Chapter Twenty-Five: It's All Family
There were many women cleaning the courtyard that should have been cold at the moment, Zhou Yu rubbed his eyes and pinched his arms, and after making sure that he was not dreaming, he stopped a woman and asked, "Who are you?" Why in my house? ”
The woman said in a panic: "If you go back to the master, it was Master Feng who bought us back!" ”
"Master Feng? Feng Liang? A figure appeared in Zhou Yu's mind.
"Yes......" The woman said resignedly, not daring to look up at Zhou Yu.
"Where were you bought?" Zhou Yu continued to ask.
"Back to the master, the slave maid and these sisters were all bought by Master Feng from the north of the city." The woman replied.
"Tooth line?" Zhou Yu's eyelids jumped.
The Tooth Shop was a place where goods were traded in this era, from livestock, agricultural products, to handicrafts, all of which could be purchased at the Tooth Shop. In addition to this, there is a special commodity in the tooth shop, people. That's right, in this era, the people in the dental shop can be traded as commodities, most of these people are children and young women, and the family really can't afford to raise them, and they can't sell them to the rich, so they can only sell them to the dental shop.
Originally, Zhou Yu had only seen it in the video works of his previous life, but he didn't expect to come into contact with this kind of thing with a tragic aura in less than a month after coming here.
"What does Feng Liang want you to do?" Zhou Yu then asked.
"Back to the master, the slave maid is Miss Xiaoyue's maid, responsible for taking care of Mrs. Xiaoyue's diet and daily life, and the other sisters are ordinary maids, responsible for cleaning the courtyard and tidying up the house." The maid said.
"What?!" Zhou Yu almost jumped up. Feng Liang secretly bought all the maids in Xiaoyue's house in private, and he didn't know anything!
The maid was so frightened that she immediately knelt down: "Please forgive me!" ”
Zhou Yu hurriedly helped her up, so that he had a chance to see her cheeks clearly. The little girl's whole face was flushed, with a few pigtails tied behind her head, and air bangs on the front of her forehead, she looked very well-behaved, and her appearance was not inferior to Su Wen's maid Qing'er who Zhou Yu saw on the bank of the Luoshui River that day.
"What's your name?" Seeing the little maid's innocent face, Zhou Yu asked softly.
"The slave's name is Shui'er......," the little maid said tremblingly.
"Shui'er, you don't have to be afraid, Miss Xiaoyue you said is my wife, and my name is Zhou Yu." Zhou Yu said to her.
"Huh? Are you the lady's father-in-law? That's my uncle! Hearing Zhou Yu's self-disclosure of his identity, Shui Er became a little excited and said.
“…… Why am I not a master but an uncle? Zhou Yu asked helplessly.
"Because Master Feng bought us back! Master Feng is the master, you are the father-in-law of the young lady, so you are naturally the uncle! Shui'er replied.
Zhou Yu almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood, Feng Liang regarded this place as a new Feng mansion!
"Let's just say, Feng Liang is the master, Feng Yue is the young lady, and they are not father and daughter, isn't this a mess of generations?" Zhou Yu continued.
"The lord and the young lady don't have to be father and daughter, brothers and sisters can also be!" Shui'er said seriously.
Zhou Yu sighed and said, "Okay...... How many of you are there? ”
"Back to my uncle, even the slaves and maids, there are a total of nine sisters." The water returned to the road.
"Then you can continue to do as the eldest brother instructs, and I'll go first." Zhou Yu turned around and wanted to leave.
"Uncle......" Shui'er's voice sounded from behind.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yu turned his head to look at her.
Shui'er bit her lip, and then as if she had made up her mind, she said, "Can my uncle borrow a little money from the slave...... The slave and maid must be used as cattle and horses to be returned to the uncle......"
"What do you want money for?" Zhou Yu asked.
"Li Erniu, who is in the same village as me, was also sold to Yahang in the north of the city, and when Master Feng came, Erniu was sick and was not taken by the master. Erniu's father and mother were very good to the slave maid, if it weren't for them, the slave would have starved to death...... The slave maid wants to borrow a little money, buy Erniu, and go to the house to serve her uncle......" Shui'er said with her head down.
