Daiyu's stepmother is not easy to be

Now it is the end of October, winter has come, and the capital has snowed several times.When I got on the boat from Yangzhou, I only had to wear jackets. When I got off the boat, Wen Jiao had already put on the big woolen clothes, with a cotton jacket, a leather skirt and small leather boots inside, and a fox fur cloak outside.

Wen Jiao cared a few more words about the aunts, asking if there was enough charcoal fire, if there were enough clothes for this year, and if I just arrived in the capital and didn't get used to it, don't let it freeze.Zheng answered all of them.Wen Jiao ordered them to go back to the yard first and come back later.

Mammy Xu strictly followed the spirit of Wen Jiao's guidance. This time, Madam Zheng, Madam Zhou, and Madam Cao lived in a courtyard, and Madam Shen lived in a courtyard alone, surrounded by old mamas.Shen's orders are distributed as usual, but every morning and evening, she has to stand and listen to the rules for half an hour each.

Entering her main courtyard, Wen Jiao saw that everything was arranged according to her yard in Yangzhou, and the warm pavilion was also built, and the colors were complete, and she was very satisfied.

So as soon as he sat down and had a sip of tea, he smiled at Nanny Xu and said, "You have been exhausted for the past two months. You have to take care of such a big mansion by yourself, and you can take care of it so well. I will I am most at ease knowing that I will leave it to you."

Seeing Wen Jiao's praise, Mother Xu hurriedly humbled herself a few words.Because it was just two quarters of an hour before dinner time, Wen Jiao smiled at Daiyu, "Don't go back to look at your yard in a hurry, I guess Jinxiang Lanxiang and the others are also cleaning up in a mess. Where are you now?" Come back, it’s a bit of a hassle. You just have lunch with me before you go, after they’ve been put away, you can rest in peace of mind.”

Daiyu said with a smile: "Then I will enjoy my life with my wife."

Wen Jiao blinked at Daiyu, wrinkled her nose and smiled.Although the house is tidy, Wen Jiao's daily necessities are still in boxes.Even Yuxue and Yumei went to clean up, leaving only Bailu Baishuang to serve.

So Wen Jiao smiled at Bai Lu Baishuang: "Quickly move you a stool for Nanny Xu to sit on. I'll talk to Nanny Xu. I don't need you to serve me for now, so go and do your work."

Bai Lu smiled and said: "That's a good relationship, I'll clean it up early and save my worries." So she moved the embroidered stool and asked Nanny Xu to sit down, and poured tea, Bai Lu Baishuang also joined the vigorous army of packing up.

When people in ancient times went out to travel, they didn't just carry a suitcase like we do now, and they even had to take the washbasin and soap box with them.Besides, I was going out for two or three months, so although there were only things that I often used in the box, there were more than a dozen boxes in all kinds of boxes.

For example, Lin Hai and Wen Jiao's winter clothes, shoes and socks packed a full six boxes.There are also two boxes of books to relieve boredom on the road, two boxes of useful things such as incense burners and washbasins, miscellaneous things, luggage and bedding, etc.Even if you don't clean up a lot of special products bought from various places, it's quite cumbersome to clean up.

What Wen Jiao wanted was to finish the work early and save worry.After playing for two months and then coming to the capital, she now has a lot of things on her hands.

The first thing is to arrange the staff inside and outside the new yard.In the capital, the courtyard is even bigger, so there are not enough manpower for guarding and cleaning everywhere.

Although Madam Xu has been in the capital for a month and a half, she has already inquired and contacted dental agencies everywhere.Wen Jiao still had to use her little knowledge of mathematics to properly place the limited manpower in various positions before the new manpower was procured and ready for use.

In addition, the family's expenditure accounts for the past two or three months have to be carefully calculated.Taking seven or 80 people out to play for a few months, the money is ten times more than staying at home.No matter how much the family property is, it is the way to be in charge of the family.

Although Wen Jiao didn't have much to hand over handkerchiefs, he still had to spare some time these few days to go back to Su's mansion to visit his parents in name, and explain clearly what Mrs. Bai had entrusted to him.I also have to thank Mrs. Han for helping to find Mrs. Ge to be Daiyu's martial arts master.

I haven't seen Empress Su for more than a year, and Wen Jiao misses her very much.It is necessary to hand over a sign to ask for an interview because of emotion and reason, and it can't be too late, it will take a day to go.

It is Lin Hai's business to invite the three clansmen who are studying, and Wen Jiao is also planning to invite a good gentleman for the three girls.Although piano, chess, calligraphy and painting can't be eaten as a meal, it is also an essential skill for every lady, and you must always learn it.Since I want to learn, and my family has the conditions, of course I invite the best teacher.

Wen Jiao also thought about entering the palace to beg Empress Su to see if there were any older female officials around 50 years old who were willing to leave the palace in the literature center in the palace, and asked two of them to come back and be Daiyu's husband.

It should be noted that the maids who can become the female officials of the Inner Literature Museum are all the most knowledgeable among the thousands of court ladies in the palace, and they have read poetry and books all year round.If it weren't for women not being able to take the imperial examination, not to mention being able to win a Jinshi, it would not be too dare to think about being a Juren.Besides, they have been teachers in the palace for many years and have experience in educating people.

