Daming female local tyrant

Jinglan, Cuizhu, and the two young servants kept busy until it was dark, before they cleared out the ground floor of the embroidery building where Shen's old house was last entered.

Moreover, the cleaning is also roughly cleaned up, so that people can live in it.

When Shen Wan came back from dinner, she told them not to do anything, to go out to eat first, to rest after dinner, and to clean up tomorrow.

I don't know if the others are tired or not, but Jing Lan feels that she is really tired and hungry.

The Shen family's old house is so dilapidated, Jing Lan estimates that it will take ten days and a half months just to clean it up.As for repairing leaky roof tiles and repairing decayed doors and windows, it will take more time and money.

But if it is not done well, this place is not suitable for people to live in.

Jinglan and Cuizhu went out alone, outside Zhao Siniang took them two to the kitchen for dinner, as for the two servants, they were standing outside the kitchen holding a thick porcelain bowl with mixed food.

Jing Lan and Cui Zhu ate the crude food bought in the small restaurant in Jinhe Town with great relish.

While watching them eat, Zhao Siniang asked the two of them some questions with a smile.

For example, how about the Shen family in Jinling, did they use gold for the tiles and white jade for the floor, did they eat delicacies from mountains and seas that the masters ate every meal?

Jinglan and Cuizhu laughed straight after hearing this, and Cuizhu said: "Miss Zhao, do you still think that Jinling City is in the sky, and the Shen family is the Heavenly Palace?"

Zhao Siniang opened her eyes wide and asked if it was true. She had heard that the Shen family was the first in Jinling.

"The first one is not what you said. Even the palace where the emperor lives in the capital can't use gold for tiles and white jade for the floor." Jing Lan said while scratching the food in the bowl.

After hearing this, Cui Zhu asked Jing Lan, "If you say that, could it be that you have been to the imperial palace?"

Jing Lan had no choice but to say haha, she heard Shen Wan say, how could she have been to the palace.

When Shen Wan was mentioned, Zhao Siniang, who loved to inquire about gossip, asked the two why Shen Wan came to such a remote Shen family's old house. After all, she was the eldest granddaughter of the Shen family.

When Jing Lan followed Shen Wan out of the carriage, she had already heard old manager Yan tell Qiu Liu the reason why her master came here, so she asked Zhao Siniang, didn't her man tell her?

Zhao Siniang said: "I did, but..."

Jing Lan: "It's nothing but that, that's it."

Zhao Siniang curled her lips, knowing that the little girl who came with Shen Wan was unwilling to talk about the master's right and wrong, and if she wanted to mention it, she would be upset, so she stopped asking.Instead, he asked Jinglan and Cuizhu whether they would cook by themselves in the future. If they did, the small tea house next to the embroidery building at the back would have to find a craftsman to rebuild the stove.After building the stove, I also need to buy some pots and pans, as well as rice, noodles, oil and salt.

"Young lady didn't tell us, I have to go back and ask her to find out." Cui Zhu answered honestly.

But Jing Lan asked Zhao Siniang, if they don't cook now and ask Zhao Siniang to help, will she do it?

Zhao Siniang nodded hurriedly: "Do it, if the eldest lady doesn't think the food I cook is unpalatable, I will cook it, but the rice, oil and salt need to be bought by the eldest lady."

Jing Lan then asked her again: "You, Cui Zhu, and the girl will cook the meals for the three of us. Look, how much do you pay for daily necessities, rice, oil, salt and vegetables?"

Zhao Siniang said: "It depends on how you eat it. If you have fish and meat every day, it will cost you five taels of silver a month. If you are more economical, you can eat fish and meat once in ten and a half months, and it will cost you three taels of silver."

Jinglan and Cuizhu looked at each other after hearing this, and then looked at Zhao Siniang, Cuizhu said with a half-smile: "Miss Zhao, you give us five taels of silver a month, we cook, and we have fish and meat every day. The meal is enough, you two come to eat."

"Scary! Five taels of silver a month? Qiu Liu and I will have to eat for a year!" Zhao Siniang said in shock.

She said this because she and Qiu Liu guarded the Shen family's old house, and the rice they ate came from the Shen family's Suzhou field. Every year when the grain was harvested, the old steward Yan would leave a thousand catties of rice for the two of them.The vegetables they usually eat are also grown by the couple themselves. There used to be a garden behind the Shen family's old house, but after it was abandoned, they reclaimed it to grow vegetables.Therefore, the rice and vegetables of the two of them were bought for free, and the five taels of silver were only used to buy firewood, oil and salt, and some fish and meat for the New Year.

Jinglan and Cuizhu laughed out loud holding the bowls at this moment, Zhao Siniang realized that they were being tricked by the two little maids, she couldn't help but her face became hot, she put her hips on her hips and said that their two little hooves were treacherous.

"Miss Zhao, what you said is not appropriate. Why do you ask us to pay five taels of silver for meals in January, and if we ask you to pay five taels of silver, we will be treacherous?" Cui Zhu asked with a smile.

Zhao Siniang said stubbornly: "My husband and I are two people, you three."

"Then you can give us four taels."

"..."

Jing Lan pulled the green bamboo, gave her a wink, and told her to stop talking.

She thought, after all, she was new here, and she had to rely on Qiu Liu and his wife a lot, so she didn't need to argue with Zhao Siniang in terms of words.

What Zhao Siniang was thinking, Jing Lan knew very well, that was to get some oil and water on their master and servant by cooking for them.It's just that Zhao Siniang was too greedy, and asked them to pay five taels of silver for living expenses every month.

