Qiao Mingjin hid in the side room, listening to the quarrel between Sister Xiu and Wu and others, shaking her head and smiling.
It was really wise for her to choose this place and buy this house.
At least like now, the fight outside is so intense that the tiles are torn down, and no one is watching. If we were in a village, if there was any disturbance, people from three levels inside and three outside would be gathered outside.
Of course, this may also be because the villagers are all in Maodong during the twelfth lunar month of winter, and no one wants to hang out at this time.
"Third brother and sister, what's going on with you hiding? Mom is still waiting for your reply!" Mrs. Sun's unwilling voice sounded outside.
Qiao Mingjin watched Wan'er nestle into her arms with some fear, patted her comfortingly, touched her daughter's soft back and did not accept Sun's words.
It seems that although Wan'er is becoming more and more cheerful, she still seems to have a natural fear of Wu. Every time she sees Wu, she will flinch, and she will run away when she sees Wu from a distance.
"Mom." Her daughter's soft and waxy voice sounded in her arms.
"Well, Mom is here, don't be afraid. Mom peels the peanuts for Wan'er to eat."
"Auntie, please peel off Yunluan too." Xiao Yunluan also squeezed on the couch, nestling next to Qiao Mingjin.
"Okay. Auntie will peel it for Yunluan too."
"Sister, I'll go to the workshop and ask my cousin to come over." Ming Qi said bitterly, clasping her hands.
"No need. Sister Xiu is here. Let's ignore them. They will leave in a moment."
After hearing this, Mingqi sat down on the couch angrily.
Soon I heard Sister Xiu say outside: "Auntie, you have to come to your door to preach about this matter. I advise you to go back alive. I don't want to say whether you like this candidate or not. I just want to talk about Xiaoman's marriage and his parents.
My brother is here, and my sister-in-law, who has separated due to separation of property, has nothing to worry about. This is why my uncle and aunt of the Qiao family do not dislike the fact that the other party’s family is poor, nor do they dislike the fact that the other party is a loner with no permanent land and less than an acre of land. I am afraid that such a person and aunt
You don’t like it.”
After a pause, she then said: "It was Jin Niang who helped Mr. Zhou Zuo a lot, so Mr. Zuo Zhou said this. But how did Mr. Liu know who his in-laws were? Now my aunt has come here to care about this matter.
Aren't you afraid of damaging Xiao Man's reputation by scolding the general? People who don't know think that Xiao Man can't get married."
Mrs. Wu almost jumped up when she heard this: "Who can't get married? Who do you think can't get married? How could my daughter not get married if she's so good! It's her Qiao family who only likes such a poor and poor family. My Xiaoman wants to marry
Those who come to the city to enjoy their happiness..."
Sister Xiu interrupted before Wu could finish her words: "Yes, you see, my aunt doesn't even look down on people like this, right? I'm afraid those good ones won't get the turn of Jin Niang and her third sister, right? Jin Niang and her sister
She doesn't even go out to the village often, so how can she know anyone who owns a house or property? My aunt asked her to worry about Xiaoman's marriage. I'm afraid she thinks too highly of her."
After hearing this, Mrs. Sun smiled and said: "I didn't tell her to worry about Xiaoman's marriage. Besides, Jinniang doesn't know anyone. Not to mention the Sixth Master of the Zhou family. He has great hands and eyes. Don't you know a few people?"
Are you living a good life? My mother-in-law just looked at Jin Niang and she had such a background, but she only thought about the girl from her mother's family, not the girl from her husband's family who was right in front of her."
Sister Xiu glanced sideways at her, looking down upon this troublemaker who caused trouble for nothing. She looked down upon the Sun family who wanted the world to be in chaos.
When he heard what she said, he smiled and said, "So what if I don't think about you? You only said that Jin Niang, why would she think about you? Besides, when did you think about her? Let me tell you.
It’s so funny that she comes to worry about you.”
Mrs. Sun was blocked by Sister Xiu and could not speak for a moment, so she only looked at Mrs. Wu.
Mrs. Wu rolled her eyes and wanted to speak again, when she heard the courtyard door being pushed open with great force, and her daughter Yue Xiaoman rushed in from the outside.
"Mother, what are you going to do? Do you want your daughter to be a human being anymore? If mother feels that her daughter's face is not humiliated enough, she will continue to stay with her sister-in-law and quarrel, but she will never say that you are my mother again!" Yue Xiaoman said.
His eyes were red, and he looked like he wished he had to meet Wu.
Wu was stunned when she saw Yue Xiaoman come in. Then she heard what her daughter said. She was a little panicked, so she hurriedly tried to coax her.
The two women chatted for a while and finally became quiet.
Soon Yue Xiaoman restrained Wu and was about to take her home.
He paused again, turned around and said loudly to the side room: "Sister-in-law, my mother is ignorant, don't take it to heart. I will take her home right now!"
"Okay." Qiao Mingjin didn't go out and responded inside.
Mrs. Sun watched the mother and daughter pulling each other out of the courtyard, looked in the direction of the wing, stamped her feet and followed Mr. Yu out.
Sister Xiu sighed, stepped forward and closed the courtyard door tightly before returning.
"Leaving?"
"I'm gone. I really don't know what to say. It's all for nothing."
Qiao Mingjin smiled and didn't care. People who had nothing to do with her could do whatever they wanted, so what did it have to do with her?
