Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Du Wenxiu called He Ye and Qiu Yue in, and sent some of the cut melons to his aunt and the front yard.

Qiao'er then sighed and talked about everything at home, saying everything that could be said. Du Wenchan also sighed.

"Luckily I won't have to deal with a big family in the future. Just listening to it makes me tired."

Du Wenxiu smiled and said, "When you get married, you will be a royal lady, and you will have to face many more things than Qiao'er."

Du Wenchan's face turned pale after hearing these words. Qiao'er didn't understand and asked why.

Du Wenxiu then told Qiao'er about the engagement between Du Wenchan and Lu Dawei, and Qiao'er looked very happy.

"Brother Lu is a very honest person. This time he joined the army, and I planned to ask Chengyi to go with him to earn military merit. He refused at first, and I was worried."

"I later found out that they had other plans for Chengyi. They said it would be dangerous and a pity for him to join the army and fight from the bottom with his family background."

"I felt relieved only after I got the answers clearly." Qiao'er ate two pieces of watermelon in a row and then wiped her hands with a handkerchief and said.

Du Wenxiu wanted to ask, but she was vague and there must be some hidden story, so she pretended not to know and did not ask.

"After dinner today, take a good rest. Tomorrow, ask Chan'er to take you to the workshop." Du Wenxiu said after wiping his hands.

"I have discussed this with your sister Yue Niang and Chan'er. After you take over, we will not pay you wages. Chan'er and your sister Yue Niang will each give you 10% of the dividends. From the restaurant that Yue Niang and I run, I will just take a smaller share of the dividends."

"Oh my, how can this be possible..." Qiao'er exclaimed, "I originally planned to just get a salary after I started, why do I have to share in the profits?"

"Besides, I don't know how to do anything. I just need to help Sister Chan'er. How can I just come here and ask for money? That's too much..."

Qiao Er refused repeatedly, and Du Wenxiu and her sister smiled at each other, interrupted Qiao Er and said:

"Originally, we were sharing the dividends for fun, and Chan'er will get married and become a royal consort in a year or so, so by then, she'll have to give you another 10% of her dividends."

No matter what she said, Qiao Er just kept shaking her head and waving her hands, refusing to agree. Finally, the two sisters frowned and said in a rough voice:

"According to what you said, when Chan'er gets married and no longer works in the workshop, we shouldn't give her even a share of the profits."

"Yes, Qiao'er, after all, I am older than you. You already have a child. You can't always ask me to stay at home like an old maid." Du Wenchan also pretended to take out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes.

"Sister Chan'er, what are you saying? You know that's not what I meant..." Qiao'er hurriedly defended herself.

But Du Wenchan was addicted to acting. She covered her face with a handkerchief and said that she was embarrassed to share the money, so she was embarrassed to take it either.

After all the singing, reciting, acting and fighting, Qiao'er was so anxious that she was about to cry.

"Well, we have always divided it this way, and we are not the kind of people who care too much, so why would we bother to be so specific? Since I have said I can give it to you, just take it. If you keep pushing it back and forth, you will be like an outsider."

Du Wenxiu had made the final decision, but he heard a high-pitched female voice outside asking, "Who do you say is an outsider?"

When I looked at the direction of the voice, I saw Yue Niang, dressed in a bright red dress, lifting the curtain and coming in. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were almond-shaped and her lips were red, which made her stunning at first sight.

She looked at them with a half-smile and said, "Who are the outsiders when you say that?"

Du Wenxiu couldn't help laughing, and quickly stretched out her hand to ask her to sit down, and put her arm around his shoulder and said:

"I just told Qiao'er about the dividend ratio we agreed on, but she shirked responsibility like an outsider, so I said this. Why are you so sensitive?"

Yue Niang shook her shoulders and said, "Oh, it's really hot. But it's something we have discussed. It would be bad for Qiao'er to refuse. It would make us look ignorant."

"No, no, Sister Yue Niang was joking." Qiao'er lowered her head and never mentioned the matter again.

A few of them sat together and started chatting. After a while, they talked about the restaurant and asked Du Wenchan to get a pen and paper to write down their ideas.

As they were talking, Qiuyue lifted the curtain outside and said, "Little Brother Qi from Madam An's family is calling, saying that Young Master Chi has returned, and asked Madam An to go back early."

"Oh, how come you came back just like that without even sending anyone a message?" Yue Niang got up in a hurry to leave.

"Hey, your handkerchief is missing." Qiao'er shouted from behind. Yue Niang had no time to turn around. She just shouted from a distance, "Come back and get it," and left in a hurry.

Qiao'er turned around and complained about Yue Niang's carelessness, but Du Wenxiu remembered that they had dismissed Manager Yuan from his power two days ago, and Yue Niang wanted to send him to Chi Linghua.

Now, Chi Linghua has returned after only a few days. Could it be that he has always been nearby? Or did he meet him on his way from Beijing?

Or maybe he didn't meet her, but just missed her with Shopkeeper Yuan...

I was constantly worried and couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

It would be bad if the couple started to have dirty affairs again because of Manager Yuan's matter.

After dinner, he asked Qiuyue to go and ask whether Master Chi had come from Beijing and whether he had brought any letter for him.

"Replying to Grandma, Madam An came out to tell me personally that Young Master Chi did not come from the capital, and did not bring any letter back to Grandma."

Qiuyue came back quickly and stood in front of him to answer.

Du Wenxiu asked her carefully: "What's Madam An's expression? Is she smiling or unhappy?"

Qiuyue said: "Madam An came out smiling. She looked very happy and not unhappy at all."

Du Wenxiu nodded and told her to go down and get busy.

"Why? Are you afraid that she will quarrel with Master Chi?"

Qiao'er had just heard that Yue Niang had married into the Chi family, and the two had a long discussion about matters in the inner house.

They all felt that the backyard of a wealthy family was not a place for normal people to stay. The more they talked, the more intimate they became, and they regretted that they had met too late.

Yue Niang went back in a hurry. She didn’t think too much about it. Maybe the young couple hadn’t seen each other for a long time and missed each other so much that they came to call them?

Seeing Du Wenxiu so nervous, he couldn't help but be curious and asked directly.

Du Wenxiu sighed and told Qiao'er what happened a few days ago. After listening, she was silent for a long time.

After a long while, he slowly said, "It's hard to say. Shopkeeper Yuan is an old man who has been following Master Chi to build his business, but Sister Yue Niang is a newlywed. It's possible that the couple doesn't even have basic trust in each other."

Du Wenxiu looked at her quiet and thoughtful face and suddenly laughed:

"It seems that our Qiao'er has really grown up and has even started to think about the matters between husband and wife."

Qiaoer glanced at her helplessly: "Sister-in-law, I am a mother now, how can I not think about this little thing carefully? Who else can think about it for me?"

Du Wenxiu pursed her lips and nodded, "Indeed, I thought the Fan family was simple and honest, and Chengyi was sincere to you, but I didn't expect that you would have a hard time back at the old Fan family mansion."