Chapter 176: Choose one of the two
Bai Ruozhu was stunned, in the memories of her predecessor, including her contact with Xiao Si after she crossed over, Xiao Si had never smiled, his expression was always wooden, and his eyes seemed to have no focus, so the people in the village and even the people in the old mansion felt that Xiao Si had something wrong with his head.
But just now, Xiao Si smiled, although his smile was very light and his smile was very stiff, but he did laugh.
"Oh, Xiao Si laughed just now, right?" Lin Ping'er asked in disbelief.
"It's a smile, this kid will laugh, but it's great!" Bai Yihong said excitedly.
Bai Zepei looked at Xiao Si and then at Bai Ruozhu, with a slight doubt in his eyes, but he immediately hid it.
"At least Saburo can't play the fourth for a while, which is also a great thing. He said.
was mentioned by Bai Zepei, Bai Ruozhu couldn't help but feel a little weak, but quickly covered up the past, the surname Jiang was all unconscious, who could pull it on her?
Early the next morning, Lin Ping'er and Bai Yihong went to visit the old house, not only carrying a basket of eggs, but also wrapping a gift envelope, which was one hundred copper coins, which was already very high in Houshan Village.
But you can imagine how ugly the old lady's face is, that is, there are other people who come to visit the patient, and the old lady with a strained face even asks in public: "Why is it only 100 Wen, you will give 100 Wen for your nephew's serious illness?"
It's not that Bai Ruozhu can't take out two taels of silver at this time, but no one wants to give money to people like San Lang, and the old mansion is not really to the point that there is no money to see a doctor or eat, but the old lady is used to pulling money.
Besides, you must not let go of this kind of person, once you give two taels of silver, maybe you will have four taels of silver in two days, and everyone will be "sick".
When other families in the village came to visit the sick, they also took some visiting rites, but they were all ten or fifteen yuan, but when they heard that the old lady couldn't even look down on them for a hundred yuan, didn't they look down on them even more for a fraction? Many people were a little embarrassed, and left without staying long.
San Lang suffered a lot of sins, mainly because he repeatedly fell and injured his leg, but fortunately the bone was not broken, and the injury was not in the joint, but he didn't know that he was disabled, but Dr. Li said that he couldn't heal the injury well, and he might fall ill in the future.
Saburo didn't know how to cherish himself, and as soon as he heard this, he lay on the bed and never moved again, but he screamed so much that even the neighbors next to him heard it.
Lin Ping'er and Bai Yihong didn't argue with the old lady, because there were many people, and the old man didn't allow the old lady to say too much, so the two of them sat down and left quickly, but both of them knew that the old lady would definitely have to ask for money, in fact, since the day Erlang was admitted to the head of the case, and Lord Li personally sent the reward, the old lady was worried about their family's money, and at this moment it was finally a good opportunity.
Bai Zepei went to the town again early in the morning to study with Mr. Xie, Bai Zehao continued to work in the fields, Bai Ruozhu was at home with the children, and in the blink of an eye, in the afternoon, Mrs. Xie took a maid and took a carriage into the back mountain village.
There is no need for Bai Ruozhu to inform, both families are anxious to bring their daughters to the door, Bai Ruozhu sighed silently, even if she is in a hurry, she pretends not to know, and when she asks people to invite her, it seems that she is too eager to sell children, right?
So many people in the village quietly talked about it, saying that Mrs. Wang was fine, anyway, she bought a poor girl from a distant relative's family, but Gui Zhiniang sold her own daughter, which made people really unaccustomed to it, not to mention that Gui Zhi's family was not poor and couldn't open the pot.
As soon as Bai Ruozhu introduced, Mrs. Xie knew which one was Xiya and which one was Guizhi, which was similar to her guess when she saw the two.
Fang Guizhi was in a very bad mood today, with tears in her eyes, she knew that this was Bai Ruozhu's way to save her, and she also knew that only in this way did she not have to marry the widower who killed her daughter-in-law, but she couldn't be happy in her heart, thinking that her mother wanted to sell her too much, just like selling a pig that had been fattening.
Also, her mother turned out her old clothes early in the morning, and deliberately grinded a few holes out, obviously the sleeves and trouser legs were short, her mother had to force her to put them on, and said: "Look at how good the mother-in-law of the family is, you will learn to be smart for me when the time comes, since it is not like marrying Yang San, you will follow Mrs. Xie to enjoy the happiness, maybe you can make Mr. Xie small in the future, not better than which girl in this village can marry?"
Gui Zhi's face turned red, she didn't want to be small for others, who likes to do it, she won't go anyway! Gui Zhi roared in her heart, but she didn't argue with her mother, on the one hand, she was used to this, and she usually dared to talk back to be beaten, on the other hand, she was physically and mentally exhausted, and she didn't want to talk to her mother anymore.
Bai Ruozhu saw Gui Zhi pulling her cuffs crampedly at the moment, and her heart ached, she knew that it was Gui Zhiniang's trick again, but it made Gui Zhi really embarrassed, but such days were over soon, she had already discussed with Yu Hongsleeve, and after buying Gui Zhi, Gui Zhi went to Xie Mansion to live temporarily, to be a helper or something, and said to the outside world that she was Xie Mansion's maid, so as not to be known by Gui Zhi Niang, and to pester Gui Zhi again.
After Bai Ruozhu's family business started, she planned to persuade her family to go to Fucheng with her second brother, and the second brother would go to the school palace to study, and they would do some small business nearby, so that they could take care of it. At that time, Guizhi will definitely live with them, just like Bai Ruozhu planned to tell her, to let her work to pay back the money.
Xiya on the other side was also very nervous, her head was already hanging to her chest, she was still scared when she saw Bai Ruozhu yesterday, and it took a long time to muster up the courage to glance at Yu Hongsleeve, her eyes were full of pleading.
"These two girls are honest people at first glance, Ruozhu, the person you recommend is good. Yu Hongsleeve drank a few sips of tea unhurriedly, satisfying the appetite of Mrs. Wang and Gui Zhiniang, and then said slowly.
Bai Ruozhu echoed with a smile: "Yes, I also know the roots, otherwise I wouldn't dare to recommend it casually." ”
"But I just need a maid. Yu Hongsleeves paused as he spoke, and then asked with a smile what the two would do, whether they were literate, and what hobbies they had on weekdays.
Both of them answered one by one, but Xiya obviously didn't have Guizhi's atmosphere, she shrunk her neck and spoke with a trill, and the angry Wang Pozi glared at her several times, but the more she kicked her, the more afraid she became, and in the end she couldn't say anything.
Yu Hongsleeve thought for a while and said: "Just choose Guizhi, it's rare for her to know some words, my lord is a literati, so everyone in the family is also literate." ”
Gui Zhiniang's face lit up when she heard this, and the smile on her face was almost like a chrysanthemum, she thanked Yu Hongsleeve vigorously, and said: "Thank you, Mrs., my Gui Zhi is obedient and sensible, and will definitely serve Mrs. well." ”
"Waiting" stung Fang Guizhi deeply, if it weren't for the fact that she knew that she wasn't really sold, she would have to faint at this moment.
Mrs. Wang was anxious, and knelt on the ground with a puff, and said with a crying voice: "Madam, please have mercy on our Xiya, if you don't buy her, this child will starve to death when she goes back......"""Warm reminder: Please keep in mind the domain name of this site