On the afternoon of the 13th, when Zhou Yanqing was getting into the car, Mrs. Wu from the Yue family arrived panting.
Zhou Yanqing stood there in a daze after listening to her breathing heavily.
But Qiao Mingjin seemed to be expecting it, standing there with no expression.
"You mean, you want me to pay wages to your third child? Is that what you mean?"
Mrs. Wu nodded repeatedly and said: "My third son went home for the entire ten days of vacation and was at the construction site. He didn't even have time to rest at home for a day. Moreover, he did twice as much work as others and worked harder than others. No,
If you are given double money, you should at least get a normal wage, right?"
Zhou Yanqing looked at Wu blankly for several times, really not knowing what to say.
And Wu didn't feel any embarrassment at all when Zhou Yanqing looked directly at her.
Although she didn't dare to look at this young man from the city, she didn't flinch. His son, who was finally at home on vacation and hadn't done any work for the family yet, came to work for the Qiao family. She came
What's wrong with getting paid?
Zhou Yanqing really didn't know what to say.
He didn't feel bad about the money. In his eyes, ten days' wages was not enough to reward his servants. He just thought it was a bit incredible.
Zhou Yanqing glanced at Qiao Mingjin.
Qiao Mingjin only looked at him indifferently and said, "Please ask Master Six to pay him ten days' wages. Master Six is also here."
Qiao Mingjin looked unwilling to do anything, she was really afraid that Zhou Yanqing would leave and Mrs. Wu would come to pester her.
Zhou Yanqing looked back and forth at Wu and Qiao Mingjin several times. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must have lived together for a few years. How come they had a grudge in their previous lives?
My son came to help his daughter-in-law work for a few days. My mother-in-law came to ask for wages?
What kind of weirdness is this?
How does this woman live like this?
He also thought that this woman was okay because her husband wanted to marry a concubine and get divorced, which was a big deal, and it was really unreasonable to move out with his little daughter to live in another place. But now in his opinion, it was somewhat reasonable.
Clearly.
Hey, this is the first time for Mr. Zhou to encounter such a strange thing. Compared with the backyard of the mansion, this level is comparable.
Zhou Yanqing glanced at Qiao Mingjin again, and saw the woman with a low eyebrow, looking straight ahead, with a faint expression on her face, not looking at Wu next to her.
Zhou Yanqing shook his head and asked the boy next to him to pay his wages to the Wu family next to him.
Wu didn't stay long after receiving her wages, and walked away happily holding hundreds of copper coins with a grin on her face.
"Is she really your mother-in-law?"
Qiao Mingjin said nothing and only glanced at him.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what kind of luck do you have? Tsk tsk..."
"Come on, stop tutting. You are interested in irrelevant things. Let's go quickly. Otherwise, we won't be able to reach the city before sunset."
Zhou Yanqing originally wanted to tease Qiao Mingjin, but she interrupted him instead. He had no choice but to look at her and get on the carriage.
After the car curtain was lowered, Qiao Mingjin entered her yard and closed the door...
"Sixth Master, why do you think there is such a person? A son comes to work for his daughter-in-law, and he also comes to collect wages?"
One of Zhou Yanqing's two servants clicked his tongue.
Another boy saw that Zhou Yanqing was not stopping him and said, "I thought this lady from the Qiao family was a straight-laced woman. She was jealous and looked down on her. I didn't expect her mother-in-law to be like this."
people."
Another boy glanced at Zhou Yanqing secretly and said, "Sir, do you think this Mrs. Qiao is quite pitiful? I heard from the villagers that during the four years when her husband-in-law was away, she was busy with extracurricular activities.
She was doing embroidery work and selling it to support her family, but when her husband-in-law came back, she actually wanted to marry someone else."
"I used to look down on her, but now it seems that she is quite pitiful. Otherwise, why would a woman want to live a hard life with a little daughter by herself?"
Zhou Yanqing leaned against the wall of the carriage with her eyes closed and said nothing.
When the two boys thought he was asleep, Zhou Yanqing opened his eyes, glanced at them, and said, "When you return to the city, go and see if there are any good horses for sale. Then find someone to make a new carriage and put it in the carriage."
Put this carriage on and send it to Mrs. Qiao."
"Do you want to give this carriage to Madam Qiao? And find a horse for her? Then why not just give this horse to Madam Qiao as well?"
Another boy leaned over and knocked on his forehead: "Don't you know what kind of horse this is? This is my favorite horse! It travels thousands of miles in a day! Even Qingchuan may not be able to find the second horse.
match."
The boy who was beaten rubbed his forehead and gritted his teeth at the other boy. Then he looked at Zhou Yanqing cautiously: "Master, I know I was wrong."
"It's nothing. It's not that your father is reluctant to part with it. Giving this horse to Madam Qiao may cause some unnecessary trouble. Moreover, this horse is a violent horse, and Madam Qiao may not be able to control it. You can just find it after you return to the city.
A more docile mare will do."
"yes."
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The people under Zhou Yanqing worked very quickly. They found a docile mare on the same day, a young mare that was only five years old. Although it was not a good horse or a horse, it could still be considered a good horse.
What a good horse.
For Master Zhou's sake, he only paid a hundred taels of silver.
So on the 14th, when Qiao Mingjin and her two children were picking vegetables in the fenced field of their home to prepare for lunch that day, they saw one of Zhou Yanqing's servants driving a carriage and riding a horse with his special driver.
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It really startled her.