If one or two such nuns could be given to Daiyu as teachers, she would not have buried Daiyu in the first place.Whether it is successful or not, we still have to ask Queen Su first.If there is no one, think of another way.

Also, although the house here is not newly bought, Lin Haihai came back from Ren Hairen for three or four years, and Wen Jiao is the new wife, so I have to invite the neighbors around. step.If there is fate in the future, we will have a deep friendship.

After all these things are done, it will take at least ten or twenty days.There are still two months until the end of the new year, and we have to start preparing for the new year, and it is the busiest time of the year.And since he returned to the capital this year, Lin Hai's teacher in Beijing will always socialize in the same year.When you are familiar with the communication, there will be more things.

The girl in this family is married, and the boy in that family is married among Jinshi.The old lady of this family celebrated her birthday or left, and the daughter-in-law of that family gave birth to a child.None of these things can escape.People invite you because they want to make friends with you.If you don't go under any special circumstances, you will lose face.

Besides, Wen Jiao is the only female family member in the Lin family who can go out to socialize, and there are no sisters-in-law or daughter-in-law.So it is conceivable that every month after Wenjiao Day, there will always be at least three/four days, as many as eight/nine days, either to socialize or on the way to socialize.

But going out to socialize these things is something later, you have to finish all the things in front of you first.So Wen Jiao spent two quarters of an hour before eating, flipping through the roster, and first discussed with Madam Xu about the shortage of people in the family and how many people to buy.

The area occupied by the Jingzhong Forest Mansion is about twice to two and a half times that of the Yangzhou Forest Mansion. Although the manpower is not doubled, the gap is still not small.Three more yards were opened in the mansion, Lin Haiqian Study Room, Wenjiao Main Courtyard and Daiyu Courtyard also occupied a larger area.

In addition, the garden has also become larger, and more people need to clean up the garden.So after calculation, the servants of these rough envoys will have to add five or sixty people.

Although there are a few more corner doors, the only ones for daily entry and exit are the side doors that Lin Haiwenjiao uses when going out. .The rest of the doors were firmly locked and unused.Therefore, the gatekeepers are still those people, so there is no need to fill in more.

In addition, several of the second and third-class girls around Wen Jiao went to Lu Qing and Yinglian, so this gap had to be filled.When there are more people in charge, the sewing workers and kitchen workers have to fill in again.Adding up, there will always be another [-] people in the mansion, so that when things happen, they can calmly turn around.

Naturally, such people can't just rely on dental shops to buy.Wen Jiao then ordered the people selected from Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to be summoned first.After finishing talking, it was already time for dinner. Although Wen Jiao really wanted to finish this job, in order to maintain his health, he still had to eat on time, not to mention Daiyu.

But because he was preoccupied with things, Wen Jiao was a little inattentive when eating.Originally, the Lin family's cooking team was divided into two parts, one part followed the masters, and the other part went back to Beijing first.

The half of the cooks who returned to Beijing first had no serious master to serve them, so they couldn't cook complicated dishes, so the chef had nowhere to display his culinary skills and was lonely for more than a month.

Today all the serious masters came back, so they displayed their talents, even though only the wife and young lady ate, they cooked sixteen dishes, and the table was full.Flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and running on the ground are all complete.All of them are full of color, fragrance and taste.

The journey was tiring, even if they were served carefully, the ingredients were not complete, and the dishes were not as good as the dishes carefully prepared in the kitchen.Daiyu is in good health now and eats deliciously, so she is very satisfied with this table of dishes.

It's just that Daiyu was eating, and seeing Wen Jiao's mind wandering while eating, she had already eaten half a bowl of rice, so Wen Jiao took a few bites.

Knowing that Wen Jiao was worried about the family affairs, and wanted to persuade Wen Jiao, Daiyu smiled and said: "My wife used to tell me that people must eat well to nourish their energy and blood, and to be healthy. How come today? Are you not eating well?"

When Wen Jiao heard Daiyu's voice, she came back to her senses. Seeing Daiyu's concerned face, and then looked at their bowl and the clock, she knew that she was distracted.

After hearing what Daiyu said again, Wen Jiao complained in his heart that he was becoming more and more useless, isn't it just a few things?There were many times when I was busier than this before, and it really was spoiled, I just thought about how to have a good rest.He smiled at Daiyu, "Good Yu'er, I was wrong, I'll just eat well. You tell me which dish is the best first, and let me try it."

Daiyu pointed to Wen Jiao one by one.After lunch, Daiyu was going to go back to the yard to rest for a while.When he saluted and was about to leave, Wen Jiao said with a smile, "I looked at the picture of the courtyard. Although your courtyard is large and complete with everything, it's just that the scenery is not as good as the one in the garden."

"It's winter now, so it's not easy to move. There is water in the garden, so it's not easy to stay in winter. When spring comes, whichever part of the garden you like, let them clean it up for you to live in."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Then I'll go shopping in these two days and pick a place I like most."

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