In the morning, the construction site was in full swing.
The people invited by the village were busy shoveling grass on the ground, while Master Guan's people were busy going up the mountain to chop bamboo to build a tent for sleeping at night.
During lunch, the construction site stopped. Ma and other women also prepared the dishes for the craftsmen.
Originally, in order to show respect, Qiao Mingjin planned to let the people brought by Master Guan go to his house to eat, but Master Guan declined. Zhou Yanqing also said that it was not necessary. Master Guan was not the kind of person who paid attention to formalities.
Qiao Mingjin had no choice but to give up.
As for Master Guan, Yun Jin wanted to drag him to Qiao's house to eat, but when Zhou Yanqing was dragged to eat by the clan leader, he also called him away.
The people who came to work in the village were also finishing their work and getting ready to go home.
Yue Zhongyao searched around but did not find his wife. He only saw Wan'er playing with a few children.
"Wan'er."
Xiao Wan'er was squatting on the ground playing with stones with Sister Xiu's daughter Liu Zhi and several children in the village. When someone called her, she twisted her body and turned around to look.
The little thing blinked and looked at Yue Zhongyao who was walking towards him. He opened his mouth and then closed it tightly.
"Wan'er, I'm going home for dinner. It's time for my mother to call me. You should go back too."
"Um."
After several children ran away, Wan'er was left alone. After thinking about it, the little thing stood up and wanted to run home.
Yue Zhongyao felt a twinge of pain.
He took two steps forward and grabbed his daughter, leaned over and asked softly: "Why doesn't Wan'er call you daddy?"
The little thing twisted twice, but did not break away from her father's big hand on her shoulder. She only lowered her head and played with her fingers.
Yue Zhongyao took another step forward and coaxed his daughter for a few words. Seeing that her daughter still didn't speak, he sighed and touched her head. After thinking about it, he picked her up again.
The little thing was held in his father's arms and looked at Yue Zhongyao blankly.
"Can daddy take our Wan'er home for dinner? Are you hungry?"
The little thing thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
Yue Zhongyao rubbed his daughter's face happily twice.
Wan'er looked at her father and finally said, "Go back to mother and Wan'er's house for dinner."
Yue Zhongyao was stunned for a moment. Looking at his daughter's little face, he responded: "Okay. Go back to our Wan'er home."
He had just taken two steps with his daughter in his arms when he heard someone calling him from behind.
"Brother Yue, Brother Yue..."
Yue Zhongyao looked at the figure walking towards him and frowned involuntarily.
Xiao Wan'er hugged her father's neck tightly.
"Brother Yue!"
"Why are you here?"
Perhaps because she walked too fast, Liu Meiniang's face was stained with a blush, and a fine layer of sweat broke out on her forehead. She didn't look embarrassed, but added a layer of color.
Liu Meiniang calmed down slightly and replied: "I heard from people in your yamen that you will take several days off this time. You have been helping my mother hire a doctor and take care of our family. My mother has always been feeling sorry for her. This time she has to take a few days off."
When I knew you were coming back, my mother asked me to come over and help Aunt Wu, and then asked me to bring some rulers to make clothes for you."
"No need. I still have clothes to wear. I can't wear anything else in the Yamen."
"I brought all my luggage. Aunt Wu asked me to live with Xiaoman and said that I would go back to the city with you then."
Yue Zhongyao frowned tightly. Could his mother ask him what he meant before doing something?
Just as he was about to say something, he saw his daughter twisting her little body and struggling to get off the ground.
Yue Zhongyao was afraid of hurting her, so he put her on the ground. As soon as Wan'er hit the ground, she twisted around and ran quickly towards home.
Yue Zhongyao was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he took a few steps forward and called out: "Wan'er! Wait for me, dad."
Wan'er, however, just kept running forward on her feet, as if she couldn't hear him.
Liu Meiniang thought for a moment, then stepped forward and tugged on Yue Zhongyao's sleeves and said, "Brother Yue, I have helped Aunt Wu prepare the meal. You and I can go home and have dinner."
Yue Zhongyao was pulled so hard by her that his daughter's figure gradually moved away. His little body ran faster than usual.
He didn't know what his daughter would think after seeing this scene, and he didn't know if the child understood the things in the adult world. He just felt that he had finally coaxed his daughter to get close to him, but he was disturbed again.
I feel more and more angry.
"Miss Liu, I promised your father to help your family more. My mother's opinions don't represent my thoughts now. We two are nothing now. You are a big girl, it doesn't seem appropriate to live in my house.
?I will see if anyone in the village has a car leaving the village later, and I will help you arrange it."
Liu Meiniang didn't want to hear what Yue Zhongyao said. She looked at him blankly for a few seconds before saying, "But aren't our two families discussing marriage now?"
Yue Zhongyao glanced at her and said, "Not yet."
"But……"
Yue Zhongyao didn't wait for her to finish speaking, raised his legs and walked away. He took two steps in the direction where his daughter was running, thought for a while, picked up the hoe on the ground and strode back to his home.
"Brother Yue, Brother Yue..."
Liu Meiniang had no choice but to shout and follow behind with big strides.
Many people on the construction site saw this scene.
