【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Qi Xian was exhausted from the journey and came to greet everyone and report that he was safe. Yun Xi asked him to go back and wash up and rest.

"Mother, my son will leave first."

"Go ahead. Everything is fine here. Everything is fine at home."

Qi Xian seemed very happy, and it seemed that things were going smoothly.

System: "The Qi family dominated the silk business. When the original owner's husband was alive, he kept pushing prices down. Your adopted eldest son followed your example and, for the greater good, raised the price of silk for the silkworm farmers to the market level. As a result, the silkworm farmers are deeply grateful to Qi Xian."

Yun Xi sighed softly, "This adopted eldest son doesn't have the stinginess of the original owner's husband and mother-in-law."

The system sighed softly: "He has never had to worry about food and clothing since he was a child, so how could he be stingy?"

"Too."

The days passed slowly like flowing water. The flowers in the yard were picked and put into bamboo baskets by the diligent maids before they fell. The vegetables and fruits in the backyard gradually withered, revealing a desolate atmosphere.

The skinny little Qi Yue grew up slowly, and his heroic spirit remained unchanged. He learned a few kung fu moves from Master Qin and practiced whipping techniques with a whip every day.

The five concubines' daughters were taught to be more and more disciplined. They read more and more and became more scholarly. The more Yun Xi looked at them, the more pleasing she found them.

The three sons from far away sent letters and gifts one after another, and a sense of confidence gradually emerged between the lines.

Zhuyan Pavilion was on the right track, with an income of 1,500 taels of silver per month. Yun Xi's private treasury was filled, and she was not stingy with the maids and servants who followed her to make soaps, skin care products and cosmetics. She paid each of them an extra 1 tael of silver per month. The servants in Xinghui Courtyard were full of joy every day, which made the maids and servants in other courtyards quite envious.

A month later, on the day of Qi Cao's "hundred-day memorial", Yun Xi ordered dozens of fish early and asked nearby vendors to make more noodles and send them over. As for the big kitchen, it was fully prepared for the banquet.

After the hour of Si, Qi Xian completed the worship process. At this time, relatives, friends and neighbors arrived one after another. Qi Xian greeted the guests at the main door, and his second daughter-in-law greeted the guests at the inner door. Yun Xi sat in the back and greeted her peers to take a seat. Qi Yue led several half-sisters and half-brothers to entertain their peers in a graceful and orderly manner.

The most powerful relative of the Qi family is the Li family, which is also Qi Yao's in-laws' family. The other party sent the head of the family and the head of the family's wife to show their importance. Yun Xi was particularly enthusiastic towards Mrs. Li.

Later, she met her mother's family again. The head of the Yun family came with her eldest brother and second brother. Yun Xi was very happy.

After everyone arrived, they gathered together to chat and talk about their recent situation. No matter whether they were the elderly, young ladies or young men, what they were most interested in was the Qi family's divorce and the recovery of the legitimate daughter. Some people were just gossiping, while others were there to laugh at the joke.

On the second floor of Jingxin Pavilion by the lake where the young ladies were, many of them looked at Qi Yue with a mocking attitude. Unexpectedly, Qi Yue was neither humble nor arrogant and handled the situation with ease. In particular, she united her sisters and handled things thoughtfully, which made the girls of the same age put away their contempt.

A legitimate daughter who was found halfway through her life, who has no resentment towards the illegitimate daughters and is sensible, deserves their respect.

The young masters' attitude towards Qi Jing in the pavilion beside the garden changed 180 degrees. Fortunately, Qi Xian maintained the atmosphere and no incident of ridiculing Qi Jing occurred.

The Qi family's warm hospitality makes all guests feel at home.

After the afternoon, the hundred-day memorial service ended and the guests left one after another. Yun Xi returned to her yard feeling a little tired, and Dong Zhu helped her massage her waist.

Xiaodong took the account book and read out the gifts given by the guests. Yunxi said after listening that she understood and must remember these gifts and return the gifts next time when doing something for others.

"Xiaodong, Xiaoxi, and Xiaonan, you guys put those gifts away properly and put them in the big warehouse. Xiaobei, you copy the list and show it to the young ladies and masters. This is something they must learn in the future, so they don't make jokes about not understanding how to behave in society." Yun Xi ordered with her eyes closed.

"Yes."

Several people left in an orderly manner to do their business. Yun Xi rubbed her forehead. In order to deal with the guests, she was nervous the whole time, afraid that the atmosphere would become dull.

"Dongzhu, is the soap ready?"

"Madam, it's done. The idle girls are making other products." Dong Zhu kept working.

"That's good."

There are four meat stalls in Nancheng. Because pork is not as popular as mutton, the stalls mainly sell mutton, pork as a side dish, and occasionally dog ​​meat.

One stall couldn't sell a whole pig in a day, so the four meat stall owners decided to kill one or two pigs a day, divide the pigs into four parts, and each of the four stall owners would take one part to sell. So it wasn't that Yun Xi didn't want to increase the soap production, but that there wasn't enough raw materials.

If the stall owner happened to slaughter two pigs a day, he would not send all the pork fat to Qi's house, but would keep half to sell to other customers, especially poor families who could only afford pork fat.

"Grandma, I met the eldest uncle of the Yun family today. He said that Grandma Yun has caught a cold." Dong Zhu whispered.

Dong Zhu was talking about Yun Xi's elder brother and mother.

Yun Xi: "Did you buy medicine?"

"I bought it. It's already great."

"That's it."

Dong Zhu didn't say anything else, she was just a messenger.

Yun Xi ignored him simply because her elder brother was short-sighted and loved to take advantage of others. He said that their mother was sick and guessed that he just wanted money. Yun Xi would not indulge him, and she was not afraid of her elder brother because she had her mother's support at home.

For dinner, I had the leftover noodles and tofu with green onions from lunch. Logically, the leftover noodles should not be chewy, but I didn’t expect them to be soft and have a unique flavor, which is very suitable for the elderly.

A day passes by after having a meal and taking a walk.

Then came the autumn harvest season. Yun Xi asked the housekeeper Qi to buy more food to fill the warehouse. She also took out 1,000 taels of silver and asked the maids to buy food and put it in the backyard of Zhuyan Pavilion.

In the evening, Xiaodong came back and said, "Madam, the new grain is cheaper. One stone costs five hundred coins. I bought two thousand stones for one thousand taels."

(In this article, one liang is calculated as one thousand wen, one dan is calculated as one hundred jin, and one jin is calculated as ten liang.)

"Okay, don't make this public. Wait until the end of autumn harvest, then go buy another 500 taels." Yun Xi said with satisfaction.

Xiaodong hesitated, "Madam, if you buy more, the backyard of Zhuyan Pavilion will be full."

Yun Xi looked towards the courtyard and said, "It's okay. You can buy it and put it in the west wing of Xinghui Courtyard."

"it is good."

One year, two years, and in September of the third year, the mourning period was over. Zhuyan Pavilion had been open for twenty-five months and earned Yun Xi thirty thousand taels of silver, twenty thousand of which were exchanged for food. Now the four side rooms of Zhuyan Pavilion were full.

The Qi family has completely ended their mourning period and resumed their normal lives. There is no need for everyone to be low-key when leaving the house.

At this time, matchmaker Li came to discuss the marriage of the Qi family. First, they discussed the eldest son Qi Xian. Yun Xi had no objection. After all, the eldest son had to get married at his age.