Wang Zhong was at the wine table at the time, and his heart was moved when he heard this.

The income of more than 20 taels of silver a year is not a small amount, and they may not be able to have such an income after a year of hard work. Moreover, the work in the orchard is easy, and it is enough to go over and take a turn when there is nothing to do; When you need to fertilize, prune, and thin the fruit, you can directly hire two or three honest and willing people in the village to do it, and you just take a hand; When it was the fruit picking season, he recruited a group of people in the village to pick them, and he just kept an eye on these people to work.

If you have money, you can still call people, and the power and money are directly in front of you, and you are not tired of work. The most important thing is that he can catch up with Young Master Du, who has a background and a great future, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

After Wang Zhong discussed with his father, he went to Qin Laoliu and Lu Xiaobei to express his heart, invited them to drink, and gave them several generous gifts and begged the two of them to speak well for him in Young Master Du. Rao is like this, Qin Lao Liu and Lu Xiaobei didn't dare to agree, they only said that they would hand the words to their young master, and they could only count after he nodded, but they would help Wang Zhong say some good things.

When Du Jinning nodded and agreed to Wang Zhong as a steward, Wang Zhong was grateful to Qin Laoliu and Lu Xiaobei, and said that he regarded them as brothers.

Offering to let Wang Zhong help him take care of the orchard is naturally completely different from letting Wang Zhong take the initiative to cry and shout to be the orchard steward.

Wang Zhong's respect for Du Jinning, not to mention the affection of Qin Laoliu and Lu Xiaobei, since he took office, he has been competing for the orchard, and his work attitude is really speechless, and he also took the initiative to report the work process to Du Jinning every once in a while, and he is definitely a good employee in China.

And Du Jinning hired Wang Zhong to be the manager, and the benefits are not visible now, but he can imagine it.

She is not a member of a family, and the nearby villagers will not be afraid of her, and when the fruit is ripe, the fruit that she has grafted and cared for will be pressed all over the branches, which will inevitably make people red. When the time comes, you will steal a few from the people in this village, and he will pick a few, just pulling the skin all day long is enough, and these things are not big, and they can't go to the government. Let Li Zheng deal with it, if you want him not to favor the people of his own village, you can only fill his stomach with money. Can greed fill it? will only raise the appetite more and more. In the end, even if the villagers don't come to steal the fruit, it is estimated that Li Zheng has to instigate people to steal the fruit for his own interests. This thing is endless. Not only did she not make any money in this orchard, but she also got a lot of money.

And the best way to do it once and for all is to hire someone like Wang Zhong to do the work.

More than 20 taels of silver is a lot of money for the banker's family. For this income, Wang Zhong had to work hard, not to mention that there were carrots hanging in front of him to lead him forward.

With him behind his back as a deterrent, who would dare to come to the orchard to steal the fruit? Using him to do things is easier than using Qin Laoliu and Lu Xiaobei, and there is less trouble.

Therefore, at this time, as soon as Wang Zhong heard that Du Fangfei was the owner of half of the orchard, he immediately saluted Du Fangfei respectfully.

"Half of your monthly money of two taels of silver a month is from my eldest sister. Her words are my words. If there is anything in the future, if I am not in the county, you can also go to my eldest sister. Du Jinning said.

"Yes, yes." Wang Zhong's attitude was even more respectful.

"After the grafting, I will write you the rules of how to take care of the orchard in the future, and you can just do it. When the time comes, my eldest sister and fourth sister will come to see it from time to time. I'm going to take the prefectural exam next, so I probably won't be able to come over. Du Jinning said again.

"Young Master Du, don't worry, I will definitely take care of this orchard according to your instructions, you can go to the scientific examination with confidence, and when the time comes, you will come back directly with a show of talent." Wang Zhong said with a smile.

"Promise your good words." Du Jinning said with a smile.

Wang Zhong saw that Du Jinning had no other instructions, so he said goodbye and left, and went to work in the orchard.

Du Fangfei was a little uneasy: "I don't know anything about this, and when the time comes, if the king really asks me, I can't get any ideas." ”

"It's okay, if it's something else, Lu Xiaobei will handle it; If there is a problem on the fruit tree, you can invite the fourth sister to come and take a look. She has read a lot of books on planting during this time, and she knows a lot. Du Jinning said.

Saying that, she saw that there was no one around, and everyone was busy doing things, and persuaded Du Fangfei: "Eldest sister, since you are literate, I don't want you to spend your time all day on those trivial household chores." You have a rich dowry, and your annual income is not less than all the income of the Xu family, and you don't need to embroider all day long to make money and save money for the Xu family. You should spend an hour or two a day reading a book. Even if it's not for yourself, it's for your brother-in-law.

If he takes the examination in the future and becomes an official, you behave crampedly and cringe, talk rudely, and dress rusticly, how do you let your brother-in-law deal with himself? No matter how good the relationship between the husband and wife is, there will be gaps. When the time comes, there will be a young lady with elegant manners and good conversation who will take a fancy to my brother-in-law, and my brother-in-law may not dare to abandon your wife in front of me, but how should I dislike you in my heart? I've done my best to get you a good dowry, just to make your life better, and you don't want to make a mess of your good life. ”

It was not for nothing that she knocked Du Fangfei on it.

How Du Fangfei lived after getting married, she saw it all.

At the beginning, because of Du Fangfei's rich dowry, her younger brother was more valued by gentlemen than Xu Chengyuan and could make more money, so Xie and Xu Chengyuan were very good to her, and they were reluctant to work for her.

But Du Fangfei was scolded and scolded by Niu's when she was a child, stepped on the mud to live, and she was used to working with her head down, she always wanted to behave to satisfy everyone. After marrying Xu Chengyuan, she adhered to the duties of her daughter-in-law and wife, put herself in the lowest position at home, rushed to work, let her mother-in-law and husband first have good food and drink, and did embroidery work whenever she was free, wanting to make more money, let her husband go out and dress decently, and have some spare money in his hand when interacting with others, or buy some delicious filial piety to his mother-in-law.

After getting married for two or three months or even half a year and still not getting pregnant, Du Fangfei's "filial piety and sensibility" and "inferiority" approach are even more powerful.

Who wouldn't want to have such a daughter-in-law? Xie Shi and Xu Chengyuan praised Du Fangfei for being filial and sensible, and slowly got used to Du Fangfei's hard work.

Although in ancient times, women did this, listening to their mother-in-law, and taking their husbands as heaven. People like Du Fangfei, even in modern times, are good daughters-in-law and good wives praised by everyone, and they are recognized by social morality.

But in Du Jinning's view, Du Fangfei lived without self. She was good to everyone, but not to herself.