Quickly wear and change the fate of the little cannon fodder

Chapter 210 The Cannon Fodder Wife in the Ancient Time Traveling Novel 17

The Marquis' Mansion has been quite busy these days, and in a few days it will be the mourning period. During these three years of mourning, Xia Xiaoxiao and her mother and son were lonely, but the others still followed the rules.

On this day, the elders of the clan need to be invited to hold a mourning ceremony and sacrificial activities for them. Many relatives and friends will come with incense, candles, paper, firecrackers and other things to pay tribute to them. After that, there will be a ceremony to exorcise the spirits and remove the mourning clothes, and then change into brightly colored clothes.

After the mourning period, the family would decorate the house with lanterns and hold a banquet. Xia Xiaoxiao even invited a troupe to perform. The day was very lively. The three children, who had been eating vegetarian food for three days, finally had their fill of meat today.

As for Mrs. Leng, she fell ill again after she left the mourning period. Since her son passed away, she would fall ill every year on the anniversary of his death. Xia Xiaoxiao secretly took her pulse, and she was a little surprised. It was caused by depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder!

She couldn't understand why her life wasn't so hard, but in just three years, she had tormented her body to such an extent? Haha, if the old lady didn't change, she probably wouldn't live for another three years if she continued like this.

She was like a person who had suffered a major blow, with depression, anxiety, insomnia, excessive thinking and dreams, and was repressed. She also had to take care of the entire mansion, had a loss of appetite, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, and was irritable!

She couldn't even find someone to vent her emotions to. She had thought about finding faults with Xia Xiaoxiao to vent her anger. But Xia Xiaoxiao didn't cooperate. Every time she got angry with her, she was blocked back.

After so many times, she realized that she would not gain any advantage by confronting her daughter-in-law, and it would only add new depression to the old one. She could only digest it silently, and over time, her body was worn out.

When the relatives and friends saw the old lady like this, they tried to comfort her and told her to think more positively, but they knew in their hearts that they would have to have another feast soon!

Xia Xiaoxiao was a little distressed. Soon she would have to act out the drama of great joy and great sorrow, and also observe mourning. No matter what, she should marry off her sister-in-law first. Without this outsider, she would observe the mourning of an old woman and close the door to her life, and no one would know what she was doing.

What annoyed her even more was that she had to work and take charge of the household affairs, and she couldn't push it off this time. The old lady really didn't have the energy to take care of these things. This time, there was no routine, no reluctance! She just handed over the account books, warehouse keys, and the indentures of the staff to her.

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't want her to be idle, so she asked her to find a husband for her sister-in-law. Although the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, isn't her mother still alive? This kind of thing must be done by her mother herself, so as not to blame her for being uncomfortable and unhappy in the future.

The old lady did not refuse, and she often invited her old sisters to come to her house for a gathering! By the way, she also helped to find out where there were young men with good looks, fragrance and taste, and then spread the news that the Marquis's Mansion was looking for a son-in-law.

Xia Xiaoxiao was miserable in the yard looking at the account book. These traditional Chinese characters and numbers made her dizzy! She could only keep accounts in her own way while flipping through them.

"Mother, the sons are here to pay their respects!"

"Mom, the third child is very good. The eldest brother is not good, he wet the bed, and the second brother vomited while singing, his butt stinks. The third child is very good, the third child is the best child." After greeting, the third child went straight to Xia Xiaoxiao to complain.

"Third brother, you promised me not to tell anyone, so I gave you my favorite ball." The eldest brother's face turned red instantly, and he immediately accused the third brother.

"Brother, uh, I didn't tell anyone else. Mother is not someone else." The third brother did not think he did anything wrong.

"Mom, I couldn't help it. My butt wanted to sing. Maybe it sang too badly, so it spit it out." The second child also felt aggrieved. He didn't want to do it.

Xia Xiaoxiao figured out what happened in one day. It must be that these three little guys stole something to eat last night.

"Then can you, my dearest child, tell me what you had for dinner last night?"

"No, we didn't eat anything." The three of them covered their mouths and said in unison.

"Huh? Children who tell lies are not the most obedient. I didn't expect that the babies would lie to their mothers. Mother is so sad and upset." Xia Xiaoxiao acted as if she was sad.

"Mom, don't be sad. It was too hot yesterday, so we ate, just a little bit of porridge! Cool, sweet porridge. I only ate one bowl, while my brothers ate more than one bowl and even licked the bowl, but I didn't." The eldest brother saw his mother like this and really thought that she was sad, so he confessed immediately.

Well, they secretly ate iced mung bean porridge at night, so they wet the bed and had diarrhea! But whose porridge did they secretly eat?

When the day was hot, Xia Xiaoxiao was eating porridge! They just came over and gave each of them a mouthful of porridge, but they didn't expect that they would miss it.

