Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 313: Educating Children

 After the scorching sun set, it was finally no longer sweltering.

After dinner, Xu Wanning brought her three children over to play with her younger siblings. Dalang was almost ten years old and was already very sensible. Xu Wanning and Jingshu were drinking tea and chatting on the soft couch, and Dalang Kun's brother and The little girls played with the three younger ones on the couch.

This year's rain has been heavy, and the harvest of the farm under Jingshu's name has been bleak. In the past, she would not have cared about it. Although she did not have a generous dowry, as the wife of the prince's prince, her daily income was higher than that of other households. A lot, and apart from Li Ling's salary being returned to the public, all the rest of his income, rewards, etc. were given to Jing Shu over the years.

 So, even without the income from the thousand-acre farm given by the princess's mother-in-law, Jingshu is not short of money. But now that she has two children, she can't help but plan for them.

 No matter how rich the family is in the Zhenguogongfu, the salary of the children and grandchildren must be returned to the public, and only the extra income of each can be put into his own pocket. If there is no extra income, he can only live by the rules.

 When children and grandchildren get married, a large part of the dowry will be provided by the family, and the rest will be purchased by each house. The amount of this addition depends on how much private property each mother can save for her children. Jingshu didn't have as rich a dowry as Xu Wanning Pingyang, so she could only think of ways to earn more on her own.

Jingshu learned that Xu Wanning had accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, so she asked her for advice on how to make money.

Xu Wanning heard Jingshu mention this and joked with a smile: "This woman will be different once she becomes a mother. I have never heard you mention money before."

Jing Shu said: "The past few years have been either drought or rainy, and the income in Zhuangzi has been terrible. I have to think of some extra ways."

Xu Wanning echoed: "My farms are no longer good. Fortunately, in the past few years, I have converted many of my farms into medicine gardens, so I won't lose all my money."

Jingshu knew that Xu Wanning had made a lot of money by reselling medicinal materials in the past few years, so she asked, "How is the sales of your medicinal materials?"

Xu Wanning replied: "There has been a swarm of people planting medicinal materials in the past two years. It is far different from the previous years. If you want to follow suit, you will not make much money anyway, but it is still better than planting other things."

Since everyone is rushing to build a medicinal garden like a storm, you can't make much money by following the trend. Jingshu planned to do the opposite and discussed with Xu Wanning: "Since there are so many medicinal materials in Beijing now, you can't make much money by following the trend." How about I open a pharmacy?"

Xu Wanning thought about it for a while and replied: "It's not impossible, it's just that opening a pharmacy requires the shopkeeper to be proficient in medicinal properties and pharmacology. Nowadays, these big pharmacies in Beijing are all medical families. If we laymen want to enter this industry, I'm afraid it won't be possible." so easy."

Jingshu nodded and replied: "This is indeed not easy to do. Let me think about it again."

Xu Wanning said: "We have been hit by disasters in recent years. It is not easy to make a living outside. My brother and sister are still young, so there is no need to worry."

The two sisters were chatting without a word, and Sister Zhuang, who was sitting aside eating some fruit, interrupted and said, "How about my aunt open a snack shop, specializing in selling the kind of snacks that children like to eat, and I'm sure to make money. "

The child's innocent words made both of them laugh. Xu Wanning looked at her daughter with crooked eyebrows and said, "You are so old, but you still only know how to eat."

Sister Zhuang put down the snacks she was eating and retorted: "I'm not just greedy. I can play the piano now. Even my master praised me for my rapid progress."

After Xu Wanning heard this, she immediately smiled and agreed: "Yes, my sister's piano skills have indeed improved very quickly. Not to mention, the Gong Ji Qingyin you left behind is indeed somewhat capable. The piano art is taught very well.”

Jingshu smiled and asked Sister Zhuang, "My dear niece, how about playing one for my aunt?"

Sister Zhuang has always liked this gentle and beautiful aunt. After hearing this, she readily agreed: "Okay."

Jingshu ordered someone to fetch the piano. Sister Zhuang cleaned her hands, put on her armor, and started playing. Sister Zhuang just started learning the piano not long ago. Although she is not very proficient in **** skills, she can play well.

After the song was played, Jingshu praised Sister Zhuang and encouraged her. Xu Wanning looked at her daughter with a happy smile on her face and muttered: "Yesterday, the second cousin sister-in-law of our clan, Mrs. Gu, met Professor Qingyin and our sister She also asked me where I hired such a good master. I explained the reason, and she told me that she wanted to invite Qingyin to teach her two daughters as well." Xu Wanning lowered her voice. He said in his voice: "I didn't promise her."

Glancing at Jing Shu's surprised look, Xu Wanning continued: "Where can I find such a good piano player outside? Although she is only teaching Sister Zhuang now, after two years, the second sister and the third sister have also grown up. We ourselves All the girls in the house have to learn piano, and if I teach others, it will inevitably distract the master's energy, and I'm afraid he won't be able to teach the sisters better."

Xu Wanning is a cheerful and cheerful person. Even if he is like this, he cannot help but be selfish when it comes to his children.

 This is also human nature.

The two sisters were chatting happily, and Brother Ping, who was playing on the couch, burst into tears.

Jingshu and Xu Wanning quickly got up and came over. It turned out that the two little brothers were fighting over a toy wooden horse, and that's when they got into a fight.

When Brother Erlang Ping saw his mother coming over, the little guy cried even harder. Xu Wanning quickly picked up his little son and coaxed him patiently.

Jingshu discussed with Brother Sanlangxuan and said, "How about you let me play with the little wooden horse for a while? I'll give it back to you after playing for a while. Be a good baby and be obedient."

No matter how Jingshu discussed it, Brother Xuan just held on to his toy and wouldn't let go.

Erlang lay on his mother's shoulder, glanced at Sanlang who still refused to give him toys, and cried loudly "Wow wow wow" in anger.

Seeing Erlang crying so fiercely, Sister Bao was so frightened that she started crying too.

The house, which was peaceful just now, suddenly fell into abnormal chaos. Jingshu and Xu Wanning coaxed this and that, and were sweating from the little guys.

Just at this moment, Li Ling returned.

He looked at several crying children and immediately stepped forward to hug Sister Bao. Sister Bao was protected by her strong father in his arms. She felt safe and gradually stopped crying. She stared at a pair of watery eyes. His big grape-like eyes looked at his two crying brothers.

Erlang cried for a while but no one coaxed the toy out of Sanlang's hands for him to play with. He simply broke out of Xu Wanning's arms and rolled on the ground.

Jingshu tried her best to coax Erlang to hand over the toy, but Erlang was stubborn. In order to protect his toy, the little guy didn't mind being intrusive and even pressed the little wooden horse under his butt.

Li Ling saw that the two boys were so difficult to deal with. Without saying a word, he took out the small wooden horse from under San Lang's buttocks and threw it straight out the window in front of the two little brothers.

"If you two cry again, I will throw you out together."

The two little guys looked eagerly at the little wooden horse thrown out by Li Ling, and then glanced at Li Ling's cold and gloomy face, and they stopped crying.

 Sanlang was so frightened that he quickly threw himself into Jingshu's arms.

Erlang hesitated for a while, climbed up from the ground, hugged Xu Wanning's legs, and said timidly: "Go home, I want to go home."

 (End of this chapter)