Winter is here.

When the cold wind was howling, Ah Sheng missed a plant—cotton.She has a sensitive constitution all her life, and the faint fishy smell on the fur always makes her want to sneeze.While the grandfather sighed, he ordered Ah Sheng's wolf fur coat to be put away, and hemmed her wool coat with rabbit down instead.

"The wind is just blowing now, and it's the first month, let me see what you do."

Those who can wear fur these days are wealthy families, but she dislikes the smell of fur, which is no one else.

Ah Sheng buried his head in his grandfather's chest and rubbed vigorously until the old man stopped worrying about his clothes.

Ah Sheng has bid farewell to crotch pants and diapers since this winter.She rubbed her nurse Zengshi to make some shorts for her as a change of underwear, and she was happy. These days, the loincloths, or the commonly known hakama and caskets, made Ah Sheng feel a strange sense of crisis. He always felt that they were Either it will disperse or it will disappear.

The maid and wet nurse beside Ah Sheng also gradually got used to the various weird demands of this little master.From the cloth pillows to the milk that must be drunk every day, the basic necessities of life are different from those of children in other families.Therefore, when Ah Sheng asked Zeng to make shorts, she had no objection and made them secretly without even Ding's and grandparents knowing.

Ah Sheng was very satisfied with this.

In a sense, this means that the little master himself is the object of Zan's allegiance, not the adults in the mansion.If someone is obedient, she will have a lot more room to display.

Ah Sheng can't order the maidservants, they belong to Fei Tinghou's residence.The wet nurse Shi Shi came here as a dowry with her mother, and with Ding Shi as her backer, no matter how respectful she is on the surface, she is not afraid of the little master in her heart.The little master is only three years old after the new year, and a sentence of "children are ignorant" can obliterate Ah Sheng's right to speak.If Ah Sheng hadn't been doted on by his grandfather, it's not certain who will call the shots between her and Shi Shi.

Only Zeng Shi, she is a free citizen, a wet nurse from the people, she is innocent without backing.As long as Ah Sheng says "I don't like her", she may be fired at any time.Ah Sheng didn't like to drink her milk when he was born, and then he started to eat complementary food early.Therefore, Zeng was always careful and took care of A Sheng's daily life wholeheartedly.

Grandpa knew this too.

At the beginning of November, Ah Sheng stole a volume of "The Analects" written by his grandfather, and asked Zeng to hide it in his clothes and take it back to his bedroom to read.The next day, Cao Teng called Zeng to question him.

Zeng's face turned red and held back for a long time, before she said: "Your maidservant can't tell the outside world what happened in Mr. Xiaolang's house."

Afterwards, Cao Teng patted Ah Sheng's little butt and said to her, "You didn't like Zeng when you were drinking milk, but now your eyesight is better."

Ah Sheng laughed "hehe", and then received a heavy blow on the buttocks.

"Be careful and think too much."

Ah Sheng pouted: "The room is full of people, only the mother of the Zen family considers me the master."

Cao Teng patted it hard again: "What do you want people to do?"

Asheng called Qu: "I just want to find some exotic flowers and plants from overseas in spring, and then make a small mill. When the beans come down, I can grind tofu for my grandfather. But let my mother know, and say I'm extravagant."

Cao Teng's hands stopped, and he helped Ah Sheng pull up his trousers and tidy his coat. "Tofu?"

"Hmm. Cooked tofu is different from the raw tofu on the market."

The grandfather thought for a while: "You and Ji Li will be three years old after the new year, and you should have your own people. Although your parents are here and don't divide the property, who's young man doesn't have many loyal servants? You pick a few people."

Ah Sheng hugged his grandfather and kissed him hard.

"Brother told me that he wanted a tall and strong guard who could hold him on his shoulders and let him pick persimmons."

Cao Teng just laughed: "Ji Li is getting more and more noisy. He is still young, so he wants to go to the house to pick tiles and run fast. Those maids are sweating profusely from his exhaustion every day. You should find someone who is strong to watch him."

"I want a craftsman who can make stone mills, and a gardener who knows how to do farm work."