You know, in the countryside in the south of the Yangtze River, if you are a farmer, a family of four only needs two or three taels of silver to take care of it for a year.Of course, farmers have their own food and vegetables, so they can buy some oil, salt and seasoning for two or three taels of silver.

If it were in a town, a family of four would be able to get by by buying some firewood, rice, oil and salt for two taels of silver a month.

In this era, the common people were vegetarian all the year round, and they only ate meat during Chinese New Year and festivals, so two taels of silver were enough for an ordinary family's living expenses.

Even if you often eat fish and meat, you can add one tael to the living expenses, and a total of three taels of silver will be enough.

Zhao Siniang asked for five taels of silver, which was too expensive, and Cui Zhu would tease her with such talk.

At this time, Jing Lan had also finished her meal. She put down the bowls and chopsticks, smiled at Zhao Siniang and said, "Just now I was joking with Cuizhu and Mrs. Zhao, please don't take it to heart. Since the lady wants to help our girl cook, then Let me tell the truth to my wife, three taels of silver a month, some meat dishes for my girl in the evening, and two vegetarian dishes per meal on weekdays. After serving the girl, your kindness is indispensable, don’t forget, now the Shen family Who is the patriarch of the

When Jing Lan spoke at the end, she already had a heavy tone, and she believed that Zhao Siniang could understand the meaning of the words.

Sure enough, after listening to Jing Lan's words, Zhao Siniang showed a flattering expression on her face, and hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay, okay, just do what my sister tells you."

Zhao Siniang, who is in her thirties, actually called her sister Jing Lan. Jing Lan was also drunk, but she knew that Zhao Siniang called her like that because she respected her, and she didn't really treat her as a sister.

Jing Lan nodded and continued: "Then starting tomorrow, I will bring porridge to the girl and me and Cuizhu in the morning. Two bowls of porridge for each person. It should not be too thin or too thick. One pickle for each dish , a freshly picked seasonal vegetable, less oil and less salt. At noon and evening, stir-fry two seasonal vegetables. In the evening, besides the two stir-fried vegetables, steam an egg for the girl, or stir-fry a meat dish, only two taels of meat will do. .Tomorrow, if you bring porridge and vegetables in, the girl will give you three taels of silver. And the time of three meals a day, you remember, the first hour of the day, the first hour of noon, and the first hour of the unitary hour.”

Zhao Siniang nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said with a flattering smile, "Okay, I will remember."

Jing Lan thought for a while and then said: "There is also this tea, you also bring it in according to the three meal times, and when the small tea house in the back finds a craftsman to build a stove, I won't bother you to boil the water."

While Jinglan was talking to Zhao Siniang, Cuizhu ran to find a wooden basin and poured water from the large copper pot on the stove into it.

While pouring water, she added from the side: "There is also water for washing and bathing, which must be prepared. It will be delivered in the morning and evening, before the morning meal, and after the dinner. Please trouble Mrs. Zhao for a few days, and wait until the small tea room at the back can cook it." If the water is gone, don't bother Mrs. Zhao."

Of course Zhao Siniang said no trouble, she would do as the two sisters said.

Jing Lan looked at the water that Cuizhu poured into the wooden basin and felt that it was not enough for the three of them to wash, so she asked Zhao Siniang to ask for a wooden bucket and emptied the rest of the hot water in the copper pot. The two of Cui Zhu carried a basin of hot water, and the other carried half a bucket of hot water to the embroidery building behind.

When they entered the room, they saw Shen Wan making a bed there, Cui Zhu hurriedly put down the wooden basin when she saw this, and said anxiously: "Girl, put it down quickly, how can you let you do these things?"

Shen Wan turned around and looked at the two of them, said with a slight smile: "Why can't I do it? Anyway, I have nothing to do, the earlier the bed is made, the earlier I can rest."

Cui Zhu had already rushed to Shen Wan's side and snatched the sheets from her hand, and began to make the bed quickly, explaining that she and Jing Lan had gone to fetch hot water for Shen Wan while making the bed, and chattered with Zhao Siniang for a while. Just came back late.

Jing Lan put down the wooden bucket filled with hot water, went to find a towel and put it in the wooden basin, and twisted the veil for Shen Wan to wipe her face.

She is a head shorter than Shen Wan, and she needs to stand on tiptoe to reach Shen Wan's forehead.

Seeing that she was struggling so much, Shen Wan didn't sit down on the chair next to her, so that Jing Lan could clean it up a bit. She seemed to like Jing Lan standing on tiptoe to serve her.Whenever this happens, she will think of the scene when Jing Lan served her in the bath for the first time...

Jing Lan wiped Shen Wan's face, Shen Wan went to wash her hands again, and asked Jing Lan to wipe it clean for her.

Then Jing Lan helped her wash her feet.

It stands to reason that coming all the way from Jinling should take a bath at night, but the conditions here are too simple, so I can only sleep after washing my face and feet.

When Jing Lan was serving Shen Wan to wash her face and feet, she told her what she had said to Zhao Siniang when they were eating in the outside kitchen. She asked Shen Wan, "Girl, you don't blame me for making my own decisions, do you?" Let me tell you, I agreed to give Zhao Siniang three taels of silver for cooking every month. I thought so, we just came here, it will take a lot of time just to repair and tidy up this third house, how can I care about buying it? Let Zhao Siniang do the cooking first, and when the small tea house behind here builds the stove, let the craftsmen build two more stove holes, and then we can cook by ourselves, without Zhao Siniang's hands, girl It's better to eat something clean..."

Before Jing Lan finished speaking, Shen Wan, who had been listening to her with a smile, suddenly covered her mouth and retched twice, as if she was about to vomit.

The author has something to say: The meaning of the two local tyrants is strong, and I will strive for more next month.

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