The girl's face immediately turned pale, and Ling'er hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I mean you...... Are you dumb before entering the house or dumb after entering the house? ”

The girl thought about it and pointed behind her, that is the dumb after entering the mansion? Seeing that girl is young, her appearance is not bad, and her posture and posture are obviously well-trained, what made her mute? Is it to offend the master?

Ling'er's body couldn't help shaking, and she leaned closer and whispered, "Who did you serve by your side before?" Old lady? The girl shook her head; Madam? The girl shook her head; Could it be the eldest lady! This time the girl nodded.

Oh my God, it's really that ugly girl, Ling'er sat back in frustration, that ugly girl is really good, she is worthy of the Jiang family, she is ruthless, and what is even more depressing is that I will have to serve her in the future, I feel sad when I think about it, no, I must find a way to protect myself.

By the way, since this poor little mute has served the ugly girl, she must know a lot about them, if only she could write. Don't worry, there is still time, it's okay to talk to her slowly.

This little mute put an emerald green comb again, she liked it very much, so Ling'er called her Xiaocui, and the little mute seemed to like the name, but it was a pity that she was illiterate at all, and Ling'er took a lot of effort and didn't ask anything useful.

At lunchtime, a confident mother-in-law outside took a blue iron pot and banged: "Open the rice, open the rice!" ”

Xiao Cui heard the cry and quickly took out a wooden bowl from under the pillow and ran out quickly, Ling'er was stunned for a moment. When I walked out of the house, I saw two large wooden barrels in the middle of the courtyard, and a sturdy woman rolled up her sleeves and scooped food one by one for the maidservants in line. One spoonful per person, vegetable porridge with clear soup and little water, and a black dry bun.

Is this lunch? Can this thing be eaten? Xiaocui happily took the porridge and steamed buns back, and when she saw that Ling'er was still standing, she quickly pulled her twice, pointing to the woman who was cooking, meaning to let her go to the rice, right?

Ling'er was a little disgusted. But she can't stop eating, but she doesn't have a job! Xiaocui thought about it and stuffed her own porridge bun to Ling'er. Dong Dong ran into the house, turned out a wooden bowl from under Ling'er's pillow, ran a few steps and went to line up.

But she was the last in line, and when it was her turn, the woman poured the bucket upside down, and she didn't pour out a grain of rice, and the bun was gone.

Xiao Cui came back pitifully with a wooden bowl. looked at Ling'er with a sad face. Ling'er returned the porridge bun she gave to her just now: "Thank you, Xiaocui, you can eat, I'm not hungry!" ”

Xiao Cui thought about it, poured half of her own rice to Ling'er, and then broke half of the steamed bun and stuffed it to her, Xiao Cui nodded to her and asked her to eat quickly. Ling'er was indescribably moved, how could such a good girl be made like this?

"Huh~~~~ You still dare to eat her things? Aren't you afraid of being cut off by your master again? A little girl of thirteen or fourteen next to her chuckled. The other maidservants glanced over and bowed their heads to eat.

Ling'er looked at the little girl curiously, and saw that her face was round and a little baby fat, and her appearance was ordinary and ordinary, but a black mole on the left cheek was quite conspicuous.

Ling'er squatted beside her in the past: "My name is Wen Xiaobai, what's your name?" ”

The little girl squinted at Ling'er, turned away, unwilling to talk to her, Ling'er shrugged, returned to Xiaocui's side, saw Xiaocui eating silently with her head down, and no longer paid attention to herself, Ling'er asked her a few times but she didn't respond.

Could it be that Xiaocui is angry? Ling'er shook her head funny and patted Xiaocui on the shoulder: "Don't be angry, I'm just a newcomer to the unknown situation, and I want to know a few more people and inquire about the situation in the lower house, so as not to offend the master when I go out in the future." You don't want me to provoke my master and be punished, do you? ”

Xiaocui looked up at her, bit her lip and thought about it, patted her and asked her to follow. Xiao Cui took Ling'er to the other side of the courtyard and squatted down in a circle of four or five maidservants.

Ling'er glanced at them and saw that they were of different ages, the eldest was eighteen or nineteen years old, and the youngest was only eight or nine years old, but they all had injuries on their bodies, some had scars on their faces, some had lame legs, some had two fingers missing, and one had no nose, and they looked very scary.

Ling'er covered her mouth and turned her head and almost vomited, all the maidservants turned their heads to look at her, and Xiaocui hurriedly gestured as if she was explaining something to everyone. The eighteen or nineteen-year-old maidservant voice was a little surprised: "You are the new maid of the eldest lady?" ”

Hey! This one can talk! Ling'er looked back at her and saw two long scars lying on her face like centipedes, and her original facial features were also somewhat deformed with the scars.

Although she understood that her face was just a skin, Ling'er, who had lived for decades, still looked a little awkward, and she couldn't help but bow her head after looking at it twice, and saluted.

The maidservant said: "My name is Lotus, I used to serve by the eldest lady's side, five years ago because the comb accidentally hung on the eldest lady's forehead when she was combing her hair, I became what I am now; These are all served by the side of the eldest lady. ”

Lotus pointed to the other maids and introduced them one by one, seeing that they were either injured or disabled, and all of them used to be Miss Jiang's personal maids, Ling'er not only felt cold in her heart, but a wave of anger rose from the bottom of her heart, what is this, then Miss Jiang is only eleven or twelve years old now, how can she do such a bad thing?

Lotus saw the sympathy and anger in Ling'er's eyes, her terrifying face softened slightly, and a mother-in-law came in at the gate of the courtyard, she pulled Ling'er to squat down, and whispered: "Mother Tan is here, don't speak, otherwise you will be beaten." ”

Fortunately, Mother Tan just looked around at the gate of the courtyard and went out, Ling'er and the maidservants ate in a circle, and the lotus whispered: "Why did you come into the house?" Did you come voluntarily? Why did Madame point you to the eldest lady? ”

"I came voluntarily, there is no one at home, and I can't live alone outside, I said a few good words when I saw Mrs. Miss, and the eldest lady seemed to like to listen very much, so she took the initiative to tell Mrs. that she wanted me to be her maid, and I signed the deed of sale and was sent here."

The lotus people glanced at each other: "What did you say?" ”

Ling'er put her previous words one by one, and the lotus people looked weird when they heard half of it, and after a while, the lotus shook her head and sighed lightly: "The eldest lady doesn't like people who are more beautiful than her, even if she is not a maid in the house, she will try to find a fault, you send it to the door by yourself, the eldest lady is still willing to keep you, she must not have any good ideas, you should be careful!" ”

"Sister Lotus, is there a maid by the master's side? I heard that the master is very easy to get along with, do I have a chance to be assigned to the master? ”

The faces of several handmaidens became even more ugly, and the lame handmaiden said, "You will only die faster when you come to the master's side." ”

"Why?" (To be continued......)