I became a farmer's wife, and the cruel and powerful officials forced me to give birth to a chi

Chapter 139 Clothes were torn

After running around for a long time, Li Yujiao finally had a fixed residence, so she went to take a nap.

I slept very comfortably and before I knew it I had slept until noon.

Until the housekeeper in the house knocked on the door: "Mrs. Jing, are you up?"

Li Yujiao was in a daze for a while, then she looked at the facilities in the room and realized that this was Lincheng.

Jing Qishan also went to the military camp.

She came out to open the door and saw that it was the housekeeper, so she asked, "What's the matter?"

The housekeeper bowed to her and said, "I am Aunt Gui from Madam Song's courtyard. I am in charge of the housekeeping."

"Housekeeping? Are you checking the dormitory?" Li Yujiao asked curiously.

Aunt Gui smiled and said, "That's not necessary. Isn't the war going on in the front lines tight? There's also a shortage of food and grass in the rear, so Madam Song took the lead in asking us women in the rear to save money and work with the people, either farming or doing housework, so as to reduce the burden of the war."

Li Yujiao nodded to show that she understood.

In ancient times, many queens would consciously save money and eat less when there was a war, and some would even grow crops.

Aunt Gui smiled awkwardly again: "Madam Jing, you are new here. Now everyone in the house is watching you. You have to be more diligent and don't let the ladies in other courtyards laugh at you."

It turned out that he came to urge her to work!

"Aunt Gui, what do I need to do?"

Aunt Gui said, "Mrs. Song and the others are already outside. You will know when you go out."

Li Yujiao followed Aunt Gui to the front hall.

There were already more than thirty women standing in the front hall, with Mrs. Song in the middle.

Seeing Li Yujiao coming, the woman who had mocked Li Yujiao when she was getting food last night started mocking her again: "You are so arrogant. You are so enthusiastic when eating, but you are the last to work."

Aunt Gui quickly explained for Li Yujiao: "Mrs. Niu, please don't blame Mrs. Jing. It's all my fault for not informing her last night. She doesn't know the rules here."

Then he led Li Yujiao to pay his respects to Mrs. Song.

Mrs. Song looked at Li Yujiao for a while, then asked, "What did you do before you came here?"

Li Yujiao said, "We made some snacks, set up a street stall, and later opened a food store."

"So you're doing business?"

Li Yujiao replied: "Yes, ma'am."

Mrs. Song frowned obviously, she looked down upon businessmen.

"Besides cooking? Can you do anything else?"

Li Yujiao said: "I can do farm work, I'm very strong."

Farmers have a much higher status than businessmen.

Mrs. Song said, "Either you go to the kitchen to help, or you go to help grow vegetables, which one do you choose?"

Li Yujiao said without hesitation: "Let's grow vegetables."

She is not good at cooking big pot meals.

"Then you can follow Aunt Gui to grow vegetables."

As soon as Mrs. Song finished speaking, a woman threw a hoe at Li Yujiao.

……

Vegetables are also grown inside the house.

The original gardens, green areas, and anywhere there was soil were planted with vegetables.

Aunt Gui brought Li Yujiao and several other women to the garden.

Aunt Gui pointed to an empty lot and said, "This was originally where we planted cabbages. The cabbages were picked a few days ago, so Madam Song wanted to plant eggplants and beans here. Our task today is to loosen the soil first, and then build a shed here so that the beans can grow."

Li Yujiao was holding a hoe in her hand, so she was naturally responsible for loosening the soil.

She was very strong and could do these tasks with ease. Aunt Gui was very satisfied when she saw this.

Li Yujiao felt aggrieved while working.

She was purely deceived by Jing Qishan. She knew that the conditions in the military camp were not good, but she didn't expect to be suppressed and suffer!

When Li Yujiao was hoeing the fields, she saw several women sitting in the pavilion in front of her doing housework. Xuan, who had stabbed Jing Qishan last night, was also there.

And Mrs. Niu, who always targets her, is also there.

Mrs. Niu and Xuan were talking and laughing. They were both around 23 or 24 years old and seemed to have a very good relationship.

This means that Mrs. Niu targeted her because she wanted to stand up for Xuan.

Mrs. Niu was sewing winter clothes for the soldiers. When she looked up and saw Li Yujiao not far away, she couldn't help but get angry again.

She put down her winter coat and walked over here.

"Aren't you hoeing the fields? Why are you slacking off and watching us? Don't you want to be a laborer too? Humph, you don't deserve it!"

Li Yujiao couldn't help but ask: "Excuse me, is being a female worker a noble job?"

"It's still more noble than hoeing the fields. You criminals should go to the eighteenth level of hell!" Mrs. Niu said sarcastically, then turned and left.

It was only Li Yujiao's first day here, so I didn't bother to argue with her.

Aunt Gui, who was standing by, saw what had just happened and said to Li Yujiao, "You're new here, so just bear with it if you can. Being a maid isn't an easy job. Sitting for too long hurts your waist and your eyes."

Li Yujiao knew that Aunt Gui was doing this for her own good, so she smiled and said, "There's nothing to worry about. There's no distinction between high and low jobs. As long as there's work to do, it's fine."

Aunt Gui looked at Li Yujiao meaningfully.

It was the first time she heard that there was no distinction between high and low jobs.

Where in this world is not divided into different levels?

At this time, Li Yujiao saw Mrs. Song going out.

Mrs. Song was dressed simply, followed by two guards carrying a large pot.

Aunt Gui explained to Li Yujiao, "Mrs. Song is going to the city gate to distribute porridge."

"That would be great." Li Yujiao said.

"The war is intense now, and many people have fled. There are many orphans and elderly people in the city who cannot leave. We give them the food we save."

Li Yujiao nodded: "That's what I should do."

……

After working for most of the day, I can only have lunch in the afternoon.

It's time to line up for food again. Today's lunch is a bowl of pickled vegetable porridge and a bowl of noodles with minced meat.

Mrs. Song came back in time for dinner.

This time she did not come to get the food in person, but asked the maid beside her to help get it.

The maid complained to the ladies: "There are so many people lining up to get porridge today. Madam Song's clothes have been torn. Fortunately, she has the guards to protect her, otherwise she would have been torn to pieces by the beggars."

Li Yujiao was puzzled: If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to just let the guards go and distribute the porridge? Why did Madam Song have to go in person?

Is she afraid that people don’t know that she is a kind person?

……

Li Yujiao took the food to the pavilion to eat, where she could avoid being exposed to the sun.

As soon as she sat down, Mrs. Niu came over and teased her again: "How dare you sit here? Go eat over by the vegetable garden."

Li Yujiao couldn't help but ask, "Do you really need to know where to sit when eating?"

She saw that the ladies who were farming together today were also sitting in the shade.

"Anyway, you can't sit here. Either go back to your room and eat, or go to the fields. People like you who are guilty of crimes and have lives on your shoulders should forget about living a comfortable life. If I were you, I would take the initiative to go out and bask in the sun."

Mrs. Niu spoke very loudly, and everyone around her was attracted by her voice.

Li Yujiao said nothing, just looked at Mrs. Niu and Xuan beside her.

Xuan was just eating by herself. She didn't participate nor stop them. It was obvious that she also hated to see Li Yujiao being bullied.