Chapter 51 Another person who sells himself
Sister Mao, can you please be so blunt? How should she respond?
Su Ruojin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Sister Mao, you are a free person. If you don't want to be a guard in my house, I respect your decision." She said it generously, but in her heart she wanted to shout, "No, Sister Mao, just stay in my house!"
Sister Mao?
Since she was little, her parents only gave birth to her. This was the first time that Mao Ya was called like this. Her cold and hateful heart suddenly softened, her eyes became sore, and she suddenly reached out to grab a piece of egg cake and stuffed it into her mouth, "Since I was exchanged by it, then I should eat it."
After saying that, he took the three pieces of cake from the plate with both hands, walked forward with his head held high, and kept stuffing egg cakes into his mouth. Just as he was about to pass her house, Su Ruojin finally woke up and realized that he agreed!
She shouted happily: "Sister Mao, stop... stop, the gate next to you is my home..."
Mao Ya stopped dead in his tracks, looking serious.
Su Ruojin ran up to her calf and led her in, "Sister Mao, this will be your home from now on."
Mao Ya, who was about to take a step forward, stopped in her tracks and looked up at the door. Even her grandparents did not recognize the place where she was born as her home. She did not expect that when she came to a strange place, someone would tell her that this was her home.
She tilted her head slightly and forced back the tears that were about to overflow from her eyes. She was illiterate, but that did not prevent her from remembering the two symbols above firmly in her heart. Girl, you'd better remember what you said. Otherwise, like them, I will come after you to collect the debt.
Su Ruojin didn't know that her caring and considerate words had made the young guard wholeheartedly treat this place as his home.
She happily ran up the corridor and shouted, "Mother... Mother... I hired a guard and brought him back..."
Cheng Yingzhen came out holding Xiao Silang and looked behind her daughter happily, "The one that Madam Yang helped you find?"
"Yes, mother!" Su Ruojin pulled Mao Ya in front of her mother, "She looks very energetic, right?"
She has an average appearance, a straight face, and is calm when meeting people. She looks like a qualified maid. Cheng Yingzhen nodded, "As long as Ah Jin likes it."
"Mom, she won't sell it..."
"No, I sell it."
Su Ruojin: ...
Cheng Yingzhen: …
Why do all the maids and women who come to their house have to sell themselves?
Su Ruojin turned to look at Mao Ya in surprise and said, "I can hire you." How nice it would be if you could still be a free man!
"No need!" Mao Yatou replied firmly.
Su Ruojin: ...
She didn't expect that she would be brought back to Madam Yang's house just after she brought her home and before she even entered the house. Mao Ya insisted on selling herself. When asked the reason, she refused to say anything and just let Madam Yang decide to sell her to the Su family.
Madam Yang was moved by her firm attitude, and finally acted as a go-between to transfer her property to the government office, so that she became a maid and bodyguard serving Su Ruojin.
Mao Ya is a girl with her own ideas. She told Su Ruojin that she would practice martial arts every morning and evening. "But don't worry, when I'm not practicing martial arts, I'll do whatever you ask me to do. If you don't ask me to do anything, I'll clean the yard, wash clothes and cook. Anyway, I won't be idle and I won't eat your food for free."
Su Ruojin didn't know what to say. Xianggui said, "You have already done everything. What should I do? Should I let the master sell me out?"
Su Ruojin: ...
Should she be happy or secretly pleased with these two stubborn servants?
Being sneaky and cunning makes people worry, and being too diligent also makes people annoyed. For the sake of family harmony, Su Ruojin roughly divided the tasks that the two of them should do so that they would not fight over work.
All of a sudden, the Su family had four more servants and laborers. If Su Ruojin hadn't made long-term plans when renting the house, this yard would have been too small to live in.
Shu Tong came back after dark and shook his head, "I didn't find anyone named Hua."
Su Ruojin pursed her lips and said, "Let's have dinner first."
Shu Tong sighed, "The surname Hua is unreliable, Madam, let's look somewhere else tomorrow."
Su Ruojin thought of the monkey spirit Hua Ping, and then thought of the Taoist priest who left in a flash, "Don't worry, let's talk about it later."
"Second Madam, I don't know him well, don't trust him so easily!"
"Why do I believe him?" Su Ruojin said, "He has never taken a cent from us. He even paid for tea with his own copper coins. What are you worried about?"
"That's right!" Shu Tong smiled, feeling relieved. He was about to enter the dining room, but stopped again, "What if he is a long-term fisherman?"
"Then do you think I'm a fool?" Would I just give away the money casually?
"Our second wife is the smartest." Shu Tong then sat down at the table and ate dinner with peace of mind.
Although Su Yanli was only an eighth-rank doctor of the Five Classics, he occasionally had students visit him. With so many servants, some secular rules still had to be followed. Now the Su family had two tables for meals, one for the host and one for the servants.
Shu Tong has been with Su Yanli since he was a child. The Su family has long regarded him as a family member. They asked him to eat at the main table with Mrs. Dong, but Shu Tong refused. "I know in my heart that adults are good to me, that's all."
As for the rest, the rules are what they should be. Of course, Dong's mother was the same as Shu Tong and refused to eat at the main table. Su Ruojin couldn't persuade them, so she had to follow their wishes. Anyway, the food at the master and servants' table was the same at home.
After dinner, everyone went about their own business.
Su Ruojin went to her father's study again to listen to her father testing Su Dalang's homework. Tonight, she did not fall asleep on the table and listened until the end.
This was strange. Su Yanli asked his daughter with a smile, "Are you worried about something?"
Su Ruojin pouted: "I haven't found a suitable breakfast shop yet."
"Do you want me to ask my colleagues?"
“No hurry.”
Su Yanli became more interested: "What could keep you awake?"
"Let's play!" Su Ruojin said with a smile, "I have already ordered a barbecue grill from the blacksmith shop. Dad, it's time for you to make a kite for us!"
"So that's why." Su Yanli took out the finished kite painting from the bookshelf behind him, "I'll go to the painting and calligraphy shop tomorrow to buy the frame and paste it on so we can fly it."
Su Ruojin happily stood on a chair to see what kind of kites were made. There were three in total, a colorful butterfly, a chubby little goldfish, and a little frog with bulging eyes.
"Hey, Dad, why did you draw them like me? You drew them fatter!"
"What do you think?"
The child deliberately drew chubby little goldfish and frogs on his desk. She couldn't hold the brush steadily and couldn't draw well, but she refused to ask for his help and secretly led him to draw what she wanted.
Seeing that her little trick was discovered by her father, Su Ruojin leaned into his father's arms and acted like a spoiled child, "Thank you, Dad. You are really the best dad in the world."
"Flatterer!" Su Yanli picked up his daughter and sent her back to her room to sleep. He understood that this child had to be sent back to her room to sleep every night. She was really spoiled by him.
A few steps back to the bedroom, Su Ruojin said, "Dad, before dinner every afternoon, when everyone is at home, let my brother teach them Chinese characters and arithmetic for half an hour."
"Okay, we'll all listen to our Ah Jin."
"Thank you, Dad." Su Ruojin hugged her father's neck and looked at the starry sky. In this life, she is a happy girl!
(End of this chapter)
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