Chapter 178: The Second Sister of the Zhou Family
"Aunt Yao, are you still used to living in these **?"
"Okay, okay." Jia nodded, she has now changed out of satin clothes, changed into coarse cloth dark clothes like Lan Yi, and simply brought a silver hairpin on her head, and followed Lan Yi every day, compared to the life in the Wang family's house, Jia Shi prefers such days, busy and fulfilling.
"Aunt Yao, after you came back, I really felt a lot lighter, and there was someone to negotiate with me when I went in and out, and I felt much more at ease." Lan Yi praised with a smile, what she said was true. In modern enterprise management, the headache of the supervisor is the performance feedback interview, that is, to evaluate the work performance of employees, find the problems and call the employees to explain the problems in the work, so that employees can realize their own shortcomings and then correct, improve work performance. Performance feedback interviews can be unpleasant in themselves, especially when employees think they are working hard but are actually using their energy in the wrong place, and it is more difficult for supervisors to make employees realize that this kind of misdirection is wrong, and it is even more difficult for employees to improve. The usual practice is to praise first, calm the atmosphere, and then ask the question sincerely.
Lan Yi is now following such steps to talk about Wenxuan's education with the Jia family, in terms of subordinate status, although she is the younger generation of the Jia family, she is her direct leader, and she has the most say in the effect of her work.
Jia Shi listened to Lan Yi's words and showed a hint of a smile, "Tao'er, where can I help, it's just some hands-on work, and you still have to worry about making up your mind at home and abroad." ”
Lan Yi patted her hand and turned to the topic, "Aunt Yao, how do you think Wenxuan is now?" ”
Jia Shi thought for a while and said bluntly: "The old lady is right to entrust the young master to you. Although the countryside is hard, the young master was well educated by Tao'er, sensible and smart, and his body is strong. ”
In a wealthy family, most of the children who are more than two years old are still held in the arms of the nurse, how can they have such a spirit as Wenxuan.
"Aunt Yao, the old lady entrusted Wenxuan to me, and I will take responsibility for raising him to be a man who stands up to the sky."
Jia Shi was convinced, "Peach, the thoughts you spend on these two children, I really see it, and it is not worse than my mother." ”
Lan Yi said sincerely: "Aunt Yao, Tao'er has never thought of treating children harshly. It is only to teach them to understand the truth, to know how to respect their elders, and to love their brothers; know that a porridge and a meal are not easy to come by; Know to cherish what you have now and pursue what you want. Therefore, Aunt Yao, some of your recent practices are difficult for Tao'er to agree with. You let Wen Xuan scourge the vegetables in the greenhouse, drop things and pluck chicken feathers, if this is a bad habit, how should we explain to the old lady? ”
Jia Shi bowed his head and was silent, and Lan Yi continued: "Aunt Yao, I know that you feel sorry for the young master, and I can't wait to prepare everything for him." Of course you can spoil him, but there must be a degree. He did the right thing, and we have to praise him; If he does something wrong, we must seriously reason with him and let him know that he is wrong and how to correct it. I raise these two children as my own, Aunt Yao, you also have to treat them as your own grandchildren, they should be spoiled, and they should be punished. ”
Jia Shi wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, raised his head and looked honestly: "The young master should have been the concubine of the royal family who was clothed in brocade clothes and jade food, made slaves and maids, and responded to every call. Although I knew that he was safe, I was still afraid of wronging him, and I didn't expect that I would bring the young master badly. ”
Lan Yi wiped her tears and persuaded, "Aunt Yao, when I came back, the old lady told me to take the young master with me." Her old man only hopes that the young master will grow up safely, marry a wife and have children, and continue the incense of the long house. We have a heavy responsibility, and if I do something bad in the future, Aunt Yao, you have to remind me. ”
Jia nodded vigorously.
Lan Yi continued: "Yu'er is a sensitive child, and he knows and sees far more than we think. Aunt Yao, you may not have noticed that every time you revolve around Wenxuan, Yu'er is a little lost and overwhelmed. ”
Yu'er is a poor and lovely child, Meixian and his party let him know that his younger brother is more liked by everyone than himself, and now Jia's attitude has deepened this feeling. The experience since he was a child made him precocious, he didn't cry, and he was very respectful to Jia's family, but subconsciously he stuck to Lan Yi more tightly, and he was a little cautious and deliberately flattering, always afraid that his mother would also prefer his younger brother and ignore him.
He is like this, how can Lan Yi not feel distressed. It is very difficult for Jia to treat the two of them equally, but if she wants to make her notice Yu'er's goodness and pay some attention to him, I believe she can still do it.
The Jia family was silent, in fact, it was clear at all, otherwise it would be difficult to survive in the Wang family's mansion, not to mention that Lan Yi's words were very clear, she nodded and wrote it down.
