At the beginning of the month, the Fang Mansion finally ushered in the clear decree issued by the superiors, and Fang Jinglan was promoted from the Xuanfu Envoy of the Fifth Product to the Senator of the Political Department of the Fourth Rank Shandong. Fang Jinglan did not make a big noise in order to show that he had the bearing and nobility of the people in Shilin who were indifferent to fame and fortune, and of course the celebration was gone.

However, this can't change the fate of others inviting him, from the wax moon to the first month, for a whole month, Fang Jinglan has eaten at home several times.

The old lady was afraid that the wine and flesh would hurt her body, so she ordered the kitchen to cook him tea every day, and boiled a bowl of thick blue buckwheat porridge in the morning.

Because after Fang Jinglan was promoted, he was busier than ever, and the big and small locks in the house were grasped by the Li family, and the welcome of guests was not far away, and there was no time for Aunt Zhu to set up rules.

The previous female red master stopped coming to the door because of Rushan's grounding, and after Rumei entered Beijing. Because the Li family, who has been advocating frugality, has sent her away. Originally, the Li family wanted to send Mama Hua together, but when they thought of Mama Hua's identity, they gritted their teeth and stopped squeaking.

But Hua Mama Bei was really bad, and she had been injured for more than a month, and when she stepped into the Fang Mansion again, she had already lost a lot of weight, and the old lady took pity on her, so she let her live and recuperate, and it was not too late to come to the Fang Mansion when she was completely healed.

Mama Hua didn't shirk it, but only told Ruqing to leave after a while.

With a lot of time to spare, Ruqing suddenly didn't get used to it, so she had to find some pastime by herself.

"Girl, the puppy on these shoes is really good-looking, but isn't it ugly to wear such big shoes?" Linglong twisted a fat, golden shoe embroidered with a dog's style on the instep, and looked disapproving. She looked left and right at the shoes, the real fox fur, dyed golden yellow, lined with brocade velvet mats, and the hand mask went in, extremely warm. It's clearly a shoe, but it's such a big shoe that you can't walk around on your feet. First of all, the insole of this shoe is only made of coarse cloth and is not waterproof. In addition, the body of the shoe is all a piece of plush, which is very easy to stain the body. Again, the boudoir girls wore delicate and small embroidered shoes, which were too nondescript.

Ruqing was threading the needle and replied, "I only wore it when I went to bed." And I don't wear it outside. Afraid? ”

Linglong suddenly realized, "The weather is so cold, but wearing these shoes, it is warm." The girl is amazing. ”

Ruqing smiled, "Yes, after washing your feet like this, it can come in handy to do female red character practice meditation, and you don't need to add a stove, it's troublesome." "And when you burn a stove in a house, it is easy to produce carbon monoxide in a sealed space, and if you smoke too much, it will cause poisoning. Therefore, no matter how good the spices are added to the stove, Ruqing also tries not to use the stove, and in order to keep the room properly ventilated, two window lattices are often opened. But the inside of the house was ventilated, but the chill outside also came in, and the ancient embroidered shoes were not warm at all, and the small woolen boots were also warm, only suitable for going out. Ruqing thought of embroidering two pairs of cotton shoes to wear by herself.

Linglong couldn't put it down and touched the soft body of her shoes, and praised Ruqing's ingenuity to come up with such a way. Agarwood, who handed the scissors to Ruqing on the side, couldn't help but say: "You just stop, the girl is busy, and she can't tell the truth." ”

Linglong pursed her lips, "Girl, you have embroidered eight pairs of shoes in the past half a month, and it is time to rest." It's not good for the eyes. ”

Ruqing smiled slightly, "Grandmother, father, wife, my aunt, and the eldest sister, eldest brother, and second brother, each of them has a pair, just enough embroidery, and now it's just Mother Shen, you and Agarwood." Embroider two more pairs, and I'll be able to rest. ”

Agarwood Linglong was silent for a while, and it took a long time to hear the sound of Agarwood eating, "Auntie, girl, do you still want to make shoes for us?" ”

