Chapter 663: The Foot-Washing Maid Wants to Get to the Top (6)
Before the evening, Sui'er came to Shiyi's room.
Sui'er looked at the furnishings in Shiyi's room and said "tsk tsk". How could a little beggar be so worthy to live in such a nice house? As the daughter of the housekeeper trusted by the master, her room was not as elegant as hers.
Shiyi did not hear the discussions in the east courtyard, so he did not know that Sui'er had been driven out of Chunyuan. He stood quietly by the side, waiting to be told.
Sui'er walked around the room and finally sat by the window. Looking at the spring outside, she could not help but tear up.
Her story had spread in the backyard, and many people were waiting to see her laugh. Sui'er was not someone who would give in so easily. She must win the master's favor and trample all those who mocked her under her feet.
The two stayed there quietly for several hours until Wu'er came and asked Shiyi to serve the master. As soon as Wu'er
entered the door, Sui'er, who was dressed up in a gorgeous way, came out to greet her.
She has been waiting for several hours today and can't wait any longer. She believes that she will be able to attract the master's attention after dressing up carefully today.
"Where's Shiyi?" Wu'er smelled the fragrant scent on her body and couldn't help but take a step back.
He hated this smell on women the most. He always felt that he couldn't breathe after smelling it too much.
"She is sick." Sui'er lied without blushing or beating her heart, and at the same time, she was very diligent in showing Wu'er the way. "Shiyi had a headache in the afternoon. It might be because there was too much wind in the yard. She was afraid that the master would be angry, so she asked me to come and serve the master."
Wu'er glanced at the carved bed blocked by the curtain and frowned. "Come with me."
Zong Ying was not surprised when he saw Sui'er come in. After all, as soon as he came back today, the mute slave in the east courtyard reported to him what happened. On the contrary, he even said enthusiastically, "Why is Sui'er here?"
Sui'er was a little nervous before she came, but she didn't expect that the master would be so enthusiastic after seeing him. She was touched and ashamed, and knelt on the ground to confess, "Sui'er made the eldest lady unhappy today and was driven out. Sui'er is really guilty, so she asked her good sister Shi Yi to come to the master, hoping to return to the eldest lady."
This matter that everyone in the mansion is talking about, even if she wants to hide it, she can't hide it, it's better for her to tell the master directly and win a good reputation for honesty. She was also afraid that Shi Yi would report her, so she put the hat on Shi Yi in advance.
"The eldest lady and you have a deep relationship as master and servant, and she will definitely be reluctant to part with you. I will have time to talk to her." Zong Ying knew that Li Muting would not let Sui'er go back to serve, but this did not affect him talking to the little girl. After all, her father had already asked him here, and he had served people of his grandfather's generation. He had some respect in his heart, so it didn't prevent him from giving him this respect.
Returning to serve the eldest lady was not Sui'er's real purpose. Besides, even if the eldest lady was willing, she herself would not be willing. She has always been on guard against the sweet-faced and bitter-hearted nature of the eldest wife. However, since the master had said so, she couldn't refute it directly, so she could only say, "I'm afraid the eldest wife won't want me anymore..."
"The eldest wife doesn't want it, but I do. Sui'er is so capable, and I'm just short of people like you here." Zong Ying thought of someone who was living a life of idleness and waiting to die in the East Courtyard all day long, and decided to create a little career crisis for her.
"Master!" Sui'er was really moved now.
She always felt that the master was cold-hearted and cold-faced, liking everyone but caring about no one. He could actually speak up for a maid like her tonight, she really... She choked up when she spoke, "Sui'er will work hard in the future and will never let the master down for his kindness to me."
"I believe in Sui'er." Zong Ying patted the edge of the bed. Sui'er was stunned for a moment. Did he mean to let her climb into bed? Isn't this development too fast? Could it be that her dress today attracted the master's attention?
No matter what the master was thinking, since the master had a request, she, as a maid, had to go. She took shy steps and sat over, saying delicately, "Master~"
When she came over, Zong Ying's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly remembered that this was a tacit understanding between him and someone - he was patting the edge of the bed to prepare to wash his feet. The maid beside him obviously misunderstood what he meant. Zong Ying moved to the side a little, clenched his fingers into a fist and pressed them under his nose, and said seriously, "I still have some account books to look at tonight, so you should go home and rest first. Although you and your father and mother work in the mansion, you never have the opportunity to meet at night in the past. From now on, you should go home every day and spend more time with your family."
Just now, a gust of fragrant wind blew over him, and he couldn't help but want to sneeze. His sensitivity to fragrance is also a little secret he deliberately hides.
He is the owner of the largest rice shop in the city. There is no father and son in the business world, let alone other competitors who want to share his wealth. The less he exposes his weaknesses, the less his opponent can grasp his life.
"Master, call me if you have something to ask." Sui'er also felt that she seemed to have misunderstood, but since the master was not angry, it meant that he did not take this matter to heart. She held the hem of her skirt and gave a few more sweet glances before reluctantly closing the door.
After all this trouble, the water was completely cold, and Zong Ying did not want to wash anymore. He walked to the table and opened a stack of account books that the housekeeper had just delivered during the day. These account books were made by the old housekeeper he trusted the most, and he rarely asked about them.
The reason why he looked through them tonight was just because he had no intention of killing the long night, but he found a problem in this account book.
Last year, the income of the three rice shops in the west of the city actually decreased by one-fifth. But he remembered clearly that although the rice farmers suffered from locusts last year and the rice they provided was less than three-fifths of that in previous years, the three rice shops in the west of the city had sufficient old grain reserves, and they were completely cleared out before the New Year. According to last year's market price, the price of rice has increased by one-tenth compared with previous years, and the income of this rice shop should be more.
When Sui'er returned home, her housekeeper father came to greet her immediately, "How did the master deal with you?"
"The master asked me to serve in the East Courtyard." Sui'er picked up the grapes on the table and put them into her mouth, saying proudly, "The master also praised me as a talent."
The old housekeeper raised his drooping eyelids, "Then you should follow the master and work hard in the future."
"That's a must. The master is easier to serve than the first wife." At this point, Sui'er couldn't help but start to blame her father. In the beginning, it was her father who sent her to serve the first wife. Following the first wife, not only could she not live at home, but she also had to be depressed and abide by the rules.
Now that she follows the master, her life is obviously much better. Moreover, she has a hunch that her future life will get better and better.
(End of this chapter)
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