Chapter 584 A Dream of Youth 116
Chen Wanniang led Xie Ning by the hand toward the main courtyard and asked, "Bao'er, would you like to live with your mother, or would you like to live in a small courtyard by yourself?"
"Can I live alone in the courtyard?" The unexpected surprise caught Xie Ning off guard.
Chen Wanniang gave a soft snort, "I knew you didn't want to live with your mother."
After saying that, she laughed again, "But now that the children are older, they need to learn to manage the household themselves, so let's start by managing their own little yard."
When we got home, Mother told the maid to clean and furnish the courtyard next to the main house for you to live in. For now, you'll stay in a side room in the main house.
Xie Ning held Chen Wanniang's hand and said, "Mother is the best."
Since Xie Ning was to live alone, Qing Li alone was not enough to take care of him. However, knowing that Xie Ning did not like being taken care of by servants, Chen Wan Niang only assigned two maids to accompany Xie Ning, one named Qing Xu and the other Qing Le, both of whom had been trained at the estate.
Xie Ning accepted it without resistance, because she couldn't refuse it in the first place.
And she did indeed need the maid's care. Before, she lived with her parents, and her food, clothing and daily necessities were provided by the master of the house. But once she moved out, these things fell to the servants who followed her.
For example, the clothes she wears, the purses and handkerchiefs she uses, and other personal items cannot be bought from outside; they are mostly made at home. Then there's the cleaning of the yard, the small kitchen, and things like washing and laundry, all of which need to be taken care of by someone.
When Xie Ning was actually in the feudal ancient world, standing in the position of the privileged class, he did not promote the idea of equality for all, but he also did not look down on those below him just because he was a member of the privileged class.
Equality is never something that can be achieved by words alone.
Xie Ning looked at the fifteen or sixteen-year-old maid in front of her and asked softly, "Do you know how to write your names?"
“The servants are illiterate.”
Qingxu and Qingle shook their heads, their eyes filled with trepidation. It was their first time meeting their young master, and although the nanny had said that he was a very kind and gentle young lady, they were still nervous.
Xie Ning nodded slightly. "Does it count?"
Qingxu curtsied and said, "This servant knows a little." Qingle, however, did not.
Xie Ning gave the two maids a quick assessment and then had a plan in mind. She pointed to Qingli and said, "Qingli is a little older than you. She can read and do math, and she has also learned some pharmacology from me. You can learn from her."
Knowing more will benefit you yourselves.
Qingli nodded vigorously, "Go ahead and ask me anything." Although she wasn't the quickest learner, she had still studied quite a bit.
Qingxu and Qingle were both stunned, never expecting such a good thing to happen. They quickly knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude.
Xie Ning quickly helped the person up and said with a smile, "I don't have many rules. Just do your job well."
What can she possibly do?
It's about starting with small changes around you, like planting flowers – it takes patience.
The cicadas chirped outside the window, rising and falling like an echo of midsummer.
The dewdrops, teetering on the tips of leaves, slowly dissipated into mist with the first rays of morning sunlight.
Xie Ning got up early in the morning. She specially carried a small basket and a small hoe to go out and collect herbs. There was a small mountain not far away that belonged to her family, which was a good place to explore.
Chen Wanniang, Xie Qi, and Chen Yunsheng and his wife also changed their clothes and went along.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, the elderly Xie couple and Xie Yun did not come to the estate to escape the summer heat. They had recently become obsessed with making money and planned to make a fortune during the festival, then use their savings to open a larger restaurant.
Then we won't have to run around anymore.
Initially, their food trucks were indeed very attractive, and the fried rice they sold, along with the customized meals they later offered, did attract many customers, especially students.
But soon after, food trucks offering similar styles of customized meals or other dishes sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
Of course, they sold the technology for the food truck themselves. At first, they sold the food truck, and later they sold the blueprints.
After all, the technology for making this food truck isn't particularly advanced. You can just make a quick buck at the beginning and not sell it. Someone will figure it out eventually.
Grandpa Xie was very easygoing. He felt that it was good enough to push the food cart to sell some food every day, and he could earn some money to buy food for his grandson.
However, Grandmother Xie and her daughter Xie Yun still wanted to open a food stall. After all, they had now settled down in the capital and naturally wanted to make bigger plans.
Unable to persuade his wife and feeling sorry for his daughter, Grandpa Xie could only work hard to earn money.
Therefore, even on the Dragon Boat Festival, none of them rested.
Chen Wanniang offered to help them open a food stall several times, but Xie Wangzhi stopped her each time.
“My sister is just missing this last bit of strength, so just let her do it.”
Hearing Xie Wangzhi's words, Chen Wanniang gave up her worries and focused on her weaving workshop and cloth shop.
Ivory-white clouds floated in the azure sky, the wind rustled through the trees, and every now and then a bird would chirp, as if disturbed from its sweet dreams by the gentle breeze.
The group claimed they were going out to dig for medicinal herbs, but in reality, only Xie Ning led Qingli and Xiaolang to dig all over the mountain. Chen Wanniang then led the maids to find a shady spot, spread out mats, and began a picnic.
When Xie Ning returned with Qing Li, he was covered in sweat, which prompted Chen Wan Niang to give him a long lecture.
"Come and have some iced drinks. Even though the ice has melted, it's still refreshing. Especially this orange and jade dumpling soup, isn't that your favorite?"
Chen Wanniang wiped the sweat from Xie Ning's forehead and asked, "Where is your brother?"
"He took Moqi to catch rabbits, and snowballs too."
Snowball is that little white wolf. When it was young, it was round and plump because it ate well, and it looked like a little snowball.
Xie Ning took a spoonful of the chilled glutinous rice ball soup and ate it, her eyes squinting from the coolness.
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