Chapter 67: The Visit
By the time the adjusted pottery came out, it was already after dinner the next day.
Although the things burned out this time were good and had few flaws, Mr. Bai, Da Zhuang's daughter-in-law and a few little girls all had blue eyes and were very tired.
In fact, Xia Yan had been thinking about manpower for a few days in the morning.
The Wang family and Xia Keliang's family are not Zhong Mingdingshi's big family, so there are not many of her companions.
Although there are still a few maids in Qiuyueyuan, it is not easy to transfer them out again. Even now, whenever she fired pottery, she left her maid in the guest house to help, and she also made Mama Tang look sideways and beat her several times.
She was anxious, but she also knew that she couldn't fish with all her might. Now in this situation, we can only rest for a few days to let everyone take a break.
Fortunately, a few eye-catching pottery gadgets have been made, which can still be used in emergencies.
Xia Yanqing told Da Zhuang's daughter-in-law to let Zhang Da Zhuang find a reliable tooth man to say hello, if there is a girl who is clever and can do rough work, hand me a word, she will find time to choose two.
Mr. Bai also felt that there was a shortage of manpower, but Xia Yanqing's approach was very unruly.
Because Xia Yanqing has always been sure of doing things, when she told things, Mr. Bai didn't speak.
Watching the eldest daughter-in-law leave, Mr. Bai said: "The subordinates of each courtyard in the house have customizations, and the second grandmother does not discuss with the lady and the eldest grandmother, it is not good to buy a girl at home." ”
Xia Yanqing said with a smile: "This matter is easy to do, I will go to my mother and sister-in-law tomorrow to talk about it." Qiuyueyuan doesn't need to add people, but no one has taken care of Mr.'s daily life. Anyway, there must be someone who sweeps the yard and guards the door. ”
"......" Mr. Bai couldn't cry or laugh, and he was going to do things in her name, "Isn't there a coincidence here?" From time to time, there is also a big strong daughter-in-law who comes in to help. ”
Xia Yanqing got up and said, "The two of them are playing with me to burn pottery, not counting you here." I'm not busy with this, sir, let's rest, I'll try to pinch a few pottery embryos. ”
Speaking of this, Xia Yanqing was really a little embarrassed.
When she went to school, there were real handicraft classes, although the conditions there were not very good, and the colored clay was used less, but they were all replaced by clay, and they never missed a class. And after class, she and her companions also pinched all kinds of gadgets.
Later, when I worked, I was more or less exposed to colored sculptures and other things.
But at this time, when she was going to be energetic, the things she made out were not good-looking.
Fortunately, she has a clever gentleman, otherwise, even if she can burn pottery, I am afraid that it will be a clumsy and clumsy thing, without aura and beauty. If you take it out, it will only make a joke.
She is a modern person who has been educated for more than ten years, even if she can't compare with the ancients, it can't be too far behind.
Now, designing pottery and glazed products of various shapes is her specialty, and she has to put some effort into it.
She wants to find two girls who are smart and can do rough work, and she also wants to start working now and train a few skilled people of her own.
Speaking of which, although Qiao'er is the youngest, she follows Mr. Bai to make clay sculptures, but she is better than everyone else. On the contrary, it is Xinxiu and Xinshu, because they have been working as maids in a big house since they were children, and they are worse off doing these things.
The next morning, Xia Yanqing still pinched the hour when Yuan was supposed to be there and went to Xuanbei Hall, but Yuan was not there.
Not only was Yuan not there, but Mrs. Liu was also there.
"It's unfortunate that the second grandmother came, the lady and the eldest grandmother went out to meet guests." Jin Hua, who stayed to watch the door, said with a smile.
Xia Yanqing stood in the courtyard of Xuanbei Hall, looked at the sun that had risen, moved two steps, and stood in the shade under the eaves porch, before looking at Jinhua very seriously, and asked tentatively: "Sister Jinhua, I don't know where my mother and sister-in-law went to meet guests?" ”
In the morning, when she came to greet Mrs. Liu, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't say that they wanted to go out.
