Ren Chao nodded slightly when he heard this, it had only been long since the incident, how could Ren Chao not remember, "Then she has no other relatives in Beijing?" ”

"Originally, there was an elder brother, but in the first two years, he unintentionally offended a broad young man and was beaten to death! Although there are still a few relatives, the family conditions are not very good, who wants to take her in! Niu Kaixuan hurriedly replied.

Ren Chao sighed slightly, couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy, and said to Ling'er with a smile, "If you want, then follow me for the time being!" If you want to leave one day, just tell me, and I can give you some entanglement for you to settle down in the capital or elsewhere. ”

"Thank you, my lord, the little girl is not going anywhere, she just wants to follow the adults and serve the adults, in order to repay the adults for saving their lives!" Ling'er hurriedly said.

Ren Chao nodded and didn't speak again, but picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea. Seeing this, Niu Kaixuan turned his head and said to Ling'er, "You go down first!" In the future, you will be responsible for the food and clothing of adults, and as for the dirty work, you don't have to worry about it, just leave it to other people to do. ”

"Yes! Thank you, sir! Ling'er replied and hurriedly retreated.

"Although this Ling'er used to be the daughter of a commoner, she was no better than those maids who had been trained since childhood, but she was smart and clever, and I have asked people to teach her well, and I believe that she can satisfy the adults." Niu Kaixuan said with a smile. In that era, the owners of some large families would have maids to serve, especially this kind of close-fitting big maids who took care of the owner's food and clothing, almost all of them were cultivated from childhood.

As a modern person, Ren Chao is naturally not used to the current atmosphere, but it is convenient to have a person who can take care of Ren Chao's food, clothing and daily life. However, Ren Chao didn't pay so much attention to it, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, so be it!" It's not too early. You go and tell the kitchen to prepare some meals for me, just make it simple, I can't waste it if I do too much! ”

"Yes!" Niu Kaixuan replied, and then withdrew.

At this time, it was getting dark, and all the way from Langfang, Ren Chao was indeed a little hungry, and after a hurried dinner, Ren Chao suddenly remembered what kind of 10,000-word book Kang Youwei gave him, and hurriedly ordered his personal guards to fetch it. I read it through the dim light.

Ren Chao finished reading Kang Youwei's book of 10,000 words in one go, Kang Youwei, a poor and sour talent, inevitably took the opportunity to show off some of his own literary talents, some of them were also tall, plus they were all traditional characters, which made Ren Chao a little difficult to read, but it took an hour for Ren Chao to finally finish reading the book of 10,000 words, and he was interested in Kang Youwei and others' improvement ideas in the book. I have a general understanding.

"I can't see that this Kang is promising, but he also has a little knowledge!" Ren Chao rubbed his somewhat sour eyes and said casually.

At this time, Ling'er walked over with a cup of hot tea, put the teacup in Ren Chao's hand, took the teacup that was already cold, and said very respectfully. "Tea, sir!"

"No need! I'm tired, so it's time to sleep! Ren Chao waved his hand and said casually.

"The slave and maid serve the lord's wide clothes." Hearing this, Ling'er put the tray on the table, and hurriedly walked over, about to wait for Ren Chao to take off his clothes.

"No need. I'll just come by myself, it's not too early, you can go back and rest early! Ren Chao waved his hand and said.

"Could it be that the lord dislikes the slave and the maid, and the clumsy and clumsy service is not good for the adult?" Ling'er said with an aggrieved face. Ling'er naturally knows that she is a maid. should try his best to please the master, so that he can have a foothold in this family, and now seeing that Ren Chao doesn't have to serve himself, he will inevitably feel apprehensive in his heart.

Ren Chao patted Ling'er's shoulder with a smile and said with a smile, "Don't be careful, you are well-behaved, how can I dislike you?" To tell you the truth, I was also born in poverty, and I have never been served, and now I am not used to letting you serve. Besides, if you even take off your clothes and let people serve them, wouldn't it be a waste? I have sound limbs and good health, and I don't want to be a waste! ”

"Adults do big things, how dare you work adults for these small things, let's leave it to us!" Ling'er listened to Ren Chao's easy-going speech, and the fear of Ren Chao in her heart was somewhat reduced.

Ren Chao took off his official uniform and said with a smile, "Whatever the subordinates are the masters, they are all raised by their fathers and mothers, everyone is born equal, where to divide the superior and the inferior." ”

"But Mother Wu told me that there is a difference between respect and inferiority, the upper and lower are orderly, the master will always be the master, and the subordinate will always be the subordinate." Ling'er said timidly.

"Don't listen to their nonsense, it won't be long before I let you turn over and be the master!" Ren Chao said casually, Ren Chao didn't argue with Ling'er at this time, and she might not understand what she said. Besides, Ren Chao is also wondering in his heart, is everyone really equal? Even in my own time, equality was just talk. And now? Ren Chao also does not have the grand ambition to build a heavenly kingdom on earth where everyone is equal, because this is unrealistic. Because where there are people, there will be rich and poor, if you want to find absolute fairness, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, Ren Chao's current wish is just to make this world as fair as possible.

"Alright, you go back and rest! I'm going to sleep too! After Ren Chao finished speaking, he walked over to the bed with a smile, "Oh! By the way, put out the candles! I can't sleep well with the light. ”

"Yes!" Ling'er responded obediently, turned off the lights, walked out gently, and went to the outer room to rest. But until the moment she was lying on the bed, Ling'er was still pondering Ren Chao's sentence, 'It won't be long before I let you turn over and be the master.' This sentence. According to the social atmosphere at that time, the fate of a maid was generally only like this, one was to be rationed to a servant of the same status, and the second was to resell it to others as a wife. The last ending is also a relatively good ending, that is, being accepted as a concubine by the male owner.

Could it be that Lord Ren wants to take me as a concubine? Why don't you say that it won't be long before you let me turn over and become the master? Ling'er suddenly had such a thought in her heart, and she couldn't help but feel apprehensive in her heart, and she didn't know whether she was happy or sad. Turning around like this, Ling'er didn't sleep well all night, until the next day was already bright, Ling'er was still lying on the bed and didn't get up, fortunately, her male owner was lazy, and he was also lying on the bed at this time and was sleeping.

It wasn't until Xiaolian, the maid who was in charge of cooking for Ren Chao, came to see if Ren Chao had woken up and whether he wanted to have breakfast, that Ling'er was woken up. Ling'er saw that Ren Chao hadn't woken up yet, so she didn't dare to disturb, so she could only honestly stay outside the door and wait for Ren Chao to wake up. (To be continued......)

PS: The second update is here! Today's 10,000 words broke out, and in the new January, I would like to ask all book friends for monthly ticket support! Lone Wolf would like to thank all of you!