Chapter 302 Buyer Slave
The news that Sanweiju opened a women's building spread throughout Yancheng, and naturally it also reached the ears of Mrs. He.
Because of the matter between Qiaozi and Rouge Village, Mr. He was quite dissatisfied with her, and even punished Mr. He to stay in the house for a month.
When she received the invitation from Sanweiju, she just let the servants handle it on their own, but while having tea with Mrs. Liu's family, they talked about the women's building.
After hearing Mrs. Liu's words that the woman's teahouse was good, Mrs. He just smiled lightly and said, "Really?"
Mrs. Liu's daughter was going to get married in five days, and her face was naturally glowing. Seeing Mrs. He like this, she just pursed her lips and snickered: "When the owner of Sanweiju sent me an invitation, I didn't go, but he After all, out of consideration, I asked my servant to send a congratulatory gift, but I just don’t know, has my sister gone?"
"Of course I didn't go."
Mrs. Liu chuckled and slowly said, "That should be the case. After all, my sister is also very busy now."
Mrs. He's face looked a little unhappy, but Mrs. Liu continued to light the fire: "I heard that the young master of the He family is in love with that Miss Su. I remember that Miss Su is also a female boss, and there are many people in the city. People are grateful to her."
"Of course not. Miss Su just has some business dealings with him. Now he is studying at home to prepare for the merit examination."
The other ladies nodded and drank tea, but they lost their usual respect for her.
After the tea banquet ended, Mrs. He's face was already ashen, and the servants who served her could only lower their heads for fear of offending her.
Naturally, Mrs. Liu doesn't think much of the Sanweiju, it's just a restaurant, and the women's building is just a gimmick.
On May 12th, Shen Zhiyu's three children's schools were closed for the day, and Nanzhi stopped going to Sanweiju to do some work.
"Auntie, why isn't daddy back yet?" Zhiyu followed his two brothers in the yard for some activities, and now took advantage of a quarter of an hour's rest to run over and get close to his auntie.
"Maybe your father is still busy." After saying this, Nanzhi felt that it was not accurate enough, so he added: "Maybe he is already on his way home."
The little guy nodded, didn't ask any more questions, drank a bowl of water and continued to exercise.
Nanzhi was lying comfortably on the bamboo chair to rest, watching the three little kids boxing in style, and occasionally applauded to encourage them.
When the three dolls were all looking for face, seeing Nanzhi being so complimentary, they spanked her even harder.
Nanzhi grinned, but saw Xiaomi squatting behind the door.
Only then did I remember that there was this person.
Xiaomi has been living in the side room since she recovered from her injury. She spent all day tinkering with the restaurant and left early and came back late, but she really forgot about it.
"Who is that, come here." Nanzhi hooked her hand towards Xiaomi, not thinking of his name for a moment.
Xiaomi had been afraid of being kicked out after living in the Lin family for so many days. She helped with the work every day when she woke up. Just now she was just watching Shen Zhiyu and the others lively, and then she stopped with envy.
When he heard Nanzhi calling him, he felt a little scared, but in the end he still moved closer and closer.
"May I have your name?"
Nanzhi looked at Xiaomi and felt that something was different. In addition to being cleaner, she had also changed into clean clothes. In addition, she had not been hungry and full these days, and her face had gained some fat. She was not as thin as before. The little beggar is completely different from the other two.
"My name is Xiaomi." Xiaomi's voice was timid, which was different from when he was caught stealing things on the street by Nanzhi.
"how old are you?"
"I, I am ten years old this year, and I know how to work." Xiaomi clenched the broom in her hand tightly. Don't drive me away but couldn't say these five words.
He remembered that he had stolen this sister's purse, and he couldn't say that.
"How can you be ten years old? Tell the truth!" Nanzhi pretended to be angry and said with his hands on his hips.
"I, I am seven years old, but I have strength and I can work!" Xiaomi seemed to want to say more, but stopped when she saw Nanzhi's smile.
"Aniang." Zhiyu hesitated for a while after hearing the movement here and then spoke.
"What's wrong, Zhiyu?"
"Aniang, can you ask brother Xiaomi to stay?"
"Why?" Nanzhi neither refused nor agreed, but continued to ask.
"Brother Xiaomi has no grandma and no daddy. If he is driven away, he will continue to become a beggar."
"Auntie, let Xiaomi stay, he can work." Lin Jian on the side also started to plead for Xiaomi.
"But there are many little beggars out there who don't have parents. If I meet Nazhiyu again in the future, will I bring him back?"
Nanzhi shook his head, looked at Zhiyu and asked.
Xiaomi's eyes were full of disappointment after hearing Nanzhi's words, and he just wiped his eyes. He was a beggar and thief, and it was already a luxury to live a comfortable life here for so many days.
"If Zhiyu meets other people again, give them some food and twenty coins so that they can take a clean bath and find a job. Auntie, I want brother Xiaomi to stay." Yu ran to Nanzhi and pulled her sleeves, whispering.
"Why twenty cents?" Nanzhi was a little surprised.
"Because with the mortgage of dirty clothes and twenty coins, they can go to a clothing store to buy a set of the oldest and cheapest coarse cloth clothes, so that they can find work."
Nanzhi nodded with satisfaction. She had never thought that Zhiyu would be so smart.
Xiaomi originally thought of taking him to Sanweiju to learn a craft, which was better than begging outside.
But he is only seven years old now, and he doesn't know what he can do if he goes there.
It would be better if you help with cleaning at home.
"Then let Xiaomi stay, but if you have time one day, you have to go to the county government office to sign a document to avoid any mistakes in the future."
"Thank you, Auntie!" Zhiyu chuckled, but Xiaomi's eyes turned red.
"Thank you, Master!" As he spoke, Xiaomi was about to kneel on the ground. Seeing him kneel down, Nanzhi felt a headache.
"Okay, okay, don't call me master, just call me aunt."
After settling Xiaomi's matter, Nanzhi went to Yaxing again in the afternoon. After all, Xiaomi was so talented and could do so little work. She was running to a restaurant every day, so someone had to take care of her family.
When Hu San saw her coming, she thought the restaurant needed someone again, so she flipped through the brochure and was about to introduce him to her. Knowing that Nanzhi wanted to hire a wife to clean the house, he took her directly to see the person.
"That's it, Aunt Zhuang. She's honest, thirty-five years old, a foreigner, and was sold by her gambler husband. If you want, I'll only give you five or four cents." Hu San pointed to the corner. A woman spoke.
Nanzhi couldn't see clearly after looking at it for a long time, so Hu San called someone to come forward.
Aunt Zhuang looked a little dull and taciturn, and looked ordinary. She asked her if she knew how to cook and wash, and then Nanzhi paid her money to buy her.
Now that she gives the family one tael of silver every month, Aunt Zhuang can share more of the work if she buys it back.
As soon as Mother Lin and the others closed the stall, they saw that there was an extra person in the house. They almost went to report it to the police, but they put down the kitchen knife after listening to Nanzhi's explanation.
Nowadays, the carpenter shop can earn more than 50 taels of silver per month. Although their food stall business is not good enough, they can still earn 20 taels a month. It is also possible for the family to buy someone to come back to wash and cook.
The women of the Lin family had no objection, but Father Lin was a little unhappy.
Talking about how he was not used to having more people in the family, Mother Lin just thought he was unhappy because he had to open his mouth to eat too much, so she ignored him.
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