After she fell asleep, she couldn't sleep for a long time. Although she had no feelings for this husband, since she married him, she was born as a member of the Mo family and died as a ghost of the Mo family. No matter how dissatisfied I am, I can only swallow it and endure it like tears.
She drifted off to sleep very late that night, but Gao Huichun had already woken up as soon as the sky dawned - rich people have a lot of work to do in the morning. It is nothing more than regulating water and fire, serving the parents-in-law and husband, even if it is a house of slaves and maids, this is the daughter-in-law's daily homework. Especially in the morning and dusk, it is the most important thing.
The Mo family was not originally a wealthy family. Before Mo Rongxin's father was elected, he was just an ordinary citizen, and his family was a merchant. It wasn't until the old man of the Mo family won the imperial examination that he began to tremble, and he could be considered a decent "gentleman". Although Mo Rongxin didn't even get admitted as a scholar, he could barely maintain his dignity by donating himself as a supervisor. However, in the eyes of the "decent gentry" in Guangzhou City, his family can only be regarded as "Xibei goods". There are even those who deeply hate his family and directly call the Mo family the "Boot-breaking Party". Someone else made a slogan for his family: "The father is a eunuch and the son is a beggar." It's just that the Mo family has controlled Wenlan Academy for decades, has money in their hands, and both father and son generations are good at dancing. Finally, they have not been openly kicked out of the ranks of "Jin gentry". However, the first-class Jin gentry in Guangzhou City has come from Don't associate with them. If I have something to do with the academy, I only talk to the mountain chief.
Probably because they were despised by the "genuine" Jin gentry, the Mo family attached great importance to "advance and retreat with etiquette" and desperately wanted to prove that they were "heirlooms of poetry and calligraphy." When she first married into the Mo family, she suffered a lot for this set of "etiquette". She was ridiculed by her sisters-in-law, teased by her father-in-law's concubines, and even the disgraced maid in the family secretly called her "Miss Hanako." ".
After these few years, Gao Huichun was finally able to find fault with his etiquette. She got up early in the morning, washed and dressed up, and went to her father-in-law's main room to say good morning as usual.
Gao Huichun entered the courtyard with her maid, and saw that the door to the main room had been opened. She was slightly surprised - despite Mo Rongxin's "etiquette", he was actually very lewd every night. I have to go to bed around three o'clock in the morning, so I naturally can't get up early in the morning. Sometimes I don't go home at all after traveling abroad. So the Mo family made a new trick, the juniors came to greet An and refused to enter the main room. Just kowtow on the porch and that’s it.
Unexpectedly, my father-in-law had already gotten up today, and I saw him sitting in the middle, being served breakfast by his third aunt, but his expression was not good, and he was a little innocent.
Gao Huichun went in and kowtowed. Morong Xin nodded and said, "Get up."
The next logical thing to say was, "Go ahead." Mo Xinrong didn't say this, and Gao Huichun didn't dare to leave on his own. He had no choice but to lower his hands and wait for instructions.
It took a long time before the father-in-law asked openly, "Huichun, is your father in good health recently?"
This surprised her a little: it was neither a new year nor a holiday, and it was not a courtesy on the occasion, so why did her father-in-law care about her father's health?
In fact, she had no way of knowing whether Gao Tianshi was in good health or not. Gao Huichun rarely goes back to her parents' home, only once or twice a year. Moreover, Gao Tianshi didn't care much about her. After returning, he only kowtowed as usual. There was nothing else to say between father and daughter. Except for knowing a little bit about his father when talking to his mother, he is almost like a stranger.
But she couldn't help but reply. He quickly said: "Thank you sir, my father is still in good health."
"It's been a long time since you've been in Guining." Mo Rongxin put down the spoon in his hand, took the small Australian towel handed by the third aunt and wiped his mouth, "You will be in Guining for a few days. By the way, you can also bring some gifts back."
Now Gao Huichun was even more confused. Why was she suddenly asked to go home to visit relatives on this special day? Since it was her father-in-law's intention, she naturally couldn't ask why. It would be nice to go back, at least I could talk to my mother about myself.
I thanked him immediately and left. Not long after returning to the room, I saw the butler leading people to pick up loads of gifts. As usual, when the daughter-in-law returns home to Ning, the gifts she brings are nothing more than "water gifts" such as roasted goose, various fine cakes, and at most some silk rulers. However, this time not only the water ceremony was the same as before, but there were also many Suzhou and Hangzhou silk ribbons. Expensive gifts such as Yangguang groceries, including two pounds of Liaodong ginseng. Gao Huichun took a quick look and saw that the gift was worth more than five hundred taels of silver. It was no longer an ordinary "heavy gift".
"These are gifts given to Guining, the Fifth Young Mistress, by the Master's care." The housekeeper said with a flattering look on his face, "There is also a letter written by the Master. Please ask the Fifth Young Mistress to bring it to my in-laws for presentation."
Gao Huichun already understood that his father-in-law must have asked his father for advice on something important. However, in the past, most of the time it was the father-in-law who went to discuss things secretly with his father. Why did he suddenly use his Guining name this time? I heard that thieves have recently entered the city. Could it be related to this matter?
