After selling a lot of people, Wu Fengs saved a large part of the expenses at once, and sorted out the bad debts for many years. There are a lot of money and things that the old lady Wu used to borrow or embezzle from the house can be searched. When he came out, Master Wu was so angry when he saw the accounts. Someone even coaxed Mrs. Wu to sell more than 50 acres of land. Although it is not good land, it is also distressing. Now I don’t know which tortoise grandson returned to that place. Master Wu has been scolding for several days, and since then he refused to listen to the rumors of the remaining old servants that Wu Feng deliberately sold the old servants.
Wu Feng was proud, holding his son and humming a little song, feeling that it was a retaliatory old hatred.
When the account is cleared, new people will come in again. It is too much to let people say that she is "disorderly" tossing, selling the old servants and adding new ones. The reputation is not good, so she wants to add "sex" to Miss Wu. The dowry leader called Ren Yazi, and slowly went to the house to make up for the staff.
This time Ren Yazi handed it over, saying that he had picked dozens of girls from poor families, and asked Wu Feng when he would be free to see him.
Waiting for Ren Yazi to bring the person, and seeing that he was washed clean and changed clothes specially, Wu Feng nodded his head in satisfaction, thinking that the man Yazi would do things.
The one who entered the house was Ren Yazi’s wife, a somewhat open-mouthed "woman" in his 20s and 30s. She was so white. I heard that her family had sold her to Ren Yazi. After selling it to Ren Yazi, I don’t know what she did. The method was to let Yazi stay and become a wife's servant. Now it’s a good time. Since giving birth to a son, Ren Yazi is no longer stuck with her. When doing business, she is also willing to let her "plug in" and lift the inner courtyard. She will send people in when it is not suitable for men to come in.
There were more than 20 girls crowded in the yard, from November 12 to 17 8. They wore inappropriate clothes, some did not wear shoes, some obviously did not fit their feet, and some left and right feet were not a pair of shoes. All of them were hungry and thin, with withered hair and a dreadful face. They were squeezed into groups like mice nests, and they were beaten and pulled to make them stand up straight for Wu Feng to see.
Sister Wu looked around and felt a little bit unbearable. The justice in her heart fell into a cold after thousands of years. The original servants in the family are not counted, but this is the first time she has watched people be sold.
Taking people as goods made her a little unacceptable.
But at first glance, Miss Wu found her "face" as usual, and she looked unaffected at all. She looked at her elder sister in surprise, and she didn't look as calm as her elder sister when she was usually cowardly and timid
Seeing her sister looking at her incomprehensibly, Miss Wu felt that the child looked like a child at this time. She really hadn’t been out and had never seen the world. She couldn’t help but patted her head regretfully and said, “Don’t pity them, just When they enter our Wu’s house, even if they are living a good life, their parents sell them to make them eat their mouths.” She said that she picked up the second sister Wu and began to teach her how to be a girl, the eyes " You can’t ask if you’re too shrewd, if you’re too shrewd with a ghost in your heart, you can’t ask for someone who is "bad", who knows if it's being sold by your parents' family? Buying it back with grievances in the heart is also a scourge.
Sister Wu remembered that she had always felt that this kind of resentment had suffered, maybe she would be more loyal? If you show kindness to others, you can get a loyal servant. So she asked Miss Wu: "Will this kind of person be more loyal? Her previous family members treated her badly, so can we buy it back and treat her well?"
Miss Wu looked at Sister Wu like a fool, and she twisted her ears and said, "Where did you get this idea? If you buy it, you know if she resents her family or resents her. Those of us who bought her! Apart from anything else, she feels uneasy and will definitely not stay in our house if she is obedient. There is a kung fu to coax her, and it is enough to teach ten girls!"
Second sister Wu covered her ears and hurriedly begged for mercy. Miss Wu was afraid that she might not remember, she said: "Remember! This girl can only choose the honest, the more honest the better! Everyone has a mind, and she chooses the capable and shrewd, but she doesn't know what. I'll sell you right away! People are separated by the belly, do you know what she is thinking? Only an honest girl can use it with ease. Let's go back to marry, and only carry an honest person, so as not to let people stabbing a knife in the back. Kizuna."
