Aunt Zhang has been working in Anfu for so long, she has always worked hard and complained, and rarely asked for anything, but now she took the initiative to make this request, An Ge was also surprised, and said, "Who is it?" ”

"It's a girl from the eldest brother of the slave maid, the same age as Xin'er, who was previously married to a rich gentleman in the city as a concubine, and the rich gentleman is over seventy years old. A few days ago, the rich gentleman went, and my niece had no children or daughters, and Mrs. Zhengfu couldn't get used to her, so she thought about leaving there and coming out to find a job, and she could do everything, and she was as diligent as Xin'er......"

After Aunt Zhang said these words, her fingers pinched each other, very cramped and uneasy. She is a contented person, always doing things for others without desire, but she is easily embarrassed to ask others to help her.

An Ge trusted Aunt Zhang very much, and naturally trusted the people she recommended, so he nodded and smiled: "Okay, you go back and talk to her, bring someone over tomorrow, there are not many people around me, and in the future, Er'er will need someone to take care of when he is older, and it is just right to have one more person." ”

Aunt Zhang nodded hurriedly and said gratefully, "Alas, thank you girl." ”

Aunt Zhang went down to do her own business, and Xin'er took the initiative to ask, "Does the girl have something urgent to do?" If not, the slave maid will take the quilt out to dry, the sun is good today, and the quilt is warm when the girl sleeps at night. ”

An Ge smiled and nodded: "Okay, you can go." ”

Xin'er immediately went to get busy, she didn't talk much, as if she was afraid that the master's family would dislike her, her hands and feet couldn't stop for a moment, she swept the house inside and out, An Ge told her to rest for a while, but she smiled and said that she just couldn't be idle for a moment, and she was uncomfortable when she was idle.

Anfu is not as big as the General's Mansion, and there are only two separate courtyards, and now An Youping lives in the main courtyard, and the two of them live in the second courtyard.

An Ge's current house is the same one she lived in when she didn't go to the capital before, and it is very simplely furnished, with two rooms inside and outside, only a table and four stools outside, and a bed, a dresser, and a stool in the inner room.

There is a banyan tree in the yard, and now in early spring, it will begin to sprout. There is a stone table and four stone benches below.

With such a big place and such a simple layout, Xin'er really wants to clean it up and has nowhere to clean it up.

Ning Jiu's work was robbed by her, that is, she had no children, otherwise the nurse's job would be robbed by her.

Ning Jiu couldn't help but praise An Ge in private: "Lord An has such a good eye, he picked such a diligent maidservant, one top five." ”

When there was really nothing to do, Xin'er also went to ask Ning Jiu for the small clothes that Er'er didn't wear, came back and cut and changed them, and after half an hour's effort, she made four little shoes and put them on the little pig.

Xin'er also went outside to ask the neighbors for some bamboo, came back to weave a bamboo basket, and raced some grass into it, so she temporarily became the pig's "home".

An Ge looked at the frame and praised her sincerely: "Xin'er, you can also make frames for your little shoes, you are so capable." ”

Xin'er scratched her head embarrassedly and said, "It's late today, otherwise the slave and maid will come back from the chopped wood, and they can make a stronger frame for the little boy's pig." ”

Now the pig is even more imposing.

The next day, Aunt Zhang came over, but she didn't bring the girl she said yesterday, An Ge took the initiative to ask, "Aunt Zhang, where is your niece?" ”

It's okay not to ask, but when I asked Aunt Zhang's eyes turned red, she said: "The niece of the slave maid has a hard life, I thought that the old man was dead, and she would be free, but I never thought that the lady of her family said that the concubine was sold to their house as a slave, and now that the master is gone, I will ask her to be the next person to serve the eldest son." The eldest prince nominally called her an aunt, but he was ten years older than her, and he was very ridiculous, and he always did something to her...... The slave's poor niece was punished by the lady of the main room for the slightest carelessness......"

An Ge frowned lightly and asked, "Did your niece and daughter sign a deed of sale and sell to the rich gentleman's family?" ”

Aunt Zhang shook her head and said, "No, I accepted the dowry and married." ”

"Do you have a dowry when you get married?"

Aunt Zhang shook her head again: "No, the slave brother has no money at home, and he was forced to be helpless at the beginning, otherwise he would not be willing to let his daughter marry into that kind of family as a concubine." ”

An Ge turned around and asked Ning Jiu to take a bag of silver, stuffed it to Aunt Zhang, and said, "You take this, you go back and ask how much dowry you received at the beginning, and return it all to their family, if this silver is not enough, you can come back and tell me." The women of Dali do not need to observe the festival for her husband after his death, and they are free to stay, which is clearly stated in the law, if the family is still unwilling to release people, tell them and let the government come forward to say. ”

Although An Ge has always felt that Yin Mu was very shameless about what he did to her, he has to admit that he is indeed a good emperor, and he does think about the common people many times, such as the law that was added, which saved the fate of many women in Dali.

Aunt Zhang was reluctant to accept it, so she waved her hand and said, "I can't make it ......."

Ning Jiu persuaded on the side: "Aunt Zhang, you just take it, anyway, your niece is going to come to serve Mrs. in the future, and when the time comes, it should be deducted from her monthly money, isn't it done?" ”

That being said, if the girl really followed An Ge, An Ge would definitely not treat her badly and really didn't give her money, she just said this to make Aunt Zhang feel at ease.

