The beauty of the lady

Chapter 37 Adding People (2)
The people walking on the street are gorgeously dressed and delicate girls, some are romantic, some have mischievous eyebrows, some are rustling men, there are also couples swimming together with smiles, and there are also cute little dolls. The bustling streets are more lively.

The family has been here to see the beginning of Haishi, and then they left the money and went back.

In the morning, Zhou Mei was packing up in the kitchen, putting away all the things that needed to be prepared according to her habits, and then she heard voices coming from outside.

"Is Master Zhou at home?"

When Zhou Mei went out, she saw Zhang Ding, a young man from Xiankeju.

"Brother Zhang, is the doctor here?" Zhou Mei stepped forward, and sure enough, she saw behind him a man in his fifties, followed by a little medicine boy with a medicine box on his shoulder.

"Miss Zhou, this is the best Dr. Gongsun in our Yuzhou Prefecture. Dr. Gongsun's father was once the head of the imperial hospital, and his medical skills are very good." Zhang Ding said with a smile.

When Zhou Mei heard this, she suddenly felt that her mother's illness might not be very serious, so she hurried forward to bless her.

"Mr. Gongsun, please come inside."

"Ah."

In the room, Mrs. Zhao was coaxing Zhou Tang to drink milk. Seeing her daughter coming in, there was a very kind old man behind him, and said with a smile, "Is this the doctor?"

"Yes, mother, this is the best doctor in our Yuzhou Prefecture, here to treat you."

After speaking, he moved a soft stool to the side, Gongsun Liang stepped forward, Zhao rolled up a small piece of his sleeve, and handed it to his wrist.

He pinched her pulse with his index and middle fingers, and it took him a long time to let go.

"It's not a big deal. The old man prescribes a prescription and takes good care of him. He will be cured in at least half a year. Even if he wants to have an heir in the future, it's not a big deal. However, the old man still doesn't recommend having another heir, otherwise the risk of giving birth will be very high. big."

Zhou Mei stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mr. Gongsun, does my mother have any taboos on diet?"

"Patients should avoid heavy mouthfuls. It's better to eat something lighter. When the illness is cured, they can eat whatever they want."

"Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Gongsun, sir." Zhou Mei led Gongsunliang to the Nuan Pavilion next to him, got a pen and paper, waited for Gongsunliang to write down the prescription, and after she got the consultation fee, she asked Zhang Ding went to catch five medicines.

After finishing her busy work, Zhou Mei brought a decoction, and Mrs. Zhao drank it without stopping.

"Mother, the doctor said that you will be fine if you take care of your illness for half a year. You need to take good care of it for the next six months. Our place is warm in winter and there are osmanthus trees in the yard in summer. Let's go back at the end of the year and let others see it. Who in a village can live better than us."

"You, let's pass ours, let others see what?" Mrs. Zhao was also in a good mood, leaning over to tidy her daughter's hair, and said: "I'm going to buy some servants in the next two days. The family will be busy in the future." I'm not well, and I can't help."

"I know, there will be a toothmaid bringing someone here tomorrow. Mother will take a good look at it and pick a few good ones, so that I won't miss it. As for teaching people, leave it to me, and mother will be a kind head of the house." lady."

"How can you teach me a lesson, this one with thin arms and legs." Zhao said with a smile.

Zhou Mei lowered her brows, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips, "Teaching people doesn't depend on fighting, your daughter is not a shrew."

"Okay, you are amazing, bring someone to me tomorrow to have a look, you can't pick some bad ones, and add trouble to our family."

"I see."

Mistresses are the most perennial occupations in ancient times. All the slaves of big families need them to run among them. According to Zhang Ding, there are at least eight mistresses in Yuzhou Prefecture.

Mrs. Zhao looked at the thirty or forty people in front of her, almost covering the entire courtyard.

And the yellow-faced prostitute with a red flower on her head who was still wearing red and green in her [-]s, with her big yellow teeth, said that the hype was rotten, and almost every servant in front of her was good.

"Meier, how many people do you want to pick?" Mrs. Zhao ignored the matchmaker and looked at her daughter.

"Four kitchens, and find a coachman for dad. Our family also needs to cook medicine for mother alone, and two more to clean up the house. By the way, let me keep that little girl over there."

Zhou Mei pointed to a very thin girl standing in the corner over there, she was only about ten years old.

Mrs. Zhao took a look, nodded and said, "I think that little girl over there is fine, she's young, so it's easy to train her."

Then she pointed out six wives, and two seemingly stable men stayed. There were nine people in total, and they spent more than 140 taels of silver.

After that, Zhou Mei helped Mrs. Zhao go back to the house to rest, and let her drink soup to sleep, while she came to the yard and looked at the people in front of her.

The people in front of her are also secretly looking at this very young girl. She looks very delicate and pretty. You can tell how beautiful she should be when she grows up by looking at the outline of her face. Moreover, the lady just now is even more beautiful. The temperament is very embarrassing, it seems that she shouldn't be a woman from this kind of family.

"No matter which rich family you were in before or what kind of business you did, I have nothing to say when I come here today. I only have one sentence. Your life and death are in my hands, and honor and disgrace are the same. I want you to give everything to me." Give me all your loyalty, if you dare to do anything harmful to our Zhou family, I will not sell you, I will only beat you to death." After finishing speaking, seeing everyone's astonished expressions, she smiled again Said: "Don't be nervous, you will be fine if you work hard. Your monthly money is two taels of silver per person per month. These days are very compact. Our shop will open at the end of the month. Uncle Zhang will drive the car. If you need it, you can pay Drive the carriage, if you have nothing to do, clean the yard with Uncle Cheng, the four of you are busy in the shop, our business is very simple, just making dumplings, Aunt Li is by my mother's side to serve, and Aunt Wang and Aunt Wang usually take care of the little ones. Meals for our family in the kitchen."

"Yes, ma'am." Everyone responded happily.

Then Zhou Mei looked at the little girl beside her and asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl looked at Zhou Mei timidly, bowed and said, "My maidservant's name is Cuihua."

Zhou Mei's eyebrows were raised slightly, the corners of her lips twitched, and then she thought for a while and said, "Change your name, let's call it Chunqin from now on."

"Thank you, miss, for giving me your name." Chunqin knelt down and thanked her.

Zhou Mei helped her up, and said with a smile, "Just stay by my side from now on, and you too, two taels of silver a month."

"Yes, Chunqin, thank you miss."

"We don't have many houses here. There are three wing rooms over there, one for Uncle Zhang and Uncle Cheng, one for the four aunts, and one for you here. Chunqin is outside the courtyard at the back. In the afternoon Just in the kitchen first, and I will leave it to you to make dumplings. We are the only ones in Dayan Dynasty. This is why I picked you. I will not treat you badly."

(End of this chapter)