"Hey, hey, hey, no, no, no." The matchmaker thought for a while and said, "Five taels, five taels." These two people have been looked at by several groups of people, and they all thought that their tempers were too bad and no one was willing to buy them. Finally someone made a bid, so she might as well make less money! It's better than having it fall on your hands.
Shang Ruoyi took out some silver and gave it to her: "Get the indentures of these people ready."
"Don't worry!" The matchmaker looked at the silver in her hand and smiled with her eyes narrowed.
Everything was settled. Since Shang Ruoyi bought a lot of servants, the matchmaker even got a car to take them to the village.
Shang Ruoyi asked everyone to wait in the yard.
At first, when they heard about going to Dongya Village, they felt cold in their hearts. After all, they all knew that Dongya Village was the most remote and poorest village in the whole Qingzhou. Not only that, most of the people living there were exiled prisoners. Why would the people there buy them back? The result speaks for itself.
The scenery along the way became more and more desolate, and their hearts became more and more dead.
Until I saw the house in front of me, I couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
How could there be such a luxurious courtyard in this place?
Shang Ruoyi got off the carriage, walked in front of everyone, smiled and said: "From today on, you will serve here. When you come to the He family, you must abide by the rules of the He family. I don't care where you served before or who you served. From now on, you will be loyal to the He family." Her sharp eyes swept across their faces one by one: "If you are unfaithful once, you will never be used again. Do you understand?"
"yes."
Shaoyao looked at her in astonishment. This turned out to be the second young lady of the prime minister's mansion.
Shang Ruoyi's eyes fell on her, and Shaoyao quickly lowered her head.
She left Shaoyao and the two maids who were good at martial arts, and gave the rest of them to the He family.
"Peony."
When she heard the Second Young Lady calling her name, Shaoyao's shoulders trembled, and she lowered her head and said weakly, "Second Young Lady."
"Why are you here?" Shang Ruoyi looked at her hands: "And your hands, why are they like this?"
Shaoyao's nose felt sore and her eyes turned red instantly.
"My dear Second Miss, after you got married, I returned to help in the kitchen. I was delivering bird's nests to Aunt Zhang that day and accidentally knocked over something. Aunt Zhang thought I was too clumsy and punished me to wash clothes. She also required me to wash them by hand. My hands are now like this."
"Then why was it sold?"
She lowered her head and whispered, "Madam Zhang said that I had ruined her favorite clothes, so she told the Madam to sell me."
Shang Ruoyi understood, what did she mean by turning over the bird's nest and ruining the clothes? It was just an excuse to kick her out.
Although her scumbag father was evil to the core, he always liked to do those hypocritical things, always saying that servants were also human beings and could not be punished or scolded at will. There must always be a reason.
Shang Ruoyi wanted to ask more than once, if servants are human beings, then she is not a human being? He was so tolerant towards his servants, why did he ignore his own daughter?
Later, she saw Shangnian ordering a servant to beat to death a servant who had broken a bowl and dish. She finally realized that her father was not tolerant of others, but was just using this reputation to package himself. Obviously, I can't hold the boat in my stomach, but I insist on letting others praise me loudly.
A cold-hearted person at heart, who only cares about the person he dislikes and who hinders him. He wants to kill that person, but he has a smile on his face that is more sincere than anyone else's.
It's so scary.
From then on, she never asked for Shangnian's love again until she starved to death in her own little yard.
If she hadn't traveled through time, if she hadn't arranged for Shang Yufu to get married, perhaps her body would never have been discovered until it decayed.
"You combed my hair on the day I got married, which is the fate between you and me. In this case, please stay by my side!" Shang Ruoyi said calmly, "By my side, I have only one request, which is loyalty. If you can't do that, you can leave. I can return the indenture to you in return for combing a beautiful hair bun for me that day."
Shaoyao was stunned when she heard that she was willing to give her freedom.
She had been sold to the prime minister's mansion by her own biological parents since she was a child, and she had never experienced what freedom was like. Now someone said that they were willing to return her indenture to her. How could she not be excited?
She looked at Shang Ruoyi, her eyes gradually firmed, and she knelt on the ground: "I am willing to follow the Second Miss and will never betray you."
"Have you thought it through?"
Shaoyao looked at her and nodded: "I've thought about it."
"Okay." She looked at the two sisters standing behind Shaoyao: "The same goes for you. There is no one who is disloyal or untrustworthy around me. If you want to leave, I will just consider it as fulfilling your filial piety. You can leave with the indenture."
"Will you really let us go?" The older woman looked at her in disbelief.
"I do want two guards with strong martial arts skills, but I will never force anyone."
"Then why did you buy us?"
Shang Ruoyi looked at the marks of chains on their feet and frowned. Be it signing a contract to sell themselves or being selected by customers, it was all legal and reasonable in Tianshun. It was very common for wealthy families to buy and sell servants, but she didn't like seeing them being chained and selected.
"I don't like seeing you guys locked up in there."
Shang Ruoyi’s words startled the two women. They didn’t expect it was because of this.
In the past few days, there were more than five people who wanted to buy them. They had never seen such a look of compassion in anyone's eyes. As for the reason why they didn't buy them, it was because the matchmaker asked too high a price, or because they felt that they were not submissive enough.
She looked back at her sister, made up her mind, and knelt on the ground: "I am Yingxue, and I am willing to stay with you, young lady." Her sister behind her also knelt down hurriedly: "I am Xunmei, and I am willing to follow you, young lady."
Shang Ruoyi nodded and looked at the three people: "Since you are willing to stay, I will not treat you unfairly."
"Thank you, Miss."
When He Jingheng came back, he found a strange woman in the yard. He frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
When Shaoyao saw He Jingheng, she hurried forward and said, "Hello, Master. We are the young lady's maids."
Maid?
Thinking of what she said this morning about going to buy some servants, he asked in a deep voice, "Where is she?"
"The young lady said to go to the greenhouse."
He Jingheng turned and left.
Shaoyao saw him walking away, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and let out a long breath. The aura of Prince Ding was too scary. Every time she frowned, she felt the sharp steel knife was closer to her neck.
When He Jingheng arrived at the greenhouse, Shang Ruoyi was planting a plant that he had never seen before in a field, with red fruits growing on it.
A strand of hair fell on her face. The warm sunlight sprinkled on her body, giving her beautiful face a layer of gold. Her curled eyelashes fluttered, like two small brushes brushing on her heart, making her feel itchy.
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