Lin Jingmo stayed awake all night, and it was daybreak in the blink of an eye.
She put the two ugly rag dolls she had sewn on the table, then quickly combed her hair and changed her clothes, then ran to the basement and opened the door, shouting: "Get up, get up."
While calling Mother Li and the five girls who were waiting for her in the main courtyard, the three mothers called.
Mother Li sat up from the bed sleepily and looked at her: "Second girl, what are you going to do? The chicken outside hasn't crowed three times yet!" After that, she lay down again.
However, Lin Jingmo walked to the bedside and pulled her up. She said coquettishly: "The rooster has crowd long ago. Mother Li, please get up quickly and go to the morning court in time of business. Let's take care of all the girls and women in our house."
Call for the escort boys who are stronger and ask them to wait for me in the lobby. I have a good job for them!"
Mother Li looked at Lin Jingmo helplessly and could only reply: "Yes, I just want to call them all out!"
In the hall, Lin Jingmo was sitting on the imperial chair, looking at the servants arriving one after another. Mother Li was standing next to her holding a plate full of silver coins.
After a while, Mother Li said: "Girl, almost all the servants in our family have arrived. You can give your orders."
Lin Jingmo put the tea bowl on the square table beside him, stood up, looked at everyone, pointed at some of the guards and said to the servants: "Go and get money from Mother Li to buy some tools for repairing the house, and then hire some workers.
Repair the octagonal pavilion and roof in the backyard."
She stopped and thought for a moment, then added: "Pull out all the dead trees in the yard, dig a flower bed, buy some seeds and flower seedlings and plant them."
They obeyed the instructions, went to Mother Li's place to get some money, and then went out to do business.
Lin Jingmo picked three more girls in his courtyard and said: "You are not used to doing rough work, but you are very good at knitting on weekdays. Go outside to pick out some good clothes and good fabrics, and cut them according to the size of the main house in the backyard."
Some curtains and curtains."
After saying that, she stretched out her fingers to count and said: "There are also beds, from pillows to bedding, all replaced with new ones."
The three girls took the order and went to Mother Li's place to get the money and go shopping.
Later, Lin Jingmo said to the remaining people: "As for the other girls and old mothers, let's clean up the backyard together for your hard work. When it's over, everyone will be rewarded."
When the girls and women heard that there was a silver reward, they rushed to the backyard one after another. When they saw that the door was locked tightly, they all stood still and began to discuss in low voices.
Lin Jingmo arrived and looked at the confused servants who were talking about each other. She pointed at the lock on the door and said, "Who did this? Your mother lives inside. You dare to lock the door? What a rebellion."
Damn it."
No one dared to answer.
Lin Jingmo pointed to his maid Qiaoxiang and said: "Qiaoxiang, you are the most honest. Tell me who locked it."
Qiaoxiang just shook her head, and Cao's mother, who came with Lin Jingmo to marry her and did menial work on weekdays, said: "My uncle never allows people to come to the backyard, and he takes care of the old lady's daily life and food personally when he comes back from the next court."
When Lin Jingmo heard this, she couldn't help but think: She must have locked the door because she was afraid that people would come in and bully her, right?
After all, I had beaten her before...to prevent fire and theft...and to protect my wife...can't I put a lock on it!
Thinking of this, she said to the two boys: "Pry open the door."
The two boys quickly took tools and pried open the door.
After a while, the door was opened, and Lin Jingmo was about to go in, but was stopped by Li's mother: "Second girl, you have forgotten, the old lady... She is afraid of you, so if you go to the backyard like this, wouldn't it cause trouble again?" Lin Jingmo smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I've been prepared for it!" After that, she took out a veil from the small bag around her waist, put it on her head, squeezed the ribbon behind it tightly, and raised her eyebrows slightly.
: "That's not enough."
Lin Jingmo was about to go in again, but Mother Li stopped her and said: "It's dirty and messy inside. You have to clean it up. Just let the girls go. You are the second daughter of Shangshu Mansion. You will lose your status if you go in."
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After saying that, Mother Li looked around again, leaned against Lin Jingmo's ear, pointed at her head and whispered: "Besides, this old lady is unconscious, she is not normal here, what should I do if she hurts you again!" Lin Jingmo shook his head helplessly, put down Mother Li's hand, and said seriously: "I've even prepared the veil, and I have to go in. If mother doesn't dare to go in, just go to the kitchen to pick some bird's nests, and I'll give them to you when I'm done.
...for the old lady to eat."
Mother Li nodded: "Okay, I'll pick more. When the second girl is tired, she will eat some too." Then she turned and went to the kitchen.
Afraid of waking up Shang's mother, Lin Jingmo asked people to clean up the yard and other side rooms first, while he took clean clothes and entered the main house where Shang's mother was staying alone.
She entered the main house and found that the house had been tidied up, and the broken tents that day had been replaced with new ones: Did Shang Shixu replace these by himself?
Lin Jingmo walked into the inner room and found Shang's mother sleeping. She opened the curtain on the bed, walked quietly to the bed and squatted down, looking at Shang's mother carefully.
Through a beam of light shining in from the window lattice, she saw Shang's mother's face hidden under her messy hair, and was suddenly startled...
The left side of Shang’s mother’s face is covered with burn scars!
Lin Jingmo was so surprised that she covered her mouth and almost screamed. At this moment, Shang's mother suddenly opened her eyes.
Lin Jingmo was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.
Shang's mother quickly sat up and hid in the curtain with two frightened eyes.
Lin Jingmo came to his senses, stood up, and said carefully: "Mother..."
Mother Shang rolled her eyes strangely and said: "Your Highness the Crown Princess..."
Lin Jingmo took out a newly sewn doll from the small bag at his waist, with two words tattooed on it - time sequence.
Lin Jingmo reached out and handed the doll to Shang's mother, and said softly: "I am not the Crown Princess, I am the Crown Princess's sister... Look at this doll, his name is Shixu, do you like him?"
"Time sequence..." Shang's mother took the doll and said in her mouth: "Gradually, I feel the autumn leaves are startling, and the cicadas are noisy at night. Su Shang's time sequence... time sequence..."
Lin Jingmo responded: "Yes, do you know who Shi Sequence is?"
Upon hearing this, Shang's mother suddenly raised her head and repeated loudly: "I don't know what I don't know... I don't know what I don't know..."
Lin Jingmo looked confused and didn't know what she was talking about. Seeing that she was getting more and more excited, he quickly waved to her and said, "Just forget it if you don't know."
Seeing that she still kept repeating, Lin Jingmo took out another doll from the bag and handed it to her.
Mother Shang looked at the doll, stopped, and read out the words tattooed on the doll: "Jing... Mo?"
Lin Jingmo raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly: "Yes, it's Jingmo. Jingmo is my name. Mother, I am your daughter-in-law."