Daiyu's stepmother is not easy to be

July [-] is Muxiu, and Lin Hai also rests at home.

Wen Jiao just helped Yinglian up, and the two of them said a few words, and then a girl came in to report: "Master asked Madam and Miss Lian if they had finished talking. If they finished, Madam, please go over and have something to say."

Yinglian is a niece and Lin Hai is an uncle.As an aunt, Wen Jiao can go in and out of her niece's boudoir, but Lin Hai has to avoid it.That's why he didn't come in person, but sent someone to send a message.

Wen Jiao got up and complained, "What can happen at this time, please call someone over."

Yinglian laughed and said, "Uncle only rests for ten days, so it's because he misses Auntie."

The girls in the room all laughed, Wen Jiao tapped her nose and said with a smile: "You girl. Hey, that's all. At this time, Yu'er must have finished her business, so it's time to come here. Let's play together first. Come on, I'm going."

It was decided that Yinglian would leave Beijing on the ninth day of August. A month ago, Wen Jiao stopped her work as a housekeeper and arranged the Hengwu Garden where she lived and the houses in her mansion very festively, so that she could feel at ease. Pack up the dowry and prepare for marriage.The housekeeper's business is that Daiyu looks at Lu Qingxue.

Because he didn't know what Lin Hai had to say, Wen Jiao walked a little faster, and didn't take the opportunity to enjoy the scenery.

When it comes to Qiushuangzhai—the garden gathers water, and it is cooler in summer than in the mansion.The older girls lived in the garden, and Lin Hai and Wen Jiao also chose one of the gardens to live in for the summer.

But there are plantains and phoenix trees planted in the courtyard of Qiao'er Qiushuangzhai. It is very cool in summer and the place is big enough. There are three Xiaocui halls in the front, three living rooms in the back, and a few rooms next to it. Wen Jiao, Lin Hai, Feiyu, and a big push girl woman are both close to Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion and the Yihong Courtyard reserved for Feiyu, so Lin Hai and Wen Jiao lived here.

Although Qingyu and her sisters are male and female, but she is still young, so it doesn't hinder her, and she is also studying in Daoxiang Village on Mu's holiday.

Lin Hai once said: "Although this Daoxiang Village was built by manpower, there are no mountains, villages or walls in the distance, but such a place has been forcibly built in a rich and noble town, and some mulberry, elm, rice, wheat, poultry, birds, etc. are planted in it, which is also called sapphire. After studying, look at what the five grains are, and know that a drink and a meal are hard to come by. Don't be born rich, just be dazzled by wealth."

Wen Jiao very much agrees with Lin Hai's educational philosophy. She taught the girls also taught the common people the trivial matters of life.

How much is the high-quality rice and noodles eaten at home, and how much is the ordinary rice eaten by ordinary people? A few meters can make enough meals for a family of three or five.How much rice is left to make a bowl of thick porridge, and what kind of meals the poorest people eat.

How much is the market price of the clothes that are often worn at home, and some of them are even priceless. Just one of her gowns, which was ordered by the Duke of the State, required many embroiderers to carefully weave.

But ordinary people in Beijing have a passable family, and they wear two new cotton clothes a year, and the poorer families have patches on their clothes.In an ordinary family with more children, a piece of clothing can be worn from the oldest brother to the youngest sister.

After the three girls heard this, Lu Qing was fine, while Daiyu and Yinglian (Yinglian was abducted when she was young and raised by the abductor, and she didn't know much about the outside world) were all shocked.

The children had a discussion first, and felt that there were so many people in Dayan who were living so hard (Wen Jiao gave a lecture based on the official data he learned from Lin Hai), but they lived a rich life. Next, it really has the meaning of "rich wine and meat stink".

But Daiyu immediately said: "No, what I said is wrong. Although our family is rich and honored, we have never done anything bad. The food is always ready to eat, and what we can't finish is rewarded. Clothes, footwear, and socks are destroyed without wearing one.”

Lu Qing also said: "That's right, and even though our family is rich, we didn't get it by raiding the common people. My wife also donates money and rice noodles to various charity halls every year, and people outside don't know about it."

