Jiang Yunxiu and thirteen or fourteen other girls were taken to a room in the backyard.
These girls ranged from thirteen to sixteen years old, all of them had good looks and delicate features.
Jiang Yunxiu looked around and found that she was the only one who stood out among the group of people, except for a girl with a red mole at the corner of her eye. She was happy.
At this time, there were footsteps outside, and a woman came in with a little maid.
The old woman was indeed a member of the Anping Marquis's Mansion. She was wearing silk, and her wrists and hair were sparkling with gold.
The girls were both envious and nervous.
Mrs. Zheng looked at these girls one by one. Two of them were pretty good, but the rest were just average.
She began to assign people, "You two, go to the tea room. You three, go to the laundry room. You three, follow Manager Li and go sweep the courtyard."
Finally, she came to the remaining people, among whom were Jiang Yunxiu and the girl with the red mole at the corner of her eye.
She paused for a moment, then pointed at Jiang Yunxiu, the girl and another round-faced girl and said, "You three go to the kitchen."
Then she went to assign the remaining girls.
Jiang Yunxiu was stunned. She was asked to go to the kitchen? She must have heard it wrong!
She stared at Mrs. Zheng, her mind blank. She thought she should be asked to serve Lin Ting'an.
In the dream, Jiang Yunxiu and Jiang Yunzhu met again seven years later and talked to each other only a few times. When Jiang Yunzhu talked about her past, she either glossed over it or only reported the good news but not the bad news, so Jiang Yunxiu didn't know how Jiang Yunzhu became the young lady of the Marquis's mansion, just like Jiang Yunzhu didn't know Xu Qingshan's past.
There were fourteen girls in total, and most of them were assigned to various places to do rough work as maids. Some of these girls were smart and had inquired about the situation in the mansion. When they heard that this was the result, they were very disappointed.
Who is Zheng Pozi? Her eyelashes are empty. Seeing this, she snorted coldly. These girls really think they have flown to the top! If there is no shortage of people in the mansion now, how can these people with unknown backgrounds enter the mansion
It is already a good deal for them to do some rough work in the mansion.
Jiang Yunxiu didn't believe it until she arrived at the kitchen that she was assigned to work in the kitchen.
Coming with her were the girl with the red mole at the corner of her eye, her name was Tian Ying, and another girl with a round face.
The kitchen of Anping Marquis' Mansion is very large. Now is not the time for dinner, so it is relatively quiet.
When Mrs. Zhou, who was in charge of the kitchen, saw the three people, especially Jiang Yunxiu and Tian Ying, her face suddenly turned dark.
It turned out that Mrs. Zhou's husband was the chef in the mansion. His surname was Gao, and his name was Gao Shun. He was good at cooking Huaiyang cuisine and was very much liked by Marquis Anping. Mrs. Zhou also felt proud to follow him.
But Gao Shun had a bad habit, he particularly liked to flirt with women. He relied on his reputation in front of the Marquis of Anping to have affairs with several maids and women in the mansion.
Because of this, Mrs. Zhou often quarreled with him, but there was nothing she could do.
A few days ago, she told the housekeeper that the kitchen was short of people and asked him to send a few honest and capable people over. But he ended up sending these three
Look at Jiang Yunxiu, with a reluctant look on her face, she is obviously a vixen who wants to climb into the master's bed. Then look at Tian Ying, her eyebrows and eyes are full of lust, she must be a little whore who can't live without a man. The only one left is still pleasing to the eye.
It must be that Zheng Jinhuan was picking on her and deliberately assigned these three people to her to make fun of her.
Mrs. Zhou gritted her teeth secretly, wishing she could tear Mrs. Zheng's face off.
"You three, what are you still standing there for? Get to work!" She took out all her anger on the three of them and shouted angrily.
Jiang Yunxiu and the other two just felt suffocated. What kind of work should they do
"Go wash the dishes. There are piles of them in the backyard." said Mrs. Zhou.
Jiang Yunxiu and the other two went to the backyard.
The kitchen was short of staff these days, and sure enough, the dirty plates and bowls piled up into a small mountain.
Three people fetched water to wash the plates and dishes.
It was already late autumn, the well water was very cold, and the plates and bowls were very greasy. After a while, Jiang Yunxiu's hands were soaked red and white. She felt resentful, because she came to the marquis's mansion to enjoy herself, not to wash dishes.
"Hurry up and brush your teeth, you little slut. What are you standing there for? If you don't finish, no one will get to eat tonight." Mrs. Zhou sat next to them and stared at the three of them.
Jiang Yunxiu remembered her. Later, when she became the young lady of the Marquis's Mansion, she was also asked to wash countless plates. No, she was asked to lick each and every one of them clean.
