The next day was the day when the workshop started construction.
Qiao Mingjin got up early. Although it was an auspicious time, she still got up early. As the host, she still had a lot of things to do.
I spent the whole night coaxing my daughter last night, heating her food, feeding her, giving her a bath and coaxing her to sleep. After her daughter went to bed, she didn't sleep for long.
When I woke up in the morning, the circles under my eyes were a little dark.
When she was boiling white eggs for her two children in the kitchen, she cooked one more. After a while, she still had to peel off the shell, put it in the eye and roll it in a circle, otherwise she would not be able to go out to see people with a black and green egg on her head.
good.
She only bought a bronze mirror at home. There was no extra rouge powder. There was only a box of face paste that Ming Jue brought back from the Liu family last time.
Although it's not as good as the facial cream from her previous life, it's still better than nothing. And in her opinion, it's not inferior to the cream and powder from her previous life. At least it doesn't contain so many chemicals.
During these days in the country, her face had been cracked a lot, and sometimes she felt very rough to the touch. She didn't know whether it was her hands or her face that were rough, and she didn't have time to care.
She and Ming Qi Wan'er had used the box of facial paste for several days, but there wasn't much left.
The wooden box containing the paste is extremely exquisite. It must be something that only wealthy families can afford. I don't know how much rice and noodles it can be worth.
She asked Mingjue, but Mingjue couldn't explain why. He never cared much about the things used by this kind of women. He only said that he asked the maid of the Liu family for it.
While Qiao Mingjin was making breakfast in the kitchen, Yun Jin and others also got up one after another. They each freshened up and went to the yard to organize their tools.
Construction started today. They are also going to help with the work.
In Chenzhong, the family had just had breakfast. Since the whole family had to go to the construction site today, Qiao Mingjin also had the rare opportunity to wear new clothes for herself and her two children.
The two children happily touched and touched each other, with joy on their faces. Qiao Mingjin couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her daughter returning to her former liveliness. Wan'er had never cried as loudly as yesterday.
Qiao Mingjin also took the rare opportunity to take care of her hair and put it into a bun. She looked at the plum blossom silver hairpin in the box, picked it up and put it down. She pinned it on with the wooden hairpin and left the room.
Door.
After a while, Zhou Yanqing also arrived in a carriage.
Yun Jin opened the door and welcomed him in. Then Zhou Yanqing asked the boy who came with him to unload the things in the car.
Every time Zhou Yanqing comes over, as long as he eats at home, he will bring his own ingredients. There are rice, noodles, vegetables, meat, and various pastries. It is enough for not only himself, but also Qiao Mingjin and others for several days.
Already.
This time it was still the same. In addition to rice, flour, oil, salt and other items, I also brought a lot of pastries, snacks, tea and other items. This time I also brought two sets of tea sets.
Zhou Yanqing looked at Qiao Mingjin and joked: "Don't bring that rice oar out to entertain guests again. The person here today is a famous craftsman in the city, so it's for my sake. I'm so embarrassed to come to you."
I'm helping you build this workshop in the countryside, and I don't know how many people asked Master Guan to build houses and courtyards for you."
Qiao Mingjin said nothing.
Yun Jin then said with a smile: "My sister treated you to a drink of rice paddle once, and you still talk about it to this day. Can you forget it? Do you think my sister doesn't want to treat you to some top-quality snow buds in the mountains and mist?"
Then there must be those conditions."
After Zhou Yanqing heard this, he teased him: "Okay, you have been running outside for a few days, and you know the snow buds and mountain clouds."
Yun Jinsan laughed so hard that he scratched his head, laughed twice, and didn't know how to answer the question.
A few people joked for a while, and then Zhou Yanqing hugged Wan'er and coaxed her for a while. He fed her a few snacks, and Wan'er coaxed her to call him uncle Zhou several times. He was so happy that he hugged Wan'er.
After many rounds...
After Master Guan and all the craftsmen arrived, Qiao Mingjin walked to the construction site with Zhou Yanqing and others.
At the same time, Yue Laoer and Yue Laosi of the Yue family were called by their father to get up, and Yue Zhongyao also got up.
Yesterday, he didn't eat all night. He was hungry at night, so he lit a fire in the kitchen and ate a meal. After eating, he couldn't sleep. Then he ran out of the village alone and walked around several times outside his wife's house. He vaguely seemed to hear something.
Hearing the sound of my daughter sobbing, I scratched my heart and felt pain in my liver.
I wandered outside the house for a long time, until the rooster crowed, and then I returned home.
At this moment, he heard the two brothers leaving the bed and getting up. His wife's business is his business, there is no reason to leave it alone...
When Qiao Mingjin led everyone to the construction site, people were already waiting there one after another in the village.
Seeing Qiao Mingjin arriving with the old man from the city, they all gathered around and said hello: "Mr. Zhou...Hello, Mr. Zhou..."
Zhou Yanqing was suddenly called "Master" and the corners of her mouth twitched twice.
He also responded to the person who greeted him: "Okay, everything is fine. From now on, just call me Saturday Master. You will have to work hard during this period. I will not miss your wages. As long as you do it well, when the workshop is completed, if
If we need manpower, we will give priority to those who are diligent."
After hearing this, everyone felt reassured and expressed their opinions happily.
