The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 86 Returning Home Zhang Carpenter

"It's all good, I'm quite used to it." Feng Wangtian handed the parcel to his mother-in-law, "The first one is something Dashi and Ershi brought home, and the second and third ones are old clothes that the host's wife gave to the children at home. Take a look. They are all big and small, and they will be worn by the children at home.”

Aunt Feng opened the first one, which contained some fine linen fabrics. People in the mountains could not go out to the mountains many times throughout the year, so it was difficult to buy materials for clothes. The two sons knew that there were many children in the family, so they bought a lot, which pleased Aunt Feng. .

But she still opened the second bag with full expectation. It turned out to be two pairs of adult clothes. The color suited Feng Wangtian and his wife. Aunt Feng shook it open in surprise, "Master, these are new clothes."

The host’s wife gave the baggage to Feng Wangtian. He was an honest person and always felt that whatever the host gave him was from his heart. He was happy with it. He didn’t open it to look at it, but he didn’t expect it to be a new suit of clothes. “You clearly said they were old clothes?”

Aunt Feng happily opened the second bundle. There were several sets of clothes for children, both old and new. They were also new. She picked them up and shook them open. There was a crash and something fell to the ground.

The old couple looked towards the ground together, and saw a shining golden lock lying on the gray stone ground.

 The couple were shocked by the flash.

It took a while to regain her senses. Aunt Feng bent down and picked up the gold lock, and wiped it on her body like a treasure. "You can't break it, but you can't..." She looked at the man again, "Master, this is..."

 The baggage was given by the owner. They must know what is in it. They should not accidentally drop such a valuable thing, right?

Feng Wangtian was bored for a while and then said, "I'm afraid this is a return gift from my boss."

"What are you doing?" Aunt Feng sat up with a look of nervousness on her face and hugged Jinsuo tightly in her arms, "Officials know that you don't want it, so they hide it in their clothes. Even if you return, They definitely won’t take it back.”

 Aunt Feng would hold her in her arms even when she slept. Feng Wangtian felt uneasy, "I will go to the capital again in the next two days."

 Aunt Feng really guessed it.

"Who will I give it to if I don't give it to you?" Feng Wangtian said angrily, thinking of a greedy woman.

"Whether they can take it back or not is their business, but I still have to express my feelings." Feng Wangtian felt sorry for the owner who spent so much money on a cart of mountain goods. Before going to bed, he said, "My owner's little lady likes to eat grass and dragon balls. I'll do it tomorrow." Take the children to pick it up and bring it to the little boss when you go to the capital."

 Feng Wangtian shook his head, "I don't know."

Aunt Feng couldn’t part with the big golden lock, and said in pain, “If the owner really gave it to our family, you must bring it back to me!”

"Then...how much is this golden lock worth?" Aunt Feng stuttered in excitement.

Aunt Feng touched and smelled it for a while. The treasure was so rare that she even forgot to be excited when the man gave her the wages of his two sons.

It’s almost twenty-five taels, but the gold in the big shops in Beijing is much purer than the gold in small places. If you buy this gold lock in a small place, it will cost twenty-five taels.

"What's wrong with the twelve liangs?" Ever since she started working with a high-ranking official in the capital, Aunt Feng is no longer excited to see the twelve liangs again. She is now very curious about golden locks. This one is much bigger than the one she saw when the village chief's grandson turned one year old. " I guess there must be..." I heard that the one in the village chief's house was bought for six liang of silver at that time. This one is as big as his family of three, so isn't it twenty taels smaller?

 “Old woman, this is ten taels!” In half a year, I earned another ten taels, not counting what my son and the others left privately.

 Aunt Feng curled her lips at his irritation and thought to herself, I don’t believe you don’t care about such a large piece of gold?

It’s almost eleven months. If we were in modern times, little babies would already be wandering around in walkers. Su Ruojin was free again and started tinkering with Su Silang's walker.

The baby walker is actually very simple. It mainly has four wheels at the bottom. In this era, horse-drawn carriages were readily available. You only need to shrink the wheels of the carriage into mini wheels. You can find a carpenter to make them.

Carpenter Zhang often visits the barbecue shop, so when Su Ruojin wanted to find a carpenter, she contacted him immediately.

Carpenter Zhang, whose name is Zhang Liang, works in a carpentry shop. This carpentry shop is often requisitioned by the Ministry of Works to repair government offices, warehouses, pavilions, pavilions, etc., so it can be regarded as half of the imperial court. The middle-aged man in his early thirties was very happy when he received the job from Su Ruojin, "Ms. Su, I will do it for you for free. Can you give me this drawing?"

Su Ruojin said nothing and looked at him with an inquiring look.

Zhang Liang was embarrassed by the young lady and scratched his head, "I am just an insignificant little carpenter in the craftsman's shop. The wages are low and it is not easy to support my family..."

Before he could finish his words, Su Ruojin interrupted him mercilessly, "It's not easy to support a family. Do you still have money to eat barbecue every night?"

"I..." Zhang Liang's face turned red, and he didn't know what to say.

Not every man in ancient times was like Su Yanli. The money he earned was used for household expenses first. Many unskilled men earned a little money and took care of themselves first. If they had a surplus, they thought of giving it to their families.

 Zhang Liang is such a person. The little salary he gets from the craftsman's shop follows the current fashion. He eats Xiao Long Bao every morning and eats barbecue.

Su Ruojin frowned when she heard this. She obviously took care of her family's business, but she just couldn't be happy.

 “What about your mother-in-law and children?”

“She has some dowry, and she also earns a little money by doing starching work.”

 Scumbag.

In order to take the job from the Su family, Zhang Liang gave up all the dignity of a man and promised with a straight chest: "From now on, half of the wages will be given to my wife for household use..."

 “No, 90% of it will be used by my aunt as a housekeeper.” She had never seen Mrs. Zhang Liang in person, so Su Ruojin wanted to recognize her as her aunt first.

"I…"

“Then leave quickly, I’ll find the next one.”

 The young lady refused to give him any work, and Zhang Liang was so anxious that he said, "Give it...I'll give it to you..."

Su Ruojin was hesitant. A man who didn't even care about his wife and children was really untrustworthy.

Seeing that the little lady Yuxue refused to do the work for him, Zhang Liang burst into tears and cried bitterly, "I promise that I will take care of the family and children from now on. If I can't do it, let me die like Li Carpenter with his corpse in the capital." Not found."

Such a heavy oath?

Su Ruojin asked curiously, "Who is Carpenter Li? How could he die so hard that his body can't even be found?"

Seeing the young lady's curiosity, Zhang Liang immediately replied in a flattering manner: "Carpenter Li is the best carpenter in our craftsman's shop. Any job that falls into his hands is fast and good. A few years ago, one day after work, someone said I invited him to have a drink, but I didn’t even find the body.”

“You can’t see people alive, and you can’t see corpses even if you’re dead?”

“That’s right, you scholars can still talk, that’s it.”

 (End of this chapter)