She thought, just like she can't fish for crabs now, she won't have snowball fights in two years' time.

At that time, Yaozhen was nine years old, the autumn harvest was abundant, the era was peaceful and prosperous, and even the number of people in the middle was more than three years ago.

In the twelfth year of Yaozhen, in early spring and February, the sky that had warmed up was cold again, and it snowed heavily in Shengjing City, and the day was cold again.

Yan Mingqiao came back from the main courtyard with an umbrella, and after entering the house, she first baked a fire, she looked at the snow outside the window and was very thick, remembering that three years ago, she had a snowball fight with Gu Mian and them.

Chapter 88: Change

The maid named Xueshu put the white cloak that Yan Mingqiao had untied on the shelf, and then carefully wiped the snow off it, and then baked it on the fire. Qingfeng came out of the small room, with hot tea in his hand, and a maid brought snacks, and several people walked briskly and made no sound.

These maids were newly added last year, except for Lin Xianglin, Zao, Xuezhu, and Sunny Day, they all got married in the first two years, and the maids have all changed newcomers.

Yan Mingqiao prepared a decent dowry, and also completed this master-servant friendship. Now they are still working in the Yanguo Mansion, but Yan Mingqiao will marry in the future, and it is inconvenient to follow, so they have all changed.

Now the Lin Xianglin jujube in the house is a big girl, the snow and bamboo are second-class on a sunny day, and there are four third-class maids doing some chores, counting Mama Li and the cook, There are a total of twelve people in the courtyard.

Doing things in Buck Anxuan, there is no limit to how much money is spent in the month, Yan Ming Buckwheat is generous, as long as he keeps to himself, he will be rewarded with silver for doing things beautifully, and the reward can be more than the monthly money.

Mama Li has followed Yan Mingqiao for thirteen years, and she is still doing her duty. However, she is in her forties, and her body as a subordinate is not as good as being the master, and she had a problem when she was young, and now she can't do any heavy work, so she should follow Yan Mingqiao to support her old age.

There is almost no need for Yan Mingqiao to worry about the affairs in the courtyard, and the Xue Su and the others have already started it.

Lin Xiang is still in charge of a few shops, and she is settling accounts with the second sister's outpouring on the side.

Lin Zao is in charge of the tea bag business, and occasionally goes out to talk about business, and is with Chen Yuezhou, who went south to buy tea.

Yan Mingqiao looked at it, Chen Yuezhou seemed to like Lin Zao, and she could tell what it was like now.

The most obvious is staring.

The second brother-in-law always looks at the second sister, and Chen Yuezhou always looks at Lin Zao!

However, Yan Mingqiao didn't ask, in case she was mistaken, and Lin Zao didn't look at Chen Yuezhou.

She is younger than Lin Zao, if she asks, what should Lin Zao do if she is shy?

Anyway, if they were together, Yan Mingqiao would definitely prepare a dowry.

In addition, in October last year, there were two large tea estates to negotiate business with them, and the price of tea was 50% cheaper, but each asked for half of the ingredients. Now Yan Mingqiao accounts for sixty percent, the two sisters each account for one percent, the two brothers together account for one percent, and then there are these two tea houses, which add up to one percent.

At the beginning, what my mother said was right, this division is conducive to talking about business later, and I am content to be able to partner with two big tea houses. Nowadays, the tea bag business is all over the north and south of the Yue Dynasty, and the Yanjia tea bag is also the only one in the Yue Dynasty.

She was able to divide two thousand taels of silver every month.

There are also a few other shops, and the business is good and bad.

Xue Zhu and Qingri are in charge of a small business, helping Yan Mingqiao to invest money in other businessmen, this is not easy to say, there are profits and losses.

However, after more than two years, Yan Mingqiao has also saved a lot of silver.

There are three more Zhuangzi, and now there are five, but because there are so many Zhuangzi on the land opened up in Shengjing City, sometimes there is no silver to buy a good Zhuangzi.

Therefore, these three Zhuangzi were bought elsewhere, one in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and two in Shudi, the land of fish and rice.

Don't look at these two places far away from Shengjing, but the land is fertile and rich, and the price of one acre of land is not much different from Shengjing Zhuangzi.

One is more than 300 acres, and there are two more than 200 acres, and the crab rice over there is also delicious, and now the entire Yanguo Mansion eats this kind of rice.

There are three shops, so I bought one more house, and the shop was rented out, and both houses were reserved for people who worked, also for convenience.

Yan Mingqiao felt that she was now living in the Guogong Mansion, and the shop could still do business, and the house was not of much use, so she planned to use all the silver to buy fields and shops in the future.