The two sisters were talking about the excitement. Wu Feng asked the girl to ask them to go out. The two of them left the inner room, and Ren Yazi had already withdrawn. Rows of people were calling into the house for them to pick.
Wu Feng knew that they had been looking at the people in the yard for a long time in the back room, and beckoned the sisters to go over, and said with a smile: "Choose a few people to play with your sisters and save you all day long." Jumping randomly."
Most of the girls who were sent over were confessed by human teeth. Seeing the two girls came out, they immediately lowered their heads and stood silently and stood still. There were also three mothers and daughters who looked up at them with courage and anxiousness.
The two sisters were sitting on the kang with Wu Feng's arm, as if they had never seen anyone before. Second sister Wu is not purely acting, she is really timid. Everyone in front of them stared at her with a hungry gaze, and that eager gaze made her dislike it.
Wu Feng urged two more times before Miss Wu pointed to someone and said, "I see her fingers are quite long. I wonder if the embroidery is good?"
The girl she was pointing at seemed shocked, wishing she could find a gap on the ground and get in right away, her hands were twisted together and she didn't dare to move. The woman next to her pulled her out and pushed her to Miss Wu, and looked closer. This girl may be a few years older than Miss Wu, her face flushed and she was shivering with nervousness.
When the second sister Wu saw this girl, she felt that she might be an honest person.
The mother-in-law took the girl's hand and broke away the fingers that let Wu Fengshi and Ms. Wu look at her. Sister Wu carefully touched her hand, it was as cold as the ice outside, the girl was startled. , Stiff as wood.
Ms. Wu smiled gently and "touched" her finger. She looked at the cocoon on her fingertip and said, "What are you doing at home?"
The girl pulled out a stiff smile and stammered: "...feed, feed the pigs, mow grass, chop wood, fetch water, water the ground, dig out manure, wash clothes, go to the ground, "plant" seedlings, cut wheat, and pick up beans. …" A long list of Dululu, the mother-in-law refused to let her say, and her face became even more red.
Miss Wu asked again: "What would you do?"
The girl continued to stammer: "...can, weave, make pickles, can, can...burn the stove..." The more she talked, the lower her voice, the redness of her eyes seemed to feel that she would have less.
Miss Wu asked again: "Do you know how to sew?"
The girl cried in fright, and for a long time she stammered: "...Yes, can make up clothes, and can sew "diaper" cloth."
For the first time, Second Sister Wu felt that Miss Wu was more determined than herself. When this girl cried, Miss Wu just waved her hand to make her stand back.
Second sister Wu, for the first time, truly felt that there were differences between people. She herself had never seriously thought about the world before, even in Wujiazhuang, in her house, the other girls besides her. How the mother-in-law asks for life on weekdays. Thinking about it this way, she felt as if she was on her back, and her whole body was uncomfortable.
Second sister Wu thought of herself again. Before, she heard some gossip about her from a woman, so she asked the girl to tell the steward and send it to Zhuangzi to work and punish them.
What about those people? Do you hate her
Before these things were like being covered with a layer of cloth so that she couldn't really see it, or she would rather deceive herself if she saw it clearly.
Everyone is like this, she just does the same as ordinary people.
She knows that these young women have their own minds, and they can just think that they are just like everyone else in the office. Who can't have their own calculations
But now she knows. These servants are fundamentally different from her. She made people push her mother-in-law, and she didn't transfer people from this room to that room like the group leader did.
She holds the power of life and death of these people, and a single order can determine what kind of life they live.
In the end, Miss Wu chose four girls, and one of them was the girl. She used to be a silly bastard when she was at home. After buying in, Miss Wu named her Cha Gu. Second sister Wu guessed she was looking at the teacup. Casually.
After the newly bought girl was taken down by the woman, Wu Feng pointed to the head of the second sister Wu and said, "Paper tiger!"
Miss Wu looked back when she saw the second sister Wu's face turned pale in fright, she leaned forward and closed with a smile.
Seeing that there were no outsiders in the house, the second sister Wu didn't want to tell her concerns to Wu Feng and Wu Damai, so she braced herself and shouted, "What's the matter! I won't be afraid next time!"