Aunt Zhang hesitated for a while, then agreed.

The next morning, Aunt Zhang was not there, and she didn't come back until the afternoon, but she returned the silver that An Ge gave her yesterday to Ning Jiu intact, Ning Jiu wondered: "What's the matter?" Didn't ransom your niece back? ”

Aunt Zhang couldn't hide the discomfort in her eyes, turned her face sideways and didn't look at Ning Jiu, and said, "Thank you and the girl, but my niece's life is hard, and I am afraid that I will not be able to escape the devil's cave in this life, but I will keep your help to me in my heart." ”

Ning Jiu heard that something was wrong and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Aunt Zhang was reluctant to say it, she couldn't stop crying, Ning Jiu helped Aunt Zhang and asked, "Is that family unwilling to let go?" Madame said that the law of Dali says that women can remarry, why don't they let them go? Don't worry, I'll go and talk to Madame, and she'll be willing to help you. ”

Aunt Zhang hurriedly grabbed her and said, "No need, no need, it's not worth bothering the master's family, don't say it." Our family is poor, but at least we know how to stop in moderation, and we have already troubled the girl a lot, so it's hard to talk again. ”

Ning Jiu disagreed with her opinion very much, and said angrily: "Aunt Zhang, what do you think of Mrs. An and Master An?" As a parent official, Lord An will interfere in the affairs of Lincheng if he is not used to it, you have been in his house for so many years, how can Lord An turn a blind eye to your affairs? ”

Aunt Zhang knew that Ning Jiu was hot-hearted, but she had always been a character who did her duty, and if there was anything, she would rather endure it by herself than trouble others again and again.

"Lord An has a lot of business to deal with, where can I trouble him for my family affairs?"

Ning Jiu sighed anxiously and said, "Isn't Lord An busy just asking for the people's lives and upholding justice for the people?" Besides, my general and wife are here now, and they won't leave in a short time, so if Lord An is too busy to save your niece, the general and his wife can help you! ”

"The girl and the aunt are here to play in Yangzhou, how can they lose their interest......

Ning Jiu couldn't persuade her no matter how much she persuaded her, she was so angry that she didn't know what to say, and Aunt Zhang's temperament was too weak! It's too honest!

I don't know if it's a woman in Jiangnan who swallows her anger no matter how old she is? If she was bullied, let alone sue the local parents, she would dare to sue the royal court!

"Otherwise, don't bother Lord An, the general and his wife, you tell me what happened, I'm good at martial arts, isn't that the rich gentleman's family not letting people go? Where do they live? You take me there, and I'll go in and help you rescue people. ”

Aunt Zhang wiped her tears for a while, shook her head again, and didn't want to say.

Ning Jiu then persuaded her for a while, but Aunt Zhang couldn't help it, so she told the truth: "That Aunt Zhang's eldest son has taken a fancy to my niece and forced her to ...... with her."

"Now my niece has his child, so their family is unwilling to let go, the lady does not believe that my niece's child is the eldest son, not that my niece stole the child, today when I brought the silver to meet people, my niece was locked in the firewood room, poor I can't stand it......"

When Ning Jiu heard this, he suddenly had two big heads, and the son of the rich gentleman was actually having a good time with his aunt, which was really disgraceful!

"Is this man still worthy of being a person?! And how can you say that your niece is pregnant with his child, and the lady of the main room locks your niece in the firewood room, and he doesn't care? ”

Aunt Zhang sighed: "No way, that man doesn't dare to disobey his mother." ”

Ning Jiu pondered for a moment and said, "Since Mrs. Zhengwu suspects that your niece's child is not from their family, why do you still keep her locked up?" Can't you give her the money and take your niece out? ”

Aunt Zhang wiped away her tears again and said: "She just said this to the outside, in fact, who this child is, she knows very well in her heart, otherwise she would not treat my niece like this, but she still gives her a fetal pill every day to protect her child." How could she let her grandson be left behind? Now I must have the idea of waiting for my niece to give birth to a child, and she will go to her mother to keep her son. ”

"It's just too much! This family is so shameless! Don't worry, Madame is not used to this kind of thing, and she will definitely save your niece! ”

When Aunt Zhang heard this, she quickly shook her head and said, "No, no, no, it's not good to trouble the girl......"

Ning Jiu was too lazy to sway with her on this issue, she had already made up her mind that she must tell An Ge about this matter, and now that An Ge and Jing Lan are playing in the city, she will talk about it when they come back.

In the evening, Jinglan's family returned from a three-headed trip and rested for a while, and Ning Jiu came over and told An Ge everything about Aunt Zhang.

After An Ge heard this, he was as angry as Ning Jiu, and immediately said, "Go and see if Aunt Zhang is still there?" If she's still there, bring her here. ”

Ning Jiu knew that An Ge would take care of it, so he hurried to find Aunt Zhang, who was collecting clothes at this time, and was pulled over by Ning Jiu half-persuaded and half-delayed.

When An Ge saw her, he immediately said, "Aunt Zhang, I heard about your niece, let me ask you, what does she think now?" Do you want to stay in the rich gentleman's house as an aunt, or take the child out to live on your own? ”