Chapter Eighty-Seven: Buying a Maid
Xiaohu was born in the middle of the city, and he has a mirror in his heart. sneered at the moment: "Auntie, don't worry, we'll give it to you after signing the deed of sale." ”
The woman was illiterate and begged others to read it to her, and it read: "Zhoushan County, Xiajiazhuang, Zuoliu Hutong, the mother of Wangmen Shen, is now unable to harvest because of her age, and her mouth is really difficult, and the four queens and four ya, thirteen years old, were born on October 18, and are willing to be slaves and maids." Cast into the Zhangjiagou Zhangjia Dong family in this county, let the lesson be learned, and if something happens, they will follow the destiny of heaven. If a relative coaxes him to get lost and asks his mother to return the Dong family, both sides are willing, each has no regrets, and will always keep it. The Dong family paid Shen's millet fifty catties, but he was afraid that he would have no basis in the future, so he took this and took it.
When the woman understood, she happily pressed the mudra and stretched out her hand to ask Xiaohu for corn. The little tiger tooth showed and gave it to the woman, and the woman happily carried it away after making sure that it was too much.
In fact, the woman just disappeared into Xiaohu's eyes, and actually secretly walked around to watch Dong Xiaoman take her daughter there. In the future, when her daughter has a chance to go to the street, she will just run away with her daughter, she doesn't believe in the deed of sale. I can't read or write anything, I just press the last handprint, and everyone's handprint is the same.
But slowly her face turned cold, it turned out that Xiaohu took Dong Xiaoman and Wang Siya to the official mansion. The woman quietly followed behind her, and asked the poor brother who was standing aside and watching the good talker. That person is in a good mood today, and it is possible that he is used to seeing it.
grinned at the moment: "You are the girl's mother, people bought your daughter naturally to come to the government to back up." In the future, this girl will be dead or lost. There can be a way to say it. ”
The woman's chest was like a big stone pressed against her, and her heart was choked, and she muttered, "What about the trouble?" ”
Brother Cha smiled: "People are afraid of trouble in the future, and if there is anything good about backup, they will have to pay one person's tax in the future." But this person can't say clearly if he doesn't back up, wouldn't it be more of a loss if you want to take her back and run away? ”
The woman had sold her daughters a few times, and the previous two daughters of the family had mixed well, and she somewhat understood the Tao here. I felt bitter in my heart, and felt that this daughter had lost a lot. Otherwise, maybe it could have sold a little better, but it only took a while to slow down. Because she thinks that this daughter is the least daring, and she is not handsome, she can also knock a few bamboo poles in the future to let her fill some.
Dong Xiaoman here is the first time to buy and sell people, I don't know if there is such a procedure in it. This is considered a transfer. Dong Xiaoman thought in his heart and took this child back to his home.
As soon as I entered the door of my house, I saw Mrs. Wang and Xiaowei playing with the two children, and Mrs. Wang asked about Siya's situation and sympathized for a long time.
Dong Xiaoman was not in a hurry to let Siya work, boiled a pot of water for her, let her wash it well, and found her two sets of clothes and shoes and socks that she didn't usually wear.
After Siya washed up, she found that Mrs. Wang and Xiaohu were gone, and Dong Xiaoman was cooking in the kitchen. Frightened, she hurried into the kitchen to help, Dong Xiaoman smiled softly: "Don't worry, you start working tomorrow." Your room is in the Westinghouse. You go and see, you can say what is missing, I can't think of it for a while. ”
She has been a girl, where has she ever seen such a good housewife, her eyes are red at the moment. Seeing this, Dong Xiaoman also felt very sorry for this child.
"Tell me about you, I'll listen." After being quiet for a long time, Dong Xiaoman said: "What do you do, tell me what you are good at." ”
Siya opened her mouth to introduce herself, she has six children in her family, as well as grandparents, father and mother, and a large family. The family was doing well. But this year's famine sold itself.
The eldest sister has a good year to catch up. After getting married, there is no connection. The second sister was in good shape and was taken by the young master of a rich family, and she spent thirty taels of silver to buy it, and it was said that she was doing well, and her mother would also secretly come to the door to fight the autumn breeze. The third sister was sold to a family last year to be a fire girl, and it is said that she is doing well, but in the future, she will not be able to enter the master's room, and she will be able to match a small servant, saving her dowry. There was an older brother who was a year older than him and died when he was seven or eight years old. There is also a younger brother who is now the treasure of the family, and he sold himself so that this younger brother can drink a mouthful of porridge.
Dong Xiaoman nodded, it seems that this kid is really not lucky. was actually bought by a poor man like himself. Suddenly, I remembered what Siya said that her mother sold her and then looked for her to monopolize again.
