Chapter 19: The Unappreciative Girl

Soon after the door was closed, the butler entered.

"In the future, Sister Qiu will serve me specifically, don't ask her to do those chores!"

"Yes, sir, I hope she will satisfy you". Every time he was scolded by Mei Renhou, he was used to speaking in a voice that was aggrieved, but both of them knew that it was just a joke.

"She's not an ordinary girl anymore!" Mei Renhou emphasized.

"I know what you mean, sir!"

"Where did she come from?"

"I'll try to find out, anyway, there are so many families in this radius of 100 miles that there is a shortage of food, and it's common for children in the family to come out to work."

"She doesn't sleep with me, you can get her a private room so she can change when she needs it."

"Take care of it, sir"

"Mei Wu, you dog, where is my food?"

"Here comes the master, you didn't eat so early before!"

"Lao Tzu eats when he is happy," Mei Ren said sharply, "Go and tell the kitchen, bring the jar of good wine."

"Yes, sir," replied the butler respectfully.

After a while, Mei Renhou saw two men carrying into the dining table and placing them beside his bed. Then they brought in a large bowl of sauce elbows that would whet his appetite.

Autumn girl walked into the room, looking very different from when she left just now.

She wore a large and plain blue gown, which, in Mei's eyes, was a little old-fashioned, but it was by no means the kind of clothing worn by ordinary servants.

She imitated her wife and combed her hair in a bun, but it was more shiny and angry than her wife's hair.

She stood at the entrance, glanced at the table full of food, and then looked at Mei Renhou suspiciously.

"Come and eat with me, I'm waiting for you." He said, "Come and serve me to eat."

"Okay, sir"

"I want to have a drink, I want you to have a drink too"

Qiu Meizi picked up a wine jug from the small coffee table against the wall, filled Mei Renhou's cup with wine, and then looked at the wine glass prepared for her, she was a little hesitant.

"Drink, I'll tell you to drink," said Mei Renhou.

"I'm afraid it's not good, sir."

"Why?" Just as he was asking this question, he also felt that he was asking stupidly, so he quickly changed the question.

"When was the last time you ate?"

"Before I left here last night"

"Did you eat a lot?"

"What do you say? The housekeeper wouldn't let us eat more."

"Isn't there a lot of food left over every day?"

"I asked the master if I could eat the leftover chicken from your dinner." She paused and continued, "He ignored me and didn't answer at all. He threw the chicken to the big yellow dog, and the dog ate too much, and when he saw the chicken, he didn't even lift his eyelids."

When she recounted the story, her voice was very indifferent, without any emotion, just calmly stating the facts.

"Sit down." "I want to watch you eat, and before I start eating, I have to say that you can take any leftover food back to your room."

He saw that Qiu Meizi's body stiffened suddenly, and after a while, she said, "You embarrassed me, I don't have the slightest intention of begging"

"Before you tell me, I've decided." Mei Renhou said, "Let's start eating now, stop talking to me, I'm most annoyed by others talking to me now."

Qiu Meizi sat down, only a suspicious smile on her lips.

"I'm so sorry sir, actually, I am so grateful to you!"

"If you want to be grateful, quickly stuff the rice and meat into your mouth." He said, "I want you to be plumper!" ”

She smiled again.

Mei Renhou picked a piece of pig's head meat for herself, and Qiu Meizi sandwiched a piece of pig's tongue and put it in her bowl.

Mei Renhou was a little disappointed, he was expecting to admire the gluttony of a girl who had never eaten well.

Qiu Meizi ate very slowly and gently, and before Mei Renhou finished eating, she stopped eating a long time ago.

Mei Renhou persuaded her to drink some wine, but she only took a few small sips.

"Sir, I don't know how to drink," she said a little apologetically, "but with your salary, my brother can drink wine and eat meat once a month."

"I don't think it's much better," Mei Renhou said quietly, "The housekeeper told me that now the prices outside are soaring, and the people can't live anymore."

"That's true, but let's make do with it."

"Where did you live before?"

"A small village, in the south"

"Why did you come to Qinglong Town?"

"Sir, if I can, I'd like to go back and get the ointment you want now. I don't know how many she has there, if not much, she'll have to make some and it will take some time. ”

"You're not going to answer my question?"

"No, sir". Qiu Meizi and Mei Renhou looked at each other, and for a moment, they were engaged in a contest of wills.

Later, Mei Renhou said in an exasperated tone, "Why the fuck are you so secretive and mysterious? I'm very interested in you, there's nothing else that can interest me, lying like me day by day, there's nothing else to think about, except for my rotten legs"

"I'm sorry, sir"

"But you're still not going to satisfy my curiosity?"

"Yes, sir"

Mei Renhou was amused. This woman with a smell of grass, even though she knew that Mei Renhou was ready to be her benefactor, openly resisted, it seems really incredible!