"Yo, your requirements are high, so you have to find them slowly. A good craftsman is not willing to play tricks on a three-year-old little man. If he is not forced by life, he will also be arrogant."

Asheng blinked.

Grandfather immediately compromised: "In the past few years, there have been many famines in Zhili, Gyeonggi, and many people have sold themselves as slaves. If you look carefully, there are still some."

Famine?

Ah Sheng seemed to be vaguely aware of something.Although she didn't catch the clue in her head, something hidden in her blood sparked a small flame.

"If there are craftsmen among those who sell themselves into slavery, I will take them all. I don't want maidservants, only Zengshi is enough."

Cao Teng's gaze changed in an instant. He carefully looked at the infant in his arms, as if he was meeting her for the first time.Ah Sheng was pawing at his grandfather's lapel, his big black eyes were full of pure longing, and she had already begun to look at the things that could be manufactured under the current productivity: looms, curved plows, columbine wheels, water wheels, etc. Do you know if these things have been invented?But paper must not have been popularized, my grandfather was still using bamboo slips and cloth.

"You really are...a man's fate." Cao Teng sighed, "But no, buying too many people at once is too eye-catching. Aristocratic families also like to recruit craftsmen."

Oh.

Ah Sheng was depressed.There are also social restrictions.Then maybe the iron is too cold, and the emperor will be arrested as a rebel.She still has to start by planting flowers and grass. A real industry cannot start without a stable base that is as high as the sky and far away from the emperor.

"It's good that you like reading books." Grandfather continued, "Have you understood "The Analects of Confucius?"

A Sheng: ...I thought the matter of stealing books had already been exposed.

"When the year is free, I will start teaching you how to read."

Ah Sheng shook his short legs: "Brother, can you also read?"

"Yes. Grind his temper. Grandfather is running out of time, and he will teach you more while he is still healthy."

Ah Sheng's eyes widened in shock: "Grandfather! Grandfather will live a long life!"

Cao Teng smiled, put her on the ground and drove out: "Go and play with Geely. You will rely on him in the future, get along with him more, don't go too fast."

A Sheng was hugged by Zeng Shi, and walked back to her and her brother's courtyard with three steps.

The first snow of the year fell last night. Although it was only a thin layer, it made people feel cold.Ah Sheng was wrapped in a thick cloak that he didn't know what it was made of, and sat cross-legged at the door watching the snow scene.Charcoal is being burned in the house, and spices are roasted on the charcoal fire, and the warmth makes people feel dizzy.

Ji Li came in stepping on the snow, took off her wooden shoes and changed her socks, then ran to Ah Sheng's side and pinched her face with frozen red fingers.He recently had a problem with pinching people's faces. "Why is Ruyi unhappy?"

Ah Sheng shivered from the cold. "No."

"Liar, you are clearly unhappy."

"Brother, I'm telling you, frozen persimmons are especially delicious."

Ji Li's eyes lit up: "I'll let Ms. Li do it."

"The mother of the Li family is less than thirty, so is it appropriate for you to call her Miss Li?"

Ji Li opened his hands and pulled the flesh on A Sheng's face: "My wet nurse, I can call you whatever I like."

Ah Sheng: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

Ji Li: "I'm older than you, you have to listen to me, and you have to be called Ms. Li."

Ah Sheng: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

Zen couldn't see it anymore, and came to rescue Ah Sheng, but was slapped by Ji Li.In the beginning, Ah Sheng was just playing around with his twin brothers, but at this point he put on a serious face, and opened his small hands to block Zen's body: "The mother of the Zen family belongs to me, hitting her is hitting me."

Ji Li didn't lose face, she sat aside and sulked: "She's just a servant."

Ah Sheng said loudly: "Who taught you that you can beat people casually? Grandpa never beat anyone casually! If you don't apologize for today's matter, I will not play with you."

Geely also became popular and said loudly: "If you don't play, don't play!"

The two little bean dings were sitting at both ends of the bed, their necks were tilted at 90 degrees, and they pretended not to look at each other.

