If arranged according to the mother's rank, the household would suddenly have a dozen or twenty maids.
"After Mother inspects the house tomorrow, she'll definitely have to call the men back. That means we'll have to support dozens more people."
The old mother had already placed those two pounds of gold by her pillow.
"Sister, let's talk to Mother about some things tomorrow."
Qiao Manman naively thought that their mother must have suffered some hardships over the years, just like them, and knew how to be frugal, and was not the kind of person who only cared about showing off.
Qiao Manman only guessed the first half correctly.
The next morning, the elderly mother did not get up first.
Her daughter-in-law stood at her door early in the morning to serve her by washing her face, combing her hair, and getting her dressed.
The few gold and silver hairpins, and the carved wooden hairpins, were all used to adorn his head.
In the words of Mrs. Qiao, this is called losing face but not losing pride, lacking money but not lacking pomp and circumstance.
The two sisters, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, personally prepared breakfast for their elderly mother in the kitchen.
He Miaomiao personally delivered her mother's breakfast request.
“My mother said she was hungry. This morning she wanted rice porridge, duck with fermented rice wine, a plate of duck feet and tongues, freshly stir-fried chives, and freshly steamed buns.”
The middle-aged mother was getting ready in her room.
The two beautiful daughters, covered in dust and dirt, were making breakfast in the kitchen.
By the time breakfast was ready, my elderly mother was already impatient, saying she had been hungry for a long time.
"You're moving so slowly, are you trying to starve me to death?"
The elderly mother came to the table and ate a few bites; the dishes looked and tasted quite good.
Having just finished eating, he started being picky again:
"Look at you two sisters, you don't look like proper young ladies at all. Your faces are covered in soot. Are you running out of time? You know you have to make breakfast, but don't you know you should get up earlier? Do you have to wait until the rooster crows and the sky is just beginning to lighten before you get up? Tomorrow morning, add four more dishes, and move the breakfast time forward by half an hour. If you're even a quarter of an hour late, Da Qiao, you'll be in for a beating."
The elderly mother wiped her mouth after finishing her meal.
"Remember to take care of the maid's duties today. By this afternoon, the people I need must be standing neatly before me. I'm going to give them a lecture tonight, understand?"
In the past, if the family needed to add dozens of people, Qiao Jingjing would have asked Qiao Er and Qiao San to do it without hesitation.
But from today onwards, there will be no Qiao Er or Qiao San to serve her.
Qiao Er and Qiao San could do the following: practice swordsmanship in the courtyard, read books under the corridor, write poems and paint, and go out to make friends.
Washing clothes, cooking, and shopping—Qiao Jingjing couldn't afford to be disheveled.
Qiao Jingjing filled a basin with water and looked at herself.
She was not disheveled at all.
She simply combed her hair, without wearing any hairpins or accessories. This kind of attire was more in line with her identity as a farmer.
But the elderly mother couldn't stand it.
Her mother has already given her a stern lecture on her attire and the way she walks.
The elderly mother said she walked too fast and didn't have the graceful, slender movements a woman should have.
"Look at you! Look what you've done to Xiao Qiao! What kind of behavior is this? You two are truly ill-mannered! When I was in Ye City, I saw a girl from the Zhen family. She walked with graceful steps, her eyes sparkling, her jade pendants jingling. People came to her house to propose marriage in an endless stream. If you two sisters were even a tenth as good as her, or even a toe, our Qiao family wouldn't be in such a sorry state!"
The old mother gets angry whenever she talks about it.
She realized that her husband seemed to bear some responsibility for this.
So they turned their attention to Old Man Qiao and discussed this big issue with him.
Qiao Jingjing quickly pulled Qiao Manman out the door, "Quickly, quickly, let's buy a maid who does rough work."
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