Chapter 4 The Maid's Plan
Jiang Xinyu got up late today and chatted with Li Mingyue for a long time. It was almost time for lunch.
The maids quickly came over with food boxes, and the fragrance immediately attracted Jiang Xinyu's attention.
For those who have experienced the end of the world, food is the most precious thing besides life.
For a bite to eat, too many people have abandoned their relatives, friends, and moral conscience.
Even though Jiang Xinyu lived better than most people because of her awakened special abilities, she could only eat her fill most of the time.
Things like fried rice with meat are only available to the privileged class in the base. Ordinary psychics would only eat canned meat occasionally to satisfy their hunger.
Jiang Xinyu originally wanted to be reserved to avoid showing her food, but as soon as the food was served, she started drooling like crazy and picked up her chopsticks to start eating.
It was not right for Liu, a concubine, to be in charge of the family, but she was not stupid and she did a good job of pretending to be nice.
At least Jiang Xinyu's expenses will never be deducted.
It was just a little girl eating. Three plates of stir-fried vegetables, a plate of cold vegetables, a pot of stewed meat, a pot of chicken soup and two bowls of rice.
No one can fault the specifications.
However, the original person did not like greasy food and preferred vegetarian dishes, but Liu deliberately asked the kitchen to cook meaty and fishy dishes for her.
Anyway, the ingredients are not cheap but you are not satisfied with the taste. If you don't make a fuss, just bear with it. If you make a fuss, it means you are ungrateful and ignorant.
The original body was raised by Liu's people to be simple and honest, and would make a fuss from time to time because of food.
Not only did it make her scumbag father Lord Jiang hate his eldest daughter even more, but it also ruined her own reputation.
But that was all in the past. For Jiang Xinyu, who traveled through time from the end of the world, who would eat vegetables when there is meat?
Not to mention the apocalypse, even before the apocalypse she was a meat lover.
If you want to lose weight, stop eating oil and sugar and run five kilometers a day, but you can't give up the fat.
She had finally reincarnated as a human and climbed to the top of the food chain, but it wasn't to eat grass.
The maids Chunhong and Chunxing wanted to serve the girl some food, but just as they picked up their chopsticks, someone else had already finished a bowl of rice.
The two maids looked at each other, wondering why they felt that the boy in their family was not a girl but a strong man.
Chunhong quickly advised her daughter to eat slowly and be careful about indigestion.
Jiang Xinyu muttered as she forked up a piece of braised pork.
"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just didn't have breakfast and I'm really hungry.
You two can go eat too, don't worry about me."
Chunhong wanted to persuade her again, but Chunxing quietly pulled her back, and they exchanged glances and retreated.
After they left the house, Chunhong frowned and asked, "Miss, will it be okay if you eat like this? You have to put on makeup tomorrow and get married the day after tomorrow, so don't let anything go wrong."
Chun Xing curled her lips and said indifferently, "What could go wrong? Didn't you hear her say she was hungry because she didn't have breakfast?
My guess is that she was probably unable to sleep because of the thought of marrying Prince Zhao.
Instead of worrying about her, you might as well think about how we are going to live in the future.
Chunhong was a little puzzled, "Are you crazy, girl? What's there to think about?"
We are the young lady's personal maids, and after the wedding, we will naturally go to the Ningguo Mansion to continue to take care of the young lady."
Chun Xing glared at Chun Hong in frustration and said, "Silly sister, please be more careful. Everyone in the mansion knows that Prince Zhao likes the second girl.
Do you think our girl will have a good life after getting married?
You should also think of a way out.
I am a child born in the mansion. My parents are here, and they are not nice to me. I have no hope at all.
Every time I get my monthly salary, it never reaches me and is taken away by them directly.
I have been working here since I was eight or nine years old, and I have earned a lot of money for them.
But I was seriously ill that year, and if you hadn’t called a doctor for me, I would have died long ago.”
