The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 81

This year of the Yang family has been simple but not simple.

Although the second master was unable to return to Suzhou, he also sent people to bring back a lot of New Year's goods graciously.In previous years, he was not so generous.

The New Year's goods sent back not only include local products from central Beijing, but also expensive furniture and valuable decorations...

"Second brother is too careful." The old man couldn't laugh or cry.

The second master is not very optimistic about his future in Beijing.

I was worried that if the Grand Master fell and he was implicated and demoted back to his hometown, it would be difficult to deal with these valuable items.

The news from Beijing is getting closer and closer day by day, and the struggle between Concubine Hui and the Empress seems to have reached the moment when the emperor is not safe.

Everyone has been anxious for a whole year.

The eldest wife was busy arranging the new year's goods at home, and was busy socializing with all the ladies, and worried that the second lady's delivery day was coming, so she double ordered the new year's goods to send.After only five days, I felt dizzy and nauseous, coughing and wheezing hard, and after a few days, I finally couldn't get out of bed, so I had to entrust the second wife to socialize on behalf of the Yang family.

Everyone knew that the eldest wife was ill, and they didn't dare to come to disturb her. The young children of the Yang family lived a quiet year.

Qin Niangzi asked the eldest wife to take turns to give the servants in the yard a holiday. "It's not easy all year round. There are too many things to do in the twelfth lunar month. This year's first month is free, so let's take three days off in rotation."

The servants of the West Side Courtyard were naturally smiling, the ninth brother and the fifth lady were not to be outdone, they all gave their maids a holiday, and for a while, everyone in the mansion praised the seventh lady as a kind person.

Qin Niangzi told Bai Lu secretly, "Go and check on Xiaoxue and Chu Shu...you are also the little sisters who came out together. It's not good for people to say that you are happy, and there will be no one in your eyes."

In addition to the new clothes and rewards given by the mansion as usual, Bai Lu and Li Xia also got two new clothes from Qin Niangzi, a few hairpins and a "holiday fee" of five taels of silver.Even if this treatment is in the lady's house, it can only be compared with the grain rain and spring equinox in the Wu Niangzi's house.

Bai Lu comprehended and agreed.

Seventh Lady comforted Li Xia again, "When Bai Lu comes back, I will let you rest immediately."

Li Xia has no objections at all, "Sister Bailu is old, and she came from the wife's house, so of course we must do our best for her first."

Qin Niangzi was full of admiration, wishing to pat Li Xia's head and praise her for being eager to learn and make progress.

This girl can understand this level, which shows that she has benefited.

Then he opened the money box again, found a small silver ingot of two taels and stuffed it for Li Xia, "Don't think too little."

Li Xia didn't accept it, "You have already rewarded it."

Qin Niangzi rewarded the four third-class maids in the yard, the two rough envoys each with one tael of silver, and the two stewardess mothers who usually don’t care about anything, but they also got four taels of silver—all for two months. monthly case.Their two second-class maids were originally worth four taels of silver, so it was an exception to be rewarded with five taels of silver.

Qin Niangzi gave her another month's monthly prescription in private. If Bai Lu knew about it, how embarrassing would it be?
"If you tell you to take it, you can take it." Seventh Lady lowered her face, "I also have a lot of you here... Go back and get Uncle Zhou a drink."

Li Xia had no choice but to put the silver into his purse silently.

Qin Niangzi's current economic situation is not what it used to be.

She has always been frugal, and in the past two years, she has not had any other income except to help the Feng family on a regular basis during the holidays.

After Feng Jin won the case, the harvest of the Feng family's land has been good in the past two years. This year, Mrs. Feng specially asked Mrs. Zhou to send some exquisite clothes over, and asked Mrs. Seven not to send money over - the Feng family has already Can be self-sufficient.

The eldest wife is really not stingy when it comes to money, she usually pays ten taels of silver for odds and ends.

Now Qin Niangzi's private house actually has 300 taels of silver.

It is also a small fortune!

Among the people, there are many people who kill people for two taels of silver, and 300 taels of silver is already a very rich family affair.

Among the daughters of the Yang family, Liu Niangzi has the least money in her hands.

The third lady and the fourth lady are naturally taken care of by the fourth concubine, and the fourth concubine is also naturally taken care of by the elder.Only the seventh aunt hadn't been favored for many years, and the sixth lady only had a monthly report to deliver on time.Although it can't be said that they are stretched, they are tight, and the expenses for food and clothing all depend on the little bit of official status.

