Chapter 4 The maid Zhang Siya
At that time, she saw Siya crying and kneeling in front of her, and thought that she was going to buy a few girls for her daughter anyway, and it was better to buy Siya than to buy others, which was quite familiar, so she ignored Lu's mother's dissuasion and called Zhang Li to sign Siya's deed of sale.
At that time, the two families agreed to sign a death contract, and Siya, a nine-year-old girl, was only sold for one or two pieces of silver in the hands of Ya Po.
It was still Mrs. Liu who saw that it was not easy for the Zhang family and was anxious to wait for the silver to save her life, so she gave out two taels of silver.
The two families also agreed that the monthly money of Siya for a month was calculated according to the help of the eldest girl in the village in Lizheng's house, which was 100 yuan a month, three years was three hangs and 600 yuan, and the synthetic silver was three taels and six cents. In order to take care of the Zhang family, Mrs. Liu advanced Siya's salary for three years in advance to see a doctor for Xiao Xuan.
A girl who eats idle meals at home sells two taels of silver, and there are more than one or two wages every year, which is more profitable than selling her daughter to a big family in the county to be a maid, Zhang Li couldn't help but be overjoyed, took the money and pressed his handprint on the deed of sale, and left with a thousand thanks, leaving the thin Zhang Siya in the Rong family.
Mrs. Liu bought a girl, and the heavy work at home was done by a hired helper, but she just asked Siya and Tian Daniu, who was bought, to take care of the frail Rong Yunhe with the Yunying sisters.
Yunying is older, and she grew up in the capital with Lu's mother to learn the rules since she was a child, she was originally Rong Yun and the maids who served closely around her, not to mention the good needlework, and her temperament is good.
Siya stayed in the Rong family for two years, and her food and clothing were many times better than the original one in her own home.
Mrs. Liu and Rong Yunhe are both generous and kind-hearted, and they treat these subordinates softly on weekdays, and rarely punish them.
And although Mother Lu, who looks serious, is strict with them, she usually takes care of her and Tian Daniu.
Zhang Siya was naturally grateful to the main family in her heart, and sighed more than once that God blessed her and let her meet a good person.
She heard from the sisters in the village who were sold to the big families in the county town to be maids, and when they returned to their hometowns to visit relatives, most of the young masters and young ladies in the owner's family were not very good-tempered, and they often beat and scolded their subordinates, and they were angry with them whenever something went wrong.
There are also some sisters who are quite beautiful, when they were fifteen or sixteen years old, they were favored by the masters and young masters in the master's family, and whether they wanted to or not, they were pulled into bed by the master and made a maid.
This maid has a better life, who gives birth to a son and a half-daughter, and then meets a kind-hearted housewife, and can be promoted to be an aunt and become half a master.
Those who have a bad life are either half-dead and abused by their masters, or beaten half-dead and sold by their jealous mothers; Or was randomly dragged to a small groom, and was beaten and scolded by men all day long after becoming a parent.
Grateful, plus Siya has always been a smart and clever person, she was also a diligent person at home, she was taught by Lu's mother and Yunying for two years, and she also knew a lot of rules.
And like today, standing in place and waiting for Yun Ying's command before going to work, it has never happened.
Although Jiang Lanbi has only been awake on Rong Yunhe's body for less than three days, because of the memories in his mind, he can clearly feel the temperament of several girls around him.
She looked at the four girls who opened the boxwood rounded corner cabinet and took the dishes and chopsticks in the corner of the wall, and saw that her bright and bright eyes dimmed a lot, and although the blue and black under the eyes were covered with a layer of fat powder, it could still be seen that it was because she had not slept well.
Rong Yunhe thought of yesterday's idleness, he called Yun Xing to talk about gossip to pass the time, Yun Xing muttered in his ear about the recent situation in the village, and the gossip that the Ma family sisters next door said when they came to visit him, combined with the situation of Siya's family and her mother's temperament, she understood a little bit in her heart where Siya's heart came from.
It's just that although she feels quite sorry in her heart, the situation of the four sisters is not easy, but after all, she herself is just a newcomer now, and she is still familiar with everything in this family.
In addition, the original owner's body is weak, and she has been raised in bed for two days, and she will only be able to walk around the house a little twice, and even Mother Lu will not let her out.
Therefore, she wants to take care of the idle affairs of the Siya family, but she is afraid that she has more than enough heart and not enough power.
It's better to recharge your energy first, find out the current situation, and then find a way to help Siya.
Thinking so, Rong Yunhe withdrew his gaze from Siya's face, indifferently took the celadon dishes and chopsticks wrapped in a foreign cloth hand towel from her hand, and looked at the dishes for today's breakfast.
In addition to the two bowls of rock sugar wolfberry longan bird's nest porridge and minced meat porridge for self-tonification, Mother Lu and Aunt Luo also prepared peanuts and beans mixed with pine nuts, winter bamboo shoots and bracken mixed with sesame oil, quail and salted and marinated liver.
The staple food is a finger-sized crystal plum bun with eight fresh mushrooms and cabbage, a plate of small and delicate red bean paste dumplings, and a bowl of thick white porridge.
Rong Yunhe thought about the conversation between Lu's mother and Yun Xing that he heard in his ears when he hadn't woken up that day, and learned that there was a famine this year, so they didn't dare to use the gold and silver at home, and now the family is also quite difficult.
In order to save food, Lu's mother, these people, eat either sorghum rice mixed with sweet potato noodles these days, or cornmeal baked cakes, breakfast and dinner are just ordinary white porridge and eat with home-made pickles.
And the fine grains, ingredients and supplements saved naturally went into the stomach of my brother who had to study hard and my weak body.
Thinking of this, Rong Yunhe was moved in his heart, and he felt extremely fortunate to have such a group of loyal servants by his side.
After all, with the current situation of their own family, the monthly money of these slaves is almost unaffordable, and the family's expenses have to rely on the work of Uncle Cai, Lu's mother, Uncle Tan and others to maintain.