Chapter 162: The Nursing Mother
The two grandmothers are carefully selected, and their family backgrounds are innocent and simple.
When Mama Dong gave birth to a child for three months, her husband and child died one after another, and her in-laws thought she was ominous and blasted her back to her parents' house.
Zuo Mama is a native of Fengyang, Anhui Province, the family suffered a disaster, the couple took their young son to Luoyang to join relatives, her relatives in the four o'clock hall as a buddy, then want to introduce Zuo Mama's husband also to the pharmacy to do things, but her husband not only does not speak official language, but also does not speak Henan dialect, the second shopkeeper of the four o'clock hall did not fancy him, I heard that his youngest son is only three or four months, then I remembered the semicolon shopkeeper to find the nurse, the four o'clock hall guy only has one or two silver wages per month, but the nurse is three taels of silver, Zuo Mama and her husband are overjoyed, This is also a happy event.
Mama Zuo and Mama Dong entered the house one after the other, and there were only Master Huo and Chu Qing in the house.
The two of them saw Master Huo's serious expression, and their hearts were all up and down, this salary was very important to them, if Master Huo dismissed them, this salary would be gone.
Both of them are young daughters-in-law who have never seen the world, and everything they think in their hearts is written on their faces.
They do not have a deed of sale in the Huo family, so they cannot be regarded as members of the Huo family, and they are different from Chu Qing.
When Master Huo saw their faces, he simply got straight to the point.
He said: "You have also heard, our Huo family is from Jiangnan, and these two children and I are only temporarily living in Luoyang, and I will take them to leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, can you two explain the affairs of the family clearly?" If you can't go back to Jiangnan with us, I won't be reluctant, and I will give each person ten taels of silver, which will be used as your hard-earned money to take care of your children in the past few days. ”
Ten taels of silver, enough for a family to live for a few months.
"If your family has no worries, when you get to Jiangnan, the monthly rate will rise from three taels to ten taels now, and there will be another reward for the New Year's holidays, but this silver is not easy to obtain, these two children, you must be several times more than your own children to cherish."
It's ten taels again!
Not only Mama Dong and Mama Zuo were startled, but even Chu Qing was taken aback.
The Huo family's first-class steward in Liuxi Lane is five taels a month, which is already very high among the big families in Hangzhou, and I don't know how many people envy it. Chu Qing also took a monthly example of five taels.
Ten taels of silver nurse, Chu Qing has never heard of it, I'm afraid it is the noble family in the capital, and there is no such salary.
Master Huo's gaze fell on Mama Dong's face and asked, "I remember that your head of the family has passed away, is it possible to follow?" ”
Mama Dong woke up like a dream, and knelt on the ground: "Master Huo, if the slave family leaves here, there will be nowhere to live, my mother's family ...... It's not easy for my mother's family to have a hard time......"
Her mother's family can't afford to support her, a widow who was bombed back by her in-laws.
Master Huo nodded and said, "You are a hard-working person, stay in the future, but the place you want to go to is not Hangzhou, but Wuxi, you will follow Miss in the future, don't worry about the money, I will let you have enough food and clothing......"
Mama Dong Mune, I heard that she can stay, where does she care whether to go to Hangzhou or Wuxi, these southern places, she has never been in her life, and she doesn't know where they are, as long as she has a tile to cover her head, no matter how bitter she is, it will not be more bitter than before she came here.
Seeing that Mama Dong would only kowtow, Mama Zuo hurriedly said: "Master Huo, the slave family and her husband are originally from the south, and they came to Luoyang to defect to their relatives, and they have added a lot of trouble to their relatives, if they go back to Jiangnan, the slave family and her husband are willing, before coming here, the slave family and her husband thought that there would be this day, and then the slave family followed the master and the girl back, and the slave family's husband and children lived in Hangzhou, relying on the slave family's wages, saving for a few months, and making a small business to make a living, It's just that I have to bother Master Huo to make a report to the husband of the slave family in the yamen. ”
If there are no relatives in Hangzhou, Grandma Zuo's family can only be regarded as homeless, and they will be arrested by the yamen at any time, and if they are lucky, they will be driven out of Hangzhou City, and if they are unlucky, they will be punished for hard labor.
Master Huo couldn't help but look at Mama Zuo with admiration, although this woman spoke with a thick Fengyang accent, she was articulate and could bargain.
Master Huo said: "This is a matter of course, your husband and children can take refuge in the Huo family when the time comes." ”
The so-called refuge is to write a document of refuge and file it in the yamen, even if this family is the Huo family in the future, it is different from selling themselves.
Mama Zuo was surprised and delighted, and kowtowed to Master Huo like Mama Dong did.
After the two nurses went out, Chu Qing asked, "Master, shall we go back to Hangzhou?" ”
Master Huo looked at Chu Qing deeply for a long time before he said, "Chu Qing, how many years has your family been in the Huo family?" ”
Chu Qing didn't expect Master Huo to ask him like this, so he calculated in his heart and said, "It's been more than fifty years since my grandfather's generation was a child. ”
Master Huo nodded: "You are the son of the Huo family, and you are the person next to me, you have to remember what I said below." ”
Chu Qing knelt down on his knees and said, "Master, you just have to say, even if the little one forgets his surname, he will not forget your command." ”
Master Huo hummed with satisfaction and said, "After leaving Luoyang, you take Mama Dong and the girl to follow the people of Weiyuan Dart Bureau to Wanhua Temple in Wuxi." ”
Speaking of this, Master Huo took out a letter from his arms, the credit was sealed with fire, but the envelope was empty, without a word.
Master Huo handed the letter to Chu Qing and said, "You hand over this letter to the abbot of Wanhua Temple, and stay in Wanhua Temple together with Mama Dong and the girl." ”
Master Huo took out his seal again and said to Chu Qing: "You take my seal in a while, go to Jin Taixiang to exchange 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and hand it over to the abbot together." ”
Chu Qing was stunned and asked, "Master, do you want to let Mama Dong become a monk?" But Wanhua Temple is not a nunnery. ”
Master Huo said: "Nonsense, Mama Dong can become a monk, but neither can the girl, you don't have to ask, just hand over this letter to the abbot, alas, no matter what method you use, you must also hand over this letter to him, and you must not let people hand it over." ”
Master Huo paused, and said to Chu Qing again: "That Mama Dong is a coward, you tell her on the way, let her keep her silent, don't tell the little young master's affairs, otherwise...... Dead people don't speak. ”
Chu Qing was startled, and was about to ask who the little master was, but the words came to his mouth and swallowed again, could it be that the old man wanted to ......
At first, he thought it was a little boy, but later he learned that it was also a female baby, and the master just asked him to take Mama Dong and the older girl to Wanhua Temple, but he never mentioned Grandma Zuo and another girl.