Don't look at everyone's depression, but they are all refreshed when eating.
why
It turned out that everyone ate steamed buns and boiled water for many days, and slept in the open air, frightened, all of them lost a lot of weight, and looked haggard. Mrs. Chen saw that this was not the way to go. If the girls were in this state, if they were looked at by buyers If it is not, it will definitely not be sold at a good price, so I generously ordered a few meat dishes to let them make up for it.
Although the girls were all worried about their current situation, after seeing the meat, their sorrow and sadness were temporarily put aside. After being vegetarian for so long, the birds in their stomachs faded away. , their eyes were rounded, and they instinctively stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the meat. The speed is so fast that it can fascinate people.
The environment really changes people!
After dinner, Mrs. Chen held a meeting for everyone, the main content was to warn everyone not to run away. Of the three people in a room, if one escapes, the other two should be held accountable for the consequences. Everyone should supervise each other and actively report those who are restless.
He also hinted to them that they have a background in Wusun, even if they run away, the government will help them catch her, and once they are caught, they will face the end of being sold to an inferior brothel.
Threatened and intimidated by them all the way, the girls have already been scared out of their wits, how dare they run away? Among the eighteen girls, Shen Ruolan was probably the only one who didn't give up the idea of running away!
After the meeting, Mrs. Chen saw that Lishui felt that it was still early, so she divided the people into four groups of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and chose whichever group she felt she had the expertise in.
When it comes to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Shen Ruolan's face is full of black lines. She knows the piano, but unfortunately she can play the electronic organ, and she can also play chess. It's checkers, but they don't have it here!
Forget about books, until now she can't even recognize the characters, let alone reciting poems and prose.
As for painting, I don't know if stick figures count, if so, she should choose painting!
Shen Ruolan originally chose to paint because she wanted to fish in troubled waters, but Mrs. Chen didn't give her a chance.
"Ding Xiang, you don't need it, you can help me do chores for everyone in the future!"
A lot of girls need to be trained and nursed, and she can't do it alone. It happens that Ding Xiang's long yellow skin is thin, and she can't be sold at a good price. It's better to use her as a girl and help her with chores.
"Dingxiang, I really envy you!" Haitang whispered to her while sleeping.
Shen Ruolan herself also felt very lucky. Although she was a handyman, at least she didn't have to worry about being sold to a brothel.
In the next few days, everyone lived here again. The girls practiced non-stop every day according to Mrs. Chen's request. In the morning, they practiced all kinds of strange splitting positions. Practicing talents, playing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, singing and dancing, from morning to night, without letting people rest.
Shen Ruolan is not light, and is responsible for cooking meals for dozens of people in the kitchen every day.
There were meals in the inn, but it cost money, and the cost was about the same as eating in a restaurant. Mrs. Chen calculated that there were too many of them, and the girls had to eat well. It was too expensive to order food, so I simply borrowed the stove to cook by myself.
Because she had to train the girls and watch them not let them be lazy, so she didn't have time to cook, so she handed over the cooking to Shen Ruolan.
I thought she was a yellow and thin little girl, it would be good if she could cook the food well, but I didn't expect her cooking skills to be excellent, even better than the chefs in the inn, ordinary dishes , the dishes made by her are always full of color, fragrance and taste. Every time a meal is served, the meals she cooks can always be swept away, and the taste is praised by everyone.
Surprised, Mrs. Chen couldn't help asking Shen Ruolan: "Ding Xiang, what did you do at home?"
When the innkeeper sold her to them, he only said that she was a single woman. She didn't look like a rich family, but she didn't look like a poor family either. She should be a girl from a well-off family who was better than ordinary farmers.
At the beginning, they didn't take a fancy to this yellow and thin little girl, but the innkeeper sold it cheaply, and they thought it was a good deal, so they just bought it, unexpectedly they bought it right!
When Shen Ruolan heard this, she looked at Mrs. Chen sadly, lowered her head sadly, and said leisurely: "Mother Chen, my life is miserable..."
So, she told everyone the story of an ancient version of Cinderella.
The content of the story is roughly as follows: the original wife of a certain landlord died, leaving behind a poor daughter who was bullied by her stepmother and concubine sister who was in charge of her concubine. art.
Unfortunately, her efforts failed to impress the vicious stepmother. She wanted to marry the poor stepdaughter to her stupid nephew. The stepdaughter begged to be ineffective, but had no choice but to run away from home, and finally met them...
Shen Ruolan spoke with both emotion and emotion, and she choked up when she said that she was emotional, and she burst into tears, which made people have to believe it!
Anyway, Mrs. Chen believed it. Looking at Ding Xiang's cooking skills, she knew that she was definitely not a poor girl. Where could a daughter from a poor family learn to cook those delicious dishes? But looking at her thin appearance, she doesn't look like the daughter of a rich family. The daughter of a rich family will never be thin like this.
Now that she explained it like this, everything became clear, while Mrs. Chen sighed, she also felt a little pity for Shen Ruolan.
Back then, she was forced by her stepmother to marry a rascal, which led to her degeneration step by step. Otherwise, she must be the wife of a wealthy family now, and she only needs to drink tea, play chess, and teach her children all day long. Why bother? Like now, live this kind of life with your head tied to your belt
Taking others by herself, she couldn't help feeling sympathy and pity for Shen Ruolan, and at the same time relaxed her vigilance towards her.
A desperate little girl is lucky enough to be able to find a job here with food and drink without her needing to sell herself. What else is she dissatisfied with
Because of this sympathy and relaxation of vigilance, Shen Ruolan's chance finally came.
Mrs. Chen is a miserly person, and she always puts money above her life. These days, everyone's food and drink expenses are always bought by the bald man. Mrs. Chen is not at ease, she is always afraid that the bald man will steal her money secretly, so she investigated A few days later, Shen Ruolan decided to let her and the bald head take charge of the procurement.
The bald man was very dissatisfied with the arrangement of the old woman. He did take advantage of every opportunity to buy some money, but even so, the old woman would lose a little money at most, there is no need to risk so much money just to save this Take this little girl out at risk!