The more Ji Li thought about it, the more wronged he became. His sweet-smelling Ruyi turned against him because of an old woman. Although he was wrong for beating someone, he didn't do it on purpose.As a result, Ruyi persisted and went online.His eyes turned red thinking about it.

Ah Sheng felt wronged too.In this miserable feudal era, even children have the thought of ignoring human life.The key is that none of the maids and maids around think that brother is wrong, they all think that she is making a fuss out of a molehill.If he poked at his mother, he probably felt that she was wrong.The most enlightened grandpa is getting old again, and he doesn't know what will happen in the future.Tears fell as I thought about it, my little nose was red and twitched.

Ji Li heard that the voice was wrong, and couldn't hold it back for a long time, and ran over to take a look, okay, my baby sister has snot and tears all over her face.His temper came and went quickly, he immediately imitated his grandmother and hugged her to coax her: "Ruyi, be good, stop crying, I was wrong."

He said it twice, and found that he couldn't hug Ah Sheng like an adult, so he ran up to A Sheng, made a ridiculous face, and pulled his own cheek flesh.

Ah Sheng sniffled: "You have to tell the Zen family's mother that you won't beat her for no reason in the future."

Ji Li seemed a little reluctant, but still apologized to Zeng.Zeng didn't dare to accept it, so he knelt on the ground and gave a big gift to Ji Li and Ru Yi.

The matter has been successfully resolved here, and even the treatment of Li Shi, the auspicious wet nurse, has been improved. At least he no longer calls her "Mrs. Li".

Ji Li is still very smart, he can keenly perceive the nature of the problem.The key to Ah Sheng's anger was not "the person who moved her", but "being unkind to the servant".Since Ah Sheng minded, at least on the face of it, he wanted to be a kinder master.

However, the bad day is not over yet.

When Ah Sheng and his elder brother were digging up frozen persimmons with small spoons, Ding's main courtyard was in chaos.In the dark night, candles were lit, and the little maid came to report the news, and then the servants in the house became panicked.Most of them have Ding's brand on their bodies.They don't panic when the two little masters quarrel, but they panic when Ding has something to do.

"What's wrong?" Ah Sheng raised his head and asked.

The wet nurse Shi Shi is now the chief steward of the twins' home.She reported uneasily: "Mr. Lang beat someone in his wife's room, saying that...he said that...a poisonous snake entered Mrs. Zhang's room."

"Winter, poisonous snake?"

Shi Shi gritted her teeth and cried: "You two gentlemen, this lowly maidservant Zhang Shi is going to kill Madam."

Ji Li frowned, and he gradually became sensible, and vaguely realized that he and his mother were more intimate than other people.

Asheng looked indifferently at the mourning maidservants in the room, and knocked on the table with his hands: "Why are you crying? Did you hurt anyone? Did you die? How many were hurt? How is Mrs. Zhang's child? Who was beaten in the mother's room?" For what reason was beaten? How is mother? Did grandparents know? Did you ask the doctor for medicine?"

Maids: ...

Shi Shi: "...these are still unclear."

Ji Li was angry. "I don't know why you are crying." He was more and more able to keep up with his sister's brain circuit, "Ruyi is a hundred times prettier than you when she cries, and she only knows how to cry. Ruyi is enough. What use are you guys? what to do."

Ah Sheng: ...Although the reasoning is correct, I am not satisfied with the way you express it, bro.

Cao Teng and Wu's reaction was quick, and they temporarily sent two people to take care of the matter, and they barely survived the night.Ah Sheng and his brother lay side by side on the bed.My brother was already snoring a little, but Ah Sheng still couldn't sleep with his eyes open.

Her family is not an aristocratic family.

She felt this sentence very clearly.She is not a liberal arts student, but she has vaguely heard people say that in ancient times, whether a family is a family can be seen from the servants.And the family she belongs to has been established for too short a time, and the background is too shallow, and the courtyard of the eldest grandson is full of loopholes.

The road is long.

Ah Sheng secretly leaned his head on his brother's shoulder.

Comrade Geely, we are facing great revolutionary difficulties.

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