Chapter 088 Reunion
Yang Mengqi, who was not supervised on the spot, could see that Cailian was careful and appropriate, so he gave her all the power to collect the rent. He took Chu Hanlu and often took three or five maids out to buy the items she needed for her birthday. After all, Lin Zimo had already said something and must be grand. She knew that she was different from the past and couldn't handle it, so she lost the face of her father-in-law. In addition to sending invitations to the Chu family and other related people in Pingnan County in advance, Yang Mengqi sent people to send invitations in batches to invite them to visit his home.
In the next three days, one batch of food delivery teams entered Guiping City from Pingnan County. The busy picking lotus carefully checked the rental food paid to each family, and the two little maids who followed her were happier day by day. After all, money fell into their small pockets every day. They no longer think that they are unlucky and follow the wrong person, but are happy that they have followed the right person. The two little maids calculated in private. After this busy time, they could get dozens of taels of silver at least. They feel very happy just thinking about it, so they work very hard when they do their errands.
"Woman, you really fight for the face of our old He family." Old man He, Cailian's biological father, smiled as brightly as the sunshine in summer and said happily, "When I was still at home, I heard that you became the maid in charge of the magistrate's family. At first, I didn't believe it. Today, I came here to deliver rent food. I really believe that all this is true.
Old man He, who turned around, greeted the villagers who came with him to come and have a look. The people in their village crowded in front of and behind, and they insisted on looking at the appearance of the daughter of the He family today. Although it was only nearly a year later, Cailian almost forgot her surname. She doesn't want to forget the original, but doesn't want to evoke the sad things of the past.
Cailian clearly knows that the poor daughter who was sold to a large family as a maid will not fall into a good family. Rich and powerful people either treat them as animals or as toys. If you are lucky, otherwise you would have lost this innocent body and become one of the many toys of the male owner.
Since she was sold by her father to the Lin family as a slave, she only knew how to serve a good master. Cailian's literacy is also learned by her master's side. After all, Yang Mengqi never mind that she secretly followed her when she was studying with Professor Chu Hanlu. If it is an ordinary large family, your behavior will be beaten and scolded, and if it is heavy, your hands will be broken and blinded and sold at will. As a slave, she is not allowed to read and read without the permission of her master. Cailian felt that her identity and status today were a gift from her master, not the credit of her biological father.
Deeply, Mrs. Cailian, who trusted her, did not want to make mistakes in her affairs. Her tone seemed a little stiff and said, "You should have seen enough, so just come forward one by one and hand over the rent paid this year one by one. Although you and I are from the same village, we already have to do business. Don't expect me to be selfish.
A group of people in Donghe Village felt that she was not very happy, so they dispersed one after another, and took the lead in coming straight and said with special attention, "I said, little sister of the He family, do you think I should arrange your family in the first place?"
A little maid standing next to Cailian suddenly interrupted dissatisfiedly and said, "You have to figure out, what is the little sister of the He family? All the people who come to us to pay for rent and grain have to call us Sister Cailian, the maid in charge of Lin's house.
Li was pretending to slap himself in the face and quickly changed his mouth, "I'm stupid. I hope Sister Cailian won't be angry?"
After saying that, he hurriedly took out a dozen taels of silver from his arms and put it on the table. He only smiled and said nothing.
Cailian did not acquiesce to the two little maids who followed her as in the past, but squeezed out a smile and said, "Although I am the maid of Linfu at present, I am also from Donghe Village. You still take it back, and I won't embarrass you. If you don't take it back, I don't think you will really pick bones in the egg.
With a smile on his face, he had no choice but to take the money back. Cailian just arranged to start the acceptance of the rented grain they sent. After all, moisture, color, weight, etc. need to be checked one by one. As long as she thinks that the refined rice sent is qualified, she will ask the head of the household who delivered the grain to press the fingerprint on the account book page with his name. If you want to say that you are not qualified, you have to let the head of the household who came to deliver the grain back. One after two, it will naturally take time, effort and money. Therefore, every leader who pays the rent before the transfer will put ten taels of silver tea money for the person in charge according to the previous rules.