Daiyu nodded, and said again: "Furthermore, although some people were so extravagant in the past few years, but in recent years, these officials have been dismounted, and even the palace has practiced frugality. Who would dare to be extravagant?"

"It's just that the Holy Majesty works diligently for the people, and the officials are clear and clear. How come there are still so many people in Dayan who can't even eat enough?"

Daiyu asked in doubt, Yinglian and Lu Qing also frowned in thought.

Wen Jiao didn't expect that a butler training could cause the children to think like this, and she was happy to see it, so she didn't remind them, and she didn't let her thoughts imprison the children, and let them let go of their own thinking.

Yinglian first said something like "the world is in harmony", but Lu Qing said: "It sounds good to say that everyone is the same, but I think it is nothing more than a fantasy. If everyone is really able to be the same, how come it has been two or three thousand since I said this? Years later, are there still people who commit crimes and break the law?"

"Besides, even if the world is really unified, the things in each family are still their own. The Zhang family works hard every day, and they collect a lot of food throughout the year, so they have no worries about food and clothing. The Li family is a bunch of lazy people who only eat and don't work. , just waiting for the autumn harvest to go to the Zhang family to rub grain. It has been a long time, and the Zhang family is not a saint, so how can we not bother?"

Yinglian nodded and said: "Qing'er is right. But according to this, the poor people in Dayan are not all lazy."

"I read in the dossier that some people have worked hard all their lives to build a family business. A natural disaster or a serious illness will make the family impoverished again. Even if the natural disaster is over, the government's assistance is incomparable with that in the prime of life. What should I do if I’m waiting?”

Wen Jiao almost blurted out the words "Go to insurance", but after seeing the children's dresses and hair on the kang, she silently closed her mouth again.

Yinglian's question sparked a new round of discussion.Daiyu thought for a while, and said: "As long as the food and clothing that the people need in their daily life is cheap enough... For example, in Zhenguan, a bucket of rice costs only a few dollars, and the people don't have to worry about food and clothing. "

"It's just that the world is peaceful now. Although there are foreign enemies, they have not stepped into the border of Dayan for 20 years. In terms of the number of acres of good land and the yield per mu, this dynasty is much more than that of Zhenguan. Why is it now..."

Daiyu didn't finish the last sentence due to taboo, but both Wen Jiao and Yinglian and Lu Qing understood what it meant.

Yinglian said slowly: "I remember that in the 13th year of Zhenguan, the population of the Tang Dynasty was only over [-] million, that is, in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it was only [-] million, and at that time a bucket of rice was worth more than ten yuan."

"The larger the population, the more difficult it is to feed the people of the whole country. Today's population of Dayan is almost twice that of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. Now the territory is not as large as that of the Tang Dynasty, but the population has increased a lot. If you think about it, there are more good fields. , the yield per mu has also increased a lot, and it is even more difficult to feed these people than it was in Tang Dynasty."

Both Daiyu and Lu Qing nodded in agreement.Daiyu said: "Ordinary women can have one child in two to three years, but ordinary people's families can't afford so many children. If they can't sell them, the child will die. So from ancient times to the present, infanticide It happens all the time.”

"Things like this among the people of Dayan are still rare. It can be seen that although the people live a difficult life, it is not too difficult. Nowadays, the Ministry of Household Affairs in the Central Government develops new varieties every few years, and the rice fields in the south of the Yangtze River can be harvested twice a year. , Didn’t you say that you are still developing three-ripening rice?”

"So if you want to feed more people and let more people live better, you have to work hard on improving technology."

Therefore, the children who understood the truth that "technology is the primary productive force" a few years ago saw live chickens and ducks this year, raised poultry for a few days, and used farm tools to weed the rice fields once. , I have a better understanding of what is called "every grain is hard work".

In short, Wen Jiao did not believe that some of the children raised according to this method would be extravagant and dissipated, and grow up to be useless prodigal sons who are useless in the country and family.

As for whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for girls to know so much but not allow them to display their talents, Wen Jiao can only think this way:

It is better to live a life sober than a life in a daze.

