Chapter 41: Maid Cui'er

Poplar's sweat, this shopkeeper has a dead face, but his wife can speak, she can be Xiaoyu's mother, and she even has a sister and a sister.

Xiaoyu turned her head to look at Poplar, as if asking for his opinion.

Poplar nodded, reassuring her to enter.

Xiaoyu followed the shopkeeper into the back room, and then the shopkeeper also took out a long rope and measured the bust, hips, arm length and other dimensions of the poplar on the spot.

Poplar doesn't like too fancy clothes, he only likes white and black, so in desperation, the shopkeeper recommended Poplar to make white clothes on the upper body, black pants on the lower body, and a set of white robes similar to a windbreaker on the outside.

And Xiaoyu likes bright colors, and her favorite is actually red, but red represents festivity in this world, and few people go out in red clothes, so Xiaoyu can only choose pink cloth to make two pink skirts and clothes for herself.

Poplar had no clothes to change, so he asked the shopkeeper to make his clothes first, for which he paid twice the price.

But after all, it takes time to make clothes, so the shopkeeper asked Poplar to pick up the clothes in the afternoon, which is already the shopkeeper's face for Poplar's large amount of money and silver tickets, which is enough to give him face.

Poplar naturally knew this, so he didn't insist anymore, and then he left the small cloth shop with Xiaoyu.

When the two returned to Zhangjia Garden, Zhao He happened to lead a delicate little girl from outside.

The little girl looks like she is eleven or twelve years old, she is not tall and reaches the chest of the poplar, with a melon seed face, a dirty face, a very thin body, wearing a dress with an unknown number of patches, she looks like a little beggar, but her eyes are very bright and bright, and she is not afraid to see the poplar, her eyes are rolling around, and she looks very smart.

"This is the little girl Zhao He was looking for? is so young, will you take care of people, won't you have to ask Xiaoyu to take care of her? Bai Yang couldn't help frowning, he said that he would let Zhao He look for a little girl, but he didn't let him look for such a small girl, as long as he wasn't older than Xiao Yu, he didn't expect Zhao He to really look for a little girl for him.

"It's all to blame for not explaining it to him." Poplar was a little annoyed, but now that people have brought it, is it possible to retreat directly? Let's listen to what Zhao He has to say before arranging.

"The main family, the main mother, I have already brought the person, her name is Zhao Cui'er, she is twelve this year, and she is very clever." Zhao He took the little girl to Baiyang and Xiaoyu and introduced.

"Will she take care of herself?" Poplar asked, frowning.

Zhao He looked at the expression of the main family, as if he understood the concerns in Bai Yang's heart, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Zhao Cuier will not only take care of herself, but also take care of people, her family has a total of five brothers and sisters, she is the third, her father does long-term work, her mother is sick in bed all the year round, and the younger brothers and sisters in the family are all brought by her, but due to the sudden aggravation of her mother's condition recently, the family is in urgent need of money, originally her family planned to sell her sister for money to treat her mother, it was Zhao Cuier who ran to Dasong City to sell herself and was seen by me, After I learned about these things with her, I took it upon myself to buy her for twenty taels of silver, and asked the lord's family to forgive me. ”

Bai Yang didn't expect this Zhao Cui'er's family to be so miserable, and what is even more commendable is that the other party is willing to sell himself in order to raise money for his mother's treatment, and this heart is very much in line with his appetite.

He nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly thought of something, so he smiled and asked, "She can't be some relative of yours, right?" ”

Zhao He suddenly scratched his head a little embarrassed, nodded and said softly: "Let the main family work, she is indeed a cousin of mine, but the relationship is relatively far away, and I can't bear to see her fall into the hands of some ill-intentioned people, so I bought her, if the main family thinks it is inappropriate, this cost He is willing to bear alone." ”

"You Zhao He, I didn't expect to see you for a day, it's getting more and more slippery, your cousin is good, let her follow Xiaoyu in the future, by the way, since her family needs money, give more, twenty taels of silver tickets is too little, give one hundred taels."

Hearing that the master said to give one hundred taels, Zhao He was stunned.

On the contrary, Zhao Cuier's eyes lit up when she heard it, and she quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Baiyang and Xiaoyu: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, mother!" ”

Originally, Xiaoyu was still a little repulsed by Zhao Cuier, but after listening to the other party's family history, she also felt pity, and when she saw the other party kneeling down and kowtowing to her, she hurriedly walked up to help the other party up, and said lovingly: "Get up, get up." ”

"Mistress." Zhao Cui'er shouted sweetly.

Xiaoyu took her little hand and chuckled and said, "Don't call me my mistress in the future, it's hard to hear, I'm four years older than you, it's better for you to call me sister." ”

"Well, sister, sister, you are so beautiful." Zhao Cui'er said sweetly.

Bai Yang's heart was full of guilt at the moment, he never asked Xiaoyu how old he was this year, he thought that the other party was eighteen or nineteen years old, but he didn't expect that he was only sixteen years old, this is a minor.

Originally, he planned to do it tonight, but now when he thought that the other party was only sixteen years old, he suddenly lost his mind, and prostituting minors would go to jail.

"Little Cui'er, you are also very beautiful." Xiaoyu said happily.

