His Peasant Wife: Yao Ling [Part 1]

Chapter 102: How Is Your Progress?

After Qiu Qiu was dragged away, the matriarch smiled at her. "You ah~ It seems like that you are getting better at making a decision. However, it seems like your servant needs to learn more about how to assist you. Xiao Yu, you need to learn from Zhang Mo Mo and listen more to her experience, okay? Just one or two sentences from Zhang Mo Mo, everything has been solved, right? Your Young Mistress and I didn't need to say anything."

"Yes, Old Madam," Xiao Yu politely answered.

Xiao Yu who felt like crying inside her heart could only agree and thank the matriarch for her grace. In her heart, she muttered,

'Grace? What kind of grace?!' She was afraid of Zhang Mo Mo's strictness, but she also knew that she had to learn how to assist Young Mistress better.

She could only accept her fate!

The Matriarch turned to her back and dispersed the concubines. "All of you can go now. I want to spend more time with my granddaughter."

The concubines looked at each other but they also didn't want to stick around the matriarch any longer, so they readily agreed and went out of the courtyard.

Madam Wang stayed with them because the matriarch didn't ask her to go along with the concubines.

After the concubines left, the matriarch asked Yao Ling softly, "Do you want my help to find new maidservants?"

Yao Ling shook her head. "Thank you for Grandmother's grace, but I don't want to bother Grandmother." Yao Ling paused for a little while,

before continuing, "Grandmother, when I went out to look around, I saw pitiful sisters and I would like to take them under my wings."

"Oh?" The matriarch asked, feeling interested. "Where did you meet them and what do you want them to be?"

"I met them on the West Street. They... were actually beggars. I want to take them in and let them become my maidservants. However, I need to ask them first. I never meet them again after I gave them a little bit of money. Can I do that?" Yao Ling asked politely.

"Hmmm... Of course. You can do what you want... but you need to make a slave contract with them --- to avoid any troubles in the future," The matriarch gave her agreement.

She tried to train Yao Ling in managing the household, so she let her take care of this matter.

If something happened, it would become Yao Ling's lesson.

As long as she lived, the matriarch could help Yao Ling deal with the aftermath if something went wrong because of those new maidservants.

However, her consent was given mainly because she trusted Yao Ling's judgment.

In actual fact, what Yao Ling did usually wasn't allowed at another household.

The servants usually distributed by the person that was in-charge of the household.

In Wang Fu, it was Madam Wang's job, but the main power was still held by the matriarch.

Once the matriarch decided something, even Madam Wang had to give her some face and didn't dare to go against the matriarch's words.

Madam Wang who usually didn't talk much suddenly talked, "Mother, is it wise?"

"Hmmm...?" The matriarch asked. "Is there something that you don't agree with?"

"Mother, that's not what I meant. I'm just worried because the background of those girls are unknown and they live as beggars. We didn't know who they are, so how could we let them in into our household easily? I will also feel worried if they serve Yao Ling directly..." Madam Wang explained her concern.