Lan Yi didn't expect Jia Shi to answer or change immediately, but always gave her a process of thinking, adapting and changing.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Yang took his daughter and a tall woman in her early thirties knocked on the door knocker of Lan Yi's house, and introduced Lan Yi that this woman was Zhou Yue, Zhou Weiji's own sister.
After Zhou Weiji came back, he told his sister Zhou Yue'e about his engagement, because Lan Yi's life experience was complicated, Zhou Weiji only briefly told Zhou Yue'e. Zhou Weiji asked Zhou Yue'e to go to Uncle Wang's house to talk to the matchmaker, and said that he couldn't tell others about Lan Yi's life experience.
Zhou Yue'e's mood can be described as twists and turns, first heard her brother say that she was going to marry the blue widow of the Wang family, and then listened to this matter, and knew that the "widow" in her brother's picture was actually a fifteen-year-old yellow flower girl, which made her happy. But Lan Yi worked as a maid in a big family, and the fact that her parents were slaves made her hesitate, afraid that Lan Yi was a pampered person, who couldn't endure hardships and was not easy to get along with.
Zhou Yueji is six years older than her younger brother Zhou Weiji, their mother died of illness when she was eight years old, Zhou Weiji was brought up by Zhou Yue'e, and the two sisters and brothers have a very deep relationship, until Zhou Yue'e married to Lijia Village at the age of sixteen, and often went home to take care of her father and younger brother. Zhou Weiji was recruited to go to the border after his father's death, Zhou Yue'e was worried every day, and finally looked forward to her brother's return, she was busy giving Zhou Weiji Zhang Luo's family affairs. Because Zhou Wei is over the good age of getting married, and his family background is also thin, the thirteenth and fourteenth daughters in the surrounding villages who have not yet decided to marry are not happy when they hear it, even if they reluctantly agree, they will have a lot of dowry, or the girl herself is a little wrong, and Zhou Yue'e is unwilling to wronged her younger brother.
Later, Zhou Yang's daughter-in-law of Beigou Village proposed marriage for Widow Zheng, Zhou Yue'e grew up in Beigou Village since she was a child, even if she married, she knew that Widow Zheng's reputation was not good, so she naturally disagreed, but she didn't expect that this Zhou Yang's daughter-in-law still said it with a dead face, and the meaning in and out of the words was that Zhou Weiji couldn't find a more suitable one except for Widow Zheng, and the more she said it, the more difficult it became. Zhou Yue'e was also a violent temper, and directly kicked her out of the door with a broom.
No, since then, Zhou Yang's daughter-in-law and Widow Zheng have spoken ill of Zhou Weiji in the village, saying that he has killed many people on the battlefield and is full of anger, and whoever marries him will suffer, etc., making it clear that they want to destroy Zhou Weiji's karma.
Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, these words are more and more spread by everyone, people in ten miles and eight villages have heard of it, plus Zhou Weiji is tall, unkempt and unsmiling, and he killed the tiger with another fist, etc., everyone is more and more afraid of him. Zhou Yue'e later took a fancy to whose daughter went to propose, and when people went to the village to inquire, they didn't want to marry their daughter, Zhou Yue'e was in a hurry and couldn't do anything.
Lan Yi has been in Beigou Village for nearly two years, and Zhou Yue'e has heard the people in the village mention her. Zhou Yue'e knew that Lan Yi had saved Yu'er from Li Er's cripple, which was a good thing. However, the younger brother also told her that he was afraid that Li Er's lame man would come to the door to make trouble, so he would not let her publicize the matter in Lijia Village. As for some people saying that Yu'er is a mourning star or something, Zhou Yue'e doesn't care even more. When Zhou Weiji was a child, some people also called him a mourning star, Zhou Yue'e shed tears for this, and his younger brother was grumpy after he was sensible, so he fought with people a lot.
Now, her younger brother, who has always been unconcerned about marriage, suddenly came to her and said that he would go to Uncle Wang's house to propose marriage, and Zhou Yue'e was very surprised. Although her mother's family and Wang Linshan's family are neighbors, she has never met Lan Yi when she has returned to her parents' house several times, and she knows very little about her. It is a major event for the Zhou family for the younger brother to get married, and Zhou Yue'e naturally wants to inquire about Lan Yi's personality. So after the farm was busy, she hurried back to the village to inquire about Wang Chuntao's situation, it was best to see it with her own eyes, if it was also as charming as Widow Zheng, even if she fought to let her younger brother beat the single, Zhou Yue'e would not agree to Lan Yi entering the gate of Zhou's house.
Zhou Yue'e knew that the second uncle made a fortune on Tuesday to rent Wang Linshan's paddy fields, and they must have had a lot of contact with Wang Chuntao, and the second uncle's family was also honest people, so she went directly to inquire.
On Tuesday, the two of them praised Lan Yi, but what they didn't expect was that Zhou Weipeng's daughter-in-law Yang had a good relationship with Lan Yi, and after hearing that she wanted to see Lan Yi - naturally it couldn't be said that Zhou Weiji fell in love with Lan Yi, which was easy to say, so he directly pulled Zhou Yue'e to Lan Yi's house to see for himself.
