The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

"They're almost thirty, right? They'll have to manage their own household after the family splits up. Although they learned it before, they've mostly forgotten it over the years. Give them a chance to manage their own family's food, clothing, and expenses. The public will give them a portion of the property and let them manage it themselves. But you have to make it clear whether they manage it well or not. After the family splits up, that's their share."

"The monthly allowance from the public office will still be paid, but the remaining expenses will depend on your own ability."

Duan Jingyi listened and thought it seemed feasible, so she asked, "Mother, please explain it to me in detail and teach me."

In fact, to put it simply, it is a responsibility distribution system.

The Qiao and Yu families are the lower-level managers, responsible for the industries in the areas under their jurisdiction.

But fundamentally, the final management and ownership rights are still in the hands of Duan Jingyi. However, she used to be in charge of everything, but now once something happens, she will directly find the second-level responsible persons and let Qiao and Yu handle it, and they will also be held responsible if something goes wrong.

It also explains the distribution of property. It is inevitable that the family will split up in the future. For their own future, the Qiao and Yu families will also take good care of the distributed property.

After all, what is handed over to you are profitable shops and farms. Whether there is profit or loss in the future, it will all be divided into your hands.

"You can pick out some shops and farms and let them choose among them. That way, even if something goes wrong later, you can't be blamed. You can go back and discuss the details with your mother-in-law. Although she's not in charge now, she'll feel better if you ask her."

Duan Jingyi nodded thoughtfully, thinking that she should ask her mother more questions.

In the past, she was afraid that if she asked her mother-in-law for help too often, she would be disliked for not being able to manage the household properly.

When her mother said that just now, she remembered that every time she went to ask her mother-in-law, there was no surprise on her face. Instead, she was more gentle than usual when teaching her.

Thinking back to what I heard my daughter say before, she was a little afraid of her mother-in-law.

"If you're afraid of her, take the two children with you. Especially Sheng Ge'er, since he's getting older. Have him pay his respects to her more often and spend more time with her."

Old Mrs. Huang has not had an easy life over the years.

"Mother, I understand. I will definitely bring Brother Sheng and Brother Qi to pay my respects more often in the future."

While we were talking, Qi Ge'er had also woken up. As long as he stayed with his mother, he was very well-behaved.

Now he opened his round eyes and looked at Song Shengfu.

"Brother Qi, look who I am?"

When Song Shengfu came here, she also started to tease the children. Now she was making expressions to amuse the little boy.

Qi Ge'er looked at it, grinned with his little teeth, and smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Qi'er, this is your grandmother. Be good and call her grandma."

Brother Qi can't speak yet, he can only shout "ah ah" and say something incoherently.

"The child grew up with the wind. During the New Year holidays, he needed to be carried. Now he can walk."

Duan Jingyi looked at the child in her arms lovingly, "That's right. Sometimes when I see the steward in the front yard, this monkey can't leave me alone and insists on running over here."

Brother Qi is good in every way, except that he can't live without people. We have to take him with us wherever we go.

Fortunately, she had maids and old women. She really didn't dare to imagine how she would have been able to take care of the family if she was alone.

"But fortunately, as long as he sees me around, he's fine and can just have fun. I can then focus on my housework, which would otherwise give me a headache."

When Song Shengfu heard this, she sighed that it was fortunate that her children had their own children when she came here, and she didn't have to worry about these things.

The mother and daughter stayed for lunch at noon, but Sheng Ge'er was taken out by his father, so he didn't come.

Speaking of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion today, Song Shengfu remembered something in the evening.

That year, Huang Fengding had just passed the imperial examination and was chosen by the then Minister of Personnel, who married his young daughter Qin Youzhao to him.

At that time, she and Qin Youzhao got married one after the other, and they would often quarrel with each other when attending banquets.

Later, the Minister of Personnel passed away due to an emergency, and the Qin family returned to their homeland in Xiyang under the pretext of mourning. After that, no one from the Qin family entered the court again.

It was also from then on that Qin Youzhao's natal family had no one to rely on, and Huang Fengding relied on some of Qin's old connections to climb to the position of Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Personnel.

Then he took in some concubines who were of newly aristocratic backgrounds. Qin Youzhao was in charge of the household but had lost the favor of the head of the household. Those concubines took advantage of the situation and became even more arrogant when they knew that their mistress was out of favor.

But over the years, Huang Fengding would only scold his concubines when they went too far, and Qin Youzhao firmly held the power of housekeeper.

In the past, her original body thought that Old Lady Huang was very capable, but now she thought that Huang Feng must favor his concubine over his wife, and he might have his own schemes behind the scenes.

The Qin family retired at the right time, the head of the family died, and the lives of the family members were saved. It was considered a good ending among the nobles at that time.

She couldn't help but think of her original body's family, and there was a hint of silence in her eyes.

My original family was not so lucky. They were included in the liquidation list at that time and the whole family was exiled to the north, never to see each other again until their death.

Even when they were exiled, they were stripped of their surnames and became strangers, so even if they met, they would not recognize each other.

Because of her natal family affairs, she had been hiding in her house and dared not go out when the late emperor was still alive. It was not until the Emperor of Chu ascended the throne that she was given the title of Marquis's Lady.

These have become past events. When Song Shengfu thinks back on them, it's like watching a movie.

Ever since her last conversation with Duan Jingzong, she would occasionally look through her original body's memories.

Just like a network that was originally stuck, it became smooth after connecting the endpoints.

She could see the scene of Qin Youzhao and Song Shengfu bickering when they were young, and also saw how the two of them later became overshadowed by their family's silence in the mansion.

Some of the familiar little sisters were lucky enough to survive, but unfortunately, some were destroyed along with their family.

Looking back, she seemed to see something, that is, a tacit understanding between these surviving noble ladies.

Although they never contact each other, there is always a thread connecting them.

No matter how much we didn't get along when we were young, we now tacitly hope that everyone lives a good life.

Her daughter married Qin Youzhao's eldest son. On the surface, it seemed that she was trying to curry favor with the new nobles, but in fact it was also a secret connection between them and the old nobles.

Not only that, Lu Fangfei is, and Ding Meishu is too.

Lu Fangfei, the Lu family is not a real new noble in the court, but her father is in charge of the Weiwei Temple, and his previous superior was a relative of the thirteenth prince.

Ding Meishu, her mother's sister-in-law, is the daughter of Mrs. Luo from the Luo Mansion.

They will be bound together by thousands of threads and keep each other warm.

This was a way of survival that the survivors at that time thought of.

Marry the new rich and bring everyone together through in-laws.

When she thought of this, Song Shengfu couldn't help but be shocked.

The strong sense of family identity in this era is shocking. Even if only the last trace of blood is left, it will extend the family's influence.

This may be something engraved in their bones.