Qiao Jingjing went to the old mother's room according to the old mother's instructions.

Joa's mother already has her own room.

"Our family used to be a famous family in Luoyang, but now although it is a little down, it is not so shabby! Every man has his own house! ”

He Miaomiao and Qiao Manman cleaned up the house, and they were already standing one by one according to the old mother's request.

Pose.

As soon as Qiao Jingjing walked in, Aunt Qiao asked, "I heard that Mrs. Liu rewarded our family with two catties of gold?" ”

Qiao Jingjing said yes.

Qiao's mother asked Qiao Jingjing to take out the gold and give it to her for safekeeping.

Qiao Jingjing hadn't spoken yet.

Her mother said:

"In the past, there was no housewife in the family, and this family is not like it! Many of you sisters have been laughed at by others. I've heard about it all the way back.

Let's not talk about the past! It was no way before, and being laughed at as a motherless child, that couldn't be done. It's different now, your mother is back, and from now on you are no longer a motherless child.

The Qiao family is not this family that is strong on the outside and does not look like a good family in the middle.

In front of you, your father is in charge. I'll take care of this backyard business. ”

You're welcome.

The old mother is still strong, and she seems to have suffered all these years, but she is not very old, and she is estimated to be in her early forties.

Qiao Jingjing nodded.

He Miaomiao also nodded, and Qiao Manman nodded.

The old mother had already urged Qiao Jingjing to get the gold again.

Qiao Jingjing went.

When the old mother got the gold, she personally wrapped it in a brocade handkerchief and put it under her pillow.

She turned around and asked Qiao Jingjing to stand closer to her: "Da Qiao, I have a few words for you." ”

Hearing this, He Miaomiao understood what it meant to make her and Xiao Qiao retreat.

He Miaomiao's eyes gestured to Qiao Manman.

But the old mother said, "I just let you listen, and you don't need to avoid it." ”

So, He Miaomiao motioned to Qiao Manman again, stood still, and stood up straight.

Listen to the teachings of the old mother.

"In those years, you were the eldest sister in the family, and when others looked at it, you were the eldest sister. You're all about everything, and you're in a hurry. Well...... As far as I know, this home is a chicken, a dog and a dog that you are in charge of.

Well, I won't bother with you. I'm back, and from now on you will listen to me.

I must have been asked for my opinion on matters at home. It can't be Da Qiao, you can do what you want, it's not Da Qiao, you can scold whoever you want.

And one more thing, your marriage.

Yes! I'm going to blow my head up these days. It turns out that you are not only messing around in Cao Mengde's mansion, but you are also making trouble in Lujiang City!

I'm back, and I can't let you mess around anymore. ”

When the old mother said something, Qiao Jingjing nodded.

When she was studying, the mother at home was also like this, strict management.

She understands.

She understood. As a mother, if you don't nag and don't take care of your children's affairs in all aspects, you are an unqualified mother.

"There's one more thing I'm going to teach you! Since you are the eldest in the family, you should do more things. As for your two younger brothers, don't call them any more from now on.

They are sons! It is the pillar of our home. You are a woman's family, you girl, after all, you have to get married, and if you get married, it will be spilled water.

One of your daughters, shouting at the sons of my Qiao family, what face does this family have? What kind of system?

In the past two days, you and Xiao Qiao have done the work at home, and my daughter-in-law has served me.

Your two younger brothers are going to be officials in the future, if they like to read, they should read some, if they want to go out and make friends, just go and make friends, you can't care. ”

When the old mother said this, Qiao Jingjing still lowered her head.

This old mother is not only nagging, but also patriarchal.

Ay!

It's a sad day.

But this is, after all, a mother from 1,800 years ago.

It's useless to argue, and there is a risk of being slapped.

"Enough, that's all I remember today. Otherwise, let's talk about it tomorrow. ”

After that, Aunt Qiao was about to kick her daughter and daughter-in-law out of the house.

At the end of the day, she called the three back to her side.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I must, go to the city to buy a few maids and old women to come back. Look, we have such a big family, and we don't even have a rough girl ring at home, what does it look like?

As the mistress of the house, don't you have someone around you to serve you decently? ”

The old mother tugged at her fingers.

Two old mothers, pretending, plus two little girls running errands and passing the word.

"At least four people are around me!

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are around, no matter what, they have to have two girls, and the daughter-in-law is also a young lady, and there must be a person in the son's room...... In this way, my daughter-in-law is the same as me, four, and she is younger. ”

In this way, Qiao Jingjing will go to the city tomorrow to buy at least thirty or forty-two old and rough maids to come back.