Seeing that Xiaoyu and Xiao Zhao Cuier chatted very well, Bai Yang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so that this little girl would have a companion in the future, at least she would not pester him every day.

"Lord, let me tell you something." Zhao He on the side said inappropriately.

Bai Yang glanced at Xiaoyu and glanced at Zhao He, and then the two quietly walked out.

"What's the matter?" Poplar asked.

"Two things." Zhao He said.

"Don't spit out, just order." Poplar frowned.

Zhao He scratched his hair in embarrassment, it was his habit to spit and spit, this habit was developed in his uncle's inn, and he couldn't change it for a while.

"One thing is related to Zhao Cui'er, protagonist, do you really plan to give her a hundred taels of silver tickets?" Zhao He asked.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Poplar asked, puzzled.

Zhao He nodded and said: "We haven't signed a deed of sale with Zhao Cuier now, once we sign the deed of sale, the deed of sale will say the cost of our purchase of Zhao Cuier, and if Zhao Cuier's family wants to redeem her, they need to come up with at least double the money to be able to redeem Zhao Cuier, that is to say, if the main family buys Zhao Cuier at the price of one hundred taels of silver tickets now, then the other party needs to take out at least two hundred taels of silver tickets to be able to redeem her, if Zhao Cuier's family doesn't want to really sell this daughter, I'm afraid I won't be able to redeem my daughter when the time comes. ”

Baiyang couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't know that the deed of sale and this aspect was exquisite, originally he just wanted to do good deeds.

"So what do you think should be done?" Bai Yang had already said it in front of Zhao Cui'er, so he wouldn't change his mind now, what would that little girl think, he could only push this problem back to Zhao He.

Zhao He couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, he could see from the expression of the main family that the main family really didn't know the rules of the deed of sale.

"There is indeed a way, but it needs to be spent by the master's family." Zhao He said.

"What do you mean?" Although Poplar trusts the other party, he is not completely ignorant, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and the heart of defense is indispensable.

"I don't know if the main family wants a maid who is loyal and sincerely works for the main family, or a maid who eats and waits for death and has bad intentions towards the main family?" Zhao He asked with a smile.

Bai Yang stared at Zhao He for a moment, feeling that he didn't know the other party all of a sudden, is this still the honest inn guy, why did he suddenly have a feeling that the other party was possessed by Zhuge Liang?

"Naturally, she is a loyal and sincere maid." You don't have to choose this at all, everyone knows how to choose, Poplar replied.

"The main family, as the so-called people die for money, birds die for food, want to win a person's loyalty, in addition to treating people well, money is indispensable, just like the main family treats the river so well, so the river will be willing to use his loyalty to repay the main family." Zhao He said sincerely.

Bai Yang touched his nose, he didn't expect this Zhao He to say so directly, which made him feel very uncomfortable for a while.

But what the other party said did make sense, at least he couldn't find a reason to refute it.

So he nodded and said, "Do you mean to let me pay Zhao Xiaocui's salary?" ”

"Payroll?" Zhao He looked stunned, as if he didn't quite understand what this meant.

Poplar couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, and accidentally used the modern language on the earth for a while, and quickly explained: "It's the meaning of salary." ”

Zhao He nodded with a sudden look and said, "Yes, that's exactly what he meant." ”

Originally, Bai Yang had no intention of letting Zhao Cui'er be a slave, but he didn't expect Zhao He to go out and bring back a maid who wanted to sign a deed of sale.

Although it feels a little ridiculous to pay a slave girl, what Poplar cares about is not money, but the character of the other party, if he can win the loyalty of the other party by paying a little money, then what is he reluctant to do? At least with the silver and gold tickets he currently has on him, it is enough for him and Xiaoyu to live a carefree life for decades.

"And how much do you think is the right salary for her?" Poplar now understands that he doesn't know much about the rules of this world, and it's better to consult his housekeeper for some things.

Zhao He thought for a while and said: "The main family, Zhao Cui'er is still young at present, and she is full of gratitude to the main family, so it doesn't matter if she doesn't give it for the time being, when Cui'er grows up in two years, the main family can pay according to the salaries of those ordinary long-term workers in our house, so that Xiaocui can not only decide whether to use this money to fund her family to improve her family's life, but also decide whether to save silver tickets to redeem herself." ”

Bai Yang thought about it carefully and felt that this method was really good, so he nodded and agreed: "Well, this method is feasible, just do what you say." ”

Hearing that the main family agreed with his opinion, this made Zhao He both happy and excited, he naturally had his own careful thoughts in it, after all, Zhao Cuier was also his distant cousin, and the other party could live better, and he was also happy to be prejudiced.

Then he spoke about the second thing: "Master's house, there is one more thing, should the plaque in front of the gate of our house be changed?" ”

Bai Yang has actually always remembered this matter in his heart, but he has never thought about what the name of this mansion is, and he only got this mansion yesterday, everyone is busy cleaning up the wing rooms and yards, and they don't have time to deal with the door plaque.

But now that Zhao He asked, it was not a way for him to drag it out like this, after all, the house had already changed owners, so he couldn't still hang the sign of Zhang's garden, even if he had no opinion, the old Zhang family had an opinion.