She still has more than 6,300 taels of silver, Yan Mingqiao feels that the silver has to be set aside for some use, occasionally buying some jewelry and clothes costs money, and then preparing gifts for the elders also costs money, and the money will be spent unconsciously.

Thinking of his elders, Yan Mingqiao's eyebrows drooped down a little, the year before last, that is, in November of the tenth year of Yaozhen, his grandfather passed away, and his father resigned and returned to Xiaoyang to keep filial piety, and he had to keep it for three years.

They are grandchildren, and they have to keep it for a year.

Yaozhen ten years of the spring examination, the eldest brother was admitted to the Jinshi, but Yan Mingze did not win, but the two had to keep filial piety, until last winter, the eldest brother went to Qinghua County, Zhaozhou to take office, if there is no accident, he has to be in office for five years before returning to Beijing.

But if you do it, it won't take that long.

Now the house is a sister-in-law in charge, my mother occasionally goes back to Xiaoyang, my grandmother is sixty-one years old this year, her body is very tough, she is in Xiaoyang, and she is taken care of by her second uncle and aunt.

Yan Mingqiao went to live in Xiaoyang for a few months last year, also to accompany the elderly, but after all, Shengjing was her home, and she came back after winter.

Grandfather is gone, everyone is very sad, but people have to look forward, grandfather was most worried about the Yanguo Mansion and the descendants of the house, now the eldest brother is an official, and he can shine on the lintel in the future, if the grandfather knows about the spring, he should also be very pleased.

But what made Yan Mingqiao most strange was that Yan Mingze didn't pass the test. He can take the seventh place in Xiao Yang, even if Xiao Yang has few candidates, he will not fail the test.

Yan Mingqiao couldn't think of a reason, but Yan Mingze had been very peaceful in the past two years, and occasionally went to Zhuangzi to see Meng Xiaoniang.

Don't cause trouble, very brother-like.

She remembered that Yan Mingze was seventeen years old this year, but last year, when he kept filial piety, his mother didn't propose marriage for him.

The second brother's family affair was set before his grandfather's death, and the filial piety dragged on for a year, and the woman's family didn't say anything, and waited for a year, and became a parent at the end of November last year.

Now the eldest sister-in-law is in charge of the family, the second sister-in-law occasionally helps, and several younger brothers and sisters have grown up, so there is no need to worry about it.

Although there have been no newcomers in the house, there are many younger brothers and sisters, and they are also very lively.

Yan Mingqiao's favorite is the little niece, Xiyi is five years old this year, she can hold her leg and call her aunt, the little girl is beautiful, her voice is soft and glutinous, Yan Mingqiao will teach her to read.

However, Xiyi is still too young, at most she is studying, she reads a sentence, and Xiyi repeats a sentence.

Yan Mingru's family affairs have also been decided, and the wedding date will be in September this year. She has many children in her generation, but the eldest brother only married his sister-in-law, and now he is going to Zhaozhou to take up his post, so he has a child.

The second sister-in-law has a spicy temperament, but she and her second brother have only been married for a few months, and they are not in a hurry to have children.

The Guogong Mansion is not deserted at all.

Yan Mingqiao no longer takes classes with Mr. Fu, and Mr. Fu is also old, and now he has returned to his hometown.

Yan Mingqiao wrote several letters, in which he said that Mr. planted flowers and vegetables and fished in his hometown, and his life was quite brisk.

Yan Mingqiao followed Mr. Fu to study, not only learned to read, but also learned how to read, and benefited a lot from various principles of life.

She can really feel that she is growing up now, and her elders are slowly aging.

I also understand why my grandfather values the inheritance of incense, but the younger brothers and sisters below are not too brilliant in their homework, but the Yanguo Mansion has earned a lot of money in the past two years, and it is sent to the academy to study hard, in short, it will not be too bad.

As long as you are willing to spend money, you can keep reading.

The second sister and the third sister are very good, the second sister has always been very comfortable, and the third sister gave birth to a boy in the first month of this year.

She has another nephew.

Now she has three nephews.

Yan Mingqiao roasted the fire next to the stove, her hands and feet were warm, and then she drank a cup of tea, a celadon teacup, which was filled with roses and dried oranges, and then used the recipe given by her aunt, she felt that it could really turn white. In the summer, there is no less sun, and it is never dark.

After drinking tea, it warmed up a lot, and Yan Mingqiao began to do business.

"Xue Su, you send these two stacks of ledgers to your sister-in-law." This is the account book of the Zhuangzi in the house, Yan Mingqiao finished reading it, "The harvest of the Zhuangzi in the south of the city is not right, but the others are fine." ”

Xue Su: "Slave and maid will go now." ”

"Let's boil haggis soup in the small kitchen, I'll drink it at night."