If it is not a sudden emergency, whether it is a guest or a visit, it is necessary to deliver the post a few days in advance.
Therefore, there was no such thing as an impromptu idea, but they did not mention it to her.
Moreover, the Wang family has two daughters-in-law, and Mrs. Liu only brought one with her when she went out, what does this mean?
Xia Yanqing's eyes flashed, could it be that the two of them really went to Xia's house to sue her?
Jin Hua listened to her question, hurriedly bent his knees, and said, "Don't you dare to be the title of the second grandmother." When the lady and the grandmother were about to go out, the slave and maid happened to be not in the yard, and the lady only told the little maid in the yard to watch the door carefully, and did not mention anything else. If you have any problems, go into the house and sit and wait for a while, for it is not early in the morning, and I think that Madame and Grandma will not be outside for long. ”
"Oh, that's it," Xia Yanqing smiled at Jin Hua, and said inexplicably: "It's a little something, but it's not in a hurry." Since my mother and sister-in-law are not there, then I will go back first. ”
Isn't this nonsense? The old lady in the house and the Yuan family, who was in charge of the house, went out, but they didn't tell the personal maid where she went. If something happens to this, wouldn't there be even a direction to look for?
The two of them, eight or nine times out of ten, went to the second room of the Xia family.
Since things are going as expected, there is nothing to worry about. Xia Yanqing waved his hand and left with Xinxiu.
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At Xia Ke's mansion, the conversation between Mrs. Liu, Yuan, and Mrs. Jiang was coming to an end.
Mrs. Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not hide too much from Mrs. Jiang, starting from Wang Xi's small couple visiting the church, until Wang Xi took the initiative to show favor and was rejected a few days ago, almost all of them were said.
The only thing to hide was that Wang Xi used Xu Qinghui's paintings to fool Xia Yanqing, and Mrs. Liu and Yuan didn't mention it.
Since it was Wang Xi and Xia Yanqing who discussed it behind their backs at that time, they also said to each other that they would not mention it to others, and the rest of the Wang family only regarded it as not knowing it.
It's really Wang Xi and Xu Qinghui who did too ruthlessly. If this matter continues successfully, it will ruin a young woman's good years, and even ruin Xia Yanqing's life.
Don't mention this matter, the whole thing is Xia Yanqing's own problem.
In this era, women should regard their husbands as their heavens.
The husband is not too much at fault, and he has repented and taken the initiative to make up for the relationship between husband and wife, but he was rejected by his wife. In this case, not only the man is embarrassed, but the woman's virtue is really not declared.
Listening to the ins and outs of the matter, Mrs. Jiang has compensated Mrs. Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law several times for her daughter's life in her husband's house.
"You know, in-laws, this child has not been carefully taught before, but she has not adapted to the rules of the noble family in the capital, but she does not choose her words, it is not her nature. I have to be considerate of my relatives and give her a few days to learn the etiquette rules of the capital. ”
Mrs. Liu's posture was also very low, and she was polite: "What we know, Yan Qingzi is a good boy, except for having some temper with Xiyu, everything else is fine." What's more, this is also Xiyu's mishandling on the wedding day, which made the child anxious, and I feel very sorry in my heart. ”
Yuan said with a smile: "We came this time to make amends to my wife, and by the way, I also want my wife to come forward to persuade my younger brothers and sisters." Xiyu was thin-skinned, and was stabbed a few times by the second brother and sister, so he didn't have the face to go to the courtyard of his brother and sister again. My mother and I mentioned a few words, but the second brother and sister didn't say that my mother was in a hurry, so she came to trouble my wife. ”
The two daughters-in-law of the Xia family were also there, looking at the situation of this side, Xia Zitang's wife Gao said with a smile: "Let the lady and the grandmother bother, this matter is simple, let's find the sister-in-law back and ask her what she thinks." As long as my sister-in-law wants to live, she can always persuade her to come back. ”
Mrs. Liu smiled: "That's right, Yan Qingxu can tell her mother's family what she thinks, and we can also know what she thinks." In this way, it will cause trouble for the in-laws. ”