Chapter 16
It only took her half a day to rent the house, and she didn't waste the remaining half a day. She immediately bought a copper basin, found a rag, and fetched water to clean the entire house.
As for the process, there's no need to elaborate. It's certainly tiring to clean by yourself, but she enjoys it.
This will be her future residence, and it also carries her future, so it can't be said that she is not taking it lightly.
Su Guoer continued cleaning until night before returning to the Duke's Mansion. She simply washed up and went to bed. Thinking that she had to say goodbye to the old lady tomorrow, she had to get up early and cook a meal for the old lady to thank her for taking care of her.
Then...it's time for her to leave the Duke's Mansion.
"Why are you back so late today?" The person who said this was Cuiping, who was wearing a green skirt and a green jacket with a fur collar. She was Su Guoer's best friend in the Duke's Mansion and worked in the courtyard of the second wife of the Duke's Mansion. Some time ago, she went to the Huguo Temple in the suburbs with the second wife to burn incense, and just came back today. As soon as she came back, she came to ask about the situation.
The questions asked are naturally from the heart.
"I was really scared when I came back and heard that you were leaving," said Cuiping.
Su Guoer smiled and said, "I originally planned to tell you this morning, but I haven't seen you for a few days and I didn't have a chance to talk to you, so I delayed it. But I'm telling you now so that you don't rely on me."
Cuiping frowned: "It's already this time, and you're still joking with me?" She was a little annoyed.
"I remember two days before I accompanied my wife to the Huguo Temple, you told me that you wanted to fulfill what the old lady said. How come you changed your mind just a few days after I left?"
Su Guoer smiled and said nothing else, only saying: "I am planning to leave the house. It has been decided. I will leave tomorrow."
Cuiping: "Oh my, this is too sudden, Guoer. You didn't leave me any preparation. If you left..." She raised her voice and was about to cry.
Su Guoer quickly went over and covered her mouth: "Don't be sad, I'm just leaving the house, not going anywhere else. Anyway, I'm not leaving Bianjing City, why do I have to shed these two cat tears?" she said angrily.
Cuiping: "Okay, I'm here feeling sad for you, but you're treating me like this? What kind of love is there? Forget it, forget it, let's break up, let's break up today, okay? I don't need you anymore..."
As he was about to leave with a swing of his arm, Su Guoer grabbed his sleeve and pulled out a piece of peanut crisps from his cloth bag like a magic trick.
It smells very good.
This attracted Cuiping, who stopped and stared at the peanut crisp.
Su Guoer: "I bought this from Jingjifang. It's the last batch of peanut crisps. I saved a piece for you. Want to try it?"
Cuiping finally gave up, reached out and pinched the peanut crisp and put it into her mouth, but she did not forget to glance at Su Guoer.
After finishing her meal, she wiped her hands with Juanzi, pulled Su Guoer to sit down together, and said earnestly, "Guoer, have you really thought clearly about your future?"
"I'm not lying. Life outside is definitely not as good as the Duke's Mansion. Although I can't earn a lot of money, it's stable enough. Back then, my mother had to use all her tricks to get someone to send me to the Duke's Mansion as a maid. There are more than a dozen girls in our village who want to come in but can't!"
"Look at you, you're about to soar to the top and become a phoenix. How can you just give up like that?"
"I feel sorry for you." Cuiping said.
Guo'er is prettier than most people, even she likes her. She is also a good citizen who grew up in the Duke's Mansion. She has a good status and appearance. In the future, she can become a concubine for the masters and young masters, which can be regarded as a change of fate.
Not to mention that it was the old lady herself who promised her to Prince Pei.
This is something that many little maids envy, but in the end, the other party just said no and now wants to leave the house.
Where can a girl go?
She was worried about her.
Cuiping wanted to persuade her again: "A girl can be a concubine of the prince, even if it is just a concubine, Guoer, do you know what this means?"
"Girls like us who come from poor families are lucky to survive all kinds of natural disasters.
Not to mention changing your fate, if you follow the prince, not only you, but your children will also be able to enjoy the good life in the future. The family property that the illegitimate sons of the Duke's Mansion will receive in the future is enough for them to enjoy for several lifetimes. If they are promoted by the Duke's Mansion and get a leisurely official position, Guo'er, you are smarter than me, you know what this means. "
"From being a good citizen to having a decent official position, there's an insurmountable gap between them. It takes several lifetimes of hard work to achieve that. If you leave, everything will have to start from scratch. Do you really want to give up?"
Su Guo'er was no match for her. She was the one favored by the old lady and would be betrothed to the prince in the future. To put it bluntly, which maid in the Duke's mansion wouldn't want to fly up to the family and follow the prince? Even if they didn't have a formal status, it would be nice to be able to sleep with such a famous person. Unfortunately, the prince was so chaste that he wouldn't even look at them. Then ask the maids in the mansion, which one wouldn't want to send their daughters to the prince as concubines? Not to mention whether the daughters would enjoy the happiness, but the whole family would also rise to prominence in the near future.
In her opinion, Su Guoer did something stupid, so she really wanted to persuade her again.
Su Guoer did not answer her, but just held Cuiping's hand and said: "I have made up my mind, don't try to persuade me anymore, I have my own plans."
Cui Ping looked at Su Guo'er with resentment in her eyes. In the end, knowing that she could no longer persuade her, she had to give up. She sighed and said, "So what are you going to do next?" "Stay in Bian Jing, get married and have children? What's the difference between that and being promised to the prince?"
Su Guoer took her hand and said slowly, "Have you ever thought that we girls actually have different ways of doing things?"
Cui Ping was bewildered by this. "My mother said that being a maid in an aristocratic family is the best future for us girls."
Su Guoer: "No..., that was in the past, but the world is different now."
Cuiping: "What's the difference?"
Su Guoer: "When we used to take a break and go out for fun, didn't we see many young ladies on the street pushing carts and working as peddlers? And there's a lady named Zhou in the little teahouse we often go to. She cooks delicious dishes and is known as Chef Zhou. There's also the most famous perfumer at Ruyifang and Master Wu at Jing Dyeing House. Which one of these isn't something a woman can do? And they're just as good as men."
"This is a different way out for us women."
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