In Hongxia Courtyard, the sound of reading loudly could be heard soon.
There is a purple incense burner in the middle, with smoke slowly lingering around it, emitting a faint aroma.
Wei Jingwei was sitting at the top, holding the account book of this month's fields and shops in her hand, while Brother Cheng was shaking his head while reading at the table below.
"In the beginning, human beings are inherently good. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart."
He had been studying the Three-Character Sutra for many days, and ended up memorizing it back and forth, only to see him repeating these few words on the wheel. Upon hearing it, it seems that I don’t even bother to memorize it on weekdays.
Wei Jingwei put down the account book in her hand, picked up the tea that Lian'er had just brewed, took a sip and asked, "Brother Cheng, do you know what Xi Xiangyuan's next sentence is?"
Mei Yunli, who was sitting at the bottom, was suddenly touched. His eyes rolled around, but his mouth opened and closed, and he couldn't squeeze out a single word for a long time.
"If you don't teach, your nature will change."
Mei Yuanli nodded repeatedly, "Mother, I remember."
"Then do you know what the first few sentences mean?"
"..."
Questions came one after another, but he couldn't answer any of them, and he suddenly became impatient.
"Mom, I have been reading for half an hour, and you have been watching over me for a long time, which is also hard work. Can you let me rest for a while?"
His face was naturally fair, and he had lived a pampered life in the Mei family. He no longer had the embarrassment and timidity he had when they first met him.
The eyes are bright, with some cunning and mischief.
He is also used to saying nice things to coax people, no wonder his wife likes him.
"Okay, let's do it this way. After reading this for today, go back and bring me some of the dictation sheets you memorized today. You still have to understand the meaning. Can you do it?"
Brother Cheng felt as if he had received an amnesty, he bowed hurriedly and said, "I can do it, kid."
As he spoke, he greeted the two boys beside him and ran outside with a smile.
Wei Jingwei looked at his innocent and romantic back, the corners of her lips raised.
She knew Mei Yunli's temperament very well. He was the only young master in the family. Everyone respected him, doted on him, and allowed him. His wife took the lead and used him to be lawless. If she doesn't watch over and supervise him from time to time, this person will definitely not take the initiative to learn because of his great playfulness.
But he was really smart. In his last life, he had asked others to do his homework several times, but he almost didn't notice.
I only discovered it when I accidentally bumped into his room one day.
For this, she gave him a severe lesson before breaking him over.
In this life, she won't do it anymore.
After the people left, Wei Jingwei changed her clothes, called Lian'er and Su'er and said, "Have someone prepare the horse, I want to go out."
"Yes, miss."
When she walked to the door of the yard, she saw Ma San guarding her yardmen at the door.
Seeing her coming, he bowed his head and saluted from afar.
She frowned and asked, "I remember that my mother gave me a few people besides you. Where are they now?"
Ma San looked up, his wrinkled and weathered face a little sad.
He sniffed before speaking slowly: "The slave was lucky enough to be assigned to drive and feed the horses. The other brothers...one was responsible for emptying the bucket, one was responsible for pruning the branches in the yard, and the other... ..When I refused, I was beaten by my wife, and now my legs and feet are still weak.”
Wei Jingwei's eyes grew colder, okay, the servant she brought as a dowry was actually treated like this by the Mei family.
In her previous life, she thought she came to the Mei family and was the Mei family. She immediately handed over the management of the servants, guards, etc. to them, and has never had to ask anything about it since.
Who knew they would end up like this!
"Go and ask them to stop doing that work. Since they are my servants, guard this yard for me and don't let anyone else come in and out at will. For the injured one, take fifty taels of silver notes and be sure to find him. The best doctor cures him."
Ma San originally thought that the lady was just asking casually, but he didn't expect that the situation of himself and others would suddenly change.
Busy bowed his head to thank.
The carriage made a clicking sound as it walked on the stone road.
After a while, he stopped in front of a makeup shop on the street.
Wei Jingwei was supported by two maids as she slowly got out of the carriage. When the shopkeeper saw that she was coming, he hurriedly came out to greet her.
"Miss, you haven't been to the store for a long time. Why are you here today?"
The shopkeeper is the person Wei Jingwei's mother used before. She inherited her mother's dowry, and the shopkeeper will naturally take care of it.
She looked up at the shop and found that there were very few things on the shelves, just a few scattered items.
He turned around and asked, "Shopkeeper, what's going on?"
The shopkeeper followed her gaze and smiled bitterly, "Miss, you don't know yet?"
Wei Jingwei remained silent and motioned for him to continue.
"The lady from the Mei family comes to the shop every two days to pick up things, or she brings some ladies from the aristocratic families... She said it was your idea, how can I collect her money?"
The shopkeeper is feeling miserable!
This shop was originally located in a prosperous place, so it wouldn't have ended up in the sloppy state it has now.
But I can't bear the fact that the girl from the Mei family comes to exploit me every three days!
Once or twice is enough, it comes all the time, even if he wants to manage it well, he is unable to do so.
Wei Jingwei understood what he meant, and immediately said in a cold voice: "If she comes back from now on, she will tell me what I want, and she will not be allowed to take away anything worth ten cents from the store."
The shopkeeper was happy when he heard this, but for a moment he was confused, "Well... if the lady from Mei Mansion forced it..."
Wei Jingwei smiled.
"If you force me, report it to the official!"
When the shopkeeper heard what she said, he felt confident and didn't ask any more questions. Just nod yes.
"Look, I came up with this recipe. The powder and cream are different from the original ones. The previous ones could only make the color of my daughter's skin look better, but now this one can make the original skin look better." Even better, if you make good use of it, you can definitely make us a lot of money."
Wei Jingwei took out the powder formula she had researched and handed it to him.
The shopkeeper has been in this business for a long time. He took a look at this recipe and knew it was good stuff.
He said in an excited tone: "The young man will tell you immediately to make this thing."
Wei Jingwei thought for a while, "This is just my initial recipe. Your price is half a percent higher than the ordinary ones. I will give you others later."
She vaguely remembered another kind of ointment that the lady mentioned, but the materials for that kind were more troublesome and she had to spend some time.
"yes."
After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, Wei Jingwei got on the carriage and left. When she walked to a store, she saw three golden words on the signboard, Wanbao Tower.
Suddenly I remembered that that day at Liu's house, we were talking about dressing up.
Now that she is reborn, she must treat herself well. You can't be the same as in the previous life, dressing like a slave from Xin Zheku all day long.
She ordered the carriage to stop and walked in with the people.