Ruqing smiled slightly, "Yes, you two are wholeheartedly by my side, and you can't get any benefits without oil and water, and I can't give you anything decent, so I can only make a pair of shoes to show my heart." She stopped what she was doing and looked at the two of them with a smile, "I remember your kindness to me." It's a pity that I'm too weak to give you much of a reward. These shoes aren't worth a lot of money, so don't dislike them. "One of the rules of women's survival from Mama Hua is the way of the Lord, as the master, the management of slaves, should be clear rewards and punishments, regardless of partiality, both rigid and soft, prestige and tenderness, for the henchmen, you can be friendly, you can be easy-going, but you must adhere to the principle, in this way, not only maintain the majestic image in the minds of the subordinates, but also let them obey, and follow loyally.

Ruqing thought about it for a few days and nights, and felt that she had no power and no money in the Fang Mansion, and it took a lot of brains to let the subordinates around her follow her. It just so happened that the person in charge of washing the pulp in the house couldn't wash and dry it for a while, so she had no shoes to wear, so she came up with the idea of making her own shoes. Doing and finding a trace of inspiration, Agarwood Linglong for her shoes, actually desperately ran to scold the mother-in-law of the pulp, the mother-in-law is the person next to the Li family, a complaint to the Li family, the Li family menacingly wants to tie up two girls who are not big or small, and have no concept of dignity and inferiority. If it hadn't been blocked in time, maybe the two girls would have been hit by the board. And the Li family was also reprimanded by Fang Jinglan for this, and he died down for a while.

Ruqing felt that the two girls were really loyal to her, and it was not a big deal to spend more time making shoes for them, but she didn't expect to get such a strong effect, which she didn't expect.

"Girl, it is my maid's duty to serve you, you really don't need to be so polite ----." Agarwood has always been steady, but at this time, he was also choked up in his heart.

Linglong was big and transformed, although there was a moment of shock, but quickly adjusted, and said to Agarwood: "Since this is a piece of the girl's heart, what if we might as well receive it?" Isn't the girl often on her lips, and it's better to be respectful than to obey her fate? Since Runiang is determined to send us, if she refuses, she will be too ignorant. It's just that the girl has such a heart, but Sister Agarwood and I can't repay it, so we can only serve the girl more wholeheartedly. In this way, it is not in vain that the girl has been staying up late these days. ”

Ruqing couldn't help but praise Linglong, "I really didn't expect that you are an expert at collecting information at ordinary times, and you have even grown up in speaking." ”

Zhenlong couldn't help but stick out her tongue, "Girl, is this a compliment?" ”

Ruqing smiled and shook her head, "Just praise you, and your true nature will be revealed." At this time, you should humble yourself and say that the girl is well educated, and the servant does not dare to restrain herself. Got it? ”

Linglong nodded, "What the girl taught me is that the maid wrote it down." Then he thought about it again, and said dejectedly, "However, the house has been peaceful for a while, and I haven't collected any interesting news for a long time." ”

For a while, Zhang's mother and daughter were punished and grounded, but the house was a lot quieter, and suddenly there was no gossip to listen to, but she felt uncomfortable. So, you can only focus on your shoes.

Linglong is really the ancestor of the eight mothers, no matter how Shen Pozi threatens and educates, she still can't change the problem of gossiping, no, seeing that Ruqing is so easy to speak, she said again: "Aunt Zhang is estimated to be difficult to turn over this time." However, it was surprising to me that the old lady did not send her to death when she was so calculating. ”

Agarwood's face sank, and she was about to scold her, but Linglong hurriedly raised her hands and said, "Sister Agarwood, there are no outsiders here, let's just talk about it." Don't just lecture me, I'm not bored. ”

Shen Xiang stared dryly, and under the flattery of Linglong, he had to say in a deep voice with a straight face: "I will spare you this time, if there is a next time, watch me tear your mouth apart by Mother Shen." After a pause, she said again: "Aunt Zhang is also something you can talk about?" The old lady didn't drop her dead, she has her own old lady's reason. ”

Linglong scratched her head and wondered, "Why does it seem that you all know the old lady's thoughts, why, I can't guess?" ”

What answered her was only the white eyes of Agarwood and the sullen smile of Ruqing pounding the table.

