After she fell asleep, she could not sleep with anyone for a long time. Although she had no feelings for this husband, but since she married him, she was born as a member of the Mo family and died as a ghost of the Mo family.
Dissatisfaction can only be swallowed and endured like tears.
She fell asleep very late that night, but Gao Huichun had already woken up as soon as it dawned - a wealthy family has a lot of work to do in the morning. It is nothing more than regulating the water and fire, serving the parents-in-law and husband, and even calling the slaves and maids.
This is also the daily homework of the daughter-in-law. Especially in the morning and dusk, it is the most important thing.
The Mo family was not originally a wealthy family. Before Mo Rongxin's father was elected, he was just an ordinary citizen, and his family worked as a merchant. It was not until the old man of the Mo family won the election that he became famous. He was considered a decent "gentleman family."
. Although Mo Rongxin was not even admitted as a scholar, he could barely maintain his dignity by donating to a supervisor. But in the eyes of the "decent gentry" in Guangzhou City, his family could only be regarded as "Xibei goods". What's more,
Those who hate his family so much call the Mo family the "Broken Shoes Party". Some people also made a slogan for their family: "The father is an eunuch and the son is a beggar." However, the Mo family has controlled Wenlan Academy for decades.
, had money in their hands, and both father and son generations were good at dancing. Finally, they were not openly kicked out of the ranks of the "gentry". However, the top-notch gentry in Guangzhou never interacted with them. If there was anything, I had to contact the academy.
When dealing with people, I only talk to the mountain chief.
Probably because of being despised by the "genuine" Jin gentry, the Mo family attaches great importance to "advances and retreats with etiquette" and desperately wants to prove that they are "heirlooms of poetry and books". When she first married into the Mo family, she ate for this set of "etiquette"
She suffered a lot, being laughed at by her sisters-in-law, teased by her father-in-law's concubines, and even the disgraced maid in the family secretly called her "Miss Hanako."
After years of hard work, Gao Huichun was finally able to find fault with her etiquette. She got up early in the morning, washed and dressed up, and went to her father-in-law's main room to say good morning as usual.
Gao Huichun entered the courtyard with her maid, and saw that the door to the main room had been opened. She was slightly surprised - even though Mo Rongxin was very particular about "etiquette", in fact, he was very lecherous every night.
You have to go to bed around three o'clock, and naturally you can't get up early in the morning. Sometimes you don't come home at all from a trip outside. So the Mo family made a new trick. The juniors came to greet you without entering the main room. They stayed in the corridor.
Even if you kowtow, you have arrived.
Unexpectedly, my father-in-law had already gotten up today, and I saw him sitting in the middle, being served breakfast by my third aunt, but his face was not very good, and he was a little innocent.
Gao Huichun went in and kowtowed. Mo Rongxin nodded and said, "Get up."
Logically speaking, the next sentence was "Go ahead." Mo Xinrong didn't say this, and Gao Huichun didn't dare to leave on his own. He had no choice but to lower his hands and wait for instructions.
It took a long time before the father-in-law asked openly: "Huichun, is your father in good health recently?"
This made her a little surprised again: It was not a new year, not a festival, and it was not a courtesy on the scene, so why did her father-in-law care about her father's health?
In fact, she had no way of knowing whether Gao Tianshi was in good health or not. Gao Huichun rarely went back to her parents' home, only once or twice a year. Moreover, Gao Tianshi didn't pay much attention to her. After returning, he only kowtowed as usual. Father and daughter
There is nothing else to say between them. Except for the fact that I can roughly know a little bit about my father when talking to my mother, I am almost like a stranger.
But she had to reply. She quickly said, "Thank you, sir. My father is still in good health."
"It's been a long time since you've been in Guining." Mo Rongxin put down the spoon in his hand, took the Australian towel handed by the third aunt and wiped his mouth, "You will be in Guining for a few days tomorrow. By the way, you can also bring some gifts back."
Now Gao Huichun was even more confused. Why was she suddenly asked to go home to visit her relatives on this special day? Since it was her father-in-law's wish, she naturally couldn't ask why. It would be a good idea to go back, so that she could at least talk to her mother about herself.
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Immediately he thanked him and left. Not long after returning to the room, he saw the housekeeper and someone carrying a load of gifts. As usual, the daughter-in-law went home to Ning, and the gifts she brought were just some roasted goose, various fine and other "water"
"Gift", at most some silk and satin rulers. However, this time not only the water gift was the same as before, but there were also a lot of valuable gifts such as Suzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangluo, and foreign groceries, including two pounds of Liaodong ginseng. Gao Huichun took a cursory look at this
The value of this gift is more than five hundred taels of silver, which is no longer an ordinary "heavy gift".
"These are gifts given to Guining, the Fifth Young Mistress, by the Master's care." The housekeeper said with a flattering look, "There is also a letter written by the Master. Please ask the Fifth Young Mistress to bring it to my in-laws for presentation."
Gao Huichun already understood that his father-in-law must have asked his father for advice on something important. However, in the past, his father-in-law usually went to discuss with his father secretly. Why did he suddenly use his Guining name this time? He heard that the Kun thieves came into the city recently. Could it be related to this matter?
related?