Before, I asked Qiao Mingjin if the workshop needed anyone. Qiao Mingjin didn't know what kind of people were missing besides master carvers, and how many people were missing. She didn't know the character of these people very well, so she didn't accept the offer.
Now that Zhou Yanqing has given everyone a reassurance, he has naturally won the support of the villagers.
Qiao Mingjin glanced at Zhou Yanqing. He was well-fitting in clothes, with a jade belt and a jade crown, and he was handsome and handsome. He was standing among a group of villagers, very conspicuous. It even provoked a group of older girls and younger wives in the village to secretly take it.
Turn your eyes away from him.
He has the aura of a wealthy family that really stands out among a group of villagers.
Qiao Mingjin saw that he was surrounded by a bunch of people, so she raised her feet and looked at the woman who was cooking for the craftsmen for lunch. She found Ma and gave her some instructions.
It was still early for cooking at this time, so Qiao Mingjin ordered the women who were cooking to set up the stove first, and after a while, they set up a pot to boil water for the craftsmen to drink.
Then he handed the tea brought by Zhou Yanqing to Ma and asked her to make tea later. After Ma took it, he went to work with the others.
Master Guan brought a dozen craftsmen, and Qiao Mingjin found dozens more people in the village. Generally, employers have to provide lunch. For these dozens of people, they can't afford to cook less.
At the beginning of the hour, which was an auspicious day, Master Guan led the people to light the firecrackers, and the workshop officially started.
People invited from the village also took tools and listened to Master Guan's arrangements.
Qiao Mingjin and Zhou Yanqing were watching everywhere together.
Yue Zhongyao watched the two people standing together from a distance, intimate and chatting and laughing as if no one was around. His heart was as scratched as a cat, and he felt as if someone had poured cold water on them.
The hand was clenched and loosened, then loosened and clenched again.
Yue Dalei saw him at the side, sighed, stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said: "She is still your wife now."
Yue Zhongyao suddenly woke up as if someone had poured his head over his head. His eyes were bright again and he nodded: "Yes, she is still my wife, she is still my wife..."
Yue Dalei watched him keep mumbling beside him, shook his head and walked away.
Zhou Yanqing glanced at Yue Zhongyao, raised his head and nodded his neck: "Is that your husband-in-law?"
Qiao Mingjin was shocked by the word "husband-in-law". She was confused. Why did it sound so awkward?
But she still looked over there, nodded and said, "Yes."
"Do you want to divorce?"
Qiao Mingjin glanced at him and said nothing.
Zhou Yanqing said again: "Why can't you accept three wives and four concubines? You stayed with him for four years and gave him a daughter. How could he treat you badly? Isn't that what people at that time were like? Of course in the countryside
It will be less.”
Qiao Mingjin gave him a strange look and asked, "Then can you accept your wife raising three or four faces?"
Zhou Yanqing choked for a moment, what kind of logic is this?
Jiujiu smiled and shook his head and said: "Can this face be the same as that of a concubine?"
"How different."
"It's legal for concubines to have intercourse with each other. Which wealthy family doesn't have concubines to intercourse with each other? Those who don't have concubines who don't have intercourse with concubines will be laughed at and misunderstood as to whether there is something wrong with them or whether they are being held captive by their wives. But for Mianshou, there is
It is against common ethics. There is no law that says that women can keep their appearance."
Zhou Yanqing shook his head and laughed.
What is this woman thinking in her head? Can she say such things? She also knows how to look, tsk tsk.
"What if the law allows it?"
Zhou Yanqing laughed loudly when he heard this: "How can the law allow such a thing? You really dare to think about it, wouldn't it be chaos?"
"The law was made by men, so naturally there would be no such code. What if the law was made by women? Let alone appearance, what if one day women can also serve three men and four people?"
Zhou Yanqing choked a bit when she said it. If there was tea in his mouth, he would spurt it out all the way.
Zhou Yanqing looked surprised and turned to look at her strangely, "Three husbands and four attendants? Is there such a word?"
Zhou Yanqing looked at her and said: "There won't be a day when a woman writes laws. If there is, I would rather die. Men have always had three wives and four concubines. That is to say, the villagers have no money to support them. If
If you have money, you will see if the villagers can support concubines and live in the same house."
"If you have money, do you have to keep concubines and share a common room with them?"
"Well...it doesn't mean that you have to raise one. It's just that people with certain statuses don't have only one woman. Sometimes, it's their own status that requires it."
"If you don't raise your child, will you be gossiped about?"
Zhou Yanqing: "..."
"No matter whether a man is beautiful or ugly, good or bad, whether he likes it or not, even if he dislikes it, he will keep a woman at home until he grows old and dies. He won't let a woman go out, and won't see a woman being with other men, but he still wants a woman to see her.
If a woman cannot accept the fact that her man has three wives and four concubines, she will be said to be unreasonable and shrewish. Women will also be said to be unvirtuous and not tolerated by the world. Don’t you think it’s funny?”
After Qiao Mingjin finished speaking, she shook her head and walked away.
It doesn't make sense to people of this era. If you tell him about monogamy, he might even drag her to the hospital, and he might think that her brain is broken.
After she left, Zhou Yanqing froze in place. Thinking carefully about what she said, she seemed to be right, but also seemed to be a little incomprehensible.
This woman's brain is really different from other people's. It's full of messy logic. It seems that her husband-in-law wants to marry an equal wife, so Qiao Jinniang must leave... (To be continued. If you like this work
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