Chapter 1023
: The Imperial House Construction Team Arrives [2]
Chapter 1023: The Imperial House Construction Team Arrives [2]
On October 19th, after Qin Jie and Han Wanniang got married, Qin Liupo packed her bags and went to live in the county town with Qin Jie, trying to act like a mother-in-law.
But the Han family is just outside the county, and every day, the Han family members go to Qin Jie and Han Wanniang's home in groups under the pretext of delivering things.
Every time I go, I bring my great-aunts from the Han family with me.
Not only did Qin Liupo not show off, she also had to greet the Han family's aunts and uncles and treat them well.
I wanted to tell Han Wanniang to ask her Han family not to come, but living in the county town requires firewood. The Han family has many forests, and they would send several loads of firewood to Qin Jie and his wife every day.
Qin Liupo was born to love taking advantage of others. She was afraid that if she did not allow the Han family to come, she would lose the firewood and other benefits, so she had to hold it in and not say anything to ask the Han family not to come.
They wanted to make Han Wanniang suffer by assigning her some work, but the Han clan leader and his wife loved their daughter so much that they hired two maids from the official pawnshop in the county town to work specifically for their daughter and son-in-law.
My goodness, the housework of a small family is not enough for two maids to do, so there is no need for Han Wanniang to get involved at all.
Han Wanniang made clothes for Qin Jie every day, which made Qin Liupo so bored that she almost got lice. She also had to put on a smile for the aunts in the Han family every day.
Although she failed to show off her mother-in-law status, Qin Liupo felt that she was about to become a comedian, so she packed her bags and returned home in anger.
The next day, Brother Han brought a large group of Han family members to Xinda Street under the pretext of delivering goods and gave Qin Liupo one or two taels of silver.
It was said that Han Wanniang lived in the county town and could not serve her parents-in-law, so she gave money to Qin Liupo to hire someone to do housework at home.
The news spread immediately.
People from this town and other towns were all extremely envious and praised Qin Liupo for being so lucky to have such a filial son and daughter-in-law.
Ahhh, Grandma Qin Liu was almost suffocated to death. She ran to Grandma Qin to complain, saying to her daughters-in-law: "I don't mean to torture the daughters-in-law, I just want to show off my mother-in-law status. Why is it so difficult? Just play along with me and let me satisfy this addiction. What's wrong with that?!"
Jiang Xiaozhu overheard it and almost laughed to death.
Qin Ying, Lü Jiu, and Qin Mei all gave Qin Liu Po a monthly allowance of one tael of silver. The Lü family also helped find two reliable old women to work for her.
Now Qin Liupo lives a life where she has someone to serve her, food to eat when she comes home, and clean clothes to wear.
But she just couldn't get used to it.
That's why Jiang Xiaozhu stabbed her like that.
"Hey, you silly girl, you dare to disrespect your elders? Today I must beat you up!" Qin Liupo's face turned dark, and she rushed over to grab Jiang Xiaozhu.
But Jiang Xiaozhu was very agile and slid to the back of Qin Liupo in one go, teasing her: "Liupo, Liupo, I'm behind you."
He slid again: "Haha, Liu Po, you are too slow. I am already on your left."
Mrs. Qin Liu was furious and pointed at Aunt Qin Er: "Second Village Wife, why don't you take care of her? Look at how arrogant this little girl is! How will she get married in the future?!"
Jiang Xiaozhu: "If I can't get married, I can marry a man and bring him home."
"What the hell?!" Grandma Qin Liu was so shocked by this that she almost fell down. After being supported by Yao Baimei, she pushed Yao Baimei away and pointed at Jiang Xiaozhu and said, "Look at what you have taught this girl. She still wants to marry a man? Is this something a good girl can say?!"
Jiang Xiaozhu put her hands on her hips and retorted, "Sixth Aunt, Sister Xiaomi said that the good and bad of people can't be distinguished by marriage. I married a man, but I am filial to his parents with him. I don't beat him and I give him food. How can I not be a good daughter? I am simply a kind person!"
"Oh, I have a headache. Mrs. Erzhuang, please take this girl away quickly." Qin Liupo couldn't argue with her and turned back to her front shop.
Jiang Xiaozhu was still relentless: "It was obviously Aunt Liu who laughed at me first. I just said a few words back, and Aunt Liu got angry again. Sigh, it's really hard to be a junior."