Thinking about the various ways to torment Mrs. Zhou in the future, she seemed to feel much better and was able to hold on again.
Half an hour later, a man came in from the corner door of the backyard. The man was tall and fat, but his eyes were small.
He seemed to have just drunk some wine and reeked of alcohol.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Jiang Yunxiu and the other two, and his eyes immediately lit up.
Jiang Yunxiu, 15 years old, with almond eyes and rosy cheeks, is a pretty girl. Tian Ying, one year older than her, has charming eyes and eyebrows, especially the red mole under her eye, which makes her look even more charming.
"You still remember to come back. Go and prepare things for dinner. You have delayed the Marquis's dinner. Let's see how you will end up!" Mrs. Zhou said to the man hatefully.
The man is Gao Shun.
Gao Shun said impatiently, "You don't need to nag me. Just take care of your own business."
After saying that, he glanced at Jiang Yunxiu and Tian Ying again before going into the kitchen.
Jiang Yunxiu felt extremely disgusted when he looked at her.
Tian Ying glared at Gao Shun angrily. Her charming look seemed to be reluctant to accept.
Gao Shun felt as if his bones had lost ten pounds when she glared at him. If Mrs. Zhou hadn't been there, he would have gone over to chat with her immediately.
Mother Zhou was talking to Gao Shun behind Jiang Yunxiu's back and did not see Tian Ying's eyes, otherwise the situation would have become awkward immediately.
After a while, the kitchen became busy. She got angry at the three of them and went into the kitchen to help.
Finally able to take a breath, Jiang Yunxiu wondered how to meet Lin Tingan.
Beside her, Tian Ying's eyes flickered, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Chen knew that it was useless to think about Jiang Yunxiu, so she fell into a deep sleep.
In the evening, Jiang Cheng came back and was very happy to hear the news.
"Dad, why don't you come sell food with us instead of going to the mines?" Jiang Yunzhu took the opportunity to tell him that she felt that working in a mine was not a good job. Not to mention occupational diseases such as dust and skin diseases, there were no safety protection measures in ancient mines, and it was easy to get into danger.
Jiang Cheng just shook his head. He could help out at home now. Wouldn't it be better to earn two salaries
He hoped they could make money quickly and build a house of their own, only then would he feel at ease.
Jiang Cheng, like Chen, now loves money. If they had money, they wouldn't have to sell their daughter. If they had money, they wouldn't have to wander in this foreign land, and Jiang Yunzhu wouldn't have to work hard every day.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Jiang Yunzhu could only do so for now. Wait a little longer, and when the family earns more money, Jiang Cheng will probably be willing to give up the wages.
The next day, they went to set up the stall early. Today's business was better than yesterday, and Chen was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
After the hour of Chen, the market became deserted and they began to pack up and prepare to go back.
Jiang Yunzhu opened the big casserole and saw a palm-sized piece of meat inside. She wondered whether to serve meat to everyone at noon. She was very anxious because she could only smell the aroma of stewed meat but could not eat it every day.
"What a delicious meat!" A rough voice exploded in her ears.
When Jiang Yunzhu looked up, she saw that a big head had appeared next to her, and the chin of the head was full of beard.
It was him, that Deputy General Zhao, Jiang Yunzhu remembered him.
"Is this meat for sale?" Deputy General Zhao stared at the meat pot with his big eyes.
"Sold." Jiang Yunzhu said subconsciously.
After two hearty laughs, Deputy General Zhao picked a stool and sat at the table at the back.
"It smells really good, boss. If you have anything to eat, just bring it up." said one of the two soldiers following him.
Chen looked at the three people anxiously. Who were they? And the leader looked so fierce!
Jiang Yunzhu deftly took out the meat, chopped it up and stuffed it into the white pancake, then poured thick soup on it and brought it to their table.
At this time, Chen also reacted. She picked up the bucket, poured out the last two bowls of spicy soup, and carefully brought them to Deputy General Zhao. She said timidly, "There are only two bowls of soup left." She was afraid that it would not be enough for three people.
"I'm going to buy a bowl of mutton soup. It's my favorite drink." One of the soldiers stood up and went to the stall opposite to bring back a bowl of mutton soup.
Deputy General Zhao ignored him, picked up a meat pie and took a bite.
With this bite, he took up half of the meat pie.
The soup is thick and smooth, and the minced meat is soft and mellow, which is a perfect match with the white cake.
After two more bites, a meat pie went straight into his stomach.
He picked up another one and finished it in two or three bites.
After eating three in a row, he remembered that there was soup, and he gulped down a big mouthful of it.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up. This soup is appetizing!
He ate like water, taking a sip of soup and a bite of meat pie.
He ate five of the six meat patties and drank all the soup.
Next to him, the soldier holding the mutton soup suddenly felt that the soup in his hand no longer tasted good.