Cao's mother was already dissatisfied with Yu Jin's entry into the restaurant to eat, she felt sorry for the silver, and now when she heard the hard work of the eldest young master, she was even more dissatisfied with Yu Jin's family's spending money, but she didn't dare to say it. secretly calculated in his heart, he must tell his wife when he goes back, the eldest lady spends too much money, and it costs fifty wen to eat three bowls of noodles and one plate of green vegetables, and if you eat white flour steamed buns, five cents can be eaten for three people. Eat noodles now, don't fight hunger at all.

Yu Jin knew Cao's mother's thoughts, but without explanation, she led Cao's mother and Xi Nu to buy all the cloth, needles, threads and other things that they were optimistic about, and went to the pharmacy to buy anise, cumin, tangerine peel, angelica and other medicinal materials as seasonings, and spent more than three taels of silver.

After meeting Steward Xing, Yu Jin asked Xi Nu to take out the remaining seven taels of silver, "Steward Xing, you go to send silver to my two elder brothers first, and tell the eldest brother and second brother that the silver is safe to use, the jacket is being made, and it will send them clothes in two days." “

Steward Xing took the silver and said with a smile: "The old slave knows where the eldest young master went, I heard the two Xiucai say that there are masters from other academies in the Nanjiekou teahouse who give lectures, and the eldest young master must have gone there, the old slave should go faster, and the eldest lady will sit down in the car first and wait for a while."

Steward Xing carefully picked up the silver, and walked quickly to the south, so that Cao's mother had a better look on her face, and she sighed secretly.

There were a lot of things on the car, and Xi Nu carefully helped Yujin into the car, and she and Cao's mother stood on both sides of the car waiting for Steward Xing.

"Yo, whose ox cart is this, it doesn't open its eyes, it stops in front of my store for a long time and doesn't leave, delaying our boss's business, hurry up, otherwise you will lose money." The two gangsters came out, and saw that there were only two women, an old man and a young woman, and after waiting for a while, no one came, and they glanced at each other, and one of them came up with slanted eyes and said to the Xi Nu.

Xinu stood straight and silent, "Little lady, are you dumb?" Drive away the ox carts. “

Cao's mother was anxious, and she wanted to come over and pay attention with a smile on her face, Xi Nu glanced at Cao's mother, and said in a deep voice: "Cao's mother, your responsibility is to protect the eldest lady and take care of the items in the car."

The thin man couldn't help but be happy when he heard the foreign accent of Xi Nu, originally he came out for recreation, and when he saw two servants dressed in half-worn coarse clothes, he wanted to take advantage of it. The direction of the ox cart is to go outside, this shop is a taxi, a sedan chair, the door is waiting for the work of the sedan chair driver and the handlebar, see the excitement to see the stand over.

The thin man glanced at the people around him proudly, "Tiezi, this family is not interested, delaying our boss's business, since you don't leave, then unload the cotton as compensation." “

"Monkey, what's in the way of you when people park their cars on the road, don't bully people." A thin black sedan chairman wearing a patched short shirt stood up and said with a calm face.

The monkey was stunned for a moment, and Tiezi didn't stop, moved to the front of the car, and said with a stream of breath in his mouth: "Vigorously, go, you have a fancy for someone's little lady, my brother will give it to you, I only need cotton, oops... The monkey pushed away and wanted to come up to stop him, and when he got to the back of the car and wanted to unload the cotton, the brook slave grabbed the monkey's outstretched hand, and as soon as he unloaded the monkey, he stepped back and sat on the ground, obviously injured in the wrist, and fell to the ground and wailed loudly.

Tiezi was startled, hesitated to step forward, and asked, "Monkey, are you okay?"

"Beat someone, this out-of-town barbarian dares to beat people in front of our store, obviously bullying us, my brothers gave it to me, robbed her things as compensation, and sold this little girl to the kiln." The monkey jumped to his feet, holding his hand and screaming viciously.

A group of people who have been bewitched are a little ready to move. Yu Jin lightly instructed the outside world, "Xi Nu, don't hurt people's lives." “

Xi Nu said loudly with joy on his face: "Yes." Which thing that doesn't open your eyes, dare to come forward and rob something today, I just beat, don't pay for medical expenses, itchy skin wants to be beaten even if it comes up. “

Cao's mother turned pale with fright, and kept looking south, hoping that her husband would come over soon.

vigorously stopped a few people who wanted to come forward to grab things and said: "Brother, don't listen to the monkey's blind call, this girl is a practitioner, she went up and was beaten, and she didn't pay attention to the yamen."

"What's going on? What are you arguing about here? The guests who came also scared you away, and they all dispersed. A middle-aged steward heard a commotion outside the gate and stood up and shouted loudly, and when the monkey saw the man, he hurriedly hid behind the iron.

"Monkey, what are you hanging around, aren't you asking for leave to say that your mother is sick? Don't get home yet. When the steward saw the monkey hiding, he immediately cursed.

The monkey came out with a bitter face, "Uncle Zhang, I didn't see this car parked outside the gate, so I came up and said a few words, who knew that this wild girl would be beaten when she came up, you see, my hands are swollen, she has to pay me for medicine." “

Steward Zhang said angrily: "You make trouble all day long, your mother is angry with you, don't get out of here, otherwise don't want the other hand."

The monkey muttered and walked away, and the steward nodded to the stream slave and walked into the courtyard.