Yan Mingqiao always goes to the main courtyard to eat at noon, but she mostly eats by herself at night, and now the day is still short, and the road is slippery when it snows, and she is not happy to go out for a walk.

Approaching noon, Yan Mingqiao put on the hand cage and passed slowly.

The sky has not yet cleared, the spring buds on the roadside are still piled with snow, the petals are frozen and translucent, a few days ago the spring flowers bloomed, all thought that spring was coming, who knew that it would snow again today.

The grass on the road also poked its head out in the snowdrifts, the tender green color, Yan Mingqiao hoped that the weather would warm up soon, so that she could also go out and go around.

When they arrived at the main courtyard, the maid opened the curtain, and Yan Mingqiao went in and saw Shen looking at the window.

With a little smile on the corner of Shen's mouth, she looked quite comfortable, in the past three years, she has not aged much, and she looks similar to the previous two years.

Yan Guogong is in Xiaoyang, and the Shen family himself is much more comfortable, and Yan Guogong is not there, and the concubines are also concentrating on raising children in the yard, and there is no mess.

Now, Mingru's marriage has also been decided, and Yan Mingze's is missing.

He is seventeen years old this year, he has not done anything wrong in the past two years, and he did well when the old man died. It is said that Lu Yao knows horsepower, and he has seen people's hearts for a long time, and Shen feels that Xing has really grown up and understands right and wrong.

Marriage is a major event in a person's life, the Shen family is unwilling to embarrass him on this, and there will be three or four years left and right to separate the family, Yan Guogong Ding resigned, his official position is idle, dispensable, and when he comes back after next autumn, it is estimated that he will not be able to reinstate the official.

It is estimated that he will not be happy to be a petty official again, the old prince is gone, and he is not separated, waiting for when he will be divided.

At the beginning, it was the family that was divided after the old national official resigned, but the old national official had a high position, and he resigned in his forties.

Shen looked at a few little ladies for Yan Mingze, and their appearance and character were considered, and finally chose two, planning to ask Yan Mingze what he meant at night.

This marriage is not perfect, a good family may have a worse appearance, in short, each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

The bride is also her daughter-in-law when she marries, and the Shen family is naturally more willing to choose a reasonable one, first, to look at Yan Mingze, and secondly, to save her own worries.

Seeing Yan Mingqiao coming in, she put down the roster, "Come here, is it cold outside?" ”

Yan Mingqiao said: "Fortunately, it's not as cold as the New Year." It's snowing and spring, and I'm dressed so thickly. When my daughter came over, she saw flowers and plants, all of which were hidden under the snow, and they were probably going to freeze. Fortunately, the cotton clothes worn by the azaleas in the back garden of our courtyard have not been removed, and they can still block the cold. ”

"Mother is also wearing more clothes these days, so let my sisters-in-law go with me." Yan Mingqiao handed the cloak to the maid, then sat down next to Shen, and pinched Shen's shoulder.

She's already familiar with doing this, and she's even with force.

Shen could see the fine fluff on Yan Mingqiao's face, her daughter's eyes were bright, her eyelashes were long and curled, her face was white and red, and there was no flesh on the tip of her chin, but her face was still round.

Thirteen years old, it's not too big, and the marriage is not in a hurry.

The daughter is well raised, white and clean, with thick hair, and in the past two years, she has taken a prescription from the palace, and the tube that has turned white is black hair, it is estimated that she is getting older and older, and she is in a hurry, so let her use it too.

But Shen can see this, and she is this age, and she will be forty in two years, and it is estimated that it will not be of much use.

If her children can grow up well and get married, she will be satisfied.

"Okay, okay, what do you want to eat at noon?" Shen Shi pressed Yan Mingqiao's hand.

But Yan Mingqiao didn't stop, it was only a while, "I want to eat beef stew, sour and spicy, stewed a little worse." Mother, I seem to have all my teeth replaced, and now I have the energy to eat! ”

Yan Mingqiao opened his mouth to show Shen, a mouthful of silver teeth, clean and clean.

Shen smiled, "Then add another steamed egg with scallops, stew fish maw chicken in the morning, and then get some green vegetables to fry and eat." ”

The mother and daughter eat, just feel at ease, six dishes are enough, and the remaining two dishes are for the cook to watch and prepare, if you are happy to eat, Shen is willing to give a reward.

Yan Mingqiao's eyes and the corners of his mouth were bent together, "Okay, okay, I still want to eat cornmeal wowotou, that one tastes sweet." ”

She always eats rice, and she gets tired of it.