Granny Wei is a well-known person in Yongzhou Prefecture and has been doing this business for half her life.
This time she brought a total of twenty little girls, who stood on the ground with their heads lowered and their hands lowered.
"Everyone raise their heads and show Miss Shen!"
"Is anyone literate?" Shen Tianshu asked.
"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Wei quickly picked out two people and said, "This one is twelve years old. He knows a few words and can do an abacus and keep accounts. This one is thirteen years old. When he was a child, his family had a good life. He learned a few words from a female gentleman. Not only can I read, but I can also read storybooks to relieve your boredom."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and pulled out a tall girl from the end and said: "This is even more powerful. Originally, her family ran a medical clinic. Later, her father cured someone to death and the shop was smashed. The family even suffered damages from selling pots and iron. I couldn't afford it, so I sold her. This is a very good talent. If the girl in the house hadn't wanted to pick a maid, I wouldn't have been willing to bring her to an ordinary family!"
Mingyu curled his lips when he heard this and said: "Don't bully our girl. She is already fifteen or sixteen at her age. You can't sell it if you just throw it into your hands, right?"
Although Mingyu guessed most of them correctly, Granny Wei had been a bitch in Yongzhou Prefecture for most of her life, how could she be upset by a little girl.
"I, Mrs. Wei, have been working in Yongzhou Prefecture for so many years. I still need reputation and face. How dare I do anything to fool people!
"This girl is just tall. She is only fifteen this year. When I say she is a talent, I am definitely not fooling a big girl. Not only can she identify medicinal materials, but she can also make medicinal diets, prepare various beauty formulas, and what kind of bathing detergents She can make fragrant pills for the body and medicine packs for foot soaks, and they are much more useful than ordinary maids!"
Shen Tianshu tested a few sentences from the three of them, and was quite satisfied with the last two, so he motioned to Mingyu to go over and take a closer look.
Mingyu usually acted like a child in front of Shen Tianshu, but now in front of these little girls, he suddenly took on the aura of a big maid.
She interrogated the two of them about their place of origin, family situation, physical condition, and even asked them in detail whether they had had smallpox or chickenpox. She took the opportunity to observe their fingernails, behind their ears and other places, and saw that the two of them answered questions accurately. It was very neat and tidy, so he nodded with satisfaction.
Shen Tianshu said: "Let's keep these two, pick another one who is good at needlework, and keep two little girls."
The five maids were quickly picked out.
Shen Tianshu said without raising his eyelids: "Thank you, Grandma Guo."
Aunt Guo forced a smile and said: "This is what I should do. Later, I will ask someone to come over and tailor the clothes for these girls. Don't worry, eldest lady!"
Seeing Shen Tianshu nodding to express satisfaction, Grandma Guo didn't want to stay for a moment longer, and hurriedly led Mrs. Wei to the accounting room to pay the money.
Shen Tianshu looked at the five maids kneeling in a row.
The oldest one is tall and slender, with an oval face, high eyebrow peaks, slightly raised eye corners, and a pointed lower jaw. He has a look of aggrievedness and forbearance.
When she saw Shen Tianshu looking at her, she couldn't help but argue in a low voice: "My father was wronged and he didn't cure anyone! It was those people who relied on their power to be unreasonable..."
Mingyu scolded: "Master hasn't spoken yet, do you have the right to speak? How did Mrs. Wei teach this person? Before the person goes far, call her back and take the person away!"
"I know I was wrong. I don't understand the rules. I beg the girl and sister Mingyu to forgive me this time."
When the other party heard this, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and apologized. The reason why she waited until Mrs. Wei left before she dared to say this was because she was afraid of being beaten.
Mingyu was right what she said before. At her age, she is too old to be sold to other people's homes as a maid. Generally, people like girls aged ten to twelve years old. They buy them back for easy training and training, so that they can be used as maids or maids. The mothers took him with him for two years. When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he came into the house to serve his master.
If she hadn't prepared some medicinal powder for soaking feet, Mrs. Wei's leg pain was relieved. She felt that her skills were useful, and she might have been sold to an old man for a good price, and she would have been sold to an old man as a concubine. .
If she was sent back at this time, Granny Wei would definitely not keep her anymore.
Shen Tianshu stopped Mingyu who was about to say anything with his eyes and said: "Let's keep it for a while and see if it's not good, then sell it."
She has no choice now, there is really no one available to her.
Moreover, rules can be taught slowly. Reading and literacy cannot be taught in a few days. Especially this girl also knows some medicine and pharmacology. If it is really good material, training her can save her a lot of effort.
"Just call your name Minghui. I have a prescription here, and there are medicinal materials in the small kitchen at the back. You can pick up the medicine according to the prescription and boil it. Can you do it?"
"Yes, thank you girl, I will do a good job." Minghui took the recipe with both hands and responded.
With this, the remaining few people lowered their heads even lower, and even their kneeling postures became more regular.
Another literate little girl is fair-skinned, has a round face and round eyes, and is very cute.
"Just call me Mingyan and learn from Mingyu in the future."
The maids sent by Mrs. Wei have all been roughly trained and taught by her, and they still understand all the rules.
When Mingyan heard this, she knew that Shen Tianshu was promoting her and learning from Mingyu, which was equivalent to letting her come into the house to be a maid, and her big round eyes suddenly turned into slits with laughter.
"Slave, thank you very much for trusting me. I will do my best and learn the rules from Sister Mingyu."
After Mingyan kowtowed to Shen Tianshu, she stood up and saluted Mingyu again: "Sister Mingyu, if you have anything to do, just ask me. If there is anything I don't do well, I hope you can teach me."
This is something that will happen.
Shen Tianshu pointed at the popular maid and said, "Call me Mingxiu. There hasn't been much work in the house recently. You can embroider a handkerchief first and show it to me!"
The remaining two little girls, both twelve years old, one named Rui'er and the other named Mi'er, were given to Mingyu to take care of. They both stayed outside to work as maids, and when they got older, they could do other things. That's good, let's find a chance to move up the house.
After seeing Mrs. Wei off here, Grandma Guo couldn't help but mutter to Mrs. Xu when she went back: "Madam, I don't know what happened to the eldest lady recently. She seems to be a different person. Her eyes glanced over her, which made me feel jealous. Shit, could it be that a ghost in the wilderness has possessed you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Mrs. Xu was excited by what she said, but she quickly said with joy on her face, "I tell you, drinking that bowl of medicine is really effective. I just went to see Yihao, and he said that he had cured it before I didn’t feel anything after the treatment, but this time I felt a little warm after taking the medicine!”
Aunt Guo immediately said: "Oh, this is a good thing! It seems that the elder girl did not fool us. This prescription must have been prescribed by Dr. Liu."
"Isn't it?" Mrs. Xu clasped her hands together, "Amitabha, God bless, Yihao can get well soon."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Guo rolled her eyes a few times, then she came close to Mrs. Xu and whispered: "Madam, I am choosing a maid today. The eldest girl has left a girl who used to run a medicine shop at home and knows some medicinal materials. How can you Tell me, will she leave the boiling of medicine to her?"
"What's wrong with asking a maid to make medicine? Could it be that she made the medicine herself before? It's not Mingyu..." Mrs. Xu didn't react at first, but then she understood what Grandma Guo meant and slammed the table.
He said, "Yes, that girl Mingyu is stubborn, but that doesn't mean that everyone will be loyal to her. I'll leave this matter to you. If I can get the prescription, I will grant your grandson a birth certificate."
As soon as she heard about the release, Grandma Guo's eyes lit up and she said repeatedly: "Don't worry, madam, this matter will be taken care of by the old slave."