There were countless question marks in her mind. Her face remained calm as she said, "I know."
"Thank you for your trouble, Fifth Young Master." The housekeeper smiled so brightly. She had been married for so long and she had never seen the housekeeper smile so warmly at her - as usual, he was always smiling but not smiling at all - he said.
He made another greeting, "My master has already given instructions: Starting from this month, your monthly salary will be increased by one or two silver cents, and your official food allowance will also be increased by five cents..."
Gao Huichun stood up and said, "Thank you for me."
The housekeeper said: "This is all the grace of the master. I also ask the fifth young lady to take care of the little one in the future -" He also said that the master had told the fifth master that there were too few people to serve in the fifth master's room, and he wanted to call in a few more maids to serve. Also.
He said that the courtyard where the couple lived needed to be repaired, and another courtyard was allocated and asked her to move there soon.
The new courtyard was not only bigger, but the location was much better than now. This kind of hospitality made her uncomfortable - Gao Huichun used to have a maid in the house, so he had to wait for a long time to get a new one. In the end, he had to give the housekeeper a break.
This was only made up for by a few benefits - the sudden increase in her status in the Mo family made her secretly wonder, could it be that what Master Mo asked to teach her father was a big deal? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but worry.
Lin Baiguang stood on the time reporting platform commonly known as the Double Gate Tower. This pavilion built in the Song Dynasty was ten feet four feet long, four feet four feet deep, and three feet two feet high. It has a tower on the top and two side-by-side gates on the bottom. It is commonly known as the "Double Gate Tower".
". In the Song Dynasty, Guangzhou smelter and foundry craftsman Xian Run and others made a time chime "copper kettle dripper" and placed it upstairs. They hung the time plate during the day and struck the watch at night, which became an important time chime system in Guangzhou.
Now, the Chengxuan Street Demolition Headquarters is located above the double gate building. Several blood-red banners are hung on the double gate building, with large Song fonts saying: "Demolition in violation of regulations!", "Violent resistance to the law is a dead end.
One!", "Illegal buildings are not protected by law."
The double-door building was full of murderous detectives, holding crowbars, shovels, and large baskets in their hands, all gearing up to show off in front of their new master.
Outside them were heavily armed National Army soldiers. Early this morning, National Army soldiers suddenly came out and blocked both ends of Chengxuan Street and all branch road intersections, strictly prohibiting the entry and exit of people and vehicles.
Lin Baiguang climbed up to the double gate tower surrounded by a group of people. He stood still against the railing and looked at the street below. The shacks that squeezed the streets into a line of sky were the same as when he climbed up to the double gate tower yesterday. He raised his hand again.
I picked up the telescope and looked into the distance. It seemed that some places had been dismantled, but most places were still intact.
A naturalized civilian cadre came over and reported: "Report to the chief, everything is ready!"
Lin Baiguang asked: "How is the publicity effect?"
"Only a few shop owners have demolished it themselves," the cadre said. "Many shop owners are very polite and promised that they would demolish it, but they have not done anything yet."
Lin Baiguang nodded, which was what he expected. The so-called "convincing people with reason" must be based on "power". He turned to a group of naturalized cadres following him and said:
"Comrades, this is our first battle to transform old Guangzhou and benefit the people of Guangzhou. We must fight the battle well, not only to demolish these illegal buildings smoothly, but also to give everyone a smooth and clean Chengxuan Street.
Let the people of Guangzhou understand our determination and highlight that we are a new regime that is civilized and progressive and whose mission is to benefit the citizens! Therefore, throughout the entire demolition process, everyone must abide by the three disciplines we announced at the meeting: No
Destroy the store's money-making tools and goods; you are not allowed to take building materials or goods without permission; you are not allowed to take the store's money for any reason - not even drinking water."
"Yes!" the cadres responded together.
"As for you," Lin Baiguang turned his head and looked at the squadron leaders and squad leaders of more than a dozen detective teams, "the disciplines are the same." He said slowly, "I know you have always had bastard rules. This kind of thing is all about making money.
It’s a good opportunity to make extra money. I advise you all to be more sensible and stop fishing for money from this frying pan. If anyone dares to take a tile and half a brick, just pack up and go to accompany your squad leaders."
"You guys don't dare!" When the captains of the detective team heard that they were going to keep company with the squad leaders, they were all heartbroken and quickly expressed their opinions.
"Announce the action plan now!" Lin Baiguang ordered, "Jie Bu Liao, you tell me!"
Jie Bu Liao quickly stepped out of the queue and opened the cover on the large display board above the gate, revealing a large-scale schematic diagram of the illegal demolition operations on Chengxuan Street. It was densely marked with data and colors.
He began to explain in detail the work areas and work content of each team:
All illegal demolition teams have divided their lots, and each team contracts a section. Each team is divided into different work teams, some are responsible for demolition, some are responsible for transporting goods and money-making guys in sheds, some are transporting construction waste, and some are responsible for transporting construction waste.
There is someone who specializes in preventing store owners and clerks from causing trouble. Each performs its duties and has a clear division of labor. (To be continued.)