When the bill was being settled, two women stood beside her and watched awkwardly.
After she finished her calculations, she remembered the two people who had followed her back. She hurriedly took them to a room behind her room. The room was very large, and it was clear that the bed and cabinets were new. Chunxiao took out a new quilt and mattress from the cabinet and said, "Make the bed yourselves. This was originally the guest room I prepared. Since you are here, you can stay here."
The two looked at the brand new quilt, then looked at themselves, and didn't dare to move, for fear of dirtying the quilt.
Chunxiao looked at them and sighed, "Do you have any spare clothes?" She regretted asking this question. They had clearly come back together, but they didn't have any luggage.
"Come with me."
Chunxiao led them to the main hall, went back to the room, took out half a piece of fine cotton cloth from the box, took out a piece of coarse cotton cloth, and took out a needle and thread. "This cloth is what I washed before. Hurry up and make a set of underwear for each of you. Then you can take a bath in the kitchen. There is a stove in the kitchen, so you can light a fire. After you make the underwear, use the coarse cotton cloth to make a jacket for yourself. Take care of what you need to wear now, and do it by the stove, or lie on the bed with a quilt wrapped around you. Boil water for the bath yourself. There is plenty of firewood in the kitchen, and there is water in this water tank and the well in the yard. After washing, throw away the original clothes."
As soon as she finished speaking, the two men were about to kneel down to her, "Young lady treats us so well, we will repay you in the future by working like slaves."
"We will obey Miss's orders in the future to repay her kindness."
"Have you been to school? Can you read?" Chunxiao looked at the woman on the left with some anticipation. An ordinary country woman could not say such words.
The woman shook her head. "I can't read. It's just that my ex-husband was a scholar, so I learned a lot from him."
Chunxiao was a little disappointed. She should have expected this. "You two come with me first." She took them to the kitchen and told them where the water, the basin, and the stove were, for fear that they would not know and would not be able to ask when they first arrived.
"Okay, when your underwear is ready, you can boil water and wash it yourselves. Remember, don't save water, save firewood. If the water is not hot enough for washing, I will be the one who suffers. It's just right that one of you boils water while the other washes. I have to go to my eldest brother's place first. As you saw when I came, this place is remote and no one will come here easily, but you still have to be careful." As if she thought of something, she pointed to the small cabinet next to the stove and said, "There is flour in there. If I'm not back before dark, you can cook for yourselves." After that, she took the two of them back to the main room.
Chunxiao returned to the house and fetched them some scissors and cotton, giving them another round of instructions. Then, she took the money and headed to the village. Dashan and Dahe were all there when Chunxiao arrived, along with Zhang. Several people were gathered together, talking, while eight servants stood nearby.
Chunxiao gave the money to Yan Dashan and looked at them. "Are you talking about tomorrow's matter?"
Several people nodded, "Have you made arrangements for those two people?" Tian asked.
"It's all arranged. They don't have any change of clothes, and I happened to have bought so much cloth last time, so I asked them to make some underwear and take a bath first."
"Your eldest brother and I still have some old clothes. Let them use them for now. After tomorrow is over, we will use the cotton and cloth to make our own clothes."
"We too." Zhang, with her big belly, looked at Tian. "Sister-in-law, didn't mother say you prepared a lot of cloth? Please give me two pieces later."
Tian pulled Zhang's hand and said, "I'll ask Dahe to take it back later."
Seeing that they were already discussing transporting things tomorrow, Chunxiao hurried forward and said, "Brother, don't worry about it yet. Why don't you go in the afternoon? Tomorrow, please help me deliver the cattle to the farm. Otherwise, the next time you have time, it will be the New Year, and you will have to make two trips. It's a good opportunity to help now."
Yan Dashan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll help you deliver the cattle tomorrow morning, and we'll leave in the afternoon."
"When we deliver the goods tomorrow morning, I will talk to the restaurant owner about the price increase. These herbs are so expensive and hard to buy now, so you have to help us share some of the burden."
Yan Bingfa already knew that the price of medicinal materials had increased again when they went to the county town this time, and felt that it was indeed time to talk about the price increase.
After a while of discussion, Zhang and Dahai led their people back to go hungry. They also needed to wash up after returning.
Tian has started boiling water. They will stay in the main room where Daha used to live tonight. The quilts and mattresses are also ready.
Seeing that the adults had dispersed, Yan Qi ran to her side and said, "Auntie, tell me a story!"
Chun Xiao scratched her head. "Xiao Qi, it's a little late today. Can I tell you another one next time when it's earlier?"
"The Master said that only by keeping one's word can one achieve great things. Aunt, how about you tell me a shorter story?"
This little fellow actually used the teacher to pressure her, "Okay, then I'll tell you a short story, the story of a frog in a well." Shufeng and Shuwen also came over to listen. After listening, they realized that their aunt was telling them a story about being a human being.
Yan Qi was very emotional, "Aunt, do you think we are the frogs in the well?
"It's definitely the case now. We have too little experience. When you become successful and have a wider range of knowledge, you will no longer be a frog in a well."
She felt that she was better than the Master, and that stories like this were the most thought-provoking.
She played at Dashan's house until dark and went home. When she got home, she saw two women sewing clothes by the fire without lighting a lamp. It was her negligence that she forgot to bring them lamp oil and lamps.
They were both very happy to see her back, "Miss, the rice is ready, it's in the pot."
Chunxiao went back to the house, got a lamp, lit it, and placed it in the kitchen. "Have you eaten yet?"
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