Some people shook their heads, and many people were envious of Yue Zhongyao's blessing.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, why do you think Yue Laosan is so lucky? Not only did he not die when he went to the battlefield, but he also came back alive, and he also found such a beautiful yellow flower girl. This lovely wife and concubine, tsk tsk, is so lucky.
So damn shallow!”
"The third child shouldn't be that kind of person. It's just that his mother wants him to marry her, but he can't do anything about it."
"Why is there no way! If he doesn't want to marry, can they force him to do it?"
"His mother just wants to get a dowry from the young lady in the city."
"Idiot, Yue Laosan is now working in the yamen. How can he not make dozens of taels of silver! He deserves such a reputation."
"What kind of reputation? He's a well-digger!"
"That's it, how do you know that Yue Laosan is not happy? Maybe he is enjoying himself..."
…
A group of people looked at them coldly and whispered...
After a while, the construction site was almost gone. Only the people brought by Master Guan were left. There were also some curious children watching from behind.
Qiao Mingjin originally thought that she might need to prepare more food at home, so she ordered Mingqi to wash some of the food brought by Zhou Yanqing early. Unexpectedly, he and Master Guan were dragged away by the clan leader.
In addition to sending some food to the construction site, Qiao Mingjin also cooked some meat dishes herself and asked Yun Jin and Zhou Yanqing's servants to help deliver them to the clan leader's house.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yanqing's servant came back and said that the clan leader had left all the Yun brocades there.
Qiao Mingjin had no choice but to set up two tables in the courtyard, and invited Yue Dalei, He's father and others, as well as two of Zhou Yanqing's entourage and a coachman, to eat together in the courtyard.
Today, Manager Zhou, whom Zhou Yanqing arranged to take charge of the workshop, did not come, saying that he had some matters at home that he had to deal with.
Qiao Mingjin didn't say anything about Zhou Yanqing's arrangement of people from the Zhou family to be stewards of the workshop.
Although she told Zhou Yanqing herself, she also arranged for Yun Jin to become the manager. But Qiao Mingjin knew that Yun Jin had a lot to learn compared with others.
Yun Jin was just an errand boy for a short period of time. However, Qiao Mingjin also hoped that Yun Jin could learn more from the manager that week. In the future, she would not be able to run outside all the time and would have to rely on Yun Jin to help her in everything.
Qiao Mingjin took her daughter to wash her with water and prepare to eat. However, she found that her daughter was a little bored.
"Wan'er what's going on? Did you quarrel with the children?"
In the morning, Wan'er was a little embarrassed, but with a bunch of people playing with her on the construction site, she had returned to her usual cheerfulness. Unexpectedly, when she only came back to cook, the child became embarrassed again.
The little thing shook his head: "There was no quarrel."
"Oh. Then why are you unhappy?"
The little thing kept her mouth pursed and said nothing. After Qiao Mingjin washed both of her hands, the little thing looked at her mother and whispered: "Mom, I saw that woman."
"Which woman?"
"Mom, they said that woman is Wan'er's stepmother, right?"
Qiao Mingjin frowned. Who was whispering in Wan'er's ears? What could her one or four-year-old child understand?
"Who told Wan'er?"
The little thing pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Ignore them. We Wan'er only have one mother, and she is right in front of Wan'er. Do you see that?"
Qiao Mingjin knelt down and looked level with her daughter. She put her forehead against her daughter's and teased her a few times with her eyes wide open.
Wan'er was tickled by her mother, causing her to twist and giggle.
"Well, Wan'er only has one mother. Wan'er doesn't want anyone except mother."
"Well, good boy..."
After lunch, Qiao Mingjin packed up the tables and chairs, and Zhou Yanqing and Yun Jin took Master Guan back to Qiao's house.
Qiao Mingjin hurriedly asked Mingqi to boil water and make tea.
Today, Zhou Yanqing brought good tea and good tea sets, so she was not afraid of neglecting her guests.
Master Guan is a talkative man, about fifty years old, and energetic. His clothes are not made of expensive materials, just ordinary homespun cloth, but they look very comfortable.
From Qiao Mingjin's point of view, Master Guan was not the kind of person who only recognized his identity but not his people. He actually had a lively chat with Yun Jin and the others, and even teased Wan'er a few words.
After everyone drank tea for a while, Qiao Mingjin saw Master Guan looking tired, so she asked Yun Jin to take Master Guan to the house to rest.
Master Guan excused himself and went to rest in Yun Jin's room. He asked Zhou Yanqing to go too, but he didn't go. He only teased Wan'er in the courtyard.
After a while, he looked very familiar with Wan'er, and was even pulled by Wan'er to see her vegetable patch.
Qiao Mingjin didn't care either. As the host, she went to the construction site after dinner to have a look.
Ma and others prepared the meal, and after the craftsmen finished eating, he and several women ate around the earthen stove.
Seeing Qiao Mingjin coming over, Ma and others stood up to say hello to her. They even asked Qiao Mingjin if she wanted to share the meal.
Qiao Mingjin smiled and said that she had eaten it.
I took a look at their rice bowls. There were meat and vegetables, and a pot of broth next to them, and nodded secretly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, your
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