"Auntie, it's almost New Year's, so keep your mouth shut!" Aunt Qin was afraid that she would make Aunt Qin Liu angry to death, so she hurriedly took her away and told Qingzhen, who was serving her, "Send her to Xiao Fubao's home."
"Yes." Qingzhen waited for little Fubao to pay his respects to Aunt Qin Er, then took him back to Xu's shop and handed him over to Qiao Lizi.
Qiao Lizi is now seven months pregnant, and Qin Xiaomi has assigned two female healers to take care of her. Qiao Lizi felt very indebted, but the Xu and Qiao families had a life-or-death bond with each other, so they accepted the kindness without refusing.
However, the Xu family followed the example of Qin Eryong's family and paid the two female doctors high wages.
"Second Aunt, I'm back... Xiao Lubao, were you good today? Did you kick your mother?" Xiao Fubao asks this question every day now.
After interacting with Xiao Lubao, I went to do my homework.
……
Jiang Xiaozhu was thrown into the backyard of the shop to practice her footwork and archery.
Aunt Qin was speechless and said to Qin Xiaomi, "She's even more naughty than a boy, and you still let her practice martial arts? I'm afraid she'll be beaten all over Xinda Street in the future."
Now he is just cursing at Xinda Street and hasn't done anything yet. If he keeps practicing like this, he will beat someone up sooner or later.
Qin Xiaomi said, "It's precisely because Xiaozhu is so good at scolding that she needs to practice martial arts. If her martial arts skills are improved, she won't be beaten up by the crowd just because of her bad mouth."
Aunt Qin: "..."
Jiang Xiaozhu was unconvinced: "Sister Xiaomi, I'm not a bad mouth. I never deliberately mock anyone. What I said was reasonable and well-founded. Those people couldn't argue with me because they were unreasonable to begin with."
Qin Xiaomi: "But in this world, being reasonable is useless. You also need force, money and power to win people over with virtue."
Second Aunt Qin: “…” Are you sure this is winning people over with virtue?
Jiang Xiaozhu listened carefully and nodded: "Yeah, Sister Xiaomi is right."
Whoosh!
He shot an arrow without an arrowhead, hitting the straw man's left eye socket.
Whoosh!
Another arrow shot out and pierced the straw man's right eye socket.
"Not bad, the accuracy is excellent." Qin Xiaomi praised Jiang Xiaozhu, saying that the child had a talent for shooting the halberd at the gate.
Jiang Xiaozhu hummed proudly: "I am a sharpshooter."
He also gossiped about the Jiang family's ancestors: "My ancestors must not be a family of farmers and scholars, but a family of generals. Look at us three siblings, none of us likes to study, but we are extremely talented in martial arts."
“Look at my grandfather and my father, they studied their whole lives but only managed to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar. This shows that my Jiang family has no talent for studying.
Qin Xiaomi: "Don't say that! If grandpa and grandma hear you, they'll definitely scold you."
My grandparents respected Mr. Jiang very much and would not allow anyone to say anything bad about him, especially not to say that he was not knowledgeable enough and could only pass the imperial examination to become a scholar in his lifetime.
"Second Aunt, you should practice too. The crossbow is one of the best self-defense weapons for women, and you must practice well." Qin Xiaomi handed another hunter bow to Second Aunt Qin.
Aunt Qin's arms had been sore from pulling the bow recently, but she still practiced with Jiang Xiaozhu for two quarters of an hour.
But she wasn't talented enough, so Qin Xiaomi had to tell her, "Second Aunt, you and Second Uncle must memorize the atlas of the human body's vital points. Also, remember the key points of poison prevention and poison throwing. It can save lives at critical moments."
In other words, this house and shop are guarded by their own people, and no passers-by will pass by. Otherwise, if this was heard by others, the Qin family would probably have to spend the New Year in jail.
"Hey, your second uncle and I have seen it, so don't worry." Aunt Qin knew that her eldest niece was afraid that Dong Mo would attack, so she asked her family to learn these self-protection skills desperately.
……
At 3 p.m., when the workers got off work and went home, little Jiang Erlang finally arrived home.
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin were overjoyed to see him back. Looking at Jiang Erlang, who had grown a lot taller, they were very pleased and proud: "Look at our Erlang. After going out, he has not only grown taller and stronger, but also looks smarter."