Chapter 5 Picking Up People

Before the cup of tea was finished, the mule cart hired by Ah Cai arrived. Zhao Cui asked Ah Cai and the others to get on the hired cart, and she took Zhao Wangshu on it. Own mule cart.

“Grandma, why don’t we go back?” Zhao Wangshu discovered that the direction of the mule cart was not out of the city.

“Go to Xinu City.”

“You still want to buy it?” Zhao Wangshu was surprised. Was her grandma driven crazy by the excitement of the big house? Is there no time to live in the future?

"A girl from a wealthy family walks one step at a time, eight steps at a time, and there are only a few people waiting around you." Mrs. Zhao Cui touched her head, "Don't worry about money, Grandma's heart is Countless."

"Oh." Zhao Wangshu responded obediently.

"When the maids have bought all the money, you can change their names so that they can be used more easily." Mrs. Zhao Cui began to teach her granddaughter again.

"There is no need to change the name of Lu Zhi, it matches Hong Chang very well." Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

"Okay." Mrs. Zhao Cui let go completely, and everything was based on Zhao Wangshu's opinion.

In Xinu City, Zhao Wangshu selected a total of four little girls who had been sold by their families.

The oldest one is only eleven years old. The family will not sell any older ones. If they are thirteen or fourteen years old, they can be given to others and receive the bride price directly.

Returning home with such a bunch of servants, Zhao's father, Zhao Lishi and Zhao Yin were all shocked. Is grandma (grandma) going crazy because of the excitement of the big house? Is there no time to live in the future?

Mrs. Zhao Cui ignored the shocked looks of the three people and said calmly: "There are so many new people in the family today. I have to talk about the rules. The first thing is to address me. From now on, you will call me old lady."

Pointing at Father Zhao, "This is the master."

Pointing at Zhao Li, "This is my wife."

Pointing at Zhao Yin, "This is the eldest young master."

Pointing to Zhao Wangshu, "This is the eldest girl."

Mrs. Qiao cleverly pulled her son, and both mother and son shouted in unison. Said: "This slave has met the master, the wife, the young master, and the girl. Please say hello to the master, please say hello to the madam, say hello to the young master, and say hello to the girl."

Other servants returned. When God came, he quickly followed the gourd's pattern and saluted the Zhao family.

Ms. Zhao Cui looked at Mrs. Qiao and nodded slightly, and continued: "I don't care whose job you were in before, or how famous you were. Now that you have entered the Zhao family, you must follow the Zhao family's rules. Do things according to the rules."

After giving instructions, Mrs. Zhao Cui arranged for people, "From the Qishan family, you are my dowry. You have done well in everything. From now on, this family willYou need to take care of it. "

"Thank you, old lady, for trusting me. I will definitely do my job well. "The Qishan family's face was full of joy.

"Qishan, just follow the master in and out. ”

When Mrs. Zhao Cui finished making arrangements, the servants were surprised that the eldest young master was only accompanied by the book boy A Xiang.

On the contrary, the eldest girl Zhao Wangshu was by his side. , in addition to Qiao Niangzi and Hong Chang, four of the six newly purchased maidservants followed her.

The other two maidservants, one followed Zhao Cui and the other followed Zhao Li.

The former servants have gone to their own places.

The maids beside Zhao Wangshu, Hong Chang and Lv Zhi, will keep their original names, Chun Fen will be named Lan Fen, and Laidi will be named Bai. Rong, Xiaowu changed his name to Chengxiang.

I thought that Mrs. Zhao Cui would stop after buying a bunch of servants, but who would have thought that Mrs. Zhao Cui would call the people from the village's clothing shop to come and give the servants to her family? Waiting for the clothes to be cut.

"You hurry up and make my Yue'er's clothes in the next two days. For these girls, you first make two sets for them to change and wash. Others' clothes, You do it slowly and don't rush. "

" Qi Grandma, don't worry, I will make clothes for Sister Yue'er in these two days. "The ready-made clothing shop is also opened by members of the Zhao family, and they are called Zhao Cui according to their seniority.

In the next few days, Zhao Cui asked Lady Qiao and Lady Wei to teach Hong Chang some rules. She told Zhao Wangshu about the situation in the mansion.

