26. Chapter 026
When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a cloud of white, Xia Hanqiu was stunned, and then remembered that there was an uninvited little guest last night.
Well, it's her tweeting now.
Seeing that it was sleeping soundly, Xia Hanqiu reached out from the quilt to pull its ears.
I saw it spin in a circle on the pillow, slowly changing from head to butt to her......
Xia Hanqiu covered her mouth and snickered.
"Miss is in a good mood today." Ru Niang came in with hot water, and when she saw this scene, she couldn't help but smile.
sat up, picked up Jiu Jiu and raised it at Ru Niang, "I want to raise it." ”
Ru Niang had heard Ah Jiu say it early in the morning, and she didn't show surprise, but just smiled: "Miss wants to raise it, be careful, don't be bitten." ”
"It won't bite me." Hearing that Ru Niang didn't say that she couldn't raise it, Xia Hanqiu was even happier.
In the previous thirteen years, she was used to being managed by others and listening to people's arrangements, and now she is far away from the Zhang family, but Ru Niang and her feelings are different, she listened to Ru Niang's words very much when she was in the Zhang family, and developed a habit, and she couldn't change it for a while.
After using it early, Xia Hanqiu began to distribute the work to be busy with, "Ta Song, the three of you leave one person to watch the house, and the two of you go out to touch the situation in Huitingcheng, I want to sell some pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of the shop, where can you get these things, you can also find out, inquire about the price, by the way, you have to ask a carpenter to come back and make some shelves." ”
Ta Song wrote them down one by one, and saw that the young lady withdrew without other instructions, leaving Ta Ren to look after the house, and he and Ta Liang went their separate ways.
"Ru Niang, you go and find the tooth woman, we have to buy some people."
"Yes, the old slave also thinks that you have to buy some talents, if there is someone waiting around you, Ah Jiu can also go out with me to run errands."
Knowing that Ru Niang wanted to bring Ah Jiu out, Xia Hanqiu also felt that Ah Jiu could be of great use, so he said: "When you buy someone, you will transfer Ah Jiu to you." ”
Today's sun is shining, holding the chirp in the house for a walk, familiar with the place where he will stay for a long time in the future, Xia Hanqiu returned to his yard, asked Ah Jiu to move a few times down, took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone one by one, and prepared to write a letter to his grandfather's house.
She didn't want to get the benefits of the Xia family, but she wouldn't cut off contact with her grandfather's family because of this taboo.
There aren't many relatives left, and she can't even lose this.
It's just that her specific location still has to wait for her to settle down before telling them, this is her insistence.
There was no one to support her backbone, and she had to support herself herself.
deleted and wrote a few pieces of paper, read it from beginning to end and copied it, and Xia Hanqiu put down the pen.
"Ru Niang hasn't come back?"
Ah Jiu knelt on the side and lowered his head to wash his pen, and when he heard the words, he raised his head and replied: "Yes, the hour is still early, you ...... Niang"
At this time, there was a sound outside, and the voice of the Ta Ren urn guarding outside came with an angry voice, "Mother Ru, this person is ......"
Ru Niang was not unhappy at being blocked at all, but smiled because of his conscientiousness, "This is a very humble person in Huiting City, and the young lady is in the house?" ”
"Yes." Taren glanced at the woman several times, then stepped aside to the side.
Ru Niang turned sideways to the person behind her, "Sister-in-law Wu, please come inside." ”
Mrs. Wu has been doing this for many years, and she has seen a lot of noble ladies, so she naturally will not be frightened by such a scene, but she has a slightly higher evaluation of this outsider in her heart.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, before Mrs. Wu had time to look around, she first saw a young girl sitting on the floor with a white pet in her arms, looking at her lightly.
Mrs. Wu, who had not taken this transaction to heart, suddenly tightened her heart.
She can't hunt geese all day long, but today she was pecked by geese, even if this is an outdoor person, she is afraid that people will not be underestimated elsewhere.
Thinking about it this way, the locals' contempt for outsiders was all put away.
"Miss, this is Sister-in-law Wu of Yaxing, Sister-in-law Wu, this is my young lady."
"The little one has seen the young lady."
"No courtesy." Seeing that she was saluted, Xia Hanqiu went straight to the point, "I want to buy some people to wait in your tooth shop, I don't know if you have someone who has enough money to pick it for me, and if there are other people who buy it." ”
"Miss, rest assured, our tooth shop is the largest in Huiting City, many nobles are selected from our tooth shop, people are enough, there is absolutely no problem with the way, I don't know how many Miss wants to buy?"
"What is the price?"
"I'm already familiar with things, I can wait for five taels of silver when I buy it, and four taels of silver for the younger ones, this is the price of the maid in Huiting City, and the mother-in-law who is not more than thirty-five years old is ten taels of silver, the usual five taels, and the price of the small house is also different, the older ones are eight taels, and the younger ones are between five and seven taels, Miss, the small ones tell you are the price in the bank, if you don't believe it, just go to several other dental stores to inquire if this is the case."
Xia Hanqiu looked at Ru Niang, Ru Niang nodded slightly, in fact, compared to Wuyang City, the price of Huiting City is a little cheaper.
