Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. Take it. Also, my snack shop is short of someone. Are you willing to work there? The monthly salary is not high, 200 coins a month. And every month, I will give you 20 catties of grain, 20 catties of vegetables, 2 catties of mustard, and 10 eggs." It's about 100 coins, which is half of the private guard. But when the harvest comes, this money can be saved.
Kun Zhang felt that she was a little slow to react today. At first, she regretted that she couldn't go to the county town to do business, but she was overwhelmed by the reward of 10 taels of silver. Then the lady gave her a job.
When Kun Zhang walked out of the main courtyard, she was still a little dizzy.
Nanny Lian said, "Captain Kun's wife looks honest."
Yang Haiyan smiled, "Madam, everyone looks honest." Nanny
Lian also smiled. She didn't want to guess what the lady was thinking. The lady didn't seem like a teenage girl to her.
Yang Haiyan thought that with Kun Zhang in the snack shop, Aunt Fan wouldn't have to run back and forth. She used to get up early every morning, go to the snack shop to make snacks, then take Aunt Yu to buy vegetables, and then run back and forth between Qianfu's house and the snack shop. She was really busy. But she wouldn't have to do that anymore. She only had to take care of the kitchen.
But with the business of Ping Zhanggui, there were 20 kilograms of snacks every day. It was obviously too much for Aunt Hong to handle it alone, so it was just right to add Kun Zhang.
Of course, only Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong knew about the recipe of snacks. Kun Zhang only did the basics, such as kneading the dough. She kneaded the dough and gave it to Aunt Hong to mix with goat milk and butter. The two worked in different rooms, one for the front process and the other for the back process.
This way the recipe would not be leaked.
When Kun Zhang returned to the servants' courtyard, she was already sober. She couldn't hide her excitement and the curved corners of her mouth. But at this time, everyone else in the servants' courtyard was having lunch at home, and no one noticed her.
Kunshi and Kun Daying, who had just returned from private school, had already served the food. The old hen from yesterday was stewed into soup at noon. The aroma of the soup was so fragrant that everyone who smelled it was drooling. In fact, for Kunshi, meat was no longer so attractive. After all, he had lived here for four months and could eat meat every day.
Kunshi looked at Kun Zhang's happy face and asked curiously, "Why are you so happy? Are the snacks selling particularly well today?"
Kun Zhang said mysteriously, "The madam rewarded me with ten taels of silver today, and asked me to work in her snack shop, paying me two hundred coins a month, plus a food allowance."
Kunshi was stunned: "Why did the madam reward you with ten taels of silver?" To be honest, he was not surprised, but frightened. "Although two hundred coins a month is not as much as selling snacks in the county, it saves you from running back and forth, which is good. But why don't you go to the county to sell snacks? Is it that Madam doesn't approve snacks for you?"
Kun Zhang explained the matter of Ping being the storekeeper: "This is a reward from Madam."
Kun Shi understood: "Madam has always been generous. As long as I am loyal to the adults, you should be loyal to Madam."
Kun Zhang said: "I know."
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the three-day test.
Qin Siya was particularly nervous today. Early in the morning, after breakfast, she stood in the study. She usually studied in the east room, an unused room, which was converted into a study for her to learn to read. It was also Qin Shoucheng's study.
Hearing the sound at the door of the study, she looked outside and saw that not only her sister-in-law had come, but also her brother. Her heart beat faster and faster, and she was nervous.
Qin Siya said with a little embarrassment: "Why is my brother here?"
Qin Fang glanced at her and said: "I'm here to test you."
Qin Siya wanted to cry. Although it was just a word test, both the brother and sister-in-law had 30 words, but when she saw her brother, her mind went blank. She looked at Qin Fang and asked cautiously, "Can my sister-in-law take the test instead?"
Qin Fang said, "No. There are many things in life that you can't choose the way you want. You have to learn to face them."
Yang Haiyan comforted him, "Don't be nervous, Siya, show your real ability to your brother. Don't worry, your sister-in-law is watching you."
Qin Siya clenched her fists: "Okay."
Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan sat down. Qin Fang opened the book on the table. It was Qin Siya's "Hundred Family Names". It was brand new because it was bought only a few days ago. Qin Fang did not hesitate and asked first: "Has Aunt Lian taught you your own name?"
Qin Siya nodded: "Yes."
Qin Fang spread out the paper and gave her a pen: "Can you write your own name?"
Aunt Lian and Yang Haiyan taught Qin Siya to recognize characters, and naturally they not only wanted her to recognize characters, but also to be able to write. So Qin Siya took the pen and wrote the three characters Qin Siya on the paper in a twisted way. Although the characters looked like earthworms crawling, Qin Fang did not care. In his opinion, his sister could recognize characters and write them, which was a good harvest. As for whether the characters were well written, it would take time.
Qin Fang praised her with two words: "Not bad."
