The maid was found, and Chixin and Xiaodao also returned one after another, bringing back the assurance that the Yellow River floods would not reach Shuntian Mansion for the time being. Wan Lei felt relieved, and said hello to the officers and soldiers in charge of immigration procedures, and brought a group of people with him.
We went back to Beiping City. The journey was uneventful and we got home before dark.
Not to mention, this maid is really worth the money. She looks like 13 or 14 years old and has not yet grown. I don’t know if she is good or not. She is a good candidate for housework. Of course, it is limited to general housekeeping services and those special services.
Wan Lei is not needed.
As for whether this involved the illegal use of child labor, Wan Lei simply ignored it. We are now in a vicious feudal society, and the use of child labor is not a problem. If we really want to take it seriously, the palace is the unit that uses the most illegal child labor, and it is also accompanied by cruel abuse.
(Both men are castrated and women are often claustrophobic).
After Fu Wei met Yue Chan, he looked her up and down and asked a few questions. He found that she was smart and well-behaved, and her life experience was relatively pitiful. He felt soft-hearted and agreed to keep her. Wan Lei found someone to sell himself to.
The contract was signed, and a one-time payment of fifty taels of silver was given to the other party as money for selling oneself.
Fifty taels can buy a maid, which is considered high in the disaster area. Especially during this period when people are struggling to make ends meet, many people buy half of their children and half give them away, just to find a good family for their children so that they can survive. However, Wan Lei is not short of money.
With this small amount of money, I not only gave the other party fifty taels of silver, but also promised to give him a monthly payment based on his performance, at least five taels of silver.
Of course, Wan Lei is not afraid of the maid escaping, because she has nowhere to escape. Even if she escapes, she has nowhere to hide. In addition, the security management of Shuntian Mansion is very strict. Once the escapee is discovered, he will be captured and used as a prisoner.
Slave labor. Besides, Shuntian Prefecture will not overly discriminate or oppress the foreign population. They have food and work, and there is no need to flee.
"My slave, please pay my respects to the master and his wife." Yue Chan knew etiquette, and when she received the money, she knelt down and kowtowed to Wan Lei in a decent manner, but Wan Lei didn't like this and stopped him. However, Wan Lei didn't notice.
Yue Chan glanced at Fu Wei secretly, and there was a hint of strange light in the corner of his eyes.
Fu Wei saw Yue Chan's body was dirty and said, "Come on, take a bath first, change into clean clothes, eat and sleep well, and I will familiarize you with the environment of our home tomorrow."
"Brother, you are an official now. You feel superior to others and want to imitate others in buying maids. Why don't you treat me as a maid someday?" Zhao Xueer, who was standing next to her, started to get mad when she saw Yue Chan was taken away. She instinctively thought
Buying a maid is an act of depravity and depravity for a wealthy family and should not be tolerated.
Wan Lei shrugged. He didn't expect that buying a maid would also arouse the dissatisfaction of Sister Xiao Zhao. However, he didn't bother to explain to her. He just said casually: "Buying a maid is naturally for use. You Wei
Sister Er is busy every day, and you refuse to help, so I have no choice but to buy another maid."
"Don't you always keep saying that we all come from poor families and no one is nobler than the other? Why do you act like an official now and have maids to serve you? Now that you have grown up, all the big families in Shuntian Mansion will be like you in the future.
Rushing to buy a maid." Zhao Xueer still refused to give up.
"Yes, we all come from poor families. Don't I know what kind of life a poor family lives? If we don't buy those orphans and widows, the human traffickers will buy them. What do the traffickers give them to eat and what do they wear?
You don’t know, right?”
"We ate moldy steamed buns, wore rotten clothes, and were often beaten up by human traffickers." Miaozheng, who was standing by and watching, said in a trembling voice. She used to be sold by human traffickers and later escaped. She had a look on her face.
Pale, the unbearable past came to mind again.
"Isn't that what it is? If no one buys those girls, they will be bought by traffickers, and they will live such a miserable life, or even be sold to brothels. Can you bear it?" Wan Lei said.
"But, we can't treat them as maids. Let's give her some money and let her go home." Zhao Xueer still insisted not to use maids.
"We don't have any money, how much money can we save? It seems kind to let them go home directly, but have you ever thought about it? She was sold into slavery when she was desperate. How will she survive if she is put back? She just rescued someone.
The tiger's mouth is sent to the wolf's den again. Is this helping others? And she works as a maid in our house. She usually has good food and clothing. She only needs
Do some work within our ability, as long as she is not lazy or slippery, of course we will not treat her badly. And after a few years, when she grows up, shouldn’t we give them their freedom? And she can learn something at our house.
With her craftsmanship, she can have a future in life. I bought her back and used her as a maid to help her get out of her misery."
"Can't we treat her like our own sister? Why should we treat her like a maid?" Zhao Xueer still argued.
"What I mean is to let her be a maid first and examine her for a period of time. As long as they have good character and are hard-working, we will naturally treat her as our own sister and will not manipulate her at will. If we treat her too well from the beginning, it is habit.
Ruin them. If you spoil her into a lazy girl,
Grandma, that would be harming her. God saves people who save themselves. This person must first have self-respect and self-reliance before he is worth helping. Do you understand?" Wan Lei explained this, and he felt that he was almost becoming a "saint"
, being so kind to Yue Chan can almost be called the pity of all parents in the world.
Wan Lei was explaining to Zhao Xue'er when a scream suddenly came from outside the hall. Wan Lei heard that it was his wife's voice and was shocked. He rushed out to check. As soon as he arrived in the courtyard, he saw Yue Chan holding a sharp knife across Fu Fu.
On Wei's neck, he was about to open the door and run away.
"Yue Chan, you, what are you going to do?" Wan Lei was shocked. He never expected that he would also lead the wolf into the house when he misjudged the person.
"Stay back, or I'll kill her!" Yue Chan no longer looked as pitiful as before, and the dagger in her hand penetrated half an inch into Fu Wei's neck, and a drop of blood seeped out from Fu Wei's neck.
"If you have something to say, please don't hurt my wife." Wan Lei waved his hand, motioning for the people next to him to stay still.
"It's easy to say, prepare five horses for me and send me and your lady out of the city."
"Who sent you here?!" Wan Lei immediately understood that Yue Chan was indeed an assassin, and a skilled one at that. The purpose of her trip was to kidnap someone, kidnap Fu Wei, and make him scruple and dare not
Move around.
"You don't have to worry about it. I'll give you half a stick of incense time. If the horses are not ready or the road out of the city is not cleared, you can collect the body for Madam." Yue Chan smiled coldly and said: "Don't even think about it.
I'm not the only one in town playing tricks."
"This is Beiping City. Even if you kill someone, you can't escape!" Zhao Xueer said angrily. She also didn't expect that a pitiful little girl was actually an assassin, and she was also the most vicious and good at disguise. It was in vain.
He had just begged for mercy for her.
"I'd like to give it a try." Yue Chan stretched out her hand and pinched Fu Wei's wrist. There was a click and Fu Wei screamed immediately.
"Okay, I'll give you the horse!" Wan Lei couldn't bear to see his wife suffer, so he waved his hand and asked the Zhao brothers to get the horse.
"Husband and wife, she, she is a royal guard sent by the imperial court, don't, don't listen to her..." Fu Wei endured the heartbreaking pain in his hand and shouted loudly. Before she could finish her words, Yue Chan struck her with a hand knife.
On her neck, she said with a sneer: "Originally, I didn't want to take action now, but your Madam's eyesight is so good that she saw my flaws, so no wonder I jumped over the wall in a hurry."