Pomegranate and Xinghua walked into the living hall together, and Mrs. Xu, Butcher Xu and Xu Xiuqin were sitting at the dining table on one side, and the other side was empty.

"Pomegranate flowers, sit with me." Mrs. Xu patted the stool next to her, and with a smile on her face, she beckoned to let the pomegranate flower sit next to her.

After Xinghua and Xu Pingchang came in, they sat down directly on the empty side, and Pomegranate had no choice but to go over and sit down next to Mrs. Xu, and Xu Xiuqin sat on the other side.

Xu Xiuqin got the instruction of Mrs. Xu, and as soon as the pomegranate sat down, she handed the chopsticks with great insight.

Pomegranate Hua had only seen Xu Xiuqin once from afar before, and neither of them had ever spoken to her, but now that she was so enthusiastic, the more Pomegranate Hua felt that this meal was not so delicious.

"It's all your own people, don't be restrained, move the chopsticks!" As Xu Pozi spoke, she first took a chopstick dish and put it in the pomegranate bowl.

"Thank you, mother-in-law, I'll come by myself." Pomegranate smiled and thanked her, the more attentive Mrs. Xu was, the more furious she became.

"Okay, you can eat whatever you like, you're welcome, there are a lot of dishes today, aunt, I don't know what you like to eat, it's not good to clip the wrong one." Mrs. Xu looked at the pomegranate flower with a kind expression and said.

Today's dish Xu Pozi is indeed very richly prepared, and there will naturally be no shortage of things on the pig, as well as chickens and fish.

Pomegranate pretended to be flattered, and continued to play with Mrs. Xu: "My mother-in-law is polite, cook so many dishes to entertain me, how embarrassed am I!" ”

"It's all home-cooked food, and Aunt Xu's cooking skills are also average, so don't dislike it." Mrs. Xu said and quietly gave Xu Xiuqin a look.

Xu Xiuqin received it, stretched out her chopsticks and put a chicken leg in the pomegranate bowl, with a smile on her face, "Sister Pomegranate Flower, you are the youngest on the table today, this chicken leg should be eaten by you." ”

"Thank you, Sister Xiuqin, you have worked hard to cook." The pomegranate flower was calmly attacked by Mrs. Xu's mother and daughter, looked at the dishes on the table, and also sandwiched a chopstick to stir-fry the belly shreds for Xu Xiuqin.

Xu Butcher on the side saw that the three of them were sandwiched back and forth, but they hadn't eaten a single dish, which was a little inexplicable, so he said to Mrs. Xu: "You were the one who shouted to eat just now, and now everyone is sitting on the table and pushing around, can you still eat this meal?" ”

"Eat, everyone's chopsticks!" Mrs. Xu smiled wryly and hated the butcher Xu.

Xu Butcher didn't know what to do, and he didn't bother to take care of her, so he picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it dry, and then took a bite of food to eat.

Xu Pingchang picked up the wine jug and poured another wine for Xu Butcher, and then picked up his wine glass and touched a glass with Xu Butcher.

Xinghua glanced at the pomegranate flower quietly, bit her lower lip, lowered her head and picked up a vegetable and put it in her mouth.

Mrs. Xu and Xu Xiuqin had no choice but to eat absent-mindedly.

Although there are many dishes on the table, the taste is not very good.

The pomegranate flowers tasted every dish, either too salty or too light, like stir-fried belly shreds that were salty and spicy, and stewed chicken was too light, especially the chicken thighs in her bowl, there was no salt taste in them.

Everyone ate in silence, and the atmosphere was a bit dull.

After a while, Mrs. Xu finally couldn't hold it anymore, and when she lowered her head to pick up the rice, she glanced at Xu Xiuqin again.

Xu Xiuqin hesitated, with a smile on her face, and said affectionately to Pomegranate Flower: "Sister Pomegranate Flower, I heard that you are working on the construction site, but the construction site is all done by men, what are you doing there?" ”

"I don't have to do anything, just watch the workers work." Pomegranate replied honestly.

Xu Xiuqin and Mrs. Xu glanced at each other and understood, it turned out that the owner sent her over to stare at the workers Don't be lazy.

Mrs. Xu asked, "How much salary does the owner give you a month?" ”

Pomegranate put down her chopsticks, shook her head and said, "I didn't say anything about wages." ”

This is also the truth, Zhan Hengyi only said that he thanked her afterwards, but he didn't say how to thank her.

Mrs. Xu and Xu Xiuqin looked at each other again, both a little disappointed, staring at the construction site was also working, who would want to go if they didn't pay their wages!

At this time, Pomegranate still didn't understand the intentions of Mrs. Xu's mother and daughter, so she picked up the chopsticks and lowered her head to continue eating.

Xu Pozi coughed twice, and said with a smile: "Pomegranate flower, you live in the inn with the owner, right?" ”

Pomegranate raised her eyes and looked at Mrs. Xu, a little confused, "Well, mother-in-law, what's wrong?" ”

Mrs. Xu's body moved to the pomegranate flower, and said kindly: "You see, your owner is a person from a big family, and there are usually a bunch of maids and wives around you, and you will definitely not be used to coming to us without people to serve." Your sister Xiuqin is quick with her hands and feet, and she is diligent, you go back and talk to the owner, let her go and hand over tea or water to the front end, okay? ”

When Pomegranate heard this, she finally understood Mrs. Xu's intention to invite herself to dinner today, and after beating around the bush for a long time, it turned out that she wanted to introduce Xu Xiuqin to be a maid.

But doesn't she know that the maids of big families have signed a deed of sale and have to be trained? Someone suddenly went in the middle of the way, and he didn't even know the master's preferences, how to serve?

