peasant girl allure

Chapter 11 Let's do it
The Shen family's dinner tonight is very sumptuous, of course this is for the food of the previous few days.The Shen family eats at separate tables for men and women, and boys don't sit at the men's table until they are 15 years old.Each table has a large plate of beans, a large plate of green vegetables, a large plate of braised radish with sliced ​​meat, and a plate of chicken soup. The male table has an extra fish. The staple food is shredded sweet potato and rice.

Xiao'er has been wearing it for several days, and this is the first time she sees rice. Although there are more sweet potatoes than rice, it is dry rice anyway!She took Liu's food to her room first, then went back to the upper room to sit and prepare to eat.

Mrs. Shen Zhuang distributed half a bowl of chicken soup to each of them, and just as he called for dinner, several boys in the second room, like hungry ghosts reincarnated, rushed to pick up the meat. over.With a face full of contempt, Shen Baoer lowered her head and picked up a chopstick of beans, and began to eat it delicately.

The fourth aunt Lin quickly picked up two pieces of meat and put them into Shen Jingjie's bowl.

Jing Rui only had time to pick up a slice of meat and put them into Xiao'er and Jing Hao's bowls, and the meat disappeared: "Xiao'er, you were injured before, eat some meat to make up for it."

Xiao'er put the meat back to Jing Rui: "Brother, I don't like fatty meat."

Of course Jing Rui didn't believe it. In the past, Xiao'er had eaten happily and then put it back to her. Xiao'er was about to cry, but she really didn't like to eat, okay?

"Brother, I really don't want to eat now."

When Shen Jingzhi saw it, he said: "You don't like it, give it to me, I love it."

After hearing this, Jing Hao said deliberately and pitifully: "Sister, if you don't want to eat, just give it to me. I have been looking forward to the meat for a long time. Just now, the fourth brother snatched all the meat I picked up."

"Who told you to move slowly." Shen Jingzhi glared at Jing Hao.

Xiao'er picked up the meat for Jing Hao, and Shen Jingzhi snorted and went to pick up other dishes.

Mrs. Li remembered that she was going to sell Xiao'er to the Hu family to be a maid, so she said to Shen Zhuang, "Mother, I heard that the Hu family wants to buy maids for 20 taels a person. I thought that our family's Xiao'er usually does more work. Ah, I will definitely be able to enter the Hu Mansion, as a maid, I still get 100 Wen a month."

When Shen Zhuang heard that there were 20 taels of silver and 100 wen every month, he was moved: "Which Hu family?"

"It's the rich Hu mansion in the town." Mrs. Li said vaguely.

There are two Hu's houses in the town, one Hu's family is in the brothel business, and the other Hu's family is a relative of the magistrate. His family runs a restaurant and cloth shop. His family has businesses all over the country, and he is very kind. , the old man of the Hu family, everyone calls him Hu Dashan.Both Hu Houses are rich, but the latter is richer.

Mrs. Li said this on purpose, but also to confuse the audience.

Xiao'er sneered in her heart when she heard this, it seems that she didn't say anything during this time, Li Shi really thought she didn't hear what they said, if you dare to do it, I dare to let you suffer the consequences.

"That's a good family. I'll talk to your father tonight." Hu Dashan in the town bought a maid, but many people were vying to go there, and even had to get involved. Thinking of this, he asked again:

"But I heard that the maids of that family have to rely on connections to get in."

"Isn't my father selling pork in the town? He knows the head of the Hu Mansion, and he has agreed that if our family is willing, we Xiao'er will definitely be able to enter."

"I'll talk to your father tonight," Shen Zhuang felt relieved after hearing this.After the event is completed, there will be 20 taels, and there will be an additional 100 wen per month, which is beautiful to think about.

The two were discussing selling someone else's daughter, and they didn't even think about asking the other's parents if they would sell it, nor did they ask if they agreed with each other.

Xiao'er turned off when she saw the greedy faces of the two of them. Since she likes money so much, I'll let you lose some money to hurt your heart.

But the two brothers were anxious when they heard this, and looked at Xiao'er worriedly, and Xiao'er gave them a calm look.

After eating, Xiao'er dragged the two brothers into her room, and told the whole story of what she had overheard Li Shi and Shen Chengzong saying and how she was injured.

"It's so deceiving! I have to tell my parents!" Jing Rui slammed the table and stood up.