"That's it, it's still early, you go back and bring people here, I need ten maids, and I need young ones, mother-in-law...... Ru Niang, mother-in-law, how many are you enough? ”
Ru Niang thought for a while, "It's ten, and then decide when you see the specific person." ”
"That's ten, as for the little guys, don't be old, four of the total horn age is enough, it's best to be all outsiders."
Seeing that he is not very old, he is actually a cool person, this business can be successful, Mrs. Wu's eyes narrowed into a slit, "Miss's request must be met as much as possible, and I will go back and bring someone here." ”
The three masters and servants calculated the accounts in their hearts, and roughly estimated that they would be about one hundred and forty taels.
"Miss, we don't have much money left......"
"These people must be bought, don't worry, Ru Niang, you will divide the silver in your hand into two parts, one will be put into the public school for expenses, and the other will be used to buy the things needed to build the shop."
Ru Niang calculated, "The old slave still has about two thousand seven hundred taels in his hand, half of which is one thousand three hundred and fifty taels, Miss, if it is a pen and ink shop, it should not be able to use so much." ”
"Then let's use it for the turnover of the pavement."
"Yes."
Jiujiu, who had been quiet, suddenly raised his head and licked Xia Hanqiu's face, Xia Hanqiu stroked its back, and it was very suitable for one person and one pet.
Mrs. Wu came quickly.
This time, Xia Hanqiu received her in the big house in the front yard.
"Miss, I've brought all the people, you pick."
The first to come were two rows of little girls, small ones, and the oldest looked like they were only seven or eight years old.
Mrs. Wu is a fine person, seeing her eyes hesitant and hurriedly said: "Miss rest assured, the oldest of these people is only a few days away from being ten years old, but the family is poor, there is nothing to eat and drink, and they can't run up, but don't look at them as small, but they are good at work, and they have a lot of strength, once they have a stable life, they will definitely be able to change a lot." ”
For the first time, Xia Hanqiu saw with his own eyes what his clothes looked like.
Fortunately, the weather is warmer, and I really don't know how they survived the winter.
Looking back from the left, each one was low-browed, but the clenched fist at his side revealed their thoughts.
Mrs. Wu is also very nervous, this batch of people has been in her hands for a while, and she has not been able to sell them.
It's not that she used people to fool Xia Hanqiu, but she didn't know what was going on during this time, no matter who bought the older ones, these people could only be raised.
Ten is not much, but it's better than keeping all of them in your hands.
Xia Hanqiu thought that her vision was not as sophisticated as Ru Niang, and after seeing that it was nothing special, she withdrew her gaze, "Ru Niang, you go and pick someone." ”
"Yes."
Ru Niang took a few steps forward, "Stretch out your hands." ”
One by one, I looked at their nails, and Ru Niang picked out eighteen people.
"The tongue sticks out."
This time there were four people brushed down, and there were fourteen people left.
"Look up."
zuihou, Ru Niang picked out the three people who picked out the corners of her eyes, such a person is not necessarily a fox, but if you don't let such a person around Miss always be haode.
The remaining eleven people didn't dare to come out of their nervous atmosphere, for fear that they would be returned again.
Since childhood, they are accustomed to seeing it, they can see the dislike of others, they also want to find a good master's house, this one in front of them looks very good, and it is better to wait for the little master than to wait for the male master with unclean hands and feet.
Ru Niang stood still in front of a person, and before the words came out, the man knelt down with a thud, and tears preceded the words, "Mom, Mom, you leave the little one, the little one will definitely work hard to repay you, and you leave the little one ......"
Ru Niang is not soft-hearted, but when you count the little silver of the young lady, that little wavering is nothing.
I have to pick people in the back, if I shake it this time, how can the people in the back follow suit?
"Sister-in-law Wu, there are only ten maids."
Ten people were overjoyed, and they knelt down and kowtowed to the master's house.
Xia Hanqiu accepted their salute and made them retreat.
"Mother-in-law brought in, little servant Ah Jiu, you lead it to pick it up for Ta Ren, Mother Wu, is this feasible?"
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Wu didn't expect this young lady to trust a slave, so she was stunned for a moment and immediately came down.
Xia Hanqiu didn't pay much attention to the mother-in-law when she was picking, but paid attention to the little girl who was standing aside and silently wiping her tears.
When the opportunity was about to slip away from her eyes, she opened her mouth to keep it, but the result was not as she wanted, so she also accepted her fate, she looked up to such a person, even if her fate was not good in the future, then she had worked hard for herself, didn't she?
When a person is struggling in the mud, what he hopes for most is nothing more than someone who can pull it, even if it is to fall into another nightmare.
That's what she had hoped for.
But when it comes to Zuihou, she can only rely on herself.
Now that she has the ability to pull others, she can't be indifferent, at least not yet.
After everyone settled down, Xia Hanqiu bought her additionally.
Facing her incredulous eyes, Xia Hanqiu stroked and smiled, "In the future, you will come and wait for me." ”
"Yes, yes, the little one must serve Miss with all his heart, and the little one, the little Miss Xie is merciful."
PS: The name of the dumpling has been changed to tweet, and some relatives say that the name of the dumpling is too common......