Sister Xiu sat on the couch, complained, and said: "It's a pity that Xiaoman has been raised carefully since she was a child. Her mother has never been willing to let her do the work in the fields, and she has been raised with tender skin."
Meat, with her appearance, she can be said to be a good match. But she is a girl with high eyes and low hands. She doesn't like this one and that one. It's just that I have delayed her for so long in vain."
Qiao Mingjin didn't say anything, she just pushed the speculator basket toward her.
Isn’t it clear to her what kind of person Wu is?
Even the daughter-in-law's dowry has to be calculated, isn't it just so that this daughter can marry into a high family? I don't know what kind of family to choose.
This is beyond her control.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Manager Zhou came over and conveyed Zhou Yanqing's wishes.
The first was to discuss the time when the workshop would be on holiday and start work after the new year, and the second was to let Qiao Mingjin see when she would have time to go to the city so that she could reconcile the accounts.
Now at the end of the year, Zhou Yanqing is busy with various matters, such as reconciliation, accounting, New Year's gifts to be sent to the capital, and various favors. It has been a while since he has been seen.
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What Zhou Guanshi and Zhou Yanqing meant was that the holiday would start on the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month and work would not start until the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.
Qiao Mingjin knew that transportation was inconvenient nowadays, and some people left their hometowns to make a living. During the year, they had to return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors and celebrate the New Year. It took a lot of time to travel back and forth, so the holidays during the year could not be limited to just a few days.
In addition, when entering the twelfth lunar month, the New Year, offering sacrifices to stoves, cleaning, worshiping ancestors, preparing New Year goods, etc. all require men to take the lead. It is impossible if there is no man in charge of the family. Therefore, this holiday cannot be given until the end.
Qiao Mingjin led Manager Zhou to the workshop and told everyone about the arrangements for the holidays and the start of work after the new year. The masters in the workshop were very happy after hearing this.
They have one month off this year, which is enough for them to arrange their family affairs.
Since entering the twelfth lunar month, people's hearts have been in a state of flux.
The two of them agreed with the masters that they would arrange for them to return home after she went to the city to complete the accounts and paid her wages and year-end dividends two days later.
The masters all happily agreed.
When Manager Zhou left, he took away several root carvings that had been completed in the workshop.
In recent times, because there are so many people praying to Bodhisattva, most of the works produced in the workshop are dripping Guanyin, longevity star, Arhat, God of Wealth, etc. There are also a few small root carving works that fit the occasion, and I bought them as gifts during the year.
They are all excellent, and I don’t have to worry about no one wanting them.
After Supervisor Zhou looked at it, he asked people to carefully move it into the car and asked Yun Jin to escort him away.
On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Qiao Mingjin took Yunjin, He and their three children into the city.
In addition to going to the city to take stock, I am also planning to buy some New Year goods.
The day after tomorrow, Father He and others were going home, and Yun Jin and others were also going back to Yunjia Village. Qiao Mingjin was going to buy some things for Yun Jin to deliver to Qiao's house.
Now that we have a carriage, we have more lunches, and we arrived in less than two hours. There are still children in the carriage, and the road is slippery, so walking is much slower than before.
We had a carriage with a large carriage covered with thick felt cloth. It didn't matter whether there was strong wind outside or light snow falling. The carriage was burning charcoal and covered with thick curtains, so it didn't feel cold at all.
Wan'er and Yunluan were still very excited as they lifted up the thick curtains to explore the scenery, screaming along the way.
Mingqi was afraid of the cold, so he only peeled melon seeds around the charcoal basin and ate them.
After entering the city, they first stored their carriages and horses. Let He and Mingqi take their two children to go shopping first, while she and Yun Jin went to the Zhou family's wood shop to look for Zhou Yanqing.
The Zhou family's wood shop is in a good location, and people are coming and going on the whole street. Perhaps because of the Chinese New Year, there are more people on the street. From a distance, I can see many people going in and out of the wood shop.
The large root carving of the peacock with its tail spread out was still placed in the middle of the shop, and there were still people in twos and threes watching around it.
The shop was large and neatly tidied, and the clerk was also very enthusiastic. He treated Qiao Mingjin as a shopping customer and introduced her warmly.
He also led her to the peacock root carving and introduced her in detail, including the type of wood, the type of paint, the rough process, how to maintain it, etc.
If you like such root carving ornaments, you can also customize the desired shape according to the customer's wishes.
Qiao Mingjin was very surprised.
A good clerk is naturally articulate, but he is so familiar with everything, he speaks immediately, and he spares no effort to promote the store's products without making customers disgusted. This skill is no different from the shopping guide in the store in his previous life.
How many.
Qiao Mingjin listened to him with a smile and showed no intention of buying. But he was not annoyed. Seeing that Qiao Mingjin was willing to listen, he was willing to explain it in detail.
It wasn't until Shi Shi came out of the backyard when he heard the sound that the boy stopped talking.
Only then did the young boy know that Qiao Mingjin was the guest that his boss had been waiting for all morning. He was very embarrassed, scratched his head and smiled and bowed to Qiao Mingjin.
Qiao Mingjin gave him a reward of one tael of silver and praised him a few times.
The young man was flattered. He held the one-tael reward in his hands and thanked Qiao Mingjin repeatedly.
Shitou tapped him twice with his hand, and then led Qiao Mingjin to the backyard. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.