Seventh Lady has long wanted to help Sixth Lady.

However, they are all sisters. Speaking of which, Liu Niangzi is still an older sister. How to do this favor so as not to embarrass everyone needs to be carefully considered.

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When Bai Lu went home for vacation, Qin Niangzi had no choice but to take Li Xia for a walk.

Although Li Xia has two or three years of qualifications, he usually just works in the house with peace of mind, and really rarely goes out of the west side courtyard, even less to walk around the main room.

Inevitably there is some stage fright.

Seventh Lady didn't tell the truth, during the few days when Bai Lu was away, she either took her to Yuelai Hall and Xiao Xiangxue to talk to the sisters, or took her into the main room to serve the eldest wife.

Over time, Li Xia gradually straightened his back.

After all, she has a calm temperament, not a frivolous person who can't wait for the platform.Although his words and deeds are still young, but with the help of Lidong and Lichun to take care of him, he quickly understood the rules on the table.

Qin Niangzi was very pleased to see it.

If Li Xia can't serve on the table, Bai Lu can't be liberated.

She still has a lot of things she wants to ask Bai Lu to do...

It's time for Lixia to learn how to handle things under the table...

Qin Niangzi was thinking, and brought Li Xia into the main room.

Mama Wang and Mama Liang came out together by lifting the curtain.

"Seventh Lady!" Liang's mother smiled all over her face.

Mama Wang also showed a rare smile, "Seventh Lady."

Qin Niangzi took the hands of the two mothers, first asked about the kitten in Wang's house, and then greeted the puppy in Liang's house.

After socializing with the two mothers, she left Li Xia outside to talk to a few little maids, and went into the east room by herself.

There is a strong smell of medicine in the east room.

The coughing sound of the eldest lady came through the curtain, a little muffled.

Wu Niangzi and Jiu Ge sat side by side by the window, talking in a low voice.

The seventh lady stepped forward a few steps, greeted the eldest lady, and saluted the fifth lady.

"Fifth sister."

Fifth Lady nodded sharply, "Are you here?"

Brother Nine couldn't wait to tell Qiniangzi, "There's a fight in the north!"

"Ah!" Seventh Lady was startled.

Unexpectedly, Xu Fengjia came to mind.

Didn't you hear that he was training soldiers at the border with Duke Ping?

This is called military training, but in fact, it is to prepare for help... If there is a war on the border, Duke Ping will definitely stay and take charge of the overall situation.

"Why did you start fighting?" She couldn't help asking.

The eldest lady shook her head feebly.

"Bei Rong has always intended to offend the frontier. Although the harvest in the south of the Yangtze River was not good last year, it was still passable, but there was no grass growing in their Mobei, so how could they not fight..." She said with a sigh of relief. "Don't talk nonsense when you go back. This is an urgent battle report from eight hundred miles. If your father didn't want to mobilize food and grass to transport to the northwest, we wouldn't know..."

In ancient times, the transmission of information was not fast, and the distance between Northwest and Jiangnan was thousands of miles. If the government deliberately blocked the news, I am afraid that the people in Jiangnan would not know about the turmoil in the Northwest in half a year.

"There should be nothing wrong with my hometown!" Ninth Brother murmured somewhat worriedly.

"Baoji goes deep into the hinterland, so nothing serious will happen." The eldest lady understood very well.

Seeing that the eldest lady wanted to get up, Qin Niangzi hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and took the sinking cup brought by Lidong, and served the eldest lady to drink a few sips of tea.

Wu Niangzi and Ninth Brother both fell silent, waiting to hear what the eldest lady would say.

The eldest lady sighed from the bottom of her heart.

This person is at the most vulnerable time when he is sick.

A pair of sons and daughters are right in front of her, talking and laughing... No one knows to step forward to serve her.

Really spoiled for choice.

Looking at Qin Niangzi's eyes, he couldn't help but become tender. "However... it's hard to say. I heard from your father that this time the Bei Rong is coming so aggressively, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to dismiss."

Seventh Lady didn't seem to realize it, she put the sinker cup aside, took out her handkerchief and carefully wiped off the water stains on the corners of the eldest lady's lips.

"I'm afraid I'm used to it in the clan." Finally, Wu Niangzi knew how to take pictures of cats and tigers, and when she saw the servant girl bringing in the freshly fried medicine, she stepped forward to take the black porcelain bowl. "Burning it carefully."

(End of this chapter)