This?! Minna's eyes widened, "You're Grandma Merry's..."

Marcie smiled: "I am her youngest sister" She looked at Minna carefully, and her eyes became softer and softer: "Your chin is the same as that of the eldest sister, our children all have such chins" As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that she had said something inappropriate, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that, please forgive me, Miss Minna"

But Minna was angry when she heard this: "What is there to apologize for?!" Why do you call me Miss? You're my aunt, you should call me Minna! ”

Marcie covered her mouth gently, her eyes already filled with joy: "Okay, Minna, that's what I'll call you"

"That's right!" Minna smiled and touched her chin, "My mom always says that my chin looks like my dad, and my dad looks like my grandma, but I've only seen grandma in the portrait, is it really like it?" ”

Marcie smiled and nodded., Minna rolled her eyes, then took out a small jewelry box from the storage ring, took out a necklace from it, looked in the mirror at the small statue of Merry on the pendant, and looked back at Marcy Marcy kept smiling, her eyes gradually blurred, as if she remembered the past

Minna shone for a while, and suddenly. I remembered one thing: "You just said that your aunt asked you to come?" Why would she do that?! Marcie was silent for a while, and when Minna saw this, her doubts deepened: "I remember passing through Gutenberg with my grandfather when I was a child, and my uncle was already the manager of the local Xiao family branch, didn't your whole family move over?" Why do you still work as a maid in Carda? ”

Marcy hesitated. It took a long time for Minna to tell the truth under Minna's repeated urging

It turned out that Merry's father, Old Jones, was a . He was a stubborn man, unable to accept his family's expulsion from the Cardais, and refused to leave the Cargar manor even though his son had become a branch manager in Gutenberg and wanted to take him to enjoy his fortune, and before he died, he wrote to Mirabel and Ilu asking them to let the Jones family return to the Cargar mansion

Mirabel couldn't refuse to watch from a young age. The last request of the old man who grew up before he died, he had to agree, and handed over the matter to his son Yilong, considering that the relationship with An Long was improving, if he really regarded his brother's maternal grandfather's family as a servant, it would only destroy the brother's feelings, and he happened to have a conflict with the stewards of the Xiao family's trading house, and finally grabbed back a few trading houses, but he couldn't find a credible and capable person to manage them, and learned that several of the Zhong Si brothers had experience, so he simply asked them to come back to help, so most of the men of the Zhong Si family worked in the trading house, The ladies stayed at home and did not enter the Kado mansion as servants

Minna heard. Here, even more incomprehensible: "Then how did you come here?" ”

Marcy bitter. Smiled: "I don't know what the reason is, today Mrs. Lilith suddenly sent someone to inform us that I and several of your cousins and sisters have been called back if they are not officially suspended in the trading house, and Mrs. said that it was because there was no one around Miss Merton to serve, so she specially asked us to come over to work."

Minna only felt her head heat and stood up suddenly: "She wants to humiliate me!" Damn it! After that, she was about to rush out to settle accounts with Lilith, and Matsie hurriedly stopped her: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, my good lady, we are still a servant of the Kaduo land after all, we can't refuse the master's request, and besides, it's not good to just come to serve you?" It's better than serving others."

Minna bit her lip and said with red eyes: "But she is clearly doing this to tell me that my ancestor and mother are all her servants, she can do whatever she wants, isn't she hateful?!" ”

Marcie smiled helplessly, "In fact, our land is indeed her servant

The eldest sister can't be said to be correct when she did land work back then, as a servant, she has to have a servant who consciously forgets her own identity, which will only bring pain to herself and her family."

Minna frowned, a little unconvinced: "My father has written to you asking you to come to Maiton, if he asks, uncle will not disagree, why don't you?" If you had said yes at the time, you wouldn't be so angry now."

Marcy smiled bitterly: "It's hard to change the old man's mind, and besides, the brothers are doing a good job in the trading house, and they don't want to start over in the north."

Is that really the case? Minna doesn't believe that even a person who has been a servant for generations has the opportunity to get ahead, how can he give up? So she asked, "You just said that your aunt summoned you back, how many people are there?" ”

"I, and my second sister-in-law, she does chores in the kitchen, and there are two nephews, one is Ma Ling, one is driving a car, one niece is in the laundry room, and then there is a cousin, he is a gardener In fact, several boys were originally studying in a trading house, but because they were not official clerks, they were called over"

Minna narrowed her eyes and said tentatively, "Sounds like I have a lot of cousins, and a lot of things?" Why not try it in Mayton? They stay in Ito or Gutenberg, at most they are stewards, but in Maiton, they can do whatever they want, cousins can join the army, they can study in the Knights, they can go to the administrative office as clerks, they can also open a trading house to do business, and no one will bully you, do you really not go? ”

Marcie hesitated: "But... I've heard that the Merton place is very shoe and very poor..."

