After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Shunzi followed Qin Yao and ate five meat buns in a row. When the good intentions were still not over, the logging work was over.

Because of the involution brought by Qin Yao, they completed the work that originally took half a month to complete in seven days.

After work that day, I suddenly heard Ding Wu say: The wood cut this time is enough. I will go to the tool room to put the tools in a while, and go to the accounting room to find the housekeeper to settle the wages.

You won't come tomorrow.

Everyone nodded in despair, took their tools and went down the mountain to find the butler to settle the bill.

Because they worked so hard, their wages actually increased to twelve cents a day. After seven days of work, they earned a total of eighty-four cents.

No one was deducted money, and the top three got a little extra. They collected a hundred coins and strung them on a hemp rope. When they shook, they jingled and made a pleasant sound.

Shunzi was very happy. Although he failed to get one hundred coins, the eighty-four coins were more than ten coins more than expected.

Everyone came on the road from various villages. It was a long way home, so they all dispersed after receiving their wages.

Qin Yao and the cook took the remaining four meat buns and greeted Shunzi. They were going to go home together today.

Since she doesn't have to go to work tomorrow, Qin Yao doesn't want to storm home.

I plan to go to the town soon to see what shops are open. It would be better if they still sell meat.

Ms. Qin!

The butler suddenly caught up with him.

Qin Yao and Shunzi turned around in confusion, and the housekeeper smiled at Qin Yao, Ms. Qin, can you take a moment to speak?

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows, and Shunzi retreated to the door consciously, Sister-in-law, I'll wait for you outside the door.

Qin Yao nodded and followed the housekeeper back to the courtyard, looking at him doubtfully.

No one would give benefits to another person for no reason. In fact, the breakfast the cook prepared for her in the past few days has exceeded the standard. Qin Yao knew it, but she just pretended to be stupid if the other person didn't point it out.

The housekeeper couldn't bear to call her until now, and he didn't know what they wanted to do.

Butler Yu hesitated, as if he didn't know how to speak.

Qin Yao was a little impatient, Butler, just tell me what you have to say. I'm in a hurry to go home. It's not safe to walk at night in the dark.

The housekeeper then asked her: Ms. Qin, will you have some free time next?

Is there anything else to do? Qin Yao asked.

The housekeeper smiled and said: My master and young master are planning to go on a long trip in a few days, but they can't worry about Miss Qin, so they want to ask Mrs. Qin if she has free time. In about a month, she just needs to stay at the house to accompany her. Just my young lady.

As he spoke, he added hurriedly, The wages are easy to talk about. If it's inconvenient for you, Madam Qin, there are guest rooms in the house for you to live in, and there are kitchens for food. The cook has now understood your appetite, and the custody will not make you hungry. Take a look, are you free?

Qin Yao: You want me to be your lady's temporary bodyguard?

The butler nodded happily, Exactly.

Qin Yao asked again: Food and accommodation are included, and it lasts for one month, right?

Seeing that she seemed interested, the housekeeper nodded repeatedly, Yes, yes!

How do you calculate wages?

Unexpectedly, she asked about the wages so quickly. The housekeeper felt that there was a lot of hope, so he tentatively asked, How about two taels?

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows. There was still room for price increase.

She didn't expect the salary of being a bodyguard to be so high. If she had known this, she would have been a lumberjack and just went to the city to apply for a bodyguard.

But just think about it this way, the dignitaries in the city have their own nursing homes, so it is almost impossible to recruit them from outside.

I'm afraid Ding's wife is not really in need of a nursing home, but just wants to add an extra layer of protection to her daughter's safety.

According to her observations these days, the Ding family has no matron, only Master Ding. All the adults have left, leaving only a little girl, which is really worrying.

This place is still three miles away from the village where the Ding clan members live. Unless Miss Ding is sent to a relative's house to take care of her, otherwise the clan members will not be able to get there as soon as possible if something goes wrong.

But obviously, Ms. Ding does not want to live with relatives.

Qin Yao glanced at the housekeeper, and the housekeeper looked at her. Their eyes met, and the housekeeper gave her a gentle smile.

Qin Yao asked him: Steward Yu, after the Ding clan academy is established, will you only accept the children of the Ding family?

Ms. Qin, do you want your children to attend the clan school? the housekeeper asked tentatively.

Qin Yao hummed, and the housekeeper suggested that she ask Master Ding for help. If there are only one or two foreigners, there is still hope.

But he didn't dare to give Qin Yao a guarantee, It all depends on the clan leader's arrangements, and the clan school won't be completed until the end of the year at the earliest, so it's still early.

The wood has just been cut down and needs to be dried for half a year. After that, the logs have to be made into usable wooden cubes and boards. The construction period is not fast.

Qin Yao knew that the housekeeper had given her a lot of face by saying this, but she still asked one more question: Is the girl's words okay?

The housekeeper was shocked and waved his hands repeatedly, No, no, no, how can a woman enter the hall? This has never happened before!

That's what Qin Yao asked, but knowing that it was impossible, she still felt a little regretful.

She didn't know what the situation was like elsewhere, but as far as Zijin Mansion was concerned, no girls went to school. If her daughter wanted to study and learn calligraphy, she could only ask her husband to teach her alone at home.

And there are very few families who can find husbands for their daughters.

The daughter of Ding’s wife can read because her father can teach her.

If it were other wealthy ladies, not many of them could read. The kind that their parents loved very much would teach them how to read accounts and make plans so that they could help their husbands manage the affairs of the house when they marry into their husband's family.

Not to mention the daughters of ordinary people.

Then I'll go back and prepare to come back in a few days. Qin Yao said.

She just agreed.

The housekeeper was overjoyed. When sending Qin Yao out, he was afraid that she would forget the time. He repeatedly warned her that she must arrive in five days at most.

Qin Yao agreed and called Shunzi, and the two of them went to the town together. Unfortunately, all the shops were closed. They only bought two packs of broad beans fried by him in front of a farmer.

A package of two cents, wrapped in banana leaves, is about the size of an adult's hand. The broad beans are fried until they crack, and the salt is soaked in. It smells delicious at first glance.

Qin Yao put one packet into the bag she carried with her, held the other packet in her hand, and walked home while eating with Shunzi.

Shunzi often sees adults buying snacks to take home for their children, like Qin Yao, who buys snacks for two cents, one for the family and one for herself. This is the first time she has seen this.

But when Qin Yao handed it over, he couldn't hold back and grabbed a small handful.

Only after eating it did I understand. No wonder children love to eat these things. It turns out that they are really good at satisfying cravings. They are fragrant and crispy and make people feel better after eating them.

When the two of them walked to Xiahe Village, only half of the sun's face was hanging on the top of the mountain.

Qin Yao thought that the rice vat at home was almost empty, so she bought fifteen kilograms of fine rice from a family in Xiahe Village and spent all the one hundred wages she received today.

Liu Ji, who had been waiting for Qin Yao to get his wages back, almost vomited himself to death when he saw the bag of fine rice.