Lin Yuer's heart skipped a beat.
In her opinion, her eldest aunt even has a granddaughter. People of the grandmother generation are just old.
But my aunt doesn't seem to like hearing this.
She immediately changed her words: "What I mean is that my eldest aunt is now a ninth-grade Ruren, a Sui Ruren personally granted by the emperor. Who among us from all over the country has such honor? My eldest aunt is a royal wife with official status. How can I be around her? Not even a single servant to serve you? In the county, Wang Yuanwai’s family has more than a hundred servants. My aunt’s status is much more noble than that of Wang Yuanwai, so how can there be no one to serve her?"
Cheng Wanwan smiled half-heartedly: "Yu'er, what exactly do you want to say?"
Lin Yu'er pursed her lips.
She was working in the workshop this afternoon. She first filtered the plant ash to filter out the stone, mud, and charcoal from the plant ash. Although this process was not tiring, it was extremely dirty, making her look gray and dirty.
She boldly asked Sanniu to change her job, which was to pour the soft soap solution into the mold. This process required great care. It would not work if you poured too much or too little. There were also people who came to inspect the goods and keep an eye on them from beginning to end. Holding her.
After much thought, she still felt that it would be better to serve her aunt.
If you follow your aunt in and out, your status will definitely be higher, and your daily food and clothing will naturally not be too bad. Just like Chunhua, the clothes she wears are so beautiful, she also wants to have one.
She lowered her head and said, "I want to serve my aunt and be her maid."
Cheng Wanwan sat down on the chair: "It turns out that you want to be a maid. I have some friendship with Yuan Wang. If I come forward to talk about it, I should be able to send you to the Wang family's house to work as a waiter."
"I don't want to go to the Wang family, I just want to serve my aunt!" Lin Yu'er said firmly, "Auntie, please give me a chance."
Cheng Wanwan shook his head.
She is a modern person and does not need a maid to serve her.
The people who work in her house are employees hired by her. They have an employment relationship with her, and everyone has equal status.
Once these people become maids and servants, then it becomes a master-servant relationship. As a modern person, she does not like to engage in class opposition.
The village is lively and lively, people come and go, and there is no status difference between them, which will give her a sense of belonging.
She said quietly: "I don't need a maid here. If you don't like the work in the soap workshop, I will ask your cousin Dashan to send you back."
Her tone was calm, but there was a hint of doubt.
Lin Yu'er bit her lower lip, she heard it, and she didn't have the slightest chance.
She lowered her head and said: "I also like the work in the soap workshop, but I think my aunt needs more people here. Since my aunt doesn't need anyone to take care of her, I will continue to work."
She turned and went back to the workshop.
Cheng Wanwan frowned. It seemed that she had to get vaccinated with Mrs. Zhao in advance. Lin Yu'er had to be sent away.
She got up to feed the chickens and ducks in the back yard.
After Cao Yingying returned, there was no dedicated person to do these tasks, so it was basically left to her.
She walked to the backyard. The lambs and piglets were growing very fast. The first female rabbit was unsurprisingly pregnant, and the chickens, ducks and geese were already adults.
The most powerful ones are the five geese, each of them is very arrogant and arrogant, walking around the backyard with their necks stretched out.
"Cack!"
A hen suddenly crowed and squatted in the chicken coop.
Cheng Wanwan's eyes lit up. The first batch of chickens at home were more than three months ago, and it was indeed time to lay eggs.
The ducks are about the same size, so they probably have duck eggs as well.
Hens lay eggs during the day, ducks lay eggs in the early morning, and ducks are more diligent than chickens, so they might have laid some earlier.
Cheng Wanwan opened the duck shed and let the ducks go out for air. Then she searched in the duck shed, and she actually found five duck eggs.
Duck eggs can be saved to make salted duck eggs. The taste is quite memorable.
"Auntie, I'll do all these things!" Chunhua came over quickly, "The duck shed is dirty and smelly, so I'll be careful to get my clothes dirty."
Cheng Wanwan smiled: "You are busy every day, how can I leave everything to you? Besides, after the restaurant opens, you have to go to the city to help Huiniang cook. From now on, you will have to do all the work at home." It’s not up to me to do it.”
Chunhua was stunned: "Should I go to the restaurant to help?"
"Of course, Hui Niang ranks first in cooking here and you rank second, so naturally you have to help, but if you don't want to, I won't force you."
"W-yes!" Chunhua's eyes burst out with ecstasy, and she said incoherently, "Auntie-in-law, I, although I am not as good as my sister-in-law, I will work hard to learn cooking, and I will definitely live up to my auntie's trust!"
She helped her auntie every day, and every day was fulfilling, but she never thought about the future.
Unexpectedly, the aunt had already arranged everything for her in the future, and she was doing something she liked.
It took six full days for the soap workshop expansion to be completely completed.
On the completion day, which happened to be Cheng Wanwan's prescribed rest day, Li Zheng announced that the Dahe Village selection competition for the Style Contest had officially begun, and the person with the most outstanding performance in each project could go to the county to participate in the finals.
The Grains Identification Competition is the most lively because half of the villagers have signed up to participate. The person who can identify the various ingredients in the shortest time wins. After a fierce competition, the final winner is Mrs. Zhao. Mrs. Li Zheng and Mrs. Zhu, after all, the older you are, the more knowledgeable you are. The three old people won the competition and everyone was convinced.
Other competition scenes were also in full swing, with cheers constantly coming from the surrounding area.
"Wang Yongcheng, can't you tell? Your arms are not as thick as mine, and you actually won first place in the wrestling competition!"
"I thought Tiezhu Niang would be the first place in the embroidery competition, but it turns out that girl Xia Hua is really amazing!"
"Is there anything like an arithmetic competition? The first place must be Zhao Ergou. This guy is very smart."
"Dashan's daughter-in-law is really good at cooking. No wonder Master Yu and Master He love to eat their food. Just smelling it will make your mouth water."
"..."
Almost everyone in the village was joining in the fun at the big locust tree, the old people, women, men, children... laughter, noise, cheers, applause... the pictures and sounds intertwined into a picture of a harmonious countryside Style map.
Master Yu was painting, and He Xiao was drinking tea.
On the main road of Dahe Village, a carriage slowly appeared.
The person on the carriage was Bai Qi, a businessman who came from Nanyang City to pick up goods.
He opened the curtain of the carriage and saw the green mountain peaks, the scattered houses, the orderly fields... and in the distance, the lively villagers gathered around.
Because Ping'an County is an extremely remote place in Huzhou, he thought it would be poor and desolate, with no one having enough to eat and no warmth, and everyone looking sad.
Unexpectedly, this village is actually holding a competition. Being able to hold a competition in a leisurely mood shows that the people in this village are living a relatively prosperous life.
He got off the carriage, feeling the excitement in the distance and the breeze in the fields, and his restless heart felt strangely at peace.