After the family heard clearly the purpose of their visit, the two children jumped up with excitement. Especially Wan'er excitedly asked the young boy to hold her and sit in the carriage.
The coachman received Zhou Yanqing's instructions and taught Qiao Mingjin how to drive the carriage on the spot.
Qiao Mingjin studied very seriously.
These days, relying on everyone to run is not as reliable as relying on oneself.
The coachman sent by Zhou Yanqing originally thought that he was not happy to let him teach a village woman in the countryside. He didn't know when he would learn it. When he would be able to return to the city. Tomorrow would be fifteen. If he couldn't go back at night,
But it delayed his family's reunion.
He never thought that after he only taught her once and took her around a few times, this woman would be able to master it on her own.
Although there were quite a few women in the Zhou Mansion who were good at driving carriages, but which one was not big and round? He was still worried about a delicate and slender little woman like her.
I didn't expect to learn so well.
In fact, Qiao Mingjin has driven an ox cart many times. Although horses and oxen are different, they also have something in common.
And this horse is quite docile. And if the cow gets aggressive, it will be very stubborn. When the cow lowers its head, you will use all your strength to suck it. No matter how you whip it, the cow will grab the ground with all four hooves and will not be able to move away.
.Driving a bullock cart is not an easy task either.
Qiao Mingjin has been driving an ox cart for so long and has some experience, so he learns quickly.
Although she can't ride a horse yet, she has mastered the skills of a carriage.
In the end, of course, everyone is happy.
After Zhou Yanqing's servant received the one hundred taels of silver notes handed over by Qiao Mingjin, he and the driver drove their horses back to the city. The two of them didn't even eat.
Ming Qi and Xiao Wan'er were also full just by looking at the horses, and they didn't even bother to eat. The two aunts and nephews grabbed a few pieces of cake and went to the hillside to mow the horses' grass with their baskets on their backs. Qiao Mingjin saw this.
I can't laugh or cry.
In the afternoon, she had eaten with the two little ones, and saw their fresh and excited faces. Qiao Mingjin took them to the river to lead the horse to drink water, and rinse its fur at the same time.
"Mom, shall we give the horse a name?"
"Okay. Then you and your aunt should give the horse a nice name."
"Sister, it's red all over, so let's call it Honghong."
Qiao Mingjin was shaking all over, but before she could say anything, Xiao Wan'er shouted: "It doesn't sound good! Don't call her Hong Hong!"
"Sister, doesn't it sound good?"
"Do you think it sounds good?"
"Um, okay."
"Mom, it looks tall and strong. Let's call it Zhuangzhuang."
"Zhuangzhuang doesn't sound good. How can a horse be called Zhuangzhuang?"
Qiao Mingjin was so amused that she saw the two little things quarreling with each other and blushed. She only looked at the horse beside her without saying a word. The horse seemed a little dissatisfied and kept snorting.
"Mother (sister), please give it a nice name."
"All right."
Qiao Mingjin thought for a while and asked the two little things: "Do you like eating the ingots made by your mother?"
"like."
"Then let's call this horse Yuanbao. It's still festive."
"Okay, let's call it Yuanbao! Yuanbao, you have a name. Your name is Yuanbao. Yuanbao, does it sound good?"
The red chestnut horse snorted in the air, not sure whether he liked it or not. In short, it will be the ingot of the Qiao family from now on...
Yue Zhongyao did not return to Xiahe Village until the afternoon of the 14th. When he came back this time, Liu Meiniang did not follow him.
When Yue Zhongyao returned home, he didn't even bother to drink water. He put down his baggage. He didn't care about Wu's screams and ghosts behind him. He picked up a small baggage and walked to Qiao's house.
It's just that the gate of Qiao's house is guarded by General Tie.
Yue Zhongyao turned around twice strangely, and then lay down at the courtyard wall to listen to a few more sounds. It was quiet inside, without a trace of human sound.
This place was outside the village, and there were no neighbors nearby to ask. Yue Zhongyao waited at the door, and no one came back after a long time.
Could it be that she went back to her parents’ home?
Yue Zhongyao was a little anxious. After thinking about it, he walked up the mountain again.
It happened that I saw Yue Dalei and Sister Xiu on the mountain looking at the wooden piles dug by the villagers and helping to estimate the value. During this time, Sister Xiu had been following Qiao Mingjin for a long time, and she also knew how to value the wooden piles.
"Zhongyao, are you back?"
Yue Dalei greeted Yue Zhongyao very affectionately, but Sister Xiu just glanced at him and turned away without speaking.
"Dalei, do you know where Jin Niang went with the child? But back to her parents' house?"
"Didn't you hear that you want to go back to your parents' home? Yesterday, when Yun Jin and the others went back, they drove the ox cart away. Your sister-in-law also said that if she wanted to go back to her parents' home, she would come to my house to borrow the ox cart, but she didn't come to borrow it. She must have returned it.
She's in the village. If she wants to go back, she should tell us. She has a lot of chickens at home that we need to help take care of."
"But I looked around and couldn't find anyone."
"Then have you looked to the river? Sometimes, Jin Niang will take the children to the river to fish or something."
"I really haven't been there. Then, I'll go look for it."
After Yue Xuyao left, Sister Xiu glared at her man: "Why tell him? If he is interested, just let him look for it? You don't have any patience at all."
"You, you, there is nothing wrong with him. How can you bear to see Wan'er without a biological father? For such a young child, no matter how nice others are to her, he is not her biological father."
Sister Xiu snorted and turned away and stopped talking. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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