Chapter 275 Please Take Me In
"You also know that the world outside is not good. How can you survive if you go out?" Mrs. Cao asked tentatively.
She still has a son who can take care of her in her old age and see her to the end. She doesn't believe that anyone would be willing to go out for a few girls even though they know that it is a dead end.
This is also why she resorted to the method of reducing rations and slowly killing him, rather than driving him out directly - that would hurt the hearts of her children and make it difficult to control them in the future. But if he slowly killed them, they would only resent Cao Da for stealing their food, and the children would become alienated, which would be easier for her, the mistress of the house, to manage.
Although the servants just bought a few for him, this is a child born in the family after all. He has been using it since he was young and it is very convenient for him.
Pinggu's tone was still extremely weak, as if she had been seen through, and she had to tell the truth: "The old lady also knows that I have a good embroidery skill. Although I don't know if I can still embroider after my hand is broken, the wealthy families in the city have no worries about food;
Maybe they are willing to give me food to support a useless person, and even give their daughter some advice later on. "
Mrs. Cao understood and breathed a sigh of relief.
Yes, that's right.
She said that it was impossible for her to go out for a few girls when she knew it was a dead end.
It turns out that this is a way to make a living for myself.
But Fu Ping was right, she had a good embroidery skill, and this embroidery skill could earn the Cao family four or five taels of silver every month in Jincheng. It was a pity that Jincheng was not the prosperous capital, nor was it the wealthy Jiangnan, otherwise this number could be multiplied several times!
Before, even if she was planning to marry Cao Dana to Jiang Yu, she would definitely not be willing to give up Fu Ping. After all, the income she brought in a year was not small. It would be even better if she could teach her four daughters later!
But Fu Ping was unlucky. Not only did he lose his belongings and get injured during his trip, but his most important right hand was injured. Moreover, his four daughters were still young and had not even learned half of it.
In this way, Fu Ping is a completely useless person, and her four daughters are also freeloaders, which is a waste of food!
She asked with concern, "It's only a two-day walk from here to the city. How are you going to get there in this freezing weather? Especially since you're injured. How are you going to survive this cold night?"
Fu Ping knew that the old lady's question was not out of concern, but a test to see if she had secretly saved any money.
She whispered, "Lei Dafu, the eldest son of the Lei family, is a kind man. He gets along very well with the villagers at the foot of the mountain. I'll go and ask him. Given his character, he can probably borrow a donkey cart from the village to take me most of the way."
Naturally, she would not ask, but the old lady would not ask any further questions. If she could not embroider, she would be a useless person, and this useless person would still have to eat precious food. Now that she heard that she was leaving and someone was sending her away without any worries, she might be secretly happy that she had gotten rid of a burden.
Mrs. Cao couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
Very good, really good. A big problem was solved without bloodshed. It would be even better if the two little ones could be taken away as well.
There are two older girls in the house who are enough to do the work, and the two younger ones are useless except for consuming food.
She sighed softly, "Alas, it's just bad luck, otherwise why would my Cao family care about this bite of food?
It would be better for you to go to the city, maybe you can have some great luck, and you don't have to stay with us in this mountain valley and suffer and starve.
When you're established, come back and see the children if you miss them. If the new owner doesn't mind, you can take the small copper and small iron with you. I can't let you be separated from all five children, right?"
Pinggu, who was kneeling on the ground, was delighted and wanted to take the two little ones away right away!
But she couldn't, she herself didn't know what the future held, so she just had to give it a try, and only if she succeeded could she come back and take the four of them with her;
She had to take her four daughters with her. If she took away the small copper and iron items that could not do much work first, it would be more difficult to take away the small gold and silver items later.
She said gratefully, "Thank you, old lady, for taking care of me over the years. I, I would like to ask for another favor."
Mrs. Cao was delighted, thinking that she was going to ask for the younger one to be taken away, so Shi En said, "You say it."
"I want to ask the old lady to give me the indenture, otherwise no owner will be willing to accept me once I get to the city."
Mrs. Cao's face darkened, but she knew that Fu Ping was telling the truth.
In the past, it would not be a problem to sell duckweed for ten taels of silver, but this year there are so many people fleeing the flood and famine, let alone selling them for silver, many of them would even sell themselves to get food, and the wealthy families in Jincheng are probably overcrowded.
Fu Ping only relied on her good embroidery skills, otherwise how could she dare to go to the city to try it out.
It's just a piece of waste paper now, so just give it away.
"Okay, Fu Ping, if you follow me, no other master would treat you so well."
Ping Gu knelt down deeply, tears streaming down her face as she said, "Yes, the old lady is truly like a second parent to me!"
Her biological parents sold her first job and earned money to help her eldest brother get married; the old lady made her embroider day and night, and treated her coldly if she embroidered a little less. Now that her hand is broken, she doesn't care about the money she earned for the Cao family over the years, and just wants her to die quietly.
Isn't it just like her biological parents?
Mrs. Cao looked much better.
"You wait."
*
Shen Qing was massaging his waist when he saw Liu Cuihua walking towards him from afar with someone.
She put away the sickle in her hand and went to meet him, "Cuihua, why are you here? Come on, go sit inside."
At the same time, he looked at the woman behind Liu Cuihua. She looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was.
"I have something to tell you." Liu Cuihua quickened her pace, ran forward a few steps, and whispered again: "Have you checked the people you brought?
It was Pinggu. Last time she was injured, didn’t you ask me to bring her two bottles of medicine? She always remembered it in her heart;
She came here because she couldn't make it in the Cao family anymore and asked you to take her in, but she didn't want you to pay her any money. She even brought some money with her.
You, me, hey, I don’t know what’s going on here, you ask yourself.”
Pinggu is a good person, and she and her two sisters-in-law can see it, but after all, it involves the Cao family, so she can't make a conclusion easily.
Shen Qing:...What's going on?
She originally wanted to refuse directly, but an idea flashed through her mind and she changed her words: "You are a guest, let's talk inside."
Whether it is good or not, whether it will succeed or not, make a decision after you understand it better.
After entering the warm main room, Shen Qing just sat down when Pinggu knelt down with a thud.
Shen Qing jumped up directly!
"Hurry up and get up! No need to kneel!"
In her place, only ancestors and the dead needed to be kneeled to. After coming to this dynasty, she was not used to kneeling to others nor was she used to others kneeling to her. Fortunately, they were all farmers and did not have the habit of kneeling all the time.
Pinggu was forced by Shen Qing and Liu Cuihua to sit on a chair, and Guan Li handed her a cup of hot brown sugar water.
She looked at the dark red brown sugar water, swallowed, and tears fell first.
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