When Ping'er led the maid and mother-in-law to bring the dishes, Grandma Feng and Miss Bao were sitting on the left and right next to Uncle Rong at the small round table in the room. Grandma and Miss Bao both had blushes on their faces, and even Ying'er in the room was flushed with shame. Only Xiao Qing'er stood aside and stared at an unknown place in a daze.
All kinds of dishes were served, and Brother Rong took dishes from each side.
"Feng'er can't drink wine when she's pregnant, and Bao'er can't drink when she's menstruating. I have something to do tonight, and I can't even drink. Let's eat more vegetables. I haven't tried the dishes in Jinling seriously yet."
Ping'er saw that the two people on the left and right of the uncle looked strange. He didn't know what happened, so he quietly asked Ying'er but got no response. Xiao Que'er snorted softly and ignored Ping'er at all.
I only heard Uncle Rong say: "Feng'er's lip is injured. You can't eat any more meaty things. Try more vegetables. Bao'er is the same, just leave all the meat to me to suffer. Who makes me a rough man? Still a carnivore."
Both women glanced at him, but said nothing. Baochai was about to put the food into his mouth, but stopped when he thought of something.
Brother Rong and Ping'er said: "Then go and prepare a cup, no, two cups of salt water. Rinse the mouths of Feng'er and Bao'er. Feng'er is fine, only hurting his lips, but Bao'er hurt his tongue. Alas. , how could you be so careless?"
The two women stared at him at the same time. The warbler lowered her head, and the bird snorted again. Ping'er finally understood what happened and hurriedly went to find salt water.
In the room, the two girls were just watching, but Brother Rong was enjoying the meal. Wang Xifeng felt unhappy for a while, because Ping'er was not in the room, so she ordered Que'er to put all the strange fruits in the room.
Brother Rong laughed when he saw it. "Yes, eating more fruits is not only good for wounds. It is also good for menstruation and the child in the belly."
Wang Xifeng bit the fruit as if she was biting Brother Rong, with a chilling light in her eyes. Baochai, on the other hand, was indifferent, her movements were dignified and elegant, and she had no strange expression on her face even when she was eating.
Brother Rong looked around, but he didn't care about Wang Xifeng's expression. Fan talked to Baochai and asked, "How is the weaving work of the underwear now? Maybe it will be sold outside?"
When Sister Feng heard that it was about the clothing business, her expression changed immediately, and her head tilted towards Jia Rong with a smile on her lips.
Xue Baochai replied calmly: "Weaving new clothes is not that easy. Although we have a few samples, we still have to continue to optimize them."
"Thank you for your hard work, baby." Uncle Rong was very happy in his heart. He didn't expect that the two girls were really suppressed by the slap he just hit. He became more and more unrestrained in his words and deeds. He put down his chopsticks, grabbed Baochai with both hands and rubbed her little hands gently.
On the other hand, Wang Xifeng put the fruit core into the plate and gently wiped the corner of her mouth. He said with deep meaning: "Uncle Rong didn't come back last night. He must have had a happy night at Jia's house and couldn't bear to come back."
"The Jia family is a long way away, so two days is a very fast time. Resting there for the night, with the birds by your side, there is nothing to worry about."
When Baochai heard that Jia Rong had gone to the Jinling clan, she immediately became interested and asked, "Have the affairs of the clan been settled? Are there any difficulties for relatives from the outside clan?"
Brother Rong said: "It's done. Originally, I wanted to set up a scholarship program in my name in the clan's free school. The clan elders also agreed. They even thought it would be troublesome to send money from Shenjing. They planned to wait until the Jinling Kiln Factory improved. Later, funds were allocated from the kiln factory."
Baochai smiled and said: "They have a good idea. Shenjing is too far away, and there is no way to find the person whether to send it or not. If the money is transferred from the kiln, our kiln factory cannot move away."
"That's right, that's right. Although it's a few months late, it's safer for them." Brother Rong laughed and said, "I don't know if it's for this reason, but the clan has also selected many disciples to prepare. Place it in the kiln factory."
Wang Xifeng asked curiously: "You agreed?"
Brother Rong nodded and said, "I agree."
"Just agree. The Jia family in Jinling is also waiting for the kiln factory to allocate money. Although it is not much, it is still a benefit. In this way, the children of the Jia family working in the kiln factory can only focus on the kiln factory. If Those who had the intention to harm the kiln became the sinners of the clan."