"How so? "Merton is very big," Minna said with a smile, "It's quite a rich place in the north, and now it's trading with the Nogar people, and we have animal husbandry and commerce where it's also very prosperous, and there are canals and arsenals and foundries, and the people here don't know the truth, so they will say that it's poor, you don't believe it, you know it yourself!" ”

Marcie was silent, but Minna could tell

After being tempted to stay in Ito and have the opportunity to become Elon's subordinate, it means that even if they don't have this heart, they will be shaken after being deprived of their only dignity by Lilith

Minna decided to give Marcie a little time so that she could discuss it with her family, so she changed the topic and talked about the members of the two families and some interesting things Looking at the smile on Marcie's face, Minna secretly despised Lilith in her heart, what a stupid woman, she actually humiliated her husband's right-hand man for a trivial matter, and waited for her to abduct the Jones family, see how you cry!

She slept very soundly that night, and dreamed that Lilith was scolded by Elon, and couldn't help laughing out loud When she opened her eyes the next morning, she was startled when she saw the fat face that suddenly appeared in front of her, and then she was overjoyed: "Winnie! Oh my God, Winnie! She hugged the fat nanny and yelled, "Why did you come so early?" I thought you wouldn't be there until at least noon! ”

Winniele said hesitantly: "The captain of the guard named Hebby is in a hurry to come back, we have been on the road for a day yesterday, and we almost didn't eat in the carriage" She suddenly looked solemn: "Miss, you don't know, the robber in the middle of the country is really much Ai, we have met three times again!" The eyes of the two captains were red, and they also burned two robbers' dens, which was terrible! But I think it's the officials who really damn it! There are so many robbers in their own jurisdiction, and they don't care! ”

Minna laughed dryly, thinking that those robbers may not be robbers, except for the officials who colluded with the queen, the others seem to be quite innocent?

Marcy holds a pot. Sprinkled with warm water with essence, he smiled and said, "Are you going to get up?" Today's breakfast was hearty with fresh fish cakes."

Minna hurriedly introduced Winnie to her, but the two had already said hello, and before she got up, Marcy pointed to the water in the basin for a while: "This is what Winnie taught me, sprinkle it with your wood fragrance, and it will be more refreshing after washing your face."

Minna smiled. After getting up and freshening up, and changing into regular clothes, he sat down and asked Marcie, "Did you discuss with the others when you went back last night?" ”

Marcy paused, nodded, and said, "Asked. A few children mean, a few boys are willing to go, but Jenny, it's your cousin, her sweetheart is a local, so I want to stay I plan to take leave in the afternoon to see my brothers, and ask them what they mean..."

Minna was silent, twisting the corners of her clothes and not speaking. Winnie asked with some curiosity what was going on, and Minna said one by one, and said, "I don't actually have to let them all go to Maiton, I'm just... If they stay here, they will be bullied by the eldest aunt."

Winnie thought about it. After a while, he clapped his hands: "This is easy to do!" Let Lord Elon terminate their servant contract and hire them instead! Miss can let them leave Kado, but she doesn't have to let them leave Ito Castle! ”

Minna listens. Confused: "What do you mean?" "What's the point if they leave the Cardon and don't go to Merton?

Winnie said: "Our old lord has also done this kind of thing before" She referred to Minna's grandfather, Viscount Zhu Fa, "At that time, the Zhu Fa family also had a house in Ito, the place was not big, it was for the old lord to live temporarily when he came to Ito, when Miss Dora participated in the social, she lived in that house at that time, there were several employees in the old lord's firm, and the son was very smart, so the old lord sent them to Ito to look at the house, and when they became adults, he asked someone to find them a job, one of them joined the army, and now he is a baron!" There is also a secretary who entered the Legal and Political Affairs Department, and I heard that he is also doing a good job, and there is also a business bank by himself, and now he is a big boss! They went to visit the old lord every year, but then the old lord decided to retire in Matt, so he sold the house."

She rambled on a lot, but Minna understood, and suddenly became enlightened and jumped up: "That's right! If our family also bought a house in Ito, we can ask our uncle to release the Zhong Si family and let them take care of it, and if you want to stay in the trading house, you can continue to stay, and if you want to join the army or become a clerk, you can ask your father to write a letter! He also has friends in Ito, or..."After a pause, she said reluctantly, "It's okay to ask the security department for help..."

Winnie nodded happily: "That's what I meant, Miss is so smart!" Marcie looked surprised on the side, but quickly got up again: "It's not cheap to buy a house in Ito, this... Will it cost too much money? ”

"It's fine!" Minna hugged her affectionately, "Dad has to come to Ito every year to report on his work, instead of staying in the inn every year, it is better to buy a big house like Kado, we don't want to buy Kado, we can afford to spend this money" It's not that she boasts, Merton already has a lot of money every year just by collecting commercial taxes, toll taxes and river transportation taxes, and their family is the lord of Merton, and there are hundreds of acres of mountains, forests and fields, how can they be poor? Their family is just not used to living in luxury

Winnie had already thought about it: "Let me think... The house only needs to have twenty or thirty rooms, and there must be a yard, garden, stable... It would be nice if there was a grand ballroom in the house where you could have a ball! ”

Minna retorted with a smile, "The prom is over, Winnie, it's not convenient for Daddy to come here and mingle with the others!" ”

The more she thought about it, the more she thought it was a good idea, and she hurriedly got up and went downstairs, and when she reached the door of the restaurant, she saw from a distance the eyes of Elon and her family glancing at Lilith, and with a hint of sarcasm, she held back a smile on her lips and strode towards them

(It's a little less today...) ）