Meixiang hadn't expected to get blamed for helping out. She'd have preferred to do nothing and enjoy a leisurely life. Living with her daughter in a farmhouse like this, her husband certainly wouldn't mistreat the family. Who knew how much he'd do for them?
Honestly, on the way here today, Meixiang had a superiority complex and didn't even take the country folk seriously. She was a girl born and raised in the capital, but her parents were so poor that they sold her to the Huo Mansion to be a maid in order to help her brother get married.
When Meixiang first entered Jian Ning's yard, if she hadn't seen that Jian Ning and her three maids were all pretty and neatly dressed, without any trace of the rusticity of the country girls they had just bought, she would have put on the airs of a Beijinger and taken the lead.
She felt that Jian Ning was a little ungrateful. It was true that she was a maid, but she was a second-class maid in the Grand Tutor's Mansion, and now she was Miss Sun's most trusted personal maid. This time, it was Miss Sun who specifically asked her to come with her. When she returned, she would be promoted to a first-class maid, and her status would be much higher than that of ordinary people.
If I had known she wouldn't pretend to be diligent, would I have thought she was willing to work for her family? It's all because of this family... Never mind, if she doesn't want her help, then she won't help. She put down the doll in her hand and tried to leave, but Jane Ning stopped her.
"I have no control over you elsewhere, but in my house, everything must follow my rules. From now on, I don't want to hear the words 'young lady' or 'slave maid' addressed to me again. If I hear it again, I will have no choice but to send you to Puren Hall or to the Dingzi Hospital in the county. Do you remember?"
Dingjia Village had over forty households, none of which were wealthy or powerful, and naturally, no one could afford servants. A few months, neither long nor short, was enough for Meixiang to constantly refer to herself as "slave" and call Ah Man "Miss." Over time, it was hard to guarantee that she wouldn't disrupt the minds of the three maids.
The three maids either unconsciously feel that they are inferior to A'man, or they will act as their master and order Meixiang around and look down on her.
Neither result was what Jane Ning wanted to see.
She also knew that if Meixiang was rejected by her, the Huo family would never reuse such a servant again, and she might only be able to be a maid in the Huo family in the future.
In more serious cases, those who have signed a death contract may even be sold.
For Meixiang's sake, Jian Ning hoped that she would listen to him and abide by the rules he set.
Meixiang didn't want to be sent back. She was still waiting to return to Beijing with the young lady and be promoted to a first-class maid. But this country woman was too powerful. She was completely different from the country people she had met before.
How annoying!
You have to bow your head under someone else's roof.
"Slave...I remember it. But, little...ah, what if Ah Man is unhappy if I call her name?" she said hesitantly.
"I'll talk to Ah Man. She's a good kid and will listen to me. She won't make things difficult for you, don't worry."
"Then where should I rest?"
"It's okay to sleep with Ah Man or Shu Er."
Jian Ning arranged for the second and third girls to sleep in one bed, leaving a bed free for her and her servant. If she wanted to sleep with the eldest girl, it was up to her.
"Then I'm going to rest."
Meixiang emerged from her room and peered through the newly replaced window panes in the east room. Jian Ning had ordered Dabao to bed, as he had to get up early for martial arts practice and attend school in town. Ding Youtian was still reading under the lamp in the outer room. From Meixiang's perspective, his profile was picturesque, indescribably elegant and refined.
Her heart began to beat again because she thought there was such a handsome man in the countryside.
At dusk, Ding Youtian finished his class at Blind Liu's house and walked into the yard with Blind Liu. Meixiang was secretly surprised when she saw Ding Youtian in a moon-white brocade robe. Both her son and Mr. Yang were very handsome, but Ding Youtian was more in line with her aesthetic taste than the other two.
Especially when he smiled and nodded slightly at her, his eyes were like water and seemed to flow into her heart, making her heart beat wildly like a deer.
Meixiang held her heart, reluctantly withdrew her gaze, and slowly returned to the west room. On the way, she was almost frightened by Guoguo who was sleeping on a chair on the corridor.
Back in the room, she stood quietly for a moment, and finally decided to sleep with the girl. Lying on the bed, she gently covered herself with the quilt, and smelled the sun-dried scent of the quilt. She hummed in her heart, thinking that country woman was quite clean.
She stared at the bamboo wind chimes on the window, and two little people were fighting in her mind.
One was saying that the hostess of this house was very powerful and that she shouldn't overthink things; the other was saying, "What's the big deal if it's just a thought? Isn't it for people to see? Besides... "The more Meixiang thought about it, the more she felt that Ding Youtian's eyes were clearly interested in her, and when he smiled at her, his eyes seemed to speak.
After thinking about it, she felt embarrassed and shyly covered her head and face with the quilt.
Suddenly, she pulled off the quilt and sat up.
It’s strange, why is the man of the house studying in the east room instead of the main room?
Could it be that he simply looked down on that country woman?
No, she has to go and see...
Meixiang got out of bed, tiptoed to the door and then retreated. She was afraid that if she went out like a thief, she would be attacked by the ugly cat, and there was also a snake coiled in the yard.
Forget it, I’ll find out tomorrow.
She became even more excited by the new discovery and lay in bed for a long time without falling asleep.
The night gradually deepened...
It was a dark and windy night. A large man sat up from the pile of corpses in the corner of the county government office. He first stretched himself, then raised his right leg, then his left leg, and then he raised and lowered his left and right legs alternately, repeating this several times before he jumped off the pile of corpses.
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