"It's really disturbing my brother and sister, I went back to my parents' house in a hurry today, but I didn't expect my brother to be at home. When I saw your door open, I came and sat down, although we are neighbors, but we haven't seen you for more than a year since you moved back. Zhou Yue'e said politely. Seeing that Lan Yi was petite, with a bright appearance and thoughtful eyes, it was no wonder that her stupid brother was worried about it, and after seeing it, Sister Zhou secretly laughed at her stupid brother who could look at it, and picked such a little daughter-in-law with fine skin and tender meat.
"Sister Zhou, come in and sit." Lan Yi was hairy by Zhou Yue, and she had the feeling of an ugly daughter-in-law seeing her in-laws, although Zhou Yue'e said politely, how could she not understand her intention.
Yang smiled very ambiguously: "Brother and sister, you are wrong this time." This is the second sister of our family, and our eldest sister is Sister Yuemei of the uncle's family. ”
Before the separation, the children of the uncle's family were all ranked according to birth, like Zhou Weiji, although he was the only son of Zhou Weifa, he was the second among the cousins, and Yang's husband Zhou Weipeng was the fourth. Lan Yi hurriedly changed her words, "I don't go out much, and I'm not familiar with the people and things in the village, so don't be surprised by Sister Tuesday." ”
How can this be strange, the widow should have been guarding the door for the rest of her life, Zhou Yue'e nodded, and entered Lan Yi's house with the Yang family.
Turning the shadow wall, Zhou Yue'e was a little more satisfied. The big yard is cleaned up neatly, and there are chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep, etc. at home, so you can see that Lan Yi is diligent and can live.
When they arrived at the house, Lan Yi poured tea for them and came out with dried fruits and melon seeds, not knowing what to say to break the deadlock.
Zhou Yue'e spoke first, "Brother and sister, I heard that there are two children at home, and they all ran out to play?" ”
Lan Yi nodded, "Yu'er just took her younger brother to the store at the edge of the village to run and play, and she has to have a son to come back." ”
"Second sister, you haven't seen it. The younger siblings are the best at taking care of children, Yu'er and Wenxuan are obedient and sensible, and they are also the most thoughtful of the children in the village, and they are not a little better than the three children of our family. "The Yang family naturally hopes to promote the good things of Lan Yi and Zhou Weiji.
Lan Yi was speechless, and didn't know what to say, so she had to smile lightly and pretend to be stupid.
Zhou Yue'e said with a smile, "At first glance, my younger brother and sister are capable, and they can still be cleaned up so neatly with so many living creatures in the yard." It's not like in our yard, where your second brother is alone, and the yard is full of wild grass. ”
Yang hurriedly agreed, "Second sister doesn't know, Lin Shan's younger brothers and sisters are recognized for being diligent and neat, and she also has a group of goats, a donkey and two ponies, and this time they are all grazing on the hillside." Not only this, but the younger siblings' meals are also well cooked, and the three children can't wait to eat in this courtyard every day. ”
Zhou Yue'e nodded with satisfaction, Lan Yi cleaned up the house very cleanly, there was no smell at all, but there was a faint fragrance of flowers, which made people feel comfortable when they stayed.
Lan Yi smiled so hard that she didn't know what to say.
Seeing her like this, Yang smiled and said, "Brother and sister, why didn't you see Aunt Jia?" ”
"Aunt Yao is busy picking grass in the greenhouse." Rapeseed and weeds broke the ground and sprouted together, and Jia was very interested in pulling weeds these days, eager to pull out every grass in the rapeseed. If Lan Yi hadn't told her to keep the grass outside the vegetable furrow to improve the food for the livestock at home, I'm afraid she would have pulled out every grass she saw.
Lan Yi smiled again and introduced to Zhou Yue'e: "Aunt Jia is my aunt, and now she helps me take care of my two children at home. ”
Zhou Yue'e nodded, she heard Zhou Weiji talk about such a person, "If someone takes a hand, my younger siblings can breathe a sigh of relief." Otherwise, this is both in the field and at home, and you can get busy alone. ”
"I'll go in and take a look, second sister, brother and sister, you can talk." Yang got up and went to the greenhouse to talk to Zhou Yue'e and Lan Yiteng.
After the Yang family left, Lan Yi stood up and curtsied, "Second sister." ”
She and Zhou Weiji made a marriage in Meixian, and Zhou Yue'e must have known about this, so Lan Yi saluted so formally. She was nervous, afraid that Zhou Yue'e would not like her and think she was frivolous. This marriage is a big event, and it needs the words of the matchmaker from the parents, Zhou Weiji's parents died early, it is said that he should first give the eldest sister, and the eldest sister will agree before they get married. Zhou Weiji is like this, and I don't know if Zhou Yue'e will be picked on because of this. R1152