Hearing what Baochai said, Brother Rong couldn't help but look sideways again. Baochai Xiaonizi is indeed a good manager, and has a thorough understanding of interests and human nature. Jia Rong's approach is actually simple. It is nothing more than sharing some interests, attracting more people to stand on the same front, and letting everyone on the front protect this interest.
Brother Rong chuckled, pretending to be stupid and said blankly: "There is one more thing we need to ask our good treasure. According to the theory, what kind of duties should be arranged for the children of the clan when they arrive at the kiln."
Everyone in the room got goosebumps when they heard these disgusting words. Even Baochai was no exception. When he was called Bao'er twice, his face turned as red as the red glaze of Lang Kiln that had just come out of the kiln.
She suppressed the tingling feeling and said: "The Xue family helps with the purchase and transportation of raw materials. Grinding clinker is painful and tiring and it is not suitable to arrange it. Instead, we can let them do the inspection of the kiln to monitor safety."
Brother Rong smiled and said: "Bao'er really has the same mind as me, and we think the same thing."
Because of the cooperation between Ningguo Mansion and the Xue family, the Xue family is responsible for part of the purchase of raw materials and the sale of clinker. No one except Ningguo Mansion and the Xue family can intervene in these two items. It would be great to let this group of people stay in the kiln factory as safety guards and escorts.
Originally, he wanted to save this for Wang Ren, but unfortunately Wang Ren seemed to despise it.
Wang Xifeng sighed, she couldn't stand Jia Rong doing this to Baochai in front of her. Given her past temperament, it would be an act of mercy not to force Baochai away from Jia Rong. But when I thought about the management of the Xue family and Ning Guofu, as well as Brother Rong's hard work, I couldn't bear it again.
He simply said: "All the calculations are good, but as the middleman between the two parties, I naturally have to supervise your two families. Recently, the eldest brother of the Wang family is idle at home, and plans to have the eldest brother form an inspection team to be responsible for the two parties. Supervision of domestic raw material and clinker trade.”
Xue Baochai was slightly startled, and suddenly understood that Feng Yatou was here to deal with herself and the Xue family. However, she was not afraid. She had no intention of playing tricks on the cooperation. She chuckled and said, "It's troublesome for Sister Feng and Brother Ren. This will make both the Xue family and the Ning Guofu less suspicious of each other."
Wang Ren goes to inspect, is this reliable?
Brother Rong frowned secretly, but Wang Xifeng said this in front of Baochai, so he couldn't refuse.
Sister Feng seemed to see Jia Rong's concerns and said calmly: "You don't have to worry about making it complicated for me. I just want someone trustworthy in Jinling to send me a message. How can you be careless about these things about silver? It's about buying and selling." Naturally, I have to go through the reconciliation in person."
Wang Xifeng's calculation is even better. Having full control of the buying and selling prices of raw materials and clinker is almost equivalent to knowing the production and sales situation of the kiln. She also knew how much she would take in and out each month.
In this way, no one can try to cheat. The Xue family can't do it, and neither can Jia Qiang.
That's a good idea.
A few people settled the matter of Jinling cement kiln in a few words, and Xue Baochai stayed in the Wang family afterwards. However, instead of sleeping with Wang Xifeng, she followed Jia Rong to the courtyard where the Wang family stayed.
Baochai is on her menstrual period, so Uncle Rong can only take advantage of her. After all, tomorrow I have to stop at the cement kiln, and I will be separated from Baochai for a while.
Because Wang Xifeng didn't say anything about it.
That night, Brother Rong fell asleep with warmth in his arms.
But in the distant Bei Liao area, two people held each other's hands and cried. They were the two uncles and nephews Jia Qian and Jia Qin who had asked Jia Rong to do the job.
Jia Qian was sitting on the unburned kang, next to Jia Qin. The two of them were wrapped in thick quilts and couldn't help but tremble. Because it was too cold, tears shook from the corners of their eyes.
"It shouldn't be, it really shouldn't be."
"That's right. There must be something that Wu Jinxiao, an old turtle, hasn't found yet."
"It must be so. How could it be possible that someone could only be greedy for five thousand taels of silver? How could such a big Wujiazhuang be greedy for five thousand taels of silver?"