Back at Qiushuangzhai, before he stepped into the door, he heard Feiyu shouting: "Big rooster! I want to find a big cock! My brother is playing with a big cock! I'm going to play too!"

Then it was Lin Hai who was half helpless and half laughing and coaxed: "This dad doesn't count, but your mother has the final say. Mother will be back soon, huh?"

As soon as Lin Hai finished speaking, girls and women greeted Wen Jiao one after another.

Feiyu heard it, and immediately ran out from the door, ran to Wen Jiao in small steps, looked up at Wen Jiao's face, saluted in a polite manner, and begged pitifully: "Mother, Muxiu, I want to go Daoxiangcun is playing with my brother."

Wen Jiao raised his eyebrows and looked at Feiyu for a while, then looked at this girl with a guilty conscience and bowed his head, then turned his head and said: "Gu Yu, take the second girl to Daoxiang Village to play for a while. Let the second girl's people follow, and she is not allowed to recruit chickens. Funny goose."

She said to Feiyu again: "It's okay to play with my brother, but don't provoke those chickens and ducks, especially geese! If not, you will be pecked and cry again, but no one will coax you."

Fei Yu curled her lips, but felt her mother's eyes, and immediately became very obedient again, obediently said: "Father, mother, then I'll go find my brother." Fang Yougu Yu held hands and went out the door.

Seeing that Feiyu had disappeared, Wen Jiao looked at Lin Hai who had walked to her earlier, and asked with a smile, "Why don't you stop me from going, and make me a bad person?"

Lin Hai took Wen Jiao's hand, helped her to sit on the couch in the room respectfully, and made tea and snacks for her, and sighed with a smile: "Hey, I can still be cruel to Qingyu, but looking at Feiyu, I really can't bear it." yes……"

Wen Jiaobai glanced at him, picked a piece of snack and ate it slowly, and asked: "I was sent back early in the morning, just because Feiyu couldn't go out to play? What's the matter, tell me quickly. I'm leaving Beijing, and I want to spend more time with my children."

Lin Hai waved his hand, and the people in the room filed out, and closed the door again, before he opened his mouth solemnly: "Yue Niang, I suddenly thought of something. Qing'er is born on the second day of September, and this year is also the year of Jiji .”

"But the children left Beijing on the ninth day of August, and Yinglian was on the sixth day of September. They were in such a hurry. Didn't they get Qing'er's Ji Ji gifts in the way?"

"So I think it's better for you to go there together. On the one hand, give Qing'er a proper wedding ceremony. On the other hand, doesn't Yueniang always want to walk more and see some places? Take this opportunity to visit Bohai Sea, isn't it also very interesting?" good?"

Wen Jiao stared at Lin Hai for a while with the eyes of Feiyu, and asked with a smile: "Oh? Listen to what you said, it's cheaper for both. It's just that this time Yinglian is out of the pavilion, and Yu'er and Qing'er are going to marry. If I go again, Who cares about these things at home?"

"Do you think we should let Qingyu be the housekeeper or Feiyu be the master? Or is it that Ruhai's new official has been in office for several months, and it's just before the end of the year, and he's still free, why don't you take care of me every day?"

Lin Hai looked away, stroked his beard and said: "According to the calculation, Yueniang will only go for two months at most. It is probably not a big deal. Before you leave, give me the board of directors list. I can check it every day. After all, it is still Qing'er." The rites of marriage are important."

Wen Jiao looked away at Lin Hai, and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about Qing'er's wedding ceremony. I've prepared a letter for Qing'er to take to Mrs. Lu, Governor of Bohai Sea, and asked her to help take care of Qing'er's wedding ceremony. thing."

"Besides, Yu'er is also there. Her ability is no worse than mine. What is there to worry about?"

"Or..." Wen Jiao got off the couch, walked in front of Lin Hai, put his hands on his shoulders, caught Lin Hai's dodging eyes and asked with a smile: "What Ru Hai is worried about is not Qing'er's ceremony at all, is it? "

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Come on~ double update tomorrow =w=

At present, there are Daiyu (the main text only writes about Yinglian’s wedding), Su Wenjun, Baoyu, and Princess Gengxiao.

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