After dressing as a superb old woman, I am bound to the power system

Several daughters-in-law of the Duan family finished cleaning up the yard in front and then hurriedly cleaned up the kitchen in the back.

Once we got home, we couldn't make a fire outside to cook.

Mrs. Wang cleaned the stove, and Mrs. Liu counted the dishes in the cupboard.

After some inventory, Liu discovered some problems.

"Sister-in-law, I see that these chopsticks and dishes don't quite match up?" Ms. Liu asked doubtfully.

Wang came over to take a look, looked at the half-empty wooden cabinet and the chopsticks placed next to it, and made some rough guesses in her mind.

Wang has been in charge of the Duan family for many years, and no one understands everything from the courtyard to the needlework better than her.

The servants in the mansion have a lot of money per month, and they hold the deed of prostitution in their hands. They are controlled by the masters above them every day, and they dare not do anything. Zhuangzi can only go there a few times a year, and the people below him become more arrogant and secretly sell Zhuangzi.

the goods inside, or get something else of value.

Wang saw at a glance that the dishes were sold in sets, with one pair of dishes corresponding to a pair of chopsticks. There were too few dishes, but the chopsticks remained intact.

Wang: "Maybe there are a lot of rats in the countryside, or someone down there accidentally dropped it."

"Sister-in-law, I'll go get some from the car." Mrs. Liu said and left the kitchen.

The two of them finished cleaning up the kitchen and were busy cooking again.

Qiao Lan sat in the yard for a while, then took the children at home to look at the back room.

We are going to rest here tonight, so we have to sort out which room everyone will live in.

Uncle Sun led Qiao Lan into Duan Yuexiu's house first, a small room to the west. The door of the room was particularly locked.

No one had looked at it for many years, and the keyhole was rusty. It took a lot of effort for Uncle Sun to open it.

Qiao Lan went in and took a look. It was just an ordinary bed, a cabinet with only a few books left, and complete tables, chairs, and benches. However, there was a thick layer of dust on the table.

Qiao Lan's sharp eyes saw the footprints on the ground and the palm prints on the table.

Even though it was covered with a layer of dust, the traces were still very obvious. The palm print seemed to have been touched on the left and right, and the footprints extended to the window sill before disappearing.

It was obvious that someone had been searching in this house, probably looking for something valuable.

Qiao Lan had no feelings about the burglary at home.

The old house has not been guarded for many years, and the Duan family's reputation for wealth naturally attracts thieves. Although it is an ancestral house, the country house is in no way comparable to the capital in terms of wealth.

Just because no one is watching, Duan Yuexiu will definitely not leave anything valuable at home.

Qiao Lan walked out of the house lightly: "Sweep this room and turn it into a study room to study for the kids at home."

This is the place where Duan Yuexiu lived before. Logically speaking, as a wife, she must live in her husband's room. But after all, she is not Mrs. Qiao herself. Even with Mrs. Qiao's memory, Duan Yuexiu is a complete stranger to her.

When Uncle Sun heard what the old lady said, he readily agreed.

Duan Mingjing followed behind and nodded with satisfaction.

The room where his father lived before his death was said to have been where his father studied day and night when he was young. With his biological father protecting him, his children and grandchildren must have studied more seriously.

The next room was not locked on purpose.

Qiao Lan went over to take a look at it and divided it among his sons according to their size and position.

There are many children in the family. As they get older, they cannot live with their parents all the time. They have to set aside a special room for the children.

Qiao Lan's idea is very simple. According to the four juniors in the family, one person will live in one room. However, Duan Mingchen's house is larger than that of his brothers, because Qiao Lan plans to let the younger boys in the family live with him, and the girls will live with her.

You can live with the Wang family. When the two little girls below grow up, a room will be available for them, as well as a room for Uncle Sun and his son.

Qiao Lan swept around Duan's yard and found it was very big.

When the family has money in the future, it won't be a big problem for one person to have a room.

Therefore, the first issue is to make money.

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Hearing that the Duan family had returned from the capital, many people in the village gathered together to watch the fun. Some of them were related to the Duan family and even brought a basket of eggs and old hens from home to bring over.

Uncle Sun refused the gifts one by one according to Qiao Lan's instructions, and told everyone in the village something.

Their family had returned from fleeing the capital. There was a war in the capital and it was very chaotic.

After hearing the news, the farmers who came to the house happily could no longer keep the smiles on their faces.

The capital is in chaos, and the world is in chaos?

They are just ordinary civilians, working hard every day for firewood, rice, oil and salt. If a war really breaks out, wouldn't they all have enough to eat and be displaced?

Seeing this, Uncle Sun comforted them, saying that Tongzhou was far away from the capital, and it would take only a few years for a war to be fought.

They went to many places along the way. Except for the chaos in the north, the south was very peaceful and nothing major happened. Maybe it would be stable in two years.

Don't be afraid, just go on with your life as usual.

Uncle Sun didn't know if his comfort was of any use. In short, after hearing this, the villagers left with sad faces, and all the people who came to Duan's house to try their luck left.

Qiao Lan listened to the excitement outside and took a few granddaughters to clean the house where a group of people would live in the future.

Qiao Lan: "The house is almost ready. You go to eat first."

Feiyan looked at the old lady in confusion: "Grandma, don't you want to eat?"

Qiao Lan smiled: "Go, you go first, grandma will be here soon."

After sending away several granddaughters, Qiao Lan called out the system and asked the system to redeem her forty taels of silver.

Qiao Lan never cashed it out and only got ten taels of silver.

A large family has settled here, and there are too many things that need to be purchased, not to mention food and firewood, rice, oil and salt. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and all the seeds and agricultural tools for spring plowing have to be arranged.

[Redeeming rewards for the host! Please wait!]

As soon as the electronic sound faded, a piece of silver appeared out of thin air in front of Qiao Lan's eyes. Qiao Lan compared the silver with the one in the box in front of her and found that the texture and age on it were almost similar, making it inconspicuous at all.

So he locked the money box with peace of mind, put it under the bed, and left the house.

The first meal back home was not delicious, mainly because Mr. He had prepared enough things for the family. He cut a few pieces of bacon and duck, and asked his neighbor to buy a few handfuls of green garlic sprouts to put together the table.

meal.

It was dark inside the house, so we moved the table to the courtyard to eat.

Duan Mingjing originally wanted to invite some of his guards to the table to eat together, but they refused decisively. They said that guards could not sit at the same table as the master, as this was not in line with etiquette.

Duan Mingjing had no choice but to set up a small table next to it and have a lively meal together.

Several guards have completed their mission of escorting the Duan family, and it's time to go home.

Early the next morning, despite the Duan family's reluctance, several people left the Duan family with their luggage. Qiao Lan wanted to give them horses, but they refused on the grounds that they would be punished by their master.