When everything settled down, Steward Xing walked sweating and came over, and Xinu and Cao's mother got into the car. When the car walked on the road, Steward Xing said with a smile: "When I went to deliver the silver, I met the eldest young master standing outside the teahouse, and the teahouse required at least a few hundred dollars to go in and listen to the lecture. The eldest lady asked me to ask the price of masonry, and the shopkeeper was in a hurry to use the money, saying that the more masonry could be cheaper, but it could only be credited after five hundred taels of silver, and the remaining silver could be paid off in arrears until the twentieth day of the lunar month. I wrote down the detailed prices of bricks, stones, and wood on paper. Foreman Zhao, who built the house, was originally responsible for the official residence project, but this year he was taken down and happened to be idle. I don't know when the house will be built, so I'll talk back in two days. Steward Xing took out a piece of paper full of writing, and handed the remaining silver to Cao's mother, asking Cao's mother to hand it over.

Yu Jin took the paper, and after reading it at a glance, she nodded with satisfaction, worthy of being a housekeeper, the prices of bricks, stones, wood, doors, and windows were recorded in great detail.

"Steward Xing, early tomorrow morning, you will take someone to pick up the big radish and send someone to clean it and dry it. Cao's mother found a few mothers-in-law who worked neatly and cleanly, cut the radish into large strips, dried it and pickled it after it was half dried, and the detailed method would be taught to you. Yujin began to distribute work in the car, and along the way, she arranged for Xi Nu to pick up ripe beans, soak beans and sprouts, how to filter the dirty things in the coarse salt you bought, how to roll the materials into material noodles, how to pickle radishes and other work. This is Yu Jin in front of Cao's mother and Steward Xing, establishing the identity of the spokesperson of Xinu.

When I got home, it was already dark, and all the cloth and cotton were taken to Yujin's house, and Cao's mother and Xinu knew what to do and took the initiative to run errands.

After Yu Jin saw her mother, she took Yu Yao and Yu Zhuo back to the room and instructed them to write down the things they bought today.

Yu Yao and Yu Zhuo finished the accounts, their faces showed excitement, and their eyes stared at the eldest sister brightly. Yu Yao looked at the smiling eldest sister and asked, "If there is anything that the eldest sister entrusts me to do, I promise to do it well."

Yu Jin secretly rejoiced in her heart, her two younger sisters are literate and can easily settle accounts, it seems that her parents are cultivating her two younger sisters according to your mother. Yuzhuo didn't speak, and looked at the eldest sister a little shyly, expressing the same meaning as the second sister.

Yu Jin smiled and asked, "Second sister, third sister, I know that you embroiderers are good, do you want to earn some private money yourself?"

"Of course, the eldest sister has a good idea." Yu Yao excitedly grabbed Yu Jin and said loudly.

Yu Jin looked at Yu Zhuo, who showed his dimples and smiled shyly and whispered, "Yes."

"It's too late today, you guys come over early tomorrow morning, and who else is a good and careful girl can come together."

"Eldest sister, can my aunt come? My female red was taught by my aunt. Yu Zhuo plucked up his courage and asked.

"Hmm." Yu Jin nodded.

Xinu came in and said, "Three young ladies, the big bone broth is boiled, and the noodles in it are called to eat."

After Yuzhuo finished eating, he returned to the house where Aunt Meng lived, and whispered excitedly to tell Aunt Meng in detail all the things that happened at Yujin's place, "The eldest sister is the same as me and the second sister, I think the eldest sister is very capable, stronger than the mother, tomorrow I will call the aunt, and we will go to the eldest sister to receive errands together." “

Aunt Meng is an honest woman, she is very content, and she is especially grateful to Miss for letting the master accept her, and often tells the third miss to remember her identity, no matter what you do, don't cross the second miss. The cautious character cultivated over the years made her smile and said: "It's good to be able to help the eldest lady do things, whether you give benefits or not, don't remember it."

"I save it, I think the eldest sister is a person who says the same, I won't fight with the two sisters."

"Then go back to sleep! I'm going to wake up early tomorrow. Aunt Meng watched her daughter leave, full of anticipation that the eldest lady would arrange for them to do any work that could make money.

The light in the study was still on, and Steward Xing was reporting to the eldest lady about entering the city at 1510, Yue Zhiyi was a little puzzled and asked: "The eldest lady arranged for you to make wooden buttons, and you have to brush them with tung oil, how much do you want, what does she want to do with that thing?" She took over the accounts, and the silver in the account was less than 100 taels, she inquired about the price of bricks and stones, and asked you to find a foreman who built a house, how to build a house without money, she wouldn't want to fight her grandfather's idea! “

"The eldest lady didn't say it, and the old slave didn't dare to ask."

"Well, let's go down!"

Yue Sanye was stunned in the study, what kind of experience did his eldest daughter have, she spent a lot of money, and spent more than a dozen taels of silver in the city. It's not a matter of how much money is spent, the key is that there is not much silver left in the family, what this daughter thinks, he can't see through.

He secretly bitter in his heart, at the age of twenty-five, he was released to the county order, when he led his wife and children to take office in high spirits, and after thirteen years abroad, a holy decree recalled him to Beijing, because of the treatment of his eldest daughter, he did not expect to be kicked out of the house by his old father.

He still remembers his father yelling, "You don't just have one daughter, you have three sons." Are you just for a daughter, you don't even want a son's future? You are such a loser, who is willing to marry their daughter to you as a daughter-in-law. Since your wings are stiff, then go out and stand on your own! I don't owe you either, tomorrow I will invite your mentor Liao Zhongcheng to be a witness, open an ancestral hall and expel you, from then on, your future, family and I have nothing to do with it. “