Han Beiqing's father and son were shocked when they saw the strange little girl.

Because the little girl, who was not very old, was kneeling on the ground, and in front of her was a basin of unwashed clothes. And Wang Sanniang has no mercy and is even deliberately bullying the little girl.

"Sanniang, what are you doing?" Although Han Yi has a weak temperament, he is not without a temper.

"The newly bought little girl can't work, what's wrong with training her for a few sentences?" Wang Sanniang spit out a mouthful of melon seed skin disappreciatively, and rolled her eyes lazily: "I'm also a county wife, how can I do it without a girl by my side?" c

"That doesn't make her kneel on the ground in the cold. If it spreads, others will have to say that I am mean in this county. You ......" Han Yi took out his reputation and Wang Sanniang is unreasonable, it will only make Wang Sanniang feel that he is easy to handle.

"Oh? Are you mean or use others to say? If you don't buy me a maid, it's really mean!" Wang Sanniang looked at her husband and smiled coldly, and opened her mouth to sneer.

"Okay, she's so young, how can she wash these clothes." Han Beiqing stepped forward to pull the little girl up from the ground and asked in a low voice, "What's your name?"

"I ....." The little girl looked at Han Beiqing, looking scared and timid.

"My name is Qingmiao, and my mother gave birth to me in the field when she was planting rice."

When Wang Sanniang heard Qingmiao's words, she said in a strange manner, "Born in the ground? It's a big fate if I don't drown you."

"Great Dragon!" Han Beiqing ignored Wang Sanniang, turned around and shouted at the porter. Dalong Lao Cao and a few people usually stay in the gatehouse of the front yard, and they never step into the backyard half a step if they have nothing to do.

Seeing Han Beiqing's father and daughter coming out of the study, they all stood at Zhaobi and waited for instructions. Hearing Han Beiqing call someone, Dalong flashed and walked over.

"Miss."

"This is the young girl, the new girl that my wife bought today. Let's send it to the kitchen first, and learn the rules from Aunt Zou."

Da Long Deling stepped forward to take Qingmiao's hand, turned around and walked in the direction of the Hanging Flower Gate.

Wang Sanniang saw that the girl she just bought was taken away by Han Beiqing, her face was extremely ugly, she glared at Han Beiqing and scolded, "Little ***, where are you taking my maid ring?" In this family, you still have hands and eyes to the sky?"

"The maid ring you bought, the deed of sale is in your hands, where can I get it?" Han Beiqing looked at the cheap old lady in front of him helplessly: "You don't really think that you will have a light on your face when you go out with such a little girl."

Wang Sanniang thought that her daughter was jealous of herself, and shouted unwillingly: "You go out with Xinrui and have a light on your face, and I take Qingmiao with the same light on your face. I'm a county wife, and I have to be served."

"She's an eight-year-old child from a poor family, what will she do? What good can you do by taking it out but to make the squire's wives laugh? She doesn't know how to serve tea and pour water, she doesn't know how to pick up people and things, she just runs errands to buy something, and asks other maids for news, she doesn't know how to do it."

The more Wang Sanniang listened, the more she regretted it, what Han Beiqing said, Qingmiao really wouldn't. Not only does Seedlings not, but she doesn't understand it herself.

Seeing Wang Sanniang's face annoyed and regretful, she held her old father, who was also stunned: "Today, the oil truck is in trial operation, and I will ask people to go to the street to buy some wine and food to celebrate."

"Daddy's favorite wine-steamed anchovies, and my brother's favorite roasted mutton. It's a good day, let's have a good meal." The two dishes that Han Beiqing said are also Wang Sanniang's favorites.

Hearing these two dishes, Wang Sanniang's eyebrows showed joy.

I also heard my daughter say, "I also bought a few crab stuffed oranges to relieve oiliness." The laugh lines in the corners of his eyes couldn't be stopped, and he said happily, "Yes, yes, crab stuffed orange is the most greasy."

On the table of a family of four, the dishes are extremely rich. Roasted lamb, steamed anchovies, carrots and stir-fried lettuce, cold lotus root slices, stir-fried greens and a bowl of hot mushroom soup.

"So many dishes, how much does it cost?" Han Xiancheng saw this table of fried rice, thinking about his monthly salary, his son's academy has not yet been settled, and his wife has just bought a girl.

Looking at the table of food in front of me, I instantly understood that my daughter was supporting the family alone

。

"Even though you've made a lot of money before, you can't spend it like that. Now that this house is so big, there is really no need for our family of four. It's better for you to sell everything across the courtyard, and leave these three-entry mansions, and we won't crowd them." The courtyard can be sold for at least two hundred taels of silver, and if a few servants are sold, they can also save a lot of money.