Hearing her brother's praise, Qin Siya was somewhat relaxed. Next, Qin Fang began to test the characters in "Hundred Family Names". Qin Siya didn't remember every character of the thirty characters she learned in the first three days, but she had been reviewing for today's test. When she forgot something, she asked Qin Shoucheng. It was her first time to take the test, and she was under great pressure and didn't dare to relax for a moment. Because of this pressure, the test results today were quite good. Although she didn't remember thirty characters, she remembered twenty-three characters. Qin Siya was a little dissatisfied with herself. Why did she only remember twenty-three characters?
Yang Haiyan took out two coins: "Siya, this is your reward. Although you didn't remember thirty words, you have just learned to read, and it is good to remember twenty-three words. Try to remember more than this time in the next test."
Qin Siya took the two coins: "Thank you, sister-in-law." She touched the money happily. This was the first time she touched copper coins, and she was reluctant to hide it.
Yang Haiyan looked at her, smiled and shook her head: "Today I will give you a day off, you don't have to study, and you don't have to learn needlework. If you recognize 23 characters, you can get 11 snacks as a reward, and I will ask Aunt Fan to bring them to you later."
Qin Siya asked hurriedly: "Are they the small cakes and small biscuits we had before?" Aunt Fan gave them to them the day after they came, but there were no more later, so Qin Siya missed the small cakes and small biscuits very much. But she was obedient and didn't mention it to Yang Haiyan.
Yang Haiyan: "Yes. My sister-in-law promised you that for every two words you learn, you will be rewarded with a cake." The reason why she didn't give it to the two children afterwards was because she wanted to treat it as a reward. If she gave it to the children every day, it would not be a rare thing. Only when you can't eat it, you will cherish it.
Yang Haiyan doesn't eat this kind of small cakes and biscuits very much, so there are no preparations at home. If you want to give it to Qin Siya, you have to go to the store. Thinking of this, Yang Haiyan said to Qin Fang: "Husband, there is a market in the town today. Shall we go shopping?"
Qin Fang said: "Okay." He will go to the barracks in two days, and he will have less time to accompany her. It would be good to take the opportunity to accompany her to go shopping.
So, the couple went out, neither of them took their servants with them. But before leaving, Yang Haiyan went back to the house to get the pearls she had bought before.
Because there were many peddlers at the market, there were twice as many people in the town as usual. But many people just came to look and join in the fun.
Qin Fang said, "In previous years when there was a market, if we were not on duty in the barracks, we would also come to join in the fun."
Yang Haiyan was curious: "Have you been here? Have you bought anything?"
Qin Fang shook his head: "I didn't have money to buy anything in the past few years, and after I got my monthly allowance, I couldn't bear to buy anything." At this point, he thought of one thing, he had never given her anything. So, he looked around the stalls in the market to see if there was anything he could afford and suitable for her.
Qin Fang counted the money in his hand. After he became a centurion, his monthly pocket money went from 100 coins to 1 tael of silver. Now he had saved more than 5 taels of silver. What could he buy for his wife? Bracelet? Jewelry? Hairpin? Clothes? He thought about it from beginning to end, and then looked at the stalls. When he saw one of the stalls, he suddenly had an idea.
With an idea in mind, Qin Fang stopped looking at these things.
Shopping does not necessarily mean buying things. The two of them went to Yongji.
The shopkeeper saw that it was Qin Fang and his wife, and greeted them warmly: "Mr. Qin, Mrs. Qin, what brings you here today?"
Yongji sells women's products, such as soap, rouge, powder, and jewelry. However, because it is in the town, the prices are relatively moderate. Occasionally, there are a few expensive items, which are considered the treasures of the town store. No matter how expensive they are, people in the town cannot afford them, and even if they can afford them, they are reluctant to buy them.
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "You are too polite, shopkeeper. I came here today to ask you, the jewelry in your shop is all finished products. I wonder if the jewelry is processed?"
The shopkeeper said, "It depends on what kind of jewelry it is."
Yang Haiyan took out the pearls: "When I bought these pearls, there were no holes. Can you make holes here?"
The shopkeeper took a look and said, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Qin, we can't do it here. This has to be taken to the county town for processing."
Yang Haiyan didn't have much hope when she heard this. It seemed that she had to buy a hole puncher on the platform and then make holes herself. Although the holes could not be punched, the string for stringing pearls had to be bought here. The string on the platform was different from the ancient string.
After buying the string, the couple left.
After leaving Yongji, Qin Fang asked, "Going to the county town?"
Yang Haiyan shook her head, "No hurry, there will be a county town market in early April, and it will be in time to go then."
The two of them strolled around and returned to their family quarters. There were a few women following them, but they were not following them, they just happened to be behind them. When they saw them in front, the women muttered, "This Lord Qin is really nice, he even accompanies his wife to the market." "That's right
, by the way, Lord Qin has been married for more than half a year, and Mrs. Qin is still not pregnant... Will she lay eggs?"
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