Chunhong touched Chunxing's head and sighed, "Why are you bringing this up again? We are sisters, how can I just watch you die?"
Chun Xing grabbed Chun Hong's hand and said anxiously, "You don't have the heart to do this, but my parents who make money from me do.
From then on, I only recognize you, my sister, as my relative.
I have watched with a cold eye these years. Both your mother and your brother are good people. The Ningguo Mansion is a den of tigers and wolves. It is better to let them redeem you as soon as possible.
Chunhong was stunned for a moment and then smiled bitterly, "My father has been ill for these years and our family's wealth has been drained, otherwise my mother would not have the heart to sell me off.
My brother should get married now, so he doesn't have the spare money to buy me out.
Besides, the lady placed us by the girl's side as spies, and she holds our indentures, so there is no way she would let us leave."
Chun Xing suddenly smiled slyly, "It's OK as long as you have this intention. I'm afraid that you've fallen in love with Prince Zhao and want to be his concubine and won't be willing to leave."
Chunhong raised her hand to hit her when she saw that she was saying something rude. Chunxing quickly held her hand, looked around to see that there was no one around, and then whispered.
"You don't have to worry about money. Although my monthly allowance for the past few years has been deducted by my family, I have kept all the gifts that the girl gave me privately.
As personal maids, we two will certainly receive some bonuses for this wedding. If we work hard, we can at least save up 70 or 80 taels.
In fact, it doesn't really matter how much money you have.
If this indenture is in the hands of the lady, you cannot redeem it no matter how much money you have.
But if it's in our girl's hands, you can wait for two or three months after her wedding and beg her sincerely, who knows, maybe it will work.
Just say that you have a childhood sweetheart waiting for you to marry, and if you can't redeem him, you will marry someone else.
Our silly girl has been obsessed with romance since she was a child by reading a lot of idle books, and she likes the novelty of lovers finally getting married the most.
She has a lot of money, so I don't think she will ask for your redemption money.
If you really want to go out, I will persuade you to sell your indenture as dowry in front of all the ladies when you are doing your makeup tomorrow.
Our lady is the best at pretending to be virtuous. I think she will not refuse to give it for the sake of her reputation.
As long as the indenture is in the girl's hands, the matter is 70% settled."
Chunhong was immediately delighted when she heard this, but she still hesitated and said,
"Will this work? What if..."
"Why worry about what might happen at this moment? If we were still in the mansion, I wouldn't dare to come up with this idea.
Even if the indenture was in the girl's hands, she couldn't release her.
But we are going to the Ningguo Mansion soon. Once we get there, we will all belong to the girl's dowry, so they will naturally not care whether you stay or go.
By the time the lady here knew about it, you had already left. I said that the lady was unhappy because she looked at you too much and sent you away. Naturally, she was too lazy to take care of a little maid.
My dear sister, we often followed the young lady to the Ningguo Mansion on festivals and birthdays.
The Duke's wife looks kind but has a cruel heart, while Prince Zhao's sister is unruly and willful.
In other words, our girl's eyes were only fixed on Prince Zhao and were blurred.
Just wait and see, she won’t have a good life even if she gets married.
As the saying goes, when you beat a dog, look at its owner. If the owner is not in our eyes, what good can we do?"
Chunhong looked worried after hearing this, "You think it through, but what will you do if I leave?"
Chun Xing chuckled, with a hint of sadness in her tone.
"What can I do?
Then think of a way to make a living for yourself.
I am a child of my own and my parents are both in the Jiang residence. Even if I redeem myself, I will just be sold out by them again.
We girls have a hard life. Before we get married, we are the property of our parents' family. Not only can our parents sell us, but even our brothers and sisters can sell us out.
Once you get married, it becomes the property of your husband's family.
The husband can be sold, the parents-in-law can be sold, and if the husband dies, even the younger brother-in-law and the elder brother can sell us.
But people are the ones who think of solutions. As long as you are willing to take risks, you can always find a way out."
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