webnovelfull Chapter 222 Daughter's Assets
Chapter 222 Daughter's Assets
The mother mustered up her courage and said excitedly:
"Jin'er just handed over her workshop to me. Do you know how many people there are?"
Before my father could answer, my mother continued:
"There are more than 30 people working alone, and there are another 10 or so people assisting!"
The father laughed, thinking that his wife was so excited just because his daughter had thirty or forty men. He pulled his wife's hand, but she held his hand back, shook it gently, and said excitedly:
"No, Jin'er now has nearly 300 indentured people. Also, you have no idea how much money she has made in the past few years! Guess!"
The father cooperated and asked, "How much?"
"She took out 20,000 taels to build the library, and gave me 23,000 taels for household expenses.
I asked her to keep some, and she said she had something, yes, called a fund, how much money do you think she made? ! "
The father finally understood the question, sat up straight, looked at his wife and asked, "Oh? Really? It wasn't your guess?"
The mother did not answer her husband's question, but continued to talk to herself:
"After we came back from dinner, mother kept us to lecture us. She said that Jin'er came up with the idea of cooperating with the tribe, and Jin'er also got money. So Jin'er made more money for the tribe!"
Mother ran back to the desk, holding an account book and pointing to the carryover amount from the previous year, and said:
"look!"
My father took a casual look and was shocked. Seventy-six thousand eight hundred taels were neatly written on the account book.
The father couldn't help but look back at his wife. They looked at each other and the mother said:
"You didn't expect that your child earned so much money in six years."
The father said without comment:
"I really didn't expect it. What on earth has the child done all these years?"
The mother didn't hear her husband's question at all, and said in annoyance:
"Just now, Jin'er took me to the backyard to meet with the needlework room and Zhen's workshop. Jin'er is still arranging things and hasn't come back yet. She must have been very busy and tired these years!
Originally, my child asked me to take care of the needlework room and the Zhen workshop, but I refused. Now it seems that I have to help her share the burden. She is working too hard.
Now that I'm back, I can no longer put all the responsibility on the child alone. I need to help her as much as I can. We can't just tire her out!"
Mother sat down with a look of distress, flipping through the account book and saying:
"We have not lacked anything in the past few years. People send us gifts according to the season. Although we live in a remote area, we have everything we need. I'm afraid it's all thanks to Jin'er..."
My father seemed to react:
"Well! The child has done a lot! The child has taken great pains! ..."
My father also lamented the same feeling:
"The child has suffered a lot these years. Now that we are back, please help him. Also, you have to pay attention. I'm afraid the child has fallen behind in her studies over the past six years. I don't know how she is doing now!
Don't worry about how much money you make, you have to remind Jin Er not to neglect her studies just because of the money! Now that we are back, she has to continue studying!"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, husband, she has basically finished learning the Four Books, Five Classics and Six Arts. I heard that she is studying the Mathematical Classics with her parents."
"Observe carefully these few days and see what the child should learn?"
"Mother said Jin'er didn't like learning to play the piano. She thought it was a waste of time and energy."
"Hui Niang, then you should take more care and persuade her. Music is an extension of emotion. Learning it will benefit a person's whole life! Test her level first and see if you should hire a teacher!"
"Husband, should we hire a Six Arts master for Wendong?"
"I'll try Wendong's condition tomorrow..."
The couple agreed on the follow-up arrangements for their children, and they went out holding lanterns and inspected each house.
The lights in the east wing were turned off, and my parents saw a nanny on night duty outside the door, so they went to the west wing.
The light was on in the west wing. Through the window, I saw Zhu Yu and a little maid ironing clothes for the young lady. My daughter was not in the bedroom.
The light was on in the daughter's study, and the parents walked gently to the window. The daughter was busy drawing. Just as the mother was about to enter the house, the father held his wife's hand, shook his head, and took his wife to the stone bench in the yard, waiting for his daughter to finish.
After half an hour, a little maid with an unfamiliar face went out with a lantern. Someone appeared out of nowhere and followed her daughter. The father was startled and stood up quickly. The mother held her husband down and explained in a hurry:
"Don't worry, the one following Jin'er is her maidservant. She has been here for six years and has been following her like this."
"Oh? There's a maidservant at home? No, we didn't seem to see her in the yard just now!"
"Yes!"
The mother was also a little puzzled. She wondered where this person was and she really couldn't find him.
Thinking of what Qingmei said, that the two Feng sisters were always secretly protecting their daughter, I felt relieved again!
After the mother figured it out, she began to persuade the father:
"We didn't even notice it in our own home, and it's even harder for others to notice it. It seems like he's an expert."
After a little consideration, the father was sure that what his wife said made sense, and the parents returned to their room with peace of mind, holding the lanterns.
As dusk fell, in the courtyard of the second branch of the Wang family, both the master and the servants fell asleep.
In a room in the west wing, the two sisters of the Feng family were listening carefully to the captain of Team B conveying the orders of their master: from now on, the two of them would always follow the "literary monster" and must have no second thoughts!
The two were disheartened. They had thought that sooner or later they would be able to return to their master's side, but now they no longer had to hope, as it had been decided. They would never be able to return to the Royal Guard Camp!
When the two were in a dilemma, the captain of Team B asked:
"What changes have occurred to the second daughter of the Wang family over the years? What has she done? Please write a simple report for me and I will give it to the master."
The two looked at each other in bewilderment, but since the captain was there, they had no choice but to sit down and start writing. After more than half an hour, they still hadn't finished writing, and the captain of Team B became anxious:
"What are you doing? You're dilly-dallying."
Sister Feng was also angry:
"You want us to write about what the young lady has done in the past six years? There are so many things, how can we finish writing them in such a short time? She has done so many things in these years, it is impossible to finish writing them all in a short time!"
"Hey! I asked you to come to the backyard, but you guys are so slow. What's there to write about the mundane things that a child like you has done over the years? Just write about the things you think are important!"
After hearing the captain's reminder, Feng Mei remembered something:
"The most important thing is that the young lady made a weapon. She called it a crossbow. It is a thing that shoots arrows automatically without human effort."
"Please tell me more about this."
"I can't explain the details, but I saw a young lady test-firing it. The thing didn't look big, but I was far away and couldn't see it clearly. There's a chance..."
"Yes, just write about this kind of thing, don't mention it in a nagging way."