Chapter 3 Red Sleeves Add Fragrance
Only three days later, that Truman actually came to find Chen Dingtian again, saying that the maid had found it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info This made that Chen Dingtian quite surprised, this Truman was able to find a handmaid with a certain ability and culture, which made him very strange. Is it so easy to find a beautiful and cultured woman in this Qing Dynasty? You must know that this kind of woman is mainly an official lady, and it is almost impossible for this kind of woman to become a maid. But now that it was so easy to find, it surprised him.
And Truman came to Chen Dingtian with a woman wearing traditional Chinese women's clothes, and Chen Dingtian saw that this woman was still very beautiful and relatively quiet. However, Chen Dingtian saw a sense of arrogance in this woman's eyes, that kind of arrogance. Chen Dingtian felt that this woman was not ordinary, she had become a maid, and she still had this kind of "arrogance" in her eyes, which was not simple.
Maybe some people's arrogance is arrogance in appearance, but some people's arrogance is arrogance in their bones. This woman is also a woman who is arrogant in her bones, not the kind of domineering person who relies on the power and wealth of her parents and husband. This kind of arrogance is in the bones, maybe ordinary people don't see it, but when you are pulled by him, he can see it.
"Chen, I found this for you. I heard your request before, and I hurried to your Jiangning City in the Qing Dynasty of China, hoping to find a beautiful and cultured woman to be your maid. But I later heard that most of you Chinese women are uneducated, and even if they are, most of them are the daughters of officials and nobles, but this kind of person will not be your maid. ”
"Originally, I was disappointed, but at this time, suddenly a family surnamed Li was about to betray their so-called daughter-in-law, so I also found out. However, this woman has an extraordinary temperament, seems to have some intellectual temperament, and is obviously educated. And she was very beautiful, so I bought it. This woman costs only five pounds, which is the price of more than 10,000 words for you to translate, which is really cheap! ”
Soon, Truman directly handed over the woman's deed of sale to Chen Dingtian, and then he also handed over the ownership of this woman to Chen Dingtian. During this Manchu period, there were actually some remnants of slavery, so it was legal to buy and sell people with elders.
"Alright, you come with me!" Chen Dingtian said.
Chen Dingtian took the beautiful woman to the study, and then said, "Why were you sold?" ”
The woman was unwilling to say, "I am a child daughter-in-law, and I was raised by others since I was a child. However, my fiancé, who was six years younger than me, died of illness, so my mother-in-law saw that I was useless, so she sold me for some silver taels. ”
"Child daughter-in-law, hey!" Chen Dingtian sighed.
Chen Dingtian has also heard of the term child daughter-in-law, which is a common phenomenon before liberation. Even in the 21st century, in some extremely poor places, there are actually some such child brides. raised a girl from a young age, and then married his son when she grew up. There are even some families who will deliberately raise some girls who are slightly older than their sons, and then they can be used as labor nannies to take care of their sons, so as to maximize the benefits. In the future, when the son grows up, let them carry out the "round house", which is considered a result.
Especially in many poor places, this woman is six years older than his so-called fiancé, and most of the time it is the same. Such older girls can not only be used as nannies, but also maximize benefits.
This kind of thing is actually a great destruction of women, and Chen Dingtian also sighed a little.
"Since you're here, I won't say anything more. Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who beats and scolds people, I'm also a literati. You will be my secretary in the future, what do you think? And help me tidy up the housework and help me cook some meals on a daily basis. You're taking care of my life and helping me with things like manuscripts if I need them! Chen Dingtian said.
The woman hesitated again, and finally she knew that her fate might not be able to be changed, and she sighed helplessly.
Still, she asked cautiously, "I'll ...... at night." Do you want to ......?"
Obviously, this woman is still relatively difficult to be ashamed of that "word"!
"Do you want anything?" Chen Dingtian asked.
"Do you want to ...... Bedchamber? The woman finally said.
Chen Dingtian couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect this woman to say such a thing. However, Chen Dingtian remembered that it seemed that the ancient maids were obliged to solve the physical needs of the master, and some maids were responsible for handling various affairs during the day and warming the quilt for the master at night. Some even have to sleep with the master to solve the sexual needs of the master, which is also the ancient rule. It is very common for this kind of maid to be asked for by the master, and there are even a lot of them. Many maids and maids are by the master's side, often nominally maids, but in fact they are concubines, and they are related to the master.
Chen Dingtian thought for a while and said, "No need, I'm not the kind of person who casually with women!" We sleep in separate rooms at night, you don't have to be like me...... I'm not the kind of person who around! ”
When the woman heard Chen Dingtian's words, she felt relaxed in her heart, but she was a little lost. Because she has always been quite confident in her appearance, many men may not be able to resist their temptation. She thinks that once any man sees her appearance, he may not be able to help but ask her to sleep, after all, no man is not lustful, so she naturally has this thought.
And a woman's mind is complicated, and if you are rude to her, he will think that he is a bad man. But if you really don't want her, she will also feel that her self-esteem has been hurt, so now this woman is also quite complicated.
However, Chen Dingtian is a descendant after all, and of course he will not let a woman go to bed casually with peace of mind. Especially if a master and a nanny secretary mess around, this will have a very bad reputation in the future generations. Maybe the ancients could casually go to those maids, but after all, Chen Dingtian has not been able to fully accept and integrate into this world, so naturally he can't accept this benefit so calmly. So he didn't ask the woman to sleep with him, but treated him like a regular secretary.