Picking lotus is a business and meticulous acceptance of the rented grain from the villagers one by one. When it came to her biological father's turn, she still didn't mean how to deal with it. After checking, the old man He, who pressed his fingerprints, was not in a hurry to leave. In the name of father and daughter reunion, he insisted on inviting his daughter to dinner. Picking lotus without thinking too much, he promised. She asked to meet her other relatives, so she made an appointment with her biological father five days later.
In the next five days, picking lotus is still very busy. He still insisted that the reward of the non-master was penniless, so that the two little maids who followed him were full of money. They had enough brains and specially prepared a high-quality rouge gouache for Cailian in the name of sisterhood. It was difficult to shirk her, so she had to reluctantly accept it.
Old He led his family to Guiping City again. Except for him, the rest of the people have seen the prosperity of this "city" for the first time. While they were novel, they opened their eyes well. In order to meet his daughter, old man He spent a lot of energy and spent a few money to ask the door of Lin's house to go in and pass the message.
Knowing the news, the leisurely picking lotus just walked out of the gate of the government office. When I saw a large group of people gathered in a pile, looking inside with obscene looks and expectation, I said unhappily, "Are you standing here to die? Can you stand anywhere in this place? This is the main door of the magistrate's office, and you can't stand at will. This group of government officials didn't whip you and beat you away. It's really lucky for you to wait.
"We are not TOEFL for you yet." Only then did old man He and others understand and said, "We are really scared and say, "We only see many people in a hurry and don't know what they are going to do?"
"One day later, it will be the birthday of the magistrate's wife. They are preparing for it. Cailian, who returned to the taste, smiled bitterly and said, "May well be the reason why you are lucky, otherwise the officials outside the house would have taken action against you long ago."
Near noon, it was just time to have dinner, so she led more than a dozen people to a middle-class restaurant in the city for dinner. As soon as Cailian appeared, the shopkeeper greeted two steps with great enthusiasm, and his hand made a gesture of asking inward. Because Chu Hanlu likes the special snacks of this restaurant, she often comes here to buy what she needs, so they are familiar with each other.
The shopkeeper turned around and turned to the old man He and others with a fierce face and made a drive-up action. His tone was extremely unkind and said, "Go away, this is not the place for you to eat."
Cailian, who turned around, looked expressionless and said coldly, "They came with me to eat at your place."
The shopkeeper's face instantly turned into a smile and said, "Please, everyone, please."
He invited a handful of people to sit by the window. Cailian and her closest relatives sat at one table, while her seven aunts and eight aunts and other relatives sat at the other two tables. Without treating her relatives badly, she ordered a large and distinctive dish in this restaurant. As for the wine, I ordered several jars of wine in the flat ground in this restaurant for them.
For He'er and others, it is definitely an adult wine. Even if picking lotus is really good for them, they may not be able to drink a good one. After all, it takes a long time to eat and drink this good thing to find that it is good there. Perhaps, the most likely situation is that they will think that burning knives are better than this.
The remember shopkeeper turned around and left, and as soon as he walked to the counter, he was called by the shopkeeper and said, "What's going on? Do you still want to do it? Why did you bring in the beggar for me? Get rid of them all."
The shopkeeper, who looked calm, said indifferently, "They were brought in by the girl picking lotus. Looking at their appearance, they should be poor relatives of our magistrate. Anyway, the little one dares not drive people away. If you are always afraid of offending the Lin magistrate, you can go."
The shopkeeper's unhappy face eased and scolded, "You bastard, don't say it earlier. Why don't you go and ask the kitchen to serve them? By the way, you have to ask them to give more weight. These hillbils are short of oil and water in their stomachs.
The shopkeeper nodded, and then hurriedly ran in. A table sitting downstairs felt that they were poor and unlucky, so he called the shopkeeper over and insisted that he drive people away.
The shopkeeper learned the tone of his shopkeeper and whispered, "These masters, if you are not afraid of offending the Lin magistrate, I will never say anything. Even if you break the things in the store, it's none of your business.
They didn't make a sound at once and just buried themselves in drinking. After all, they all knew that Lin Zimo was a very powerful role and could not afford to offend him, and the local bigwigs who offended him had already reported to the Lord of Hell.
The shopkeeper with a smile said in the tone of the second child of the store to greet the guests, "Four masters, eat slowly, drink slowly, and give a response if you need."