The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Xia Mianwan actually didn't have much impression of Zheng Xiaoyun. Who would have too many emotions towards a stranger? Therefore, Yu Jie'er was quite surprised that the storm she thought was coming had not happened.

Zheng Lingwan was equally surprised.

Xia Mianwan's current appearance seems to be the same as when she decisively proposed for a divorce.

Zheng Lingwan thought that after seeing Xia Mianwan, Xia Mianwan would at least feel a little sad and aggrieved, or sigh about the past with her brother.

Who knew that all these situations that she expected...did not happen.

Xia Mianwan stood there so calmly, her temperament gentle and quiet. There was no sign of reluctance, sadness or grievance in her.

It was as if...it was as if no matter what kind of person her eldest brother was, it had nothing to do with her.

Zheng Lingwan wanted to go to Xia Mianwan's house and sit for a while, but she was too embarrassed to take the initiative to ask.

Xia Mianwan, however, felt that there was no need to meet for tea again. Their identities and positions were not suitable.

Seeing that Xia Mianwan never invited her to have tea, Zheng Lingwan felt a little disappointed and said goodbye unhappily.

"Mother..." Yu Jie'er tugged at Xia Mianwan's sleeve.

Xia Mianwan lowered her body and asked softly, "What's wrong, Sister Yu?"

"Aunt Wan is here, will he come too?" Yu Jie'er did not call Zheng Lingwan aunt.

Yu Jie'er's eyes were sparkling, and she didn't show any extra emotion when she mentioned Zheng Xiaoyun.

"Well, she will probably come to see you. As long as you don't mention taking you away, mother won't say much." Xia Mianwan said.

……

When Xia Mian came home late, Xiuxiu brought her a post.

"Sister Xia, this is a note from the general's wife."

It came so fast...

Xia Mianwan was really impatient. After looking around, he thought that it would not work without servants at home, so he said to Xiuxiu, "Xiuxiu, please go to the pawnbroker to find some servants for me. I want to buy some servants. You can ask the pawnbroker to bring them home."

"it is good."

The time in the post was seven days later, so Xia Mianwan wanted to go and see what the general's wife was planning.

……

On the second day, the broker brought people to the Xia family.

Xia Mianwan took Yu Jie'er and Xiuxiu with her to select people.

"We select maids and servants based on their loyalty and ability. Even if my daughter gets married in the future, I will not let you be concubines. I will only help you find a good family to marry when you are old enough. If you are ambitious and want to gain a career for your master, our family is not suitable for you. If you don't have that idea, please step forward."

As soon as Xia Mianwan finished speaking, ten little girls stood up.

Xia Mianwan let Yujie'er and Xiuxiu choose first, and she stood aside without saying anything.

Yu Jie'er was young, but she was already very capable. She picked two round-faced girls who spoke clearly. Xiuxiu also originally planned to pick only one girl, but Xia Mianwan said that this would also train her ability to manage the workshop, so Xiuxiu also picked two people.

Xia Mianwan was quite satisfied with the people Yujie'er and Xiuxiu had chosen, as they all looked very decent young girls. After that, Xia Mianwan picked two more families. One family consisted of a mother and two daughters, and the husband's surname was Zhang. The other family was a couple surnamed Zhou with two children, the older one was twelve years old, and the younger one was nine years old.

Xia Mianwan arranged for Zhou Xing's two children to be servants to Chen Ge'er. Zhang's family and the younger daughter went into the kitchen, and the older daughter followed Xia Mianwan.

Although Xiuxiu had chosen the people, she was not used to ordering maids around, so Xia Mianwan arranged for the two maids to help Xiuxiu when she was dealing with workshop matters.

Yu Jie'er has her own ideas, and Xia Mianwan doesn't care about her.

With more people at home, it becomes a lot more lively, and Xia Mianwan finally doesn't have to cook or clean the house anymore.

The maidservant who followed Xia Mianwan was called Ruzhu. Ruzhu was a delicate little girl, not very tall, but her specialty was... great strength.

The kind that can kill a tiger with one punch.

When Xia Mianwan was selecting the candidates, she didn't take the little girl's words about her strength seriously. Until she asked Ruzhu to demonstrate her strength, Ruzhu slapped the stone table with her hand, and the stone table was directly cracked...

Xia Mianwan's face twitched slightly. This is... a violent loli!

Xia Mianwan felt a lot safer instantly and immediately decided to buy out Ruzhu's family.

"Ruzhu, when the time and space are better, I will let Xiaowu teach you martial arts. You need to learn more, you have a good talent." Xia Mianwan advised.

Ruzhu patted his chest and agreed.

Ruzhu's mother is a good cook, so Xia Mianwan asked Zhang's mother and Lianhua to work together to prepare fish fillets, dried fish and dried shrimp.

Chen Ge'er didn't say much about the two new servants. He just told them to learn martial arts from Xiao Wu first. He had only one requirement, that they must be able to fight.

So, two little book boys, Songbai and Songyang, were sent to Xiaowu.

Chen Ge'er learned from Yu Jie'er that his mother had met Zheng Lingwan. Chen Ge'er asked seriously, "Yu Jie'er, how does Aunt Wan look? Is she polite to mother?"

Yu Jie'er thought for a moment and said, "I'm being polite, but it seems like she still hopes that mother can go back to the Zheng family. However, mother decisively refused and did not invite Aunt Wan to visit our home."

Chen Ge'er pursed his lips even tighter, "Yu Jie'er, we still have to be more powerful, we have to make others afraid of us. It's obviously the Zheng family's fault, but they still dare to ask such questions."

Yu Jie'er was more free and easy than Chen Ge'er, "Chen Ge'er, you are right, but don't push yourself too hard. We are still young, and there will always be times when we are unable to do something."

"I know."

Chen Ge'er didn't want to say more, and closed the door to read.

Seeing Chen Ge'er like this, Yu Jie'er also had a headache. It is said that twins can sense each other's thoughts, but she now has less and less understanding of what Chen Ge'er is thinking.

However, don't think about things that you can't figure out. My mother said that people don't need to make things difficult for themselves, just live comfortably.

……

Mrs. Yang also received the invitation from Zhuang, and after much thought, she decided to call Xia Mianwan over.

"Mianwan, I heard from Sister Yu that you also received the post?"

Xia Mianwan raised the post in his hand and said, "Hey, I got them all."

"What does this mean..." Mrs. Yang was confused. Why would she send a note to Xia Mianwan for no reason?

Xia Mianwan smiled and said, "Never mind, let's go and take a look, then we'll know what the general's wife is up to, right?"

"That's right. My carriage will pick you up first and we'll go together." Mrs. Yang patted Xia Mianwan's hand.

"Sister Yang, I know you feel sorry for me, but my family has already bought servants and a carriage, so we'll meet at the banquet."

"That's fine..."