Not to mention a woman who has been married and given birth!

Serving tea and handing water is what a personal maid does, and I don't know where Xu Pozi got her confidence, thinking that Zhan Hengyi would be willing to let Xu Xiuqin be a personal maid.

Just when Pomegranate Flower was still in shock, Xu Butcher and Xu Pingchang spoke out against it.

"What are you messing around, old woman? The daughters have been married, and you still let her serve other men, do you want her reputation? ”

"Yes, mother, my father is right, being a maid is to sell herself, my sister is a woman from a good family, how can you let her go to the next person? If you become a slave, you won't be able to turn over for the rest of your life! ”

"Who said that I was going to let Xiuqin sell herself, just let her serve for the time being, earn some money and come back." Mrs. Xu was unconvinced, believing that there was nothing wrong with her idea.

"Ignorant stupid woman." Xu Butcher was so angry that his forehead was bruised, he almost slapped the table, and scolded: "You don't want to think about it, the descendants of the big family can do what you want, and you can walk if you want to do it?" What's more, our Xiuqin is already a married woman, if you let her serve other men, how can the son-in-law's face remain? How will they get along with each other in the future? ”

"Xiuqin's man is incompetent, he can't support his wife and children, aren't we Xiuqin allowed to earn money? Besides, Xiuqin just went to do the work of serving tea and water, and didn't do the work of having sex, why did she embarrass her son-in-law? Mrs. Xu was still angry.

Xu Pingchang saw that Mrs. Xu was still insisting on her own opinion, so he persuaded him: "Mother, the maids who serve the male master in a big family are all yellow flower girls who have not been married, and women who have been married can only serve Mrs. Madame." The owner of the pomegranate flower is a man, how can my sister go? If you want to let Xinghua go to this matter, I will definitely not agree to it. ”

Xinghuatou kept his head down, and when he heard this, he glanced up at Xu Pingchang, and quickly lowered it again, secretly happy.

She actually didn't approve of Mrs. Xu's idea, but her mother-in-law opened her mouth, she could only obey orders, but she was afraid that Pomegranate would be embarrassed. Now that her father-in-law and husband are against it, she doesn't have to worry about the difficulty of pomegranate.

Mrs. Xu was speechless, but she was still unconvinced, and even thought: The son-in-law is too useless, if Xiuqin really has something to do with the owner, it's a big deal to leave!

It's just that she didn't dare to say this, for fear that the butcher would tear her apart.

Seeing that she was silent, Xu Butcher's anger slowly subsided.

Mrs. Xu was silent for a while, and then said: "Then don't go to serve the owner, find some other work for Xiuqin to do the head office!" ”

The latter sentence is said by looking at the pomegranate flower.

Seeing Mrs. Xu staring at herself, Pomegranate couldn't help but feel a little headache, it seems that if she doesn't find an errand for Xu Xiuqin to do today, she won't be able to get out.

But where can she find work for her?

After thinking for a while, Pomegranate said to Mrs. Xu: "Mother-in-law, there is indeed no errand suitable for Sister Xiuqin to do on the owner's side, but the miscellaneous women who need to help cook on the construction site are in charge of the foreman." If Sister Xiuqin is willing to go, I will tell the foreman, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Mrs. Xu hurriedly asked, "How much is the salary?" ”

"Twenty wen a day, three meals can be eaten on the construction site."

Mrs. Xu was too little, so she pulled her face and said, "It's only twenty wen a day, which is too little." ”

Pomegranate wants to jump up and beat people, those who do heavy work are thirty wen a day, everyone thinks it is very high, and Xiuqin just goes to help wash and chop vegetables and has twenty wen wages a day, Xu Pozi is still too little, I don't know what the brain is made of.

"Mother, I'm willing to go, twenty wen a day, six hundred wen a month, and I can save three meals, I'll go." Xu Xiuqin said in a resolute tone.

When Mrs. Xu saw that her daughter agreed to go to the construction site to do chores, she beat her chest and cried: "My hard-working daughter, I shouldn't have let you marry that wretched scumbag in the first place, so you showed up to earn money to support that family, it's all my blind mother!" ”

The man Xu Xiuqin married was also in the town, and the family used to open a shop, often drinking and playing with a group of fox friends and dog friends, and the bad habits were difficult to change after getting married, and it didn't take long for the shop to be defeated, and he was unwilling to go out to work, disgusted and embarrassed by work.

There are old and young in the family, Xu Xiuqin has no choice but to go back to her parents' house to fight the autumn breeze.

Mrs. Xu feels sorry for her daughter, and often makes up for a few, like the things she brought back from pomegranate flowers, she gave most of them to Xu Xiuqin.

When she cried, the people at the table couldn't eat, and Pomegranate took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Xu Pingchang and Xinghua came out to send each other.

Outside the courtyard gate, Xu Pingchang said apologetically to Pomegranate Flower: "Little sister, I'm really sorry, you haven't eaten enough." If I had known that my mother asked me to call you because of this, I wouldn't have go. ”

Pomegranate smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, brother-in-law, my mother-in-law is also distressed by my daughter, I can understand it." As long as you don't lose like Sister Xiuqin's husband, you can live a good life with my second sister. ”

"Then how can I be, I will definitely be motivated, and I will never let down your sister." Xu Pingchang patted his chest and promised.

"Hahaha." Pomegranate laughed and ran forward, "Second sister, brother-in-law, go back!" ”

"Little sister, come back when you're free!" Xinghua waved her hand.

"Got it, second sister."

Pomegranate returned to the construction site and asked Yang Laosi if he wanted to do chores, Yang Laosi heard that he was a relative of the Pomegranate family, so he didn't say a word, and asked Xu Xiuqin to come to work tomorrow.