Passerby's daily life

Chapter 7
Susu woke up from the smell of the rice, and she was still a little dazed when she opened her eyes, and it took her a while to realize where she was.

There were three little girls on the table taking food out of the food box, because Susu was sleeping, she even put the dishes and chopsticks gently.

One of the little girls turned around and saw that Susu had woken up, and made an exaggerated expression: "My God, you can sleep too well. When we left at noon, I left you a snack and didn't move. I thought something happened to you. , hurriedly called Sister Pearl and invited Nanny Qin to come over and have a look, and only then did I realize that you were just asleep."

The other two little girls also came over and sat beside Susu's bed, one on the left and one on the right.

Wearing a green waistcoat, she touched Susu's forehead and said softly, "You had a little fever at noon, and Nanny Qin said it's not a serious problem. I've been tired recently."

The other girl who was screaming blankly gave a blank look: "Don't scare Susu, you're just like a cannonball." Then she said to Susu, "My name is Ning Cui." She pointed to her gentle voice and wore a green waistcoat. Little girl, "This is Beth".

Miss Pao Zhang rushed to her, "My name is Liu Er, the three of us are about the same size, and we are all ten years old. Your name is Su Su, and you are seven years old this year, right? Sister Pearl left and right and told you not to bully you. God is pitiful." , I, Liu Er, is that kind of person?" The three of them couldn't help laughing as they jumped up and down.

Seeing Susu smiled, Liu'er said again: "No wonder the old lady likes it. People often say that sister Liuli from the Grand Lady's Courtyard is good-looking. I think Susu is even more beautiful than Liuli when she grows up." Then she patted Susu. shoulder, "Don't worry, the old lady is the most kind-hearted, and will definitely raise you up white and fat."

Liu'er understood what Nanny Qin said, she was born weak, and she didn't have enough food or clothing to keep warm, so she needed to take care of herself slowly.Fortunately, I entered the Song family and met the old lady, otherwise no family would want such a maid.

At this time, Susu's stomach growled, and Susu's face flushed with embarrassment.

Ning Cui, who was the most agile, pulled Susu to sit at the dining table, "I didn't eat at noon, I must be hungry, thanks to you today, Sister Huber gave us her regular dishes, we can't eat them if we don't eat." It will be cold."

Su Su fixed her eyes and saw that it was a soup with two meat and two vegetables: slippery tenderloin, stir-fried shrimp, stir-fried mung bean sprouts, stir-fried cabbage heart, sour bamboo shoot and chicken skin soup, a large bowl of chicken porridge with mushrooms and chicken, and a plate of white steamed buns the size of a baby's fist , Su Su was stunned for a moment, even the Song family's big maid's regular dishes are so good, so what does the master eat.

Ning Cui thought that Su Su had never seen these meals, and when she saw that she was stunned for a moment and did not show any greediness, she gave her a high-level look in her heart, and said with a smile: "Eat quickly, sisters usually eat at the old age. It’s used in the wife’s house, and I often reward the little maids with special dishes.”

The four started to eat, but the other three took the time to look at Susu. Seeing that she was eating very well, just chewing slowly, it made people feel comfortable in their hearts. They all sighed in their hearts, as expected of a scholar. daughter.

The three of them are all born at home, and their tempers are considered good among all the little maids, and they all have some family backgrounds.

Liu'er is the granddaughter of the chief steward of the Song Mansion, her father is the entourage of the elder; Ning Cui's father is the steward of the old lady's estate, and her mother was originally the maid of the old lady's side; Bisi's aunt is in charge of the mansion. The embroidery room, the upper and lower parts of the clothes are all from the embroidery room.

It's not that they look down on maids from outside, it's just that some maids are too ugly in all aspects.

Unexpectedly, this time she caught the eyes of the old lady. Not only did she become a third-class maid, but she could also follow Sister Hubo, get the care of Sister Pearl, and arrange her in their house.

After hearing about Susu's life experience, and seeing that she looks good, she seems to have a good temper. Now it seems that there are rules, so I can finally relax a little.

The future of the three of them has been decided long ago, but it's strange that they are so generous that they can't eat.

After dinner, the three of Liu'er packed up a purse for Susu as a meeting gift. Susu didn't know how to return the gift for a while. Bisi was careful, and seeing that she refused to accept it, she said: "Take it, and the old lady will reward you tomorrow." Hello, just remember us."

Ning Cui also laughed: "Beis has the most thoughtful mind, you will have to exchange your purse for the good things the old lady gave you."

Susu just accepted it, and there were things in her purse, which should be small items such as rings and earrings. No wonder the Song family is rich, and even the things given to each other by third-class maids are worth a few dollars.

The bowls, dishes and food boxes were placed at the door, and the servant girl took them away. The four of them sat on the stool and chatted. Liu Er said, "Susu, are you really literate?"

The other two also looked curious, and even looked forward to it.

Although Jiangnan's literature is popular and there are many talented people, but the Song family is a businessman after all, and the background is not enough.

The young masters of the Song family went to school, and the girls also spent a lot of money to hire teachers to teach piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but few servants in the family were literate.

After some thought in Susu's mind, she said: "My father taught me. If you want to learn, I can teach you, but I don't know much."

Even Bisi's eyes widened now: "You really taught us how to read?"

Susu nodded in the expectant eyes of the three: "Really, as long as you can get pens, inks, papers and inkstones."

Liu'er happily said: "Tomorrow I will take leave of absence with sister Pearl to find my grandfather, and I will definitely get those pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Do you really teach us?" Susu reassured again: "Really, better than Pearl! Really."

Afterwards, Liu'er went to the small kitchen to ask for water, and gave the rough woman some money to help carry it twice into the bathtub, and finally let Su Su take a comfortable hot bath, Ning Cui carefully helped Su Su Su washed her hair, luckily it was winter and there were no lice, otherwise Su Su would have gone crazy.

The four of them washed their faces and feet, rinsed their mouths, and chatted for a long time before falling asleep. Susu slept a lot, and didn't feel sleepy for a while, just lying in the soft bed and thinking wildly.

It's not that she hasn't read all kinds of maidservant novels before, and she's already prepared in her heart, but what she saw and heard today proves that she really thinks too much.

The big maid was not mean, and the roommates of the young maid were also very friendly. Except for the eyes she felt in the morning to remind her to have a snack, everything else was like a dream.

It wasn't until later that Susu knew how happy it was to be assigned to the old lady's yard.

It turned out that the old lady of the Song family was also a servant girl of a wealthy family when she was young, and she was chosen by the young master to be her concubine.

Later, she married the old man of the Song family who was a salt dealer at that time.The old lady can read and write, and together with the old man, she managed this huge family business, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and she can be regarded as a model among maidservants.

Who would have imagined that after the son married his daughter-in-law, the two daughters-in-law not only refused to get close to the old lady, but also refused to allow the child to get close to the grandmother. There were even rumors in the mansion that there was no need to teach the master to look like a slave. A series of bad words.

At that time, the old master was still there, and several old aunts and servants were killed with a cane, and the two masters also had a huge quarrel with their respective daughters-in-law, and they almost divorced their wives.

The old lady came forward to calm down the matter, but since then, the sad old lady has never been close to her daughter-in-law and grandchildren, but only happily in her own courtyard, and treats the maids and women around her even better.

(End of this chapter)