Chapter 8 Sister Chun Tao
Fortunately, although Su Wanyu attaches great importance to feelings, she is not a sentimental person. Therefore, the heart is stuffed and the heart is stuffed, but the matter has come to this point, and the plug has to pass this hurdle. She was thinking about it urgently.
"Chun Tao, how many silver taels do I have?" Su Wanyu turned to Chun Tao and asked.
"Miss, you have two taels of silver a month. However, on weekdays, it also costs a lot to buy some fragrant powder snacks and reward people. After accumulating, there are still more than twenty taels of silver at this time. "Spring Peach Road.
"Go get it." Su Wanyu said, "Hurry up." ”
"Yes, miss." So, Chun Tao walked quickly to get the silver......
At this time, Wu's mother also led a few maids and daughters-in-law to the main courtyard.
Su Wanyu looked at it, and about seven or eight people were sparsely populated, and followed Wu's mother into the main courtyard.
There is only one adult man in the Su family, so in addition to a few errand boys, most of the people in the family are mothers-in-law and maids. Before Master Su's accident, there were a total of about 30 people. Now the errand boys have found another errand and found a way out. The mother-in-law and maid also ran and slipped away.
The remaining seven or eight loyal and honest or nowhere to go are now standing in the courtyard with anxiety. Most of them are still in the Su family. When ordinary people encounter the situation of the Su family, most of them want to sell them all. If they are sold, they don't know what their fate will be.
Su Wanyu cleared her throat and said with the momentum of her previous life: "The Su family has suffered, and you are still staying here now, so it can be seen that everything is good." Thank you. It's just that the Su family itself can't be protected, I'm afraid there is no way to keep you. The deed of sale will be returned to you, and as a compensation, each of you will be given a tael of silver. Everyone, find your own way. ”
After all, Su Wanyu has the soul of a modern person, and she doesn't know about selling people to collect money, at least now Su Wanyu can't do it. What's more, Su Wanyu also has other plans.
With the current situation of the Su family, these maids and wives will definitely not be able to stay, and the silver they get from selling them is just a drop in the bucket for the Su family. And with Su Wanyu's method, the Su family can still have a good reputation.
The maids and women looked at each other, at a loss. It's not bad, it's too good. Not only did he get a free body, but he also got a compensation of one or two pieces of silver. Although one or two pieces of silver are not much, saving a little is enough for one person to live for three or four months. What's more, they have been in the Su family for many years, and they also have the monthly money they have saved on weekdays, as well as some rewards from their masters. Relying on these silver taels is enough for them to live for a while, or do some small business or something.
After a while, a mother-in-law knelt down and said:
"Mrs. is generous, Miss is kind-hearted, and the old slave gives Mrs. Miss a longevity card. The old slave first went back to his hometown to find my unsuccessful son. If the Su family wants someone in the future, the old slave will come to serve Mrs. Miss again. After speaking, he kowtowed heavily, went to Chun Tao to receive the silver and left.
There was one person to start, and then a second and third person came over to kowtow to Su Wanyu and receive the silver.
Su Wanyu suffered such a few kowtows, and she was really not used to it. But in this era, it is normal for courtiers to bow to the monarch, children to their elders, and servants to their masters. Of course, this kneeling and kowtowing is not a daily etiquette like in Su Wanyu's previous life, kneeling down when she sees each other at every turn, but a very grand gift. Only on important occasions of the New Year's festival will the bow bow will be performed. Now that Su Wanyu is letting go of the slaves and scattering the silver taels, this kneeling ceremony is not an exaggeration.
What's more, Su Wanyu didn't feel that she could single-handedly resist the established etiquette system of an era. She can try her best to act according to her own heart, but let her preach what everyone is equal in this ancient world, I am afraid that she will be regarded as crazy by others, or follow the local customs.
At this time, another mother-in-law knelt down and said, "The old slave and the old slave girl kowtow to the young lady." ”
As soon as she said this, Su Wanyu only heard Cuizhu beside her whisper: "Mother." Su Wanyu understood in her heart that Cuizhu Niang was going to leave with Cuizhu. Sidewalk:
"Cuizhu, you have a good mother. Go to your mother. ”
"Miss, but me, me." Cuizhu Road.
Cuizhu Niang didn't care about anything else, so she came up and pulled Cuizhu's thin arm and dragged her to her side. Cuizhu seemed to be hurt by her mother's arm, and she whimpered quietly. There were tears in the corners of her eyes, and she was dragged by Cuizhu Niang to kowtow to Su Wanyu. Cuizhu Niang took the silver taels and pulled Cuizhu out.
Cuizhu and Niang walked far away, and Su Wanyu could still faintly hear Cuizhu's cries and Cuizhu Niang's nagging.
She felt a pang of melancholy in her heart.
After that, the rest of the people also kowtowed and took the money and left.
"Chun Tao, Mother Wu, you should also find a place to leave."
"Plop", Chun Tao knelt heavily on the ground and said, "Miss, Chun Tao is not leaving, please Miss don't drive me away." ”
"The Su family is no longer a good place to live, they have been kicked out of the house and are in debt. Chun Tao, why are you doing this? ”
Chun Tao is not beautiful, but she has curved eyebrows, white teeth, and a pair of good-looking dimples on her cheeks, and she smiles very sweetly. As friendly as the sister next door. On weekdays, she acts steadily, and she is especially good at taking care of others, and the young maid always likes to call her: "Sister Chun Tao." ”
At this time, Chun Tao burst into tears, her eyes were pleading, her words were choked, and she said: "When I was seven years old, I was sold by my parents to a man, and my relatives have long been separated. Fortunately, Su Fu bought me, and Su Fu treated me leniently and gave me a place to live. I have been serving the young lady since I was seven years old, and it has been more than eight years from the first day to today. I've never been away from Miss for a day. Ask Miss not to drop the spring peach. ”
At this time, Mother Wu also knelt down next to Chun Tao.
"Mom is an old man next to my mother, which is unacceptable." Su Wanyu hurriedly went to help Wu's mother.
Mother Wu followed Mrs. Su from the capital to get married.
According to the etiquette of marrying the concubines of the marquis family in the capital, Mrs. Su married from the capital with two personal maids. One is Mother Zhang, the housekeeper of Su Wanyu's yard, who found an excuse to leave Su Mansion after Master Su's accident, and the other is Mother Wu, who was waiting by Mrs. Su's side.
Before Master Su got into a lawsuit, Mother Wu was a housekeeper mother in the Su family's compound, and even the original owner respected her very much on weekdays.
"I have been following my wife from Beijing to Yizhou for more than ten years, and I have no contact with my family for a long time. Now he is alone, not young, and has nowhere to go. I just want to stay in the Su family for the rest of my life and serve my wife. Even if you are old and die, you have to stay in the Su family. Please let me go. ”
"Alas, that's it, sell the deed to pay you back, if you are afraid of a hard life, then be a companion to our mother and daughter." Su Wanyu sighed.