Zhou Yu was originally a soft-hearted person, and when he heard her say this, he immediately agreed: "I know, I will pay this money, don't worry, I will definitely bring Erniu back." ”
After hearing this, tears burst out of her eyes, and she immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, uncle!" Thank you, Uncle! ”
Zhou Yu immediately picked her up, helped him wipe away his tears, and then said: "Our family is not interested in kowtowing, you go and tell the other girls, if anyone doesn't understand it in the future, they will kowtow, and the monthly money will be deducted!" ”
"Moon...... Monthly money? Shui'er was a little suspicious of her ears and said, "Uncle, how can we be slaves and maids have monthly money...... In fact, the descendants of rich and noble families have a monthly amount of money, but Shui'er obviously doesn't know.
Zhou Yu remembered that they were bought, but said equally seriously: "Why not?" Other people's families have regular money, and our maids also have monthly money! Each person has three dollars of silver per month, and there is also a reward for good performance! ”
Shui Er looked at him stupidly, tears couldn't help but fall, and then hugged Zhou Yu: "Uncle, you must be the best uncle in the world!" ”
In the face of the sudden hug, Zhou Yu still didn't react, he gently untied the little girl's hand, helped her wipe away her tears, and said to her: "Go and tell the others, my uncle will go and see Erniu......"
Shui'er wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, nodded seriously and said, "Hmm! Then he ran away happily.
Zhou Yu also followed her instructions and came to Yaxing, which is located in the north of the city.
Walking through the corridor where the goods were placed, Zhou Yu came to a place similar to a livestock shed, where the sanitary conditions were very poor, just some straw and other things, the air was filled with the smell of mold, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy curled up in the corner.
At this time, the shopkeeper spoke: "Guest officer, it's unfortunate that you came, two days ago, another guest officer bought all the girls in this batch, and this somewhat sick boy is left, why don't you wait a little longer, and you will come to see the next batch when it arrives?" ”
"No, I want this boy, you can make an offer." Zhou Yu looked at the pale young man and said.
The shopkeeper didn't expect that there was still someone to ask for this sick seedling, and he was worried that he couldn't get rid of it, so a business came to the door, as if he was afraid that Zhou Yu would regret it, and said: "As long as three taels of silver, you take him away." ”
Zhou Yu paid without hesitation, walked to the young man's side, and said softly: "Li Erniu? ”
The boy slowly opened his eyes and said weakly, "Are you?" ”
"I'm Shui'er's friend, my name is Zhou Yu, and I'm here to pick you up." Zhou Yu explained.
"Sister Shui'er? Where is Sister Shui'er? The boy tried to sit up, but his body was so weak that he tried twice without success.
"In a safe place, she asked me to pick you up." Zhou Yu checked Li Erniu's pulse with his hand, and found that he was infected with the wind cold, and it was estimated that he could not walk, so he could only rely on people's backs. This is also an important reason why the store sells cheaply, who would lower their figure to carry a subordinate?
The answer is, Zhou Yu will.
Zhou Yu picked Li Erniu on his back, which not only stunned the shopkeeper, but even Li Erniu himself couldn't believe his eyes.
"Brother Xiao Yu, let me down, I'll go by myself......" Li Erniu said with difficulty.
"It's strange that you can walk, I'll take you to the pharmacy to grab some medicine." No matter what Li Erniu said, Zhou Yu refused to put him down, and walked out of the tooth line with him on his back.
The shopkeeper rubbed his eyes, looked outside at the sky, and muttered, "Today's sun rises in the east......
Zhou Yu himself knew some pharmacology, and after grabbing the medicine in the pharmacy, he took him back to the mansion.
"Erniu!" Shui'er immediately saw the person Zhou Yu was carrying, and immediately ran over.
"Let's send him to his room first." Zhou Yu carried Li Erniu on his back and continued to walk inside.
