Pearl definitely conspired this matter, Mingde is a lively and motivated good boy, may see that the three girls are absolutely beautiful, and have admiration, and the two of them were seen by Ming Youshou and his wife, so they naturally climbed up the pole, and in the past two years, they fought with Pearl several times, and Ming Youshou and his wife were both defeated, but fortunately, the old man and Feng did the cache, which eased up. But they know very well in their hearts that Pearl's hand is tight, what is given to you is for you, and if you want more, there is no way at all.

Pearl has already made her attitude clear to Ming Qian, and Ming Qian also disagrees with this marriage, so that the two have a consensus, which makes Pearl feel a little more settled. If Ming Youshou and his wife really dare to go to Liu's house to ask for marriage, then there will be absolutely no end, and Pearl doesn't want to directly mention it to them now, but his attitude must be understood by them.

The next day, the family began to make braised meat again, there are two pigs at home, one is braised meat, that is, cooked meat, and when you make sauerkraut in the future, you will directly put in a few pieces of meat, and the time for cooking will be saved a lot, plus two pig heads are also to be cleaned up. Pearl is going to make a pig's head stew, the pig's head meat is marinated, chopped, put five-spice powder, mixed with chopped green onions, put it in the pot and stir-fry, you can fry a lot of oil. Use dried tofu to make the upper and lower sandwiches, and then use a heavy object to compact, one night, the next morning, take it out, you will find that the oil in the pork has been pressed out, solidified into white meat oil, the stew is also formed, and the slices can be eaten. The taste was very good. And it's not greasy.

The pearl has also marinated the pig's trotters, and because it tastes good, it will also be popular, and it is also a dish when guests come to visit. The greens are all placed in Pearl's house, Pearl holds the key to the warehouse, the greens are very valuable in winter, and they are not easy to store, and Pearl secretly puts the greens in the space, and then takes them out when they are really used.

On this day, the family wants to steam bean buns. Make rice cakes. Pearl is more serious, to make the best natural to do, made ordinary yellow rice bean bags, and white glutinous rice made of bean bags. The beans are all kidney beans, and the pearls let the girl marry into a lot of red beans, and some bean bags directly put bean paste and jujube paste. When making rice cakes, there are also two kinds, one yellow rice. A kind of glutinous rice, enlarged jujube in rice cakes, and kidney beans are put in other people's houses. But pearls don't like kidney beans, and very few put kidney beans.

Because the rice is very washed and of good quality, the rice cakes and bean buns made are very good in terms of color and taste. According to the rules of the countryside, if the family makes bean buns and rice cakes, they should send some to the people who are good friends, and the other party will give them when they make them. Obviously, the bean buns and rice cakes made by Pearl are not like ordinary things in the countryside, but more like cakes eaten by people in the city.

Shen because the child is still young, just look at the two daughters, now Ming Zhen'er comes over every day, sometimes Yu'er will also go to Pearl's house to eat, and will also watch Ming Zhen'er embroider, cook, write and read, etc., Yu'er is also six years old this year, and it is time to study. Pearl doesn't care about children, so when she comes, Pearl is also warmly received and teaches her simple embroidery skills. Knowing the ingredients in the kitchen, mastering the heat, and teaching her to read, of course, her progress can't keep up with Ming Zhen'er, and Pearl's discipline of Yu'er is relatively relaxed.

Ming Zhen'er is now in pain and happy. Her daily classes are very intense, Pearl is strict, do a good job, Pearl is not stingy with praise, and even gives gifts, inevitably the silk flower on her head, this is a beautiful silk flower that no one in the town can see. Pearl from etiquette, rules, walking, sitting and lying and speech and behavior, are taught in detail, not only the rich people have seen the changes in Ming Zhen'er, even the village people have seen the changes in Ming Zhen'er, the little girl is now very busy every day, and she doesn't play much with the little sisters, these days Pearl gave Ming Zhen'er a holiday, when Ming Zhen'er appeared in the village again, everyone deeply felt her changes, polite, reasonable, etiquette is very good, and there is a bookish atmosphere on her body, The gap with the little girls in the village has also widened.

