"Hey, girl, why did you get out of the car?" Huang Zhuangtou saw Hua Ronghua suddenly jump out of the car and was startled.

"It's cold in the car, and it's warm and warm when you come down." Hua Ronghua stomped his feet vigorously on the spot, and then walked with the ox cart.

Huang Zhuangtou saw that Hua Ronghua was not squeamish, so he had a good impression, "Let's go to the car after walking for a while to warm up our hands and feet, I am tired of walking far away!" ”

Seeing that the grandson of Huang Zhuangtou did not look like a bad person, Hua Ronghua's heart settled down a little, and he couldn't help but want to inquire about the situation in Zhuangzi, "Uncle ......"

"Don't dare, the girl just calls me Huang Zhuangtou." Huang Zhuangtou was taken aback, this is the guest who the master ordered to treat each other well, how dare he let people call him uncle?

Hua Ronghua laughed dryly, is it just a title, as for being scared like this? "Huang Zhuangtou, how big is your Zhuangzi? How many people are missing? ”

"Zhuangzi is not mine, it belongs to my master, I am a slave who shows Zhuangzi to the master!" Huang Zhuangtou explained, "Zhuangzi has a total of 300 acres of fields and 800 acres of mountain forests, and there are fixed long-term workers to watch, but in two months, when the farm is busy, many people will be hired to farm the mountain." ”

Hua Ronghua wondered even more, he would only hire someone in two months, why was there a shortage of a cook now? "Then you're hiring me to cook for those long-term workers now?"

Huang Zhuangtou was a little strange, didn't he say that this person came through the back door? Why don't you know anything? But he still replied: "No, someone cooks the food of the long-term worker." ”

"And who am I cooking for?" Hua Ronghua was a little confused.

"It's because another steward is going to come in a few days, and I'm afraid that our countrymen's rough hands and feet will not serve well, so the lord wants to hire one in the city." Huang Zhuangtou said.

"Sister Ronghua, are you still cold?" The sound of hearts trembling sounded.

"It's not cold." Hua Ronghua looked up and saw the red peach hugging his arms and shrinking his arms, his cheeks were redder than the rouge on his mouth, and hurriedly said, "Come down and walk for a while, it'll be warm when you walk." ”

"Good!" The hearts were also frozen, and finally climbed down from the ox cart and walked together, and at the beginning of the stride, I felt that the legs were stiff, and I couldn't help muttering, "I knew that it was so cold to ride the ox cart and say that I had to hire a carriage!" ”

"Hire a carriage for at least twenty wen, this ox is from Zhuangzi, it doesn't cost money at all!" Huang Zhuang replied.

Hua Ronghua seemed to be a little gasping when he heard him speak, so he said to him: "Huang Zhuangtou, you and your nephew should also get in the car and rest for a while, don't wait until you get home and get tired." ”

At some time, Huang Zhuangtou was indeed a little tired, and the two girls were not in the car, so he reassuredly beckoned his nephew to get into the car.

After walking for a long time, Huang Zhuangtou beckoned Da Niu to get out of the car and said to Hua Ronghua: "The two girls will sit in the car, and you will arrive at Zhuangzi after walking for a while." ”

Hua Ronghua and Red Hearts were indeed a little tired from walking, got into the car, the big bull flicked the whip, and the ox cart swayed and walked for a while, and they saw the sparse village with houses in the distance.

"Outside here is Liujia Village, and at the foot of the mountain to the north is our Zhuangzi." Huang Zhuangtou pointed to the distance.

Hua Ronghua looked up, he was too far away to see anything at all, but he felt that the house on Zhuangzi was much better than the house in Liujia Village.

Go to Zhuangzi on the road outside Liujia Village to bypass, occasionally meet a few people in the village will also flattering and greet Huang Zhuangtou, and then look at the red heart and Hua Ronghua curiously.

When he arrived at the door of Zhuangzi, Huang Zhuangtou shouted, and someone inside answered, and then a middle-aged woman walked out.

"This is my mother-in-law, let her take you to warm up first." Huang Zhuangtou said to Hua Ronghua and the two.

Aunt Huang looked like an honest person, smiled and let the two into the house, and each of them made a bowl of sugar water, "There are no good things at home, drink some sugar water and sweet mouth." ”

"Sugar water is not good, is it?" As a slightly arrogant voice sounded, a young woman with a slightly bulging belly walked into the room, looked at the sugar water on the table and pouted, "Mother, I want to make sugar water for your grandson in the morning, but do you still say that the sugar is gone?" Why is there sugar for outsiders to eat now? ”

Aunt Huang's face was a little unbearable, and she whispered to her, "What are you making trouble here?" Go back to the house and rest! Then he smiled apologetically at Hua Ronghua and the others, "Let you see the joke, this is my daughter-in-law Aunt Xi." ”

"What a break! I've been off for a day, and I've heard that the cook from the city is coming, and I'm trying to compare my skills with her! Which of you is a hired cook? Xigu rolled up her sleeves, and her five big and three thick bodies stood in front of the two.

"What kind of craft is it better than?" Hua Ronghua was a little puzzled looking at Aunt Xi in front of her, she didn't seem to know her, right? How do you feel a little angry?

"You're a hired cook?" Xigu's sharp eyes immediately set her eyes on Hua Ronghua.

"I'm just here to see if I can do this job!"

"You're just looking?" Xigu snorted and almost tore over the roof, "No, I can't do what I want to do, can you take a look at it?" ”

"Huh?" Hua Ronghua blinked, don't you have to look forward to finding a job?

