Chapter 7: The Maiden (1)
Su Su woke up smelling the smell of rice, and when he opened his eyes, he was still a little confused, and it took a while to know where he was.
There were three little girls on the table who were taking out food from the food box, because Su Su was sleeping, and even putting the dishes and chopsticks lightly.
One of the little girls turned around and saw that Su Su had woken up, and made a very exaggerated expression: "My God, you are too sleepy, we left you a snack at noon and didn't move, and I thought something was wrong with you, so I hurriedly called Sister Pearl and invited Mama Qin to come over and take a look, only to know that you were just asleep." ”
The other two little girls also came over and sat on the side of Su Su's bed, one left and one right.
Wearing a green shoulder, he touched Su Su's forehead, and said softly: "You have a fever at noon, Mama Qin said that it is no big problem, you have been tired recently." ”
The other glanced at the babbling little girl: "Don't scare Su Su, just like you." Then he said to Su Su: "My name is Ning Cui." He pointed to the little girl in the green shoulder with a gentle voice, "This is Bisi."
The girl rushed to her by herself, "My name is Liu'er, and the three of us are about the same size, all ten years old. Your name is Susu, and you're seven years old, right? Sister Pearl told her left and right not to bully you. God is pitiful, am I Liu Er that kind of person? The three of them couldn't help but laugh when they jumped up and down.
Liu Er smiled when she saw Su Su, and said: "No wonder the old lady likes it, people often say that the big lady's sister Liuli is good, I think Su Su is even better looking than Liuli." Then patted Su Su on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the old lady is the most kind-hearted, and she will definitely raise you for nothing." ”
Mama Qin understands what Liu Er said, she is naturally frail, and she can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes and warmth, so she needs to recuperate slowly. It's a shame that I entered the Song family and met the old lady, otherwise no one would want such a maid.
At this time, Su Su's stomach growled, and Su Su's face was flushed with shame.
Ning Cui, who acted the most refreshingly, pulled Su Su to sit at the dining table, "I didn't eat at noon, I must have been hungry for a long time, thanks to you today, Sister Amber gave us her portion, and it will be cold if you don't eat." ”
Su Suding saw that it was two meats, two vegetables and one soup: slippery tenderloin, stir-fried shrimp, vegetarian fried mung bean sprouts, stir-fried cabbage, sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup, a large bowl of mushroom and chicken porridge and a plate of white steamed buns the size of a baby's fist, which made Su Su stunned for a moment, the Song family even had such a good dish for the big girl, what did the master eat.
Ning Cui thought that Su Su had never seen these meals, and when she saw that she was stunned for a moment and did not show her greed, she also looked up at her in her heart, and said with a smile: "Eat quickly, the sisters use it in the old lady's house on weekdays, and they often give the dishes to the little maids to eat." ”
The four of them began to eat, but the other three looked at Su Su secretly, and saw that she was eating very well, just chewing and swallowing slowly, looking at it made people feel comfortable in their hearts, and they all sighed in their hearts, worthy of being the daughter of the Xiucai family.
The three of them are all born in a family, and their temperament is good among the little maids, and they all have some family backgrounds.
Liu Er is the granddaughter of the great housekeeper of the Song Mansion, and her father is the personal companion of the eldest master; Ning Cui's father was the steward of the old lady's Zhuangzi outside, and her mother turned out to be the big maid next to the old lady; Bith's aunt is in charge of the embroidery room in the house, and the clothes up and down are all from the embroidery room.
It's not that they look down on the maids from outside, it's just that some maids are too ugly in all aspects.
Unexpectedly, this time this fell into the eyes of the old lady, not only did she become a third-class maid as soon as she came, but she could also follow Sister Amber and get Sister Pearl's care and arrange it in their house.
After listening to Su Su's life experience, I saw that she looked good and seemed to have a good temperament, but now it seems that there are rules, so I am a little relieved.
The future of the three of them has been set a long time ago, but it's no wonder that people can't eat if they come to be a mess.
After eating, Liu Er and the three of them packed a purse for Su Su as a gift, Su Su didn't know how to return the gift for a while, Bi Si was careful, seeing that she refused to accept it, she said: "Take it, the old lady Ming'er will reward you with good things, you just remember us." ”
Ning Cui also smiled: "Bi Si has the most eyes, and you have to exchange a purse for the good things given by the old lady." ”
Su Su accepted it at this time, and there were things in the purse, which should be small objects such as rings and earrings, no wonder the Song family was rich, and even the things given by the third-class little maids were worth a few dollars of silver.
The dishes and food boxes were placed at the door, and the maid was taken away freely, and the four of them sat on the stool and chatted, and Liu Er said: "Susu, are you really literate?" ”
The other two were also curious, and even a little expectant.
Although literature is prevalent in Jiangnan and there are many talented people, the Song family is a businessman in the end, and the background is not enough.
The young masters of the Song family went to school, and the girls also spent a lot of money to invite Xixi to teach piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but few of the people in the family were literate.
After a few thoughts in Su Su's mind, he said: "My father taught me, if you want to learn, I can teach you, but I don't know much." ”
At this time, even Bisi's eyes widened: "You really taught us literacy?" ”
Su Su nodded in the expectant eyes of the three of them: "Really, as long as you can get pen, ink, paper and inkstone." ”
Liu Er said happily: "Tomorrow I will take leave with Sister Pearl to find my grandfather, and I will definitely be able to get that Rausch pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, you really teach us?" Su Su reluctantly reassured: "Really, it's more true than pearls." ”
After that, Liu Er went to the small kitchen to ask for water, gave the rough mother-in-law a few dollars to help carry it twice and poured it into the bath bucket, and finally let Su Su take a comfortable hot bath, Ning Cui carefully helped Su Su wash her hair, fortunately, it is winter now, and there are no lice, otherwise Su Su would really go crazy.
The four of them washed their faces, feet, and mouths, and chattered for a while before they fell asleep, Su Su slept a lot, and he was not sleepy for a while, so he lay in the soft quilt and thought nonsense.
It's not that she hasn't read all kinds of novels about maids and tops before, and she has been prepared in her heart for a long time, but what she saw and heard on this day proves that she really thinks too much.
The big girl is not mean, and the little girl's roommates are also very friendly, except for those eyes she felt in the morning that reminded her to have a long snack, everything else is like a dream.
It wasn't until later that Su Su knew how happy it was to be assigned to the old lady's yard.
It turned out that the old lady of the Song family was also a maid of a large family when she was young, and she was favored by the young master to be promoted to be an aunt, but the old lady was determined to marry out of the house and be the head of the house, so she desperately left the house.
Later, she married the old lady of the Song family, who was still a salt seller at the time. The old lady was literate and hyphenated, and together with the old lady, she ran this huge family business, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, which can be regarded as a model among maids.
Who would have thought that after the son married his daughter-in-law, the two daughters-in-law not only did not get close to the old lady, but also did not let the child get close to the grandmother, and there were even rumors in the house, saying that they had to teach the master to be a slave A series of unpleasant words.
At that time, the old lady was still there, and he killed several old aunts with his cane, and the two old men also had a lot of trouble with their respective daughters-in-law, but they almost divorced their wives.
The old lady came forward to settle down this matter, but since then, the sad old lady has never been close to her daughter-in-law and grandchildren, but only enjoys in her own courtyard, and treats the maids and daughters around her better and better.