This time, Aunt Zhang was indeed unforgiving, but the old lady still let her go, and it was not that she, as Fang Jinglan's stepmother, would not dare to dispose of her stepson's concubine. Rather, in this way, Fang Jinglan's face is taken care of, and secondly, no matter how arrogant and calculating the Zhang family is, there is not much conflict of interest with the old lady, she can't commit that dead hand, and again, it is also the top priority, although the Zhang family is hateful, it is still useful, at least it can be tried to control the daughter-in-law of the Li family, who does not put herself in his eyes, and only comes to hug her Buddha's feet when she is in a critical moment.

Ruqing didn't think it through before, but when she saw Li privately complaining that the old lady was too cheap to Zhang, she suddenly understood. While sympathizing with the tears for the Li family, he couldn't help but cheer for the old lady, this is the real master of house fighting, not only to gain face, but also to get the inside, but also to get the gratitude of all directions, it is amazing.

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There is no foil of kindness, there is no willfulness of Rumei, Ruqing is like a fish in water for a while, although she goes to Li's to ask for peace from time to time and is stalked for a while, but most of the time, Ruqing lives a leisurely life. However, Hu Fuzi's class is still on, she is the only one of the opposite sex in the school, Ruqing thought that she would be cramped, but she didn't expect that the big brother Zhili, who had always had a coffin face, began to take care of her, and asked her if she was cold or hungry? Even grinding ink will grind for her, which surprised Ruqing, and while being flattered and frightened, she couldn't help but secretly guess: It is probably related to the shoes she sent. Enjoying the treatment of Zhili's brother that she had never had, Ruqing couldn't help but feel nervous for a while, knowing that Zhili was also a soft master, and the shoes should have been embroidered and sent out early.

And Zhiyi, speaking of Zhiyi, Ruqing sighed again, compared to Zhiyi, who didn't care about it or even glanced at her before, she has also been kind to herself in the past two days, and even occasionally bumped into it somewhere, and even pulled the facial nerves that Ruqing thought were out of tune to greet her.

Ruqing was flattered and frightened, thinking: This kid doesn't eat soft and hard, and the eldest brother will still be soft on people, but he still doesn't have soft hands when he takes shoes. It's just that this time there was a sudden 360-degree turn, which made Ruqing wonder in her heart. Could it be that when did he become a piece of Tang monk meat?

Until one day, Zhiyi stopped her way after school and asked her: "Mongolians are naturally good at riding and shooting, you say that there is still a way to do it, can you explain it?" ”

Ruqing looked at Zhiyi's bright eyes, and finally understood the reason why she became Tang Seng meat.

One day in class, he suddenly became very interested, and pointed out that although our dynasty dominates the world, the border areas are still invaded all the year round, and the Mongols are brave and good at war, and are naturally good at riding and shooting, which often disturbs the peace of our border. And the officers and men of our army often fight against it, but they often lose more than they win.

Then Hu Fuzi asked the question, if you are in command of the three armies, how should you formulate a strategy against the Mongols?

Zhili thought for a while, shook his head, and said that he hadn't thought of it for the time being. Zhiyi also meditated hard, but Zhilian talked about it, training soldiers every day to improve combat skills. There is a girl in the school, and she is the youngest, and Hu Fuzi will not let her answer, but Ruqing is bored for a while, so she is about to mold, so she said: "The Mongols often come to invade us and rob our people's food, so why don't we rob them." ”

Ruqing also said that the Mongols are indeed brave and good at fighting, but there are also old and weak women and children, so we will also send capable soldiers to rob their old and weak women and children, rob the horses they rely on to fight, and burn their grain and grass.

Ruqing said it naively, and she only inadvertently said it with her own subjective concept of good and evil, but it triggered Zhiyi's super inspiration, and immediately formulated a set of methods to deal with the looting and burning of the Mongols.