Ms. Wu clutched her belly and smiled and said, "Don't be afraid next time? Be careful that the cowhide is blown out! At most two months later, the teeth should be sent back. Don’t be as scared as you are today. I dare not even say anything."
Wu Feng was angry and funny, rolled up his sleeves and pointed to the green seal on his arm that was pinched by the second sister Wu, and said, "Next time I won't let you hold me again! I have never seen a pick girl scared myself like this. It's really a nest!"
Second sister Wu Qiang smiled and wanted to say a few more words along with them. Master Wu raised the curtain and came in and smiled: "What did the mother say? You can hear you laugh all the way." When I saw the second sister Wu's face "color" , Master Wu bluffed, and walked over and held her small face lovingly and said, "What's wrong? Why is it scared after a long time? That person has dirty teeth?" Master Wu said with a face. It's dark, picking up the second sister Wu and sitting on the kang, and immediately felt the child clinging to his clothes and retracting into his arms. If the fangs scared his girl, see if he doesn’t tie the fangs. Throw it in the ditch!
When Ren Yazi’s business inevitably has a bad conscience, there are also people who coax the children of good people to steal them. Master Wu is afraid that the dirty mouth of the person who called today scared Sister Wu by talking nonsense. If that’s the case. , The guys don’t want to walk out of Wujiatun safely!
Second Sister Wu couldn't see her face, she just felt very at ease when she nestled into Master Wu's generous and strong arms, and she hung herself on Master Wu's lap like a frightened little rabbit.
Wu Feng was both heartbroken and worried. She held the second sister Wu's hand and told Master Wu what she had just said: "She is so courageous, how can she marry in the future?" Even if she has the ability, she can't stand her courage.
Master Wu frowned when he heard it. If he is too courageous, he can't bear it. What can he do with stage fright if he is too courageous? Thinking like this in my heart, it didn't show up on the face, I still comforted Wu Feng: "The child is still young, let's teach it slowly." He made up his mind to turn around and practice the courage of the second sister Wu.
At the end of the night, Master Wu had a meal with his mother. He looked at Wu Feng and then at the second girl. Wu Feng smiled clearly and said to Miss Wu: "I just remembered the one I bought a year ago. A few pieces of cloth are suitable for your use. There is nothing wrong with you right now. You can pick one with me and cut two pieces of clothes for you."
Ms. Wu saw Master Wu's eyes and saw that Sister Wu was still in a state of unwillingness. Although she was worried, she was still dragged out by Wu Feng's family.
The mother-in-law came up and withdrew the table and slipped clean. Even the people in the outer room were driven away. The door inside and outside was closed, leaving the entire Dongzheng room to Master Wu and Sister Wu.
Seeing that everyone went out, Sister Wu knew that Master Wu was going to ask her about choosing a girl today, and she was thinking about how to tell Master Wu. It’s too weak. Master Wu doesn’t believe that it’s a small one. If Master Wu suspects her, it will be worse. But those thoughts and thoughts of her have to be said to the bottom of the impact of her previous life, and she can't get enough of it. In this life, she is the real door to the door, and no one has seen it. How do you say it? Can't you say that you had a dream, and you have more thoughts when you wake up? This is too ridiculous. But to be more shallow, Master Wu might not understand, so he bit his lip embarrassedly and glanced "chaoticly".
Master Wu did not interrogate her like the second sister Wu thought. He flicked his teeth and went out of the room. He came back shortly afterwards. He was holding a plate with a few braised chicken drumsticks and braised chicken wings in his hand. He grinned and took the fat first. The tender chicken thigh was stuffed into the mouth of the second sister Wu.
Although it is the landlord's house, this meat is not all there is. Sister Wu had just eaten her full meal, and smelled the fragrant chicken saliva flowing out again. Master Wu nibbled the chicken wings and smiled and said, "Eat! Eat! I hid it, and your mother and your sister don't know it. Hurry up and eat!"
The second sister Wu burst into laughter, and she immediately threw her heart out of the clouds.