Jia Qin wiped away her tears and said with Jia Juan: "Uncle Qian, is this old man Lai Sheng playing tricks on him? He took Wu Jinxiao's money, so he changed the original fifty thousand taels to five thousand taels. "
"It must be." Jia Yan gritted his teeth, feeling even sadder. "There is no justice. There is really no justice."
Listening to Jia Juan's sad voice, Jia Qin couldn't help crying again. "Yes, it's so unreasonable. It's all our Jia family's money, and these damn bastards are committing fraud one by one. They should all be killed."
Jia Juan cried sadly: "It's so pitiful for our uncle and nephew. We have traveled a long way from the prosperous Shenjing and crossed the sea three times to reach the cold land of Liaoning. How much suffering we have to go back and forth, and we can only divide five hundred taels." Silver. Five hundred taels must be divided between two people. One person is two hundred and five, you are two hundred and five, and I am two hundred and five."
The mournful voice resounded throughout the sky.
Jia Qin patted her thigh again and cried: "Uncle Qiang, my nephew's legs are numb from the cold."
Jia Juan also cried. "Damn profiteer bastard. A big coat to keep out the cold costs two to three hundred taels of silver. I've worked so hard to come here, but I can't even buy a big coat. What a loss, what a big loss."
Seeing that Uncle Jian was ignoring him, Jia Qin had no choice but to tap her frozen leg with her hand. He said sadly: "Uncle Jian, hold me tight. Those servants are already burning the kang, and they will be warm soon."
"It's all Wu Jinxiao's fault. It's all Wu Jinxiao's fault. We want to confiscate his home, his money, and his daughter."
"Uncle Qiang, Wu Jinxiao's daughters are all married. There is only an old woman from the Wu family and several of his daughters-in-law in the house."
"Then copy his daughter-in-law."
"ah?"
"Each person will have one daughter-in-law in his family." Jia Juan gritted his teeth, his legs and feet were frozen, and he cursed again: "It's numb, it's numb. I can't find my little one, it shrank in and disappeared. I'm not married yet, ugh. Damn Wu Jinxiao. I want to plunder their whole family. I want to plunder their whole family."
"Ah?" Jia Qin's heart trembled after hearing Uncle Qian's words. He also lowered his head and stretched out his hands, and was suddenly startled. Crying loudly: "I'm unconscious, Uncle Qian, I'm unconscious. I'm useless, I'm useless, I'm still a child."
Outside the door, Lai Sheng, who heard the crying in the room, was extremely speechless and asked the boy to hurry up and light the fire. At the same time, I can't help feeling that today's buddies are really too weak and not very good.
"Not okay yet?"
Wu Jinxiao came over in a hurry, and the two people in the room stopped crying immediately after hearing the movement. They saw Wu Jinxiao bringing a group of young men with big coats behind him, saying: "The weather has changed quickly today, and it has suddenly become cold. The village leader has never considered this. Mr. Liu Liu and Mr. Xiao Qin are the fourth master. Put on your big coat first, it’s important to avoid the cold wind and keep warm.”
Jia Juan and Jia Qin looked at each other and quickly took the big coat out of the boy's hands and wrapped themselves into big rice dumplings.
Shivering took a long breath, finally feeling warm.
He also heard Wu Jin Xiaodao: "The weather in northern Liaoning is like this. It's already cold, and sometimes it gets colder suddenly to catch you off guard. We villagers in Heishan Village are having a hard time. Since autumn, the weather has been warm and cool, and I don't know how many people have gotten sick. Suffer.”
Jia Qian and Jia Qin had been wronged and suffered, so how could they listen to Wu Jinxiao's words? However, their faces were not too indifferent. Although these two people were naive, they were not stupid. They haven't broken their skin yet, but they can't reveal their purpose.
Jia Qin said: "Wuzhuangtou, please come back quickly. We can handle it ourselves here. If Zhuangtou can send some warming supplements, I think we can survive the night safely."
"A tonic to warm your body?"
"That's right. Ginseng, deer antler, and that strange goose in the manor. The goose stewed with ginseng and deer antler will definitely be a great supplement."
Wu Jinxiao almost cursed her. He bought it at a huge price when he was doing business with Eros in the north with the money from land rent. How could such a valuable thing be stewed casually? It was all money.
Wuzhuangtou said: "I asked the chef to stew two bear paws, and then I asked them to deliver them to Master Jianliu and Fourth Master Xiaoqin."
When Jia Juan and Jia Qin heard about the stewed bear paws, they immediately became interested and said in unison: "Bring it here quickly, bring it here quickly."
