"Eh?"

Yangyang was a little confused. He didn't even have time to refute before he was dominated. Did he agree to it?

However, in the face of Qingshuang's irrefutable gaze, he finally said nothing.

So, that night, Baozhu returned to her bedroom with a copy of "Introduction to Calligraphy" and a copybook with her name on it, and showed them to Zhang mysteriously.

"Mom, look, what is this?"

These days, Baozhu would bring back rewards from time to time, usually some cakes and pastries. Zhang thought that she had received something delicious today and brought it back for her to try.

However, when she saw Baozhu take out a book from her arms, she couldn't help but be surprised.

"This is a book. Where did you get it?"

"Master Qingshuang gave it to me."

"What? Miss Qingshuang gave it to you?"

Zhang was a little bit unbelievable, this is a book! It's not just one or two cakes. For poor people, books are extremely valuable items, which they cannot afford.

"Yes! Master said that Yangyang will teach me to read for 25 minutes every day after the morning class." Baozhu nodded excitedly and handed the copybook with her name on it to Zhang. "Mother, look, this is my name. This is 'Bao' and this is 'Zhu'. Baozhu, this is what Yangyang wrote for me. He also taught me how to write it!"

As she spoke, she dipped her finger in the water in the cup and began to write crookedly on the table.

"Mom, look, I can write my name now."

Even though the name on the table was written crookedly, it was at least complete. The mother and daughter were so happy when they saw it.

"Oh my! My daughter can read and write her name now. That's great, that's great."

Zhang was so excited that tears filled her eyes. She turned around and knelt down and kowtowed towards the main courtyard.

She knew that Qingshuang must have obtained the consent of the masters before she gave the book to Baozhu and asked the young master to teach Baozhu to read and write.

Thank God for making them, mother and daughter, so lucky to meet such a good master.

Baozhu looked at her mother's excitement, covered her mouth and laughed, "Mother, why are you kneeling again? Madam doesn't like it."

"I am so happy!" Zhang wiped her eyes, got up from the ground, and gave Baozhu a series of instructions, "We are lucky to have met such a good master. The master likes you and is willing to let you learn kung fu and read. Whether it is kung fu or reading, you must study hard and never let the masters down."

"Yeah! I know, mother."

That night, the mother and daughter sat under the oil lamp and read the book "Introduction to Calligraphy" together. They didn't lie down to rest until very late.

Even in her sleep, Baozhu was reluctant to put the book down, but fell asleep holding the book.

In the blink of an eye, it has been half a month since he came to the capital. During this period, Chu Fang came here twice privately. He didn't stay too long each time. He just sat for a while, chatted about family matters, and left without even eating.

On this day, the first snow fell in the capital, and the newly made cotton-padded clothes were finally distributed to everyone.

The servants in the Hang residence were all holding their new cotton-padded clothes happily. At the same time, they were also looking forward to the day when their monthly salary would be paid.

This was the first time Song Ning received monthly salary after arriving in the capital. Early in the morning, she ordered Hong Bo to gather all the servants to the main courtyard.

Originally, the issue of paying monthly wages was taken care of by Uncle Hong. Usually, when the due date came, the servants would go to Uncle Hong to collect it.

But this time is different. Song Ning had never had the chance to give out those things he brought back from Hongzhuang Pavilion a while ago. So he just took the opportunity of distributing monthly silver to give them out at once.

After everyone arrived, Song Ning asked them to line up and go to Uncle Hong first to collect their monthly salary.

The original servants in the mansion all received full-month wages, but the servants who were bought in later only received ten days' wages. Song Ning asked Hong Bo to settle the bill on a daily basis and pay out the wages for these days. Then, everyone would be paid the same amount next month.

The happiest person who received the monthly silver was Baozhu.

The little girl ran to her mother with three strings of money in her hand, and said excitedly: "Mom, look, I have monthly silver too. I have never seen so many copper coins!"

Zhang felt sad, because she had never seen so many copper coins before!

When they were still in that family, the mother and daughter had no chance to touch money at all. Later, they were sold to a pawnbroker, where they were only provided with food but no monthly salary.

The mother and daughter were a little uncomfortable with the sudden receipt of so many copper coins today. This was a huge sum of money for them.

At the same time, it also makes them realize that they are not worthless, they are also valuable and can earn money with their own hands.

In addition, the original servants in the mansion, who originally received a monthly salary of eight cents of silver, were also surprised and shocked when they received a monthly salary of one tael of silver.

Uncle Hong explained to them with a smile: "Madam thinks of your hard work, so from now on, your monthly salary will be increased to one tael of silver."

"Thank you ma'am, thank you ma'am."

Everyone bowed to Song Ning and expressed their gratitude. If they didn't know that their master didn't like to see people kneeling, they would have already knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Song Ning watched as everyone received their monthly salary with smiles on their faces. She felt good looking at the joyous atmosphere.

As the steward of the mansion, Uncle Hong could also empathize with the people and was happy for them.

But today, in addition to the monthly salary, the Madam also has a reward. Seeing that everyone was so noisy, Uncle Hong reminded them, "Everyone, please be quiet first. The Madam has something to say."

Hearing Uncle Hong's powerful voice, everyone instantly fell silent.

"Indeed, there are still some things." Song Ning smiled, turned to Qing Shuang and said, "Take the things out!"

Soon, Qingshuang took out a bundle, placed it on the table in front of Song Ning and opened it.

Song Ning pointed at the things on the table and said to the women and girls, "I went to Hongzhuang Pavilion a while ago and brought back some small things. They are all household items for women. The quality is about the same. Come and pick one for each of you!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar below.

Hongzhuang Pavilion, that is Hongzhuang Pavilion! Madam actually gave them the things she bought from Hongzhuang Pavilion?

Everyone was so shocked that no one dared to step forward for a moment. It was really hard to believe. They heard that the cheapest thing in the Red Makeup Pavilion was more than their monthly salary!

"What are you all standing there for? Come and choose!" Seeing that no one moved, Song Ning waved to the youngest Baozhu, "Baozhu, you go first."

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