After becoming a widow, I became the mother of seven children

During dinner in the evening, the family sat together. Although Li Xiangjian was missing, everyone didn't think it was a big deal because he hadn't appeared at the dinner table in the past six months.

Yan Qingqing observed Li Xinniang and felt relieved when she saw that she was no different from usual.

Yan Qingqing said with a smile: "I told your third aunt today that in the future, if Xin Niang has to learn the housekeeper's affairs, the embroidery workshop may not be able to take care of her for the time being, so I asked her to help Yueniang manage the embroidery workshop together."

After hearing this, Li Xinniang replied: "Well, I was just about to mention this to my mother. I also think the third aunt is very good.

My sister-in-law and I are not in the embroidery workshop. Those people will inevitably look down on Yueniang for a long time. It is best to have the third aunt to help. "

Yan Qingqing nodded when he heard this, and then mentioned unintentionally: "Today I heard your third aunt say that you took the young master of the Wu family to the embroidery workshop."

Li Xinniang was a little surprised when she heard this and said, "Isn't it arranged by mother? Mr. Wu said that it was mother who arranged for me to take him to the embroidery workshop."

Yan Qingqing:......

Yan Qingqing gritted her teeth angrily. This guy Wu Jingzhi was just going against her, but he actually dared to cheat in her name.

Li Xinniang saw that Yan Qingqing's face looked strange and asked quickly: "What's wrong, mother? Isn't it arranged by you? Then how can he say that it was arranged by mother."

Yan Qingqing calmed down her expression and said with a smile: "It's okay, I arranged it. But I have to think about it. He is a man and you are a young girl who has not left the court. I am afraid that it will damage your reputation if you two get together."

Li Xinniang said with a smile: "Mom, why do I hear you saying this so awkwardly?"

Yan Qingqing asked: "What's wrong?"

Before Li Xiniang could answer, Li Yueniang on the side replied: "Mom, you are someone who dares to enter a brothel, so you would care about your reputation."

Yan Qingqing:......

What the hell did this naughty kid say? But it seemed to be true. She really didn't care, but she didn't want Li Xinniang to marry Wu Jingzhi.

Li Xiangan glanced at Yan Qingqing thoughtfully, and then scolded Li Yueniang: "Why are you talking to mother? It's not because of us that mother entered the brothel to discuss business."

The younger ones below had always been afraid of Li Xiangan, and Li Yueniang was the same, so she whispered, "I didn't say it wasn't for us."

Upon seeing this, Yan Qingqing waved her hands and said, "Okay, stop arguing, Xin Niang is already a big girl, just pay more attention in the future."

Li Xinniang was afraid that her younger brothers and sisters would argue again and quickly agreed.

After that, although Wu Jingzhi came to Canghe Village every now and then, he could not see Li Xinniang's face eight out of ten times. Occasionally, there were other people present when he did see her once or twice, which made Wu Jingzhi scratch his head and scratch his head. Of course, this is another story. .

Because Yuan Huiniang was pregnant and Jinxiu was young, Du Ruxiu alone might not be able to take care of her, so Yan Qingqing bought seven or eight more servants in one go.

Among them were five girls aged fifteen or sixteen and three boys running errands.

Naturally, the boys lined up behind Ah Da and the others. According to their age, they were Ah Wu, Ah Liu, and Ah Qi.

Two girls were given to Yuan Huiniang, one named Ruyu and the other Rulan, who took care of Yuan Huiniang and Jinxiu respectively.

Another one was placed in her room to take care of Li Xiangyang, and Yan Qingqing named her Ruxue.

Yuan Huiniang knew that Yan Qingqing had put so much effort into her, and she felt extremely grateful. Even her own mother had never been so kind to her.

That day, Yan Qingqing was teaching Li Xinniang how to manage the servants when she heard Ah Si from the concierge reporting that someone from the eldest young lady's mother's family was here.

Yan Qingqing raised her head when she heard this and asked: "Who is here? Have you reported it to the young lady?"

Ah Si replied: "They are the young lady's mother and brother, and Ah Wu has already led them to the young lady's yard.

But Brother A said that they didn't look too good and asked me to report to my wife. "

Ah Da was trained by Yan Qingqing, and he was good at handling people and observing their behavior. Since he asked Ah Si to respond like this, there must be a reason.

Moreover, her mother-in-law is still there, and they have not separated. When they come to visit, they must meet her mother-in-law first.

However, I heard that Yuan Huiniang's parents were pretty good to her, and Yan Qingqing was not someone who cared about this, so she said to Li Xiniang, "Let's go to your sister-in-law's courtyard with me."

Yuan Huiniang's mother-in-law, Li Xinniang, also met her, so she followed Yan Qingqing.

Yuan Huiniang was naturally happy to see her mother and brother coming. She quickly asked them to sit down in the room, and then asked Du Ruxiu to serve them tea.

Mother Yuan looked at the decorations in her daughter's room and smiled and said: "Oh, it seems that your mother-in-law is very kind to you. Look at the things in your house that are worth a lot of money.

Our family is poor. When we married you to the Li family, we thought that they had a child. If you could become an official and part-time official in the future, you would be out of the farm family.

But who would have known later that your uncle turned out to be useless and did such a scandal. At that time, my mother regretted choosing such a marriage for you.

But I didn’t expect that your mother-in-law is actually a powerful person, and you are also lucky. "

After hearing this, Yuan Huiniang thought that Yuan's mother felt sorry for her, and when she heard Yuan's mother praising her mother-in-law, she smiled and said, "Yes, I have met the best mother-in-law in the world."

After Yuan Huiniang finished speaking, she glanced at her younger brother next to her and said with a smile: "Mom, when A Cong gets married in the future, you have to be a good mother-in-law."

Yuan Huiniang's younger brother is sixteen this year, and his name is Yuan Huicong. The Yuan family has few children, so although Yuan Huiniang was not as favored as her younger brother when she was in her parents' family, she was still more favored than the average girl's family.

Yuan Huiniang just said it casually, but unexpectedly, an unnatural look flashed across Yuan's mother's face. Yuan Huiniang was so happy that she didn't notice anything unusual about her mother.

Yuan Huicong on the side carefully looked at Yuan Huiniang's room and said, "My sister has been urging me to get married, but I have to have the woman be willing to do it."

Yuan Huiniang's eyes sparkled after hearing this and she said: "So A Cong has a girl he likes? Is it because they want a large dowry gift or something? If the dowry gift is not enough, my sister can get it for you."

Yuan Huicong didn't seem to appreciate it and turned his head to the side.

Mother Yuan said with some embarrassment: "Hui Niang, don't pay attention to him, he has the temper of a child."

Then he scolded Yuan Huicong: "What kind of attitude do you have? Your sister is pregnant. If you make her angry, you won't be able to achieve anything."

Yuan Huiniang has been in charge of the family for such a long time, and she has learned a lot of skills from Yan Qingqing. If her mother and her brother are in harmony, if she can't figure it out, she will be a young lady in vain.

But Yuan Huiniang believed that she had never treated her parents badly since her family's life became better. Her mother-in-law was generous and always asked her to remember her parents' kindness in raising her, so she would use her own money to supplement her parents' family from time to time.

However, Yuan Huiniang is a measured person. Her subsidy is just to make her mother's family live a better life, not to cover everything.

Since her mother and brother did not really come to visit her, Yuan Huiniang was not in a hurry.

He poured himself a glass of water and slowly sat aside, waiting for the two of them to make a move.