Spring is coming soon, and everyone is busy with spring plowing.
Fortunately, the few snows in winter did not lead to snow disasters. In spring, the water nourished the fields, and it looked like another good harvest year.
Now that the Bai family has money, they start to hire people for farming.
But everyone is used to farm work. Even though they hired people, Bai Dazhuang, a white-boarded man, still went out early and came back late to work in the fields.
The woolen socks and kneepads knitted in the embroidery workshop for the border army were completed as scheduled. After receiving them, the military personnel came with a letter from Bai Zhaomei and the news of two consecutive victories.
A letter came from the Zhongjing Hou Mansion in the capital. In addition to giving gifts to Tian Maimiao's two children, he also specially thanked Xie Chuntao for the Baijia clothes he had made for the eldest son of the Zhongjing Hou Mansion.
After working for a day, after dinner, everyone gathered in the upper room to chat for a while as usual, and then dispersed to rest. There will be more work tomorrow morning.
Zhen called to Xie Chuntao and asked, "Chuntao, are you okay these days? Why do you look so ugly today?"
Zhen's eyes were full of concern.
Why has the eldest daughter-in-law become thinner and thinner since the New Year?
At first, she thought it was because the housekeeper was taking care of things at home. In the past few days, she tried her best to take over the housekeeper's work, just so that her eldest daughter-in-law could relax.
However, as spring farming became busy in the past few days, and the embroidery shop received another embroidery job from a large family that required her to teach the embroiderer new embroidery techniques, Xie Chuntao took over the responsibility of the housekeeper again.
As a result, I became thinner and thinner day by day these days.
"Mom, I'm fine. Maybe I'm tired from the spring plowing these days." Xie Chuntao touched his face and said with a smile.
During the past few days of spring plowing, Xie Chuntao has been working very hard just arranging daily meals, and he also has to take care of all the big and small things at home.
I've been feeling nauseous every day for the past two days.
Of course, she kept all this from her elders and Da Zhuang, lest they worry.
Especially this morning, she was so uncomfortable that she even vomited and held on for the whole day.
Thinking of her sister-in-law asking her to find a doctor a few days ago, she felt panicked.
At this time, facing the concern of my mother-in-law, I felt even more nervous.
"Don't get up early tomorrow. Get some rest. Da Zhuang will take care of the work in the fields, and there are..."
"And I."
Zhen's words were interrupted by the second daughter-in-law.
Seeing that her mother-in-law had left Xie Chuntao behind, Eugene Gui was afraid that her mother-in-law would give her boss some private money, so he quietly stood at the door and eavesdropped on the conversation between the two. When his mother-in-law said that Xie Chuntao was too tired to be the housekeeper, he couldn't help but get into physics again.
"Can you do it? It's not enough to cause trouble." Zhen said unceremoniously.
"Mom, it's not like I didn't run into trouble when I was in charge of family sacrifices during the Spring Festival. I'm just a housekeeper. I can do it." Eugene Gui said confidently.
A few days ago, she encouraged her sister-in-law to help her get the right to manage the house, but her sister-in-law said nothing.
It's no longer enough to rely on others, she has to do it herself.
Zhen hesitated.
"Mom, let the second sister-in-law take care of it. You and grandma can just watch." Xiao Fuyuan said, holding Mrs. Zhen's hand.
The second sister-in-law doesn't know how to manage the house, but she can always do the work.
Mrs. Zhen thought for a while and finally nodded and said, "Okay. Since your sister said so, you can take care of it for a few days. You can't make your own decisions. Everything must be agreed by me and your mother."
Eugene Gui felt happy and nodded desperately.
She can be regarded as having obtained the power of housekeeper.
People in the village have fawned over Xie Chuntao since she became a housekeeper. Who doesn't know that the life of Lao Bai's family is prosperous, and even Xie Chuntao's status has risen with the tide.
She also wants to be prominent in the village.
Her mother-in-law said so. Xie Chuntao unlocked the key on her body, and Eugene Gui almost stretched out his hands to receive the key.