Zhiyi's plan Ruqing has almost forgotten, but since then, Zhiyi's attitude towards Rushan has been much friendlier.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve of the Lunar New Year. This year's Chinese New Year's Eve in Fangfu was a little deserted, Fang Jingxuan brought a letter from Beijing, telling Rumei that she was living well there, very obedient and sensible, and also made friends with several officials, but because the capital was extremely cold this year, the boundary between Shandong and Beijing was closed by snow, and he could not return for the time being, so he could only return to Fangfu when the snow melted in the spring next year.

Although Li was disappointed, he couldn't bear it.

One of the Zhili and Zhiyi brothers read until he got a cold, and the other practiced martial arts until his legs and feet cramped. Zhilian is alive and well, but unfortunately he was affected by his mother and sister, so he didn't dare to behave too much.

Aunt Zhang was also uneasy during the grounding period, and she made noise from time to time, Fang Jinglan really hated her this time, even if Zhang's family was really bullied by the people around Li's several times, and she was indeed sick, she was ruthless and ignored it, and Rushan, who was also crying and crying before, was sick today and had a fever tomorrow and couldn't even get out of bed the day after tomorrow, Fang Jinglan also visited her in person a few times at first, but later Li often pulled him to care about Zhili's class process, Zhiyi was appreciated by General Zhuguo and King Jing, Ruzhen's future in-laws brought New Year's gifts to Ruzhen, and Ruqing gave him a new embroidered purse and other famous halls, and gradually he didn't go to Rushan. Rushan tossed a few times, and finally understood that Fang Jinglan was really annoyed with her this time, so she settled down.

Therefore, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Rushan, who was still grounded, was still not allowed to go, Fang Jinglan felt sorry for her daughter, and wanted to forgive her mistakes and let her step out of the door and kowtow to the old lady a few times to express her blessings, but the old lady said: "Parents should lead by example and do what they say." When the punishment is not punished, the punishment is regretted, the lord changes the order like this, does it hurt her or hurt her? ”

Fang Jinglan was speechless, so he had to endure the distress and continue to let Rushan think about it.

Although Chinese New Year's Eve was deserted, after the New Year, Fangfu became more and more lively.

After the year, Qizhou City has half of the wealthy and bureaucrats have sent slaves or family members to send some New Year's goods, and the Fang couple is a big deal for the time being, just say that Fang Jinglan's brother-in-law Fang Jingtao brought a pair of children from Haining, accompanied by a few heavy gifts from the car. There are Thai half of them here, but Ruqing has also gained a lot of benefits, and the small box she just made is full.

Fang Jingtao and Fang Jinglan are brothers of the same mother and father, and the two brothers also look alike. However, Fang Jingtao is a little more mellow, it is estimated that because of the development of business, he eats well, dresses warmly, and sleeps well.

Li is the identity of the stepfamily, and the uncle Jing Tao doesn't know much about it, but seeing the heavy gifts of the big cars he brought, he treasures ancient knowledge, precious cloth, gold and silver jewelry, and even all kinds of spices that are used daily but are precious, rouge gouache, rice and ginseng from the Northeast, cured meat from Sichuan in Xiangxi, Pur and wild mushrooms in Yunnan-Guizhou region, Tieguanxiang in Anxi, Longjing in West Lake, and all kinds of local specialties. While the Li family instructed the servant woman to move the items to the warehouse, his mind quickly turned, oh my God, if these things are sold, they can almost support the expenses of the Fang Mansion for a whole year.

Then, the uncle, who was still a businessman, looked down on him a little, but now he was full of smiles and welcomed from the heart.

However, when the Li family saw the expensive gifts that Fang Jingtao gave to several nephews and nieces, and even Ruqing, a concubine, was so rich, he regretted it to the extreme, he really shouldn't have secretly written to Rumei's nurse and let her stay in the capital.

However, when he found out that Fang Jingtao's gifts were not as good as Zhang's mother and daughter, Li became happy again, and looked at this uncle who had only seen him once in a few years.