The two chatted together, and Master Wu talked about each other as if they were chatting. Second Sister Wu also felt that the atmosphere at this time was relaxed enough, half-truth and half-fake the thoughts in her heart to Master Wu.
She also understands that some of her thoughts are absolutely different here, and if she is not careful, she may get into trouble.
But there is a difference between the two people's skills. No matter how powerful, the second sister Wu can’t match the experience of Master Wu... As a result, she talked a lot when she came back and forth. When she recovered, Master Wu was shrugging his shoulders and laughing so hard that he couldn’t breathe. gas.
"Father?" The second sister Wu was covered with marinated chicken sauce on half of her face, looking at Master Wu puzzled.
Master Wu smiled, three points are true and seven points are false. He wanted Sister Wu to think her thoughts were absurd and ridiculous, and he couldn't let her continue in this direction. What he wanted was someone who could manage the house, not a "women" who was compassionate and compassionate.
Master Wu looked up to the sky and laughed, almost bursting into tears: "Hahahahaha!"
Wu's second sister and Zhang'er monk "touched" confused.
Master Wu took away half of the chicken wings in her hand, pulled her into his arms and wiped her hands and face clean, took her into his arms and just called the second girl, and then lowered his head and smirked.
Second sister Wu is not smiling, nor is it not smiling, looking at Master Wu silly.
Master Wu patted her little head and said: "Second girl, you, you don't read the scriptures, where are all these thoughts?" He couldn't stop laughing again.
Seeing that Second Sister Wu was still puzzled, Master Wu slowly said to her: "Second girl, this person, this fate has been destined since the time she was born. How many blessings and disasters there should be are destined. "
Second Sister Wu nodded perfunctorily, she didn't believe it in her heart. Of course Master Wu could see her ability.
Seeing her like this, Master Wu held her, and she was born to be Wu Dashan's daughter. Serious prostitute, this is destined. No one can erase it. Jingtai and Jingxian are also destined to be my sons of Wu Dashan since landing. "Master Wu approached her again and pointed to the outside of the house and said, "You said, why don't I recognize the little girl outside as a daughter?" Why don't I recognize the kid outside the house as a son? "
The second sister Wu was amused, and Master Wu smiled and said, "Understood? What status is this person who landed has long been destined for his blessing! Do you think those girls, women, and subordinates resent or resent? Can't say no!" Having said that, he became serious, and the second sister Wu also raised his heart.
Master Wu smiled and "touched" her head and said, "You don't think too much. This person's heart is separated from the belly, who knows whether it is black or red? People's hearts are inadequate. If you have one, you think about two! Enmity! There are so many people like this, your father and I have lived for so much of my life, and half of the people I have seen without so much thought are just jokes!"
Master Wu stared into the eyes of the second sister Wu and said: "But if you are afraid, you are stupid! If you are afraid, they are afraid of us, so why are we afraid of him?"
Master Wu showed a sullen look on his face: "These scumbags want nothing more than money. They want to take money from their masters. If they want to live better, they must do a good job! This is the right way. Such servants are also usable by us."
"I want to say whether there is a black heart? Naturally there is. But they absolutely dare not blatantly deceive the Lord, why?" Master Wu asked the second sister Wu with a change of smile.
Second sister Wu thought for a while and said, "...because their physical bond is in our hands?"
Master Wu smiled and patted her right to admire, and then shook his head: "Not all. Do you know how many servants we have?" He held out a palm and turned it over several times.
Sister Wu covered her mouth, more than two hundred
Master Wu smiled and leaned into her ear and said, "There are three hundred and twenty-four people inside and outside Wu's house, but there are only thirty-two people in the booklet of the county official's office."
Slave
The second sister Wu's face turned pale in fright, and the Wu family had nearly three hundred private slaves
Master Wu paled in shock when he saw Second Sister Wu, and said with a smile: "What's this worth? Your mother's natal Fengjiazhuang has three or four hundred people, but there are fewer than a hundred people actually registered."
How did Master Wu slow down so many people to Sister Wu? One is a farmer who is far away from his homeland in famine or disaster years, fleeing famine and disaster, leaving his hometown and wandering everywhere. They can’t live without land. Once they enter the village, they must be registered. If they remember the status of a fugitive, they will be sent back to their place of origin. If they can’t survive in their hometown, they won’t escape. As a slave and maid, he is not willing to go to the county office to be a free citizen.