This day, Mingzhen'er came, the pearl was still a little strange, the little girl was obviously a little low, the pearl was embroidering, the little girl was holding the child and playing with building blocks on the kang, the pearl said,

"Didn't you say to have fun with friends?"

Ming Zhen'er twisted her fingers, Pearl coughed, the little girl quickly put her hand down, and then sat down on the stool next to Pearl, and said, "They don't seem to be happy to play with me anymore, although they like my clothes and jewelry very much, but gradually, I find that they are avoiding me, and their parents are not as enthusiastic about me as they used to be." ”

Pearl smiled, didn't look at the apprentice's face, continued to focus on embroidering her flowers, and said, "Jealousy, it's because of jealousy, Zhen'er, haven't you noticed the changes you have now?" Your hair has become black and shiny, your skin has become fair and delicate, your speech and demeanor are in accordance with the rules of Miss Everybody, you can embroider, you can read and write. They're jealous of you, and so are their parents. ”

"Can't I play with them anymore?" Ming Zhen'er was a little lost, but she was still unwilling,

Pearl said, "You can choose, is to continue to be an ordinary village girl with them, sit together all day long and say that the east is longer, the west is short, unscrupulously let go and laugh, live at will, and wait for the time for your father and mother to marry you, I estimate, according to the situation in your marriage, it is estimated that there can be ...... A dowry of about fifty taels of silver. After speaking, he turned his head to look at Ming Zhen'er and said, "Or through your own efforts, learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, embroidery and cooking, rules and etiquette, earn your own money, and improve your own value, so that you can have the opportunity to marry a good family, you can be the wife of a big businessman, you can also be an official's wife, you can also earn money by yourself, and save a huge dowry, but the price is that you can't be so easy and free with them, you choose." ”

Ming Zhen'er didn't want to think about it, "I don't want to be a village girl, I want to make money, and it's okay if I don't have an official wife, but I want to have my own money, at that time, if my in-laws show me a look, I will stone them to death with silver." ”

Pearl:......

Apprentice: This is inspired by the master, right? Pearl felt a little embarrassed, indeed, Ming Zhen'er followed herself, Pearl made clothes or jewelry for her every once in a while, and the food was even more exquisite, after the days of a rich man, let her go back to the past, it was absolutely impossible, this is called from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift!

After that, Ming Zhen'er quickly sorted out her emotions and began to compare her schoolwork with the three girls, she knew very well that she was the master's serious apprentice, so her various grades must be better than the other three girls. Pearl also let Ming Zhen'er follow Liu Zi to learn martial arts, Qingfeng and Mingyue also learned, because Pearl told them that this is self-preservation, and can save their own lives and their master's lives at a critical moment, the three girls are loyal, naturally very hard, Ming Zhen'er is even more hard because she doesn't want to be compared. Once Qian came over and told Pearl that now Ming Zhen'er is not relaxed when she goes home, she works very hard, she seems to be very tired every day, and she sleeps very early and maturely.

In the past few days, Ming Qian has been busy writing couplets to the people in the village, and almost every family has people asking for at least two couplets, as well as blessing characters, large and small, as well as banners posted in livestock sheds and warehouses, etc. Pearl helped Ming Qian write it herself, and the four girls also helped write the word Fu.

Pearl mentioned, saying that it could sell couplets, and the income was also a lot, Ming Zhen'er was on the mind, after Pearl's consent, she and the other three girls discussed, and hurried to the town to buy a lot of red paper, and the four of them began to write for a day, and then brought their own two months of practice to make the handkerchief, handkerchief, purse, all the big bags to take away. The four girls went to the market with Mingli, the income should be good, the couplet is a market, and those are considered to be the top quality in the countryside, and the materials for handkerchiefs and purses are provided by pearls, although they are not the best in pearls, but they are also rare high-end materials in the countryside.

When Pearl asked two days before the Chinese New Year, he learned that the four girls deducted the two taels of silver that Ming Li shared, and each of the four of them earned ten taels of silver. (To be continued.) )