After a while, the kang underneath became hot, and the bear's paws arrived. The two closed the door and each ate bear paws, feeling quite satisfied. Especially Jia Qin devoured it, her mouth full of oil. Not satisfied after eating one, he burped and licked his lips.
He said: "Uncle Jian, this old man Wu Jinxiao must be hiding many things from us. They actually have things like bear paws in their manor. There is also that big bird, but I have never seen such a thing in Shenjing. Fierce and beautiful. We need to dig deep into the old guy's background and dig out all his greedy money."
Jia Yan took a sip and nodded: "This stuff is really delicious. Ning Rong and Ning Rong have not been able to eat this kind of food a few times. He, a rent collector, is so extravagant. To say that he only I don't believe you even if you beat him to death for five thousand taels of silver. That old man Lai Sheng must have also been bribed. Let's get rid of the harm to Brother Rong today and sink Lai Sheng into the river."
Lai Sheng was next door, breaking into a cold sweat listening to the conversation between the two.
Mr. Jiao Liu and Mr. Xiao Qin are so irregular in their behavior. If this continues, there is a real possibility of being drowned. Lai Sheng wanted to cry but had no tears. Now the rest of the Lai family are still suffering in the fields of Ningguo Mansion. He is going to be drowned. Who will take care of the Lai family in the future.
Come here in a hurry.
"Two gentlemen, please speak in a lower voice. It is possible that Wuzhuangtou will not plant spies nearby, or even that the visitor has been bribed. It is better for Sixth Master and Fourth Master Xiaoqin to be cautious and not let the news come to Wuzhuang The boss knows."
Jia Juan snorted and said disdainfully: "You know it, you know it. How dare he harm us? As long as he doesn't go back at the end of the year, Brother Rong can't just come and raid his Wu Jinxiao's hometown? Are we the Jia family from the two houses?" , one of his slaves dares to lay a finger on us? This is outrageous."
Jia Qin also echoed: "Don't look at him calling the shots in Heishan Village, but he is also a servant of Ningguo Mansion. If something happens here, he will be guilty of the following, and even the local officials will not dare to cover it up. Don't talk about making trouble. As long as it reaches the Ningguo Mansion and reaches the Jiedushi of Northern Liaoning, a large number of heads will fall on the ground in Northern Liaoning."
Although these two people are ignorant and incompetent, they understand the relationship between master and servant very clearly. If a slave harms his master, it is tantamount to treason, and the entire Black Mountain Village will be buried with him.
Lai Sheng smiled helplessly and said nothing. He is also a slave of Ningguo Mansion and knows that what the two people said is correct. As long as Wu Jinxiao still wants to survive in Dayan, he must treat these two Bodhisattvas from the Jia family of Shenjing with respect.
There are some things that can never be changed: class status.
The Lai family could have changed, but alas everything was ruined.
Jia Juan and Jia Qin did not shy away from suspicion, and discussed in front of Lai Sheng how to find evidence that Wu Jinxiao was corrupt. Jia Juan glared at Lai Sheng and complained: "General Manager Lai, please give me some advice. Do you still want to go back to Shenjing, or do you want to make meritorious service? Tell me what you, the Lai family, did after you were greedy for money in the past?"
Lai Sheng: ""
Jia Qin asked: "Uncle Jian, if you embezzled a lot of money, what would you do?"
"How can I be greedy for money after being fucked by a wild dog?" Jia Qian cursed and tried to kick Jia Qin. But an idea flashed in his head, and he said: "Yes, tomorrow we will check out what Wu Jinxiao has bought in the past few years. Especially whether he has bought women, I just saw how the maids in his garden are so beautiful. . How can an ordinary maid give birth to such a beautiful girl? She must have spent a lot of money to buy it for this old man to play with. "
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Jian." Jia Qin tugged on Jia Qian's clothes and said eagerly: "Do you still remember the big goose kept in Wu Jinxiao's garden? It looks like a goose and a bird, it is beautiful and fierce. of."
Jia Juan glared at him helplessly and said depressedly: "I have been thinking about Wu Jinxiao's big bird all day long. Besides birds, can you think of anything else?"
"have!"
Jia Juan looked at him confused and asked, "What?"
Jia Qin suddenly smiled, stood up, danced and said happily: "It's out again, it's grown, I don't have to be a girl anymore."