"You have these manuscripts in order for me now!" Chen Dingtian said.
The woman listened to Chen Dingtian's order, and then took the initiative to sort out the manuscript. Because Chen Dingtian promised not to let her sleep, this made her feel a lot more relieved. As long as she doesn't want her innocent body, she still feels reluctantly acceptable.
The woman soon found some manuscripts, but she was surprised to find that many of them were traditional Chinese novels. However, she still organized them according to the categories of these manuscripts, and sorted them out according to the categories in the four famous works. Even when he saw some manuscripts in foreign languages, he arranged them according to the page number.
Chen Dingtian nodded, this woman is still good, and her observation skills are good. Although she doesn't know any foreign languages, she can observe very well. He went through the marks on the paper in different languages and sorted them accordingly. Such notations can be very useful, and they are sorted exactly according to their requirements. This mark was prepared by Chen Dingtian to facilitate his own processing, but this woman found it the first time she came, and she sorted it according to different languages. With such a delicate mind and careful observation, he is a good candidate for secretary.
"Alright, I'm going to work, you go get that sandalwood! Incense next to me! Chen Dingtian said.
The woman soon went to prepare sandalwood, a spice commonly used by the ancient literati, with an elegant but not strong smell, which was perfect for those times of purity. This is a good thing used by ancient people to find inspiration, even Chen Dingtian is no exception, he also uses sandalwood to refresh his mind, and then find suitable inspiration for himself.
The woman brought the incense in the hand to the incense burner, Chen Dingtian saw the woman's white jade hand, and the slender jade finger gently took the lit sandalwood and put it in the incense burner, and then Chen Dingtian suddenly had a feeling of an ancient literati.
"The dream of a literati through the ages, red sleeves add fragrance to reading at night!" Chen Dingtian suddenly read these two sentences.
And when the woman heard this, her face couldn't help but turn a little red. These two lines of Chen Dingtian's poems are actually describing the dreams of ancient scholars. The most elegant way to read a book in ancient times was to light incense at night to read, and then you could have a beautiful young woman next to you to add the burned sandalwood.
This feeling is very elegant, and it is also very meaningful. There is a beautiful woman by your side to help you add fragrance to your red sleeves and make spoons for you, isn't this the ideal realm of any literati? This is a saying that has been handed down in ancient times, and it is the artistic conception that many ordinary poor literati want.
"Mr. Chen, didn't you mean ......" The woman asked nervously, obviously afraid that Chen Dingtian would regret it and let herself be his woman, so that she was not too willing to let her body be asked for by someone who had just met her, and she was so forced to give her body.
Chen Dingtian replied: "I don't force you, you just need to do your duty." Help me with some paperwork, and then manage my house so that there are no problems. I won't do anything to you, and I won't restrict your freedom. However, don't run around casually, I'm afraid this world will soon be unsafe, so if you run around alone in this world as a woman, you may not be able to meet someone like me again! ”
The woman finally had to nod and admit it, because it was really not easy to find a man like Chen Dingtian again in this world. If she runs away, then I am afraid it may be difficult to meet a man like Chen Dingtian who does not force her. If it were any other man, he might soon pounce on his body and ravage himself. And she didn't dare to gamble, instead of running around, it was better to stay here with Chen Dingtian, and then ensure her safety as much as possible. If you run around, your fate is really unpredictable.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen, I will stay here for a while in the future!" The woman replied.
Chen Dingtian heard the word "temporary", and he knew that this woman did not really regard herself as a slave. This is the arrogance in her bones, not the kind of person who easily accepts her fate. So this made Chen Dingtian appreciate her even more, and at this time she was able to maintain her arrogance, which is not a simple woman.
Many people in this world have been crushed by reality and have become very "sophisticated". However, some people are full of arrogance, will not bow their heads like difficulties, and have their own self-esteem and self-confidence, so they are really excellent people.
So it's very good that this woman can have her own arrogance.
"Perhaps, if she hadn't been a woman, she might have been able to leave her name in history. It's a pity that he is a woman, and he may not achieve much in this life! Chen Dingtian thought.
And this woman quickly changed the incense, and then took the initiative to stand next to her, waiting for Chen Dingtian's orders. Because she is Chen Dingtian's female secretary, she also knows what is going on with the secretary, and she deals with some daily copywriting and some life matters. But in her eyes, she is actually just a maid with a certain culture, but she is naturally willing to accept the title of secretary, because if it is too lowly to be a maid, she is unwilling to accept this identity.
Being a secretary is just right, so that the two parties are basically equal, although this may just be self-deception, but this woman obviously accepts the situation. Although she knew that this might be self-deception, it was better to be able to deceive herself than to be able to deceive herself than to be able to deceive herself, and that was the saddest thing. So he chose to deceive himself and chose to comfort himself. At least, there is hope. If there is hope, it can still be changed in the future, better than no hope at all in the future!
"Excuse me, what's your name? Since you're my secretary, I should know your name too, right? Otherwise, I don't even know the name of a woman who adds fragrance to my red sleeves, then I'm too inappropriate, right? So, you introduce yourself first. Chen Dingtian said with a smile.
The woman took the initiative to introduce herself and said: "My surname is Fu, my name is Shanxiang, and I am a person from Jiangning in the Qing Dynasty!" ”
"What? Your name is Fu Shanxiang? Chen Dingtian asked in shock.