"Moreover, freedmen are not easy to behave. Freedmen have to pay taxes. They are taxed per capita. In addition to taxes, there are servitudes. When the time comes to draw a few days, they will have their families ruined, so they sometimes don't want to be freemen." Master Wu raised a finger: "This is one."
"The second type originally came from the military. There are many people who refuse to be drawn into the army, or refuse to be drawn and escaped from their hometown. They are even more reluctant to be found. We live here. Because once found, it will be a big punishment, and it is possible to stab and punish the people with exile."
Second Sister Wu asked strangely: "...If such a person is in Wu's family, won't we have problems in our family?"
Master Wu smiled and said: "The official book doesn't have their names. Who can ask about our family's sins? If we get to that point, we can kill or sell them!" Master Wu didn't say how many. I've been here all my life, and I haven't seen anything wrong, and now Guotai Min'an can't hit them even if they want to fight.
Master Wu saw that Sister Wu still hadn’t recollected him, so he wanted to ask her a few words, so he said, "Second girl, do you understand? These people are not humans at all. We hold life and death in our family’s hands. Killing is a matter of one sentence in our family! Even when they are out of our house, they go outside and there is no place to call for grievances. Do they have the courage to resent? They want their lives and don't want to live anymore?"
Second Sister Wu did not breathe a sigh of relief as Master Wu thought, her face turned paler in fright.
Seeing her like this, Master Wu thought for a while and said, "You will think so much for them with a kind heart, but you have to remember that this person is a clumsy man, and you may betray your lord at any time. No matter how close you are. My girl-in-law, you can’t let them know everything about you, especially things related to the "life" of the silver! Sometimes a dozen or two silvers can make a loyal servant of a lifetime ungrateful!
Second sister Wu nodded blankly.
Master Wu had the heart to teach her a few more words, and continued: "Sometimes you have to be clear about people's affairs. Where does she come from? Is there any relatives here? Are my parents still here? Is there anything at home?"
Master Wu held Sister Wu's cold hand, and his heart gradually became anxious. Could it be that he read it wrong again? Sister Wu is her daughter's family, so she should be timid. But if you want to hold up this Wu family's timidity, it's absolutely impossible!
Master Wu was not reconciled, bowed his head and asked eagerly: "Second girl, do you understand?"
Sister Wu took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and nodded: "...Understood. Father."
Master Wu looked at her like this, she still didn't seem to be able to understand it, and since then he really took this matter to his heart. He coaxed the second sister Wu to rest, and told Wu Feng's about it that night.
Wu Feng was also startled, but then I thought of the little girl who was only eleven or twelve years old. She could not help but complain about Master Wu, "She was originally a girl's house! You are just eleven or twelve years old! Let her take care of the man’s affairs! Can we not harm her?"
Master Wu said fiercely: "Practice! I don't believe that God won't let me have fun with Wu Dashan! Practice her courage! People grow slowly, and I will let the second girl grow into a capable one!"
Sister Wu naturally didn’t know, but from that day on, when Wu Feng punishes people, she always asked her to watch and slowly practice her courage. Ms. Wu often trains girls in front of her, slaps her hands on the board. Come all the time. When the second girl saw the girl’s swollen face screaming and crying, she couldn’t help but want to intercede, but when Miss Wu changed her usual gentle and watery appearance, she stared at the girl with a cold face like a judge and was punished. Even if the second sister Wu intercedes or runs away, she doesn't care how she should be punished.
After being frightened, she taught her gently, let her see how well those obedient girls are doing well. Ms. Wu specially called Auntie Cha to show her tea. Compared with the skinny and dry firewood when she first bought it, the face of Aunt Wu who had been trained by Ms. Wu for two months also tasted. It was ruddy, like a flower that was well watered, with a smile, and she looked fresh as she should be at her age. Although she was still a little timid, she looked loyal and obedient when she stood behind Miss Wu.
