Chapter 4 Greed for money does not work
The mother-in-law still remembered the appearance of Ning's father, and at this moment, seeing him with the flattering face of a countryman, she felt that she was a head taller than this person, and she completely forgot that she was a subordinate who signed a death contract, and that he was a proper good citizen. She raised her head and said disdainfully: "Where did the poor ghost come from, and he is also biting indiscriminately in our Zhizhou Mansion?" ”
As soon as he heard this, Father Ning sighed in his heart, is this going to be a debt?
"Xiao Lao'er's daughter went in and never came out, she said that she would be the maid of the young lady, why didn't she give money?"
Originally, I wanted to express my dissatisfaction with the "robbing of people's daughters" in the Zhizhou Mansion with a heart of love for the people, but in the end it fell on the money.
Seeing this, the mother-in-law sneered and said, "The people who entered the mansion have all been released, who has seen your daughter?" ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand and called people to watch the excitement.
The mother-in-law is like a shrew, singing, chanting, sitting and playing, crying and saying that Ning's father came to the door to extort money, this is the town, everyone praises Jiang Zhizhou as an honest official, loves the people like a son, of course, there are more people in Jiang's house.
Where had Father Ning seen such a posture, his expression was as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis, and he pointed at the mother-in-law angrily: "Obviously, it is your Jiang Mansion who is bullying people and occupying my girl, and you don't give you money!" ”
In fact, this is a common thing, in this group of people who came, Father Ning wore the most tattered clothes, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door saw that he was a bully, and wanted to swallow the silver money, which was two taels of silver! Topping her for a few months' wages. The mother-in-law always does this, bullying others for being weak, and she doesn't dare to do it against the governor's mansion, and her courage is gradually growing.
Who knew that it was really Ning Xiang who was chosen, this mother-in-law was full of joy, but Ning's father was unwilling to give up, he was not a good person, seeing that the mother-in-law was splashing and rolling, reversing black and white, and she was angry, and she was about to swing her fist when she pulled her hair.
"Daddy!"
Before the fist landed on the mother-in-law, a crisp call sounded in his ears.
Everyone looked up at the sound of the voice, and saw a neatly dressed little girl, led by a slightly older maid-like person, standing at the door.
Father Ning had never seen Ning Xiang wash and dress up, and in her previous life, she also let her enter the house dirty, and she had a lot of entanglement with the mother-in-law but had no money, but now it was Ning Xiang who was angry with him, so she took Ling'er, the softest girl next to the eldest lady, out of her mind, saying that she was looking at her father for the last time.
Seeing that the little daughter was cleaned up, her unkempt hair was combed into a double-ring bun, but the seven-year-old girl, with slender eyebrows and eyes, red lips and white teeth, looked like she would be beautiful when she grew up.
Father Ning was stunned for a moment, his hands stopped, and he hurriedly approached Ning Xiang: "Let's go, go home with my father." ”
Go home? Ning Xiang thought that Ning's father had found out that Jiang's mansion was deep and felt sorry for her, but she looked up and met a pair of greedy eyes. Ning Xiang suddenly felt a chill in her heart.
Ning Xiang was right, Ning's father was reluctant to let Ning Xiang be a maidservant, with such a look, he sold it to Luo Yuanwai in the east of the village as a child daughter-in-law, maybe he could still be in charge of the family in the future, and give him a son in the future, so the property of the Luo family is not all Ning Dabao's?
In just an instant, Father Ning seemed to see that the gold and silver treasures were piled up in front of his son.
Ning Xiang was so ruthless that he forgot to react for a while. It was still Ling'er who saw that the momentum was not right, and protected Ning Xiang in her arms.
"Who are you?"
The girl next to the eldest lady is much stronger in appearance than the ladies of ordinary people, Ning's father was clumsy for a while, just as a young lady in the mansion, he was stunned, and he slowly let go of Ning Xiang's hands.
"I'm Neel's father."
The yellowed face covered with stubble had a suspicious flush spreading in an instant, and Ning Xiang only knew about the situation at home and his father's virtues, and he was also disgusted at the moment.
That Ling'er is also used to seeing wind and rain and is not afraid of things, seeing Ning's father doing this, he knows that Ning Xiang is nothing more than this in his heart. Ning Xiang knew that Ling'er definitely didn't want to see her father, so she pretended to be frightened and shrank behind Ling'er.
Seeing that the little man was so dependent on himself, Ling'er's sense of responsibility arose spontaneously, so she stepped forward to block Ning Xiang, and said sharply: "Our Jiang Mansion has always been fair, and the neighbors and villagers can be a witness, if this girl is your father, then take two taels of silver, and you can go." ”
"Two two?!" Father Ning's shyness flashed after seeing Ling'er, and his eyes widened instantly, looking at Ling'er like a copper bell, "Didn't you say that you were going to be twenty taels?!" ”
Ling'er frowned slightly, and reprimanded angrily: "Jiang Fu buys slaves, and he has always signed a death deed for two taels of silver, so why do you say twenty taels?" ”
The onlookers also talked a lot when they saw this.
"Twenty taels? This is to sell the girl into the kiln. ”
"Yes, I heard that the girl in the capital can sign a living deed for five dollars of silver, and the death deed is only one or two silver at most, Jiang Fu is really generous."
"Hey, just in time for the porcelain toucher, look at that face, tsk."
But Ning's father didn't care about what the people around him said, and shouted: "If you hadn't coaxed me into saying that this girl was worth twenty taels, I wouldn't have brought her here, two taels of silver, I might as well send her to the Luo family as a child daughter-in-law!" ”
As soon as the words came out, Father Ning knew that he had said the wrong thing, and then he stopped making a sound.
Ling'er was so angry, she had heard of the Luo family, the head of that family was in his sixties, and Ning Xiang's grandfather was okay, and he even had to be sold as a child daughter-in-law?!
"Come on, throw this scoundrel out of town!"
As soon as the big girl beside Mrs. spoke, the little girl behind her had no reason to disobey, and they rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward.
Ning's father knew that he was afraid, and he looked around in a panic to find a way out, and when he caught a glimpse of Ning Xiang hiding behind Ling'er, he still refused to give up.
Ling'er was defenseless, was pushed aside by him, fell to the ground, and the little guy on the side looked at it, is this okay? Hurriedly pounced and punched and kicked Ning's father.
Taking advantage of Ning's father's self-care, Ning Xiang escaped from the clutches and ran to Ling'er's side to help her up.
Ling'er saw that Ning Xiang was in deep danger and did not forget herself, her heart warmed, and she leaned over and picked her up and entered the mansion. This girl is pitiful, she must talk to the eldest lady about what happened today.
When she arrived at the eldest lady, Ling'er told her about the matter, only to see that the eldest lady looked calm and took a sip of tea: "Ling'er, you have exceeded the rules." ”
Only then did Ling'er realize that she had lost her temper in front of her wife inexplicably, and she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and knelt down to plead guilty: "It's Ling'er's thoughtlessness, please punish Mrs." ”
After all, she is a girl who has served by her side for many years, and the eldest lady can't show her face in front of Ning Xiang, just listening to the teacup and the table lightly, the eldest lady called the bell up.
The maid doesn't understand the trickiness, but the eldest lady does, but I'm afraid that her subordinates will often be confused like this. Where is this state capital?