"Sold? There are so many people in our family, where do we live after we sell them?" When Wang Sanniang heard that the house was going to be sold, she was instantly unhappy: "The backyard belongs to San Lang, and he will have to marry a daughter-in-law in the future." Nan Nan is only thirteen years old this year, is it possible that she can still squeeze in the same yard with her parents? If you want to sell it, let's talk about it when she gets married."

It sounds like it's for Han Beiqing's good, but it's actually afraid that if the house is sold, people will know about the embarrassment of the family. The squire's wives who had just met didn't laugh at her yet.

"I can't live in a few days just by selling my house. You have to make more money, and Daddy doesn't have to worry, life at home will only be better." Han Beiqing sandwiched a piece of roasted mutton and put it in the bowl of Han County.

"The business of oil trucks seems to be good!" Han Jinwen diverted the topic and looked at his extremely intelligent sister with a smile.

"In the afternoon, the owners of several shops came to me and wanted to park the petrol trucks in front of their shops. I haven't figured it out yet, so I'll let them come back tomorrow afternoon." Han Beiqing lowered his head and took a sip of the soup, the hot mushroom soup was ironing his lungs, it was so comfortable that he didn't want it.

"If you want to stop at the door of their house, you have to give money! Why else should they stop?" Wang Sanniang is worthy of being a businessman, as long as she is involved in business, there are still reliable times.

"This is natural, so Daddy doesn't have to worry about the big expenses at home. You just need to do a good job in the yamen, and my brother doesn't have to worry about the college."

Wang Sanniang doesn't like Han Beiqing's tone of being a family member very much, she is the mistress of this family. was robbed of the housekeeping by her daughter, which made her very unhappy.

"What do you want to know for your child? I'm still good at doing business. Listen to me about the oil truck in the future, you don't have to worry about it." Wang Sanniang's words made the two fathers and sons at the dinner table change their faces together.

Han Beiqing said, "Mother, you are the official's wife. Do you still need to take care of eating and drinking at home? Aunt Zou is in charge of the kitchen, Xiao Can is in charge of cleaning the yard, and Xinrui is in charge of washing clothes."

"I know it's called doing your job, and that's how the rich people of the city are." Wang Sanniang raised her head: "That's why I have to be a housekeeper, and I buy the kitchen, and I have to take care of whether the family works finely or not."

"It's a thankless task to do these chores, so I'll do it. You are the county wife, the second honored person in Huaining County. Of course, your time is to play leaf cards, drink tea, and listen to music with those squires and wives to attend various banquets."

Wang Sanniang was surprised and delighted, and looked at her daughter in disbelief: "What you said is true? Mrs. Guan just needs to play all day?"

"What if it weren't? It's not just the entertainment between this group of women with status in the county, but when the family of the state lord comes, as the second highest status woman in the county, you have to show up."

Han Beiqing stunned Wang Sanniang for a moment, making her believe that she was the second most noble woman in the county.

"But, mother, to show your elegance and reserve. You can't usually show off what you are ranking second everywhere, and if people really praise you like this, you have to smile disapprovingly. Otherwise, people will laugh at you."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Wang Sanniang finally realized that it was no wonder that the wives of those squires always smiled at her, intentionally or unintentionally.

They must have laughed at themselves for not understanding anything, and deliberately pretended to know very well.

"Don't worry." Han Beiqing took another sip of soup: "Before the former county prince left, there was an old servant who had served for many years and would be raised in his daughter's house. I have invited her to come to my house and serve her mother."

"An old woman? What can she understand?" Wang Sanniang was very disgusted: "Those ladies and ladies are all served by maidservants when they go out, and I take an old woman with me, who is still an old slave of the former county Cheng family. How ugly."

"Don't worry!" Han Beiqing chuckled, "It's because I've been in the Qianxian Cheng family for many years that I know the situation in Huaining County well

。 When she comes, let Xinrui and Qingmiao also learn from her."

"Since my mother wants to show the prestige of Mrs. Cheng of the county, how can I do it without my grandmother and maidservant?"

Knowing her mother Mo Ruonu, after Han Beiqing finished speaking, Wang Sanniang's eyebrows immediately danced.

"Two people? That's pretty impressive! Well, count yourself as filial!"

After the coaxing was almost over, Han Beiqing said again: "Open the east wing tonight, and move my father's study to the courtyard tomorrow." In the future, when I am a guest of opinion, I will go to the small study."

"This little thing, you can toss it! It's just that old woman, when will she come? I'm going to buy two nice clothes?" Wang Sanniang waved her hand disappreciably, thinking only about how she should dress up to be more magnificent.

"I'll come tomorrow morning, and when she comes, I'll inquire about the secrets and taboos of the back houses in this county. Then look for those shops that the ladies like to visit, the fashionable rouge gouache. Otherwise, the next time we meet, you won't be able to interject from what people say."

Wang Sanniang nodded again and again, admiring her daughter's intelligence for the first time: "That's right, that's right! I don't even know what they're saying, so I'm going to have to prepare for it."

"I'll surprise them the next time we meet!"