Sister-in-law Zhang turned around and saw the visitor, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Oh, Brother Zhou is back, let my sister wait!" ”

Zhou Quanan glanced at Sister-in-law Zhang and turned his eyes away, as if he didn't want to look at her a second time, and his face did not improve in the slightest, and said lightly: "What are you doing here?" ”

"Me? Oh, by the way, today's eldest lady has a new maid, oh, it's not, Mrs. ordered the sister to bring her and sign the deed of sale so that she could be sent to Mama Li for training. ”

"Lady received it?" Zhou Quanan looked at Ling'er suspiciously, his face was still serious: "What's your name?" Who? Who else is in the family? Can they agree to you sign the Deed of Sale? ”

Ling'er's rules of blessing body: "The slave maid's surname is Xiaobai, his ancestral home is Cangzhou, his parents died, he grew up with his grandparents since he was a child, and his grandparents passed away one after another a few months ago, and there is only one slave and maid left in the world, and the slave and maid want to come to the house to be a maid and beg for food." ”

Zhou Quanan didn't have any sympathy after hearing this, and nodded and said, "Since you are voluntary, then sign it!" Xiaogui, take out the deed of sale and ask her to sign it. ”

Wan Xiaogui promised, took out a small drawer from a huge cabinet on the side that looked like a pharmacy for distributing medicinal materials, took out a piece of paper from it, prepared pen and ink, helped Ling'er write her name, and pointed to the name to let Ling'er press her handprint.

Zhou Quanan checked it, also signed it, and then issued a list and asked Ling'er to go to the account office to get two taels of silver, which was Ling'er's selling money.

Ling'er looked at the piece of paper in a daze, thinking to herself, am I only worth two taels of silver? The maids of the Jiang Mansion are really worthless.

Sister-in-law Zhang came out of the account room with Ling'er, and her eyes looked straight at the cuffs of her silver. Ling'er pretended not to see it, Sister-in-law Zhang's face was a little ugly, and she coughed lightly: "Xiaobai." It's your blessing that you can serve by the eldest lady's side, there are so many maids up and down in our house, but not everyone has this blessing. ”

Ling'er smiled: "Yes, the slave must serve the eldest lady." ”

"Of course, but ...... Don't forget me, the benefactor! ”

Ling'er smiled and saluted to Sister-in-law Zhang: "Thank you Sister-in-law Zhang for your introduction, I will gain a firm foothold by the eldest lady's side in the future, and I will tell Sister-in-law Zhang first if it is beneficial." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang smiled happily. I thought that this girl could remember her goodness, and it would be good to help say a few words in the future, so she would no longer be greedy for Ling'er's two taels of silver.

Ling'er was taken to a small yard next to the kitchen. Call a little maid to go in and pass it on, and after a while, an old woman with a poker face and hanging eyebrows came out, and Sister-in-law Zhang hurriedly saluted politely: "Hello Mama Li!" ”

The old woman hummed lightly. Sister-in-law Zhang hurriedly pushed Ling'er in front of her to introduce her, and then found an excuse and slipped away. I seem to be afraid of this old woman.

Mama Li looked at Ling'er expressionlessly: "What's the name?" ”

"Slave Wen Xiaobai."

"Does Madame have a name?"

"Nope."

Ling'er thought that she was well-behaved, low-browed, and pleasing to the eye, but that Mama Li took out a ring ruler out of nowhere and hit Ling'er's arm with a snap, Ling'er jumped to her feet in pain, and Mama Li said with a cold face: "Do you know what's wrong?" ”

Ling'er was dizzy in pain, how did she know what she was talking about? The old woman's ring ruler snapped and fell on the other arm, Ling'er was so painful that tears flashed, and the old woman's voice was still cold: "If you sell yourself as a slave, you must always remember that you are a slave, and you must be respectful to your master, to your steward, and to your elders, and to use honorifics." Did you just use honorifics? ”

Ling'er remembered that Fang Cai casually said no two words, and saw that the old woman's ring ruler was about to fall again. She hurriedly said: "The slave Wen Xiaobai has not been given a name by the master. ”

Mama Li then took the ring ruler and led her into the courtyard. This courtyard is two-in, into a long row of small houses, there is a row of houses behind, the age of the maids in the courtyard is large and young, a total of about twenty or thirty people, clothing and hairstyle are uniform, should be uniformly distributed in the house;

In addition, they each have men on their hands, some washing clothes, some cooking rice, and some chopping wood, and they do rough work anyway.

The maidservants were very scared when they saw Mama Li, so they quickly put down their work, and all of them stood in a proper manner, bowed their eyebrows and greeted Mama Li.

Mama Li took Ling'er and walked to the woman who was about forty years old: "This is a newcomer, Mrs. chose to be a maid for the eldest lady, you can arrange it." ”

The woman respectfully complied, and stood with her head bowed and respectfully until Mama Li turned and walked out of the courtyard.

As soon as Mama Li left, the woman stood up straight, raised her head with her hands behind her back, and suddenly turned into a high-flying dress: "My surname is Tan, except for Mama Li in this miscellaneous courtyard, you all have to listen to me, understand?" ”

"Yes, the slave is at the mercy of Mother Tan."

Mother Tan was very satisfied with Ling'er's well-behaved obedience, she circled around Ling'er, and said suspiciously: "You were personally selected by Mrs. for the eldest lady?" ”

Ling'er responded respectfully, and Mother Tan laughed and said, "Since that's the case, I hope you can suffer for a few more days!" You come with me. ”

Tan's mother took Ling'er to the courtyard and stopped in front of a hut on the far right: "In the future, you will live here, learn the rules well, study early and go out early, and if you don't study well, you will do rough work here for the rest of your life." ”

Ling'er complied, and Mother Tan nodded: "On the first day, I will first familiarize myself with the familiarity, learn the rules with everyone after lunch, and then work, you know?" ”

Tan's mother left after explaining, as soon as she left, the maids in the courtyard here all looked at Ling'er timidly and secretly, Ling'er smiled at them friendly, and the maids quickly turned their heads and pretended not to see it, as if they didn't want to associate with her.

Ling'er frowned slightly, I'm not that scary, right? Could it be that the master of the Jiang Mansion is perverted, and even these maids are different? It's weird! Anyway, she didn't want to stay here for a long time, she stayed here first, and then planned well, to see how she could get close to that Master Jiang?

The room was very small, simple and a little dark, with two narrow beds against the walls on either side, and a wooden box under each bed; The door was open to a window, and under the window was a small table, on which there were two small wooden boxes, and nothing else.

Ling'er saw a few clothes stacked on the bed on the left, it should be for the newcomer, right? That's your own? She walked over and sat down, shook off her clothes, and saw that they were dressed in the same clothes as the maids in the courtyard.

At this moment, the door creaked, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl walked in, she stared at Ling'er for a while, and then walked to the bed opposite Ling'er and sat down.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Ling'er took the initiative to ask, "Is that bed yours?" The girl nodded.

"My name is Wen Xiaobai, what's your name?"

The girl shook her head, pointing to her mouth, and made an ahhhh

"Are you mute?!" The girl nodded, and Ling'er was very surprised.

"Will Jiang Fu still accept dumb people as maids?" (To be continued......)