MTL - After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields-Chapter 228 Protect all weak people

Chapter 228 Protect all weak people

Qin Yao and Liu Ji were covered in dried mud and were too dirty to see.

The horses and carriages were not much better. Although they were cleaned by the stream before entering the town, they were not so tired, but now that they had settled in, they still had to scrub the horses and carriages clean again.

Having money makes it easier to do things, so I gave the innkeeper an extra hundred pence, and a waiter helped me wash the car and the horse.

 This also includes the hot water used by Qin Yao’s family to bathe.

Things are like their masters. Lao Huang is now a horse that loves to be clean. He is usually very irritable when outsiders approach him. Now he knows that he needs a bath, so he obediently asks the waiter to tie him to the pillar outside the back door and let others wash him.

While Lao Huang was enjoying himself, Qin Yao and his wife took turns taking a bath and washing their hair with their children.

Having been out for so many days, I was already covered in stinky sweat.

Da Zhuang looked at Qin Yao and his family busy washing up, feeling as if he was watching something strange.

 His body was also covered in mud, but just washing his insteps with cold water was enough.

 The mud on the clothes should be rubbed with hands, dusted again, and then put on again.

It’s not that I’m ungrateful, but I really don’t have anything to change, and I’m afraid that the fragile and patched linen clothes on my body will be damaged by washing.

Qin Yao and Siniang, the mother was the first to wash. After washing, they went out and Liu Ji and the three boys went in.

Mother and daughter were sitting on the stone bench in the backyard, watching the waiter scrubbing the carriage, and waiting for Liu Ji to come out to wash the dirty clothes.

Da Zhuang was also washing the carriage. He was not willing to pay the waiter for help, so he fetched water and washed it himself.

Siniang’s curious big eyes wandered around. It was the first time for her child to stay in an inn, and the experience here made her feel very novel.

 His big eyes looked at the half-open room next door. Liu Li lit the lamp and was sitting at the small table reading with a book.

 After a while, he looked at the waiter and Uncle Da Zhuang who were washing the carriage, with doubtful expressions on their faces.

  Why doesn’t Uncle Li help Uncle Da Zhuang?

 Uncle Da Zhuang, won’t you feel tired? Why doesn't he ask Uncle Li to work?

 Uncle Da Zhuang and Uncle Li are neither brothers nor relatives, so if Uncle Da Zhuang washes the carriage, will Uncle Li give him extra reward?

Si Niang had a lot of doubts in her heart, but she knew that it would definitely not be a good idea to ask them now.

So, the little girl held it in until Liu Ji and his son came out of the bath, Qin Yao led her back to the house to rest, and only mother and daughter were left alone, then she asked her doubts.

Qin Yao didn't expect Siniang to actually observe these details. She thought that six-year-old children were like Sanlang, only thinking about eating and sleeping, and playing when they woke up.

“Why is this like this?” Si Niang asked, holding her chin.

Qin Yao thought for a while and then said: "Because their status is not equal."

Si Niang’s expression became even more confused, “Why? Is it because Uncle Li has money and Uncle Da Zhuang has no money?”

“Yes, but not entirely. In addition to the inequality of money, they also have the inequality of rights.”

Now that this has been said, Qin Yao feels that there is nothing more that cannot be said, and there is nothing wrong with knowing the gap between classes earlier.

 Adapt in advance and make good use of the rules so that you can proceed better.

However, the equality and human rights in Qin Yao’s heart will never be erased!

While telling the four ladies about the huge power gap between farmers, industry and commerce, and the rule of the supremacy of imperial power, he also warned her that no matter what position she would be in in the future, she should not forget the essential equality and human rights.

Furthermore, in the prosperous country, there is another thing that cannot be ignored—under the slaves of scholars, peasants, industrialists, and merchants, there are even more vulnerable women.

Seeing that the little girl was listening very seriously, Qin Yao couldn't help but asked curiously: "Can you understand what I said?" Si Niang nodded heavily with a "hmm", her little fists clenched tightly. she says:

“Auntie, I will study hard. When I grow up, I will become as powerful as you and protect the sisters who are weaker than us!”

 “That’s not right!” Feeling that it was not enough, Siniang added seriously: “It’s to protect all weak people!”

Qin Yao stroked her thin but straight back, her heart full of pride, "Our fourth mother has such lofty ambitions at a young age, it's great, I'm proud of you."

　　I was praised!

Siniang immediately raised her chin. She wanted to be her proudest daughter!

If her stomach hadn't growled, the little girl would have had to memorize two more texts.

 “Madam! Madam!”

 Liu Ji's shouting came from outside the door.

Qin Yao held her forehead, what a troublesome man.

The sound came from far and near, and the footsteps were chaotic and dense. After washing clothes and going to the front hall to order food, the four father and son rushed in with exactly the same annoyance.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Ji slapped his hand on the small table in the room, and angrily complained to Qin Yao, "A black shop! This is a black shop!"

Erlang also had an expression of indignation and said, "Auntie, how much do you think the shopkeeper here charges for a bowl of plain noodles?"

"How much?" Qin Yao hugged Siniang, who was startled by her father banging the table, and looked at Liu Ji who was about to explode with anger, "Calm down, you are still living in a guest room of an inn, so loud You said it’s a black shop, are you worried that others won’t hear it? Are you going to kick us out?”

“That, that’s not the case.” Liu Ji glanced at the dark sky outside the house. Who wants to sleep on the street?

But this store is too dark!

Liu Ji winked at Erlang. Erlang exaggeratedly raised one of his hands, raised three fingers, and continued: "A bowl of plain noodles costs thirty coins!"

 He emphasized: “It’s plain noodles!”

Saburo echoed, "Some noodles, no meat."

Liu Ji also said: "The bowl of plain noodles we ate in another town during the day was only fifteen cents."

He knew that food prices were soaring now, and a bowl of plain noodles at fifteen cents was already three times the usual price. Although it was hard to accept it, he would be hungry if he didn't eat it, so he gritted his teeth and endured it.

 After all, the family has just added seven taels of silver to their income, so they can afford it.

But after just over 20 miles, a bowl of plain noodles has actually gone up to 30 cents a bowl. Isn’t this a black shop?

After hearing the whole story, Qin Yao secretly took a breath. The price was indeed exaggerated.

But he sent Liu Ji out to ask, and found out that all the guests were eating noodles at this price today. Liu Li also expressed his helplessness. He just asked Da Zhuang to go to the street to ask other restaurants, but they all closed down. This is the only one in town. It’s expensive but you have to eat it.

And it’s not that the shopkeeper has a bad heart, it’s that the price of food here is more than three times more expensive than in Kaiyang County.

Thinking again of the nine gangsters who were so bold that they even dared to rob and kill the official inn, we can see that the food shortage problem here is already very serious.

 Liu Ji fell silent.

Dalang tentatively said: "We still have dry food, why don't we eat cakes? It's delicious to boil some hot water and eat it."

 With Dalang’s hard selling efforts, Erlang, Sanlang, and Siniang all expressed that they were looking forward to eating dry food.

 Qin Yao waved her hand, "It's time to save money, it's time to spend money. Thirty yuan for a bowl of noodles is not something we can't afford."

 Just think of dining in a super luxurious five-star hotel.

 (End of this chapter)