Luo Shi returned to his room after touching the egg.
Fang Jiao 'er, Fang Yan' er, Fang Mei 'er, and Mrs. Qian all followed him in and closed the door behind them.
After a while, he saw the three of them return to the west room with a smile.
Luo Shi came out from the upper room and instructed the children who were playing in the courtyard.
"Go and dig some wild vegetables to feed the chickens and pigs.”Luo said.
The few daughters-in-law of the Fang family took turns to do the housework, including cooking, feeding the pigs, feeding the chickens, and all other chores.
Whichever house it was, the children of that house would go to the wild to dig wild vegetables.
Since it was the eldest branch's turn to do the housework today, it should be Fang Yan 'er and Fang Mei' er who went to dig wild vegetables.
Luo Shi was still making things difficult for the Qian Corporation this morning, but now he didn't mention the matter of letting Fang Yan 'er and Fang Mei' er work.
Instead, she assigned them to do their work. What kind of game was this?
" Second Brother." Xin 'er pulled Fang Yun's hand.
Fang Yun lowered his head and saw that Xiner seemed to have something to say, so he bent down slightly.
"I saw that First Aunt and the others gave Aunt Jiao Er a pair of silver bracelets."
Xin 'er leaned close to Fang Yun's ear and whispered," Aunt Jiao' er told the nanny not to let Sister Yan 'er and Sister Mei' er work.”
So that was the case.
If Luo Shi had spoken, Fang Ru would have gone to get the basket without saying anything.
However, they had heard what Fang Yun had said to Madam Yang this morning.
The children were usually very sensible, so they naturally had their own ideas.
Luo Shi's face immediately darkened when he saw that no one said anything.
But this morning, she was still talking about manners and rules. Now, she was indeed suspected of slapping her own face.
Luo Shi glanced at Madam Yang, who was busy in front of the house, and explained in a rare manner,
"Fourth daughter-in-law, Yan Er is about to get married, but the wedding dress is not finished yet. Moreover, both she and Mei Er have small feet, so it is inconvenient for them to work in the fields. In the future, when it was their turn to dig wild vegetables to feed the chickens and pigs, they would let Ru 'er and the others help out.”
"I know, mother." Madam Yang readily agreed.
She still thought that doing more things wouldn't tire her to death. She didn't want to be too calculative.
Luo Shi's expression softened a little.
She was actually very clear in her heart. In terms of self-awareness and diligence, the few daughters-in-law in the family had to be Madam Yang.
Even the children of the fourth household were not spoiled and lazy. They were very easy to order around.
"Ru 'er, Wulang, Little Seven, go and dig two baskets of wild vegetables. Qian' er, you go too.”
Luo saw Madam Xu was about to take Fang Qian 'er out, so she stopped them.
"Mother,"
Mrs. Xu paused." Qian 'er has to bind her feet these two days. How can she work in the fields?”
"Qian 'er is already so big, why are you still bandaging your feet?”
When Luo Shi heard Madam Xu's words, she immediately perked up her eyes." In the past, when I wrapped it up, I said it hurt. Every time, all my previous efforts were wasted. You're clearly trying to be lazy!"
"Mother, Qian 'er has already promised me this time. If her uncle became an official, Qian 'er would be the daughter of an official. If she didn't bind her feet, how could she marry into a rich family in the future?”Madam Xu said.
"Then we have to wrap it up quickly. It's good to wrap it up a day earlier.”Luo thought for a moment and said.
The old lady obviously agreed with the saying that it was better to marry into a rich family if one bound their feet.
Fang Yun had long discovered that among the women of the Fang family, Luo Shi, Qian Shi, Fang Yan 'er, and Fang Mei' er all had small feet.
The Yang, Xu, Li, Fang Ru, Fang Yao 'er, Fang Qian' er, and Fang Xin 'er did not have their feet bound.
It seemed that in this era, women from wealthy families had to bind their feet.
Some people might think that the feudal dross of foot binding started in the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, it was not!
This bad habit had appeared a long time ago, in any case, before the Ming Dynasty!
And during the Ming Dynasty, foot-binding was already very popular!
Fang Yao 'er and Fang Xin' er had not bound their feet in the past, but now that the eldest son of the Fang family might become an official, the Luo family must have felt that the Fang family's status was high, and it was very likely that they would be bound again!
Even Madam Yang would probably think that Xiner should tie her feet so that she could marry into a good family in the future.
Fang Xin 'er, who was beside Fang Yun, trembled when she heard them mention foot binding.
She subconsciously hid behind Fang Yun.
Her actions attracted Luo Shi's attention.
" Xiner's foot..." Luo Shi's gaze stopped on Fang Xiner's foot for a moment.
Fang Xiner was eight years old now. Although it was a little late to wrap her feet, it was fortunate that her feet were not big. Now that she had wrapped her feet, she could still form a pair of small feet. Even if she could not marry into the Lu family in Yongning County, she could marry into another wealthy family.
Seeing Luo Shi staring at her feet, Fang Xiner shivered in fear. At this moment, she really wished she could hide her feet.
Sensing his sister's fear, Fang Yun frowned.
He definitely didn't like things like foot binding. Moreover, he felt that Xiner didn't need to suffer like this.
However, Fang Yun also knew that if he were to go against Luo Shi because of Xiner's foot-binding, he would be in trouble.
With Luo's temper, she would force Xiner to bind her feet to show her authority in the family.
Fang Yun thought for a moment, then turned to Fang Xiner and said,""You have to wrap your feet too. After you wrap your feet, you can be like Sister Yan 'Er and the others in the future. You don't have to work in the fields!”
He spoke very loudly and everyone heard him.
Just as Luo Shi was about to ask Fang Xiner to wrap her feet as well, she suddenly heard Fang Yun's words and her heart skipped a beat.
No, it would take a long time for the eldest son to become an official. Many of the family's work was done by the fourth son's family. If Fang Xiner also wrapped her feet, there would be one less person to do the family's work in the future.
Back then, he married a woman with small feet for his eldest son. Later on, his daughters-in-law deliberately chose women with big feet to share the housework.
"Xin-er isn't young anymore. If you're afraid of pain and don't want to wrap it, forget it.”Luo thought for a moment and said.
Fang Xiner felt as if she had been pardoned, almost crying tears of joy.
Of course, she knew that Fang Yun had said that to save her.
"I'll listen to you." Fang Xin 'er said crisply.
Luo Shi glanced at Fang Yun and returned to his room.
Madam Yang lowered her head sadly.
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