"Miss Xie!" Erniu took the money, her heart beat faster, she could finally earn her own money, if she had obeyed her parents' arrangement and exchanged relatives with a fool, I am afraid that there would not be such a comfortable life as now, although she is a slave, it is better than marrying a fool.

After dinner, Jiang Ruoning entered the inner room, sat in front of the desk and wrote today's case, recording her observations and the scene of the scene, which belonged to her personal notes.

After that, I took the spring shoe style book sent by Li Guan, flipped through it from beginning to end, and then I had a bottom in my heart, adjusted the paint, and carefully depicted the spring shoe styles that I thought were beautiful in the modern world that I was familiar with.

Jiang Ruoning was busy, and the second girl sat on the side and made her own spring clothes.

Her needlework was not as good as Jiang Ruoning, but she could barely do it, and she yawned after sewing for a long time.

Jiang Ruoning glanced at it, "Sleepy so soon?" I don't care all day, it's usually just you, isn't it boring? ”

"Miss, it's not boring at all, I have to clean the room, and I have to take care of the flowers and trees in the yard, I turned over the soil in the backyard, and when it rains, I will plant some vegetables."

"It's just a small place where you can grow vegetables?"

"Grow as much as you want."

Jiang Ruoning raised his head slightly, "If I don't buy another little girl, I'll buy a **ten-year-old and let her be your companion." ”

"Miss, I'm not bored at all, the girl from the Gao family will come to talk to me."

The Gao family, the businessman who rented Jiang Ruoning's front yard.

Gao Shang brought his own outer room to live in the front yard, in fact, the front yard was rented to him by Gao Gongzi, who had a mother-in-law and two serving girls. Gao Gongzi doesn't live there often, but he stays there for a few days when he comes to Qingxi County to check on business.

Jiang Ruoning exhaled lightly, "Alas, when you are older in the future, you will also want to allow people, you save money to redeem yourself, although it was a death deed at the beginning, but I allowed you to redeem yourself, and it cost you six taels of silver when I bought you, and then you can leave after you save ten taels of silver, and I will eliminate the slavery for you." You do a good job, I will give you 300 wen per month this year, and when you do a good job, I will give you another monthly increase. ”

On Tuesday, Niu sold herself into slavery in order to marry Zhou Dahan's daughter-in-law.

Before the New Year's Festival, Zhou's mother came to the county seat, saying that she was visiting Tuesday Niu, but Jiang Ruoning knew that Zhou's mother was concerned about "Second Girl, how many months does your young lady give you?" Are there any rewards for the New Year's Festival? Do you want to make you new clothes? "It's all about Tuesday's welfare.

Jiang Ruoning rewarded Tuesday Niu with 100 yuan, originally to let Tuesday Niu buy the things she needed, this thing naturally includes the straw paper that her daughter needs for the days when she comes to Xinxin every month, but Tuesday Niu is so real that she actually gave her mother a lot of 100 yuan. The reason why Jiang Ruoning said that she was allowed to redeem herself was to ask her to learn to save money by herself.

She actually thought about it in her heart, and when Tuesday Niu saved enough money, she didn't accept anything, so she let her go, and the money she saved, Tuesday Niu can be regarded as her own dowry, if there are ten taels of silver as a dowry, Tuesday Niu will marry a very decent person.

"Erniu, you expect your parents, brother and sister-in-law to redeem yourself for you, it's better to rely on your own son, it's better to ask for others than to ask for yourself, you have more eyes, don't give all the money to your mother, in the eyes of your father, your eldest brother and third brother are the most important, in the past, they knew that there was a stupid son in the family that changed parents, but they were still willing to marry you, just because the other party promised that in addition to marrying their daughter to your brother, they also had to prepare a dowry of two taels of silver. To put it bluntly, in their eyes, you are only worth two taels of silver.

I know you can't accept this, but it's true.

Erniu, you can help the family properly, but not give them all the home. You have to save not only money for your own redemption, but also a dowry for yourself, you know? ”

Erniu was stunned for a moment, although the young lady said that she was inferior to her brother and younger brother in the eyes of her father, but this was also true, and she was also a little resistant when she heard it.

