Chapter 57: The Gentle Lady (Part 2)
In the days that followed, Mo Xiaodie lived a full ...... Well, it's still happy, after all, Guo and Mrs. Wei haven't come to trouble her recently, exercise their bodies every day, improve their own force value, care about their younger brother's learning, and secretly establish their own intelligence network, not to mention how comfortable it is, except for one point-
She, no, money!
Wei Ziyi's sister and brother are at the bottom of the Hou Mansion all the year round, and the monthly money is intermittent, plus Wei Ziyi has been married for half a year, and the pocket money he has saved over the years has already been used by Kang Niang to buy people's hearts in the eldest princess's mansion.
finally returned to Nanping Houfu, and it is not an exaggeration for Mo Xiaodie to say that Wei Ziyi has nothing left!
During the three months of confinement, her monthly money was also deducted, but she didn't have to worry about food and clothing every day, but if she wanted to do something else, it would be embarrassing.
When Xin Yi told her that she had picked six clever ones from the two homeless children that the guards had retrieved and asked them to start looking for information, Mo Xiaodie began to worry about where to get the salary.
Because she planned to work with these children for a long time, Mo Xiaodie adopted a monthly salary system, giving them sixty copper plates every month, as long as they informed them of the anecdotes they had found in Xiangyang City every three days, and settled the money in two rounds, once in the middle of the month and once at the end of the month.
In the Great Xia Dynasty, two copper plates could buy one steamed bun, and sixty copper plates were already a lot of income for these homeless children, and the work was easy and simple, so they naturally rejoiced.
After Xin Yi selected the children, Mo Xiaodie sneaked out at night and took a look at them.
Of the six children, five were little boys, and only one was a little girl, but whether they were boys or girls, they all looked at them with clever eyes, neat hands and feet, and they were all only seven or eight years old, and the eldest was no more than nine years old.
Although Mo Xiaodie asked Xin Yi to find those street children, Mo Xiaodie was still stunned when she saw these ragged and emaciated children, these children came out to beg for a life at such a young age, and they didn't know how difficult it was.
One of the young boys with beautiful eyebrows looked up at her for a moment, and then said with some suspicion, "Lady, will you really give us money?" You wouldn't be a liar, would you? ”
The tone of his speech is not at all like that of an eight or nine-year-old child.
Mo Xiaodie's heart softened, squatted down and smiled, "What do you say? ”
The little boy looked at her suspiciously again, and pretended to be old: "Look at the clothes you are wearing, they are all good materials, your hands are white and tender, although you don't have any jewelry on your body, but you should be a lady from a big family, and a liar is not like you." ”
When the little girl next to her heard this, she quietly hid her black and dry hand behind her.
Mo Xiaodie smiled and asked, "What's your name?" ”
The little boy hesitated for a moment and said, "Big Eagle." ”
Mo Xiaodie was stunned, "Yes...... A falcon's falcon? ”
The little boy raised his head proudly, "Yes! ”
A few little boys next to him suddenly giggled and made a fuss, clapped their hands and said, "What a big eagle!" It's obviously a chick, a chick, a chick, hahaha! ”
It seems that these children all know each other, and also, how old is Xiangyang City, these children who are begging for a living are running around, and they are naturally familiar.
The big eagle suddenly blushed, stomped his feet and said, "That'...... That's the nickname my grandfather gave me, and he said that when I grow up, I must be a goshawk soaring in the sky, you know! ”
Mo Xiaodie looked at him thoughtfully, with such ambitions, this little boy's grandfather was not an ordinary person, but why was he left alone to wander out now, and couldn't help asking, "What about your grandfather?" ”
When the little boy heard this, his face darkened, he bit his lip, and said in a rustling voice: "It's dead, there is a plague in the village, Daddy, Auntie, uncle, aunt...... All dead.
My grandfather used to be very powerful, he fought on the battlefield, and he even killed people! At that time, he, he asked one of his comrades-in-arms to take me and my sister away, how I cried he ignored me, and later, then I slept and got up, and here we were, I secretly heard my grandfather's comrades-in-arms say that they were going to sell me and my sister, and I promised my aunt that I would take care of my sister, so I ran away with my sister. ”
The child in front of him lowered his head, and although he tried his best to endure it, there was still a trace of crying in his words.
Mo Xiaodie couldn't help but reach out and touch his head, it turned out that his grandfather used to be a soldier, no wonder he would give him a nickname like Big Eagle.
Feeling the gentle strength on his head, the little boy looked at her stunned, he used to be the darling of the family, Daddy and Auntie had a good relationship, and loved him and his sister very much, but since Daddy and Auntie went, the kindness of the world seemed to have gone with them, no matter where they went, those people looked at him and his sister with a look of disdain and disgust, making him think for a while that no one would be good to him in this world.
Xin Yi's face changed slightly, and he said, "Lady......"
These street children on the street don't know how dirty they are, and they don't know if they have any diseases, how can the lady contact them casually.
Mo Xiaodie glanced at Xin Yi, shook her head slightly, and said to the little boy, "The name of the big eagle is good, you must work hard to fulfill your grandfather's expectations of you." ”
The big eagle was stunned for a while before pursing his lips and nodding seriously, "Hmm! ”
A few little boys next to him looked stupid, they were the same, they rarely met people who had a good face for them, they couldn't be coaxed at this time, and they were a little restrained.
I wonder if the lady will come and touch their heads......
The little girl standing next to the big eagle blinked her big bright eyes and said enviously: "Lady, you are so gentle." ”
Mo Xiaodie was said to be magnificent, free and easy, handsome, and also said to be rude and grinning, and it was the first time that someone said to be gentle, so she couldn't help but smile lowly, and she didn't know how to respond for a while.
The little girl suddenly smiled and said, "Yingying also wants to become a gentle woman like a lady, and marry Daying in the future!" ”
Mo Xiaodie raised an eyebrow, thinking for a moment that she had misheard.
The little boy in front of him exploded all of a sudden, and his face turned red and said, "Stupid! Who, who said they were going to marry you! Don't talk nonsense in front of the lady! ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Mo Xiaodie cautiously.
The lady, the lady wouldn't really think that he was going to marry this clown, right?
The little girl named Yingying flattened her mouth, and seemed to be unconvinced, but she was a person who did not admit defeat.
But her vision is really good, and she knows at a young age that she wants to bet on the best-looking one to be her future husband.
Mo Xiaodie couldn't help but chuckle, explained some precautions to them, and left.
She is quite satisfied with these children, it seems that Yun Yiyunshang is serious about this matter.
It's just that, in this way, the issue of monthly salary can't be delayed, and the arrears of the child's account, what will it become.
Mo Xiaodie thought about it, picked out a bead hairpin from the jewelry box, there were six beads on it, but they were all small and the shape was not good, but it was already Wei Ziyi's jewelry that looked more valuable, handed it to Xin Yi and said, "Take it as a pawn." ”
Xin Yi was a little hesitant, "Lady, this is ...... The gift that the eldest lady gave you when you were in time. ”
At that time, the eldest lady was far away in Puzhou, and she specially sent people to send her all the way.
Mo Xiaodie was stunned for a moment, gently stroked the pearl hairpin with her fingers, really felt the bitterness of having no money, and finally handed it to Xin Yi and said, "Accept it, it will be redeemed when the time comes." ”
She originally wanted to wait for the Lin family to enter Beijing before starting her money-making plan, but now the plan has changed, and she has to see what other ways she can make some money.
At this moment, Cicada Yi lifted the curtain of the inner room and walked in and said, "Lady, the third lady is here, saying that she wants to go to Madame with you to choose the fabric for new clothes in autumn." ”