Chapter Ninety-Seven: Optimism

There are not many people in the grange who are really responsible for serving the master, most of them are farmers and peasant women who work in the fields, and at the beginning of the construction of the grange, they also bought the land of the surrounding farmers, and Bai Xiyun owed a contract with them, and the income from their whole family and children and grandchildren working in the village was more secure than their own farming, which can be described as a drought and flood guarantee. This really made the croppers break down for a while.

Therefore, these people are not Bai Xiyun's subordinates, they are only long-term workers.

The ones who can really get in touch with Qi Miao's diet are the mother-in-law in the kitchen and the little girls who carry the food box, none of these people were brought by Bai Xiyun. Not necessarily trustworthy.

There are also the four big girls that Luo Yong found for him. Although they do their best to serve them on weekdays, it is difficult to ensure that they will not be taken advantage of.

In the main hall, Bai Xiyun was dressed in a tooth-white robe, although it was a big summer day, he was still cool and sweatless, and he sat in the first place with a handsome face. The habit he has developed over the years, even when he is sick and weak, unless he really can't get up, has always sat with his back straight. Pale and thin, he never abandoned his arrogance, like a plum with strong branches.

The people only know that the young master of the owner family took the young grandmother to live in the Zhuangzi, and the people who can really get in touch with the master in the outer courtyard are a few, but today in the front hall, they really see the master's handsome appearance, and everyone has a surprised death in their hearts, and there are many young servants who can't help but look twice.

Bai Xiyun has seen this kind of big scene, and he can talk and laugh freely when facing the emperor, how can he be nervous at this time, so he only said generously: "I have been living in the manor for several days, and I am really grateful and relieved to see you working hard, if this manor is not for your hard work, it will not be prosperous today." ”

"The proprietor is overrated. Hearing Bai Xiyun's words, Zhuangtou Zhu Boss stood up and saluted.

Mr. Zhu is over fifty years old, born with a burly and strong body, rough hands and thick joints, and at a glance, he is a person who has been in the field all his life with his back to the loess. Because Bai Xiyun bought his family's land, and gave him a generous monthly example, he sowed a special yard for their Zhu family to live in the manor, and handed over to him all the appropriate size of the grange on weekdays to manage and dispose of. A person who has never had such a lot of power in his life, now he is very serious about doing things, and he is naturally overjoyed to receive Bai Xiyun's praise.

Bai Xiyun ordered the reward.

Like Boss Zhu, the only one will be rewarded with two taels of silver. and the greater ones shall be rewarded with a tael of silver for the stewards of all places. Those who work in the fields, raise chickens and pigs on Trojan horses, and serve the livestock will be rewarded with 800 yuan. The people who have received the reward come and bow to Bai Xiyun and then go down.

In the end, only the little girl who was responsible for sprinkling and carrying water and the mother-in-law who served in the kitchen were left. Everyone was happy.

Bai Xiyun stood up and walked towards everyone with his hands in his hands. Guan Junyan naturally followed him.

Between the walks, Bai Xiyun had already quickly recalled the wonderful diet during this time. Because she wants to make Bai Xiyun's medicinal diet, and most of the time she eats medicinal diet with him, only a few times will eat the food sent from the kitchen, he is worried that her healthy little girl's family, following him to eat some light medicinal diet will feel boring, specially instructed the kitchen people to prepare some supplements every three or five days, such as white fungus lotus seed soup, red dates and snow clams, anchovy soup, shark fin soup and so on.

They lived in the Zhuangzi for a month, and Qi Miao was not a lover of food, but the number of times they used these foods was counted.

As for the tea and snacks she eats on weekdays, Wen Lian is proficient in the art of feeding, and she often prepares dim sum and tea with Qi Miao. A wisp of mothers-in-law who don't bother the kitchen of the inner house.

So if something goes wrong, the supplement sent by the kitchen is the most suspicious.

As soon as he thought about it, he first asked, "Who is in charge of preparing the tonic for Grandma?"

One of the mothers-in-law in the kitchen is in charge of the stove, and the other two are the cooks who were invited before. A flattering smile appeared on the face of the stove, and he saluted: "Go back to the east house, it is the daughter-in-law of the Wang family who prepares these on weekdays." ”

"Oh?" Bai Xiyun stopped, his sharp eyes swept over everyone's faces, and finally stopped on a middle-aged daughter-in-law who was stocky and wearing a blue cloth gown with wide sleeves tied up by her arms.

"You are the daughter-in-law of the Wang family?"

The crowd was dumbfounded. How did the owner, who had never seen the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, see it?

"The owner's insight, this is the daughter-in-law of the Wang family. The lady in charge of the stove said with a smile.

Bai Xiyun received an affirmative answer, and immediately had a plan in his heart.

Very good, the joy of this daughter-in-law of the Wang family standing here was so stiff, the smile on her slightly yellowed face was a little cramped, and when he looked at her, her eyes were very evasive. If he can't see the flaws in such a person with inferior means, then he has lived two lives in vain.

