Zhou Biyao listened to Mama Zhong's explanation, and couldn't help frowning: "Since it is something that ordinary farmers have, does Qi Niangzi's family not have it, and it needs to be purchased temporarily?" Could it be that her family's life was originally very difficult, and her family couldn't afford to buy this thing before she was in charge of the sixth master? ”

Mama Zhong couldn't resist Zhou Biyao's questioning, "That's not necessarily." Although stone grinding is common, it is not something that ordinary farmers need all the time, so not everyone has it. Generally, when the farmer needs it, he will go to the house with a stone mill to borrow it, and leave a little flour and other things as a reward at the end. ”

"Oh, so to speak, Qi Niangzi's family didn't need this thing before, but it may be used often in the future." Zhou Biyao said to herself, and asked, "Mama, you said that after the meeting between Qi Niangzi and Rong Liuye, she said that she was going to buy a stone mill, was the errand she received and the use of the stone mill related, or did she cunningly find such an excuse to get rid of me?" ”

Mama Zhong was stunned, the second lady asked, the sixth master of the family is the prince, how can the matter sent by the prince be done with a stone mill? It's also unlikely that it will be used as a reason to get rid of Miss Two.

But she couldn't say it directly, so she could only say vaguely: "If it's used as an auxiliary thing, it's not impossible." ”

Zhou Biyao nodded, and asked again: "Before, Qi Niangzi's affairs were all told by the people who listened to the inquirers and my brother, this time I saw Qi Niangzi herself, and Mama felt that she really had such a great ability, and she could be used by the sixth master's subordinates?" ”

"This, the slave and maid look at the lady and is a slightly shrewd woman, and I really don't see anything else."

After Zhou Biyao met Ye Xinyan, many of her previous cognitions became no longer clear, and such a woman could also be placed in the eyes of the most noble royal son in the world?

Even if the woman was better-looking. However, all over the world, there are many women who look better, and she is not worse than her mother.

Thinking about the two grandmothers and a maid who followed Ye Xinyan's side, even if they were covered in coarse cloth clothes and did not have a single piece of accessories and jewelry, but looking at their rules and demeanor, they were not ordinary house slaves.

Such an imposing house slave, she only saw her mother at a flower party in the Shilang Mansion when her father returned to Beijing to report on work. Those are all domestic slaves of the Wang clan in the capital.

It seems that I need to ask my brother to find out, what is the origin of this Qi lady, and what kind of family is her husband's family in the past.

Thinking of the scene when she saw Ye Xinyan on the street just now, Zhou Biyao changed her mind and asked, "Mama, do you know that if it is a big master, just like the head of the sixth master, how much monthly silver can you have?" ”

"It depends on how big the manor is in charge of the business, and the slave and maid don't know much about the specific amount of silver per month," Mama Zhong hurriedly said, "However, there should be a hundred and ten taels of silver." If you do a good job and have dividends at the end of the year, that's a lot of income. ”

That's right.

"Oh, with such an income, and the sixth master, who is good enough for the backstage, if you want to come to Qi Niangzi, even if you don't marry, you will live a very rich life." Zhou Biyao muttered to herself.

"Not married?" Mama Zhong didn't understand how the second lady, a boudoir woman, could talk about such a topic, and the meaning that this topic could extend didn't seem to be very good.

Zhou Biyao saw Mama Zhong's troubled expression, and couldn't help laughing: "I feel that like Qi Niangzi, not only is she an abandoned woman, but she is also wandering on the street with a few slaves behind her, but I am afraid that people who are a little particular about it are not willing to accept such a daughter-in-law." ”

"That's right." Mama Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, the second miss always has different ideas from others, this time fortunately, this idea can allow the young lady to learn from it and achieve the effect of being strict with herself.

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Ye Xinyan really needs a stone grinder, and after understanding Miss Tuesday's intentions a little, she really wants to get rid of her entanglement.

Therefore, after getting rid of Zhou Baguio, she really bought a stone mill, which is still a very large stone mill. paid the deposit and carriage fee to the stonemason, and asked the stonemason to hire an ox cart and send it to the second room of the Qi family in Qinghe Village.

She didn't deceive Zhou Biyao, although there was no stone mill on her car back to the village, it was also full. After buying the stone mill, Ye Xinyan hired a horse-drawn carriage, walked all the way to the shop, and bought enough oilcloths, tarpaulins, and a few furs that had been cooked.

The price of these things is really expensive, especially the fur, which directly leads to the lack of silver on her body, and she borrowed some from Mama Liu with a smile on her face, so she bought all the materials she planned.

Mama Liu saw that Ye Xinyan's eyes were full of chagrin and displeasure, but her face tried her best to show a down-to-earth demeanor, and she couldn't help but laugh: "The silver that the slaves and maids carry is ready for the master's needs from time to time." If the eldest lady needs it, there are still a lot of slaves here, which should be enough for the eldest lady. ”

She is a house slave sent by Yu Wangfu, and she has the emergency silver given by Wan Bo, the housekeeper of the palace, so she will not lose the face of the palace because of a little silver.

"Okay." Ye Xinyan didn't feel much more relaxed because of Mama Liu's explanation, "During the time that Mama stayed in the Qi family, I handed over the silver that I could use in my hand to Mama to manage, and the savings always used Mama's own money. ”

The ox cart was originally slow to walk, and there was a stone mill on the ox cart, even if the ox cart hired by the stonemason went early enough, it almost fell behind, and arrived at Qinghe Village at the same time as the carriage that Ye Xinyan was riding.

At this time, it was almost noon, and Mama Zhou, who stayed at home, had already led the other three to make lunch.

Qi Younian, Zhang Wusi, and Wang Qiao also came back from the cattle farm construction site, sat on the kang in the outer room that was temporarily cleaned up, chatting while waiting for Ye Xinyan to come back and have dinner together.

The sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels crashing on the ground could be heard outside. Mama Zhou went out to watch, saw two cars coming one after the other, and then saw Ye Xinyan and the three of them crowded together with the goods of Man Dengden on the carriage, hurriedly opened the door of the courtyard, and asked, "Are these things to be unloaded in the courtyard?" ”

"Yes, unload in the yard first."

The carriage walked slightly slowly in front of the courtyard gate, and Ye Xinyan jumped off the wheel, which startled Mama Zhou, "Be careful, big lady, you can't do this in the future, you can only get down when the car stops steadily." ”

The courtyard gate of the second room of the Qi family is restructured, and when making rice tofu before, it was changed to two doors for the convenience of carriages and tables and chairs, which are wide enough.

Qi Younian and the three of them heard the movement in the courtyard, and they also came out of the room to see.

Suddenly seeing the many things on the two cars, Qi Younian asked, "What is Ye Zi going to do, how did you buy so many things?" ”

Ye Xinyan first gave Zhang Wusi a salute, and after nodding to Wang Qiao, he said to Qi Younian: "Yesterday, you and the fourth grandfather drank and chatted late, and I didn't have time to discuss with you. It will take some time for our house to be built, and we can't always let you crowd the three of you into the shed. I thought about setting up a tent first and coming out in case of emergency. ”