Wu Feng told her that these girls may not have eaten a full day at home. Many people have never seen white noodles and rice before buying in. They can only eat one or two wild vegetable dumplings and a bowl of wild vegetable porridge every day. Liang is about to get up to work, and still can’t sleep at midnight. When he gets old, some will change their brothers, some will change their dowries, some will be able to marry a girl with a few catties of bacon, and some will be taken away by a human tooth. Those who exchange money, because those who give people their teeth may fall into those filthy places, and those who hurt their children are more likely to talk about them.
Ms. Wu taught her: "It's better to let our family buy it than to let them be sold to those "chaos" seven? If you don't believe me, ask Aunt Cha, whether she wants to stay in our house or return to her old man's house."
The second sister Wu hadn’t answered the conversation, and Auntie Cha was already so scared that she knelt down and kowtowed her head desperately, crying and begging: "Girl, don’t send me back! Please don’t send me back! I will learn needlework by heart! I already know how to embroider veils I will embroider the veil for the girl to see today!"
Sister Wu didn't scare her anymore when she saw her, or was she really courageous? Unable to tell the reason, she deliberately asked Tea Aunt: "Are you not willing to go home? What if you don't have to redeem you from your family? What if you are given more money?"
Aunt Cha paled with fright, and rushed to hug the second sister Wu’s legs hoarsely begging: "Second girl intercede to the slave and maidservant! Please intercede to the slave and maidservant!"
A woman came up and pulled Tea Aunt back and scolded: "Say it! Who wants you so unclear!!"
Tea Gu knelt on the ground and trembled, crying and stammered: "...The slave, the slave and the younger brother, the father and mother have to build a house for the younger brother, and they want to marry him, and they want to send him to learn to be a carpenter. He was tired of farming and wanted to learn the craft, so his parents sold me." She cried again when she said, "Don't send the maidservant back, girl! They will sell me again! They will sell me again! It's mine!"
Tea Gu’s cry almost broke through the roof, Miss Wu squinted her eyes, and the woman next to her immediately lifted Tea Gu down, and the girl outside helped her to cover her mouth and covered her crying, with a piercing cry. Her cry was muffled in her handkerchief, and the second sister Wu watched Tea Aunt go out for a long time without regaining her senses.
Ms. Wu waited for a meeting before telling her about Tea Auntie, she asked the girl to ask about her family's affairs as early as after the tea aunt was bought in.
Cha Gu is fifteen and a half years old this year, and her younger brother is eleven. There is a slackman in the village who has a daughter of thirteen. I don’t know where he was born. After that, give his daughter to Aunt Cha's younger brother as a "wife". Don't hire money or dowry, but ask Aunt Cha to give him a continuation. Cha Gu’s father and mother made a calculation, not only did not have to pay the wages, the girl could also work when they came here, and her father would definitely not come back if she was dead or alive in the future. The new house welcomes relatives to meet with relatives can save money, this But for a lot of expenses, Tea Auntie was smashed after hearing that she didn't say anything to her parents. If it wasn't for her brother who suddenly wanted to learn carpentry skills and refused to farm again, the carpenter had to cut meat, had to eat wine, and asked for money, Cha Gu’s father and mother would not be able to think of selling her, I'm afraid she would be early now. Just lay down on the slack man's sex.
Second sister Wu felt chills when she heard it, and she didn't want to believe it very much. She asked, "...Why is her father and mother so cruel?"
Ms. Wu didn’t think there was anything in this: “My daughter’s family is not worth the money. Besides, Tea Gu’s family has five daughters, Tea Gu is the eldest, and there are four younger sisters. Don’t worry about it. The children don’t feel distressed anymore."
Sister Wu went on to say to Sister Wu: "My daughter is losing money. When she is raised, she will marry out. There is no shortage of money like ours. The mother is also doing furniture and preparing makeup, for fear that we will be underestimated. That's the poor man. At home, when you marry your daughter, your natal family must give at least a few quilts, a few large boxes of clothes and fabrics, and the clothes worn by the groom. Moreover, when a daughter is married, she will not belong to her natal family. Even if you eat, bring and take, you don’t pay for the lighter. So raising a son can earn a daughter-in-law and a grandson, but raising a daughter is also given away."