Jing Hao's eyes were red, he was angry and distressed: "We must not let them sell their sister!"

Xiaoer hurriedly comforted the two: "Don't worry, listen to me, let's not tell our parents about this, let's." Xiaoer told them her plan in a voice that only the three of them could hear.

"But if you don't tell your parents, they will be scolded when they know, right?" Jing Rui hesitated a little, he was used to being a good baby.

"I can't tell, it won't work if I tell my parents about this plan. We must teach them a lesson this time, let them know that we are not easy to bully, and we have to think carefully if we want to harm our family in the future." Xiao'er knows Shen Chengyao and Liu very well. Their character, they are too stuffed, they will only prevent things from happening, and will not think about teaching others a lesson.

"Yes, our family is not something that cats and dogs can bully! You can't tell your parents." Jing Hao nodded vigorously.

Xiao'er was amused by his seriousness and what he said about cats and dogs: "Okay, you have learned this kind of cats and dogs. I want to tell grandma and second aunt that you call them cats and dogs."

Jing Hao pursed his lips and looked at Xiao'er aggrievedly: "Sister, you are bullying!"

Xiao'er twisted his nose: "Sister likes to bully you, what's wrong?"

Jing Hao pouted, turned his head, and ignored her.

"Hee hee, okay, I lied to you, it's too late to hurt you! My sister knows that you love her."

Jing Hao immediately made a face at Xiao'er.This made a fuss, and the atmosphere improved a lot.The mood of the two brothers also improved a lot.

The next day, Mrs. Li made an excuse to pick up Shen Beier, and had to go to town after breakfast.The three of Xiao'er looked at each other, quickly finished their breakfast, and hid at the gate of the town to wait for her before Mrs. Li arrived in the town.

Sure enough, not long after, Mrs. Li appeared, and the three of them followed quietly. Seeing Mrs. Li entering an alley on West Street to negotiate with a middle-aged man, the two talked for a while, and the man gave two The ingot was given to Mrs. Li, and the two separated.

Jing Rui followed the middle-aged man: "Uncle, please stay."

The middle-aged man turned his head: "Little brother, are you calling me?" The middle-aged man looked at Shen Jingrui. Although the clothes on the child were worn out, they were well washed. He was definitely not a beggar. Why did he call himself: "There is something wrong." ?"

"Is uncle from the Hu family? I saw you with my second aunt just now."

It turned out to be the family of the sister-in-law just now, Hu Daicai nodded: "Yes, what else?"

"Uncle, did my second aunt say that my family has agreed to sell Shen Xiaoer to your family as a maid?"

Hu Daicai frowned: "Yes, I paid the deposit, don't you want to go back on your word?"

"Uncle, you were deceived by my second aunt. My parents never agreed to sell Xiao'er to be a maid. My parents don't know about it yet, and even if they knew, they wouldn't agree to sell my sister. "

After hearing this, Hu Daicai frowned even deeper. That Mrs. Li said that the other party's parents had already agreed and explained the matter clearly, so there would be no trouble. It turned out that they were all fooling themselves. .He is the housekeeper of the Hu Mansion, so he got a lot of money from buying maids this time. He bought them from poor girls in remote places, and the conditions were clearly explained. Then it would be easy for him to find out that he was pocketing his own money, and he was even angrier when he thought about it.

This transaction cannot be done, but the other party must accompany me with some money: "I can not continue this transaction, but you have to accompany me for some money."

"Uncle, I have a way to get you a better maid. Even if you can't get it, you can get more silver compensation."

"Aren't you from the same family? You will accompany me for more money, and you will treat me as a fool?" Hu Daicai became even more angry.

"We are a family, but will the family sell their niece without telling their brothers? Since they don't think we are a family, we can't let others bully us."

After hearing this, Hu Daicai's anger eased a lot, and he looked at Shen Jingrui suspiciously: "What can you do?" He wanted to hear what a child under ten could think of to save his sister.

Jing Rui looked around and found that no one saw them, then whispered to Hu Daicai what Xiaoer had taught him, verbatim.

Hu Daicai nodded after hearing this: "Okay, you are a young kid who has tricks, so I will do as you say!" If Mrs. Li dared to deceive him, let her pay more money to compensate herself. If she refuses, there is also a servant girl.

(End of this chapter)