"The meal prepared by the daughter-in-law of the Wang family is very fond of grandma, and you don't want to be an errand on the stove in the inner courtyard from today onwards. Come and help in the kitchenette in the inner house. ”

The daughter-in-law of the Wang family was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, the owner." ”

The rest of the mothers-in-law on the stove were a little envious and jealous when they saw it. But cooking skills are originally based on their own skills, and they are also lucky, and it just so happens that her skills have entered the eyes of the owner, which is also a helpless thing.

Even if everyone was envious and jealous, they couldn't, so they each received Bai Xiyun's reward and retreated first.

In the front hall, only the daughter-in-law of the Wang family remained.

Bai Xiyun found the suspect at this time, but he was not anxious to deal with it, and said with a smile: "The shark fin soup you made grandma likes it very much, so go to the small kitchen to prepare it, and call a few big girls to help you." If you do a good job and get your grandmother's appreciation, will you take your family into the city when we go back to the city?"

The daughter-in-law of the Wang family was overjoyed. Immediately, complicated emotions flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will naturally serve my grandmother properly." ”

"Well, you can go ahead. ”

When Bai Xiyun turned around, he gave Ailian, who was following beside him, a look.

Ai Lian immediately understood, stepped forward to hold the arm of the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Wang, please come with me, you have now won the appreciation of the owner and grandmother, and the sisters will have to rely on the support of sister-in-law Wang in the future......"

The daughter-in-law of the Wang family didn't even dare to say it. But the excitement in his tone was uncontrollable.

When the people were far away, Bai Xiyun and Guan Junyan went to the inner house. When there was no one around, Guan Junyan said anxiously: "Is the second brother suspicious of the daughter-in-law of the Wang family? Why don't you arrest and torture her? Dare to murder your sister-in-law, I see that she has eaten the gall of an ambitious leopard!"

Bai Xiyun shook his head and frowned: "There is already a suspect, so there is no hurry, just torture her at this time, wouldn't it startle the snake and make her accomplices vigilant? ”

Guan Junyan glanced at Bai Xiyun helplessly: "The second brother is inevitably too calm, if it were me, I would have directly picked the daughter-in-law's brain." ”

"Ah Yan, you're still too anxious. This is like acting as chess, planning and then acting is the king. Killing her, the crime of killing people without real time is against the king's law. Besides, she is a stranger, why would she want to harm your second sister-in-law, don't you want to think about it? Startling the snake will only alert the people behind her. ”

"That's why you also elevated her to a heavy task, in order to paralyze her and make her defenseless. ”

"Yes. It's not her, it's behind her. I can think of only a few possible candidates who can use this kind of subordinate means to deal with Miao'er, but there is no evidence, how can I ask them? To catch a thief and catch a stolen goods, you must press her hand. When I asked Lian to ask for a doctor, I didn't think about it thoughtfully. But it's okay, now we only claim that Miao'er is pregnant, let's celebrate Daqing, those people may think that we invited the doctor because Miao'er is pregnant. ”

"They won't suspect that it's poisonous?"

"Yes, but they prefer to believe that we didn't find out, and we didn't show that we found out that Miao'er was poisoned. ”

Bai Xiyun stopped and looked back at Guan Junyan: "Ah Yan, there are not many people I care about in my life, I can count them in one slap, I am sick and weak, but I am not crippled, they dare to move under my nose, they must be able to bear the consequences." ”

Bai Xiyun's eyes were shining when he spoke, but he was not a handsome and weak scholar, but he was like a general who pointed out the country and promoted words.

Guan Junyan has played against Bai Xiyun many times, and he has long understood the stability and ruthlessness on his chessboard and the movement after making a decision, and now he sees him facing serious things, can he not face up to the general situation when he is playing chess, he is used to forbearance, relax and paralyze the opponent, and give a heavy blow when the opponent is complacent. At that time, he was so angry that he couldn't beat him, but he met his calm eyes and his "you are so stupid" eyes, but there was no way at all.

However, now watching him use the same technique to deal with his opponent, Guan Junyan finally knew how powerful it was, and he was very happy in his heart.

"Okay, since the second brother has decided to do so, then do it, if there is anything that needs to be done, the second brother should tell me. ”

"There is indeed one thing that you have to do. The second prince is still here, he has a lot of guards, even if someone breaks in, he can deal with it, you just take advantage of this time, hurry up and go to the city, ask the eldest brother to help, investigate the background of the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, I want to know all the details. ”

"What background can a servant woman have?" Guan Junyan couldn't help pouting, but still smiled and said: "That's it, I haven't seen my eldest brother for a few days, I'm willing to run this leg, so I'll go." ”

Bai Xiyun also smiled: "I haven't seen my eldest brother for a long time." ”

"Then why don't you go and take a look?"

Bai Xiyun said: "Big brother will definitely come." Why should I go there myself? ”

Guan Junyan reacted, pointed at Bai Xiyun and said, "You even calculate this, it's really dark!"