Chapter 3 Entering the Zhou Mansion
Mama Zhou taught her the rules for entering the Zhou Mansion, and she looked okay, so she took seven or eight girls into the mansion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Ah Mei knew that it was the eldest lady of the Zhou family who chose the second-class girl this time, and she was mentally prepared.
The big house of the Zhou family has the eldest lord Zhou Shi'an, the eldest lady Ye Yun, and has a son and a daughter. The eldest young master Zhou Lang, who came down is the eldest lady Zhou Lan, who is only 15 this year, and the eldest lady is usually in charge of family affairs in the house, because the eldest lady has been unwell recently, so she asked Zhou Lan to help with the cooking.
Although Zhou Lan had never been in charge of things directly before, she had some experience with the eldest lady. This time, she directly asked her to help manage it, and she also wanted to help her mother share her worries. But there are only two big girls Qiuyun and Chunhua who serve their daily life, and when it comes to managing the family, no one can take on the important task, and she suddenly feels that there is not enough manpower at hand. That's why I begged my mother to pick some people to come up, observe and observe first, and if there are people available, they will be promoted to take care of the housework.
Today she came to see her mother, Ye Yun said: "According to the regulations in the house, you should be four first-class maids and eight second-class maids, and you don't have a personal maid." Now you only have two first-class maids and four second-class maids, so you should pick one well. ”
Zhou Lan said: "The two first-class maids don't have to pick people directly, I mean it's better to pick up those who are capable of doing things from among the second-class maids." Then choose a personal maid among the four first-class maids. ”
Ye Yun thought for a while and said, "That's fine, you can inspect first." ”
She instructed, "Let Mama Zhou bring people up." ”
Mama Zhou led eight girls in and took them to greet the eldest lady and eldest lady.
She said, "Say hello to the eldest lady and eldest lady." These are the eight girls brought by the slave maid, please look at the wife. ”
The eldest lady told Zhou Lan to start.
Zhou Lan understood that this meant for her to choose personally. She also wanted to personally pick the person she liked, so she didn't refuse.
She asked questions one by one.
She looked at the first girl: "What's your name and what do you know?" ”
The first girl replied generously: "The slave maid is called Ning Xiang, and she is good at female popularity." ”
She nodded and asked the next one: "The slave maid is called Rong'er, and she is good at making all kinds of snacks and side dishes." ”
Zhou Lan said: "These two can stay. ”
After asking three or four questions in the middle, she was not satisfied, and her brow furrowed.
When asked about Ah Mei, Ah Mei replied: "The slave maid is called Ah Mei, and she is not good at skills, but she can learn a little bit of words with her father." ”
Zhou Lan was interested: "Do you recognize words?" Can I read a book? ”
Ah Mei lowered her head: "I have also read a few books." ”
Zhou Lan nodded: "Ah Mei also stays." ”
Mama Zhou stepped forward and said, "Mrs. Hui, Miss, only Ah Mei is the only one here who does not sell her body and only signs a three-year contract." ”
Zhou Lan was surprised: "Really? Ah Mei, why did you come to be a maid? ”
Ah Mei replied calmly: "Ah Mei came to find a job to help her mother share her worries." Please Mrs. and Miss to fulfill it, Ah Mei will definitely do her best to do her own thing. ”
The eldest lady spoke: "This is also a filial child, just leave her, the horizontal and vertical contracts can be discussed." ”
Zhou Lan said: "You stay, there will be rewards for doing well, do it well." ”
Zhou Lan asked the last one: "What will you do?" ”
The last girl replied, "The slave's name is Qinglan, and she knows some medical skills and has some fists and kicks." ”
Zhou Lan also ordered: "You also stay." ”
After she finished picking people, she returned to her mother.
She pointed out the four girls: "Ning Xiang, Rong'er, Ah Mei, Qinglan, I am going to stay with these four girls, what does my mother think?" ”
Ye Yun said: "These four are very good, just stay." You talk to them about the rules. ”
Zhou Lan replied, "Okay." ”
She said to the four of them: "The four of you will be the second-class maids in my courtyard in the future, Ning Xiang is in charge of the female red, Rong'er is in charge of the meal, Ah Mei is serving in the study, and Qinglan is following me to protect at any time, do you understand?" ”
All four agreed.
Zhou Lan continued: "The second-class maids are five hundred yuan per month each, and there is another reward for doing a good job." In addition, I still lack two first-class maids, and the first-class maids have a monthly penny, and I will pick two of the second-class maids. ”
She glanced at the four of them, and saw that their expressions were all excited and full of hope.
Satisfied, she continued, "Everyone has a chance as long as they do their job well." ”
The eldest lady said, "Come on, take Mama Zhou down to receive the reward." Lan'er, you can take these four people down. ”
Zhou Lan took them back to her yard.
She instructed Chunhua to take the four of them down and settle down.
Mei was taken to the young lady's study.
Miss's study is a little messy, and I heard Chunhua say that there was no special person in charge of the study before, but there was a maid to clean it.
The young lady has been busy in recent days, so she hasn't been to the study for a few days.
Ah Mei, I looked at it, and the study was quite open.
She put the paper that had been written on the desk in one place, and then put the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in place.
Seeing the order of the books on the shelves in a disorderly manner, she thought about it and sorted them out.
After a long time of chaos, I finally sorted it out, and I saw that it was a lot neater.
After all this, she was bored.
Haha, serving in the study, as a modern person, she can't be difficult to think about this. I just don't know what else to do.
In fact, she is already very satisfied today, as a second-class maid, she already has an income, and she can earn 500 wen a month. She finally felt that she had a use, that she could earn money to support herself, and that she could also support her family.
When she first came to the house, she didn't know the situation, so she planned to leave a hundred pieces for use first, and give the rest to her mother.
I don't know when I'll be able to get it, she laughed self-deprecatingly, and she was too anxious.
Isn't it, my mother is still waiting for the money at home, and I have to worry about five buckets of rice.
Back at her quarters, she had come with three other people in a room.
There she was, and began to think about herself.
Now don't talk about saving money, it would be good to be able to solve basic life problems.
At present, it is satisfying to have a job to do, first to meet the basic life of the family, and if there is a surplus, save two more money. When the time comes, I have a little savings, and then I think about what to do.
In this way, there is only one way out now, which is to do a good job in the maid's job and change his destiny through his own efforts. She has already inquired, the second-class maid in the house is 500 wen per month, the first-class maid is 1000 wen, and the lady's first-class maid is higher, one tael of silver per month. Miss's monthly case is two taels of silver.
Now four yuan of silver per person in the family is enough per month, and four yuan of silver is 600 yuan, and four people need one tael of silver and 900 yuan per month. It is five taels of silver per person per year. Four members of the family need twenty taels of silver a year.
Now I can only subsidize my family, but I can't fully afford the family's economy.
Through your own efforts, you can change your treatment.
Then the first goal is to become a first-class maid of the young lady.