Out of the old mother's room.

Qiao Manman specially sent Qiao Jingjing back to her room.

She hadn't lived this kind of young lady life for many years.

"Sister, what Mother said is actually right. If you want to have an identity and no one around you, how can you do it? But my mother must not know the situation at home, and a porridge and a meal are extremely hard-won. Dad has long since lost money, and the family has no savings. This year's food was still from the previous year's sister's management of the mulberry garden.

Seeing that Liu Taishou rewarded these two catties of gold and this autumn's harvest, the situation of the family is better this year.

If it was lined up according to the mother's pomp, there were one or twenty more female envoys in the family at once.

Tomorrow, when my mother inspects the house, she will definitely invite the man back. That's not enough to raise a few dozen more people. ”

And these two catties of gold, the old mother has already received it from her pillow.

"Sister, let's make some things clear to my mother tomorrow."

Qiao Manman simply thought that their mother must have suffered as much as them over the years, knew thrift, and was not the kind of person who only talked about pomp.

Qiao Manman only guessed the first half correctly.

The next morning, the old mother did not get up first.

Her daughter-in-law went to the door of her room early in the morning to stand in order, and her daughter-in-law waited for her to wash her face, comb her hair, and dress up.

There are only a few gold hairpins and silver hairpins, carved wooden hairpins, and a hairpin.

In the words of Qiao Amu, this is called losing people without losing the battle, and there is no shortage of pomp and circumstance if there is no shortage of money.

The two sisters, Big Joe and Little Joe, cooked breakfast for the old mother in the kitchen.

The old mother's breakfast needs were passed down by He Miaomiao herself.

"My mother said she was hungry, and she wanted porridge made of japonica rice, duck stuffed with wine, a plate of duck paws and duck tongue, freshly fried leeks, and freshly steamed cooking cakes this morning."

The old mother of the dresses up in the room.

Two flower-like daughters are grizzled and make breakfast in the kitchen.

By the time breakfast was ready, the old mother was already impatient, saying that she had been hungry for a long time.

"You're trying to starve me to death if you're moving so slowly?"

The old mother came to the table and ate a few bites, and the style and taste of these dishes were not bad.

I just finished eating, but I started to be picky on my face again:

"Look at you two sisters, how do you look like everyone's beautiful girls, your faces are smeared with soot, is it too late? Do you know how to make breakfast, but don't know how to wake up early? You have to wait until the roosters crow and the sky is white, right? Tomorrow morning, add four more dishes, and start the meal half an hour ahead. If it's a quarter of an hour late, Big Joe, watch your skin. ”

The old mother wiped her mouth after eating.

"Today, the affairs of the envoy will be remembered, and in the afternoon, the person I want must stand in front of me in order. I'm going to talk to them in the evening, you know? ”

If this was before, dozens of people needed to be added to the family, Qiao Jingjing didn't say a word, and let Qiao Er and Qiao San do it.

But today and later, there is no Qiao Er and Qiao San to call her.

Qiao Er and Qiao San can do the following: practice swords in the yard, read books under the porch, write poems and paint, and then go out to make friends.

Laundry and cooking, purchasing female envoys, Qiao Jingjing can't be unkempt yet.

Qiao Jingjing took a basin of water and took a look at herself.

How can she be unkempt?

It's just a simple combing of hair, no hairpins, no jewelry. This kind of dress is in line with her identity as a farming girl.

But the old mother couldn't get used to it.

Mother has already seriously criticized her attire, as well as the way she walks.

The old mother said that she walked too fast and did not walk out of the graceful grace that a woman should have.

"Look at you, see what you've made Little Joe look like? What's this called, you two? It's really a lack of upbringing. When I was in Yecheng, I saw a girl from the Zhen family, who walked with Ling Bo and walked slightly, looking forward to the brilliance, and the ringing was tinkling, and there was an endless stream of people who came to their house to ask for relatives. You two sisters, if one-tenth of someone's family can catch up with one toe of others, our Qiao family's lintel will not be left out in the cold! ”

The old mother was angry when she said it.

She remembered that her wife seemed to have to take some responsibility for the matter.

So he turned to Daddy Qiao and discussed this big issue with Daddy Joe.

Qiao Jingjing hurriedly pulled Qiao Manman out of the house, hurry up, and buy a female envoy to do rough work.