On the second day of October, Zhao’s father and Zhao Yin sent Zhao Wangshu’s master and servants to the ancestral hall, and agreed to gather here.

When Zhao Wangshu arrived, Zhao Shuhui and Zhao Xiuniang had already arrived.

When they saw Zhao Wangshu, they both stood up and saluted, "Hello, Sister Shu. "

"Hello, sister Hui, and sister Xiu. "Zhao Wangshu returned the gift politely.

Zhao Shuhui's father has passed away, and her younger siblings are still young. They only rely on their mother Liu's textile spinning to support the family. Life is difficult, and she has no maids around her.
< br /> Although the conditions of Zhao Xiu’s natal family are better than those of Zhao Shuhui’s family, there are too many people in the family and there is no extra money to buy her a maid.

Seeing that Zhao Wangshu is accompanied by a daughter-in-law and six maids. , both of them had looks of envy in their eyes.

Following Zhao Wangshu came Zhao Shuqing, who brought a daughter-in-law and two maids.

Others The girls came one after another, accompanied by one or two maids.

After everyone arrived, they waited for about a quarter of an hour before the carriage from the mansion to pick them up arrived.

The mansion sent five carriages to pick up eight people this time.The girls were placed in the first two carriages, while the servants and luggage were squeezed into the last three carriages.

Before the girls left, the owner of the village specially told them, "You must remember that only when your family is prosperous can you have a good future."

These words are Yes, but it would be too chilling if the family's prosperity came at the expense of their lifelong happiness.

As the carriage got further and further away from the village, Zhao Xiuniang suddenly started crying.

She is the youngest among the eight people. She specially arranged the eldest Zhao Twelve Niang to be on this carriage just to take care of her.

Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Yingniang were also on the carriage. Zhao Yingniang was just a few days older than Zhao Xiu Niang. When she saw Xiu Niang crying, her eyes were also red.

Zhao Wangshu took Zhao Yingniang to comfort her, while Twelve Niang coaxed Zhao Xiuniang, "Zhuangzi is not far from the city. If you miss home, come back more often."

"No. Are you saying that you are not allowed to go home casually?" Zhao Xiuniang said with a tearful voice.

"That's what I said, but if you want to come back, can the mansion still not let you go?" Twelve Niang said cheerfully.

"Even if the mansion doesn't allow us to come back at will, don't be afraid, there are still so many of us accompanying you." Zhao Wangshu quickly helped Twelve Niang to smooth things over.

"Yes, yes, when we arrive at the mansion, we will eat and live together. We can help each other if anything happens." Twelve Niang said softly.

With the comfort of Twelve Niang and Zhao Wangshu, the two little girls were finally not too sad.

As the carriage approached the city, it stopped.

Zhao Yingniang opened the curtain and looked out, "I don't know what happened. There are many people in front of me."

"Sister Yingniang, please put down the curtain quickly. Someone will see you." Not good." Zhao Twelve Niang said.

"What's wrong? Is it possible that under the emperor's feet, there are still people who dare to rob civilian girls?" Zhao Yingniang curled her lips and asked.

"I heard that there is a dandy who is teasing people." Zhao Erniang glanced at Zhao Wangshu. This clan girl was so stunningly beautiful, but she never tried to hide it.

Zhao Wangshu looked at the frightened Zhao Yingniang and said with a faint smile: "Sister Twelve, are you a vegetarian as a Feng Jijun?"

The laws of this dynasty It has the style of the ancient Qin Dynasty, which is more strict. The Feng Ji Army is specifically responsible for public security in the city. It has more power than the police officers of Jingzhao Mansion. Anyone who resists can be killed on the spot.

The Feng Ji Army will not care about how the dandy behaves in Goulan Courtyard, how he behaves, how he indulges in life and money, but he cannot harass the women of good families.

If you use words to tease someone, you will be stripped of your clothes and caned for fifty years according to the law.

If you dare to rob a civilian girl in public, you will be punished by the law for three years, and your parents will be guilty of the same crime.

If a civilian girl is humiliated and dies, that is the most severe punishment.

With the beauties of Goulan Courtyard, a dandy could not have trouble with a good woman. This was one of the reasons why women of this dynasty did not need to wear curtains and hats when going out.