Chapter 60: Buying a Maid
On the afternoon of the eighteenth day of the lunar month, Zhou invited the Ya Po he found to the backyard of the pharmacy to discuss.
Zhou is actually a little smart, she invited two at a time, just to reduce the price in comparison. In fact, because of the great plague in the south, ordinary people can't even support their sons, and their daughters are almost half sold and half given away...... If someone can help them raise their daughters, even if they have nothing to do with birth, sickness and death in the future, they will admit it.
In the end, the agreed price was ten taels of silver per girl, all of which were fifteen years old, and the age was fourteen years old, but Hui Niang needed to choose it herself.
Hui Niang and Zhou agreed that this time the buyer must first buy someone who has the strength to work, and there is also the smart and clever and fast learning things, after all, running a pharmacy not only needs to be moved, but also has a smart energy, it is best to write some simple words, and it is better to recognize the content of the prescription.
After paying the money, Hui Niang was about to follow Ya Po to pick someone, but was pulled aside by Shen Xi: "Aunt, those Ya Po are not good people, if they make a bad way to kidnap Auntie, how can it be good?" ”
When Hui Niang heard this, her face suddenly turned pale with fright.
Shen Xi is very reasonable, the two Ya women are selling the daughters of serious people, but who knows whether it is true or not?
"That'...... So what should I do? ”
Hui Niang looked at the two women waiting at the door of the backyard and asked nervously.
"Auntie has to find a few more people, it's best to hire a few people from the street, it's all from our city, I know the roots, and I won't help these outsiders." Shen Xi finally proposed.
Hui Niangtou, hurry up and deal with the Zhou family.
Zhou also felt that it made sense, and he only needed Hui Niang to go alone, but Zhou was not at ease and decided to go with him, and then the two went to the street to invite a few strong husbands to accompany them.
When it was almost dark, Zhou and Hui Niang finally returned, followed by three girls. When she entered the door, Hui Niang turned on the oil lamp, and then turned back to close the door panel.
"Mother, aunt, you are back, and your stomach is almost hungry." Shen Xi fell asleep on the counter, rubbing his eyes at this time, and looked at the three strange women in front of him with the help of the light of the oil lamp.
The three girls who bought it, dressed in tatters, like beggars, only their faces were washed clean, it should be Ya Po for convenience 10▽10▽10▽10▽, m.♀.c√om
style_tt(); They were sold and washed by them, and each of them carried a tattered baggage.
Among the three people, one girl looks particularly strong, about 1.7 meters tall, with wheat-colored skin, thick arms and legs, like an iron tower. The other two were much weaker, and one of them timidly pinched the corners of his clothes, looking very afraid of life, and he looked handsome.
"Come, sit down!"
Hui Niang greeted the three girls, meaning that they could find their own chairs to sit down, but where did the three girls have the guts? Still standing there with his head down, not daring to move!
"You treat this place as if it were your own home, and you don't have to be so restricted. I will not treat you badly, in addition to providing you with food, clothing, and shelter, I will give you a penny of silver every month in the future, and it will not take fifteen years, and when you are almost old, I will marry you. Tomorrow I will go to the government to register you, and we will be family from now on. ”
"Thank you, two grandmothers, for taking you in."
The three girls knelt down at the same time and kowtowed in thanksgiving.
Zhou frowned when he heard this: "What grandma, it sounds awkward, I will call this shopkeeper in the future, I ...... Let's call it Auntie. ”
Hui Niang went up to help each other, let the three girls stand up, and looked at their appearance one by one.
"In the future, the business of this pharmacy will be taken care of by you, I was in a hurry just now, and I didn't see it very clearly, so I didn't have time to ask your name. Let's name each other. ”
Among them, if you want to be delicate, you should not be delicate, but not stout, and the girl with a relatively mediocre figure and appearance said: "We ...... I don't have a name, so please give me a name. ”
"No name? You should always know what your last name is, right? Hui Niang was a little surprised, although the etiquette in this era is strict, but girls should have a girl's name, just like herself.
The three girls shook their heads at the same time, which made Hui Niang feel strange. She thought about it for a long time and couldn't get the point, so she said, "It's not good to have a name, so let's name you...... But what should I do? Lang, you are in school, you are good at learning, help your aunt think about it. ”
Hui Niangwan turned to look at Shen Xi who was standing by the counter and beckoned.