When he came to a side room, Zhou Yu put Li Erniu on the bed, and he went to decoct the medicine himself.
Seeing that Zhou Yu wanted to decoct Li Erniu in person, Shui'er hurriedly stopped it and said, "Uncle, the trivial matter of this decoction is still a slave, how can you bother your aunt!" ”
"I understand pharmacology, I really will fry the medicine this first time, and you will be responsible for the medicine after that. I estimate that in less than a day and a half, or in less than three days, Erniu's illness will be cured. Zhou Yu told Shui'er about the precautions for decoction.
Shui Er took a serious note, paused, and then poked his head out and asked, "Uncle, did you carry Erniu all the way back?" ”
"Yes, Erniu is weak and can only rely on people's backs. But I checked his pulse, the pulse is quite stable, the young man is in good health, and he will be cured soon after taking the medicine, so you don't have to worry. Zhou Yu began to prepare the decoction.
"We are all subordinates, how can we let my uncle carry it......" Shui'er lowered her head, and when she thought that Erniu was carried back by Zhou Yu, she felt extremely remorseful in her heart.
"What kind of subordinate? Don't say that again! When I entered the house, it was all our family, and there would be no loss of meat on our backs. Zhou Yu said indifferently.
"Slaves don't dare to climb high......" Shui Er listened to Zhou Yu's words and hurriedly said.
"You call me uncle, what's so high? Shui'er, you remember, as long as everyone in our family is a family, you usually have to unite and help each other, and treat each other like family, understand? Zhou Yu turned his head to look at Shui Er and said seriously.
He has no ability to change the class of feudal society now, and can only do his best to make every person with a miserable background live a personal life.
"Family......" Shui Er pondered the meaning of these two words carefully. She was only fifteen years old and was sold to the tooth shop by her family, and the owner who bought him did not regard him as a subordinate at all, but was better than her father and mother to her, and she seemed to really appreciate a little warmth of home at this moment.
"Okay, don't be stunned, I need my family to help me light a fire now." Zhou Yu had already put the medicine into the pot.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Shui'er ran to the stove excitedly, and the joy on her face was palpable.
Zhou Yu decocted the medicine for the second cow and called the water again.
"This is everyone's reward, you can take it and send it to everyone, each person has a tael of silver, and you also have a share." Zhou Yu took out the silver and handed it to Shui'er.
"This ...... Uncle, if you don't forget about me, you also gave Erniu some medicine! Shui Er said.
"The money for catching medicine has nothing to do with the reward, if you take it, you can take it!" Zhou Yu simply stuffed the money into Shui'er's hand, and then said, "I'm going back now, and I'll come back tomorrow to see Erniu." ”
"Uncle ......walk slowly" Looking at the silver in his hand and Zhou Yu's distant back, Shui'er felt that he was lucky, at least he was bought by a good person, he didn't have to be punched and kicked at every turn, and he could be bullied at any time. Of course, she is the lady's maid, and it is also a matter of duty to sleep for her uncle, not to mention that her uncle is so good to herself...... The young and immature Shui Er even thinks that the men in the whole world are not as good as their uncle alone.
Leaving the mansion, Zhou Yu began to make trouble. There are two main things that make him difficult, first, is this house surnamed Feng or Zhou? Second, how to tell Xiaoyue's family about the sale of maids?
After thinking about it, he felt that the bell had to be tied to the bell, and because of Feng Liang, it had to fall on Feng Liang, so he immediately rushed back to Xiaolong Village.
As soon as he returned to the courtyard of the Feng family, Zhou Yu saw Feng Liang sitting in front of the door counting the silver.
"Big brother, do you have anything to tell me?" Zhou Yu looked at Feng Liang and asked.
Feng Liang's right eyelid jumped, and he slowly stood up and said, "Xiao Yu, what are you referring to?" ”
"Big brother should know better than me in his heart, right?" Zhou Yu asked coldly. Some things can only be said by Feng Liang himself.
"Xiao Yu, what's wrong?" Feng Yue saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere and asked.