RPAGF Chapter 96 Betrothal to Jinlan
Chapter 96 Betrothal to Jinlan
Wang Xiuying pouted helplessly, "Mom, be bolder."
"With a shop this big, you can earn far more than ten taels a day!"
She's insanely jealous now, "It's probably worth two or three hundred taels!"
She had no concept of large sums of money, so she deliberately exaggerated.
She deliberately wanted to incite Wang Yulan's jealousy so that she could relentlessly harass Lu Shi.
That Lu woman! She's a beast! She deserves to live a miserable life and should serve that whole family!!
Why is she now rich and living a good life?
This is the kind of good life she should be living...
Wang Xiuying glanced at Wang Yulan, recalling what her aunt had once told her...
She's married to Tian Zhigao; she'll have a good life ahead of her.
Once Tian Zhicheng passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar, his family will no longer have to worry about food or clothing.
Once Tian Zhicheng passes the imperial examination and becomes a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examination), she will become the wife of an official.
but!
Tian Zhicheng didn't pass the imperial examination until he was thirty years old!
Fortunately, the Tian family still had Tian Zhiyuan and the Lu family. Although she didn't have a good life, she didn't suffer much either.
Over the years, she has gotten used to this kind of life.
Therefore, in her mind, the Lu family was just there to serve them.
What's more, the reason she's having such a miserable time is because of that brat Tian Tian.
So she couldn't let their family have an easy time either!
“Mother!” Wang Xiuying hugged Wang Yulan’s arm. “The kindness of raising is greater than the kindness of giving birth. Zhiyuan was raised in your arms since he was a child, and you also arranged for him to marry Lu Shi.”
“When the couple is not at home, we raise their children ourselves.”
"Now that they can earn money, they should support you as if you were their own mother."
Wang Yulan agreed, "That's right!"
Tian Zhigao glanced at Wang Xiuying with surprise...
"Go report this to the authorities!"
Wang Xiuying didn't even glance at Tian Zhigao, and continued to incite Wang Yulan, "The Lu family doesn't support their parents-in-law. Let's report them to the authorities and have them arrested."
"They've been arrested... This teahouse needs to be managed."
“Mother, you and Father are the elders, so naturally you should manage the teahouse.”
“Your management is definitely better than that of the Lu family.”
"Maybe I can earn three to five hundred taels a day..."
"After this..."
“Now that my third brother has become an official, he won’t have to worry about money when he needs to make connections.”
"In the future, my third brother will have a successful career in officialdom, and his children will marry into high-ranking families..."
"Mother, by then, you will be a true matriarch."
Wang Yulan was so bewildered by Wang Xiuying's words that her eyes glazed over...
She could almost see herself dressed in finery, sitting in a grand mansion, surrounded by a crowd of flattering people.
Everyone kept calling out, "Madam, Madam!"
"Hehe...hehe..."
"Madam..." A few glistening tears welled up at the corners of Wang Yulan's mouth.
"Yes, I am the old lady!"
Wang Yulan gritted her teeth, "Let's go, let's report this to the authorities."
The three of them turned around, and Qin Qingyun, holding his sword, looked at them with a mocking expression.
The three swallowed hard...
“Hero, we…” Tian Zhigao grabbed Wang Yulan, “We… are going home.”
*
When Tian Tian arrived in the suburbs, the yamen runners had already marked out parking spaces with fences according to her request.
The fence is just a row of bamboo tied together to separate the parking spaces.
Each parking space is also equipped with a gate to prevent the horses from running away.
A bamboo basket hangs on the door, and it will be filled with hay.
"Miss, we've got all one hundred parking spaces ready here." The constable led Tian Tian to see them one by one.
Tian Tian was very satisfied. "Could you please post a notice for me, young man? It's for the county government to hire fifty people, with a daily wage of fifty coins."
"Fifty coins!" the bailiff exclaimed.
His wages were only two taels of silver a month.
The people that Miss Tian Er hired... earned one and a half taels a month.
Tian Tian smiled and said, "My job can be very busy and tiring."
From now on, merchants from other places coming to Baishi County will have to stop their carriages here.
Her plan is for one person to be responsible for ten parking spaces, and forty people for four gates.
You need to help park the car and feed the horses.
The other ten people were to cut grass and clean up horse manure, which would then be transported to her field in the suburbs.
The constable gave a simple, awkward smile, feeling embarrassed that she had seen through his thoughts.
"When hiring people, it is especially important to check their character."
"This is a major event for our Baishi County, and the people we hired are all there to receive businesspeople from other places."
“If someone is of bad character and commits theft or other wicked acts, they will bring shame to the entire Baishi County.”
"Naturally...this also caused Lord Li to lose face."
The constable understood immediately. "Don't worry, Second Miss. The magistrate told us to do as you say. We'll do whatever you tell us to do."
Tian Tian nodded, "If you guys have any reliable relatives or friends, you can certainly introduce them to us."
"Really?" the constable asked in surprise.
Tian Tian affirmed, "Of course, the people you introduce are definitely reliable."
After all, the people they introduce always have to consider their job responsibilities and their reputation.
Moreover, they can also restrain the behavior of these people.
The key point is that she's doing this to curry favor with these yamen runners, so they can help her out if anything happens in the future.
"Thank you, Second Miss."
"I'll go and inform the other brothers right away."
There are more than twenty yamen runners in the county government office. Who doesn't have relatives and friends?
If each person introduces two people, wouldn't fifty people be enough?
As for posting notices...
If we have enough staff, there's no need to post notices.
Tian Tian then went to several other city gates and checked all four hundred parking spots.
Only after confirming that there were no problems did they set off back to the teahouse.
As soon as she arrived at the teahouse, Xiao Si came up to her and vividly recounted what had happened at noon.
He especially mastered the scene where Liu San Niang called her servant to drive away Wang Yulan and the other two.
When Tian Tian heard the names of Wang Yulan and the others, her expression immediately turned sour.
Hearing their insane ramblings again made me turn pale!
Xiao Si shuddered slightly when he saw her like that.
"Second Miss, before they left, they said they were going to report it to the authorities..."
"Do you think we should inform Lord Li in advance?"
Tian Tian didn't care if they reported it to the authorities, since she had a letter severing ties with her family and her household registration was now independent.
She was just worried that the Tian family would disgust Lu Tao, Tian Xiang, and Tian Jinghe.
If Lu Tao had the same temperament as Liu San Niang, she wouldn't be so worried.
"Second Miss, there's more good news."
Tian Tian asked casually, "What good news?"
When a nasty person comes knocking, what good can possibly come of it?
"It's Madam Lu and Madam Liu. They're going to become sworn sisters!"
"The eldest daughter has already sent someone to buy groceries; we're going to have a proper celebration tonight."
Tian Tian paused, thinking, "This is really a good thing."
In her opinion, Lu Tao and Liu San Niang both considered each other as sisters.
However, one more step is better.
Tian Tian thought for a moment and then instructed Xiao Si, "Go to the county government office and the county school and invite the county magistrate's family and the instructor's family over for a meal."
"Just say..."
“My mother and Aunt Liu have become sworn sisters, and we invited them to come and be our witnesses.”