Su Jiaoniang helped the children with their personal matters and then assigned rooms in the courtyard to them, so that the two children could share a room and look after each other if anything happened at night.
Then she walked out, leading the little Buddha towards the East Market.
In this era, there was a profession that specialized in buying and selling people. This profession was officially called "human brokers." It was different from human traffickers. Human brokers were people whose backgrounds were known to the government and were registered with the authorities. Most of them were from poor families and sold themselves or were sold by their family members. Some were implicated in crimes and their family members were exiled, while others were servants who were sold by their masters.
Su Jiaoniang herself resisted human trafficking, but some things are unavoidable in this era. Discussing values and personality out of context is a despicable act.
The courtyard does require patience. The person who can take good care of the children in the courtyard should ideally be patient, a good person, not judge by appearance, of very high quality, and also able to do laundry, cook, and clean.
Such people are very rare to find.
She could only try her luck.
She is a criminal investigator and has some skills in deeply judging people's character and temperament, so it is extremely difficult to find someone like her.
She certainly didn't think she was very lucky that someone with such character was just waiting for her here.
It's reasonable that it wasn't found.
When she returned to the courtyard, a young girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, followed behind her. She was broad-shouldered and burly. The girl was called Tiger Girl. She ate a lot, was strong, and was robust. She was still unmarried because her family disliked her.
Tiger Girl was disliked by her parents every day. Although the little girl was not smart, she was still perceptive. She knew that she was not likable, so she simply stuck a blade of grass in her hair and sold herself.
Su Jiaoniang spent five taels of silver to bring the girl to the courtyard.
Tiger Girl carefully memorized the things she needed to do.
The person with the broken leg needs to be checked on in the middle of the night before bed, and care for him to pee, poop, get dressed, and sunbathe. The others aren't as troublesome; just make sure they're fed and watered.
This kind of thing is very simple for Tiger Girl.
Su Jiaoniang glanced at the indenture in her hand and said to Hu Niu, "I'll take this contract first. If you do well here and save enough money, you can come to me if you want to redeem yourself. I won't raise the price for you."
"I don't want to be redeemed," Tiger Girl said stubbornly.
After being redeemed, she had to go home, only to be disliked by her younger brother again. She felt that this place was very good.
No one will look down on anyone else, and no one will despise anyone else.
Good-looking people may have physical disabilities, and bad-looking people may not be very smart. We're all the same.
Su Jiaoniang smiled, not taking Hu Niu's words seriously. Seeing that it was getting dark, she did not stay there for long. She left Hu Niu two taels of silver for household expenses, said a few words to the children in the orphanage, and then led Fu Tu home.
Thus, her shadow was reduced to twenty taels.
That evening, I told Changsheng and Xiaoya about the family's financial situation.
The little girl had no concept of money and accepted it with a smile.
Changsheng stared at Su Jiaoniang for a long while before asking, "Why did you do this? It's so kind of you. Shouldn't the imperial court be the one to come up with a solution?"
"Of course I don't have to be this good, but can they wait?" Su Jiaoniang said with a smile. She didn't want to instill this spirit of great sacrifice in the children. Her values were formed in her previous life, too upright and too straightforward, which made her prone to being taken advantage of.
"You're all tired. Go wash your hands and rest. I'll make you something nice to eat." Su Jiaoniang said as she walked towards the kitchen.
After eating only vegetables and white porridge for more than half a month, she felt like she was turning into porridge.
When Xiao Ya heard that Su Jiaoniang was going to change the menu, she immediately took small steps to get closer to Su Jiaoniang and carefully watched Su Jiaoniang's steps. Her ambition had not changed; she still wanted to become the best cook.
Watching Su Jiaoniang cut the meat in her hand, choose the side dishes, and finally cook a plate of sweet and sour pork, Xiao Ya had never seen sweet and sour pork before. When she saw the meat on the plate, her mouth almost watered.
Su Jiaoniang picked up her chopsticks and fed the little girl a piece of meat. The sweet and sour flavor of the meat instantly won the little girl over.
"Delicious!" The little girl's eyes sparkled.
Su Jiaoniang was filled with satisfaction. A girl who is like a warm cotton-padded jacket, anyone would like her!
She stir-fried a plate of sweet and sour pork and steamed a plate of minced meat with egg. The premise of a balanced diet is the combination of meat and vegetables. Su Jiaoniang naturally did not forget the green vegetables. She picked the tenderest parts of the green vegetables, stir-fried them briefly, and then took them out of the pot.
Su Jiaoniang's steamed eggs were a little different from those of other families in the village. The steamed eggs had a smooth and tender texture, without any honeycomb-like air bubbles. They looked beautiful and tasted even better. The minced meat was marinated with seasonings, stir-fried, and then sprinkled on top of the steamed eggs.
Su Jiaoniang served three dishes and a tofu soup on the small table.
Xiao Changsheng was very accommodating, picking up his chopsticks and not stopping. However, Su Jiaoniang noticed that Futu seemed to be a bit unusual. At first, the child was just like Xiaoya, and his manners and behavior were exactly as the original owner had taught him.
But now, the way he holds chopsticks and eats is so smooth and elegant that it's even more beautiful than Xiao Changsheng's.
It's just like growing up in a wealthy family, surrounded by all sorts of rules and regulations.
That's really strange.
Su Jiaoniang assumed that Xiao Futu had learned from Doctor Liu during his few days in the county town, after all, Xiao Futu was clever!
Some things are quick to learn.
Early the next morning.
Su Jiaoniang took out her family's account book and said, "Everyone has to participate in building the house. Draw down whatever style you like, and we'll discuss it together later."
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