CHAPTER XXV
Large families like to buy or hire young maids to do things at home, first, young and beautiful, not necessarily when, let the master take a fancy to the eye, help a concubine to get up, give birth to a son and a half daughter, can also be regarded as the family's incense, second, or young and beautiful, put in their own house to do things, so that the male owner looks at it, will often run to the yard, maybe, can let themselves, and then because of the "knowledge of the general", and have to be favored again, so that the children born to them, a little favoritism, in the future to marry a wife, can also be beautiful.
Buy a young and beautiful, fifteen or sixteen maid, about ten taels of silver to twenty taels of silver, after buying home, only need to eat, drink, live and wear, use it at home for ten years, to twenty-five, twenty-six, do not plan to use, to give her Xu family, generous master, at most is to give another three or five taels of silver dowry money, not generous, directly sold to forty or fifty-year-old men as a continuation, no one can say no.
Those maids who were promised by the master, if they were fortunate enough to be pointed out to the little maid or groom in the family, after getting married, they still hope to ask the master again, do some rough work in the house, and earn a half or a tael of silver in a month, which is really liked by the master, after giving birth to a child, to be a nurse for the master's child, it is equivalent to a lifetime, there is a settlement!
Liu Qingxin said that he planned to pay two taels of silver a month and hire a few mothers-in-law who were quick to come back to serve, so to speak, he was very generous!
Happily responded to Liu Qingxin's order, Ren Yazi turned around and said goodbye, two taels of silver a month, even a young and beautiful maid, and I can't use this price, get a few mothers-in-law to come here to do things, and ask them for the first month's moon silver as a benefit, there must be a lot of people who are willing, tsk, even if Liu Qingxin only leaves five mothers-in-law to serve, she can also have ten taels of silver in the account, for those who do their business, ten taels of silver, is not a small number!
Pregnant women are already prone to sleepiness, and this is especially true when they have a full meal.
There are cooks in the front yard who are busy cleaning up the kitchen, planning to transform the kitchen that has not been used for a long time into the way they take advantage of it, there is nothing to worry about, Liu Qingxin went back to his room with this sleepiness, and took a nap on the small couch with the sun basking in the sun.
After waking up hungry, Liu Qingxin pursed the corners of his lips and looked at the sky outside the window.
In this era when there is no clock, to know the time, you can only look at the approximate position of the sun, Huabiao and sundial, is the identity of the emperor and the marquis, can be used, she is such a "Shengdou Xiaomin", there is no qualification, and there is no need.
Cautiously walking out of his room, Liu Qingxin smelled the smell of extremely fragrant snacks and porridge wafting from the front yard.
The cooks who were left by her were very good at doing things, and the refreshments prepared for her were all nourishing and nourishing, which made her feel quite good, and once again felt that her decision to keep these six cooks was correct.
Hearing a sound in the yard, the cooks hurriedly came out to see, when the people left, they specially instructed them, Liu Qingxin is such a bold owner, it is not easy to find, they have to treat her as a Buddha, it is the right way...... At this time, the "Buddha" should almost wake up from a nap, of course, they have to pay attention to whether she is hungry and wants to eat!
"Yo! Madam! Are you awake? Why don't you sleep more?! ”
Seeing that Liu Qingxin had already come to the front yard, the cook who came out to see the situation hurriedly trotted out to help her, "You can slow down!" Nowadays, you have to pay attention to the soles of your feet, and you don't dare to take too many steps! ”
Seeing the situation, the cook lady trotted up to help Liu Qingxin, and the other five cooks discussed a little, and asked two of them to go to the wing room to move the upholstered chairs over, and the other three began to prepare and serve the prepared refreshments to Liu Qingxin.
Anyway, Liu Qingxin has already said that if you want to leave the six of them to do things, then there is no need to squeeze each other, compete for the likes of Liu Qingxin, the master, as long as you do what you should do well, and make the meals and snacks delicious, this good errand can be saved.
The winter in the south is not too cold, Liu Qingxin is wearing a thin layer of cotton clothes, and he feels warm all over, plus there are delicious snacks and sweet porridge just out of the pot to drink, and after a while, fine sweat will appear on his back, which is not comfortable.
was eating dim sum, Renyazi also didn't know the time for her to wake up, and came with more than a dozen mothers-in-law who had picked it all over again, and saw that Liu Qingxin was eating, and she didn't say much, but only told the mother-in-law to stand in a row five steps away from her, and waited quietly for her to finish eating.
When you are hungry, eating chaff is as sweet as honey, not to mention, when Liu Qingxin is hungry, she is still facing delicious refreshments carefully prepared by the cooks?
She's not a disrespectful woman, but ...... Compared with this noisy little ancestor in her belly, respecting others has become secondary......
After eating beautifully, Liu Qingxin was about to wipe her mouth with the back of her hand, when she saw that in front of her, someone handed her a clean and tasteless silk handkerchief, and when she looked up, it was one of the dozen or so mothers-in-law brought by Renyazi, of medium stature, about forty years old, and the smile on her face was neither flattering nor stiff, as if being able to serve herself was a very happy thing that would make her happy.
This woman has eyes, can do things, you can stay and see, if it is suitable, it will always be placed in the yard, which is also good.
Thinking like this, Liu Qingxin reached out and took the handkerchief she handed over, wiped his lips gently, and handed it back to her hand, "This can be stayed, others, you say one by one, before you came to me, where did you do things, what kind of master did you serve, I think it is appropriate, I will keep you." ”
"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the slave maid used to work in Zhao Yuan's foreign house, in charge of tidying up the study, and then when he got older, he was sold by the eldest lady of Zhao Mansion to the current husband to fill the house, and there are two sons and one daughter in the family, one of which is a son and a daughter, born to the husband's deceased ex-wife, and the youngest son born to himself is just seven years old this year."
Listening to Liu Qingxin's words, let a few of them say in order, the mother-in-law who stood in the first place, hurriedly took a step forward, and talked about her own situation, just now, she had lost the opportunity, and she couldn't have eyes like the mother-in-law who was retained, this time, but she couldn't miss it again, "When the slave maid was working in Zhang Yuanwai's house, she had the honor to learn literacy from outside the staff, sort out books and papers, and do it!" ”