Zhang Zhaoci said, "Granny, how could you teach my children to treat me like this?"

Granny Lu said, "I don't want these three children to treat you like this. You yourself are not independent and don't care about anything except medical skills. If they don't make plans for themselves, what else can they expect?"

Zhang Zhaoci was speechless. She looked at her three children, lowered her head, and sat to one side with her shoulders hunched. Xu Di and Xu Bai didn't do anything. Xu Zhi quickly went over, took Zhang Zhaoci's hand, and said, "Mother, don't be like this. Your private savings are your private savings. You can spend them however you want. I don't need you to save up a dowry for me."

Zhang Zhaoci hugged Xu Zhi and said, "My little cotton-padded jacket is the most heartwarming. You two don't need to do this. I'll save all my money for my little cotton-padded jacket from now on."

Xu Di said, "It's fine to leave it to Xiao Jiu. Anyway, I earn my own money to support the family, and I don't want your money."

Upon seeing this, Xu Bai also chimed in, "I don't want it either, I don't want it either."

Granny Lu smiled and hugged Xu Bai into her arms, saying, "Oh my dear Bai, do you know what that means? Don't you want to? You're so young, and you're already thinking about earning money to support your family?"

Xu Bai put his arm around Granny Lu's neck and said, "Granny, I still need to earn money to support you. Don't worry, I will definitely earn lots and lots of money so that you can buy whatever you want."

The next day, after breakfast, Granny Lu went to the front yard with Zhang Zhaoci.

The children in the front yard had already taken a bath last night, but because they didn't have suitable clothes, they were still wearing their old clothes. The ten children, all little girls around seven or eight years old, stood in a row in the front yard.

Looking at the ragged, timid girls, Zhang Zhaoci felt quite sad. But she wasn't a savior. To be honest, she was content that her family was together peacefully and happily. She couldn't think about anything else, as there was always a knife hanging over her head that could fall at any moment.

Granny Lu asked Zhang Zhaoci to give the ten girls new names. She also planned to teach them some things based on their individual strengths. Zhang Zhaoci was hoping that one of the girls would have a talent for medicine so that she could impart all her knowledge to her.

All ten maids were bound by a death contract and had impeccable backgrounds. Zhang Zhaoci gave these ten maids ten names derived from Chinese medicinal herbs, all of which contained the character "Bai": Baiji, Baizhu, Baishao, Baizhi, Baiying, Baiguo, Baisu, Baikou, Baiwei, and Baimi.

After they had all given their names, Granny Lu went to a clothing store on the street and bought ten sets of suitable clothes. She then had the girls change into them and used a small side courtyard in the backyard as their dormitory and classroom. Every day, Granny Lu taught the girls to read, write, and learn manners.

Granny Lu not only taught these ten girls to learn things, but more importantly, she observed their character through their learning. Some girls were clever and quick to learn, while others were a bit slow and learned things slowly. However, there were different kinds of slow learners. Some of them worked harder to keep up with others, while others didn't care much about it. They just accepted that they were slow learners and used their lack of intelligence as an excuse not to work hard.

After a few days, Granny Lu had figured out the personalities of these ten maids.

The prettiest are Bai Wei and Bai Mi, the fastest learners are Bai Ying and Bai Zhi, the most skillful is Bai Su, the quickest to react are Bai Ji and Bai Zhu, and the kindest are Bai Shao and Bai Guo. However, Granny Lu prefers Bai Kou.

Bai Kou was the youngest child there. According to the slave trader who sold her, her family was originally a wealthy household in the area. Two years ago, a major flood swept away everything. Bai Kou's family had originally planned to go to Ganzhou to seek refuge with relatives, but the relatives were dishonest. Bai Kou's parents fell ill on their way there, and when they arrived at their relatives' house, the relatives refused to provide them with a doctor, leaving the couple to die. They then sold their only daughter, Bai Kou, claiming that they simply couldn't afford to raise her anymore and were trying to find a way for her to survive.

Because of the death of her parents, Bai Kou became somewhat sluggish after a high fever, but she was a kind and sincere child. Granny Lu took pity on her and had already decided to let Bai Kou stay with her from now on, even if she had to raise her herself. Seeing her reminded Granny Lu of her own past experiences. The two of them had the same experience, being sold by relatives. The difference was that Granny Lu was sold to a family by a human trafficker and then replaced by this family's daughter to become a palace maid.

When Granny Lu was instructing these maids, Xu Zhi would accompany her whenever she had nothing else to do. Granny Lu also wanted Xu Zhi to see which maids were suitable to follow her. The four maids selected now, barring any unforeseen circumstances, would accompany Xu Zhi as part of her dowry. At that time, they would be Xu Zhi's right-hand women, so Xu Zhi had to take them seriously.

Xu Zhi stayed for a few days and then selected her four maids: Bai Ji, Bai Su, Bai Ying, and Bai Guo.

Bai Ji was chosen because of her quick reflexes; such people are often quick to learn and apply knowledge to new situations. However, she needs to be disciplined. Bai Su was chosen because she is good at needlework. Bai Ying learns quickly, and since Granny Lu saw that she was interested in medicine, she decided to let her learn some medical skills from Zhang Zhaoci, just enough to handle the most common illnesses. As for Bai Guo, Xu Zhi secretly told Granny Lu that fat people usually have good appetites, and people with good appetites are often excellent cooks. Xu Zhi wanted Bai Guo to learn cooking.

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