There were countless question marks in her mind. His face remained calm as he said, "I understand."
"Thank you for your trouble, Fifth Young Master." The housekeeper smiled so brightly that she had never seen the housekeeper smile so warmly at her in such a long time since she was married - as usual, he always smiled but didn't smile - he said He made another greeting, "My master has already given instructions: starting from this month, your monthly salary will be increased by one tael, and your official food allowance will also be increased by five yuan..."
Gao Huichun stood up and said, "Thank you for me."
The housekeeper said: "This is all the grace of the master. I also ask the fifth young lady to take care of the little one in the future -" He also said that the master had ordered that there were too few people to serve in the fifth master's room, and that he would send a few more servants to serve. He also said that the courtyard where the couple lived needed to be repaired, and another courtyard had been allocated, and she was asked to move there soon.
The new courtyard is not only larger, but the location is much better than it is now. This kind of attentiveness made her very uncomfortable - Gao Huichun used to have a rough maid in his room, and he had to wait for a long time to get a new one. In the end, she had to give the housekeeper a favor to make up for it - her sudden rise in status in the Mo family made her secretly wonder, could it be that what Master Mo asked to teach his father was a big deal? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but worry.
Lin Baiguang stood on the time reporting platform commonly known as Shuangmen Tower. This pavilion, first built in the Song Dynasty, is ten feet four feet long, four feet four feet deep, and three feet two feet high. It has a tower at the top and two side-by-side gates at the bottom, commonly known as "double gates". During the Song Dynasty, Guangzhou smelter and foundry craftsman Xian Yuanyun and others made a time-telling device called the "Copper Kettle Drip" and placed it upstairs. They hung the time plate during the day and struck the watch at night, which became an important time-telling system in Guangzhou.
Now, the Chengxuan Street Demolition Headquarters is located on the double gate building. Several blood-red banners were hung on the double-door building. They read in large Song fonts: "Demolition in violation of regulations!", "Violent resistance to the law is a dead end!", and "Illegal buildings are not protected by law."
The two-door building was full of murderous detectives, holding crowbars, shovels, and large baskets in their hands, all gearing up to show off in front of their new master.
Outside them were heavily armed National Army soldiers. Early this morning, National Army soldiers suddenly dispatched and blocked both ends of Chengxuan Street and all branch road intersections, strictly prohibiting the entry and exit of people and vehicles.
Lin Baiguang boarded the double gate tower surrounded by a group of people. Stand still against the railing. Looking at the street below, the shacks that squeezed the street into a line of sky were the same as when he climbed up to the double gate tower yesterday. He raised the telescope and looked into the distance. It seemed that some places had been demolished, but Most places were untouched.
A naturalized civilian cadre came over and reported: "Report to the chief, everything is ready!"
Lin Baiguang asked: "How is the publicity effect?"
"Only a few shop owners have demolished it themselves," the cadre said. "Many shop owners are very polite and promised that they would demolish it, but they have not done anything yet."
Lin Baiguang nodded, as he expected. The so-called "convincing people with reason" must be based on "powerful". He turned to a group of large and small naturalized cadres following him and said:
"Comrades, this is our first battle to transform old Guangzhou and benefit the people of Guangzhou. We must fight the battle well, not only to demolish these illegal buildings smoothly, but also to give everyone a smooth and clean Chengxuan Street. Let the people of Guangzhou understand our determination and highlight that we are a new regime that is civilized and progressive and whose mission is to benefit the citizens! Therefore, throughout the entire demolition process, everyone must abide by the three disciplines we announced at the meeting: No Destroy the store's money-making tools and goods; you are not allowed to take building materials or goods privately; you are not allowed to take shop owners' money for any reason - even drinking water is not allowed."
"Yes!" the cadres responded together.
"As for you," Lin Baiguang turned his head and looked at the squadron leaders and squad leaders of more than a dozen detective teams, "the disciplines are the same." He said slowly, "I know you have always had bastard rules. This kind of thing is all about making money. It’s a good opportunity to make extra money. I advise you all to be more sensible and stop fishing for money from this frying pan. If anyone dares to take a tile and half a brick, just pack up and go to accompany your squad leaders."
"You guys don't dare!" When the captains of the detective team heard that they were going to keep company with the squad leaders, they were all heartbroken and quickly expressed their opinions.
"Announce the action plan now!" Lin Baiguang ordered, "Jie Bu Liao, tell me!"
Jie Bu Liao quickly stepped out and opened the cover on the large display board above the gate, revealing a large-scale diagram of the illegal demolition operations on Chengxuan Street. It is marked with dense data and colors.
He began to explain in detail the work areas and work content of each team:
All illegal demolition teams have divided their lots, and each team contracts a section. Each team is divided into different work teams, some are responsible for demolition, some are responsible for transporting goods and money-making guys in shacks, some are transporting construction waste, and some are responsible for transporting construction waste. There are special measures to prevent shop owners and clerks from causing trouble and obstructing them. Each performs his or her duties and has a clear division of labor. (To be continued.)
