zijin smiled at her.
"Since I have come to work, I should have done it, not hard work." Gu Qingzhu smiled faintly, and hurried to distribute the clothes again.
"There are eighteen people up there, but there seem to be only sixteen here." Tan Zijin glanced at the girl in the courtyard and said.
"Oh, there are two people who are making trouble today, they are kneeling in the backyard patio, they still know how to beg for mercy, if they want to stay, they must take care of their arrogant temperament, kill chickens and monkeys, and be prepared." The corners of Mama Guo's eyes drooped, and she twisted the embroidery on the cuffs.
"The weaving workshop said early in the morning that it would be handed over to Mama, how to punish and how to reward, it is all Mama's decision, but the girls are more delicate, don't bother to find faults, the outside is not optimistic about my weaving workshop There are many people, don't let people drag pigtails to say right and wrong." Tan Zijin said softly.
"The old slave knows, knows how to measure, and will never embarrass the eldest lady." Mama Guo nodded.
Tan Zijin sat for a while, and then took the car back, Ming'er Weaving Workshop opened, and she was busy.
"You all wash well tonight, throw away your tattered clothes as soon as possible, and give me the spirit of tomorrow!" Mama Guo waved her hand and drove the girls to the backyard.
She helped Xiaolai, looked everywhere again, and told the mother-in-law who was on the night watch not to drink alcohol and pay attention to the candles.
And in the backyard, at this moment, it is like the scene of the evening when the birds return to the forest, more than a dozen girls are holding their own clothes, chattering and talking excitedly, most of them have not worn thin cotton dresses, not to mention that there are fine twig patterns on it, which one is not excited.
There were two people kneeling in the patio, seeing that everyone had been given new clothes, or two sets of washes, their hearts were like cat scratches, and their eyes were staring at Mama Guo's room, which was dark at this time.
The mother-in-law in the kitchen was gone, and the big guys kept drawing water from the well in the courtyard to boil it, and everyone took a pleasant bath.
After a watch, the lights in the backyard went out one after another, and Jia Min and Peng Zhuzhu's legs were about to be broken on their knees, only to see Mama Guo slowly stepping into the backyard.
"Mama, we don't dare anymore!" The two walked a few steps on their knees, kneeling in front of Mama Guo and crying suppressedly.
"Do you want to change rooms?" Mama Guo said coldly.