Hearing Dong Xiaoman's inquiry, Siya nodded aggrievedly and helplessly: "Grandma, my mother is really like this." But I can't help it, she's my mother, I have to listen to her. ”
Dong Xiaoman frowned: "In the past, your mother said that she would take you away, but do you have documents?" ”
The boy shook his head: "No, there was one time, but the family didn't come to look for it." After speaking, he cried out in horror: "I won't go back, I won't go back." Good grandma, I eat less, I can be full when I drink water. Please, don't let me go. ”
Dong Xiaoman comforted her gently: "How can I drive you away, don't worry." Your mother signed the deed of sale, and I filed a case in the government again, your mother will not do such a thing. ”
The kid quieted down a little, and Dong Xiaoman felt strange: "But that person beat you?" ”
Siya is already a thirteen-year-old girl, and she already knows everything about personnel. After a long time, he told the story of his experience of being sold, Dong Xiaoman couldn't help but curse after listening to it, Siya's mother was really a mother in vain, and she used her daughter as a cash cow as a beast.
It turns out that Siya is already the fifth person in the family this time, and the first two times were a few years ago. It was sold to two families, and the family did not sign any contract. Siya was led by her mother after a few months, and went to a relative's house to hide for a while, and saw that no one came to look for her, and that's it.
This year's harvest was not good, and the third time it was sold was a village ditch. Her mother sold to a farmer from time to time as a child daughter-in-law, and worked for half a year, while she was going up the mountain to chop wood, her mother once again magically led her away.
This time I went into the city and sold it to rich people, and I heard that such maids can go to the street to buy anything. Her mother planned to take the master's money to the street to buy things, and take the opportunity to escape.
As a result, she sold a family by mistake, and she really ran out as her mother thought.
Dong Xiaoman is really the fifth family, Dong Xiaoman is not worried that this child will run away. I just felt pitiful, and after thinking about it for a long time, I asked her something like whether she had been beaten and punished. The girl told the truth, it turned out that she was still a white woman when she was a child daughter-in-law.
The fourth time I entered a rich family, I let the young master of that family get wet, and it was nothing too much, just groping and pinching. The last family was ruined by the male owner because the hostess was pregnant.
The hostess is a vinegar person, and she bullies and abuses her like a mirror in her heart. The man can sneak up on the opportunity to do it, and he can do it no matter where he is, even when he is cooking.
She was frightened by the husband and wife fighting all day long, and finally ran home one day when the hostess hated her and asked her to buy melon seeds and almonds in the middle of the night.
Who would have thought that her mother would not feel sorry when she heard about this, and blamed her for making a fuss: "You are a maid, and being looked down upon by the master is also your creation." Are you when you are still a golden branch and jade leaf? The gentlemen don't hurry up and coax you when they see you, and there will be a time when you eat and drink in the future. ”
The fourth girl was afraid that the hostess would beat and scold her, but she didn't want her mother to tell her very disdainfully: "If you fight, you will be beaten, and there will be a day when you can't beat in the future." Besides, if you don't work, you can enjoy happiness and receive a few scoldings, what's the matter? ”
Siya is a kind-hearted honest child, and said pitifully to Dong Xiaoman: "Grandma, you are a good person." In the future, if you ask me to do it, I will do it, and you won't let me do it. ”
Dong Xiaoman was dumbfounded for a long time, and then said calmly and seriously: "I bought you in to let you take care of my children, and there are no concubines in our family." To put it bluntly, the gentlemen in the family didn't have the heart to go to war. Siya nodded timidly, and then smiled: "What grandma said is that I will take good care of the little master in the future." ”
Dong Xiaoman knew that there were some things that he couldn't hurry, so he just adjusted them slowly. Just looking at the girl who has been behind Xiaohu for less than half a year, she is so pitiful and sour, thinking in her heart that as long as she is not a white-eyed wolf, she will not be short of her.
"Let's change your name, Siya is too ugly." Dong Xiaoman suddenly remembered those warblers and swallows in Jiafu, and on a whim prepared to give his first girl an elegant name.
"Let's call Erya!" Dong Xiaoman thinks that this name is simply amazing, and it would be even better if Erya was a maid who knew how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Erya's daily work is very simple, get up in the morning to help make breakfast, clean up the house in the morning, watch the children, listen to Dong Xiaoman, hand over the children word by word, and begin to recognize words. After eating at noon, you can actually take a nap, and wash diapers while watching the children in the afternoon. After eating at night and coaxing the children with Dong Xiaoman, he went to bed early.
This day is more comfortable than the fairy, but she feels that her grandmother really doesn't understand the more she looks at it.
Follow the neighbor's Wang family all day long, and say something that he doesn't understand, as if grandma is going to set up a shop.
Erya thought it was strange, this can't eat, it's useless to have a shop. Who will go shopping, what's the use of grandma buying a shop, it's better to buy more food and put it at home to save hunger.
Dong Xiaoman saw Erya anxiously persuading himself not to waste silver to buy a shop, but to buy more food and save it. Because the price of food is so high that it is scary to death, Dong Xiaoman is silent with a light smile, and still listens to the Wang family boy talking about how much the shop on which street and which household is every day.
The money is so expensive that it's scary to death, and I've never seen it in my life. RQ