Zhen changed the topic, reached out to take the key and said, "I'll take this key first and return it to you after you have rested. I need money at home these days, and my second daughter-in-law came to ask me for it."
Eugene Gui's expression froze.
Did your mother-in-law ask her to take care of the house? This is to make her do hard work.
Which housekeeper doesn't control the family's financial power?
She regretted being a housekeeper, she was just an empty shell when he was with her.
"Second brother and sister, you have to get up early to cook. These days, Chun Geng and the others go to the fields early, so they have to have hot water for hot meals. My sister-in-law is growing, so she has to get up early to stew the milk soup. The third brother and sister will put down her meal order. Use less salt. By the way, my milk has caught a cold these past few days, so I stewed the bird's nest in a casserole. You have to get up at night and make sure it doesn't dry out. You have to make sure that the milk can be eaten tomorrow morning..." Xie Chuntao warned Eugene Gui one by one.
Eugene Gui's mind was buzzing.
Is this a housekeeper or a housekeeper? Why does she need to do so much work?
It's true that the great-grandmother doesn't want to have two people to take care of her now that her family is rich.
"Second sister-in-law, are things too much for you?" Xiao Fuyuan asked coldly.
Eugene Gui waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, this little thing can't trouble me."
She didn't dare to complain. After this complaint, the housekeeper's right was completely alienated from her.
"Look at the simple housekeeper, you don't even know how much your sister-in-law has put in when you are sleeping. Anyway, you will know your sister-in-law's hard work once you experience it." Madam Zhen said.
At this moment, she suddenly understood the little girl's intention.
The second daughter-in-law is not allowed to take care of the house. She always comes out to play around from time to time, thinking that she can be as tall as the sun.
Let her try it now and see if she will always be jealous of the boss's wife in the future.
However, Mrs. Zhen also reflected on the fact that she had left all housekeeping matters to the eldest daughter-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law was originally a hands-on person, so she was tired.
These jobs should be assigned to the second daughter-in-law. The second daughter-in-law is tall and energetic. If she has a job, she will not go around and gossip about others.
"Chuntao, don't worry about it. Just have a good rest these days." Zhen said to Xie Chuntao.
Xie Chuntao nodded and said to Eugene Gui: "Second brother and sister, I will trouble you for this period of time."
After the arrangements were made, Xie Chuntao and Eugene Gui both left Zhen's room.
"You want your second sister-in-law to take care of the house, don't you want her to work and kill her?" Madam Zhen asked her little girl with a smile.
Xiao Fuyuan nodded and said, "Sister-in-law is too tired."
Mrs. Zhen sighed and said, "Your sister-in-law doesn't look well these days. Let Wu Langzhong take a look at her."
Xiao Fuyuan shook Mrs. Zhen's arm and said, "It's better to go to the town and hire a doctor."
Zhen's heart skipped a beat, what did her daughter mean by this?
Could it be that the eldest daughter-in-law...
Xiao Fuyuan could tell from Zhen's face that his mother had gone astray, and quickly said: "It would be better if there are more than one doctor."
Zhen asked worriedly: "Daughter, is your sister-in-law okay?"
Xiao Fuyuan smiled and said: "It's okay, sister-in-law must be fine."
Mrs. Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Dazhuang was called in.
"...I originally asked Wu Langzhong to look at her, but she refused." When Bai Dazhuang heard that Zhen asked him to go to the town to invite the doctor, he said that Xie Chuntao didn't want to look at the doctor.
"You just listen to your wife if she doesn't want to? Haven't you seen her face look so yellow these past two days?" Mrs. Zhen stared at Bai Dazhuang displeased. The boss always loved his wife, so why did he have sex with her this time?
"She doesn't want to see Wu Langzhong. No matter what, you go to the town to hire a doctor tomorrow. If you don't believe it when you invite her to your home, she won't see it." Zhen said.
Bai Dazhuang was scolded by his mother and nodded quickly.
(End of chapter)
