The next day, Yuan Yixiao woke up early and came to see Yan Mingzhu immediately.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Yan Mingzhu holding a blueprint and instructing the servants on what to pay attention to when building a bird's nest.
After Yan Mingzhu finished giving instructions, Yuan Yixiao walked in. At a glance, he saw a drawing spread out on the table. He took a closer look and said, "Cousin, what is drawn on the drawing is... a whip?"
After receiving Yan Mingzhu's confirmation, Yuan Yixiao was very curious, "Cousin, why are you making a whip?"
Yan Mingzhu explained concisely and concisely: "It is used for self-defense."
Although Yan Mingzhu can use weapons such as swords and spears, the whip is the most comfortable.
In her previous life, she had a wisteria whip, the only one in the world, which she spent three months making with her own hands.
With her wisteria whip, she is invincible on the battlefield and is always invincible.
But now, she has been away for seventeen years, and the wisteria whip is probably gone long ago. After all, it has been with her for many years, and Yan Mingzhu still feels very distressed in her heart.
Although the current conditions make it impossible to make a second wisteria whip for a while, an ordinary whip is still simple. Make one first for self-defense.
Yuan Yi smiled and showed an expression of sudden realization, "Cousin, can you still play with a whip? Ah, I remembered that our only female general in Dazhao, the Pearl, her weapon is a whip, and she also has a very nice name, Wisteria Whip
, it is said that with wisteria in hand, one is invincible in the world!"
As she said this, Yuan Yi smiled and danced with gestures.
Yan Mingzhu was amused by her vivid performance, "That Ming general has been dead for seventeen years, Xiaoxiao, where did you hear these rumors?"
"Teahouses and tiles are places like that. Although General Ming's heroic spirit has passed away, she is the pride of our women. In the teahouses and tiles of the imperial capital, among the storytellers and opera singers, General Ming has always been among the top two.
There is a story about His Royal Highness King Dingbei!"
Yan Mingzhu really didn't expect that after so many years since her death, the world would still remember her through places like teahouses and tile houses.
For a moment, I really didn't know whether to be happy or helpless.
"Cousin, you taught me how to practice archery yesterday, do you still want to count?"
So this is the purpose of this little girl coming to see her early this morning, right?
Yan Mingzhu took her to the open space in the yard, asked Liu Xiang to bring a bow and arrows, and put the bow into Yuan Yixiao's hand, "Learn to draw the bow first, and when you can draw the bow string easily, you can enter
Next stage of practice.”
Yuan Yi smiled and agreed. Just at this time, Mrs. Yuan Da came over. Seeing this scene, she smiled and said: "Xiao Xiao actually took the initiative to practice archery. You have grown up. I used to be lazy when I could."
"Auntie, come here, I have something to discuss with you."
Mrs. Yuan Da followed Yan Mingzhu into the house. Yan Mingzhu put the account book in front of her and said straight to the point: "Auntie, this is the account book I compiled yesterday based on the dowry. I will leave it to you to take care of in the future."
Hearing this, Mrs. Yuan Da was very surprised and immediately pushed the account book back, "How is this possible? These dowries are all yours, Zhuzhu."
"What's mine belongs to the Yuan family. Since we are one family, why should we divide these things? Furthermore, now is the most difficult time for the Yuan family. There are dozens of people in the family, and they all need to spend money on food and clothing.
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Auntie, you have been in charge of the household affairs before, and you are the most experienced in this aspect. I leave it to you so that I can do other things with peace of mind."
There are dozens of people in the Hou Mansion, and Yan Mingzhu only has one person and one pair of hands. She cannot take care of everyone. She has more important things to arrange.
Mrs. Yuan Da immediately understood what Yan Mingzhu meant, so she did not shirk anymore. She held Yan Mingzhu's hand and sighed softly: "Zhuzhu, thank you for your hard work. Don't worry, I will take care of the affairs of the house. Just stay here."
Let’s go out there and do it.”
Let Mrs. Yuanda take care of the accounts, not only because she has experience, but also to give her something to do, so that she doesn't have to be immersed in the pain of losing her husband and her son every day, and still has the hope of living.
After arranging things in the house, Yan Mingzhu took Liu Xiang out together.
Liu Xiang followed Yan Mingzhu and asked: "Girl, which shop should we go to collect the bill first today?"
In addition to the ten boxes of gold and silver jewelry, Yan Mingzhu's dowry also included a medicine shop, a teahouse, and a farm.
During the six months of her stay in the Pei family, Aunt Wang took over the two shops and the farm on the grounds that her mother-in-law should have the final say in managing the family's accounts.
So at the moment, Yan Mingzhu has no idea how these shops and farms are doing.
The gold, silver and jewelry in the treasure chest will be used up sooner or later, and the only places where money can make money are shops and farms.
Therefore, she must find out about the shop and farm as soon as possible and firmly control them in her own hands, so that the profitable money can support dozens of people in the Yuan family.
"Go to the pharmacy first."
While he was talking, suddenly an exclamation came from not far away, accompanied by a burst of commotion.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
"The horse is out of control. The person in front should give way quickly if he doesn't want to die!"
Suddenly, the small stalls on both sides of the market were kicked over by a galloping horse.
People couldn't avoid it, got into a mess, and screamed.
"My child, my child!"
When Yan Mingzhu looked back, she saw a three or four-year-old child running back to pick up the rattle because it fell to the ground.
And that out-of-control horse happened to be galloping in this direction!
The young man on the horse seemed to have noticed the child and hurriedly tightened the reins.
But the horse didn't listen to him at all. Instead, because it was suddenly tightened, it kicked its hoof and threw the young man off its back!
Without human control, the horse raised its hooves high. If the hoof fell, the child would be killed on the spot!
At the critical moment, Yan Mingzhu flashed, tapped his toes, stepped on the shoulders of a passerby with agility, and jumped onto the horse's back.
He quickly wrapped the reins around his palms, and while tightening the reins, he clamped the horse's belly between his legs.
The horse neighed toward the sky, and Yan Mingzhu was lifted high on the horse's back.
But her figure is as stable as a mountain, her face is calm, and her horsemanship is top-notch. With the horse's head, she suddenly changes the position of the horse's hooves.
The horse landed in the opposite direction and took two steps back. Yan Mingzhu relaxed the reins at the right time, touched the horse's mane, and pressed it against the horse's ear to comfort him: "It's okay, it's okay, be good."
The horse that was so wild just a moment ago seemed to have changed into a different horse now, becoming extremely docile. It only waved its beautiful big pony tail and stood still and stopped running around.
It was also at this time that a panting attendant ran up from behind, "Sir...Sir, are you okay?"