"Me? Not okay? ”
Shen Xi laughed, "Auntie, you can just get up as you like, cats and dogs are fine." ”
Zhou scolded: "It's not serious, it's a girl, how can you take such a name?" Is it okay to call you a cat or a dog in the future? If your aunt asks you, you hurry. ”
Shen Xi carefully looked at the three girls again, the stout one should be a peasant girl, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a delicate appearance, she bought it back to do hard work, the so-called lack of what to make up, so Shen Xi said: "This sister looks like a boy, let's call it Xiu'er." ”
Zhou glared: "You stinky person, like a boy, you should be called Xiu'er, like a girl, should you be called Tiedan?" ”
Hui Niang was satisfied: "The name is very good, and the girls must be a little delicate." Lang, you go on. ”
Shen Xi looked at the girl in the middle who was moderately tall and had a smart look between her eyebrows and eyes, and said, "This sister is generous and decent, and her movements are appropriate, why don't you call Ning'er?" ”
"Well, that's pretty good." Hui Niangtou, "Let's call her Ning'er in the future." ”
Shen Xi finally looked at the girl who had the most head, but her appearance was very beautiful, and she seemed to be afraid of life, and she thought that this should not be from an ordinary person's family. Shen Xi looked at her for a while before saying, "Auntie, I think her temperament is six or seven points similar to Dai'er, why don't you just call her jade?" ”
As soon as Shen Xi's words came out, Zhou had already begun to scold: "Bastard, like Dai'er, you want to be called jade?" What should I call me if I look like you? No, no, these names have to be changed, but your aunt still thinks that you have been to school for a few days, see what you have taken? ”
The three girls looked at the young grandmother in front of them in surprise and scolded the young master, and they all speculated in their hearts about the relationship between this family.
They didn't dare to ask more questions before they came, and when they got to the ground, they found that there were two main mothers alone, and there was a young master who looked quite old, their first reaction should be a family in front of them, Hui Niang and Zhou may be wives and concubines, and it seems to be quite harmonious.
The girl with a delicate face said timidly: "The name given by the young master is very good, and the slave maid has accepted it." ”
Hui Niang also beat the side drum on the side: "Sister, don't be angry with Lang, I asked him to name these girls, it's good to be called Yu, this girl looks delicate, and she is still literate according to Yapo...... Jade, do you know the words? ”
Jade nodded: "My father taught me before, and I have almost learned "Thousand Words". ”
Hui Niang laughed: "I didn't expect this girl to come from a scholarly family, but unfortunately the year is not good, the Yellow River and Huai River in the north are flooded, and there is a plague in the south...... Jade, in the future, you will support it on the counter and help your aunt grab the medicine. As for Ning'er, she will stay in the backyard to scrub and scrub, and the odd jobs at home will be handed over to you in the future. ”
"The slave knows." Ning Er's eyes rolled and she saluted.
In the end, Xiu'er, who was strong and strong, asked, "Grandma, what should I do?" ”
Hui Niang looked at Xiu'er and asked, "Listening to your accent, it should be from the north?" Oh yes, I haven't asked you yet, where is your home? ”
"Back to my grandmother, my family is from Henan, there was a big flood over there, my parents drowned, and I was sold to the south by relatives to work for a large family. As a result, within a few days of my visit, the plague began to break out in the village, and most of the lord's family died, and the rest went to relatives and friends, and I was sold here. ”
Hui Niang sighed with emotion: "I heard that your life is quite bumpy, are there still people in your family?" ”
The three girls shook their heads at the same time.
Hui Niang thought to herself, since she didn't even know her surname, there should be no one in the family, so it was okay to not worry too much about it in the future.
She didn't know that this was the three girls that Ya Po specially confessed, since she was sold to someone else's house, she had to completely forget the previous things, and in the future, the lord's family treated you well, that you were blessed, and if you didn't treat you well, it was your life.
Ya Po taught these things to facilitate control, so that these people who sold themselves into slavery could be at peace with what they encountered, and they would not come to smuggle away, and if their reputation was bad, Ya Po's business would not be good in the future.
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