"I know Miss is doing it for my good."

"It's good that you know. When I got free, I asked Heya Po to help me find a teenage girl, you take her first, and it can be regarded as your companion, and in the future you will redeem yourself and leave, and I will have a messenger by my side. ”

"Yes."

Half a month later, Jiang Ruoning really added a ten-year-old little girl, who was sent by Heya Po, saying that she had just been resold from other places, this little girl is still smart, and she speaks neatly, but she is very timid, if you stare at her, she can tremble with fright, and her mouth keeps saying: "The slave doesn't dare anymore, don't be angry, don't sell me, don't sell ......me, Miss."

The little girl didn't know who her surname was, she only said that she had been resold since she could remember, and even she forgot how many times she had been resold.

The second girl said with a different face: "Miss, she only has one or two silvers." ”

This price is too low.

Erniu stood in front of the little girl, sniffed and sniffed, sniffed and sniffed: "What smell does she have, how stinky it is, miss, shouldn't she have any disease!" ”

The little girl trembled, her whole body trembled like a sieve, and when she heard the second girl, she was already soft on the ground, "I will serve Miss well, I only eat one meal a day, I just beg Miss not to sell me, don't sell me...... Don't let me sleep with a man, Xiaohu listens to Miss's ...... for everything"

Erniu's eyes widened, what did she hear, this ten-year-old little girl, actually said such words, "Miss, were you deceived by Heya Po?" This girl is sick, let alone a tael of silver, she can't buy it even a penny. ”

Jiang Ruoning's expression was solemn, "I know that she is sick, I will find a way to cure her, don't you think she is very pitiful?" When she was only ten years old, she got that disease, and if I left her alone, she would have died in less than two years, and she was only ten years old, and her life had not yet begun, but she was going to die. ”

She closed her eyes, she was ten years old, still a child. But those who bought the little girl actually attacked her as early as two years ago, causing her to be sick at a young age, and her body exuded a foul smell, when she was in Heya Po, there were two girls aged eight to ten, and the other was from Qingxi County, but it was precisely because of this little girl's illness that she was moved by compassion and made up her mind to buy her.

She is not kind-hearted, but thinks that this girl is too pitiful, she is a fast catcher, she is so uneven in her bones in her past life and this life, and at the same time she has clear grievances, she hates evil people, and cherishes kind people.

"Erniu, go wash the hot water, bring in the big wooden basin, Ming'er, you take the money to buy a new wooden basin, now this big wooden basin is for Xiaohu, no, from now on, she is not called Xiaohu, she is called Jiang Huan, follow my surname Jiang, happy Huan."

The little girl knelt on the ground and knocked deeply: "Slave and maid Miss Xie is gracious." ”

The second girl took two steps back in disgust, "Miss, send her away, this disease is not good to infect people......"

This little girl is only ten years old, and she actually said such things, she doesn't have to guess to know what's going on, her body smells, I'm afraid that she is not lightly ill, thinking that she may have that kind of disease, the second girl avoids it like a plague god, and covers her mouth and nose unabashedly.

"Erniu, I will think of ways to cure her of the disease." She thought to herself: Penicillin! If there is this, Jiang Huan's illness will be cured, but there is no such medicine in this world, she closed her eyes, "Ming'er will start you to cook more for yourself." ”

malstyle='text-indent:21.75pt'>"Whether it's a large family or a small family, there is also a monthly case, so I'll send you 300 wen." ”

Jiang Ruoning folded into the inner room, "Let's serve rice!" I'm going to take a shower tonight, and when I look back, remember to boil hot water. ”

"Yes."

She took out three strings of copper coins, put them on the table, and waited for the second girl to bring the meal, "Three hundred wen is your monthly example in February, and the money bag is my reward for you." In the future, your own money can be locked in your big blue lacquer box. Every month, I will leave enough money for you to buy meat, vegetables, and grain, and I will put the money for food, spices, and tea at home in the drawer in the inner room, and you can take as much as you need. ”