Huang Zhuangtou came in from outside and couldn't help frowning when he saw Xigu's appearance, "What are you doing?" Why don't you go back to the house to raise the baby? He said to his mother-in-law, "Hurry up and send her back to me!" ”

Aunt Huang answered and went to pull her daughter-in-law, "Aunt Xi is obedient, go to the house quickly, and when you turn around, your mother will make you a bowl of sugar water." ”

Aunt Xi was dragged out of the house by her mother-in-law, and her loud voice could still be heard, "Why do you have a good job here?" I'm afraid I'll do it for a few months......"

Huang Zhuangtou smiled at the two of them awkwardly, "That, the juniors in the family are not sensible." ”

"What's the matter? Is she trying to pry it? Red Peach drank half a bowl of sugar water before putting down the bowl.

"No, no, no, this old man is all set, how can anyone dare to pry?" Huang Zhuangtou was startled, hurriedly denied it, and asked at the red peach, "What is this girl's surname?" When are you coming to work? ”

"Hey, it's not me who came to work, it's her!" Red hearts pointed to Hua Ronghua on the side.

Huang Zhuangtou saw that the hearts were dressed up, and he grabbed his daughter-in-law's words, and thought that she was going to work.

Hua Ronghua saw that the eyes of the two of them looked at each other, and said a little embarrassedly: "Where do I go to work, can I go and see?" And where I live. Well, food and lodging are not included in wages, right? ”

"Okay, I'll show you there." As he spoke, Huang Zhuangtou handed Hua Ronghua another piece of paper, "This is a contract made by the master, and the girl has to press a handprint." ”

By handprint? Indenture? It is said that it is normal to sign a contract for a part-time job, but Hua Ronghua felt a little weird, she took the paper and looked at it carefully.

Huang Zhuang was a little surprised, "The girl still knows how to read?" ”

Hua Ronghua hummed softly, and his eyes began to distinguish the traditional characters.

This contract is really an employment contract, which says that he will be a cook for the steward who is going to come for a year in this village, in charge of food and housing, half a tael of silver per month, in addition to two sets of clothes for the four seasons, and additional rewards for each quarter.

Just looking at the contract, the job is really impeccable, it's just ......

Hua Ronghua raised his head and asked, "Am I not a chef's helper?" How does it say that you are a cook? ”

"Isn't the chef's helper also a cook?" Huang Zhuangtou smiled and handed over the ink, "The girl pressed the handprint, and I can go and explain to the master!" ”

"I ......" Hua Ronghua looked at the ink in front of him and still hesitated, "Why does a steward need so many people to serve?" ”

Huang Zhuangtou put the ink clay on the table next to him and explained, "This new steward is a relative of the master. ”

Red hearts looked anxious from the sidelines, "Isn't it that you're still grinding what you're doing there?" This is not a deed of sale, so I quickly pressed it. As he spoke, he pulled Hua Ronghua's hand and pressed it on the ink.

"I'll come by myself, I'll come by myself!" Hua Ronghua was startled, broke away from her hand, and pressed her handprint on the deed paper.

Seeing Huang Zhuangtou put away the contract, Hua Ronghua suddenly regretted a little, "Why do I feel like I have sold myself?" ”

Red Hearts smiled angrily at her, "It's not that you don't know how to read, don't you see what is written on it?" ”

"I can see it!" Hua Ronghua nodded, pressed the weird feeling in his heart, and followed Huang Zhuangtou to the place where he was going to work in the future.

Huang Zhuangtou took the two of them to a small courtyard behind Zhuangzi, "This was originally built for the old masters, and there are rooms in the main room, but the masters have not come, this time let the new steward live, and then the girl will have to live in this courtyard." ”

"My surname is Hua, my name is Hua Ronghua, and Uncle Huang can call me by my name."

"Uh, Miss Hua." Huang Zhuangtou screamed embarrassedly, and said in his heart, this girl is a bit of a tiger, how can she tell outsiders her name.

"I've been suspended, don't call me Miss Hua."

Hughed?! Huang Zhuangtou was stunned, and muttered in his heart, how can such a woman be used?

Hearts interjected next to him, "It's not your fault that you're being Hughed!" Saying that, he secretly pinched Hua Ronghua, and said in his heart, why is this girl so real, and she can say this casually, I am not afraid that the people in this Zhuangzi will look down on me in the future!

Hua Ronghua was in pain, and she also understood what she meant, but one is one, she is not good at lying, she raised her head and said to Huang Zhuangtou: "This is my actual situation, if Uncle Huang thinks it is not good, you can tell me directly, I won't do it here!" ”

Huang Zhuangtou twitched the corners of his mouth, can I call the shots in this matter? Hurriedly said: "Aunt Hua...... Uh, Xiaohua, this matter was decided by the master, and it is estimated that he already knows your situation. ”

Hua Ronghua turned his head to look at the hearts.

Red hearts raised their necks, "Sisters, are you still not at ease?" ”

The two looked at the small courtyard, Huang Zhuangtou and Da Niu sent them back to the county seat, turned around and went to the county office to hand over the paper contract to Steward Li.

Steward Li entered the study and handed the deed paper to Gong Xichu, who was waiting on the side.

Seeing this, Li Xianling couldn't help but put down the book in his hand, and asked half-tentatively: "You have to help me go to see Zhuangzi, won't it be for this woman?" ”

"You don't care what I'm for, just don't miss your business!" Gongxi Chu put away the deed paper, and looked at the county order impatiently.

"I just don't understand, she's an abandoned woman and she doesn't look amazing, where did she get into your eyes?" Li Xianling shook his head, very puzzled.