"Didn't mother tell you during the day? You can't eat too much of this porridge. You will get sick if you eat it. Look! You really get sick. You are in trouble! You have to take bitter medicine, otherwise you will continue to vomit." In fact, there is no need to take medicine, but the habit of eating secretly is not advisable, and they must be taught a lesson.

"But, mother, we are fine now. We don't need to take medicine anymore." The second child looked terrified. He was most afraid of taking medicine. Basically every child doesn't like taking medicine.

"So you want your butt to keep vomiting? Hmm? Then you'll become a brat. You guys have to eat too, or else your butt will vomit like the second one."

"But mother, the third child didn't vomit, and he didn't wet the bed. Can we not take the medicine?"

"No, that won't work. People will have to wait in line for vomiting. This time, the second one will go first, and then it will be your turn, and then you will be the last. And you only need to take it once this time! If you don't take the medicine, the disease will become more and more serious, and you will have to take the medicine for a long time."

"Will it be like grandma?" the three asked her in horror.

"Yes, so from now on, you have to listen to mother when eating. There are some things that you can't eat too much of, or you'll get sick. And don't eat secretly at night anymore."

"Okay, let's take the medicine. We can't take medicine every day like our grandmother." They can still distinguish between taking medicine for one meal and taking medicine every meal!

"Mom, we are sick, can we sleep in the same bed with you tonight?" The second child looked at her with bright eyes. The other two also brightened their eyes when they heard it.

Xia Xiaoxiao covered her forehead. This move of using one's own spear to attack one's own shield was really speechless! After that, there was another round of bargaining, and finally he agreed to sleep in her bed for one night.

It's not that she doesn't want to sleep with the children, it's just that the children are too restless when they sleep. Not only do they keep kicking the quilt, but they also kick her a few times or press her so hard that she can't breathe. The whole night is like a martial arts movie, don't expect to sleep well.

Xia Xiaoxiao sent her three children away and then looked at the account books. It took her half a month to sort out the affairs in the mansion.

She used her mental power to find out who had embezzled and how much they had embezzled. Who were spies for others, who were bullying the weak by taking advantage of their seniority? Who were bullying others by taking advantage of the power of the Marquis' Mansion? ...

Of course, we also found out which people have special talents, which people are honest and dutiful, and which people are capable but are just being oppressed. ... Everything is clear at a glance.

Xia Xiaoxiao told the old lady that she was going to start to tidy up the mansion! Didn't she say that? A new official has three things to do when he takes office, and she wants to make these three things burn vigorously.

First, she ordered people to invite the most powerful men in the capital to come over and wait in the side hall in the front yard. She needed to buy some people and sell some people. Then she gathered all the officials in the mansion, and the first ones to be dealt with were those who wanted to control her. Seeing that she was young and had a weak reputation, they began to take advantage of their age.

Since the Marquis's wife took over the household affairs of the Marquis's Mansion, she has not made any other moves. She has become bolder and has enriched herself in various ways and oppressed the weak! Xia Xiaoxiao did not say much nonsense and directly sold out the families of those people, and also had to make up for the embezzled money.

Of course, those people were not convinced. They shouted that they were serving the old marquis and had made contributions to the marquis's mansion. Why did the lady sell them out? The old lady was polite to them, so why did she want to deal with them all right away? They wanted to ask the old marquis's wife to make the decision! The other stewards also showed their dissatisfaction and disapproval.

Xia Xiaoxiao did not stop them. She just sat there and watched them make a scene until the noise died down. Then she ordered people to lay out all the evidence against them. What had they done? How much money had they embezzled? When had they embezzled it? Who had done it? Where had they hidden the money? Who had they oppressed? How had they oppressed them? She laid out all the evidence.

She also told them that she only wanted to make up the money before selling it because she had served the mansion for so many years, and she did not report it to the authorities. If they continued to make trouble, she would report it to the authorities. Then the whole family would go to jail!

Everyone was stunned by the Marquis's move, and some even showed fear! How could a manager be clean? So did the Marquis see everything they did? What about them? What punishment awaited them?

Xia Xiaoxiao did not let them wait too long. She pointed out the names of several people and ordered the guards to search their homes and escort them to the authorities. The evidence she showed them was that they had used the power of the Marquis' Mansion to oppress the people, coerce and bribe, and forcibly abduct women...

As for the others, I believe they know what they have done. It's just that the amount is not large, so she is willing to give them a chance. Make up for what needs to be done and correct what needs to be corrected.

After that, she praised those who did well and performed well, promoted them, and rewarded them with silver! The vacancies in the positions were quickly filled. She had investigated these people and found them good in all aspects, but they were bullied by the previous people.

Then she issued her rules and asked them to manage their subordinates well. She managed them layer by layer, but they would be the only ones to be blamed for any problems, just like how she managed her own yard before.